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Sec. 2396. Farm viability program.
Sec. 2397. Discovery watershed demonstration program.
Sec. 2398. Emergency landscape restoration program.
Sec. 2399. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.
Subtitle E—Funding and Administration
Sec. 2401. Funding and administration.
Sec. 2402. Regional equity.
Sec. 2403. Conservation access.
Sec. 2404. Delivery of technical assistance.
Sec. 2405. Administrative requirements for conservation programs.
Sec. 2406. Conservation programs in environmental services markets.
Subtitle F—State Technical Committees
Sec. 2501. State technical committees.
Subtitle G—Other Authorities
Sec. 2601. Agricultural management assistance.
Sec. 2602. Agriculture conservation experienced services program.
Sec. 2603. Technical assistance.
Sec. 2604. Small watershed rehabilitation program.
Sec. 2605. Resource conservation and development program.
Sec. 2606. National Natural Resources Conservation Foundation.
Sec. 2607. Desert Terminal Lakes.
Sec. 2607A. Desert Terminal Lakes.
Sec. 2608. Crop insurance ineligibility relating to crop production on native sod.
Sec. 2609. High Plains water study.
Sec. 2610. Payment of expenses.
Sec. 2611. Use of funds in Basin funds for salinity control activities upstream
of Imperial Dam.
Sec. 2612. Technical corrections to the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
Rodenticide Act.
TITLE III—TRADE
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act
Sec. 3001. Short title.
Sec. 3002. United States policy.
Sec. 3003. Food aid to developing countries.
Sec. 3004. Trade and development assistance.
Sec. 3005. Agreements regarding eligible countries and private entities.
Sec. 3006. Use of local currency payments.
Sec. 3007. General authority.
Sec. 3008. Provision of agricultural commodities.
Sec. 3009. Microenterprise activities.
Sec. 3010. Levels of assistance.
Sec. 3011. Food Aid Consultative Group.
Sec. 3012. Administration.
Sec. 3013. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and dis-
tribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods.
Sec. 3014. Pilot program for local purchase.
Sec. 3015. General authorities and requirements.
Sec. 3016. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.
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Sec. 3017. Administrative provisions.
Sec. 3018. Expiration date.
Sec. 3019. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 3020. Micronutrient fortification programs.
Sec. 3021. Germplasm conservation.
Sec. 3022. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program.
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 and Related Statutes
Sec. 3101. Export credit guarantee program.
Sec. 3102. Market access program.
Sec. 3103. Export enhancement program.
Sec. 3104. Voluntary certification of child labor status of agricultural imports.
Sec. 3105. Foreign market development cooperator program.
Sec. 3106. Food for Progress Act of 1985.
Sec. 3107. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition
Program.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Sec. 3201. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.
Sec. 3202. Emerging markets and facility guarantee loan program.
Sec. 3203. Biotechnology and agricultural trade program.
Sec. 3204. Technical assistance for the resolution of trade disputes.
Sec. 3205. Importation of live dogs.
Sec. 3206. Report on the importation of high protein food ingredients.
Sec. 3207. Quality requirements for clementines.
TITLE IV—NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Food and Nutrition Program
PART I—RENAMING OF FOOD STAMP PROGRAM
Sec. 4001. Renaming of food stamp program.
PART II—IMPROVING PROGRAM BENEFITS
Sec. 4101. Exclusion of certain military payments from income.
Sec. 4102. Strengthening the food purchasing power of low-income Americans.
Sec. 4103. Supporting working families with child care expenses.
Sec. 4104. Encouraging retirement and education savings among food stamp re-
cipients.
Sec. 4105. Facilitating simplified reporting.
Sec. 4106. Accrual of benefits.
Sec. 4107. Eligibility for unemployed adults.
Sec. 4108. Transitional benefits option.
Sec. 4109. Minimum benefit.
Sec. 4110. Availability of commodities for the emergency food assistance program.
PART III—IMPROVING PROGRAM OPERATIONS
Sec. 4201. Technical clarification regarding eligibility.
Sec. 4202. Issuance and use of program benefits.
Sec. 4203. Clarification of split issuance.
Sec. 4204. State option for telephonic signature.
Sec. 4205. Privacy protections.
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Sec. 4206. Study on comparable access to food and nutrition assistance for Puerto
Rico.
Sec. 4207. Civil rights compliance.
Sec. 4208. Employment, training, and job retention.
Sec. 4209. Codification of access rules.
Sec. 4210. Expanding the use of EBT cards at farmers’ markets.
Sec. 4211. Review of major changes in program design.
Sec. 4212. Preservation of access and payment accuracy.
Sec. 4213. Nutrition education.
PART IV—IMPROVING PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Sec. 4301. Major systems failures.
Sec. 4302. Performance standards for biometric identification technology.
Sec. 4303. Civil penalties and disqualification of retail food stores and wholesale
food concerns.
Sec. 4304. Funding of employment and training programs.
Sec. 4305. Eligibility disqualification.
PART V—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 4401. Definition of staple foods.
Sec. 4402. Accessory food items.
Sec. 4403. Pilot projects to evaluate health and nutrition promotion in the food
and nutrition program.
Sec. 4404. Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows and Mickey Leland Inter-
national Hunger Fellows.
Sec. 4405. Hunger-free communities.
