In the Senate of the United States, 
July 18, 2013. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 2642) entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the reform 
and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the 
Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, and for 
other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agri-
culture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013’’. 
(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. 
TITLE I—COMMODITY PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Repeals and Reforms 
Sec. 1101. Repeal of direct payments. 
Sec. 1102. Repeal of counter-cyclical payments. 
Sec. 1103. Repeal of average crop revenue election program. 
Sec. 1104. Definitions. 
Sec. 1105. Base acres.
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Sec. 1106. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1107. Availability of adverse market payments. 
Sec. 1108. Agriculture risk coverage. 
Sec. 1109. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments. 
Sec. 1110. Period of effectiveness. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments 
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. Economic adjustment assistance to users of upland cotton. 
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. 
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed 
cotton. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar program. 
Subtitle D—Dairy 
PART I—DAIRY PRODUCTION MARGIN PROTECTION AND DAIRY MARKET 
STABILIZATION PROGRAMS 
Sec. 1401. Definitions. 
Sec. 1402. Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy production margins. 
SUBPART A—DAIRY PRODUCTION MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM 
Sec. 1411. Establishment of dairy production margin protection program. 
Sec. 1412. Participation of dairy operations in production margin protection 
program. 
Sec. 1413. Production history of participating dairy operations. 
Sec. 1414. Basic production margin protection. 
Sec. 1415. Supplemental production margin protection. 
Sec. 1416. Effect of failure to pay administration fees or premiums. 
SUBPART B—DAIRY MARKET STABILIZATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 1431. Establishment of dairy market stabilization program. 
Sec. 1432. Threshold for implementation and reduction in dairy payments. 
Sec. 1433. Milk marketings information. 
Sec. 1434. Calculation and collection of reduced dairy operation payments. 
Sec. 1435. Remitting funds to the Secretary and use of funds. 
Sec. 1436. Suspension of reduced payment requirement. 
Sec. 1437. Enforcement. 
Sec. 1438. Audit requirements. 
Sec. 1439. Study; report. 
SUBPART C—ADMINISTRATION 
Sec. 1451. Duration.
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Sec. 1452. Administration and enforcement. 
PART II—DAIRY MARKET TRANSPARENCY 
Sec. 1461. Dairy product mandatory reporting. 
Sec. 1462. Federal milk marketing order program pre-hearing procedure for Class 
III pricing. 
PART III—REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZATION OF OTHER DAIRY-RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1471. Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss contract 
programs. 
Sec. 1472. Repeal of dairy export incentive program. 
Sec. 1473. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1474. Extension of dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1475. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1476. Extension of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission. 
PART IV—FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDER REFORM 
Sec. 1481. Federal milk marketing orders. 
PART V—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 1491. Effective date. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 
Sec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 1601. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. 
Sec. 1604. Payments limited to active farmers. 
Sec. 1605. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1606. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 1607. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1608. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm 
commodity programs. 
Sec. 1609. Appeals. 
Sec. 1610. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 1611. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1612. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1613. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1614. Implementation. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2001. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve pro-
gram. 
Sec. 2002. Farmable wetland program. 
Sec. 2003. Duties of owners and operators. 
Sec. 2004. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2005. Payments.
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Sec. 2006. Contract requirements. 
Sec. 2007. Conversion of land subject to contract to other conserving uses. 
Sec. 2008. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Stewardship Program 
Sec. 2101. Conservation stewardship program. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2201. Purposes. 
Sec. 2202. Definitions. 
Sec. 2203. Establishment and administration. 
Sec. 2204. Evaluation of applications. 
Sec. 2205. Duties of producers. 
Sec. 2206. Limitation on payments. 
Sec. 2207. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Sec. 2208. Effective date. 
Subtitle D—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
Sec. 2301. Agricultural Conservation Easement Program. 
Subtitle E—Regional Conservation Partnership Program 
Sec. 2401. Regional Conservation Partnership Program. 
Subtitle F—Other Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2501. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2502. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2503. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2504. Agriculture conservation experienced services program. 
Sec. 2505. Small watershed rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 2506. Emergency watershed protection program. 
Sec. 2507. Terminal lakes assistance. 
Sec. 2508. Study of potential improvements to the wetland mitigation process. 
Sec. 2509. Soil and water resource conservation. 
Subtitle G—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 2601. Funding. 
