I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5779 
To reduce deficits and Government spending through the elimination of 
wasteful agriculture subsidies and programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 20, 2010 
Mr. HIMES (for himself, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To reduce deficits and Government spending through the 
elimination of wasteful agriculture subsidies and programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Elimi-
nations in the Agriculture Program Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Termination of Federal commodity storage payments on behalf of cotton 
and peanut producers. 
Sec. 3. Termination of Forest Service Economic Action Program. 
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Sec. 4. Termination of authority to provide grants to manufacturers of worsted 
wool fabrics. 
Sec. 5. Termination of Department of Agriculture health care services program 
for the Delta region. 
Sec. 6. Termination of authority to provide energy generation, transmission, 
and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural 
communities with extremely high energy costs. 
Sec. 7. Revised adjusted gross income limitations for receipt of direct payments, 
counter-cyclical payments, marketing loan gains, loan defi-
ciency payments, and other agricultural payments or benefits. 
Sec. 8. Imposition of new limits on payments to producers of certain agricul-
tural commodities. 
Sec. 9. One percent reduction in payment acres for commodity programs. 
Sec. 10. Reduction in funding for market access program. 
Sec. 11. Reduction in reimbursement rate paid to private insurance companies 
under crop insurance program. 
Sec. 12. Prohibition on timber sales in the Southwestern, Pacific Southwest, 
and Alaska regions of the National Forest System, where Fed-
eral expenditures for sales have been significantly higher than 
offsetting receipts. 
SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF FEDERAL COMMODITY STORAGE 
PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF COTTON AND PEA-
NUT PRODUCERS. 
(a) COTTON.—Section 1204 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8734) is amended 
by striking subsection (g). 
(b) PEANUTS.—Section 1307(a) of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8757(a)) is 
amended by striking paragraph (6). 
SEC. 3. TERMINATION OF FOREST SERVICE ECONOMIC AC-
TION PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall terminate the Eco-
nomic Action Program administered by the Forest Service, 
which provides technical and financial assistance to com-
munities and groups to enhance rural economies through 
the utilization of forest and related natural resources. 
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SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE GRANTS 
TO MANUFACTURERS OF WORSTED WOOL 
FABRICS. 
Section 4002(c) of the Wool Suit and Textile Trade 
Extension Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–429; 7 U.S.C. 
7101 note) is amended by striking paragraph (6). 
SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROGRAM FOR THE 
DELTA REGION. 
Section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008u) is repealed. 
SEC. 6. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ENERGY 
GENERATION, 
TRANSMISSION, 
AND 
DIS-
TRIBUTION FACILITIES EFFICIENCY GRANTS 
AND LOANS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES WITH 
EXTREMELY HIGH ENERGY COSTS. 
Section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
(7 U.S.C. 918a) is repealed. 
SEC. 7. REVISED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATIONS 
FOR 
RECEIPT 
OF 
DIRECT 
PAYMENTS, 
COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS, MARKETING 
LOAN GAINS, LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS, 
AND OTHER AGRICULTURAL PAYMENTS OR 
BENEFITS. 
(a) NON-FARM
INCOME
LIMITATION
FOR
COM-
MODITY
PROGRAMS.—Section 1001D(b)(1)(A) of the 
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Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)(A)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) 
$500,000, 
during 
the 
2009 
through 2010 crop, program, or fiscal 
years, as appropriate. 
‘‘(ii) $420,000, during the 2011 crop, 
program, or fiscal year, as appropriate. 
‘‘(iii) $340,000, during the 2012 crop, 
program, or fiscal year, as appropriate. 
‘‘(iv) $250,000, during the 2013 and 
subsequent crop, program, or fiscal years, 
as appropriate.’’. 
(b) FARM INCOME LIMITATION FOR DIRECT PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1001D(b)(1)(B) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$750,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the following: 
‘‘(i) 
$750,000, 
during 
the 
2009 
through 2010 crop years. 
‘‘(ii) $670,000, during the 2011 crop 
year. 
‘‘(iii) $590,000, during the 2012 crop 
year. 
‘‘(iv) $500,000, during the 2013 and 
subsequent crop years.’’. 
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(c) NON-FARM INCOME LIMITATION FOR CONSERVA-
TION PROGRAMS.—Section 1001D(b)(2)(A) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)(A)) is 
amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the amount specified in clause (iii)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) 
DECLINING
LIMITATION 
AMOUNTS.—For purposes of clause (i), the 
following average adjusted gross non-farm 
income limitations apply: 
‘‘(I) $1,000,000, during the 2009 
through 2010 crop, program, or fiscal 
years, as appropriate. 
‘‘(II) $920,000, during the 2011 
crop, program, or fiscal year, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(III) $840,000, during the 2012 
crop, program, or fiscal year, as ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(IV) $750,000, during the 2013 
and subsequent crop, program, or fis-
cal years, as appropriate.’’. 