Sec. 4406. State performance on enrolling children receiving program benefits for
free school meals.
Sec. 4407. Sense of Congress regarding Nutrition education under the Food and
Nutrition Program.
Subtitle B—Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations
Sec. 4501. Assessing the nutritional value of the FDPIR food package.
Subtitle C—Administration of Emergency Food Assistance Program and
Commodity Supplemental Food Program
Sec. 4601. Emergency food assistance.
Sec. 4602. Commodity supplemental food program.
Subtitle D—Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program
Sec. 4701. Exclusion of benefits in determining eligibility for other programs.
Sec. 4702. Prohibition on collection of sales tax.
Subtitle E—Reauthorization of Federal Food Assistance Programs
Sec. 4801. Food and nutrition program.
Sec. 4802. Commodity distribution.
Sec. 4803. Nutrition information and awareness pilot program.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous
Sec. 4901. Periodic surveys of foods purchased by school food authorities.
Sec. 4902. Purchases of locally grown fruits and vegetables.
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Sec. 4903. Healthy food education and program replicability.
Sec. 4904. Fresh fruit and vegetable program.
Sec. 4905. Team nutrition network.
Sec. 4906. Buy American requirements.
Sec. 4907. Minimum purchases of fruits, vegetables, and nuts through section 32
to support domestic nutrition assistance programs.
Sec. 4908. Agricultural policy and public health.
Sec. 4909. Conforming amendments to renaming of food stamp program.
Sec. 4910. Effective and implementation dates.
Sec. 4911. Application.
Sec. 4912. Grain pilot program.
Sec. 4913. Report on Federal hunger programs.
Sec. 4914. Food employment empowerment and development program.
Sec. 4915. Infrastructure and transportation grants to support rural food bank
delivery of healthy perishable foods.
TITLE V—CREDIT
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans
Sec. 5001. Direct loans.
Sec. 5002. Purposes of loans.
Sec. 5003. Soil and water conservation and protection.
Sec. 5004. Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans.
Sec. 5005. Down payment loan program.
Sec. 5006. Beginning farmer or rancher contract land sales program.
Subtitle B—Operating Loans
Sec. 5101. Farming experience as eligibility requirement.
Sec. 5102. Limitations on amount of operating loans.
Sec. 5103. Limitation on period borrowers are eligible for guaranteed assistance.
Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions
Sec. 5201. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot
program.
Sec. 5202. Inventory sales preferences; loan fund set-asides.
Sec. 5203. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit.
Sec. 5204. Loan authorization levels.
Sec. 5205. Interest rate reduction program.
Sec. 5206. Deferral of shared appreciation recapture amortization.
Sec. 5207. Rural development, housing, and farm loan program activities.
Subtitle D—Farm Credit
Sec. 5301. Authority to pass along cost of insurance premiums.
Sec. 5302. Technical correction.
Sec. 5303. Confirmation of Chairman.
Sec. 5304. Premiums.
Sec. 5305. Certification of premiums.
Sec. 5306. Rural utility loans.
Sec. 5307. Equalization of loan-making powers of certain district associations.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
Sec. 5401. Loans to purchasers of highly fractioned land.
Sec. 5402. Determination on merits of Pigford claims.
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Sec. 5403. Sense of the Senate relating to claims brought by socially disadvan-
taged farmers or ranchers.
Sec. 5404. Eligibility of equine farmers and ranchers for emergency loans.
TITLE VI—RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT
Subtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
Sec. 6001. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.
Sec. 6002. Rural business opportunity grants.
Sec. 6003. Child day care facility grants, loans, and loan guarantees.
Sec. 6004. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.
Sec. 6005. Multijurisdictional regional planning organizations.
Sec. 6006. Rural hospital loans and loan guarantees.
Sec. 6007. Tribal college and university essential community facilities.
Sec. 6008. Community facility loans and grants for freely associated States and
outlying areas.
Sec. 6009. Priority for community facility loan and grant projects with high
non-Federal share.
Sec. 6010. SEARCH grants.
Sec. 6011. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program.
Sec. 6012. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska.
Sec. 6013. Grants to develop wells in rural areas.
Sec. 6014. Cooperative equity security guarantee.
Sec. 6015. Rural cooperative development grants.
Sec. 6016. Grants to broadcasting systems.
Sec. 6017. Locally-produced agricultural food products.
Sec. 6018. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas.
Sec. 6019. Rural economic area partnership zones.
Sec. 6020. Definitions.
Sec. 6021. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
Sec. 6022. Rural microenterprise assistance program.
Sec. 6023. Artisanal cheese centers.
Sec. 6024. National Rural Development Partnership.
Sec. 6025. Historic barn preservation.
Sec. 6026. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters.
Sec. 6027. Grants to train farm workers in new technologies and to train farm
workers in specialized skills necessary for higher value crops.
Sec. 6028. Grants for expansion of employment opportunities for individuals
with disabilities in rural areas.
Sec. 6029. Delta Regional Authority.
Sec. 6030. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
Sec. 6031. Rural business investment program.
Sec. 6032. Rural collaborative investment program.
Sec. 6033. Funding of pending rural development loan and grant applications.
Sec. 6034. Northern Border Economic Development Commission.
Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936
Sec. 6101. Energy efficiency programs.