Sec. 2602. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 2603. Regional equity. 
Sec. 2604. Reservation of funds to provide assistance to certain farmers or ranch-
ers for conservation access. 
Sec. 2605. Annual report on program enrollments and assistance. 
Sec. 2606. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. 
Sec. 2607. Rulemaking authority. 
Sec. 2608. Standards for State technical committees. 
Sec. 2609. Highly erodible land and wetland conservation for crop insurance. 
Sec. 2610. Adjusted gross income limitation for conservation programs. 
Subtitle H—Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional 
Provisions 
Sec. 2701. Comprehensive conservation enhancement program. 
Sec. 2702. Emergency forestry conservation reserve program.
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Sec. 2703. Wetlands reserve program. 
Sec. 2704. Farmland protection program and farm viability program. 
Sec. 2705. Grassland reserve program. 
Sec. 2706. Agricultural water enhancement program. 
Sec. 2707. Wildlife habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2708. Great Lakes basin program. 
Sec. 2709. Chesapeake Bay watershed program. 
Sec. 2710. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. 
Sec. 2711. Environmental easement program. 
Sec. 2712. Technical amendments. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
Sec. 3001. Set-aside for support for organizations through which nonemergency 
assistance is provided. 
Sec. 3002. Food aid quality. 
Sec. 3003. Minimum levels of assistance. 
Sec. 3004. Reauthorization of Food Aid Consultative Group. 
Sec. 3005. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation of Food for Peace Act programs. 
Sec. 3006. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and dis-
tribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. 
Sec. 3007. Limitation on total volume of commodities monetized. 
Sec. 3008. Flexibility. 
Sec. 3009. Procurement, transportation, testing, and storage of agricultural com-
modities for prepositioning in the United States and foreign 
countries. 
Sec. 3010. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance. 
Sec. 3011. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. 
Sec. 3012. Coordination of foreign assistance programs report. 
Sec. 3013. Micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 3014. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
Sec. 3015. Prohibition on assistance for North Korea. 
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
Sec. 3101. Export credit guarantee programs. 
Sec. 3102. Funding for market access program. 
Sec. 3103. Foreign market development cooperator program. 
Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws 
Sec. 3201. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3202. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. 
Sec. 3203. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets. 
Sec. 3204. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program. 
Sec. 3205. Technical assistance for specialty crops. 
Sec. 3206. Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
Sec. 3207. Local and regional food aid procurement projects. 
Sec. 3208. Donald Payne Horn of Africa food resilience program. 
Sec. 3209. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Af-
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TITLE IV—NUTRITION 
Subtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
Sec. 4001. Access to Grocery Delivery for Homebound Seniors and Individuals 
with Disabilities eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance 
benefits. 
Sec. 4002. Food distribution program on Indian reservations. 
Sec. 4003. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of energy assistance 
payments. 
Sec. 4004. Eligibility disqualifications. 
Sec. 4005. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for lottery 
or gambling winners. 
Sec. 4006. Retail food stores. 
Sec. 4007. Improving security of food assistance. 
Sec. 4008. Technology modernization for retail food stores. 
Sec. 4009. Use of benefits for purchase of community-supported agriculture share. 
Sec. 4010. Restaurant meals program. 
Sec. 4011. Quality control standards. 
Sec. 4012. Performance bonus payments. 
Sec. 4013. Funding of employment and training programs. 
Sec. 4014. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 4015 Assistance for community food projects. 
Sec. 4016. Emergency food assistance. 
Sec. 4017. Nutrition education. 
Sec. 4018. Retail food store and recipient trafficking. 
Sec. 4019. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 4020. Eligibility disqualifications for certain convicted felons. 
Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Programs 
Sec. 4101. Commodity distribution program. 
Sec. 4102. Commodity supplemental food program. 
Sec. 4103. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects. 
Sec. 4104. Processing of commodities. 
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. Nutrition information and awareness pilot program. 
Sec. 4204. Hunger-free communities. 
Sec. 4205. Healthy Food Financing Initiative. 
Sec. 4206. Pulse crop products. 
Sec. 4207. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 
Sec. 4208. Purchases of locally produced foods. 
Sec. 4209. Multiagency task force. 
Sec. 4210. Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farmer Loans, Servicing, and Other Assistance Under the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
Sec. 5001. Farmer loans, servicing, and other assistance under the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act.
