520 
clause shall be included as part of the 
base level of administrative and oper-
ating expense reimbursement to which 
any limit on compensation to persons 
involved in the direct sale and service 
of any eligible crop insurance contract 
required under an agreement entered 
into by the Corporation is applied. 
‘‘(III) 
RULE
OF
CONSTRUC-
TION.—Nothing in this clause shall be 
construed as statutory assent to the 
limit described in subclause (II).’’. 
SEC. 11012. BUDGET LIMITATIONS ON RENEGOTIATION OF 
THE STANDARD REINSURANCE AGREEMENT. 
Section 508(k)(8) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) BUDGET.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall 
ensure that any Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement negotiated under subparagraph 
(A)(ii), as compared to the previous Stand-
ard Reinsurance Agreement— 
‘‘(I) to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, shall be budget neutral; and 
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‘‘(II) in no event, may signifi-
cantly depart from budget neutrality. 
‘‘(ii) USE OF SAVINGS.—To the extent 
that any budget savings is realized in the 
renegotiation of a Standard Reinsurance 
Agreement under subparagraph (A)(ii), 
and the savings are determined not to be 
a significant departure from budget neu-
trality under clause (i), the savings shall 
be used to increase the obligations of the 
Corporation under subsections (e)(2) or 
(k)(4) or section 523.’’. 
SEC. 11013. CROP PRODUCTION ON NATIVE SOD. 
(a) FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE.—Section 508(o) of 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, or the 
producer cannot substantiate that the ground has 
ever been tilled,’’ after ‘‘tilled’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘INELIGIBILITY FOR’’ and inserting ‘‘REDUC-
TION IN’’; and 
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(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘for 
benefits under—’’ and all that follows through 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘for— 
‘‘(i) a portion of crop insurance pre-
mium subsidies under this subtitle in ac-
cordance with paragraph (3); 
‘‘(ii) benefits under section 196 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re-
form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and 
‘‘(iii) payments described in sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 1001 of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308).’’; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—During the first 4 
crop years of planting on native sod acreage by 
a producer described in paragraph (2)— 
‘‘(i) paragraph (2) shall apply to 65 
percent of the transitional yield of the pro-
ducer; and 
‘‘(ii) the crop insurance premium sub-
sidy provided for the producer under this 
subtitle shall be 50 percentage points less 
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than the premium subsidy that would oth-
erwise apply. 
‘‘(B) YIELD
SUBSTITUTION.—During the 
period native sod acreage is covered by this sub-
section, a producer may not substitute yields 
for the native sod acreage. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall only 
apply to native sod in the Prairie Pothole National 
Priority Area.’’. 
(b) NONINSURED CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.— 
Section 196(a)(4) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(4)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘IN-
ELIGIBILITY’’ and inserting ‘‘BENEFIT REDUCTION’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, or 
the producer cannot substantiate that the ground 
has ever been tilled,’’ after ‘‘tilled’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) in the subparagraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘INELIGIBILITY’’ and inserting ‘‘REDUC-
TION IN’’; and 
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘for benefits 
under—’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘for— 
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‘‘(I) benefits under this section; 
‘‘(II) a portion of crop insurance 
premium subsidies under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.) in accordance with subparagraph 
(C); and 
‘‘(III) payments described in sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 1001 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308).’’; and 
(4) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(C) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—During the first 4 
crop years of planting on native sod acre-
age by a producer described in subpara-
graph (B)— 
‘‘(I) 
subparagraph 
(B) 
shall 
apply to 65 percent of the transitional 
yield of the producer; and 
‘‘(II) the crop insurance premium 
subsidy provided for the producer 
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall be 50 
percentage points less than the pre-
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mium subsidy that would otherwise 
apply. 
‘‘(ii) YIELD
SUBSTITUTION.—During 
the period native sod acreage is covered by 
this paragraph, a producer may not sub-
stitute yields for the native sod acreage. 
‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—This paragraph shall 
only apply to native sod in the Prairie Pothole 
National Priority Area.’’. 