Sec. 6102. Loans and grants for electric generation and transmission.
Sec. 6103. Fees for electrification baseload generation loan guarantees.
Sec. 6104. Deferment of payments to allow loans for improved energy efficiency
and demand reduction.
Sec. 6105. Rural electrification assistance.
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Sec. 6106. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone
purposes.
Sec. 6107. Expansion of 911 access.
Sec. 6108. Electric loans to rural electric cooperatives.
Sec. 6109. Agency procedures.
Sec. 6110. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.
Sec. 6111. Comprehensive rural broadband.
Sec. 6112. Substantially underserved trust areas.
Sec. 6113. Study of Federal assistance for broadband infrastructure.
Subtitle C—Connect the Nation Act
Sec. 6201. Short title.
Sec. 6202. Grants to encourage State initiatives to improve broadband service.
Subtitle D—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Sec. 6301. Rural electronic commerce extension program.
Sec. 6302. Telemedicine, library connectivity, public television, and distance
learning services in rural areas.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous
Sec. 6401. Value-added agricultural product market development grants.
Sec. 6402. Insurance of loans for housing and related facilities for domestic farm
labor.
Subtitle F—Housing Assistance Council
Sec. 6501. Short title.
Sec. 6502. Assistance to Housing Assistance Council.
Sec. 6503. Audits and reports.
Sec. 6504. Persons not lawfully present in the United States.
Sec. 6505. Limitation on use of authorized amounts.
TITLE VII—RESEARCH AND RELATED MATTERS
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
Act of 1977
Sec. 7001. Definitions.
Sec. 7002. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board.
Sec. 7003. Veterinary medicine loan repayment.
Sec. 7004. Eligibility of University of the District of Columbia for grants and fel-
lowships for food and agricultural sciences education.
Sec. 7005. Grants to 1890 Institutions to expand extension capacity.
Sec. 7006. Expansion of food and agricultural sciences awards.
Sec. 7007. Grants and fellowships for food and agricultural sciences education.
Sec. 7008. Grants for research on production and marketing of alcohols and in-
dustrial hydrocarbons from agricultural commodities and forest
products.
Sec. 7009. Policy research centers.
Sec. 7010. Human nutrition intervention and health promotion research pro-
gram.
Sec. 7011. Pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research.
Sec. 7012. Nutrition education program.
Sec. 7013. Purposes and findings relating to animal health and disease research.
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Sec. 7014. Continuing animal health and disease research programs.
Sec. 7015. Appropriations for research on national or regional problems.
Sec. 7016. Animal health and disease research program.
Sec. 7017. Authorization level for extension at 1890 land-grant colleges.
Sec. 7018. Authorization level for agricultural research at 1890 land-grant col-
leges.
Sec. 7019. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.
Sec. 7020. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities at the Dis-
trict of Columbia land grant university.
Sec. 7021. National research and training virtual centers.
Sec. 7022. Matching funds requirement for research and extension activities of
1890 Institutions.
Sec. 7023. Hispanic-serving institutions.
Sec. 7024. Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities.
Sec. 7025. International agricultural research, extension, and education.
Sec. 7026. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs.
Sec. 7027. Indirect costs.
Sec. 7028. Research equipment grants.
Sec. 7029. University research.
Sec. 7030. Extension Service.
Sec. 7031. Indirect cost recovery.
Sec. 7032. Supplemental and alternative crops.
Sec. 7033. Aquaculture research facilities.
Sec. 7034. Rangeland research.
Sec. 7035. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response.
Sec. 7036. Resident instruction and distance education grants program for insu-
lar area institutions of higher education.
Sec. 7037. Farm management training and public farm benchmarking database.
Sec. 7038. Tropical and subtropical agricultural research.
Sec. 7039. Regional centers of excellence.
Sec. 7040. National Drought Mitigation Center.
Sec. 7041. Agricultural development in the American-Pacific region.
Sec. 7042. Borlaug international agricultural science and technology fellowship
program.
Sec. 7043. New Era Rural Technology Program.
Sec. 7044. Farm and ranch stress assistance network.
Sec. 7045. Rural entrepreneurship and enterprise facilitation program.
Sec. 7046. Seed distribution.
Sec. 7047. Farm and ranch safety.
Sec. 7048. Women and minorities in STEM fields.
Sec. 7049. Natural products research program.
Sec. 7050. International anti-hunger and nutrition program.
Sec. 7051. Consortium for Agricultural and Rural Transportation Research and
Education.
Sec. 7052. Regional centers of excellence in food systems veterinary medicine.
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Sec. 7101. National genetic resources program.
Sec. 7102. High-priority research and extension initiatives.
Sec. 7103. Nutrient management research and extension initiative.
Sec. 7104. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative.
Sec. 7105. Agricultural telecommunications program.
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Sec. 7106. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities.
Sec. 7107. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse.
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of
1998
Sec. 7201. Initiative for Future Agriculture and Food Systems.
Sec. 7202. Partnerships for high-value agricultural product quality research.
Sec. 7203. Precision agriculture.
Sec. 7204. Biobased products.
Sec. 7205. Thomas Jefferson initiative for crop diversification.
Sec. 7206. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants pro-
gram.
Sec. 7207. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley
caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica.