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Subtitle B—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 5101. State agricultural mediation programs. 
Sec. 5102. Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land. 
Sec. 5103. Removal of duplicative appraisals. 
Sec. 5104. Compensation disclosure by Farm Credit System institutions. 
TITLE VI—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Reorganization of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act 
Sec. 6001. Reorganization of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. 
Sec. 6002. Conforming amendments. 
Subtitle B—Rural Electrification 
Sec. 6101. Definition of rural area. 
Sec. 6102. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone 
purposes. 
Sec. 6103. Expansion of 911 access. 
Sec. 6104. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 6201. Distance learning and telemedicine. 
Sec. 6202. Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949. 
Sec. 6203. Rural energy savings program. 
Sec. 6204. Funding of pending rural development loan and grant applications. 
Sec. 6205. Study of rural transportation issues. 
Sec. 6206. Agricultural transportation policy. 
Sec. 6207. Value-added agricultural market development program grants. 
TITLE VII—RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 
Sec. 7101. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board. 
Sec. 7102. Specialty crop committee. 
Sec. 7103. Veterinary services grant program. 
Sec. 7104. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. 
Sec. 7105. Agricultural and food policy research centers. 
Sec. 7106. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native 
Hawaiian serving institutions. 
Sec. 7107. Nutrition education program. 
Sec. 7108. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 7109. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 7110. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities and equip-
ment at insular area land-grant institutions. 
Sec. 7111. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 7112. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 7113. University research. 
Sec. 7114. Extension service. 
Sec. 7115. Supplemental and alternative crops.
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Sec. 7116. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. 
Sec. 7117. Aquaculture assistance programs. 
Sec. 7118. Rangeland research programs. 
Sec. 7119. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 7120. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insu-
lar area institutions of higher education. 
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 program. 
Sec. 7204. National Training Program. 
Sec. 7205. National Genetics Resources Program. 
Sec. 7206. National Agricultural Weather Information System. 
Sec. 7207. Agricultural Genome Initiative. 
Sec. 7208. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 
Sec. 7209. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7210. Farm business management. 
Sec. 7211. Regional centers of excellence. 
Sec. 7212. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 7213. National rural information center clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
Sec. 7301. Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education 
funded by the Department. 
Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7303. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley 
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. Authorization of regional integrated pest management centers. 
Subtitle D—Other Laws 
Sec. 7401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 7402. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 7403. Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 7404. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act. 
Sec. 7405. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program under Department of Ag-
riculture Reorganization Act of 1994. 
Sec. 7406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 7407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
Sec. 7408. Beginning farmer and rancher development program under Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002. 
Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
PART I—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY 
Sec. 7501. Agricultural biosecurity communication center.
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Sec. 7502. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, 
preparation, and response. 
Sec. 7503. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures. 
Sec. 7504. Agricultural biosecurity grant program. 
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 7511. Grazinglands research laboratory. 
Sec. 7512. Budget submission and funding. 
Sec. 7513. Natural products research program. 
Sec. 7514. Sun grant program. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 7601. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. 
Sec. 7602. Agricultural and food law research, legal tools, and information. 
TITLE VIII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs 
Sec. 8001. Forest land enhancement program. 
Sec. 8002. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources lead-
ership program. 
Sec. 8003. Tribal watershed forestry assistance program. 
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
Programs 
Sec. 8101. State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources. 
Subtitle C—Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws 
Sec. 8201. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Sec. 8202. Office of International Forestry. 
Sec. 8203. Insect and disease infestation. 
Sec. 8204. Stewardship end result contracting projects. 
Sec. 8205. Healthy forests reserve program. 
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 8301. McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. 
Sec. 8302. Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis. 
Sec. 8303. Reimbursement of fire funds. 
TITLE IX—ENERGY 
Sec. 9001. Definitions. 
Sec. 9002. Biobased markets program. 
Sec. 9003. Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing 
assistance. 
Sec. 9004. Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels. 
Sec. 9005. Biodiesel fuel education program. 
Sec. 9006. Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 9007. Biomass research and development. 
Sec. 9008. Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers. 
Sec. 9009. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. 
Sec. 9010. Repeal of forest biomass for energy. 
Sec. 9011. Community wood energy program.
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Sec. 9012. Repeal of renewable fertilizer study. 
TITLE X—HORTICULTURE 
Sec. 10001. Specialty crops market news allocation. 