(c) CROPLAND REPORT.— 
(1) BASELINE.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate a report that describes the cropland 
acreage in each applicable county and State, and the 
change in cropland acreage from the preceding year 
in each applicable county and State, beginning with 
calendar year 2000 and including that information 
for the most recent year for which that information 
is available. 
(2) ANNUAL UPDATES.—Not later than Janu-
ary 1, 2014, and each January 1 thereafter through 
January 1, 2017, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
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submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
report that describes— 
(A) the cropland acreage in each applicable 
county and State as of the date of submission 
of the report; and 
(B) the change in cropland acreage from 
the preceding year in each applicable county 
and State. 
SEC. 11014. COVERAGE LEVELS BY PRACTICE. 
Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(p) COVERAGE LEVELS BY PRACTICE.—Beginning 
with the 2014 crop year, a producer that produces an agri-
cultural commodity on both dry land and irrigated land 
may elect a different coverage level for each production 
practice.’’. 
SEC. 11015. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER PROVI-
SIONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 502(b) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through 
(9) as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; 
and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCHER.—The 
term ‘beginning farmer or rancher’ means a farmer 
or rancher who has not actively operated and man-
aged a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable in-
terest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, 
landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 5 
crop years, as determined by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 508 of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (b)(5)(E), by inserting ‘‘and 
beginning farmers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘limited re-
source farmers’’; 
(2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) PREMIUM FOR BEGINNING FARMERS OR 
RANCHERS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subsection regarding payment of a portion of 
premiums, a beginning farmer or rancher shall re-
ceive premium assistance that is 10 percentage 
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points greater than premium assistance that would 
otherwise be available under paragraphs (2) (except 
for subparagraph (A) of that paragraph), (5), (6), 
and (7) for the applicable policy, plan of insurance, 
and coverage level selected by the beginning farmer 
or rancher.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(iii) if the producer is a beginning 
farmer or rancher who was previously in-
volved in a farming or ranching operation, 
including involvement in the decision-
making or physical involvement in the pro-
duction of the crop or livestock on the 
farm, for any acreage obtained by the be-
ginning farmer or rancher, a yield that is 
the higher of— 
‘‘(I) the actual production history 
of the previous producer of the crop 
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or livestock on the acreage determined 
under subparagraph (A); or 
‘‘(II) a yield of the producer, as 
determined in clause (i).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii) (as amended 
by section 11006)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(ii)’’; 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) in the case of begin-
ning farmers or ranchers, replace 
each excluded yield with a yield 
equal to 80 percent of the appli-
cable transitional yield.’’. 
SEC. 11016. STACKED INCOME PROTECTION PLAN FOR PRO-
DUCERS OF UPLAND COTTON. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF STACKED INCOME PROTECTION 
PLAN FOR PRODUCERS OF UPLAND COTTON.—The Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 508A (7 U.S.C. 1508a) the following new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 508B. STACKED INCOME PROTECTION PLAN FOR 
PRODUCERS OF UPLAND COTTON. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY.—Beginning not later than the 
2013 crop of upland cotton, the Corporation shall make 
available to producers of upland cotton an additional pol-
icy (to be known as the ‘Stacked Income Protection Plan’), 
which shall provide coverage consistent with the Group 
Risk Income Protection Plan (and the associated Harvest 
Revenue Option Endorsement) offered by the Corporation 
for the 2011 crop year. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED TERMS.—The Corporation may mod-
ify the Stacked Income Protection Plan on a program-wide 
basis, except that the Stacked Income Protection Plan 
shall comply with the following requirements: 
‘‘(1) Provide coverage for revenue loss of not 
less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent 
of expected county revenue, specified in increments 
of 5 percent. The deductible is the minimum percent 
of revenue loss at which indemnities are triggered 
under the plan, not to be less than 10 percent of the 
expected county revenue. 
