SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Commodity Policy 
Sec. 1111. Definitions. 
Sec. 1112. Base acres. 
Sec. 1113. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1114. Payment acres. 
Sec. 1115. Producer election. 
Sec. 1116. Price loss coverage. 
Sec. 1117. Agriculture risk coverage. 
Sec. 1118. Producer agreements. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans 
Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan com-
modities. 
Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans. 
Sec. 1203. Term of loans. 
Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans. 
Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments. 
Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage. 
Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton. 
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. 
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar policy. 
Subtitle D—Dairy Risk Management Program and Other Dairy Programs 
Sec. 1401. Dairy risk management program for dairy producers. 
Sec. 1402. Class I skim milk price. 
Sec. 1403. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1404. Extension of dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1405. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1406. Repeal of dairy product donation program. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 
Sec. 1501. Modification of supplemental agricultural disaster assistance.
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 1601. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. 
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1605. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm 
commodity programs. 
Sec. 1606. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1607. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1608. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1609. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1610. Implementation. 
Sec. 1611. Exemption from certain reporting requirements for certain pro-
ducers. 
Sec. 1612. One-time filing for ARC and PLC. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Wetland Conservation 
Sec. 2101. Program ineligibility. 
Sec. 2102. Minimal effect regulations. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2201. Conservation reserve. 
Sec. 2202. Farmable wetland program. 
Sec. 2203. Duties of owners and operators. 
Sec. 2204. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2205. Payments. 
Sec. 2206. Contracts. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2301. Definitions. 
Sec. 2302. Establishment and administration. 
Sec. 2303. Limitation on payments. 
Sec. 2304. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Subtitle D—Other Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2401. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2402. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2403. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2404. Watershed protection and flood prevention. 
Sec. 2405. Feral swine eradication and control pilot program. 
Sec. 2406. Emergency conservation program. 
Sec. 2407. Sense of Congress on increased watershed-based collaboration. 
Sec. 2408. Soil and water resources conservation. 
Subtitle E—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 2501. Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Sec. 2502. Delivery of technical assistance. 
Sec. 2503. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. 
Sec. 2504. Establishment of State technical committees.
Subtitle F—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
Sec. 2601. Establishment and purposes. 
Sec. 2602. Definitions. 
Sec. 2603. Agricultural land easements. 
Sec. 2604. Wetland reserve easements. 
Sec. 2605. Administration. 
Subtitle G—Regional Conservation Partnership Program 
Sec. 2701. Definitions. 
Sec. 2702. Regional conservation partnerships. 
Sec. 2703. Assistance to producers. 
Sec. 2704. Funding. 
Sec. 2705. Administration. 
Sec. 2706. Critical conservation areas. 
Subtitle H—Repeals and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments 
Sec. 2801. Repeal of conservation security and conservation stewardship pro-
grams. 
Sec. 2802. Repeal of terminal lakes assistance. 
Sec. 2803. Technical amendments. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
Sec. 3001. Findings. 
Sec. 3002. Labeling requirements. 
Sec. 3003. Food aid quality assurance. 
Sec. 3004. Local sale and barter of commodities. 
Sec. 3005. Minimum levels of assistance. 
Sec. 3006. Extension of termination date of Food Aid Consultative Group. 
Sec. 3007. Issuance of regulations. 
Sec. 3008. Funding for program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. 
Sec. 3009. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and 
distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. 
Sec. 3010. Consideration of impact of provision of agricultural commodities and 
other assistance on local farmers and economy. 
Sec. 3011. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities. 
Sec. 3012. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities. 
Sec. 3013. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assist-
ance. 
Sec. 3014. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. 
Sec. 3015. Termination date for micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 3016. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
Sec. 3101. Findings. 
Sec. 3102. Consolidation of current programs as new International Market De-
velopment Program. 
Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws 
Sec. 3201. Local and regional food aid procurement projects. 
Sec. 3202. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets.
Sec. 3203. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 
Sec. 3204. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3205. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutri-
tion Program. 
Sec. 3206. Cochran fellowship program. 
Sec. 3207. Borlaug fellowship program. 
Sec. 3208. Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
Sec. 3209. Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018. 
TITLE IV—NUTRITION 
Subtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
Sec. 4001. Duplicative enrollment database. 
Sec. 4002. Retailer-funded incentives pilot. 
Sec. 4003. Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive program. 
Sec. 4004. Re-evaluation of thrifty food plan. 
Sec. 4005. Food distribution programs on Indian reservations. 
Sec. 4006. Update to categorical eligibility. 
Sec. 4007. Basic allowance for housing. 
Sec. 4008. Earned income deduction. 
Sec. 4009. Simplified homeless housing costs. 
Sec. 4010. Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of energy 
assistance. 
Sec. 4011. Child support; cooperation with child support agencies. 
Sec. 4012. Adjustment to asset limitations. 
Sec. 4013. Updated vehicle allowance. 
Sec. 4014. Savings excluded from assets. 
Sec. 4015. Workforce solutions. 
Sec. 4016. Modernization of electronic benefit transfer regulations. 
Sec. 4017. Mobile technologies. 
Sec. 4018. Prohibited fees. 
Sec. 4019. Replacement of EBT cards. 
Sec. 4020. Benefit recovery. 
Sec. 4021. Requirements for online acceptance of benefits. 
Sec. 4022. National gateway. 
Sec. 4023. Access to State systems. 
Sec. 4024. Transitional benefits. 
Sec. 4025. Incentivizing technology modernization. 
Sec. 4026. Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit transfer trans-
action data report. 
Sec. 4027. Adjustment to percentage of recovered funds retained by States. 
Sec. 4028. Tolerance level for payment errors. 
Sec. 4029. State performance indicators. 
Sec. 4030. Public-private partnerships. 
Sec. 4031. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 4032. Emergency food assistance. 
Sec. 4033. Nutrition education. 
Sec. 4034. Retail food store and recipient trafficking. 
Sec. 4035. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 4036. Implementation funds. 
Sec. 4037. Multivitamin-mineral dietary supplements eligible for purchase with 
supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. 
Sec. 4038. Review of supplemental nutrition assistance program operations. 
Sec. 4039. Disqualification of certain convicted felons. 
Sec. 4040. Determination of amount of block grant payable to Puerto Rico.
Sec. 4041.
Service of traditional foods in public facilities. 
Sec. 4042. Extension of study on comparable access to supplemental nutrition 
assistance for Puerto Rico. 
Sec. 4043. Administrative flexibility for States. 
Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Programs 
Sec. 4101. Commodity distribution program. 
Sec. 4102. Commodity supplemental food program. 
Sec. 4103. Eligibility for commodity supplemental food program. 
Sec. 4104. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 4201. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools 
and service institutions. 
Sec. 4202. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program. 
Sec. 4203. Healthy food financing initiative. 
Sec. 4204. Amendments to the fruit and vegetable program. 
Sec. 4205. Review and revision of certain nutrition regulations. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
Sec. 5101. Modification of the 3-year experience eligibility requirement for farm 
ownership loans. 
Sec. 5102. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 5103. Farm ownership loan limits. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
Sec. 5201. Limitations on amount of operating loans. 
Sec. 5202. Microloans. 
Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions 
Sec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot 
program. 
Sec. 5302. Loan authorization levels. 
Sec. 5303. Loan fund set-asides. 
Subtitle D—Technical Corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act 
Sec. 5401. Technical corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 
Sec. 5501. Elimination of obsolete references. 
Sec. 5502. Conforming repeals. 
Sec. 5503. Facility headquarters. 
Sec. 5504. Sharing privileged and confidential information. 
Sec. 5505. Scope of jurisdiction. 
Sec. 5506. Definition. 
Sec. 5507. Expansion of acreage exception to loan amount limitation. 
Sec. 5508. Compensation of bank directors. 
Sec. 5509. Prohibition on use of funds.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 5601. State agricultural mediation programs. 
Sec. 5602. Study on loan risk. 
Sec. 5603. GAO report on ability of the Farm Credit System to meet the agri-
cultural credit needs of Indian tribes and their members. 
TITLE VI—RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Improving Health Outcomes in Rural Communities 
Sec. 6001. Prioritizing projects to meet health crises in rural America. 
Sec. 6002. Distance learning and telemedicine. 
Sec. 6003. Reauthorization of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. 
Sec. 6004. Supporting agricultural association health plans. 
Sec. 6005. Refinancing of certain rural hospital debt. 
Subtitle B—Connecting Rural Americans to High Speed Broadband 
Sec. 6101. Establishing forward-looking broadband standards. 
Sec. 6102. Incentives for hard to reach communities. 
Sec. 6103. Requiring guaranteed broadband lending. 
Sec. 6104. Smart utility authority for broadband. 
Sec. 6105. Modifications to the Rural Gigabit Program. 
Sec. 6106. Unified broadband reporting requirements. 
Sec. 6107. Improving access by providing certainty to broadband borrowers. 
Sec. 6108. Simplified application window. 
Sec. 6109. Elimination of requirement to give priority to certain applicants. 
Sec. 6110. Modification of buildout requirement. 
Sec. 6111. Improving borrower refinancing options. 
Sec. 6112. Elimination of unnecessary reporting requirements. 
Sec. 6113. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Sec. 6114. Middle mile broadband infrastructure. 
Sec. 6115. Outdated broadband systems. 
Sec. 6116. Federal broadband program coordination. 
Sec. 6117. Effective date. 
Subtitle C—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
Sec. 6201. Strengthening regional economic development incentives. 
Sec. 6202. Expanding access to credit for rural communities. 
Sec. 6203. Providing for additional fees for guaranteed loans. 
Sec. 6204. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. 
Sec. 6205. Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training pro-
grams. 
Sec. 6206. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. 
Sec. 6207. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. 
Sec. 6208. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant pro-
gram. 
Sec. 6209. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska. 
Sec. 6210. Household water well systems. 
Sec. 6211. Solid waste management grants. 
Sec. 6212. Rural business development grants. 
Sec. 6213. Rural cooperative development grants. 
Sec. 6214. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. 
Sec. 6215. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.
Sec. 6216. Rural economic area partnership zones. 
Sec. 6217. Intermediary relending program. 
Sec. 6218. Exclusion of prison populations from definition of rural area. 
Sec. 6219. National Rural Development Partnership. 
Sec. 6220. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. 
Sec. 6221. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program. 
Sec. 6222. Health care services. 
Sec. 6223. Delta Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6224. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6225. Rural business investment program. 
Subtitle D—Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
Sec. 6301. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or tele-
phone purposes. 
Sec. 6302. Expansion of 911 access. 
Sec. 6303. Improvements to the guaranteed underwriter program. 
Sec. 6304. Extension of the rural economic development loan and grant pro-
gram. 
Subtitle E—Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
Sec. 6401. Rural energy savings program. 
Sec. 6402. Biobased markets program. 
Sec. 6403. Biorefinery, renewable, chemical, and biobased product manufac-
turing assistance. 
Sec. 6404. Repowering assistance program. 
Sec. 6405. Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels. 
Sec. 6406. Biodiesel fuel education program. 
Sec. 6407. Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 6408. Categorical exclusion for grants and financial assistance made under 
the Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 6409. Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative. 
Sec. 6410. Feedstock flexibility. 
Sec. 6411. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 6501. Value-added agricultural product market development grants. 
Sec. 6502. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. 
Sec. 6503. Regional economic and infrastructure development commissions. 
Sec. 6504. Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949. 
Sec. 6505. Limited exclusion of military base residents from definition of rural 
area. 
Subtitle G—Program Repeals 
Sec. 6601. Elimination of unfunded programs. 
Sec. 6602. Repeal of Rural Telephone Bank. 
Sec. 6603. Amendments to LOCAL TV Act. 
Subtitle H—Technical Corrections 
Sec. 6701. Corrections relating to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
Sec. 6702. Corrections relating to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. 
Subtitle I—Precision Agriculture Connectivity
Sec. 6801. Findings. 
Sec. 6802. Task Force for Reviewing the Connectivity and Technology Needs 
of Precision Agriculture. 
TITLE VII—RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 
Sec. 7101. International agriculture research. 
Sec. 7102. Matters related to certain school designations and declarations. 
Sec. 7103. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Econom-
ics Advisory Board. 
Sec. 7104. Specialty crop committee. 
Sec. 7105. Renewable energy committee discontinued. 
Sec. 7106. Report on allocations and matching funds for 1890 institutions. 
Sec. 7107. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. 
Sec. 7108. Agricultural and food policy research centers. 
Sec. 7109. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native 
Hawaiian serving institutions. 
Sec. 7110. Repeal of nutrition education program. 
Sec. 7111. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 7112. Extension carryover at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University. 
Sec. 7113. Research and extension funding equity for recently designated 1890 
Institutions. 
Sec. 7114. Scholarships for students at 1890 institutions. 
Sec. 7115. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 7116. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equip-
ment at insular area land-grant institutions. 
Sec. 7117. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 7118. Land-grant designation. 
Sec. 7119. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 7120. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and 
extension programs. 
Sec. 7121. Research equipment grants. 
Sec. 7122. University research. 
Sec. 7123. Extension service. 
Sec. 7124. Supplemental and alternative crops. 
Sec. 7125. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. 
Sec. 7126. Aquaculture assistance programs. 
Sec. 7127. Rangeland research programs. 
Sec. 7128. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 7129. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for in-
sular area institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 7130. Removal of matching funds requirement for certain grants. 
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
Sec. 7201. Best utilization of biological applications. 
Sec. 7202. Integrated management systems. 
Sec. 7203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7204. National training program.
Sec. 7205. National Genetics Resources Program. 
Sec. 7206. National Agricultural Weather Information System. 
Sec. 7207. Agricultural genome to phenome initiative. 
Sec. 7208. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 
Sec. 7209. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7210. Farm business management. 
Sec. 7211. Clarification of veteran eligibility for assistive technology program 
for farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 7212. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
Sec. 7300. Ending limitation on funding under national food safety training, 
education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7301. National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and 
technical assistance program. 
Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants 
program. 
Sec. 7303. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and bar-
ley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica. 
Sec. 7304. Grants for youth organizations. 
Sec. 7305. Specialty crop research initiative. 
Sec. 7306. Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program. 
Sec. 7307. Office of Pest Management Policy. 
Sec. 7308. Forestry products advanced utilization research. 
Subtitle D—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
PART I—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY 
Sec. 7401. Agricultural biosecurity communication center. 
Sec. 7402. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity plan-
ning, preparation, and response. 
Sec. 7403. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures. 
Sec. 7404. Agricultural biosecurity grant program. 
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 7411. Grazinglands research laboratory. 
Sec. 7412. Natural products research program. 
Sec. 7413. Sun grant program. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Other Laws 
Sec. 7501. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 7502. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 7503. Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 7504. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act. 
Sec. 7505. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 7506. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
Sec. 7507. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 7508. Federal agriculture research facilities. 
Sec. 7509. Biomass research and development. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters
Sec. 7601. Enhanced use lease authority program. 
Sec. 7602. Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary. 
Sec. 7603. Reinstatement of District of Columbia matching requirement for 
certain land-grant university assistance. 
Sec. 7604. Farmland tenure, transition, and entry data initiative. 
Sec. 7605. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, portion of Henry A. Wallace 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. 
Sec. 7606. Simplified plan of work. 
Sec. 7607. Time and effort reporting exemption. 
Sec. 7608. Public education on biotechnology in food and agriculture sectors. 
TITLE VIII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Reauthorization and Modification of Certain Forestry Programs 
Sec. 8101. Support for State assessments and strategies for forest resources. 
Sec. 8102. Forest legacy program. 
Sec. 8103. Community forest and open space conservation program. 
Sec. 8104. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program. 
Sec. 8105. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Sec. 8106. Community wood energy and wood innovation program. 
Sec. 8107. Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 amendments. 
Sec. 8108. National Forest Foundation Act authorities. 
Sec. 8109. Inclusion of invasive vegetation in designated treatment areas. 
Subtitle B—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 Amendments 
Sec. 8201. Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and cer-
tain non-Federal land. 
Sec. 8202. Resource advisory committees. 
Sec. 8203. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee 
projects. 
Subtitle C—Availability of Categorical Exclusions To Expedite Forest 
Management Activities 
PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 8301. Definitions. 
Sec. 8302. Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public 
lands. 
Sec. 8303. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act. 
Sec. 8304. Secretarial discretion in the case of two or more categorical exclu-
sions. 
PART II—CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS 
Sec. 8311. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions. 
Sec. 8312. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to 
catastrophic events. 
Sec. 8313. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional 
forests. 
Sec. 8314. Categorical exclusion for hazard trees. 
Sec. 8315. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System 
lands or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire. 
Sec. 8316. Categorical exclusion for forest restoration.
Sec. 8317. Categorical exclusion for infrastructure forest management activi-
ties. 
Sec. 8318. Categorical exclusion for developed recreation sites. 
Sec. 8319. Categorical exclusion for administrative sites. 
Sec. 8320. Categorical exclusion for special use authorizations. 
Sec. 8321. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to in-
sect and disease infestation. 
PART III—MISCELLANEOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 8331. Good neighbor agreements. 
Sec. 8332. Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation. 
Sec. 8333. Regulations regarding designation of dead or dying trees of certain 
tree species on National Forest System lands in California as 
exempt from prohibition on export of unprocessed timber origi-
nating from Federal lands. 
Sec. 8334. Salvage and Reforestation in Response to Catastrophic Events. 
Sec. 8335. Analysis of only two alternatives (action versus no action) in pro-
posed collaborative forest management activities. 
Sec. 8336. Injunctive relief. 
Sec. 8337. Application of roadless area conservation rule. 
Sec. 8338. Vacant grazing allotments made available to certain grazing permit 
holders. 
Sec. 8339. Pilot project for forest health, watershed improvement, and habitat 
restoration in New Mexico. 
Subtitle D—Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection 
Sec. 8401. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end re-
sult contracting and other authorities. 
Sec. 8402. Tribal forest management demonstration project. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 8501. Clarification of research and development program for wood building 
construction. 
Sec. 8502. Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot 
program. 
Sec. 8503. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations. 
Sec. 8504. No loss of funds for wildfire suppression. 
Sec. 8505. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 8506. Conveyance of land and improvements to the village of Santa Clara, 
New Mexico. 
Sec. 8507. Streamlining the Forest Service process for consideration of commu-
nications facility location applications. 
Sec. 8508. Report on wildfire, insect infestation, and disease prevention on 
Federal land. 
Sec. 8509. Collaborative forest landscape restoration program. 
Sec. 8510. West Fork Fire Station. 
Sec. 8511. Competitive forestry, natural resources, and environmental grants 
program. 
