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B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, shall be appor-
tioned for the provision of technical assistance 
in the amount determined by the Secretary, at 
the sole discretion of the Secretary; and 
‘‘(C) shall not be available for the provi-
sion of technical assistance for conservation 
programs specified in subsection (a) other than 
the program for which the funds were made 
available. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the delivery of 
technical assistance under the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et 
seq.), the Secretary shall give priority to pro-
ducers who request technical assistance from 
the Secretary in order to comply for the first 
time with the requirements of subtitle B and 
subtitle C of this title as a result of the amend-
ments made by section 2609 of the Agriculture 
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of enactment of the Agriculture 
Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
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Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate a report regarding the ex-
tent to which the conservation compliance re-
quirements contained in the amendments made 
by section 2609 of the Agriculture Reform, 
Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 apply to and im-
pact specialty crop growers, including national 
analysis and surveys to determine the extent of 
specialty crop acreage includes highly erodible 
land and wetlands. 
‘‘(3) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2013, the Secretary shall submit (and update as 
necessary in subsequent years) to the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate a report— 
‘‘(A) detailing the amount of technical as-
sistance funds requested and apportioned in 
each program specified in subsection (a) during 
the preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) any other data relating to this provi-
sion that would be helpful to such Committees. 
‘‘(4) COMPLIANCE
REPORT.—Not later than 
November 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
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Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that 
includes— 
‘‘(A) a description of the extent to which 
the requests for highly erodible land conserva-
tion and wetland compliance determinations are 
being addressed in a timely manner; 
‘‘(B) the total number of requests com-
pleted in the previous fiscal year; 
‘‘(C) the incomplete determinations on 
record; and 
‘‘(D) the number of requests that are still 
outstanding more than 1 year since the date on 
which the requests were received from the pro-
ducer.’’. 
SEC. 2603. REGIONAL EQUITY. 
Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3841) is amended by striking subsection (e) (as 
redesignated by section 2601(b)(1)) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) REGIONAL EQUITY.— 
‘‘(1) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—When deter-
mining funding allocations each fiscal year, the Sec-
retary shall, after considering available funding and 
program demand in each State, provide a distribu-
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