Sec. 7208. Bovine Johne’s disease control program.
Sec. 7209. Grants for youth organizations.
Sec. 7210. Agricultural biotechnology research and development for developing
countries.
Sec. 7211. Specialty crop research initiative.
Sec. 7212. Office of Pest Management Policy.
Sec. 7213. Food animal residue avoidance database program.
Subtitle D—Other Laws
Sec. 7301. Critical Agricultural Materials Act.
Sec. 7302. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.
Sec. 7303. Smith-Lever Act.
Sec. 7304. Hatch Act of 1887.
Sec. 7305. Research Facilities Act.
Sec. 7306. National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
Amendments of 1985.
Sec. 7307. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act.
Sec. 7308. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native
Hawaiian serving institutions.
Sec. 7309. Beginning farmer and rancher development program.
Sec. 7310. McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act.
Sec. 7311. National Aquaculture Act of 1980.
Sec. 7312. National Arboretum.
Sec. 7313. Eligibility of University of the District of Columbia for certain land-
grant university assistance.
Sec. 7314. Exchange or sale authority.
Sec. 7315. Carbon cycle research.
Sec. 7316. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program.
Sec. 7317. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bac-
teria in livestock.
Subtitle E—National Institute of Food and Agriculture
Sec. 7401. National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
Sec. 7402. Coordination of Agricultural Research Service and National Institute
of Food and Agriculture.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous
Sec. 7501. Joint nutrition monitoring and related research activities.
Sec. 7502. Demonstration project authority for temporary positions.
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Sec. 7503. Review of plan of work requirements.
Sec. 7504. Study and report on access to nutritious foods.
Sec. 7505. Sense of Senate regarding organic research.
Sec. 7506. Modifications to information technology service.
Sec. 7507. Studies and reports by the Department of Agriculture, the Department
of Health and Human Services, and the National Academy of
Sciences on food products from cloned animals.
Sec. 7508. Animal bioscience facility, Bozeman, Montana.
TITLE VIII—FORESTRY
Subtitle A—Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978
Sec. 8001. National priorities for private forest conservation.
Sec. 8002. Community forest and open space conservation program.
Sec. 8003. Federal, State, and local coordination and cooperation.
Sec. 8004. Comprehensive statewide forest planning.
Sec. 8005. Assistance to the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the
Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau.
Subtitle B—Tribal-Forest Service Cooperative Relations
Sec. 8101. Definitions.
PART I—COLLABORATION BETWEEN INDIAN TRIBES AND FOREST SERVICE
Sec. 8111. Forest Legacy Program.
Sec. 8112. Forestry and resource management assistance for Indian tribes.
PART II—CULTURAL AND HERITAGE COOPERATION AUTHORITY
Sec. 8121. Purposes.
Sec. 8122. Definitions.
Sec. 8123. Reburial of human remains and cultural items.
Sec. 8124. Temporary closure for traditional and cultural purposes.
Sec. 8125. Forest products for traditional and cultural purposes.
Sec. 8126. Prohibition on disclosure.
Sec. 8127. Severability and savings provisions.
Subtitle C—Amendments to Other Laws
Sec. 8201. Renewable resources extension activities.
Sec. 8202. Office of International Forestry.
Sec. 8203. Green Mountain National Forest boundary adjustment.
Sec. 8204. Prevention of illegal logging practices.
Sec. 8205. Sale and exchange of National Forest System land, Vermont.
Subtitle D—Qualifying Timber Contract Options
Sec. 8301. Qualifying timber contract options.
TITLE IX—ENERGY
Sec. 9001. Energy.
Sec. 9002. Sense of the Senate concerning higher levels of ethanol blended gaso-
line.
Sec. 9003. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 9004. Sense of Congress regarding cooperative regional research, extension,
and education programs on biofuels and bioproducts.
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TITLE X—LIVESTOCK MARKETING, REGULATORY, AND RELATED
PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Marketing
Sec. 10001. Livestock mandatory reporting.
Sec. 10002. Grading and inspection.
Sec. 10003. Country of origin labeling.
Sec. 10004. Disclosure of country of harvest for ginseng.
Subtitle B—Agricultural Fair Practices
Sec. 10101. Definitions.
Sec. 10102. Prohibited practices.
Sec. 10103. Enforcement.
Sec. 10104. Rules and regulations.
Subtitle C—Packers and Stockyards
Sec. 10201. Special Counsel for Agricultural Competition.
Sec. 10202. Investigation of live poultry dealers.
Sec. 10203. Production contracts.
Sec. 10204. Right to discuss terms of contract.
Sec. 10205. Attorneys’ fees.
Sec. 10206. Appointment of outside counsel.
Sec. 10207. Prohibition on packers owning, feeding, or controlling livestock.
Sec. 10208. Regulations.
Subtitle D—Related Programs
Sec. 10301. Sense of Congress regarding pseudorabies eradication program.
Sec. 10302. Sense of Congress regarding cattle fever tick eradication program.
Sec. 10303. National Sheep and Goat Industry Improvement Center.
Sec. 10304. Trichinae certification program.
Sec. 10305. Protection of information in the animal identification system.
Sec. 10306. Low pathogenic avian influenza.
Sec. 10307. Study on bioenergy operations.
Sec. 10308. Sense of the Senate on indemnification of livestock producers.