TITLE IX—HORTICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Horticulture Marketing and Information 
Sec. 9001. Specialty crops market news allocation.
Sec. 9002. Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program. 
Sec. 9003. Food safety education initiatives. 
Sec. 9004. Specialty crop block grants. 
Sec. 9005. Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Act. 
Sec. 9006. Organic programs. 
Subtitle B—Regulatory Reform 
PART I—STATE LEAD AGENCIES UNDER FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, 
AND RODENTICIDE ACT 
Sec. 9101. Recognition and role of State lead agencies. 
PART II—PESTICIDE REGISTRATION AND USE 
Sec. 9111. Registration of pesticides. 
Sec. 9112. Experimental use permits. 
Sec. 9113. Administrative review; suspension. 
Sec. 9114. Unlawful acts. 
Sec. 9115. Authority of States. 
Sec. 9116. Regulations. 
Sec. 9117. Use of authorized pesticides. 
Sec. 9118. Discharges of pesticides. 
Sec. 9119. Enactment of Pesticide Registration Improvement Enhancement Act 
of 2017. 
PART III—AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANT PROTECTION ACT 
Sec. 9121. Methyl bromide. 
Sec. 9122. Preventing the arrival in the United States of forest pests through 
restrictions on the importation of certain plants for planting. 
PART IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 9131. Definition of retail facilities. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 9201. Report on regulation of plant biostimulants. 
Sec. 9202. Pecan marketing orders. 
Sec. 9203. Report on honey and maple syrup. 
TITLE X—CROP INSURANCE 
Sec. 10001. Treatment of forage and grazing. 
Sec. 10002. Administrative basic fee. 
Sec. 10003. Prevention of duplicative coverage. 
Sec. 10004. Repeal of unused authority. 
Sec. 10005. Continued authority. 
Sec. 10006. Program administration. 
Sec. 10007. Maintenance of policies. 
Sec. 10008. Research and development priorities. 
Sec. 10009. Extension of funding for research and development. 
Sec. 10010. Education and risk management assistance. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Livestock
Sec. 11101. Animal Disease Preparedness and Response. 
Sec. 11102. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. 
Sec. 11103. Veterinary training. 
Sec. 11104. Report on FSIS guidance and outreach to small meat processors. 
Sec. 11105. Regional Cattle and Carcass Grading Correlation and Training 
Centers. 
Subtitle B—Beginning, Socially Disadvantaged, and Veteran Producers 
Sec. 11201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 11202. State beginning farmer and rancher coordinator. 
Sec. 11203. Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement. 
Sec. 11204. Office of tribal relations. 
Sec. 11205. Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050. 
Sec. 11206. Agricultural youth organization coordinator. 
Subtitle C—Textiles 
Sec. 11301. Repeal of Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund. 
Sec. 11302. Repeal of Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund. 
Sec. 11303. Repeal of wool research and promotion grants funding. 
Sec. 11304. Textile Trust Fund. 
Subtitle D—United States Grain Standards Act 
Sec. 11401. Restoring certain exceptions to United States Grain Standards 
Act. 
Subtitle E—Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program 
Sec. 11501. Eligible crops. 
Sec. 11502. Service fee. 
Sec. 11503. Payments equivalent to additional coverage. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 11601. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Con-
servation. 
Sec. 11602. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain programs under De-
partment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. 
Sec. 11603. Conference report requirement threshold. 
Sec. 11604. National agriculture imagery program. 
Sec. 11605. Report on inclusion of natural stone products in Commodity Pro-
motion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. 
Sec. 11606. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing re-
gion. 
Sec. 11607. Establishment of Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison. 
Sec. 11608. Establishment of Food Access Liaison. 
Sec. 11609. Cotton classification services. 
Sec. 11610. Century farms program. 
Sec. 11611. Report on agricultural innovation. 
Sec. 11612. Report on dog importation. 
Sec. 11613. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. 
Sec. 11614. Consideration of the totality of conservation measures. 
Sec. 11615. Depredation permits for black vultures. 
Sec. 11616. Extending prohibition on animal fighting to the territories.
Sec. 11617. Waters of the United States rule. 
Subtitle G—Protecting Interstate Commerce 
Sec. 11701. Prohibition against interference by State and local governments 
with production or manufacture of items in other States. 
Sec. 11702. Federal cause of action to challenge State regulation of interstate 
commerce. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Commodity Policy 
SEC. 1111. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle and subtitle B: 
(1) ACTUAL CROP REVENUE.—The term ‘‘ac-
tual crop revenue’’, with respect to a covered com-
modity for a crop year, means the amount deter-
mined by the Secretary under section 1117(b). 
(2) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE.—The term 
‘‘agriculture risk coverage’’ means coverage provided 
under section 1117. 
(3) AGRICULTURE
RISK
COVERAGE
GUAR-
ANTEE.—The term ‘‘agriculture risk coverage guar-
antee’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the amount determined by the Sec-
retary under section 1117(c). 
(4) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 1111(4)(A) of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011(4)(A)),
subject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction 
under section 1112. 
(5) COVERED COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘covered 
commodity’’ means wheat, oats, and barley (includ-
ing wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and 
grazing), corn, grain sorghum, long grain rice, me-
dium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oil-
seeds, seed cotton, and peanuts. 
(6) EFFECTIVE
PRICE.—The term ‘‘effective 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the price calculated by the Sec-
retary under section 1116(b) to determine whether 
price loss coverage payments are required to be pro-
vided for that crop year. 
(7) EFFECTIVE REFERENCE PRICE.—The term 
‘‘effective reference price’’, with respect to a covered 
commodity for a crop year, means the lesser of the 
following: 
(A) An amount equal to 115 percent of the 
reference price for such covered commodity. 
(B) An amount equal to the greater of— 
(i) the reference price for such cov-
ered commodity; or 
(ii) 85 percent of the average of the 
marketing year average price of the cov-
ered commodity for the most recent 5 crop 
years, excluding each of the crop years 
with the highest and lowest marketing year 
average price. 
(8) EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.—The term 
‘‘extra long staple cotton’’ means cotton that— 
(A) is produced from pure strain varieties 
of the barbadense species or any hybrid of the 
species, or other similar types of extra long sta-
ple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having 
characteristics needed for various end uses for 
which United States upland cotton is not suit-
able and grown in irrigated cotton-growing re-
gions of the United States designated by the 
Secretary or other areas designated by the Sec-
retary as suitable for the production of the vari-
eties or types; and 
(B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if au-
thorized by the Secretary, ginned on another 
type gin for experimental purposes. 
(9) MARKETING
YEAR
AVERAGE
PRICE.—The 
term ‘‘marketing year average price’’ means the na-
tional average market price received by producers 
during the 12-month marketing year for a covered 
commodity, as determined by the Secretary.
(10) MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The term ‘‘medium 
grain rice’’ includes short grain rice and temperate 
japonica rice. 
(11) OTHER OILSEED.—The term ‘‘other oil-
seed’’ means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, 
canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, 
sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Sec-
retary. 
(12) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘‘payment 
acres’’, with respect to the provision of price loss 
coverage payments and agriculture risk coverage 
payments, means the number of acres determined 
for a farm under section 1114. 
(13) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’, for a farm for a covered commodity— 
(A) means the yield used to make pay-
ments pursuant to section 1116 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9016); or 
(B) means the yield established under sec-
tion 1113. 
(14) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘price 
loss coverage’’ means coverage provided under sec-
tion 1116. 
(15) PRODUCER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’ 
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or 
sharecropper that shares in the risk of pro-
ducing a crop and is entitled to share in the 
crop available for marketing from the farm, or 
would have shared had the crop been produced. 
(B) 
HYBRID
SEED.—In 
determining 
whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, 
the Secretary shall— 
(i) not take into consideration the ex-
istence of a hybrid seed contract; and 
(ii) ensure that program requirements 
do not adversely affect the ability of the 
grower to receive a payment under this 
title. 
(16) PULSE
CROP.—The term ‘‘pulse crop’’ 
means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(17) REFERENCE PRICE.—The term ‘‘reference 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the following: 
(A) For wheat, $5.50 per bushel. 
(B) For corn, $3.70 per bushel. 
(C) For grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel. 
(D) For barley, $4.95 per bushel.
(E) For oats, $2.40 per bushel. 
(F) For long grain rice, $14.00 per hun-
dredweight. 
(G) For medium grain rice, $14.00 per 
hundredweight. 
(H) For soybeans, $8.40 per bushel. 
(I) For other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundred-
weight. 
(J) For peanuts, $535.00 per ton. 
(K) For dry peas, $11.00 per hundred-
weight. 
(L) For lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight. 
(M) For small chickpeas, $19.04 per hun-
dredweight. 
(N) For large chickpeas, $21.54 per hun-
dredweight. 
(O) For seed cotton, $0.367 per pound. 
(18) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(19) SEED COTTON.—The term ‘‘seed cotton’’ 
means unginned upland cotton that includes both 
lint and seed. 
(20) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia;
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(21) TEMPERATE JAPONICA RICE.—The term 
‘‘temperate japonica rice’’ means rice that is grown 
in high altitudes or temperate regions of high lati-
tudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western 
United States, as determined by the Secretary, for 
the purpose of— 
(A) the establishment of a reference price 
(as required under section 1116(g)) and an ef-
fective price pursuant to section 1116; and 
(B) the determination of the actual crop 
revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee 
pursuant to section 1117. 
(22) TRANSITIONAL YIELD.—The term ‘‘transi-
tional yield’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1502(b)). 
(23) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘‘United 
States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means 
all of the States. 
(24) UNITED STATES PREMIUM FACTOR.—The 
term ‘‘United States Premium Factor’’ means the
percentage by which the difference in the United 
States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling 
(SM) 11⁄8-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 
13⁄32-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the 
applicable premiums for comparable international 
qualities. 
SEC. 1112. BASE ACRES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF BASE ACRES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres 
for covered commodities for a farm whenever any of 
the following circumstances occur: 
(A) A conservation reserve contract en-
tered into under section 1231 of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) with respect 
to the farm expires or is voluntarily terminated. 
(B) Cropland is released from coverage 
under a conservation reserve contract by the 
Secretary. 
(C) The producer has eligible oilseed acre-
age as the result of the Secretary designating 
additional oilseeds, which shall be determined in 
the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage 
under section 1101(a)(1)(D) of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8711(a)(1)(D)). 
(2) SPECIAL CONSERVATION RESERVE ACREAGE 
PAYMENT RULES.—For the crop year in which a 
base acres adjustment under subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (1) is first made, the owner of the 
farm shall elect to receive price loss coverage or ag-
riculture risk coverage with respect to the acreage 
added to the farm under this subsection or a pro-
rated payment under the conservation reserve con-
tract, but not both. 
(b) PREVENTION OF EXCESS BASE ACRES.— 
(1) REQUIRED REDUCTION.—If the sum of the 
base acres for a farm and the acreage described in 
paragraph (2) exceeds the actual cropland acreage of 
the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the base acres 
for 1 or more covered commodities for the farm so 
that the sum of the base acres and the acreage de-
scribed in paragraph (2) does not exceed the actual 
cropland acreage of the farm. 
(2) OTHER ACREAGE.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall include the following: 
(A) Any acreage on the farm enrolled in 
the conservation reserve program or wetlands 
reserve program (or successor programs) under
title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3801 et seq.). 
(B) Any other acreage on the farm en-
rolled in a Federal conservation program for 
which payments are made in exchange for not 
producing an agricultural commodity on the 
acreage. 
(C) If the Secretary designates additional 
oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall 
be determined in the same manner as eligible 
oilseed acreage under subsection (a)(1)(C). 
(3) SELECTION OF ACRES.—The Secretary shall 
give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select 
the base acres for a covered commodity for the farm 
against which the reduction required by paragraph 
(1) will be made. 
(4) EXCEPTION FOR DOUBLE-CROPPED ACRE-
AGE.—In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall make an exception in the case of double crop-
ping, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) REDUCTION IN BASE ACRES.— 
(1) REDUCTION AT OPTION OF OWNER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The owner of a farm 
may reduce, at any time, the base acres for any 
covered commodity for the farm.
(B) EFFECT OF REDUCTION.—A reduction 
under subparagraph (A) shall be permanent 
and made in a manner prescribed by the Sec-
retary. 
(2) REQUIRED ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
proportionately reduce base acres on a farm for 
land that has been subdivided and developed for 
multiple residential units or other nonfarming 
uses if the size of the tracts and the density of 
the subdivision is such that the land is unlikely 
to return to the previous agricultural use, un-
less the producers on the farm demonstrate 
that the land— 
(i) remains devoted to commercial ag-
ricultural production; or 
(ii) is likely to be returned to the pre-
vious agricultural use. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
establish procedures to identify land described 
in subparagraph (A). 
(3) TREATMENT OF UNPLANTED BASE.—In the 
case of a farm on which no covered commodities (in-
cluding seed cotton) were planted or prevented from 
being planted during the period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2017, the 
Secretary shall allocate all base acres on the farm to 
unassigned crop base for which no payment shall be 
made under section 1116 or 1117. 
(4) PROHIBITION
ON
RECONSTITUTION
OF 
FARM.—The Secretary shall ensure that producers 
on a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void or 
change the treatment of base acres under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 1113. PAYMENT YIELDS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF DESIGNATED OILSEEDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making 
price loss coverage payments under section 1116, 
the Secretary shall provide for the establishment of 
a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for 
which a payment yield was not established under 
section 1113 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9013) in accordance with this section. 
(2) PAYMENT
YIELDS
FOR
DESIGNATED
OIL-
SEEDS.—In the case of designated oilseeds, the pay-
ment yield shall be equal to 90 percent of the aver-
age of the yield per planted acre for the most recent 
five crop years, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
cluding any crop year in which the acreage planted 
to the covered commodity was zero.
(3) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 
to oilseeds designated after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
(b) EFFECT OF LACK OF PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT BY SECRETARY.—In the 
case of a covered commodity on a farm for which 
base acres have been established, if no payment yield 
is otherwise established for the covered commodity 
on the farm, the Secretary shall establish an appro-
priate payment yield for the covered commodity on 
the farm under paragraph (2). 
(2) USE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED FARMS.—To 
establish an appropriate payment yield for a covered 
commodity on a farm as required by paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall take into consideration the farm 
program payment yields applicable to that covered 
commodity for similarly situated farms. The use of 
such data in an appeal, by the Secretary or by the 
producer, shall not be subject to any other provision 
of law. 
(c) SINGLE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YIELDS IN 
COUNTIES AFFECTED BY DROUGHT.— 
(1) ELECTION TO UPDATE.—In the case of a 
farm that is physically located in a county in which 
any area of the county was rated by the U.S.
Drought Monitor as having a D4 (exceptional 
drought) intensity for 20 or more consecutive weeks 
during the period beginning January 1, 2008, and 
ending December 31, 2012, at the sole discretion of 
the owner of such farm, the owner of a farm shall 
have a 1-time opportunity to update, on a covered- 
commodity-by-covered-commodity basis, the payment 
yield that would otherwise be used in calculating any 
price loss coverage payment for each covered com-
modity on the farm for which the election is made. 
(2) METHOD OF UPDATING YIELDS FOR COV-
ERED COMMODITIES.—If the owner of a farm elects 
to update yields under paragraph (1), the payment 
yield for covered commodities on the farm, for the 
purpose of calculating price loss coverage payments 
only, shall be equal to 90 percent of the average of 
the yield per planted acre for the crop of covered 
commodities on the farm for the 2013 through 2017 
crop years, as determined by the Secretary, exclud-
ing any crop year in which the acreage planted to 
the covered commodity was zero. 
(3) USE OF COUNTY AVERAGE YIELD.—For the 
purposes of determining the average yield under 
paragraph (2), if the yield per planted acre for a 
crop of a covered commodity for a farm for any of
the crop years specified in paragraph (2) was less 
than 75 percent of the average of county yields for 
those same years for that commodity, the Secretary 
shall assign a yield for that crop year equal to 75 
percent of the average of the 2013 though 2017 
county yield for the covered commodity. 
(4) UPLAND
COTTON
CONVERSION.—In the 
case of seed cotton, for purposes of determining the 
average of the yield per planted acre under para-
graph (2), the average yield for seed cotton per 
planted acre shall be equal to 2.4 times the average 
yield for upland cotton per planted acre. 
(5) TIME FOR ELECTION.—An election under 
this subsection shall be made at a time and manner 
so as to be in effect beginning with the 2019 crop 
year, as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 1114. PAYMENT ACRES. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF PAYMENT ACRES.—Subject 
to subsection (d), for the purpose of price loss coverage 
and agriculture risk coverage, the payment acres for each 
covered commodity on a farm shall be equal to 85 percent 
of the base acres for the covered commodity on the farm. 
(b) EFFECT OF MINIMAL PAYMENT ACRES.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title, a producer
on a farm may not receive price loss coverage pay-
ments or agriculture risk coverage payments if the 
sum of the base acres on the farm is 10 acres or 
less, as determined by the Secretary, unless the sum 
of the base acres on the farm, when combined with 
the base acres of other farms in which the producer 
has an interest, is more than 10 acres. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not 
apply to a producer that is— 
(A) a socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2003(e))); or 
(B) a limited resource farmer or rancher, 
as defined by the Secretary. 
(c) EFFECT OF PLANTING FRUITS AND VEGETA-
BLES.— 
(1) REDUCTION
REQUIRED.—In the manner 
provided in this subsection, payment acres on a farm 
shall be reduced in any crop year in which fruits, 
vegetables (other than mung beans and pulse crops), 
or wild rice have been planted on base acres on a 
farm. 
(2) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE AND AGRICULTURAL 
RISK COVERAGE.—In the case of price loss coverage
payments and agricultural risk coverage payments, 
the reduction under paragraph (1) shall be the 
amount equal to the base acres planted to crops re-
ferred to in such paragraph in excess of 15 percent 
of base acres. 
(3) REDUCTION EXCEPTIONS.—No reduction to 
payment acres shall be made under this subsection 
if— 
(A) cover crops or crops referred to in 
paragraph (1) are grown solely for conservation 
purposes and not harvested for use or sale, as 
determined by the Secretary; or 
(B) in any region in which there is a his-
tory of double-cropping covered commodities 
with crops referred to in paragraph (1) and 
such crops were so double-cropped on the base 
acres, as determined by the Secretary. 
(4) EFFECT
OF
REDUCTION.—For each crop 
year for which fruits, vegetables (other than mung 
beans and pulse crops), or wild rice are planted to 
base acres on a farm for which a reduction in pay-
ment acres is made under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall consider such base acres to be planted, 
or prevented from planting, to a covered commodity
for purposes of any adjustment or reduction of base 
acres for the farm under section 1112. 