‘‘(2) Be offered to producers of upland cotton 
in all counties with upland cotton production— 
‘‘(A) at a county-wide level to the fullest 
extent practicable; or 
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‘‘(B) in counties that lack sufficient data, 
on the basis of such larger geographical area as 
the Corporation determines to provide sufficient 
data for purposes of providing the coverage. 
‘‘(3) Be purchased in addition to any other in-
dividual or area coverage in effect on the producer’s 
acreage or as a stand-alone policy, except that if a 
producer has an individual or area coverage for the 
same acreage, the maximum coverage available 
under the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall not 
exceed the deductible for the individual or area cov-
erage. 
‘‘(4) Establish coverage based on— 
‘‘(A) an expected price that is the higher 
of— 
‘‘(i) the expected price established 
under existing Group Risk Income Protec-
tion or area wide policy offered by the Cor-
poration for the applicable county (or area) 
and crop year; or 
‘‘(ii) $0.6861 per pound; and 
‘‘(B) an expected county yield that is the 
higher of— 
‘‘(i) the expected county yield estab-
lished for the existing area-wide plans of-
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fered by the Corporation for the applicable 
county (or area) and crop year (or, in geo-
graphic areas where area-wide plans are 
not offered, an expected yield determined 
in a manner consistent with those of area- 
wide plans); or 
‘‘(ii) the average of the applicable 
yield data for the county (or area) for the 
most recent 5 years, excluding the highest 
and lowest observations, from the Risk 
Management Agency or the National Agri-
cultural Statistics Service (or both) or, if 
sufficient county data is not available, such 
other data considered appropriate by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(5) Use a multiplier factor to establish max-
imum protection per acre (referred to as a ‘protec-
tion factor’) of not less than the higher of the level 
established on a program wide basis or 120 percent. 
‘‘(6) Pay an indemnity based on the amount 
that the expected county revenue exceeds the actual 
county revenue, as applied to the individual coverage 
of the producer. Indemnities under the Stacked In-
come Protection Plan shall not include or overlap 
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the amount of the deductible selected under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(7) In all counties for which data are avail-
able, establish separate coverage levels for irrigated 
and non-irrigated practices. 
‘‘(c) REINSURANCE.—When the $0.6861 reference 
price is equal to or greater than the expected price estab-
lished under the existing Group Risk Income Protection 
or area wide policy offered by the Corporation for the ap-
plicable county (or area) and crop year or the yield estab-
lished under subsection (b)(4)(B) is used to establish the 
expected county yield, the Corporation shall reinsure at 
100 percent that portion of the indemnity that is attrib-
utable to the difference between— 
‘‘(1) the $0.6861 reference price and the ex-
pected price established under the existing Group 
Risk Income Protection or area wide policy offered 
by the Corporation for the applicable county (or 
area) and crop year; and 
‘‘(2) the yield established under subsection 
(b)(4)(B). 
‘‘(d) PREMIUM.—Notwithstanding section 508(d), 
the premium for the Stacked Income Protection Plan 
shall— 
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‘‘(1) be sufficient to cover anticipated losses 
and a reasonable reserve; and 
‘‘(2) include an amount for operating and ad-
ministrative expenses established in accordance with 
section 508(k)(4)(F). 
‘‘(e) PAYMENT
OF PORTION
BY CORPORATION.— 
Subject to section 508(e)(4), the amount of premium paid 
by the Corporation for all qualifying coverage levels of the 
Stacked Income Protection Plan shall be— 
‘‘(1) 80 percent of the amount of the premium 
established under subsection (d) for the coverage 
level selected; and 
‘‘(2) the amount determined under subsection 
(d)(2), subject to section 508(k)(4)(F), for the cov-
erage to cover administrative and operating ex-
penses. 
‘‘(f) 
RELATION
TO
OTHER
COVERAGES.—The 
Stacked Income Protection Plan is in addition to all other 
coverages available to producers of upland cotton.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
508(k)(4)(F) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1508(k)(4)(F)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or authorized 
under subsection (c)(4)(C) or section 508B’’ after ‘‘of this 
subparagraph’’. 