Sec. 10309. Coordination of dairy oversight.
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS
Subtitle A—Agricultural Security
Sec. 11011. Definitions.
Sec. 11012. National plant disease recovery system and national veterinary stock-
pile.
Sec. 11013. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures.
Sec. 11014. Veterinary workforce grant program.
Sec. 11015. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity plan-
ning, preparedness, and response.
Sec. 11016. Live virus of foot and mouth disease research.
Sec. 11017. Plant protection.
Subtitle B—Other Programs
Sec. 11051. Foreclosure.
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Sec. 11052. Outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers
and ranchers.
Sec. 11053. Additional contracting authority.
Sec. 11054. Improved program delivery by the Department of Agriculture on In-
dian reservations.
Sec. 11055. Accurate documentation in the census of agriculture and certain
studies.
Sec. 11056. Improved data requirements.
Sec. 11057. Receipt for service or denial of service.
Sec. 11058. National Appeals Division.
Sec. 11059. Farmworker Coordinator.
Sec. 11060. Congressional Bipartisan Food Safety Commission.
Sec. 11061. Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farm-
workers.
Sec. 11062. Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous
ammonia.
Sec. 11063. Invasive species management, Hawaii.
Sec. 11064. Oversight and compliance.
Sec. 11065. Report of civil rights complaints, resolutions, and actions.
Sec. 11066. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricul-
tural labor force.
Sec. 11067. Interstate shipment of meat and poultry inspected by Federal and
State agencies for certain small establishments.
Sec. 11068. Amendment to the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978.
Sec. 11069. Elimination of statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt
by administrative offset.
Sec. 11070. Report on stored quantities of propane.
Sec. 11071. Closure of certain county FSA offices.
Sec. 11072. Action by President and Congress based on report.
Sec. 11073. Payments to deceased individuals and estates.
Sec. 11074. GAO report on access to health care for farmers.
Sec. 11075. Conveyance of land to Chihuahuan Desert Nature Park.
Sec. 11076. Prohibitions on dog fighting ventures.
Sec. 11077. Regulations to improve management and oversight of certain regu-
lated articles.
Sec. 11078. Invasive pest and disease emergency response funding clarification.
Sec. 11079. Protection of pets.
Sec. 11080. Exemption from AQI user fees.
Sec. 11081. Department of Agriculture conference transparency.
Sec. 11082. Report relating to the ending of childhood hunger in the United
States.
Sec. 11083. National emergency grant to address effects of Greensburg, Kansas
tornado.
Sec. 11084. Report on program results.
Sec. 11085. Sense of the Senate on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife
Services Competing Against Private Industry for Nuisance Bird
Control Work.
Sec. 11086. Oversight of national aquatic animal health plan.
Sec. 11087. Food safety improvement.
Sec. 11088. Office of Small Farms and Beginning Farmers and Ranchers.
Sec. 11089. Study of impacts of local food systems and commerce.
Sec. 11090. Invasive Species Revolving Loan Fund.
Sec. 11091. Cooperative agreements relating to invasive species prevention activi-
ties.
Sec. 11092. Southwest regional dairy, environment, and private land program.
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Sec. 11093. Enforcement of United States-Canada softwood lumber agreement.
Subtitle C—Domestic Pet Turtle Market Access
Sec. 11101. Short title.
Sec. 11102. Findings.
Sec. 11103. Review, report, and action on the sale of baby turtles.
Subtitle D—Disaster Loan Program
Sec. 11111. Short title.
Sec. 11112. Definitions.
PART I—DISASTER PLANNING AND RESPONSE
Sec. 11121. Disaster loans to nonprofits.
Sec. 11122. Disaster loan amounts.
Sec. 11123. Small business development center portability grants.
Sec. 11124. Assistance to out-of-State businesses.
Sec. 11125. Outreach programs.
Sec. 11126. Small business bonding threshold.
Sec. 11127. Termination of program.
Sec. 11128. Increasing collateral requirements.
Sec. 11129. Public awareness of disaster declaration and application periods.
Sec. 11130. Consistency between Administration regulations and standard oper-
ating procedures.
Sec. 11131. Processing disaster loans.
Sec. 11132. Development and implementation of major disaster response plan.
Sec. 11133. Disaster planning responsibilities.
Sec. 11134. Additional authority for district offices of the Administration.
Sec. 11135. Assignment of employees of the Office of Disaster Assistance and Dis-
aster Cadre.
PART II—DISASTER LENDING
Sec. 11141. Small Business Act catastrophic national disaster declaration.
Sec. 11142. Private disaster loans.
Sec. 11143. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 11144. Expedited disaster assistance loan program.
Sec. 11145. HUBZones.
PART III—DISASTER ASSISTANCE OVERSIGHT
Sec. 11161. Congressional oversight.
TITLE XII—TRADE AND TAX PROVISIONS
Sec. 12001. Short title; etc.
Subtitle A—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance From the
Agriculture Disaster Relief Trust Fund
Sec. 12101. Supplemental agriculture disaster assistance.
Subtitle B—Conservation Provisions
PART I—LAND AND SPECIES PRESERVATION PROVISIONS
Sec. 12201. Conservation reserve tax credit.
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Sec. 12202. Exclusion of Conservation Reserve Program payments from SECA
tax for certain individuals.