(d) UNASSIGNED CROP BASE.—The Secretary shall 
maintain information on base acres allocated as unas-
signed crop base pursuant to— 
(1) section 1112(c)(3); or 
(2) section 1112(a) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9012(a)). 
SEC. 1115. PRODUCER ELECTION. 
(a) ELECTION REQUIRED.—For the 2019 through 
2023 crop years, all of the producers on a farm shall make 
a 1-time, irrevocable election to obtain on a covered-com-
modity-by-covered-commodity basis— 
(1) price loss coverage under section 1116; or 
(2) agriculture risk coverage under section 
1117. 
(b) EFFECT
OF FAILURE
TO MAKE UNANIMOUS 
ELECTION.—If all the producers on a farm fail to make 
a unanimous election under subsection (a) for the 2019 
crop year— 
(1) the Secretary shall not make any payments 
with respect to the farm for the 2019 crop year 
under section 1116 or 1117; and 
(2) the producers on the farm shall be deemed 
to have elected price loss coverage under section
1116 for all covered commodities on the farm for the 
2020 through 2023 crop years. 
(c) PROHIBITION ON RECONSTITUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that producers on a farm do not recon-
stitute the farm to void or change an election made under 
this section. 
SEC. 1116. PRICE LOSS COVERAGE. 
(a) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE PAYMENTS.—If all of the 
producers on a farm make the election under subsection 
(a) of section 1115 to obtain price loss coverage or, subject 
to subsection (b)(1) of such section, are deemed to have 
made such election under subsection (b)(2) of such sec-
tion, the Secretary shall make price loss coverage pay-
ments to producers on the farm on a covered-commodity- 
by-covered-commodity basis if the Secretary determines 
that, for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years— 
(1) the effective price for the covered com-
modity for the crop year; is less than 
(2) the effective reference price for the covered 
commodity for the crop year. 
(b) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—The effective price for a cov-
ered commodity for a crop year shall be the higher of— 
(1) the marketing year average price; or
(2) the national average loan rate for a mar-
keting assistance loan for the covered commodity in 
effect for such crop year under subtitle B. 
(c) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate shall be 
equal to the difference between— 
(1) the effective reference price for the covered 
commodity; and 
(2) the effective price determined under sub-
section (b) for the covered commodity. 
(d) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If price loss coverage pay-
ments are required to be provided under this section for 
any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years for a covered 
commodity, the amount of the price loss coverage payment 
to be paid to the producers on a farm for the crop year 
shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— 
(1) the payment rate for the covered commodity 
under subsection (c); 
(2) the payment yield for the covered com-
modity; and 
(3) the payment acres for the covered com-
modity determined under section 1114. 
(e) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary deter-
mines under this section that price loss coverage payments 
are required to be provided for the covered commodity, 
the payments shall be made beginning October 1, or as
soon as practicable thereafter, after the end of the applica-
ble marketing year for the covered commodity. 
(f) EFFECTIVE PRICE FOR BARLEY.—In determining 
the effective price for barley under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall use the all-barley price. 
(g) REFERENCE PRICE FOR TEMPERATE JAPONICA 
RICE.—In order to reflect price premiums, the Secretary 
shall provide a reference price with respect to temperate 
japonica rice in an amount equal to the amount estab-
lished under subparagraph (F) of section 1111(17), as ad-
justed by paragraph (7) of such section, multiplied by the 
ratio obtained by dividing— 
(1) the simple average of the marketing year 
average price of medium grain rice from the 2012 
through 2016 crop years; by 
(2) the simple average of the marketing year 
average price of all rice from the 2012 through 2016 
crop years. 
SEC. 1117. AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE. 
(a) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE PAYMENTS.—If 
all of the producers on a farm make the election under 
section 1115(a) to obtain agriculture risk coverage, the 
Secretary shall make agriculture risk coverage payments 
to producers on the farm if the Secretary determines that, 
for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years—
(1) the actual crop revenue determined under 
subsection (b) for the crop year; is less than 
(2) the agriculture risk coverage guarantee de-
termined under subsection (c) for the crop year. 
(b) ACTUAL CROP REVENUE.—The amount of the 
actual crop revenue for a county for a crop year of a cov-
ered commodity shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying— 
(1) the actual average county yield per planted 
acre for the covered commodity, as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) the higher of— 
(A) the marketing year average price; or 
(B) the national average loan rate for a 
marketing assistance loan for the covered com-
modity in effect for such crop year under sub-
title B. 
(c) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE GUARANTEE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The agriculture risk cov-
erage guarantee for a crop year for a covered com-
modity shall equal 86 percent of the benchmark rev-
enue. 
(2) BENCHMARK
REVENUE.—The benchmark 
revenue shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying—
(A) subject to paragraph (3), the average 
historical county yield as determined by the 
Secretary for the most recent 5 crop years, ex-
cluding each of the crop years with the highest 
and lowest yields; and 
(B) subject to paragraph (4), the mar-
keting year average price for the most recent 5 
crop years, excluding each of the crop years 
with the highest and lowest prices. 
(3) YIELD CONDITIONS.—If the yield per plant-
ed acre for the covered commodity or historical 
county yield per planted acre for the covered com-
modity for any of the 5 most recent crop years, as 
determined by the Secretary, is less than 70 percent 
of the transitional yield, as determined by the Sec-
retary, the amounts used for any of those years in 
paragraph (2)(A) shall be 70 percent of the transi-
tional yield. 
(4) REFERENCE PRICE.—If the marketing year 
average price for any of the 5 most recent crop 
years is lower than the reference price for the cov-
ered commodity, the Secretary shall use the ref-
erence price for any of those years for the amounts 
in paragraph (2)(B).
(d) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate for a cov-
ered commodity in a county shall be equal to the lesser 
of— 
(1) the amount that— 
(A) the agriculture risk coverage guarantee 
for the crop year applicable under subsection 
(c); exceeds 
(B) the actual crop revenue for the crop 
year applicable under subsection (b); or 
(2) 10 percent of the benchmark revenue for 
the crop year applicable under subsection (c). 
(e) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If agriculture risk coverage 
payments are required to be paid for any of the 2019 
through 2023 crop years, the amount of the agriculture 
risk coverage payment for the crop year shall be deter-
mined by multiplying— 
(1) the payment rate for the covered commodity 
determined under subsection (d); and 
(2) the payment acres for the covered com-
modity determined under section 1114. 
(f) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that agriculture risk coverage payments are re-
quired to be provided for the covered commodity, pay-
ments shall be made beginning October 1, or as soon as
practicable thereafter, after the end of the applicable mar-
keting year for the covered commodity. 
(g) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In 
providing agriculture risk coverage, the Secretary shall— 
(1) to the maximum extent practicable, use all 
available information and analysis, including data 
mining, to check for anomalies in the determination 
of agriculture risk coverage payments; 
(2) calculate a separate actual crop revenue and 
agriculture risk coverage guarantee for irrigated and 
nonirrigated covered commodities; 
(3) assign an actual or benchmark county yield 
for each planted acre for the crop year for the cov-
ered commodity— 
(A) for a county for which county data col-
lected by the Risk Management Agency is suffi-
cient for the Secretary to offer a county-wide 
insurance product using the actual average 
county yield determined by the Risk Manage-
ment Agency; or 
(B) for a county not described in subpara-
graph (A) using— 
(i) other sources of yield information, 
as determined by the Secretary; or
(ii) the yield history of representative 
farms in the State, region, or crop report-
ing district, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
(4) make payments, as applicable, to producers 
using the payment rate of the county of the physical 
location of the base acres of a farm. 
SEC. 1118. PRODUCER AGREEMENTS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Before the producers on 
a farm may receive payments under this subtitle 
with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, 
during the crop year for which the payments are 
made and in exchange for the payments— 
(A) to comply with applicable conservation 
requirements under subtitle B of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 
et seq.); 
(B) to comply with applicable wetland pro-
tection requirements under subtitle C of title 
XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); 
(C) to effectively control noxious weeds 
and otherwise maintain the land in accordance 
with sound agricultural practices, as determined 
by the Secretary; and
(D) to use the land on the farm, in a 
quantity equal to the attributable base acres for 
the farm and any base acres for an agricultural 
or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural 
commercial, industrial, or residential use, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
(2) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary may issue 
such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to 
ensure producer compliance with the requirements of 
paragraph (1). 
(3) MODIFICATION.—At the request of the 
transferee or owner, the Secretary may modify the 
requirements of this subsection if the modifications 
are consistent with the objectives of this subsection, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) TRANSFER
OR
CHANGE
OF
INTEREST
IN 
FARM.— 
(1) TERMINATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), a transfer of (or change in) the 
interest of the producers on a farm for which 
payments under this subtitle are provided shall 
result in the termination of the payments, un-
less the transferee or owner of the acreage
agrees to assume all obligations under sub-
section (a). 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The termination 
shall take effect on the date determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If a producer entitled to a 
payment under this subtitle dies, becomes incom-
petent, or is otherwise unable to receive the pay-
ment, the Secretary shall make the payment in ac-
cordance with rules issued by the Secretary. 
(c) ACREAGE REPORTS.—As a condition on the re-
ceipt of any benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B, the 
Secretary shall require producers on a farm to submit to 
the Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all 
cropland on the farm. 
(d) EFFECT OF INACCURATE REPORTS.—No penalty 
with respect to benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B 
shall be assessed against a producer on a farm for an inac-
curate acreage report unless the Secretary determines that 
the producer on the farm knowingly and willfully falsified 
the acreage report. 
(e) TENANTS
AND SHARECROPPERS.—In carrying 
out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safe-
guards to protect the interests of tenants and share-
croppers.
(f) SHARING OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
provide for the sharing of payments made under this sub-
title among the producers on a farm on a fair and equi-
table basis. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans 
SEC. 1201. AVAILABILITY OF NONRECOURSE MARKETING 
ASSISTANCE LOANS FOR LOAN COMMOD-
ITIES. 
(a) DEFINITION OF LOAN COMMODITY.—In this sub-
title, the term ‘‘loan commodity’’ means wheat, corn, grain 
sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple 
cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soy-
beans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mo-
hair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(b) NONRECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of the 2019 
through 2023 crops of each loan commodity, the 
Secretary shall make available to producers on a 
farm nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for 
loan commodities produced on the farm. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The marketing 
assistance loans shall be made under terms and con-
ditions that are prescribed by the Secretary and at
the loan rate established under section 1202 for the 
loan commodity. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTION.—The producers on a 
farm shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan 
under subsection (b) for any quantity of a loan commodity 
produced on the farm. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH CONSERVATION AND WET-
LANDS REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition of the receipt of 
a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b), the pro-
ducer shall comply with applicable conservation require-
ments under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.) and applicable wet-
land protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII 
of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.) during the term of 
the loan. 
(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR PEANUTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall apply 
only to producers of peanuts. 
(2) OPTIONS FOR OBTAINING LOAN.—A mar-
keting assistance loan under this section, and loan 
deficiency payments under section 1205, may be ob-
tained at the option of the producers on a farm 
through—
(A) a designated marketing association or 
marketing cooperative of producers that is ap-
proved by the Secretary; or 
(B) the Farm Service Agency. 
(3) STORAGE OF LOAN PEANUTS.—As a condi-
tion on the approval by the Secretary of an indi-
vidual or entity to provide storage for peanuts for 
which a marketing assistance loan is made under 
this section, the individual or entity shall agree— 
(A) to provide the storage on a nondiscrim-
inatory basis; and 
(B) to comply with such additional require-
ments as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
accomplish the purposes of this section and pro-
mote fairness in the administration of the bene-
fits of this section. 
(4) STORAGE, HANDLING, AND
ASSOCIATED 
COSTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To ensure proper stor-
age of peanuts for which a loan is made under 
this section, the Secretary shall pay handling 
and other associated costs (other than storage 
costs) incurred at the time at which the peanuts 
are placed under loan, as determined by the 
Secretary.
(B) REDEMPTION AND FORFEITURE.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(i) require the repayment of handling 
and other associated costs paid under sub-
paragraph (A) for all peanuts pledged as 
collateral for a loan that is redeemed under 
this section; and 
(ii) pay storage, handling, and other 
associated costs for all peanuts pledged as 
collateral that are forfeited under this sec-
tion. 
(5) MARKETING.—A marketing association or 
cooperative may market peanuts for which a loan is 
made under this section in any manner that con-
forms to consumer needs, including the separation of 
peanuts by type and quality. 
(6) REIMBURSABLE
AGREEMENTS
AND
PAY-
MENT
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Sec-
retary may implement any reimbursable agreements 
or provide for the payment of administrative ex-
penses under this subsection only in a manner that 
is consistent with those activities in regard to other 
loan commodities.
SEC. 1202. LOAN RATES FOR NONRECOURSE MARKETING 
ASSISTANCE LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of each of the 2019 
through 2023 crop years, the loan rate for a marketing 
assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan commodity 
shall be equal to the following: 
(1) In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel. 
(2) In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel. 
(3) In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per 
bushel. 
(4) In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel. 
(5) In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel. 
(6)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), 
in the case of base quality of upland cotton, the sim-
ple average of the adjusted prevailing world price for 
the 2 immediately preceding marketing years, as de-
termined by the Secretary and announced October 1 
preceding the next domestic planting. 
(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), 
the loan rate determined under subparagraph (A) 
may not equal less than an amount equal to 98 per-
cent of the loan rate for base quality of upland cot-
ton for the preceding year. 
(C) The loan rate determined under subpara-
graph (A) may not be equal to an amount— 
(i) less than $0.45 per pound; or
(ii) more than $0.52 per pound. 
(7) In the case of extra long staple cotton, 
$0.95 per pound. 
(8) In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per 
hundredweight. 
(9) In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per 
hundredweight. 
(10) In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel. 
(11) In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per 
hundredweight for each of the following kinds of oil-
seeds: 
(A) Sunflower seed. 
(B) Rapeseed. 
(C) Canola. 
(D) Safflower. 
(E) Flaxseed. 
(F) Mustard seed. 
(G) Crambe. 
(H) Sesame seed. 
(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Sec-
retary. 
(12) In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hun-
dredweight. 
(13) In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundred-
weight.
(14) In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per 
hundredweight. 
(15) In the case of large chickpeas, $11.28 per 
hundredweight. 
(16) In the case of graded wool, $1.15 per 
pound. 
(17) In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per 
pound. 
(18) In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound. 
(19) In the case of honey, $0.69 per pound. 
(20) In the case of peanuts, $355 per ton. 
(b) SINGLE COUNTY LOAN RATE FOR OTHER OIL-
SEEDS.—The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate 
in each county for each kind of other oilseeds described 
in subsection (a)(11). 
(c) RULE FOR SEED COTTON.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of sections 
1116(b)(2) and 1117(b)(2)(B) only, seed cotton 
shall be deemed to have a loan rate equal to $0.25 
per pound. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to authorize non-
recourse marketing assistance loans under this sub-
title for seed cotton.
SEC. 1203. TERM OF LOANS. 
(a) TERM OF LOAN.—In the case of each loan com-
modity, a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 
shall have a term of 9 months beginning on the first day 
of the first month after the month in which the loan is 
made. 
(b) EXTENSIONS PROHIBITED.—The Secretary may 
not extend the term of a marketing assistance loan for 
any loan commodity. 
SEC. 1204. REPAYMENT OF LOANS. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary shall permit the 
producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan 
under section 1201 for a loan commodity (other than up-
land cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, extra long 
staple cotton, peanuts and confectionery and each other 
kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)) at 
a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
under section 1202, plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); 
(2) a rate (as determined by the Secretary) 
that—
(A) is calculated based on average market 
prices for the loan commodity during the pre-
ceding 30-day period; and 
(B) will minimize discrepancies in mar-
keting loan benefits across State boundaries 
and across county boundaries; or 
(3) a rate that the Secretary may develop using 
alternative methods for calculating a repayment rate 
for a loan commodity that the Secretary determines 
will— 
(A) minimize potential loan forfeitures; 
(B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of 
the commodity by the Federal Government; 
(C) minimize the cost incurred by the Fed-
eral Government in storing the commodity; 
(D) allow the commodity produced in the 
United States to be marketed freely and com-
petitively, both domestically and internationally; 
and 
(E) minimize discrepancies in marketing 
loan benefits across State boundaries and 
across county boundaries. 
(b) REPAYMENT RATES FOR UPLAND COTTON, LONG 
GRAIN RICE, AND MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The Secretary 
shall permit producers to repay a marketing assistance
loan under section 1201 for upland cotton, long grain rice, 
and medium grain rice at a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
under section 1202, plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); or 
(2) the prevailing world market price for the 
commodity, as determined and adjusted by the Sec-
retary in accordance with this section. 
(c) REPAYMENT RATES FOR EXTRA LONG STAPLE 
COTTON.—Repayment of a marketing assistance loan for 
extra long staple cotton shall be at the loan rate estab-
lished for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest 
(determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7283)). 
(d) PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE.—For pur-
poses of this section and section 1207, the Secretary shall 
prescribe by regulation— 
(1) a formula to determine the prevailing world 
market price for each of upland cotton, long grain 
rice and medium grain rice; and
(2) a mechanism by which the Secretary shall 
announce periodically those prevailing world market 
prices. 
(e) ADJUSTMENT OF PREVAILING WORLD MARKET 
PRICE FOR UPLAND COTTON, LONG GRAIN RICE, AND 
MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.— 
(1) RICE.—The prevailing world market price 
for long grain rice and medium grain rice deter-
mined under subsection (d) shall be adjusted to 
United States quality and location. 
(2) COTTON.—The prevailing world market 
price for upland cotton determined under subsection 
(d)— 
(A) shall be adjusted to United States 
quality and location, with the adjustment to in-
clude— 
(i) a reduction equal to any United 
States Premium Factor for upland cotton 
of a quality higher than Middling (M) 
13⁄32-inch; and 
(ii) the average costs to market the 
commodity, including average transpor-
tation costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and
(B) may be further adjusted, during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on July 31, 2024, if the 
Secretary determines the adjustment is nec-
essary— 
(i) to minimize potential loan forfeit-
ures; 
(ii) to minimize the accumulation of 
stocks of upland cotton by the Federal 
Government; 
(iii) to ensure that upland cotton pro-
duced in the United States can be mar-
keted freely and competitively, both domes-
tically and internationally; and 
(iv) to ensure an appropriate transi-
tion between current-crop and forward- 
crop price quotations, except that the Sec-
retary 
may 
use 
forward-crop 
price 
quotations prior to July 31 of a marketing 
year only if— 
(I) there are insufficient current- 
crop price quotations; and 
(II) 
the 
forward-crop 
price 
quotation is the lowest such quotation 
available.