Sec. 10002. Repeal of grant program to improve movement of specialty crops. 
Sec. 10003. Farmers market and local food promotion program. 
Sec. 10004. Study on local food production and program evaluation. 
Sec. 10005. Organic agriculture. 
Sec. 10006. Food safety education initiatives. 
Sec. 10007. Coordinated plant management program. 
Sec. 10008. Specialty crop block grants. 
Sec. 10009. Recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement. 
Sec. 10010. Report on honey. 
Sec. 10011. Removal of AMS inspection authority over apples in bulk bins. 
Sec. 10012. Organic product promotion orders. 
Sec. 10013. Effective date. 
TITLE XI—CROP INSURANCE 
Sec. 11001. Supplemental coverage option. 
Sec. 11002. Crop margin coverage option. 
Sec. 11003. Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection. 
Sec. 11004. Permanent enterprise unit. 
Sec. 11005. Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops. 
Sec. 11006. Data collection. 
Sec. 11007. Adjustment in actual production history to establish insurable yields. 
Sec. 11008. Submission and review of policies. 
Sec. 11009. Board review and approval. 
Sec. 11010. Consultation. 
Sec. 11011. Budget limitations on renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement. 
Sec. 11012. Test weight for corn. 
Sec. 11013. Stacked Income Protection Plan for producers of upland cotton. 
Sec. 11014. Peanut revenue crop insurance. 
Sec. 11015. Authority to correct errors. 
Sec. 11016. Implementation. 
Sec. 11017. Crop insurance fraud. 
Sec. 11018. Approval of costs for research and development. 
Sec. 11019. Whole farm risk management insurance. 
Sec. 11020. Study of food safety insurance. 
Sec. 11021. Crop insurance for livestock. 
Sec. 11022. Margin coverage for catfish. 
Sec. 11023. Poultry business disruption insurance policy. 
Sec. 11024. Study of crop insurance for seafood harvesters. 
Sec. 11025. Biomass and sweet sorghum energy crop insurance policies. 
Sec. 11026. Alfalfa crop insurance policy. 
Sec. 11027. Crop insurance for organic crops. 
Sec. 11028. Research and development. 
Sec. 11029. Pilot programs. 
Sec. 11030. Index-based weather insurance pilot program. 
Sec. 11031. Enhancing producer self-help through farm financial benchmarking. 
Sec. 11032. Beginning farmer and rancher provisions. 
Sec. 11033. Limitation on premium subsidy based on average adjusted gross in-
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Sec. 11034. Agricultural management assistance, risk management education, 
and organic certification cost share assistance. 
Sec. 11035. Crop production on native sod. 
Sec. 11036. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 11037. Greater accessibility for crop insurance. 
Sec. 11038. GAO crop insurance fraud report. 
TITLE XII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource Producers 
Sec. 12001. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 12002. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers policy research center. 
Sec. 12003. Office of Advocacy and Outreach. 
Subtitle B—Livestock 
Sec. 12101. Wildlife reservoir zoonotic disease initiative. 
Sec. 12102. Trichinae certification program. 
Sec. 12103. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. 
Sec. 12104. Sheep production and marketing grant program. 
Sec. 12105. Feral swine eradication pilot program. 
Sec. 12106. National animal health laboratory network. 
Sec. 12107. National poultry improvement plan (NPIP). 
Subtitle C—Other Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 12201. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. 
Sec. 12202. Information gathering. 
Sec. 12203. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricul-
tural labor force. 
Sec. 12204. Noninsured crop assistance program. 
Sec. 12205. Bioenergy coverage in noninsured crop assistance program. 
Sec. 12206. Regional economic and infrastructure development. 
Sec. 12207. Office of Tribal Relations. 
Sec. 12208. Acer access and development program. 
Sec. 12209. Prohibition on attending an animal fight or causing a minor to at-
tend an animal fight; enforcement of animal fighting provisions. 
Sec. 12210. Pima cotton trust fund. 
Sec. 12211. Agriculture wool apparel manufacturers trust fund. 
Sec. 12212. Citrus disease research and development trust fund. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
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TITLE I—COMMODITY 
PROGRAMS 
Subtitle A—Repeals and Reforms 
SEC. 1101. REPEAL OF DIRECT PAYMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 
8753) are repealed. 