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SEC. 11017. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE. 
The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by in-
serting after section 508B, as added by the previous sec-
tion, the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 508C. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning with the 
2013 crop year, the Risk Management Agency and the 
Corporation shall make available to producers of peanuts 
a revenue crop insurance program for peanuts. 
‘‘(b) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—Subject to subsection (c), 
for purposes of the revenue crop insurance program and 
the multiperil crop insurance program under this Act, the 
effective price for peanuts shall be equal to the Rotterdam 
price index for peanuts, as adjusted to reflect the farmer 
stock price of peanuts in the United States. 
‘‘(c) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The effective price for pea-
nuts established under subsection (b) may be ad-
justed by the Risk Management Agency and the 
Corporation to correct distortions. 
‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION.—If an adjustment is 
made under paragraph (1), the Risk Management 
Agency and the Corporation shall— 
‘‘(A) make the adjustment in an open and 
transparent manner; and 
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‘‘(B) submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry of the Senate a report that describes the 
reasons for the adjustment.’’. 
SEC. 11018. AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS. 
Section 515(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1515(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
(2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘Begin-
ning with’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) FREQUENCY.—Beginning with’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) CORRECTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to the cor-
rections permitted by the Corporation as of the 
date of enactment of the Federal Agriculture 
Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012, the 
Corporation shall allow an agent or an approved 
insurance provider, subject to subparagraph 
(B)— 
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‘‘(i) within a reasonable amount of 
time following the applicable sales closing 
date, to correct unintentional errors in in-
formation that is provided by a producer 
for the purpose of obtaining coverage 
under any policy or plan of insurance made 
available under this subtitle to ensure that 
the eligibility information is correct; 
‘‘(ii) within a reasonable amount of 
time following— 
‘‘(I) the acreage reporting date, 
to correct unintentional errors in fac-
tual information that is provided by a 
producer after the sales closing date 
to reconcile the information with the 
information reported by the producer 
to the Farm Service Agency; or 
‘‘(II) the date of any subsequent 
correction of data by the Farm Serv-
ice Agency made as a result of the 
verification of information; and 
‘‘(iii) at any time, to correct uninten-
tional errors that were made by the Farm 
Service Agency or an agent or approved in-
surance provider in transmitting the infor-
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mation provided by the producer to the ap-
proved insurance provider or the Corpora-
tion. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—In accordance with the 
procedures of the Corporation, correction to the 
information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of 
subparagraph (A) may only be made if the cor-
rections do not allow the producer— 
‘‘(i) to avoid ineligibility requirements 
for insurance; 
‘‘(ii) to obtain, enhance, or increase 
an insurance guarantee or indemnity, or 
avoid premium owed, if a cause of loss ex-
ists or has occurred before any correction 
has been made; or 
‘‘(iii) to avoid an obligation or re-
quirement under any Federal or State law. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION TO LATE FILING SANC-
TIONS.—Any corrections made pursuant to this 
paragraph shall not be subject to any late filing 
sanctions authorized in the reinsurance agree-
ment with the Corporation.’’. 
SEC. 11019. IMPLEMENTATION. 
Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1515) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) 
SYSTEMS
MAINTENANCE
AND
UP-
GRADES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
maintain and upgrade the information manage-
ment systems of the Corporation used in the 
administration and enforcement of this subtitle. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In maintaining 
and upgrading the systems, the Secretary 
shall ensure that new hardware and soft-
ware are compatible with the hardware and 
software used by other agencies of the De-
partment to maximize data sharing and 
promote the purposes of this section. 