Sec. 12203. Permanent extension of special rule encouraging contributions of cap-
ital gain real property for conservation purposes.
Sec. 12204. Tax credit for recovery and restoration of endangered species.
Sec. 12205. Deduction for endangered species recovery expenditures.
Sec. 12206. Exclusion for certain payments and programs relating to fish and
wildlife.
Sec. 12207. Credit for easements granted under certain Department of Agri-
culture conservation programs.
PART II—TIMBER PROVISIONS
Sec. 12211. Forest conservation bonds.
Sec. 12212. Deduction for qualified timber gain.
Sec. 12213. Excise tax not applicable to section 1203 deduction of real estate in-
vestment trusts.
Sec. 12214. Timber REIT modernization.
Sec. 12215. Mineral royalty income qualifying income for timber REITs.
Sec. 12216. Modification of taxable REIT subsidiary asset test for timber REITs.
Sec. 12217. Safe harbor for timber property.
Subtitle C—Energy Provisions
PART I—ELECTRICITY GENERATION
Sec. 12301. Credit for residential and business wind property.
Sec. 12302. Landowner incentive to encourage electric transmission build-out.
Sec. 12303. Exception to reduction of renewable electricity credit.
PART II—ALCOHOL FUEL
Sec. 12311. Expansion of special allowance to cellulosic biofuel plant property.
Sec. 12312. Credit for production of cellulosic biofuel.
Sec. 12313. Extension of small ethanol producer credit.
Sec. 12314. Credit for producers of fossil free alcohol.
Sec. 12315. Modification of alcohol credit.
Sec. 12316. Calculation of volume of alcohol for fuel credits.
Sec. 12317. Ethanol tariff extension.
Sec. 12318. Limitations on, and reductions of, duty drawback on certain im-
ported ethanol.
PART III—BIODIESEL AND RENEWABLE DIESEL FUEL
Sec. 12321. Extension and modification of credit for biodiesel and renewable die-
sel used as fuel.
Sec. 12322. Treatment of qualified alcohol fuel mixtures and qualified biodiesel
fuel mixtures as taxable fuels.
PART IV—ALTERNATIVE FUEL
Sec. 12331. Extension and modification of alternative fuel credit.
Sec. 12332. Extension of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit.
Subtitle D—Agricultural Provisions
Sec. 12401. Increase in loan limits on agricultural bonds.
Sec. 12402. Modification of installment sale rules for certain farm property.
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Sec. 12403. Allowance of section 1031 treatment for exchanges involving certain
mutual ditch, reservoir, or irrigation company stock.
Sec. 12404. Credit to holders of rural renaissance bonds.
Sec. 12405. Agricultural chemicals security credit.
Sec. 12406. Credit for drug safety and effectiveness testing for minor animal spe-
cies.
Sec. 12407. Certain farming business machinery and equipment treated as 5-year
property.
Sec. 12408. Expensing of broadband Internet access expenditures.
Sec. 12409. Credit for energy efficient motors.
Subtitle E—Revenue Provisions
PART I—MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE PROVISIONS
Sec. 12501. Limitation on farming losses of certain taxpayers.
Sec. 12502. Modification to optional method of computing net earnings from self-
employment.
Sec. 12503. Information reporting for Commodity Credit Corporation trans-
actions.
Sec. 12504. Modification of section 1031 treatment for certain real estate.
Sec. 12505. Modification of effective date of leasing provisions of the American
Jobs Creation Act of 2004.
Sec. 12506. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes.
Sec. 12507. Denial of deduction for certain fines, penalties, and other amounts.
Sec. 12508. Increase in information return penalties.
Sec. 12509. Asset treatment of horses.
Sec. 12510. Elimination of private payment test for professional sports facility
bonds.
Sec. 12511. Modification of penalty for failure to file partnership returns; limita-
tion on disclosure.
Sec. 12512. Participants in government section 457 plans allowed to treat elective
deferrals as Roth contributions.
PART II—ECONOMIC SUBSTANCE DOCTRINE
Sec. 12521. Clarification of economic substance doctrine.
Sec. 12522. Penalty for understatements attributable to transactions lacking eco-
nomic substance, etc.
Sec. 12523. Denial of deduction for interest on underpayments attributable to
noneconomic substance transactions.
Subtitle F—Protection of Social Security
Sec. 12601. Protection of Social Security.
Sec. 12602. Interest rates for water and waste disposal facilities loans.
Subtitle G—Kansas Disaster Tax Relief Assistance
Sec. 12701. Temporary tax relief for Kiowa County, Kansas and surrounding
area.
Subtitle H—Other Provisions
Sec. 12801. Income averaging for amounts received in connection with the Exxon
Valdez litigation.
Sec. 12802. 2-year extension and expansion of charitable deduction for contribu-
tions of food inventory.
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Sec. 12803. Mileage reimbursements to charitable volunteers excluded from gross
income.
Sec. 12804. Basis adjustment to stock of S corporations making charitable con-
tributions of property.
Sec. 12805. Private payment test for professional sports facility bonds.
Sec. 12806. Application of rehabilitation credit and depreciation schedules to cer-
tain low-income housing for the elderly.
Sec. 12807. Competitive certification awards modification authority.