(3) GUIDELINES
FOR
ADDITIONAL
ADJUST-
MENTS.—In making adjustments under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall establish a mechanism 
for determining and announcing the adjustments in 
order to avoid undue disruption in the United States 
market. 
(f) REPAYMENT RATES FOR CONFECTIONERY AND 
OTHER KINDS OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS.—The Secretary 
shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing 
assistance loan under section 1201 for confectionery and 
each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower 
seed) at a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
under section 1202, plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); or 
(2) the repayment rate established for oil sun-
flower seed. 
(g) PAYMENT OF COTTON STORAGE COSTS.—Effec-
tive for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the 
Secretary shall make cotton storage payments available in 
the same manner, and at the same rates as the Secretary 
provided storage payments for the 2006 crop of cotton, 
except that the rates shall be reduced by 10 percent.
(h) REPAYMENT RATE
FOR PEANUTS.—The Sec-
retary shall permit producers on a farm to repay a mar-
keting assistance loan for peanuts under section 1201 at 
a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for peanuts under 
section 1202(a)(20), plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); or 
(2) a rate that the Secretary determines will— 
(A) minimize potential loan forfeitures; 
(B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of 
peanuts by the Federal Government; 
(C) minimize the cost incurred by the Fed-
eral Government in storing peanuts; and 
(D) allow peanuts produced in the United 
States to be marketed freely and competitively, 
both domestically and internationally. 
(i) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY ADJUST REPAY-
MENT RATES.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—In the event of 
a severe disruption to marketing, transportation, or 
related infrastructure, the Secretary may modify the 
repayment rate otherwise applicable under this sec-
tion for marketing assistance loans under section 
1201 for a loan commodity. 
(2) DURATION.—Any adjustment made under 
paragraph (1) in the repayment rate for marketing 
assistance loans for a loan commodity shall be in ef-
fect on a short-term and temporary basis, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 1205. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF
LOAN
DEFICIENCY
PAY-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (d), the Secretary may make loan deficiency 
payments available to producers on a farm that, al-
though eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan 
under section 1201 with respect to a loan com-
modity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the 
commodity in return for loan deficiency payments 
under this section. 
(2) UNSHORN PELTS, HAY, AND SILAGE.— 
(A) MARKETING
ASSISTANCE
LOANS.— 
Subject to subparagraph (B), nongraded wool 
in the form of unshorn pelts and hay and silage 
derived from a loan commodity are not eligible 
for a marketing assistance loan under section 
1201.
(B) LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT.—Effec-
tive for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop 
years, the Secretary may make loan deficiency 
payments available under this section to pro-
ducers on a farm that produce unshorn pelts or 
hay and silage derived from a loan commodity. 
(b) COMPUTATION.—A loan deficiency payment for a 
loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) shall be equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(1) the payment rate determined under sub-
section (c) for the commodity; by 
(2) the quantity of the commodity produced by 
the eligible producers, excluding any quantity for 
which the producers obtain a marketing assistance 
loan under section 1201. 
(c) PAYMENT RATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a loan com-
modity, the payment rate shall be the amount by 
which— 
(A) the loan rate established under section 
1202 for the loan commodity; exceeds 
(B) the rate at which a marketing assist-
ance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid 
under section 1204.
(2) UNSHORN PELTS.—In the case of unshorn 
pelts, the payment rate shall be the amount by 
which— 
(A) the loan rate established under section 
1202 for ungraded wool; exceeds 
(B) the rate at which a marketing assist-
ance loan for ungraded wool may be repaid 
under section 1204. 
(3) HAY AND SILAGE.—In the case of hay or si-
lage derived from a loan commodity, the payment 
rate shall be the amount by which— 
(A) the loan rate established under section 
1202 for the loan commodity from which the 
hay or silage is derived; exceeds 
(B) the rate at which a marketing assist-
ance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid 
under section 1204. 
(d) EXCEPTION
FOR EXTRA LONG STAPLE COT-
TON.—This section shall not apply with respect to extra 
long staple cotton. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PAYMENT RATE DETER-
MINATION.—The Secretary shall determine the amount of 
the loan deficiency payment to be made under this section 
to the producers on a farm with respect to a quantity of 
a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection
(a)(2) using the payment rate in effect under subsection 
(c) as of the date the producers request the payment. 
SEC. 1206. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF LOAN DEFICIENCY PAY-
MENTS FOR GRAZED ACREAGE. 
(a) ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Effective for each of the 
2019 through 2023 crop years, in the case of a pro-
ducer that would be eligible for a loan deficiency 
payment under section 1205 for wheat, barley, or 
oats, but that elects to use acreage planted to the 
wheat, barley, or oats for the grazing of livestock, 
the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer 
under this section if the producer enters into an 
agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other 
harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on that acre-
age. 
(2) GRAZING OF TRITICALE ACREAGE.—Effec-
tive for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, 
with respect to a producer on a farm that uses acre-
age planted to triticale for the grazing of livestock, 
the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer 
under this section if the producer enters into an 
agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other 
harvesting of triticale on that acreage. 
(b) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a payment 
made under this section to a producer on a farm de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the 
amount determined by multiplying— 
(A) the loan deficiency payment rate deter-
mined under section 1205(c) in effect, as of the 
date of the agreement, for the county in which 
the farm is located; by 
(B) the payment quantity determined by 
multiplying— 
(i) the quantity of the grazed acreage 
on the farm with respect to which the pro-
ducer elects to forgo harvesting of wheat, 
barley, or oats; and 
(ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for 
the calculation of price loss coverage under 
section 1116 with respect to that loan com-
modity on the farm; 
(II) in the case of a farm for which 
agriculture risk coverage is elected under 
section 1117, the payment yield that would 
otherwise be in effect with respect to that 
loan commodity on the farm in the absence 
of such election; or
(III) in the case of a farm for which 
no payment yield is otherwise established 
for that loan commodity on the farm, an 
appropriate yield established by the Sec-
retary in a manner consistent with section 
1113(b). 
(2) GRAZING
OF
TRITICALE
ACREAGE.—The 
amount of a payment made under this section to a 
producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall be equal to the amount determined by multi-
plying— 
(A) the loan deficiency payment rate deter-
mined under section 1205(c) in effect for 
wheat, as of the date of the agreement, for the 
county in which the farm is located; by 
(B) the payment quantity determined by 
multiplying— 
(i) the quantity of the grazed acreage 
on the farm with respect to which the pro-
ducer elects to forgo harvesting of triticale; 
and 
(ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for 
the calculation of price loss coverage under 
subtitle A with respect to wheat on the 
farm;
(II) in the case of a farm for which 
agriculture risk coverage is elected under 
section 1117, the payment yield that would 
otherwise be in effect for wheat on the 
farm in the absence of such election; or 
(III) in the case of a farm for which 
no payment yield is otherwise established 
for wheat on the farm, an appropriate 
yield established by the Secretary in a 
manner consistent with section 1113(b). 
(c) TIME, MANNER, AND AVAILABILITY
OF PAY-
MENT.— 
(1) TIME AND MANNER.—A payment under this 
section shall be made at the same time and in the 
same manner as loan deficiency payments are made 
under section 1205. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish an availability period for the payments 
authorized by this section. 
(B) CERTAIN COMMODITIES.—In the case 
of wheat, barley, and oats, the availability pe-
riod shall be consistent with the availability pe-
riod for the commodity established by the Sec-
retary for marketing assistance loans author-
ized by this subtitle. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON CROP INSURANCE INDEMNITY 
OR NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE.—A 2019 through 
2023 crop of wheat, barley, oats, or triticale planted on 
acreage that a producer elects, in the agreement required 
by subsection (a), to use for the grazing of livestock in 
lieu of any other harvesting of the crop shall not be eligible 
for an indemnity under a policy or plan of insurance au-
thorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.) or noninsured crop assistance under section 
196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 
SEC. 1207. SPECIAL MARKETING LOAN PROVISIONS FOR 
UPLAND COTTON. 
(a) SPECIAL IMPORT QUOTA.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SPECIAL IMPORT QUOTA.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘special import quota’’ 
means a quantity of imports that is not subject to 
the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
carry out an import quota program beginning 
on August 1, 2019, as provided in this sub-
section.
(B) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Whenever 
the Secretary determines and announces that 
for any consecutive 4-week period, the Friday 
through Thursday average price quotation for 
the lowest priced United States growth, as 
quoted for Middling (M) 13⁄32-inch upland cot-
ton, delivered to a definable and significant 
international market, as determined by the Sec-
retary, exceeds the prevailing world market 
price, there shall immediately be in effect a spe-
cial import quota. 
(3) QUANTITY.—The quota shall be equal to 
the consumption during a 1-week period of cotton by 
domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average 
rate of the most recent 3 months for which official 
data of the Department of Agriculture are available 
or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by 
the Secretary. 
(4) APPLICATION.—The quota shall apply to 
upland cotton purchased not later than 90 days 
after the date of the Secretary’s announcement 
under paragraph (2) and entered into the United 
States not later than 180 days after that date. 
(5) OVERLAP.—A special quota period may be 
established that overlaps any existing quota period if
required by paragraph (2), except that a special 
quota period may not be established under this sub-
section if a quota period has been established under 
subsection (b). 
(6) PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.—The 
quantity under a special import quota shall be con-
sidered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of— 
(A) section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(d)); 
(B) section 204 of the Andean Trade Pref-
erence Act (19 U.S.C. 3203); 
(C) section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and 
(D) General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule. 
(7) LIMITATION.—The quantity of cotton en-
tered into the United States during any marketing 
year under the special import quota established 
under this subsection may not exceed the equivalent 
of 10 weeks’ consumption of upland cotton by do-
mestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate 
of the 3 months immediately preceding the first spe-
cial import quota established in any marketing year. 
(b) LIMITED GLOBAL IMPORT QUOTA FOR UPLAND 
COTTON.—
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) 
DEMAND.—The 
term 
‘‘demand’’ 
means— 
(i) the average seasonally adjusted an-
nual rate of domestic mill consumption of 
cotton during the most recent 3 months 
for which official data of the Department 
of Agriculture are available or, in the ab-
sence of sufficient data, as estimated by 
the Secretary; and 
(ii) the larger of— 
(I) average exports of upland cot-
ton during the preceding 6 marketing 
years; or 
(II) cumulative exports of upland 
cotton plus outstanding export sales 
for the marketing year in which the 
quota is established. 
(B) LIMITED
GLOBAL
IMPORT
QUOTA.— 
The term ‘‘limited global import quota’’ means 
a quantity of imports that is not subject to the 
over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota. 
(C) SUPPLY.—The term ‘‘supply’’ means, 
using the latest official data of the Department 
of Agriculture—
(i) the carry-over of upland cotton at 
the beginning of the marketing year (ad-
justed to 480-pound bales) in which the 
quota is established; 
(ii) production of the current crop; 
and 
(iii) imports to the latest date avail-
able during the marketing year. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The President shall carry out 
an import quota program that provides that when-
ever the Secretary determines and announces that 
the average price of the base quality of upland cot-
ton, as determined by the Secretary, in the des-
ignated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 per-
cent of the average price of the quality of cotton in 
the markets for the preceding 36 months, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there shall im-
mediately be in effect a limited global import quota 
subject to the following conditions: 
(A) QUANTITY.—The quantity of the quota 
shall be equal to 21 days of domestic mill con-
sumption of upland cotton at the seasonally ad-
justed average rate of the most recent 3 months 
for which official data of the Department of Ag-
riculture are available or, in the absence of suf-
ficient data, as estimated by the Secretary. 
(B) QUANTITY
OF
PRIOR
QUOTA.—If a 
quota has been established under this sub-
section during the preceding 12 months, the 
quantity of the quota next established under 
this subsection shall be the smaller of 21 days 
of domestic mill consumption calculated under 
subparagraph (A) or the quantity required to 
increase the supply to 130 percent of the de-
mand. 
(C) 
PREFERENTIAL
TARIFF
TREAT-
MENT.—The quantity under a limited global 
import quota shall be considered to be an in- 
quota quantity for purposes of— 
(i) section 213(d) of the Caribbean 
Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 
2703(d)); 
(ii) section 204 of the Andean Trade 
Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203); 
(iii) section 503(d) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and 
(iv) General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule.
(D) QUOTA
ENTRY
PERIOD.—When a 
quota is established under this subsection, cot-
ton may be entered under the quota during the 
90-day period beginning on the date the quota 
is established by the Secretary. 
(3) NO OVERLAP.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(2), a quota period may not be established that over-
laps an existing quota period or a special quota pe-
riod established under subsection (a). 
(c) ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE FOR TEX-
TILE MILLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, make eco-
nomic adjustment assistance available to domestic 
users of upland cotton in the form of payments for 
all documented use of that upland cotton during the 
previous monthly period regardless of the origin of 
the upland cotton. 
(2) VALUE OF ASSISTANCE.—The value of the 
assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be 
3.15 cents per pound. 
(3) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES.—Economic adjust-
ment assistance under this subsection shall be made 
available only to domestic users of upland cotton 
that certify that the assistance shall be used only to
acquire, construct, install, modernize, develop, con-
vert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, fa-
cilities, or machinery. 
(4) REVIEW
OR
AUDIT.—The Secretary may 
conduct such review or audit of the records of a do-
mestic user under this subsection as the Secretary 
determines necessary to carry out this subsection. 
(5) IMPROPER
USE
OF
ASSISTANCE.—If the 
Secretary determines, after a review or audit of the 
records of the domestic user, that economic adjust-
ment assistance under this subsection was not used 
for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), the do-
mestic user shall be— 
(A) liable for the repayment of the assist-
ance to the Secretary, plus interest, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; and 
(B) ineligible to receive assistance under 
this subsection for a period of 1 year following 
the determination of the Secretary. 
SEC. 1208. SPECIAL COMPETITIVE PROVISIONS FOR EXTRA 
LONG STAPLE COTTON. 
(a) COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, during the period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act through July 31, 
2024, the Secretary shall carry out a program—
(1) to maintain and expand the domestic use of 
extra long staple cotton produced in the United 
States; 
(2) to increase exports of extra long staple cot-
ton produced in the United States; and 
(3) to ensure that extra long staple cotton pro-
duced in the United States remains competitive in 
world markets. 
(b) PAYMENTS UNDER PROGRAM; TRIGGER.—Under 
the program, the Secretary shall make payments available 
under this section whenever— 
(1) for a consecutive 4-week period, the world 
market price for the lowest priced competing growth 
of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United 
States quality and location and for other factors af-
fecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as deter-
mined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing 
United States price for a competing growth of extra 
long staple cotton; and 
(2) the lowest priced competing growth of extra 
long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality 
and location and for other factors affecting the com-
petitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the 
Secretary, is less than 113 percent of the loan rate 
for extra long staple cotton.
(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall 
make payments available under this section to domestic 
users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United 
States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced 
in the United States that enter into an agreement with 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the 
program under this section. 
(d) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Payments under this sec-
tion shall be based on the amount of the difference in the 
prices referred to in subsection (b)(1) during the fourth 
week of the consecutive 4-week period multiplied by the 
amount of documented purchases by domestic users and 
sales for export by exporters made in the week following 
such a consecutive 4-week period. 
SEC. 1209. AVAILABILITY OF RECOURSE LOANS. 
(a) HIGH MOISTURE FEED GRAINS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF HIGH MOISTURE STATE.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘high moisture state’’ 
means corn or grain sorghum having a moisture con-
tent in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation 
standards for marketing assistance loans made by 
the Secretary under section 1201. 
(2) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE.—For each of 
the 2019 through 2023 crops of corn and grain sor-
ghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse
loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers 
on a farm that— 
(A) normally harvest all or a portion of 
their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high 
moisture state; 
(B) present— 
(i) certified scale tickets from an in-
spected, certified commercial scale, includ-
ing a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed mill, 
distillery, or other similar entity approved 
by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations 
issued by the Secretary; or 
(ii) field or other physical measure-
ments of the standing or stored crop in re-
gions of the United States, as determined 
by the Secretary, that do not have certified 
commercial scales from which certified 
scale tickets may be obtained within rea-
sonable proximity of harvest operation; 
(C) certify that the producers on the farm 
were the owners of the feed grain at the time 
of delivery to, and that the quantity to be 
placed under loan under this subsection was in 
fact harvested on the farm and delivered to, a 
feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or on-farm
high-moisture storage facility, or to a facility 
maintained by the users of corn and grain sor-
ghum in a high moisture state; and 
(D) comply with deadlines established by 
the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain 
sorghum and submit applications for loans 
under this subsection within deadlines estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY OF ACQUIRED FEED GRAINS.— 
A loan under this subsection shall be made on a 
quantity of corn or grain sorghum of the same crop 
acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity 
determined by multiplying— 
(A) the acreage of the corn or grain sor-
ghum in a high moisture state harvested on the 
farm of the producer; by 
(B) the lower of— 
(i) the payment yield in effect for the 
calculation of price loss coverage under 
section 1116, or the payment yield deemed 
to be in effect or established under sub-
clause 
(II) 
or 
(III) 
of 
section 
1206(b)(1)(B)(ii), with respect to corn or 
grain sorghum on a field that is similar to 
the field from which the corn or grain sor-
ghum referred to in subparagraph (A) was 
obtained; or 
(ii) the actual yield of corn or grain 
sorghum on a field, as determined by the 
Secretary, that is similar to the field from 
which the corn or grain sorghum referred 
to in subparagraph (A) was obtained. 
(b) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR SEED COT-
TON.—For each of the 2019 through 2023 crops of upland 
cotton and extra long staple cotton, the Secretary shall 
make available recourse seed cotton loans, as determined 
by the Secretary, on any production. 
(c) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE
FOR CONTAMI-
NATED COMMODITIES.—In the case of a loan commodity 
that is ineligible for 100 percent of the nonrecourse mar-
keting loan rate in the county due to a determination that 
the commodity is contaminated yet still merchantable, for 
each of the 2019 through 2023 crops of such loan com-
modity, the Secretary shall make available recourse com-
modity loans, at the rate provided under section 1202, on 
any production. 
(d) REPAYMENT RATES.—Repayment of a recourse 
loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate es-
tablished for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest 
(determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7283)). 
SEC. 1210. ADJUSTMENTS OF LOANS. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—Subject to sub-
section (e), the Secretary may make appropriate adjust-
ments in the loan rates for any loan commodity (other 
than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, loca-
tion, and other factors. 