‘‘(ii) 
ACREAGE
REPORT
STREAM-
LINING INITIATIVE PROJECT.—As soon as 
practicable, the Secretary shall develop and 
implement an acreage report streamlining 
initiative project to allow producers to re-
port acreage and other information directly 
to the Department.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(1) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (j)(1), the Corporation may use, from 
amounts made available from the insurance 
fund established under section 516(c), not more 
than— 
‘‘(i)(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2013, 
$25,000,000; and 
‘‘(II) for each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2017, $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Acreage Crop Reporting 
Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project is 
substantially completed by September 30, 
2014, not more than $15,000,000 for each 
of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall 
notify the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate of the substantial completion of the 
Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative 
(ACRSI) project not later than July 1, 2014.’’. 
SEC. 11020. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. 
Section 522(c)(6) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1522(c)(6)) is amended by striking ‘‘a pasture, 
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range, and forage program’’ and inserting ‘‘policies that 
increase participation by producers of underserved agricul-
tural commodities, including sweet sorghum, biomass sor-
ghum, rice, peanuts, and sugarcane’’. 
SEC. 11021. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para-
graph (21); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (16), the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) MARGIN COVERAGE FOR CATFISH.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into a contract with a qualified 
entity to conduct research and development re-
garding a policy to insure producers against re-
duction in the margin between the market value 
of catfish and selected costs incurred in the 
production of catfish. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—Eligibility for the pol-
icy described in subparagraph (A) shall be lim-
ited to freshwater species of catfish that are 
propagated and reared in controlled or selected 
environments. 
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‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Board shall 
review the policy described in subparagraph (B) 
under subsection 508(h) and approve the policy 
if the Board finds that the policy— 
‘‘(i) will likely result in a viable and 
marketable policy consistent with this sub-
section; 
‘‘(ii) would provide crop insurance 
coverage in a significantly improved form; 
‘‘(iii) adequately protects the interests 
of producers; and 
‘‘(iv) the proposed policy meets other 
requirements of this subtitle determined 
appropriate by the Board. 
‘‘(18) BIOMASS AND SWEET SORGHUM ENERGY 
CROP INSURANCE POLICIES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 
qualified entities to carry out research and de-
velopment regarding— 
‘‘(i) a policy to insure biomass sor-
ghum that is grown expressly for the pur-
pose of producing a feedstock for renew-
able 
biofuel, 
renewable 
electricity, 
or 
biobased products; and 
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‘‘(ii) a policy to insure sweet sorghum 
that is grown for a purpose described in 
clause (i). 
‘‘(B) RESEARCH
AND
DEVELOPMENT.— 
Research and development with respect to each 
of the policies required in subparagraph (A) 
shall evaluate the effectiveness of risk manage-
ment tools for the production of biomass sor-
ghum or sweet sorghum, including policies and 
plans of insurance that— 
‘‘(i) are based on market prices and 
yields; 
‘‘(ii) to the extent that insufficient 
data exist to develop a policy based on 
market prices and yields, evaluate the poli-
cies and plans of insurance based on the 
use of weather indices, including excessive 
or inadequate rainfall, to protect the inter-
est of crop producers; and 
‘‘(iii) provide protection for production 
or revenue losses, or both. 
‘‘(19) STUDY
ON
SWINE
CATASTROPHIC
DIS-
EASE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
contract with a qualified person to conduct a 
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study to determine the feasibility of insuring 
swine producers for a catastrophic event. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, the Corporation shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report 
that describes the results of the study con-
ducted under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(20) WHOLE FARM DIVERSIFIED RISK MAN-
AGEMENT INSURANCE PLAN.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
conduct activities or enter into contracts to 
carry out research and development to develop 
a whole farm risk management insurance plan, 
with a liability limitation of $1,000,000, that 
allows a diversified crop or livestock producer 
the option to qualify for an indemnity if actual 
gross farm revenue is below 85 percent of the 
average gross farm revenue or the expected 
gross farm revenue that can reasonably be ex-
pected of the producer, as determined by the 
Corporation. 
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
PRODUCERS.—The Cor-
poration shall permit producers (including di-
rect-to-consumer marketers and producers serv-
icing local and regional and farm identity-pre-
served markets) who produce multiple agricul-
tural commodities, including specialty crops, in-
dustrial crops, livestock, and aquaculture prod-
ucts, to participate in the plan in lieu of any 
other plan under this subtitle. 
