(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1211(a)(1) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)(1)) 
is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) any portion of the premium paid by 
the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation for a 
policy or plan of insurance under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), on 
the condition that if a person is determined to 
have committed a violation under this sub-
section during a crop year, ineligibility under 
this subparagraph shall— 
‘‘(i) only apply to reinsurance years 
subsequent to the date of final determina-
tion of a violation, including all adminis-
trative appeals; and 
‘‘(ii) not apply to the existing reinsur-
ance year or any reinsurance year prior to 
the date of final determination.’’. 
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(2) EXEMPTIONS.—Section 1212(a)(2) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812(a)(2)) 
is amended— 
(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘(2) 
If,’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY BASED ON COMPLIANCE WITH 
CONSERVATION PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If,’’; 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘In 
carrying’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) 
MINIMIZATION
OF
DOCUMENTA-
TION.—In carrying’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) CROP INSURANCE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 1211(a)— 
‘‘(I) in the case of a person that 
is subject to section 1211 for the first 
time after May 1, 2013, due to the 
amendment made by section 2(a) of 
the Crop Insurance Accountability Act 
of 2013, any person who produces an 
agricultural commodity on the land 
that is the basis of the payments de-
scribed in section 1211(a)(1)(E) shall 
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have 5 reinsurance years after the 
date on which such payments become 
subject to section 1211 to develop and 
comply with an approved conservation 
plan so as to maintain eligibility for 
such payments; and 
‘‘(II) in the case of a person that 
the Secretary determines would have 
been in violation of section 1211(a) if 
the person had continued participation 
in the programs requiring compliance 
at any time after the date of enact-
ment of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 
et seq.) and is currently in violation of 
section 1211(a), the person shall have 
2 reinsurance years after the date on 
which the payments described in sec-
tion 1211(a)(1)(E) become subject to 
section 1211 to develop and comply 
with an approved conservation plan, 
as determined by the Secretary, so as 
to maintain eligibility for such pay-
ments. 
‘‘(ii) CERTIFICATION.— 
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning 
with the first full reinsurance year im-
mediately following the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, all persons 
seeking eligibility for the payment of a 
portion of the premium paid by the 
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
for a policy or plan of insurance under 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall provide cer-
tification of compliance with section 
1211(a), as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(II) TIMELY EVALUATION.—The 
Secretary shall evaluate the certifi-
cation in a timely manner and— 
‘‘(aa) a person who has 
properly complied with certifi-
cation shall be held harmless 
with regard to eligibility during 
the period of evaluation; and 
‘‘(bb) if the Secretary fails 
to evaluate the certification in a 
timely manner and the person is 
subsequently found to be in viola-
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tion of section 1211(a), ineligi-
bility shall not apply to the per-
son for that violation. 
‘‘(III) 
EQUITABLE
CONTRIBU-
TION.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—If a 
person fails to provide certifi-
cation of compliance to the Sec-
retary as required and is subse-
quently found in violation of sec-
tion 1211(a), the Secretary shall 
determine the amount of an equi-
table contribution to conservation 
in 
accordance 
with 
section 
1241(e) by the person for the 
violation. 
‘‘(bb) 
LIMITATION.—The 
contribution shall not exceed the 
total of the portion of the pre-
mium paid by the Federal Crop 
Insurance Corporation for a pol-
icy or plan of insurance for all 
years the person is determined to 
have been in violation subsequent 
to the date on which certification 
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was first required under this 
clause.’’. 
(b) WETLAND CONSERVATION PROGRAM INELIGI-
BILITY.—Section 1221 of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3821) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(4) CROP INSURANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
this paragraph, a person subject to a final de-
termination, including all administrative ap-
peals, of a violation of subsection (c) shall have 
1 reinsurance year to initiate a conservation 
plan to remedy the violation, as determined by 
the Secretary, before becoming ineligible under 
that subsection in the following reinsurance 
year to receive any payment of any portion of 
the premium paid by the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Corporation for a policy or plan of insur-
ance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 
‘‘(B) APPLICABILITY.—In the case of a 
person that is subject to this subsection or sub-
section (d) for the first time due to the amend-
ment made by section 2(b) of the Crop Insur-
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