(b) MANNER
OF ADJUSTMENT.—The adjustments 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be made in such a manner that the average loan 
level for the commodity will, on the basis of the anticipated 
incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support 
determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle 
C. 
(c) COST SAVING OPTION.—In carrying out this title, 
the Secretary shall consider methods to enhance the sup-
port, loan, or assistance provided under this title in a man-
ner that further minimizes the potential for forfeitures. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT ON COUNTY BASIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 
loan rates for a crop for producers in individual 
counties in a manner that results in the lowest loan 
rate being 95 percent of the national average loan
rate, if those loan rates do not result in an increase 
in outlays. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Adjustments under this 
subsection shall not result in an increase in the na-
tional average loan rate for any year. 
(e) ADJUSTMENT IN LOAN RATE FOR COTTON.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton 
for differences in quality factors. 
(2) TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS.—Loan rate ad-
justments under paragraph (1) may include— 
(A) the use of non-spot market price data, 
in addition to spot market price data, that 
would enhance the accuracy of the price infor-
mation used in determining quality adjustments 
under this subsection; 
(B) adjustments in the premiums or dis-
counts associated with upland cotton with a sta-
ple length of 33 or above due to micronaire 
with the goal of eliminating any unnecessary ar-
tificial splits in the calculations of the pre-
miums or discounts; and 
(C) such other adjustments as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, after consulta-
tions conducted in accordance with paragraph 
(3). 
(3) CONSULTATION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR.— 
(A) PRIOR TO REVISION.—In making ad-
justments to the loan rate for cotton (including 
any review of the adjustments) as provided in 
this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with 
representatives of the United States cotton in-
dustry. 
(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to consultations under this subsection. 
(4) REVIEW OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary 
may review the operation of the upland cotton qual-
ity adjustments implemented pursuant to this sub-
section and may make further adjustments to the 
administration of the loan program for upland cot-
ton, by revoking or revising any adjustment taken 
under paragraph (2). 
(f) RICE.—The Secretary shall not make adjustments 
in the loan rates for long grain rice and medium grain 
rice, except for differences in grade and quality (including 
milling yields).
(g) CONTINUATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 166 of 
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7286) is amended by striking ‘‘and Sub-
title B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘subtitle B of title I of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014, and subtitle B of title I of the 
Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
SEC. 1301. SUGAR POLICY. 
(a) CONTINUATION
OF CURRENT PROGRAM
AND 
LOAN RATES.— 
(1) SUGARCANE.—Section 156(a)(4) of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)(4)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(2) 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 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(3) 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 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) FLEXIBLE
MARKETING
ALLOTMENTS
FOR 
SUGAR.—
(1) SUGAR ESTIMATES.—Section 359b(a)(1) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1359bb(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
PERIOD.—Section 359l(a) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1359ll(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023’’. 
Subtitle D—Dairy Risk Manage-
ment Program and Other Dairy 
Programs 
SEC. 1401. DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR 
DAIRY PRODUCERS. 
(a) REVIEW OF DATA USED IN CALCULATION OF AV-
ERAGE FEED COST.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
evaluating the extent to which the average cost of feed 
used by a dairy operation to produce a hundredweight of 
milk calculated by the Secretary as required by section 
1402(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9052(a)) is representative of actual dairy feed costs.
(b) CORN SILAGE REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Sen-
ate a report detailing the costs incurred by dairy oper-
ations in the use of corn silage as feed, and the difference 
between the feed cost of corn silage and the feed cost of 
corn. 
(c) COLLECTION OF ALFALFA HAY DATA.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the National 
Agricultural Statistics Service, shall revise monthly price 
survey reports to include prices for high-quality alfalfa hay 
in the top five milk producing States, as measured by vol-
ume of milk produced during the previous month. 
(d) REGISTRATION OF MULTIPRODUCER DAIRY OP-
ERATIONS.—Section 1404(b) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9054(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘If’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (5), if’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) CERTAIN
MULTIPRODUCER
DAIRY
OPER-
ATION EXCLUSIONS.—
‘‘(A) EXCLUSION
OF
LOW-PERCENTAGE 
OWNERS.—To promote administrative efficiency 
in the dairy risk management program, a multi-
producer dairy operation covered by paragraph 
(3) may elect, at the option of the multipro-
ducer dairy operation, to exclude information 
from the registration process regarding any in-
dividual owner of the multiproducer dairy oper-
ation that— 
‘‘(i) holds less than a five percent 
ownership interest in the multiproducer 
dairy operation; or 
‘‘(ii) is entitled to less than five per-
cent of the income, revenue, profit, gain, 
loss, expenditure, deduction, or credit of 
the multiproducer dairy operation for any 
given year. 
‘‘(B) EFFECT
OF
EXCLUSION
ON
DAIRY 
RISK MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.—To the extent 
that an individual owner of a multiproducer 
dairy operation is excluded under subparagraph 
(A) from the registration of the multiproducer 
dairy operation, any dairy risk management 
payment made to the multiproducer dairy oper-
ation shall be reduced by an amount equal to 
the greater of the following: 
‘‘(i) The amount determined by multi-
plying the dairy risk management payment 
otherwise determined under section 1406 
by the total percentage of ownership inter-
ests represented by the excluded owners. 
‘‘(ii) The amount determined by mul-
tiplying the dairy risk management pay-
ment otherwise determined under section 
1406 by the total percentage of the in-
come, revenue, profit, gain, loss, expendi-
ture, deduction, or credit of the multipro-
ducer dairy operation represented by the 
excluded owners.’’. 
(e) RELATION TO LIVESTOCK GROSS MARGIN FOR 
DAIRY PROGRAM.—Section 1404(d) of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9054(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘but not both’’ and inserting 
‘‘but not on the same production’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or the’’ and inserting ‘‘and 
the’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘margin protection program’’ 
and inserting ‘‘dairy risk management program’’.
(f) PRODUCTION HISTORY OF PARTICIPATING DAIRY 
OPERATORS.— 
(1) CONTINUED USE OF PRIOR DAIRY OPER-
ATION PRODUCTION HISTORY.—Section 1405(a)(1) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9055(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ‘‘The production history of 
a participating dairy operation shall continue to be 
based on annual milk marketings during the 2011, 
2012, or 2013 calendar year notwithstanding the op-
eration of the dairy risk management program 
through 2023.’’. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT.—Section 1405(a) of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘In sub-
sequent years’’ and inserting ‘‘In the subse-
quent calendar years ending before January 1, 
2019’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, as 
applicable’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
CHANGES
TO
BUSINESS 
STRUCTURE.—Section 1405 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON CHANGES TO BUSINESS STRUC-
TURE.—The Secretary may not make dairy risk manage-
ment payments to a participating dairy operation if the 
Secretary determines that the participating dairy oper-
ation has reorganized the structure of such operation sole-
ly for the purpose of qualifying as a new operation under 
subsection (b).’’. 
(g) DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.— 
(1) ELECTION OF COVERAGE LEVEL THRESH-
OLD AND COVERAGE PERCENTAGE.—Section 1406 of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘annu-
ally’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) DEADLINE FOR ELECTION; DURATION.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this 
subsection, each participating dairy operation shall elect 
a coverage level threshold under subsection (a)(1) and a 
coverage percentage under subsection (a)(2) to be used to 
determine dairy risk management payments. This election 
shall remain in effect for the participating dairy operation 
for the duration of the dairy risk management program, 
as specified in section 1409.’’.
(2) ADDITIONAL
COVERAGE
LEVEL
THRESH-
OLDS
FOR
CERTAIN
PRODUCERS.—Section 
1406(a)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9056(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after 
‘‘or $8.00’’ the following: ‘‘(and in the case of pro-
duction subject to premiums under section 1407(b), 
also $8.50 or $9.00)’’. 
(3) ELECTION OF PRODUCTION HISTORY COV-
ERAGE
PERCENTAGE.—Section 1406(a)(2) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056(a)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘beginning with 25 percent and 
not exceeding’’ and inserting ‘‘but not to exceed’’. 
(h) PREMIUMS FOR PARTICIPATION IN DAIRY RISK 
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.— 
(1) PREMIUM PER HUNDREDWEIGHT FOR FIRST 
MILLION
POUNDS
OF
PRODUCTION.—Section 
1407(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9057(b)) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) PRODUCER PREMIUMS.—The following an-
nual premiums apply: 
‘‘Coverage Level 
Premium per Cwt. 
$4.00 
None 
$4.50 
$0.002 
$5.00 
$0.005 
$5.50 
$0.008 
$6.00 
$0.010
‘‘Coverage Level 
Premium per Cwt. 
$6.50 
$0.017 
$7.00 
$0.041 
$7.50 
$0.057 
$8.00 
$0.090 
$8.50 
$0.120 
$9.00 
$0.170’’; and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3). 
(2) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 1407(d) 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9057(d)) 
is amended in the subsection heading by striking 
‘‘TIME FOR’’ and inserting ‘‘METHOD OF’’. 
(i) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO PRO-
GRAM NAME.— 
(1) HEADING.—The heading of part I of sub-
title D of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 
(Public Law 113–79; 128 Stat. 688) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘PART I—DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM 
FOR DAIRY PRODUCERS’’. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1401 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051) is amended— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and 
inserting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) DAIRY
RISK
MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM.— 
The terms ‘dairy risk management program’ and 
‘program’ mean the dairy risk management program 
required by section 1403.
‘‘(6) DAIRY
RISK
MANAGEMENT
PAYMENT.— 
The term ‘dairy risk management payment’ means a 
payment made to a participating dairy operation 
under the program pursuant to section 1406.’’; and 
(B) in paragraphs (7) and (8), by striking 
‘‘margin protection’’ both places it appears. 
(3) CALCULATION OF ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUC-
TION MARGIN.—Section 1402(b)(1) of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9052(b)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘margin protection’’ and inserting ‘‘dairy 
risk management’’. 
(4) PROGRAM
OPERATION.—Section 1403 of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9053) is 
amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘ESTABLISHMENT
OF
MARGIN
PROTEC-
TION’’ and inserting ‘‘DAIRY RISK MANAGE-
MENT’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘Not later than September 
1, 2014, the Secretary shall establish and ad-
minister a margin protection program’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The Secretary shall continue to admin-
ister a dairy risk management program’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘margin protection pay-
ment’’ both places it appears and inserting 
‘‘dairy risk management payment’’. 
(5) PARTICIPATION.—Section 1404 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9054) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘MARGIN PROTECTION’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘margin 
protection program to receive margin protection 
payments’’ and inserting ‘‘dairy risk manage-
ment program to receive dairy risk management 
payments’’; and 
(C) in subsections (b) and (c), by striking 
‘‘margin protection’’ each place it appears. 
(6) PRODUCTION
HISTORY.—Section 1405 of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘margin protection pro-
gram’’ the first place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘dairy risk management program’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘margin protection’’ 
the second place it appears; and
(B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘margin 
protection’’. 
(7) PAYMENTS.—Section 1406 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘MARGIN
PROTECTION’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘margin protection’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘dairy risk man-
agement’’; and 
(C) in the heading of subsection (c), by 
striking ‘‘MARGIN PROTECTION’’. 
(8) PREMIUMS.—Section 1407 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9057) is amended— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking 
‘‘MARGIN
PROTECTION’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘margin 
protection program’’ and inserting ‘‘dairy risk 
management program’’; and 
(C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘margin 
protection’’ both places it appears. 
(9) PENALTIES.—Section 1408 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9058) is amended by
striking ‘‘margin protection’’ both places it appears 
and inserting ‘‘dairy risk management’’. 
(10) ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT.— 
Section 1410 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9060) is amended by striking ‘‘margin pro-
tection’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘dairy 
risk management’’. 
(j) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(k) DURATION.—Section 1409 of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9059) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘margin protection’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘dairy risk management’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 1402. CLASS I SKIM MILK PRICE. 
(a) CLASS I SKIM MILK PRICE.—Section 8c(5)(A) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(5)(A)), 
reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing 
Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking ‘‘Through-
out the 2-year period’’ and all that follows through ‘‘such 
handlers.’’ and inserting the following new sentence: 
‘‘Throughout the 2-year period beginning on the effective 
date of this sentence (and subsequent to such 2-year pe-
riod unless modified by amendment to the order involved),
for purposes of determining prices for milk of the highest 
use classification, the Class I skim milk price per hundred-
weight specified in section 1000.50(b) of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regulation), shall be the 
sum of the adjusted Class I differential specified in section 
1000.52 of such title 7, plus the adjustment to Class I 
prices specified in sections 1005.51(b), 1006.51(b), and 
1007.51(b) of such title 7 (or successor regulation), plus 
the simple average of the advanced pricing factors com-
puted in sections 1000.50(q)(1) and 1000.50(q)(2) of such 
title 7 (or successor regulation), plus $0.74.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day 
of the first month beginning more than 120 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—Implementation of the 
amendment made by subsection (a) is not subject to 
any of the following: 
(A) The notice and comment provisions of 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code. 
(B) The notice and hearing requirements 
of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 8c of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608c),
reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural 
Marketing Agreement Act of 1937. 
(C) The order amendment requirements of 
section 8c(17) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(17)). 
(D) A referendum under section 8c(19) of 
such Act (7 U.S.C. 608c(19)). 
SEC. 1403. EXTENSION OF DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2026’’. 
SEC. 1404. EXTENSION OF DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM. 
Section 3 of Public Law 90–484 (7 U.S.C. 450l) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 1405. EXTENSION OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabiliza-
tion Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’.
SEC. 1406. REPEAL OF DAIRY PRODUCT DONATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1431 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9071) is repealed. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricul-
tural Disaster Assistance Pro-
grams 
SEC. 1501. MODIFICATION OF SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICUL-
TURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) COVERED LIVESTOCK LOSSES FOR LIVESTOCK 
INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.—Section 1501(b) of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) disease that, as determined by the 
Secretary— 
‘‘(i) is caused or transmitted by a vec-
tor; and 
‘‘(ii) is not susceptible to control by 
vaccination or acceptable management 
practices.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘A payment’’ 
and inserting ‘‘PAYMENT
REDUCTIONS.—A pay-
ment’’. 
(b) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS
AND EXCLUSION
OF 
GROSS INCOME LIMITATION.—Section 1501(f) of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘this section (excluding 
payments received under subsections (b) and 
(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (c)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘joint venture or general 
partnership’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified pass 
through entity (as such term is defined in para-
graph (5) of section 1001(a) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)))’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(4) EXCLUSION
OF
GROSS
INCOME
LIMITA-
TION.—For purposes of this section only, subsection 
(b) of section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) shall not apply to a person 
or legal entity if 75 percent or greater of the average 
adjusted gross income (as such term is defined in 
subsection (a) of such section) of such person or
legal entity derives from farming, ranching, or 
silviculture activities.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—Section 1501 
of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081), as 
amended by this section, shall apply with respect to losses 
described in such section 1501 incurred on or after Janu-
ary 1, 2017. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
SEC. 1601. ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY. 
(a) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authori-
ties of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this 
title. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS
BY SECRETARY.—A deter-
mination made by the Secretary under this title shall be 
final and conclusive. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and 
the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, 
shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary 
to implement this title and the amendments made by 
this title.
(2) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the reg-
ulations and administration of this title and the 
amendments made by this title shall be made with-
out regard to— 
(A) the notice and comment provisions of 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Re-
duction Act’’). 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.—In carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall use the authority provided under section 
808 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY RELATED TO TRADE 
AGREEMENTS COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) 
REQUIRED
DETERMINATION; 
ADJUST-
MENT.—If the Secretary determines that expendi-
tures under this title that are subject to the total al-
lowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay 
Round Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) 
will exceed such allowable levels for any applicable 
reporting period, the Secretary shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, make adjustments in the 
amount of such expenditures during that period to
ensure that such expenditures do not exceed the al-
lowable levels. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Before 
making any adjustment under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate a report describing the determination 
made under that paragraph and the extent of the 
adjustment to be made. 
SEC. 1602. SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938.— 
The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment 
Act of 1938 shall not be applicable to the 2019 through 
2023 crops of covered commodities (as defined in section 
1111), cotton, and sugar and shall not be applicable to 
milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act through December 31, 2023: 
(1) Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III 
(7 U.S.C. 1326 et seq.). 
(2) In the case of upland cotton, section 377 (7 
U.S.C. 1377). 
(3) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et 
seq.).
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(4) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 
(b) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949.— 
(1) APPLICABILITY.—The following provisions 
of the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be applica-
ble to the 2019 through 2023 crops of covered com-
modities (as defined in section 1111), cotton, and 
sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act through December 31, 2023: 
(A) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441). 
(B) Section 103(a) (7 U.S.C. 1444(a)). 
(C) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b). 
(D) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a). 
(E) Section 110 (7 U.S.C. 1445e). 
(F) Section 112 (7 U.S.C. 1445g). 
(G) Section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k). 
(H) Section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446). 
(I) Title III (7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.). 
(J) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), other 
than sections 404, 412, and 416 (7 U.S.C. 
1424, 1429, and 1431). 
(K) Title V (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.). 
(L) Title VI (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).
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(2) 
CLARIFYING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
201(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1446(a)) is amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘, crambe, cottonseed, ses-
ame seed’’ after ‘‘mustard seed’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘dry peas, lentils, small 
chickpeas, large chickpeas, graded wool, non-
graded wool, mohair, peanuts,’’ after ‘‘honey,’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘in accordance with this 
title’’ and inserting ‘‘consistent with the per-
centage levels of support provided under sub-
section (c), except as otherwise provided for 
under subsection (b)’’. 
(c) SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN QUOTA PROVISIONS.— 
The joint resolution entitled ‘‘A joint resolution relating 
to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, approved 
May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and 1340), shall not be 
applicable to the crops of wheat planted for harvest in the 
calendar years 2019 through 2023. 
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)—
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(A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘section 
1001 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1111 of 
the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘first 
cousin, niece, nephew,’’ after ‘‘sibling,’’; 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as (6); 
and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) QUALIFIED PASS THROUGH ENTITY.—The 
term ‘qualified pass through entity’ means a part-
nership (within the meaning of subchapter K of 
chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 
including a limited liability company that does not 
affirmatively elect to be treated as a corporation), an 
S corporation (as defined in section 1361 of such 
Code), or a joint venture.’’; 
(2) in subsections (b) and (c) by striking ‘‘enti-
ty’’ through ‘‘Agricultural Act of 2014’’ in each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘entity (except a 
qualified pass through entity) for any crop year 
under sections 1116 and 1117 of the Agriculture 
and Nutrition Act of 2018’’;
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(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘associated’’ 
and all that follows through the end of the sentence 
and inserting ‘‘associated with subtitle B of title I 
of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (f), by adding the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(9) ADMINISTRATION
OF
REDUCTION.—The 
Secretary shall apply any order described in section 
1614(d)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9097(d)(1)) to payments under sections 1116 
and 1117 of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 
2018 prior to applying payment limitations under 
this section.’’. 