‘‘(C) DIVERSIFICATION.—The Corporation 
may provide diversification-based additional 
coverage payment rates, premium discounts, or 
other enhanced benefits in recognition of the 
risk management benefits of crop and livestock 
diversification strategies for producers that 
grow multiple crops or that may have income 
from the production of livestock that uses a 
crop grown on the farm. 
‘‘(D) MARKET READINESS.—The Corpora-
tion may include coverage for the value of any 
packing, packaging, or any other similar on- 
farm activity the Corporation determines to be 
the minimum required in order to remove the 
commodity from the field. 
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‘‘(E) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
the Corporation shall submit to the Committee 
on Agriculture of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report that de-
scribes the results and feasibility of the re-
search and development conducted under this 
paragraph, including an analysis of potential 
adverse market distortions.’’. 
SEC. 11022. PILOT PROGRAMS. 
Section 523(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1523(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, at the sole 
discretion of the Corporation,’’ after ‘‘may’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 11023. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR LIVE-
STOCK PILOT PROGRAMS. 
Section 523(b)(10) of the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1523(b)(10)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
year 2004 and each subsequent fiscal year’’ and in-
serting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2004 through 2012.’’; 
and 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(D) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and 
each subsequent fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 11024. NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), as amended 
by section 11013(b)) is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) COVERAGES.—In the case of an eligi-
ble crop described in paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall operate a noninsured 
crop disaster assistance program to provide cov-
erages based on individual yields (other than 
for value-loss crops) equivalent to— 
‘‘(i) catastrophic risk protection avail-
able under section 508(b) of the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)); or 
‘‘(ii) additional coverage available 
under subsections (c) and (h) of section 
508 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does 
not exceed 65 percent. 
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‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 
shall carry out this section through the Farm 
Service Agency (referred to in this section as 
the ‘Agency’).’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon at the end; 
(ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as 
clause (iii); and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (i) the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(ii) for which additional 
coverage under subsections (c) 
and (h) of section 508 of that 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is not avail-
able; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The Sec-
retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection (l), the 
Secretary’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(l) PAYMENT EQUIVALENT TO ADDITIONAL COV-
ERAGE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
available to a producer eligible for noninsured assist-
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ance under this section a payment equivalent to an 
indemnity for additional coverage under subsections 
(c) and (h) of section 508 of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 
65 percent of the established yield for the eligible 
crop on the farm, computed by multiplying— 
‘‘(A) the quantity that is not greater than 
65 percent of the established yield for the crop, 
as determined by the Secretary, specified in in-
crements of 5 percent; 
‘‘(B) 100 percent of the average market 
price for the crop, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
‘‘(C) a payment rate for the type of crop, 
as determined by the Secretary, that reflects— 
‘‘(i) in the case of a crop that is pro-
duced with a significant and variable har-
vesting expense, the decreasing cost in-
curred in the production cycle for the crop 
that is, as applicable— 
‘‘(I) harvested; 
‘‘(II) planted but not harvested; 
or 
‘‘(III) 
prevented 
from 
being 
planted because of drought, flood, or 
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other natural disaster, as determined 
by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a crop that is pro-
duced without a significant and variable 
harvesting expense, such rate as shall be 
determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) PREMIUM.—To be eligible to receive a pay-
ment under this subsection, a producer shall pay— 
‘‘(A) the service fee required by subsection 
(k); and 
‘‘(B) a premium for the applicable crop 
year that is equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying— 
‘‘(i) the number of acres devoted to 
the eligible crop; 
‘‘(ii) the established yield for the eligi-
ble crop, as determined by the Secretary 
under subsection (e); 
‘‘(iii) the coverage level elected by the 
producer; 
‘‘(iv) the average market price, as de-
termined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(v) .0525. 