Sec. 12808. Qualified forestry conservation bonds.
TITLE XIII—AMENDMENTS TO COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT
Sec. 13001. Short title.
Subtitle A—General Provisions
Sec. 13101. CFTC authority over off-exchange retail foreign currency trans-
actions.
Sec. 13102. Liaison with Department of Justice.
Sec. 13103. Anti-fraud authority over principal-to-principal transactions.
Sec. 13104. Criminal and civil penalties.
Sec. 13105. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 13106. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 13107. Portfolio Margining and Security Index Issues.
Subtitle B—Significant Price Discovery Contracts on Exempt Commercial
Markets
Sec. 13201. Significant price discovery contracts.
Sec. 13202. Large trader reporting.
Sec. 13203. Conforming amendments.
Sec. 13204. Effective date.
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY.
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
TITLE I—PRODUCER INCOME
PROTECTION PROGRAMS
SEC. 1001. DEFINITIONS.
In this title (other than part III of subtitle A):
(1) AVERAGE
CROP
REVENUE
PAYMENT.—The
term ‘‘average crop revenue payment’’ means a pay-
ment made to producers on a farm under section
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(2) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’, with
respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the
number of acres established under section 1101 of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 7911) as in effect on the day before the date
of enactment of this Act, subject to any adjustment
under section 1101 of this Act.
(3) COUNTER-CYCLICAL
PAYMENT.—The term
‘‘counter-cyclical payment’’ means a payment made
to producers on a farm under section 1104.
(4) COVERED COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘covered
commodity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, bar-
ley, oats, upland cotton, long grain rice, medium
grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, and other oilseeds.
(5) DIRECT PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘direct pay-
ment’’ means a payment made to producers on a
farm under section 1103.
(6) EFFECTIVE
PRICE.—The term ‘‘effective
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a
crop year, means the price calculated by the Secretary
under section 1104 to determine whether counter-cy-
clical payments are required to be made for that crop
year.
(7) EXTRA
LONG
STAPLE
COTTON.—The term
‘‘extra long staple cotton’’ means cotton that—
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(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 Sec-
retary or other areas designated by the Secretary
as suitable for the production of the varieties 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.
(8) LOAN
COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘loan com-
modity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley,
oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long
grain rice, medium grain rice, soybeans, other oil-
seeds, wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small
chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
(9) MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The term ‘‘medium
grain rice’’ includes short grain rice.
(10) OTHER OILSEED.—The term ‘‘other oilseed’’
means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, saf-
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flower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed,
camelina, or any oilseed designated by the Secretary.
(11) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘‘payment
acres’’ means, in the case of direct payments and
counter-cyclical payments, 85 percent of the base
acres of a covered commodity on a farm on which di-
rect payments or counter-cyclical payments are made.
(12) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment
yield’’ means the yield established for direct payments
and counter-cyclical payments under section 1102 of
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(7 U.S.C. 7912) as in effect on the day before the date
of enactment of this Act, or under section 1102 of this
Act, for a farm for a covered commodity.
(13) PRODUCER.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or
sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing
a crop and is entitled to share in the crop avail-
able for marketing from the farm, or would have
shared had the crop been produced.
(B) HYBRID SEED.—In determining wheth-
er a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Sec-
retary shall—
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(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.
(14) PULSE
CROP.—The term ‘‘pulse crop’’
means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large
chickpeas.
(15) 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.
(16) TARGET PRICE.—The term ‘‘target price’’
means the price per bushel, pound, or hundredweight
(or other appropriate unit) of a covered commodity
used to determine the payment rate for counter-cycli-
cal payments.
(17) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United
States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means all
of the States.
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Subtitle A—Traditional Payments
and Loans
PART I—DIRECT PAYMENTS AND COUNTER-
CYCLICAL PAYMENTS
SEC. 1101. BASE ACRES AND PAYMENT ACRES FOR A FARM.
(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 the fol-
lowing circumstances occurs:
(A) A conservation reserve contract entered
into under section 1231 of the Food Security 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 Sec-
retary.
(C) The producer has eligible pulse crop or
camelina acreage.
(D) The producer has eligible oilseed acre-
age as the result of the Secretary designating ad-
ditional oilseeds.
(2) SPECIAL CONSERVATION RESERVE ACREAGE
PAYMENT RULES.—For the crop year in which a base
acres adjustment under subparagraph (A) or (B) of
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paragraph (1) is first made, the owner of the farm
shall elect to receive either direct payments and
counter-cyclical payments with respect to the acreage
added to the farm under this subsection or a prorated
payment under the conservation reserve contract, but
not both.
(b) PREVENTION OF EXCESS BASE ACRES.—
(1) REQUIRED REDUCTION.—If the sum of the
base acres for a farm, together with the acreage de-
scribed 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 or the base acres for peanuts for the farm so that
the sum of the base acres and acreage described 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 base acres for peanuts for the farm.
(B) Any acreage on the farm enrolled in the
conservation reserve program or wetlands reserve
program under chapter 1 of subtitle D of title
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3830 et seq.).
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(C) Any other acreage on the farm enrolled
in a Federal conservation program for which
payments are made in exchange for not pro-
ducing an agricultural commodity on the acre-
age.