(b) TREATMENT OF QUALIFIED PASS THROUGH EN-
TITIES.—Section 1001(e)(3)(B)(ii) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(e)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘JOINT VEN-
TURES AND GENERAL PARTNERSHIPS’’ and inserting 
‘‘QUALIFIED PASS THROUGH ENTITIES’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘joint venture or a general part-
nership’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified pass through enti-
ty’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘joint ventures and general 
partnerships’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified pass through 
entities’’; and
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(4) by striking ‘‘joint venture or general part-
nership’’ and inserting ‘‘qualified pass through enti-
ty’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF FEDERAL AGENCIES AND 
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.—Section 1001(f) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(f)) 
is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘or 
title XII’’ and inserting ‘‘title I of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 2018, or title 
XII’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘or 
title XII’’ and inserting ‘‘title I of the Agri-
culture and Nutrition Act of 2018, or title 
XII’’. 
(2) FOREIGN
PERSONS
INELIGIBLE.—Section 
1001C(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308–3(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘title I 
of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018,’’ after 
‘‘2014,’’. 
(d) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply beginning with the 2019 crop year.
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SEC. 1604. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATION. 
(a) LIMITATIONS.—Section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘title I of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘title I 
of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (D); and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (E) 
as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1001D(b) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) EXCEPTION
FOR
QUALIFIED
PASS 
THROUGH ENTITIES.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply with respect to a qualified pass through 
entity (as such term is defined in section 
1001(a)(5)). 
‘‘(B) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive 
the limitation established by paragraph (1) with 
respect to a payment pursuant to a covered 
benefit described in paragraph (2)(B), on a 
case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines 
that environmentally sensitive land of special
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significance would be protected as a result of 
such waiver.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308–3a) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting ‘‘sub-
ject to paragraph (3),’’ after ‘‘of law,’’; and 
(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘, gen-
eral partnership, or joint venture’’ both places 
it appears. 
(c) TRANSITION.—Section 1001D of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a), as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 
apply with respect to the 2018 crop, fiscal, or program 
year, as appropriate, for each program described in sub-
section (b)(2) of that section (as so in effect on that day). 
SEC. 1605. PREVENTION OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS RE-
CEIVING 
PAYMENTS 
UNDER 
FARM 
COM-
MODITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) RECONCILIATION.—At least twice each year, the 
Secretary shall reconcile Social Security numbers of all in-
dividuals who receive payments under this title, whether 
directly or indirectly, with the Commissioner of Social Se-
curity to determine if the individuals are alive.
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(b) PRECLUSION.—The Secretary shall preclude the 
issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased indi-
viduals that were not eligible for payments. 
SEC. 1606. ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 8(g) of 
the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 
U.S.C. 590h(g)), relating to assignment of payments, shall 
apply to payments made under this title. 
(b) NOTICE.—The producer making the assignment, 
or the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, 
in such manner as the Secretary may require, of any as-
signment made under this section. 
SEC. 1607. TRACKING OF BENEFITS. 
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary may track the benefits provided, 
directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under ti-
tles I and II and the amendments made by those titles. 
SEC. 1608. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this title and title 
II and amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary 
approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently 
determine the document is inadequate or invalid because 
of the lack of authority of any person signing the docu-
ment on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, 
entity, or qualified pass through entity (as such term is
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defined in paragraph (5) of section 1001(a) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a))) or the docu-
ments relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, 
unless the person signing the program document know-
ingly and willfully falsified the evidence of signature au-
thority or a signature. 
(b) AFFIRMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section pro-
hibits the Secretary from asking a proper party to 
affirm any document that otherwise would be consid-
ered approved under subsection (a). 
(2) NO
RETROACTIVE
EFFECT.—A denial of 
benefits based on a lack of affirmation under para-
graph (1) shall not be retroactive with respect to 
third-party producers who were not the subject of 
the erroneous representation of authority, if the 
third-party producers— 
(A) relied on the prior approval by the Sec-
retary of the documents in good faith; and 
(B) substantively complied with all pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 1609. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS FOR DEFI-
CIENCIES. 
Section 164(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7284(a)) is
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amended by striking ‘‘this title’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘unless’’ and inserting ‘‘this title, title I of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, title 
I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 8702 et seq.), title I of the Agricultural Act of 
2014, or Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 1610. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) MAINTENANCE OF BASE ACRES AND PAYMENT 
YIELDS.—The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered 
commodity, base acres and payment yields on a farm es-
tablished under sections 1001 and 1301 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8702, 8751), 
as adjusted pursuant to sections 1101, 1102, 1108, and 
1302 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 8711, 8712, 8718, 8752), as 
in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursu-
ant to sections 1112 and 1113 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9012, 9013). 
(b) STREAMLINING.—In implementing this title and 
amendments made by this title, the Secretary shall— 
(1) continue to reduce administrative burdens 
and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing 
paperwork, forms, and other administrative require-
ments, including through the continuation of the 
Acreage Crop Reporting and Streamlining Initiative 
that, in part, shall ensure that—
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(A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) 
may report information, electronically (includ-
ing geospatial data) or conventionally, to the 
Department; 
(B) upon the request of the producer (or 
agent thereof), the Department of Agriculture 
electronically shares with the producer (or 
agent) in real time and without cost to the pro-
ducer (or agent) the common land unit data, re-
lated farm level data, and other information of 
the producer; and 
(C) no agent, approved insurance provider, 
or employee or contractor of an agency or ap-
proved insurance provider, bears responsibility 
or liability under the Acreage Crop Reporting 
and Streamlining Initiative for the eligibility of 
a producer for programs administered by the 
Department of Agriculture that are not policies 
or plans of insurance offered under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et. seq.) ex-
cept in cases of misrepresentation, fraud, or 
scheme and device; 
(2) continue to improve coordination, informa-
tion sharing, and administrative work with the Farm
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Service Agency, Risk Management Agency, and the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service; 
(3) continue to take advantage of new tech-
nologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of 
program delivery to producers; and 
(4) reduce administrative burdens on producers 
by offering such producers an option to remotely 
and electronically sign annual contracts for partici-
pation in coverage under sections 1116 and 1117. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall make 
available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this 
title and amendments made by this title, $25,000,000. 
(d) LOAN IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1614(d)(1) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9097(d)(1)) is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or subtitles B and C of 
the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’ 
after ‘‘this title’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘made by subtitles B or C’’ 
and inserting ‘‘made by such subtitles’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘of this title, and sections 
1207(c) and 1208 of the Agriculture and Nutri-
tion Act of 2018’’ after ‘‘1208’’.
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(2) REPAYMENT.—Section 1614(d)(2) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9097(d)(2)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘of subtitles B or C’’ and 
inserting ‘‘of subtitle B or C of this title, or 
subtitle B or C of the Agriculture and Nutrition 
Act of 2018’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘under subtitles B or C’’ 
and inserting ‘‘of subtitle B or C of this title, 
or subtitle B or C of the Agriculture and Nutri-
tion Act of 2018’’. 
SEC. 1611. EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REPORTING RE-
QUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN PRODUCERS. 
(a) DEFINITION OF EXEMPTED PRODUCER.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘exempted producer’’ means a producer 
or landowner eligible to participate in any conservation or 
commodity program administered by the Secretary, or eli-
gible for indemnity or compensation payments through 
programs administered by the Secretary. 
(b) EXEMPTION.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282; 31 
U.S.C. 6101 note), the requirements of parts 25 and 170 
of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor 
regulations), shall not apply with respect to assistance re-
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ceived by an exempted producer from the Secretary, acting 
through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, or the Farm 
Service Agency. 
SEC. 1612. ONE-TIME FILING FOR ARC AND PLC. 
(a) ONE-TIME FILING.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), during the first enrollment period announced 
by the Farm Service Agency after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, producers on a farm may file a one- 
time program contract with the Secretary to enroll in agri-
cultural risk coverage or price loss coverage through crop 
year 2023. 
(b) UPDATED PROGRAM CONTRACT REQUIRED.—In 
the case of a change in a farming operation for which pro-
ducers on a farm have filed a one-time program contract 
pursuant to subsection (a), such producers shall file an 
updated program contract with the Secretary not later 
than one year after such change in the farming operation 
occurs. 
(c) NOTICE OF OTHER ANNUAL REPORTING.—The 
Secretary shall provide to each producer that files a one- 
time program contract pursuant to subsection (a) a notice 
that includes the annual and other periodic reporting re-
quirements applicable to such producer, as determined by 
the Secretary.
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(d) REGULATIONS REVISED.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) issue such regulations as are necessary to 
carry out this section; and 
(2) revise section 1412.41 of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations, in accordance with this section. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Wetland Conservation 
SEC. 2101. PROGRAM INELIGIBILITY. 
Section 1221(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3821(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) DUTY OF THE SECRETARY.—Before 
determining that a person is ineligible for pro-
gram benefits under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall determine that no exemption under 
section 1222 applies.’’. 
SEC. 2102. MINIMAL EFFECT REGULATIONS. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION OF MINIMAL EFFECT EXEMP-
TIONS.—Section 1222(d) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3822(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘not 
later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the
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Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018,’’ before ‘‘the Sec-
retary shall identify’’. 
(b) MITIGATION BANKING.—Section 1222(k)(1)(B) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3822(k)(1)(B)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(i) FUNDS
OF
COMMODITY
CREDIT 
CORPORATION.—To carry out this para-
graph, the Secretary shall use $10,000,000 
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration beginning in fiscal year 2019, 
which funds shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
‘‘(ii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—In addition to amounts made 
available under clause (i), there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary 
to 
carry 
out 
this 
paragraph 
$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023.’’.
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Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve 
Program 
SEC. 2201. CONSERVATION RESERVE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1231(a) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) ENROLLMENT.—Section 1231(d) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) fiscal year 2019, no more than 
25,000,000 acres; 
‘‘(G) fiscal year 2020, no more than 
26,000,000 acres; 
‘‘(H) fiscal year 2021, no more than 
27,000,000 acres; 
‘‘(I) fiscal year 2022, no more than 
28,000,000 acres; and 
‘‘(J) fiscal year 2023, no more than 
29,000,000 acres.’’;
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(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—For purposes of apply-
ing the limitations in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(i) no more than 2,000,000 acres of 
the land described in subsection (b)(3) may 
be enrolled in the program at any one time 
during the 2014 through 2018 fiscal years; 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary shall enroll and 
maintain in the conservation reserve not 
fewer than 3,000,000 acres of the land de-
scribed in subsection (b)(3) by September 
30, 2023; and 
‘‘(iii) in carrying out clause (ii), to the 
maximum extent practicable, the Secretary 
shall maintain in the conservation reserve 
at any one time during— 
‘‘(I) fiscal year 2019, 1,000,000 
acres; 
‘‘(II) fiscal year 2020, 1,500,000 
acres; 
‘‘(III) 
fiscal 
year 
2021, 
2,000,000 acres;
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‘‘(IV) fiscal year 2022, 2,500,000 
acres; and 
‘‘(V) fiscal year 2023, 3,000,000 
acres.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) 
RESERVATION
OF
UNENROLLED 
ACRES.—If the Secretary is unable in a fiscal 
year to enroll enough acres of land described in 
subsection (b)(3) to meet the number of acres 
described in clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph 
(A) for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall re-
serve the remaining number of acres for that 
fiscal year for the enrollment of land described 
in subsection (b)(3), and that number of acres 
shall not be available for the enrollment of any 
other type of eligible land.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) STATE
ENROLLMENT
RATES.—During 
each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to the max-
imum extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry 
out this subchapter in such a manner as to enroll 
and maintain acreage in the conservation reserve in 
accordance with historical State enrollment rates, 
considering—
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‘‘(A) the average number of acres of all 
lands enrolled in the conservation reserve in 
each State during each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2016; 
‘‘(B) the average number of acres of all 
lands enrolled in the conservation reserve na-
tionally during each of fiscal years 2007 
through 2016; and 
‘‘(C) the acres available for enrollment 
during each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, 
excluding acres described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) FREQUENCY.—In carrying out this sub-
chapter, for contracts that are not available on a 
continuous enrollment basis, the Secretary shall hold 
a signup not less often than once every other year.’’. 
(c) DURATION OF CONTRACT.—Section 1231(e) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(e)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) DURATION OF CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), for the purpose of carrying out this sub-
chapter, the Secretary shall enter into contracts of 
not less than 10, nor more than 15, years. 
‘‘(2) CERTAIN CONTINUOUS CONTRACTS.—With 
respect to contracts under this subchapter for the
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enrollment of land described in paragraph (4) or (5) 
of subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter into con-
tracts of a period of 15 or 30 years.’’. 
(d) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
CONSIDERATION.—Section 
1231(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(h)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘On the expiration’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—On the expiration’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) REENROLLMENT
LIMITATION
FOR
CER-
TAIN
LAND.—Land subject to a contract entered 
into under this subchapter shall be eligible for only 
one reenrollment in the conservation reserve under 
paragraph (1) if the land is devoted to hardwood 
trees.’’. 
SEC. 2202. FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Section 1231B(a)(1) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACREAGE.—Section 1231B(b)(2) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(b)(2)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) BUFFER
ACREAGE.—Subject to sub-
sections (c) and (d), an owner or operator may en-
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roll in the conservation reserve, pursuant to the pro-
gram established under this section, buffer acreage 
that, with respect to land described in subparagraph 
(A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) is contiguous to such land; 
‘‘(B) is used to protect such land; and 
‘‘(C) is of such width as the Secretary de-
termines is necessary to protect such land, tak-
ing into consideration and accommodating the 
farming practices (including the straightening 
of boundaries to accommodate machinery) used 
with respect to the cropland that surrounds 
such land.’’. 
(c) PROGRAM LIMITATIONS.—Section 1231B(c) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘750,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘500,000’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
paragraph (3), any acreage’’ and inserting ‘‘Any 
acreage’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4). 
(d) DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS.—Section 
1231B(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831b(e)) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (3). 
(e) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 1231B(f) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(f)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraphs 
(2) and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘section 
1234(d)(2)(A)(ii)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1234(d)(2)(A)’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
SEC. 2203. DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1232(a) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘, which may 
include the use of grazing in accordance with para-
graph (8),’’ after ‘‘management on the land’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) 
as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively, and in-
serting after paragraph (9) the following: 
‘‘(10) on land devoted to hardwood or other 
trees, excluding windbreaks and shelterbelts, to
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carry out proper thinning and other practices to im-
prove the condition of resources, promote forest 
management, and enhance wildlife habitat on the 
land;’’. 
(b) CONSERVATION PLANS.—Section 1232(b)(2) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(b)(2)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘, if any,’’. 
SEC. 2204. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
(a) COST-SHARE AND RENTAL PAYMENTS.—Section 
1233(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3833(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘pay an annual rental 
payment in an amount necessary to compensate for’’ and 
inserting ‘‘pay an annual rental payment, in accordance 
with section 1234(d), for’’. 
(b) SPECIFIED
ACTIVITIES
PERMITTED.—Section 
1233(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3833(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘not less than 25 per-
cent’’ and inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(except that vegeta-
tive cover may not be harvested for seed)’’ 
after ‘‘managed harvesting’’;
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(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘is at 
least every 5 but not more than once every 3 
years;’’ and inserting ‘‘contributes to the health 
and vigor of the established cover, and is not 
more than once every 3 years; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) shall ensure that 25 percent of the 
acres covered by the contract are not harvested, 
in accordance with an approved plan that pro-
vides for wildlife cover and shelter;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘not less than 25 percent’’ and 
inserting ‘‘25 percent’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 
by striking ‘‘routine grazing, except that in 
permitting such routine grazing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘grazing, except that in permitting 
such grazing’’; 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘contin-
ued routine grazing; and’’ and inserting 
‘‘grazing;’’;
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(iii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) in the matter preceding sub-
clause (I), by striking ‘‘routine graz-
ing may be conducted, such that the 
frequency is not more than once every 
2 years’’ and inserting ‘‘grazing may 
be conducted, such that the frequency 
contributes to the health and vigor of 
the established cover’’; 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘the number of years that should be 
required between routine’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘the appropriate frequency and 
duration of’’; and 
(III) in subclause (III), by strik-
ing ‘‘routine’’ each place it appears; 
and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) shall ensure that the grazing is 
conducted in accordance with an approved 
plan that does not restrict grazing during 
the primary nesting season and will reduce 
the stocking rate determined under clause 
(i) by 50 percent; and’’;
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(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as 
paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) grazing during the applicable normal graz-
ing period determined under subclause (I) of section 
1501(c)(3)(D)(i) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9081(c)(3)(D)(i)), without any restriction on 
grazing during the primary nesting period, subject 
to the condition that the grazing shall be at 50 per-
cent of the normal carrying capacity determined 
under that subclause.’’; 
(5) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘and retains suitable 
vegetative structure for wildlife cover and shelter;’’; 
(6) in paragraph (6)(C), as so redesignated, by 
striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(7) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) grazing pursuant to section 1232(a)(5), 
without any reduction in the rental rate, if the graz-
ing is consistent with the conservation of soil, water 
quality, and wildlife habitat.’’. 
(c) NATURAL DISASTER OR ADVERSE WEATHER AS 
MID-CONTRACT
MANAGEMENT.—Section 1233 of the
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Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3833) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) NATURAL DISASTER OR ADVERSE WEATHER AS 
MID-CONTRACT MANAGEMENT.—In the case of a natural 
disaster or adverse weather event that has the effect of 
a management practice consistent with the conservation 
plan, the Secretary shall not require further management 
practices pursuant to section 1232(a)(5) that are intended 
to achieve the same effect.’’. 
SEC. 2205. PAYMENTS. 
(a) COST SHARING PAYMENTS.—Section 1234(b) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not more than 40 percent’’; 
(2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) EXCEPTION
FOR
SEED
COSTS.—In 
the case of seed costs related to the establish-
ment of cover, cost share shall not exceed 25 
percent of the total cost of the seed mixture. 
‘‘(B) 
ADDITIONAL
INCENTIVE
PAY-
MENTS.—Except as provided in subsection (c), 
the Secretary may not make additional incen-
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tive payments beyond the actual cost of install-
ing measures and practices described in para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(C) MID-CONTRACT MANAGEMENT GRAZ-
ING.—The Secretary may not make any cost 
sharing payment to an owner or operator under 
this 
subchapter 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1232(a)(5).’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and re-
designating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3). 