‘‘(3) LIMITED RESOURCE, BEGINNING, AND SO-
CIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS.—The additional 
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coverage made available under this subsection shall 
be available to limited resource, beginning, and so-
cially disadvantaged producers, as determined by the 
Secretary, in exchange for a premium that is 50 per-
cent of the premium determined for a producer 
under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(4) PREMIUM
PAYMENT
AND
APPLICATION 
DEADLINE.— 
‘‘(A) PREMIUM
PAYMENT.—A producer 
electing additional coverage under this sub-
section shall pay the premium amount owed for 
the additional coverage by September 30 of the 
crop year for which the additional coverage is 
purchased. 
‘‘(B) APPLICATION DEADLINE.—The latest 
date on which additional coverage under this 
subsection may be elected shall be the applica-
tion closing date described in subsection (b)(1). 
‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—Additional coverage 
under this subsection shall be available beginning 
with the 2014 crop.’’. 
SEC. 11025. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS.— 
Section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1508(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking paragraph (7); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through 
(11) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively. 
(b) EXCLUSIONS TO ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE 
TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 531(d)(3)(A) of the 
Federal 
Crop 
Insurance 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1531(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.— 
’’ and all that follows through ‘‘An eligible’’ in 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.—An eligible’’; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and in-
denting appropriately. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
901(d)(3)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2497(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.— 
’’ and all that follows through ‘‘An eligible’’ in 
clause (i) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.—An eligible’’; 
(B) by striking clause (ii); and 
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(C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and 
(II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and in-
denting appropriately. 
TITLE XII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Livestock 
SEC. 12101. NATIONAL SHEEP INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT 
CENTER. 
Section 375(e)(6)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(C)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 12102. TRICHINAE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM. 
Section 10405(d)(1) of the Animal Health Protection 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8304(d)(1)) is amended in subparagraphs 
(A) and (B) by striking ‘‘2012’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
SEC. 12103. NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH PLAN. 
Section 11013(d) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8322(d)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2017’’. 
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Subtitle B—Socially Disadvantaged 
Producers 
and 
Limited 
Re-
source Producers 
SEC. 12201. OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY 
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS 
AND VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
(a) OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND VETERAN 
FARMERS AND RANCHERS.—Section 2501 of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND 
VETERAN
FARMERS
AND
RANCHERS’’ after 
‘‘RANCHERS’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and 
veteran farmers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting 
‘‘and veteran farmers or ranchers’’ after 
‘‘ranchers’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(II) in clause (ii), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following new clause: 
‘‘(iii) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2017.’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.’’; 
(3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ‘‘or vet-
eran farmers and ranchers’’ after ‘‘socially disadvan-
taged farmers and ranchers’’; 
(4) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ‘‘vet-
eran farmers or ranchers and’’ before ‘‘mem-
bers’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘vet-
eran farmers or ranchers and’’ before ‘‘mem-
bers’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e)(5)(A)— 
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(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and veteran 
farmers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and vet-
eran farmers or ranchers’’ after ‘‘ranchers’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF VETERAN FARMER OR RANCH-
ER.—Section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) VETERAN
FARMER
OR
RANCHER.—The 
term ‘veteran farmer or rancher’ means a farmer or 
rancher who served in the active military, naval, or 
air service, and who was discharged or released from 
the service under conditions other than dishonor-
able.’’. 
SEC. 12202. OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH. 
Paragraph (3) of section 226B(f) of the Department 
of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6934(f)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subsection— 
‘‘(A) such sums as are necessary for each 
of fiscal years 2009 through 2012; and 
‘‘(B) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2013 through 2017.’’. 
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Subtitle C—Other Miscellaneous 
Provisions 
SEC. 12301. GRANTS TO IMPROVE SUPPLY, STABILITY, 
SAFETY, AND TRAINING OF AGRICULTURAL 
LABOR FORCE. 
Subsection (d) of section 14204 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2008q–1) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sec-
tion— 
‘‘(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fis-
cal years 2008 through 2012; and 
‘‘(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
through 2017.’’. 
Æ 
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