(D) Any eligible pulse crop or camelina
acreage, which shall be determined in the same
manner as eligible oilseed acreage under section
1101(a)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911(a)(2)).
(E) If the Secretary designates additional
oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall
be determined in the same manner as eligible oil-
seed acreage under section 1101(a)(2) of the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911(a)(2)).
(3) SELECTION OF ACRES.—The Secretary shall
give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select
the base acres for a covered commodity or the base
acres for peanuts for the farm against which the re-
duction 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 cropping, as
determined by the Secretary.
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(5) COORDINATED
APPLICATION
OF
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—The Secretary shall take into account sec-
tion 1302(b) when applying the requirements of this
subsection.
(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 Secretary.
(2) REQUIRED ACTION BY SECRETARY.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall sus-
pend all direct, counter-cyclical, and average
crop revenue payments on base acres for covered
commodities for land that is no longer a farming
operation or used in conjunction with a farming
operation, as determined by the Secretary.
(B) REDUCTION.—The Secretary shall re-
duce base acres for covered commodities in a
manner prescribed by the Secretary, for land
that—
(i) has been developed for commercial
or industrial use unless the producer dem-
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onstrates that the land remains devoted ex-
clusively to agricultural production; or
(ii) has been subdivided and developed
for multiple residential units or other non-
farming uses, unless the producer dem-
onstrates that the land remains devoted ex-
clusively to agricultural production.
(3) REVIEW AND REPORT.—Each year, to ensure,
to the maximum extent practicable, that payments
are received only by producers, the Secretary shall—
(A) track each reconstitution of land that is
reported by a producer that is covered by para-
graph (2);
(B) include in any end-of-the-year review
for purposes of payment limitations or other
compliance inspections or other actions taken by
the Secretary, a review to ensure compliance
with paragraph (2); and
(C) submit to Congress a report that de-
scribes the results of the actions taken under sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B).
SEC. 1102. PAYMENT YIELDS.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the purpose
of making direct payments and counter-cyclical payments
under this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide for the estab-
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lishment of a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed,
camelina, or eligible pulse crop for which a payment yield
was not established under section 1102 of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7912) in
accordance with this section.
(b) PAYMENT YIELDS FOR DESIGNATED OILSEEDS,
CAMELINA, AND ELIGIBLE PULSE CROPS.—
(1) DETERMINATION OF AVERAGE YIELD.—In the
case of designated oilseeds, camelina, and eligible
pulse crops, the Secretary shall determine the average
yield per planted acre for the designated oilseed,
camelina, or pulse crop on a farm for the 1998
through 2001 crop years, excluding any crop year in
which the acreage planted to the designated oilseed,
camelina, or pulse crop was zero.
(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR PAYMENT YIELD.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The payment yield for a
farm for a designated oilseed, camelina, or eligi-
ble pulse crop shall be equal to the product of the
following:
(i) The average yield for the designated
oilseed, camelina, or pulse crop determined
under paragraph (1).
(ii) The ratio resulting from dividing
the national average yield for the designated
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oilseed, camelina, or pulse crop for the 1981
through 1985 crops by the national average
yield for the designated oilseed, camelina, or
pulse crop for the 1998 through 2001 crops.
(B) NO NATIONAL AVERAGE YIELD INFOR-
MATION AVAILABLE.—To the extent that national
average yield information for a designated oil-
seed, camelina, or pulse crop is not available, the
Secretary shall use such information as the Sec-
retary determines to be fair and equitable to es-
tablish a national average yield under this sec-
tion.
(3) USE OF PARTIAL COUNTY AVERAGE YIELD.—
If the yield per planted acre for a crop of a des-
ignated oilseed, camelina, or pulse crop for a farm for
any of the 1998 through 2001 crop years was less
than 75 percent of the county yield for that des-
ignated oilseed, camelina, or pulse crop, the Secretary
shall assign a yield for that crop year equal to 75
percent of the county yield for the purpose of deter-
mining the average under paragraph (1).
(4) NO HISTORIC YIELD DATA AVAILABLE.—In
the case of establishing yields for designated oilseeds,
camelina, and eligible pulse crops, if historic yield
data is not available, the Secretary shall use the ratio
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for dry peas calculated under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) in
determining the yields for designated oilseeds,
camelina, and eligible pulse crops, as determined to
be fair and equitable by the Secretary.
SEC. 1103. AVAILABILITY OF DIRECT PAYMENTS.
(a) PAYMENT REQUIRED.—Except as provided in sec-
tion 1401, for each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years
of each covered commodity (other than pulse crops), the Sec-
retary shall make direct payments to producers on farms
for which payment yields and base acres are established.
(b) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rates used to make
direct payments with respect to covered commodities for a
crop year are as follows:
(1) Wheat, $0.52 per bushel.
(2) Corn, $0.28 per bushel.
(3) Grain sorghum, $0.35 per bushel.
(4) Barley, $0.24 per bushel.
(5) Oats, $0.024 per bushel.
(6) Upland cotton, $0.0667 per pound.
(7) Long grain rice, $2.35 per hundredweight.
(8) Medium grain rice, $2.35 per hundredweight.
(9) Soybeans, $0.44 per bushel.
(10) Other oilseeds, $0.80 per hundredweight.
(c) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—The amount of the direct pay-
ment to be paid to the producers on a farm for a covered