(b) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 1234(c) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘IN-
CENTIVE’’ and inserting ‘‘FOREST MANAGEMENT 
PAYMENT’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Using funds made available 
under section 1241(a)(1)(A), the Secretary’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘150 percent’’ 
and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’. 
(c) ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS.—Section 1234(d) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(d)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘less intensive use, the Sec-
retary may consider’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘less intensive use— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary may consider’’; 
(B) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) the Secretary shall consider the im-
pact on the local farmland rental market.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(i) 
INITIAL
ENROLLMENT.—The 
amounts payable to an owner or operator 
in the form of annual rental payments 
under a contract entered into under this 
subchapter with respect to land that has 
not previously been subject to such a con-
tract shall be not more than 80 percent of 
the applicable estimated average county 
rental rate published pursuant to para-
graph (4) for the year in which the con-
tract is entered into.
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‘‘(ii) MULTIPLE
ENROLLMENTS.—If 
land subject to a contract entered into 
under this subchapter is reenrolled in the 
conservation 
reserve 
under 
section 
1231(h)(1)— 
‘‘(I) for the first such reenroll-
ment, the annual rental payment shall 
be in an amount that is not more 
than 65 percent of the applicable esti-
mated average county rental rate pub-
lished pursuant to paragraph (4) for 
the year in which the reenrollment oc-
curs; 
‘‘(II) for the second such re-
enrollment, the annual rental payment 
shall be in an amount that is not 
more than 55 percent of the applica-
ble estimated average county rental 
rate published pursuant to paragraph 
(4) for the year in which the reenroll-
ment occurs; 
‘‘(III) for the third such reenroll-
ment, the annual rental payment shall 
be in an amount that is not more 
than 45 percent of the applicable esti-
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mated average county rental rate pub-
lished pursuant to paragraph (4) for 
the year in which the reenrollment oc-
curs; and 
‘‘(IV) for the fourth such re-
enrollment, the annual rental payment 
shall be in an amount that is not 
more than 35 percent of the applica-
ble estimated average county rental 
rate published pursuant to paragraph 
(4) for the year in which the reenroll-
ment occurs.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘In 
the case’’ and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding sub-
paragraph (A), in the case’’; 
(3) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating 
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and 
(4) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘cash’’ each place it ap-
pears; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘, not less frequently 
than once every other year,’’ and inserting 
‘‘annually’’; and
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and shall publish 
the estimates derived from such survey not 
later than September 15 of each year’’ be-
fore the period at the end; and 
(C) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘as a factor in deter-
mining’’ and inserting ‘‘to determine’’. 
(d) PAYMENT
LIMITATION
FOR
RENTAL
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1234(g)(2) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION
ON
PAYMENTS.—Pay-
ments under subparagraph (B) shall not exceed 
50 percent of the cost of activities carried out 
under the applicable agreement entered into 
under such subparagraph.’’. 
SEC. 2206. CONTRACTS. 
(a) EARLY TERMINATION
BY OWNER
OR OPER-
ATOR.—Section 1235(e)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2015’’ and inserting ‘‘2019’’.
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(b) TRANSITION OPTION FOR CERTAIN FARMERS OR 
RANCHERS.—Section 1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by amending subparagraph (A) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(A) beginning on the date that is 1 year 
before the date of termination of the contract, 
allow the covered farmer or rancher, in conjunc-
tion with the retired or retiring owner or oper-
ator, to make conservation and land improve-
ments, including preparing to plant an agricul-
tural crop;’’; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) 
through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), 
respectively, and inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) beginning on the date that is 3 years 
before the date of termination of the contract, 
allow the covered farmer or rancher to begin 
the certification process under the Organic 
Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 
et seq.);’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D), as so redesig-
nated, by inserting ‘‘, and provide to such farm-
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er or rancher technical and financial assistance 
to carry out the requirements of the plan, if 
any’’ before the semicolon at the end; and 
(D) in subparagraph (E), as so redesig-
nated, by striking ‘‘the conservation steward-
ship program or’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
‘‘To the extent the maximum number of acres 
permitted to be enrolled under the program has 
not been met, the Secretary’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘eli-
gible for enrollment under the continuous 
signup 
option 
pursuant 
to 
section 
1234(d)(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘is carried out 
on land described in paragraph (4) or (5) of 
section 1231(b)’’. 
(c) END OF CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS.—Section 
1235(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3835(g)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) END
OF CONTRACT CONSIDERATIONS.—The 
Secretary shall not consider an owner or operator to be 
in violation of a term or condition of the conservation re-
serve contract if—
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‘‘(1) during the year prior to expiration of the 
contract, the owner or operator— 
‘‘(A) enters into an environmental quality 
incentives program contract; and 
‘‘(B) begins the establishment of an envi-
ronmental quality incentives practice; or 
‘‘(2) during the three years prior to the expira-
tion of the contract, the owner or operator begins 
the certification process under the Organic Foods 
Production Act of 1990.’’. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality 
Incentives Program 
SEC. 2301. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) PRACTICE.—Section 1240A(4)(B) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(4)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and insert-
ing a semicolon; and 
(2) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv) 
and inserting after clause (i) the following: 
‘‘(ii) precision conservation manage-
ment planning; 
‘‘(iii) the use of cover crops and re-
source conserving crop rotations; and’’.
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(b) PRIORITY RESOURCE CONCERN.—Section 1240A 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1) 
is amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph 
(6) and inserting after paragraph (4) the following: 
‘‘(5) 
PRIORITY
RESOURCE
CONCERN.—The 
term ‘priority resource concern’ means a natural re-
source concern or problem, as determined by the 
Secretary, that— 
‘‘(A) is identified at the national, State, or 
local level as a priority for a particular area of 
a State; and 
‘‘(B) represents a significant concern in a 
State or region.’’. 
(c) STEWARDSHIP PRACTICE.—Section 1240A of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) 
STEWARDSHIP
PRACTICE.—The 
term 
‘stewardship practice’ means a practice or set of 
practices approved by the Secretary that, when im-
plemented and maintained on eligible land, address 
1 or more priority resource concerns.’’. 
SEC. 2302. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Section 1240B(a) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’.
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(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.—Section 1240B(f) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(f)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.—For each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2023, at least 5 percent of the funds 
made available for payments under the program shall be 
targeted at practices benefitting wildlife habitat under 
subsection (g).’’. 
(c) WATER CONSERVATION OR IRRIGATION EFFI-
CIENCY PRACTICE.—Section 1240B(h) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(h)) is amended— 
(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may provide water conservation and system 
efficiency payments under this subsection to a pro-
ducer for— 
‘‘(A) a water conservation scheduling tech-
nology or water conservation scheduling man-
agement; 
‘‘(B) irrigation-related structural practices; 
‘‘(C) the use of existing drainage systems, 
or to upgrade drainage systems, to provide irri-
gation or water efficiency; or
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‘‘(D) a transition to water-conserving crops 
or water-conserving crop rotations.’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-
graph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) LIMITED ELIGIBILITY OF IRRIGATION DIS-
TRICTS, IRRIGATION ASSOCIATIONS, DRAINAGE DIS-
TRICTS, AND ACEQUIAS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 1001(f)(6), the Secretary may enter into a 
contract under this subsection with an irriga-
tion district, irrigation association, drainage 
district, or acequia to implement water con-
servation or irrigation practices pursuant to a 
watershed-wide project that will effectively con-
serve water, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) IMPLEMENTATION.—Water conserva-
tion or irrigation practices that are the subject 
of a contract entered into under this paragraph 
shall be implemented on— 
‘‘(i) eligible land of a producer; or 
‘‘(ii) land that is under the control of 
the irrigation district, irrigation associa-
tion, drainage district, or acequia, and ad-
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jacent to such eligible land, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Secretary 
may waive the applicability of the limitations in 
section 1001D(b)(2) or section 1240G of this 
Act for a payment made under a contract en-
tered into under this paragraph if the Secretary 
determines that such a waiver is necessary to 
fulfill the objectives of the project. 
‘‘(D) CONTRACT
LIMITATIONS.—If the 
Secretary grants a waiver under subparagraph 
(C), the Secretary may impose a separate pay-
ment limitation for the contract with respect to 
which the waiver applies.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘to a producer’’ and inserting 
‘‘under this subsection’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the 
eligible land of the producer is located, there is 
a reduction in water use in the operation of the 
producer’’ and inserting ‘‘the land on which the 
practices will be implemented is located, there is 
a reduction in water use in the operation on 
such land’’; and
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(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘with respect to an application under para-
graph (1),’’ before ‘‘the producer agrees’’. 
(d) STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.—Section 1240B of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION
OF
ELIGIBLE
PRIORITY 
RESOURCE CONCERNS FOR STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the State technical committee, 
shall identify priority resource concerns within 
a State that are eligible to be the subject of a 
stewardship contract under this subsection. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall 
identify not more than 3 eligible priority re-
source concerns under subparagraph (A) within 
each area of a State. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
enter into contracts with producers under this 
subsection that— 
‘‘(i) provide incentives, through an-
nual payments, to producers to attain in-
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creased conservation stewardship on eligi-
ble land; 
‘‘(ii) adopt and install a stewardship 
practice to effectively address a priority re-
source concern identified as eligible under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(iii) require management and main-
tenance of such stewardship practice for 
the term of the contract. 
‘‘(B) TERM.—A contract under this sub-
section shall have a term of not less than 5, nor 
more than 10, years. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITIZATION.—Section 1240C(b) 
shall not apply to applications for contracts 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) STEWARDSHIP PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
provide payments to producers through con-
tracts entered into under paragraph (2) for— 
‘‘(i) adopting and installing steward-
ship practices; and 
‘‘(ii) managing, maintaining, and im-
proving the stewardship practices for the 
duration of the contract, as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary.
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‘‘(B) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—In determining 
the amount of payments under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall consider, to the extent 
practicable— 
‘‘(i) the level and extent of the stew-
ardship practice to be installed, adopted, 
completed, maintained, managed, or im-
proved; 
‘‘(ii) the cost of the installation, adop-
tion, completion, management, mainte-
nance, or improvement of the stewardship 
practice; 
‘‘(iii) income foregone by the pro-
ducer; and 
‘‘(iv) the extent to which compensa-
tion would ensure long-term continued 
maintenance, management, and improve-
ment of the stewardship practice. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The total amount of 
payments a person or legal entity receives pur-
suant to subparagraph (A) shall not exceed 
$50,000 for any fiscal year. 
‘‘(4) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—The Secretary 
may use not more than 50 percent of the funds 
made available under section 1241 to carry out this
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chapter for payments made pursuant to this sub-
section.’’. 
SEC. 2303. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 
Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the period 
of fiscal years 2019 through 2023,’’ after ‘‘2018,’’. 
SEC. 2304. CONSERVATION INNOVATION GRANTS AND PAY-
MENTS. 
(a) COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE CON-
SERVATION APPROACHES.—Section 1240H(a) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘use not 
more than $25,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023 to’’ after ‘‘the Secretary may’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘or per-
sons participating in an educational activity through 
an institution of higher education, including by car-
rying out demonstration projects on lands of the in-
stitution’’ before the semicolon at the end. 
(b) AIR QUALITY CONCERNS FROM AGRICULTURAL 
OPERATIONS.—Section 1240H(b)(2) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(b)(2)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘, and $37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2023’’ after ‘‘2018’’.
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(c) ON-FARM CONSERVATION INNOVATION TRIALS; 
REPORTING AND DATABASE.—Section 1240H of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8) is amended 
by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) 
ON-FARM
CONSERVATION
INNOVATION 
TRIALS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Using not more than 
$25,000,000 of the funds made available to carry 
out this chapter in each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023, the Secretary shall carry out on-farm con-
servation innovation trials, on eligible land of pro-
ducers, to test new or innovative conservation ap-
proaches— 
‘‘(A) directly with producers; or 
‘‘(B) through eligible entities. 
‘‘(2) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) AGREEMENTS.—In carrying out para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall enter into agree-
ments with producers on whose land an on-farm 
conservation innovation trial is being carried 
out to provide payments (including payments to 
compensate for foregone income, as appropriate 
to address the increased economic risk poten-
tially associated with new or innovative con-
servation approaches) to the producers to assist
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with adopting and evaluating new or innovative 
conservation approaches. 
‘‘(B) LENGTH OF INCENTIVES.—An agree-
ment entered into under subparagraph (A) shall 
be for a period determined by the Secretary 
that is— 
‘‘(i) not less than 3 years; and 
‘‘(ii) if appropriate, more than 3 
years, including if such a period is appro-
priate to support— 
‘‘(I) adaptive management over 
multiple crop years; and 
‘‘(II) adequate data collection 
and analysis to report the natural re-
source and agricultural production 
benefits of the new or innovative con-
servation approaches. 
‘‘(3) FLEXIBLE ADOPTION.—A producer or eli-
gible entity participating in an on-farm conservation 
innovation trial under paragraph (1) may determine 
the scale of adoption of the new or innovative con-
servation approaches in the on-farm conservation in-
novation trial, which may include multiple scales on 
an operation, including whole farm, field-level, or 
sub-field scales.
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‘‘(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall provide technical assistance— 
‘‘(A) to a producer or eligible entity par-
ticipating in an on-farm conservation innovation 
trial under paragraph (1), with respect to the 
design, installation, and management of the 
new or innovative conservation approaches; and 
‘‘(B) to an eligible entity participating in 
an on-farm conservation innovation trial under 
paragraph (1), with respect to data analyses of 
the on-farm conservation innovation trial. 
‘‘(5) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligi-
ble entity’ means a third-party private entity 
the primary business of which is related to agri-
culture. 
‘‘(B) NEW OR INNOVATIVE CONSERVATION 
APPROACHES.—The term ‘new or innovative 
conservation approaches’ means— 
‘‘(i) new or innovative— 
‘‘(I) precision agriculture tech-
nologies; 
‘‘(II) enhanced nutrient manage-
ment plans, nutrient recovery systems, 
and fertilization systems;
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‘‘(III) soil health management 
systems; 
‘‘(IV) water management sys-
tems; 
‘‘(V) resource-conserving crop ro-
tations; 
‘‘(VI) cover crops; and 
‘‘(VII) irrigation systems; and 
‘‘(ii) any other conservation approach 
approved by the Secretary as new or inno-
vative. 
‘‘(d) REPORTING AND DATABASE.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than De-
cember 31, 2014, and every two years thereafter, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and 
the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the status of activities fund-
ed under this section, including— 
‘‘(A) funding awarded; 
‘‘(B) results of the activities; and 
‘‘(C) incorporation of findings from the ac-
tivities, such as new technology and innovative 
approaches, into the conservation efforts imple-
mented by the Secretary.
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‘‘(2) CONSERVATION PRACTICE DATABASE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
use the data reported under paragraph (1) to 
establish and maintain a publicly available con-
servation practice database that provides— 
‘‘(i) a compilation and analysis of ef-
fective conservation practices for soil 
health, nutrient management, and source 
water protection in varying soil composi-
tions, cropping systems, slopes, and land-
scapes; and 
‘‘(ii) a list of recommended new and 
effective conservation practices. 
‘‘(B) 
PRIVACY.—Information 
provided 
under subparagraph (A) shall be transformed 
into a statistical or aggregate form so as to not 
include any identifiable or personal information 
of individual producers.’’. 
Subtitle D—Other Conservation 
Programs 
SEC. 2401. CONSERVATION OF PRIVATE GRAZING LAND. 
Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3839bb(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’.
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SEC. 2402. GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
1240O(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3839bb–2(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 1240O(b) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2(b)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
FUNDING.—In addition to 
any other funds made available under this sub-
section, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000 begin-
ning in fiscal year 2019, to remain available until 
expended.’’. 
SEC. 2403. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT IN-
CENTIVE PROGRAM. 
Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5(f)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2012 and’’ and inserting 
‘‘2012,’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and $50,000,000 for the pe-
riod of fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ before the 
period at the end.
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SEC. 2404. WATERSHED PROTECTION AND FLOOD PREVEN-
TION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
14(h)(2)(E) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Pre-
vention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)(E)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) FUNDS OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 
The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 
U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 15. FUNDING. 
‘‘In addition to any other funds made available by 
this Act, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this 
Act $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 
2023, to remain available until expended.’’. 
SEC. 2405. FERAL SWINE ERADICATION AND CONTROL 
PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
establish a feral swine eradication and control pilot pro-
gram to respond to the threat feral swine pose to agri-
culture, native ecosystems, and human and animal health. 
(b) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In carrying out 
the pilot program, the Secretary shall— 
(1) study and assess the nature and extent of 
damage to the pilot areas caused by feral swine;
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(2) develop methods to eradicate or control 
feral swine in the pilot areas; 
(3) develop methods to restore damage caused 
by feral swine; and 
(4) provide financial assistance to agricultural 
producers in pilot areas. 
(c) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may provide finan-
cial assistance to agricultural producers under the pilot 
program to implement methods to— 
(1) eradicate or control feral swine in the pilot 
areas; and 
(2) restore damage caused by feral swine. 
(d) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall ensure that 
the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Ani-
mal and Plant Health Inspection Service coordinate for 
purposes of this section through State technical commit-
tees established under section 1261 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985. 
(e) PILOT AREAS.—The Secretary shall carry out the 
pilot program in areas of States in which feral swine have 
been identified as a threat to agriculture, native eco-
systems, or human or animal health, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(f) COST SHARING.—
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(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—The Federal share of 
the costs activities under the pilot program may not 
exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such activi-
ties. 
(2) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTIONS.—The non-Fed-
eral share of the costs of activities under the pilot 
program may be provided in the form of in-kind con-
tributions of materials or services. 
(g) FUNDING.— 
(1) MANDATORY
FUNDING.—Of the funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary 
shall use to carry out this section $100,000,000 for 
the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds 
made available under paragraph (1)— 
(A) 50 percent shall be allocated to the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service to 
carry out the pilot program, including the pro-
vision of financial assistance to producers for 
on-farm trapping and technology related to cap-
turing and confining feral swine; and 
(B) 50 percent shall be allocated to the 
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to 
carry out the pilot program, including the use
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of established, and testing of innovative, popu-
lation reduction methods. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
ADMINISTRATIVE
EX-
PENSES.—Not more than 10 percent of funds made 
available under this section may be used for admin-
istrative expenses of the pilot program. 
SEC. 2406. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. 