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SEC. 8. IMPOSITION OF NEW LIMITS ON PAYMENTS TO PRO-
DUCERS OF CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL COM-
MODITIES. 
(a) COVERED COMMODITIES GENERALLY.— 
(1) DIRECT PAYMENTS.—Section 1001(b)(1)(A) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’. 
(2) COUNTER-CYCLICAL
PAYMENTS.—Section 
1001(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 
1308(b)(2)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$65,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$32,500’’. 
(3) 
ACRE 
AND
COUNTER-CYCLICAL
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1001(b)(3)(A) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(b)(3)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$65,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$32,500’’. 
(b) PEANUTS.— 
(1) DIRECT PAYMENTS.—Section 1001(c)(1)(A) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$20,000’’. 
(2) COUNTER-CYCLICAL
PAYMENTS.—Section 
1001(c)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 
1308(c)(2)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$65,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$32,500’’. 
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(3) 
ACRE 
AND
COUNTER-CYCLICAL
PAY-
MENTS.—Section 1001(c)(3)(A) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(c)(3)(A)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘$65,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$32,500’’. 
SEC. 9. ONE PERCENT REDUCTION IN PAYMENT ACRES 
FOR COMMODITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) COVERED COMMODITIES GENERALLY.—Section 
1001 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 8702) is amended by striking paragraph (11) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘payment 
acres’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of direct payments— 
‘‘(i) for each of the 2009 and 2010 
crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres 
for the covered commodity on a farm on 
which direct payments are made; 
‘‘(ii) for the 2011 crop year, 82.3 per-
cent of the base acres for the covered com-
modity on a farm on which direct pay-
ments are made; and 
‘‘(iii) for the 2012 crop year, 84 per-
cent of the base acres for the covered com-
modity on a farm on which direct pay-
ments are made; and 
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‘‘(B) in the case of counter-cyclical pay-
ments— 
‘‘(i) for each of the 2009 and 2010 
crop years, 85 percent of the base acres for 
the covered commodity on a farm on which 
counter-cyclical payments are made; and 
‘‘(ii) for each of the 2011 and 2012 
crop years, 84 percent of the base acres for 
the covered commodity on a farm on which 
counter-cyclical payments are made.’’. 
(b) PEANUTS.—Section 1301 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8751) is amended 
by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘payment 
acres’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of direct payments— 
‘‘(i) for each of the 2009 and 2010 
crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres 
of peanuts on a farm on which direct pay-
ments are made; 
‘‘(ii) for the 2011 crop year, 82.3 per-
cent of the base acres of peanuts on a 
farm on which direct payments are made; 
and 
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‘‘(iii) for the 2012 crop year, 84 per-
cent of the base acres of peanuts on a 
farm on which direct payments are made; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of counter-cyclical pay-
ments— 
‘‘(i) for each of the 2009 and 2010 
crop years, 85 percent of the base acres of 
peanuts on a farm on which counter-cycli-
cal payments are made; and 
‘‘(ii) for each of the 2011 and 2012 
crop years, 84 percent of the base acres of 
peanuts on a farm on which counter-cycli-
cal payments are made.’’. 
SEC. 10. REDUCTION IN FUNDING FOR MARKET ACCESS 
PROGRAM. 
Section 211(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Trade Act 
of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking 
‘‘and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 
2012’’ and inserting ‘‘$200,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2008 through 2010, and $160,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2011 and 2012’’. 
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SEC. 11. REDUCTION IN REIMBURSEMENT RATE PAID TO 
PRIVATE 
INSURANCE 
COMPANIES 
UNDER 
CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 508(k) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1508(k)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) 
and (ii) and inserting the following new clauses: 
‘‘(i) for the 1998 reinsurance year, 27 
percent of the premium used to define loss 
ratio; 
‘‘(ii) for each of the 1999 through 
2010 reinsurance years, 24.5 percent of 
the premium used to define loss ratio; and 
‘‘(iii) for each of the 2011 and subse-
quent reinsurance years, 20.9 percent of 
the premium used to define loss ratio.’’; 
(2) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as sub-
paragraph (E), and in such subparagraph, by strik-
ing ‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (E)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subparagraphs (A) through (D)’’. 
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SEC. 12. PROHIBITION ON TIMBER SALES IN THE SOUTH-
WESTERN, PACIFIC SOUTHWEST, AND ALAS-
KA REGIONS OF THE NATIONAL FOREST SYS-
TEM, WHERE FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FOR 
SALES HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER 
THAN OFFSETTING RECEIPTS. 
The Secretary of Agriculture may not conduct, or au-
thorize others to conduct, any timber sale under section 
14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 
U.S.C. 472a) in the Southwestern, Pacific Southwest, or 
Alaska region of the National Forest System, where Fed-
eral expenditures to support timber sales have been sig-
nificantly higher than offsetting receipts, until the Sec-
retary certifies to Congress that timber sales in the region 
will generate receipts at least equal to Federal expendi-
tures to support the sales. 
Æ 
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