(b) CONTINUED APPLICATION FOR 2013 CROP YEAR.— 
Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753), as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue 
to apply through the 2013 crop year with respect to all cov-
ered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8702)) (except pulse crops) and peanuts on a 
farm. 
SEC. 1102. REPEAL OF COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1104 and 1304 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714, 
8754) are repealed. 
(b) CONTINUED APPLICATION FOR 2013 CROP YEAR.— 
Sections 1104 and 1304 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714, 8754), as in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue 
to apply through the 2013 crop year with respect to all cov-
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ered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act 
(7 U.S.C. 8702)) and peanuts on a farm. 
SEC. 1103. REPEAL OF AVERAGE CROP REVENUE ELECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1105 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715) is repealed. 
(b) CONTINUED APPLICATION FOR 2013 CROP YEAR.— 
Section 1105 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715), as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply 
through the 2013 crop year with respect to all covered com-
modities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
8702)) and peanuts on a farm for which the irrevocable 
election under section 1105 of that Act is made before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1104. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle, subtitle B, and subtitle F: 
(1) ACTUAL CROP REVENUE.—The term ‘‘actual 
crop revenue’’, with respect to a covered commodity 
for a crop year, means the amount determined by the 
Secretary under section 1108(c)(3). 
(2) ADVERSE MARKET PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘ad-
verse market payment’’ means a payment made to 
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(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 1108(c)(4). 
(4) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE PAYMENT.— 
The term ‘‘agriculture risk coverage payment’’ means 
a payment under section 1108(c). 
(5) AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL YIELD.—The term ‘‘av-
erage individual yield’’ means the yield reported by 
a producer for purposes of subtitle A of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), to the 
maximum extent practicable. 
(6) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’, with 
respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the 
number of acres established under section 1101 or 
1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7952) as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act, subject to any adjustment 
under section 1105 of this Act. 
(7) COUNTY COVERAGE.—For the purposes of ag-
riculture risk coverage under section 1108, the term 
‘‘county coverage’’ means coverage determined using 
the total quantity of all acreage in a county of the 
covered commodity that is planted or prevented from
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being planted for harvest by a producer with the yield 
determined by the average county yield described in 
subsection (c) of that section. 
(8) COVERED COMMODITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered com-
modity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, bar-
ley, oats, long grain rice, medium grain rice, 
pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, and pea-
nuts. 
(B) POPCORN.—The Secretary— 
(i) shall study the feasibility of includ-
ing popcorn as a covered commodity by 
2014; and 
(ii) if the Secretary determines it to be 
feasible, shall designate popcorn as a cov-
ered commodity. 
(9) ELIGIBLE ACRES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B) through (D), the term ‘‘eligi-
ble acres’’ means all acres planted or prevented 
from being planted to all covered commodities on 
a farm in any crop year. 
(B) MAXIMUM.—Except as provided in sub-
paragraph (C), the total quantity of eligible 
acres on a farm determined under subparagraph
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(A) shall not exceed the average total acres plant-
ed or prevented from being planted to covered 
commodities and upland cotton on the farm for 
the 2009 through 2012 crop years, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(C) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary shall 
provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in 
the eligible acres for covered commodities for a 
farm if any of the following circumstances oc-
curs: 
(i) If a conservation reserve contract 
for a farm in a county entered into under 
section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) expires or is volun-
tarily terminated or cropland is released 
from coverage under a conservation reserve 
contract, the Secretary shall provide for an 
adjustment, as appropriate, in the eligible 
acres for the farm to a total quantity that 
is the higher of— 
(I) the total base acreage for the 
farm, less any upland cotton base acre-
age, that was suspended during the 
conservation reserve contract; or
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(II) the product obtained by mul-
tiplying— 
(aa) the average proportion 
that— 
(AA) the total number of 
acres planted to covered com-
modities and upland cotton 
in the county for crop years 
2009 through 2012; bears to 
(BB) the total number 
of all acres of covered com-
modities, grassland, and up-
land cotton acres in the 
county for the same crop 
years; by 
(bb) the total acres for which 
coverage has expired, voluntarily 
terminated, or been released under 
the conservation reserve contract. 
(ii) The producer has eligible oilseed 
acreage as the result of the Secretary desig-
nating additional oilseeds, which shall be 
determined in the same manner as eligible 
oilseed acreage under section 1101(a)(1)(D)