(a) REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF FENCING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 401 of the Agricul-
tural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking the section designation and 
all that follows through ‘‘The Secretary of Agri-
culture’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 401. PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
(referred to in this title as the ‘Secretary’)’’; 
(B) in subsection (a), as so designated, by 
inserting ‘‘wildfires,’’ after ‘‘hurricanes,’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF FENCING.—With 
respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under 
subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, 
the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the op-
tion of receiving the payment, determined based on the
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applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost 
of the repair or replacement, as determined by the Sec-
retary, before the agricultural producer carries out the re-
pair or replacement.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the 
Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2202, 2203, 2204, 2205) are amended by strik-
ing ‘‘Secretary of Agriculture’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(B) Section 407(a) of the Agricultural 
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2206(a)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (4). 
(b) COST SHARE PAYMENTS.—Title IV of the Agri-
cultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 402 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 402A. COST SHARE REQUIREMENT. 
‘‘(a) COST-SHARE RATE.—The maximum cost-share 
payment under section 401 and section 402 shall not ex-
ceed 75 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—Not withstanding subsection (a), 
a qualified limited resource, socially disadvantaged, or be-
ginning farmer or rancher payment under section 401 and
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402 shall not exceed 90 percent of the total allowable cost, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—In no case shall the total payment 
under section 401 and 402 for a single event exceed 50 
percent of what the Secretary has determined to be the 
agriculture value of the land.’’. 
SEC. 2407. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON INCREASED WATER-
SHED-BASED COLLABORATION. 
It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Govern-
ment should recognize and encourage partnerships at the 
watershed level between nonpoint sources and regulated 
point sources to advance the goals of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act and provide benefits to farmers, 
landowners, and the public. 
SEC. 2408. SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES CONSERVATION. 
The Soil and Water Resources Conservation Act of 
1977 (16 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 5(e), by striking ‘‘and December 
31, 2015’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2015, and 
December 31, 2022’’; 
(2) in section 6(d), by striking ‘‘, respectively’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, and a program update shall be com-
pleted by December 31, 2023’’; 
(3) in section 7—
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(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘and 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘, 2016, and 2022’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and 2017’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, 2017, and 2023’’; 
(4) in section 10, by striking ‘‘2018’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2023’’; 
(5) by redesignating sections 8 through 10 as 
sections 9 though 11, respectively; and 
(6) by inserting after section 7 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 8. CONSERVATION PROGRAMS ASSESSMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In coordination with the ap-
praisal of soil, water, and related resources and with the 
national soil and water conservation program established 
under this Act, the Secretary may carry out a conservation 
effects assessment project to quantify the environmental 
and economic effects of conservation practices, develop the 
science base for managing the agricultural landscape for 
environmental quality and sustainable productive capacity, 
and improve the efficacy of conservation practices and pro-
grams by evaluating conservation effects. 
‘‘(b) SCOPE.—The project under this subsection may 
be carried out at national, regional, and watershed scales, 
and may include cropland, grazing lands, wetlands, for-
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ests, and such other lands as the Secretary may determine 
appropriate. 
‘‘(c) ACTIVITIES.—The project under this subsection 
may include research, literature reviews and bibliog-
raphies, modeling, assessment, monitoring and data collec-
tion, outreach, extension education, and such other activi-
ties as the Secretary may determine appropriate. 
‘‘SEC. 9. GOALS AND ASSESSMENT PROCESS FOR CON-
SERVATION PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) NATURAL RESOURCE
AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
OBJECTIVES AND OUTCOMES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In coordination with the 
appraisal of soil, water, and related resources, the 
soil and water conservation program, and the con-
servation effects assessment project established by 
this Act, the Secretary shall identify, and periodi-
cally revise, specific natural resource and environ-
mental objectives and anticipated conservation out-
comes and results, by resource concern, for the con-
servation programs established under subtitles D 
and H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 
and the landscape conservation initiatives developed 
by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ASSESSMENTS.—To help measure out-
comes and results, the Secretary shall, to the max-
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imum extent practicable, make assessments of 
changes in the status and conditions of natural re-
sources and the environment that result from the 
application of conservation activities supported di-
rectly by such conservation programs and initiatives. 
‘‘(3) MONITORING
AND
PROGRAM
EVALUA-
TION.—The Secretary shall establish a coordinated 
monitoring and evaluation process for programs and 
initiatives to assess progress toward the identified 
objectives, to gather information to improve program 
and initiative implementation in accordance with de-
sired program and initiative outcomes and results, 
and to assess the need for modifications to program 
or initiative rules or statutes. 
‘‘(b) MONITORING AND PROGRAM EVALUATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a comprehensive monitoring and program eval-
uation process to assess progress in reaching natural 
resource and environmental objectives identified in 
accordance with subsection (a) and the contribution 
of individual programs and initiatives, as well as the 
programs 
and 
initiatives 
collectively, 
to 
that 
progress. 
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION.—In implementing the 
monitoring and program evaluation process under
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paragraph (1), the Secretary may consider and in-
corporate resource concern inventories, quality cri-
teria, conservation practices and enhancements, and 
such other information as the Secretary determines 
relevant for applying the monitoring and program 
evaluation process across each of the major land 
uses identified by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) MONITORING
AND
EVALUATION
PROC-
ESS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than two 
years after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall issue a design for the 
comprehensive monitoring and evaluation proc-
ess, a schedule for implementing the process, 
and a plan for coordinating the process with the 
national soil and water conservation program 
and conservation effects assessment project es-
tablished under this Act. 
‘‘(B) METHODOLOGY.—The design for the 
monitoring and evaluation process shall— 
‘‘(i) include detailed information con-
cerning the requisite frequency of the mon-
itoring process at the field, water body, 
habitat, or other level and the manner in 
which the data will be aggregated at the
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landscape or watershed level, county or 
local level, State level, national level, and 
any other level the Secretary determines 
necessary; and 
‘‘(ii) take into account the cumulative 
nature of conservation over time, the inter-
actions and sequencing effects between 
conservation activities, the differing times 
for conservation effects to be realized, and 
other related measurement challenges. 
‘‘(C) 
PUBLIC
RESEARCH.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in order to 
facilitate implementation of the monitoring and 
evaluation process, the Secretary shall make 
available conservation activity and program 
data to cooperators and researchers engaged in 
public research and evaluation activities to im-
prove conservation outcomes under this sub-
section, provided that— 
‘‘(i) adequate assurances are provided 
to the Secretary that any resulting re-
search or information will be made publicly 
available and in a form that protects per-
sonally identifiable information; and
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‘‘(ii) the National Technical Com-
mittee finds that any such research is like-
ly to generate information that furthers 
the purpose of this section. 
‘‘(4) COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may implement the monitoring evaluation 
process in part through cooperative or contribution 
agreements with Federal, State, and local agencies, 
universities and colleges, nongovernmental organiza-
tions with requisite expertise, as determined by the 
Secretary in consultation with the National Tech-
nical Committee. 
‘‘(5) NATIONAL TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.— 
‘‘(A) COMPOSITION.—The monitoring and 
evaluation process shall be administered by the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service with 
assistance from a national technical committee 
appointed by the Secretary and composed of in-
dividuals with relevant technical and scientific 
expertise representing— 
‘‘(i) the Agricultural Research Service 
of the Department of Agriculture; 
‘‘(ii) the Economic Research Service 
of the Department of Agriculture;
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‘‘(iii) the Farm Service Agency of the 
Department of Agriculture; 
‘‘(iv) the Forest Service; 
‘‘(v) the National Institute for Food 
and Agriculture; 
‘‘(vi) the United States Geological 
Survey; 
‘‘(vii) State and tribal agencies; 
‘‘(viii) land grant university natural 
resource research programs; 
‘‘(ix) nongovernmental organizations 
with expertise in the full array of conserva-
tion issues and measurement and evalua-
tion of conservation outcomes; and 
‘‘(x) such other agencies, institutions, 
or organizations as the Secretary may de-
termine appropriate. 
‘‘(B) FACA EXEMPTION.—The national 
technical committee shall be exempt from the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.). 
‘‘(C) 
TRANSPARENCY.—The 
Secretary 
shall ensure the proceedings and recommenda-
tions of the national technical committee are 
available to the public.
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‘‘(6) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—In carrying 
out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that 
any on-farm monitoring activities that may be in-
cluded as part of the monitoring and program eval-
uation process are voluntary on the part of the pro-
ducer, and may include appropriate compensation, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection, for each fiscal year, the amount that 
is equal to one percent of the total annual funding 
from the funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion made available in the preceding fiscal year for 
the conservation programs established under sub-
titles D and H of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985, excluding the conservation reserve program. 
‘‘(c) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(1) REPORT ON OBJECTIVES AND METHODS.— 
Beginning in the fiscal year that is 3 years after the 
date of enactment of this subsection, and periodi-
cally thereafter, as determined by the Secretary, the 
Secretary shall submit to Congress, and make pub-
licly available, a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) a description of conservation outcome 
objectives that are, to the maximum extent
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practicable, quantitative, measurable, and time- 
bound for each program established under sub-
title D or H of the Food Security Act of 1985 
and the landscape conservation initiatives devel-
oped by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) a description of the approaches, tools, 
and methods used to measure or model the con-
servation outcomes and results and to estimate 
the cost-effectiveness of each such program; and 
‘‘(C) guidance to the conservation project 
partners working to implement conservation 
programs within a landscape-level project that 
provides a description of the approaches, tools, 
and methods the partners might consider using 
to measure and model the conservation out-
comes and results of their projects. 
‘‘(2) REPORT ON OUTCOMES.—In conjunction 
with each of the reports to Congress pursuant to 
section 7, the Secretary shall submit to Congress, 
and make publicly available, a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of progress made to-
wards achieving conservation program objec-
tives and anticipated outcomes and results for 
each conservation program established under 
subtitle D or H of title XII of the Food Secu-
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rity Act of 1985, as well as for such programs 
collectively, and the landscape conservation ini-
tiatives developed by the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness 
of each such conservation program and initia-
tive; and 
‘‘(C) recommendations, in light of the as-
sessment and evaluation, to improve program 
implementation and improve the scientific and 
economic tools (including any new or revised 
conservation practices, conservation enhance-
ments, or conservation planning tools) used to 
achieve stated natural resource conservation 
and environmental objectives. 
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary may co-
ordinate the reports required under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) with any reports developed as part of the 
conservation effects assessment project authorized 
by section 8, whenever such coordination is feasible 
and warranted, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 
Subtitle E—Funding and 
Administration 
SEC. 2501. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. 
(a) ANNUAL FUNDING.—Section 1241(a) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)) is amended—
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of 
the program specified in paragraph (5))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘2023’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘2023’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2019 through 2023.’’; 
(4) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), 
respectively; 
(5) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by 
inserting ‘‘, as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 
2018, using such sums as are necessary to admin-
ister contracts entered into before the earlier of Sep-
tember 30, 2018, or such date of enactment’’ before 
the period at the end; and 
(6) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—
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(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘each 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2019.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2018;’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(G) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(H) $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(I) $2,935,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
and 
‘‘(J) 
$3,000,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2023.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 1241(b) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the 
case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1241(c) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In the delivery of technical as-
sistance under the Soil Conservation and Domestic
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Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.), the Sec-
retary 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 2611 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(d) REGIONAL EQUITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1241 of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended 
by striking subsection (e) and redesignating sub-
sections (f) through (i) as subsections (e) through 
(h), respectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
1221(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3821(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘1241(f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘1241(e)’’ each place it appears. 
(e) RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE ASSIST-
ANCE TO CERTAIN FARMERS OR RANCHERS FOR CON-
SERVATION ACCESS.—Section 1241(g) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this 
section) is amended—
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2018 to 
carry out the environmental quality incentives pro-
gram and the acres made available for each of such 
fiscal years to carry out the conservation steward-
ship program’’ and inserting ‘‘2023 to carry out the 
environmental quality incentives program’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(f) REPORT ON PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS AND AS-
SISTANCE.—Section 1241(h) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) REPORT ON PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS AND AS-
SISTANCE.—Not later than December 15 of each of cal-
endar years 2018 through 2023, the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate an annual report containing 
statistics by State related to enrollments in conservation 
programs under this subtitle, as follows: 
‘‘(1) The annual and current cumulative activ-
ity reflecting active agreement and contract enroll-
ment statistics. 
‘‘(2) Secretarial exceptions, waivers, and signifi-
cant payments, including—
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‘‘(A) payments made under the agricul-
tural conservation easement program for ease-
ments valued at $250,000 or greater; 
‘‘(B) payments made under the regional 
conservation partnership program subject to the 
waiver of adjusted gross income limitations pur-
suant to section 1271C(c)(3); 
‘‘(C) waivers granted by the Secretary 
under section 1001D(b)(3) of this Act; 
‘‘(D) exceptions and activity associated 
with section 1240B(h)(2); and 
‘‘(E) exceptions provided by the Secretary 
under section 1265B(b)(2)(C).’’. 
SEC. 2502. DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1242(a) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘eligi-
ble participant’ means a producer, landowner, or en-
tity that is participating in, or seeking to participate 
in, programs in which the producer, landowner, or 
entity is otherwise eligible to participate under this 
title.
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‘‘(2) 
THIRD-PARTY
PROVIDER.—The 
term 
‘third-party provider’ means a commercial entity (in-
cluding a farmer cooperative, agriculture retailer, or 
other commercial entity (as defined by the Sec-
retary)), a nonprofit entity, a State or local govern-
ment (including a conservation district), or a Fed-
eral agency, that has expertise in the technical as-
pect of conservation planning, including nutrient 
management planning, watershed planning, or envi-
ronmental engineering.’’. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF THIRD-PARTY PROVIDERS.— 
Section 1242(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3842(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Secretary shall approve any 
qualified certification that the Secretary deter-
mines meets or exceeds the national criteria 
provided under paragraph (3)(B). 
‘‘(B) QUALIFIED CERTIFICATION.—In this 
paragraph, the term ‘qualified certification’ 
means a professional certification that is estab-
lished by the Secretary, an agriculture retailer, 
a farmer cooperative, the American Society of
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Agronomy, or the National Alliance of Inde-
pendent Crop Consultants, including certifi-
cation— 
‘‘(i) as a Certified Crop Advisor by 
the American Society of Agronomy; 
‘‘(ii) 
as 
a 
Certified 
Professional 
Agronomist by the American Society of 
Agronomy; and 
‘‘(iii) as a Comprehensive Nutrient 
Management Plan Specialist by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
SEC. 2503. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR CON-
SERVATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3844) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (m); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (i) through (l) 
as subsections (j) through (m), respectively, and in-
serting after subsection (h) the following: 
‘‘(i) SOURCE WATER PROTECTION THROUGH TAR-
GETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out any con-
servation program administered by the Secretary, 
the Secretary shall encourage practices that relate to 
water quality and water quantity that protect source
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waters for drinking water (including protecting 
against public health threats) while also benefitting 
agricultural producers. 
‘‘(2) COLLABORATION
WITH
WATER
SYSTEMS 
AND INCREASED INCENTIVES.—In encouraging prac-
tices under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) work collaboratively with community 
water systems and State technical committees 
established under section 1261 to identify, in 
each State, local priority areas for the protec-
tion of source waters for drinking water; and 
‘‘(B) offer to producers increased incen-
tives and higher payment rates than are other-
wise statutorily authorized through conservation 
programs administered by the Secretary for 
practices that result in significant environ-
mental benefits that the Secretary determines— 
‘‘(i) relate to water quality or water 
quantity; and 
‘‘(ii) occur primarily outside of the 
land on which the practices are imple-
mented. 
‘‘(3) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—In each of fis-
cal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall 
use, to carry out this subsection, not less than 10
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percent of any funds available with respect to each 
conservation program administered by the Secretary 
under this title except the conservation reserve pro-
gram.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (m), as so redesignated, by 
striking ‘‘the conservation stewardship program 
under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D and’’. 
SEC. 2504. ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE TECHNICAL COM-
MITTEES. 
Section 1261(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3861(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(14) The State 1862 Institution (as defined in 
section 2(1) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998).’’. 
Subtitle F—Agricultural 
Conservation Easement Program 
SEC. 2601. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES. 
Section 1265(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3865(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘that nega-
tively affect the agricultural uses and conservation 
values’’ after ‘‘that land’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘restoring 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘restoring or’’.
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SEC. 2602. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) AGRICULTURAL
LAND
EASEMENT.—Section 
1265A(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3865a(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘subject to an agri-
cultural land easement plan, as approved by the Sec-
retary’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LAND.—Section 1265A(3) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3865a(3)) is amended— 
(1) by amending subparagraph (A)(iii)(VI) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(VI) nonindustrial private forest 
land that contributes to the economic 
viability of an offered parcel, or serves 
as a buffer to protect such land from 
development, which may include up to 
100 percent of the parcel if the Sec-
retary determines enrolling the land is 
important to protect a forest to pro-
vide significant conservation bene-
fits;’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘, as 
determined by the Secretary in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Interior at the local level’’. 
(c) MONITORING REPORT.—Section 1265A of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3865a) is amended 
by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs
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(5) and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (3) 
the following: 
‘‘(4) MONITORING REPORT.—The term ‘moni-
toring report’ means a report, the contents of which 
are formulated and prepared by the holder of an ag-
ricultural land easement, that documents whether 
the land subject to the agricultural land easement is 
in compliance with the terms and conditions of the 
agricultural land easement.’’. 
SEC. 2603. AGRICULTURAL LAND EASEMENTS. 
(a) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1265B(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3865b(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘provide for the con-
servation of natural resources pursuant to an agricultural 
land easement plan’’ and inserting ‘‘implement the pro-
gram’’. 
(b) COST-SHARE ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.—Sec-
tion 1265B(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(2)) is amended by striking sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL
SHARE.—An eligible 
entity may use for any part of its share— 
‘‘(i) a cash contribution;
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‘‘(ii) a charitable donation or qualified 
conservation contribution (as defined by 
section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986) from the landowner from 
which the agricultural land easement will 
be purchased; or 
‘‘(iii) funding from a Federal source 
other than the Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(C) GRASSLANDS
EXCEPTION.—In the 
case of grassland of special environmental sig-
nificance, as determined by the Secretary, the 
Secretary may provide an amount not to exceed 
75 percent of the fair market value of the agri-
cultural land easement.’’. 
(2) EVALUATION
AND
RANKING
OF
APPLICA-
TIONS.—Section 1265B(b)(3) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(3)) is amended by 
redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph 
(D) and inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) ACCOUNTING FOR GEOGRAPHIC DIF-
FERENCES.—The Secretary shall, in coordina-
tion with State technical committees, adjust the 
criteria established under subparagraph (A) to