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ods for calculation of the stabilization program base 
for the producer: 
(A) The volume of the average monthly milk 
marketings of the dairy producer for the three 
months immediately preceding the announce-
ment by the Secretary that the stabilization pro-
gram will become effective. 
(B) The volume of the monthly milk mar-
ketings of the dairy producer for the same month 
in the preceding year as the month for which the 
Secretary has announced the stabilization pro-
gram will become effective. 
SEC. 1432. THRESHOLD FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND REDUC-
TION IN DAIRY PRODUCER PAYMENTS. 
(a) WHEN STABILIZATION PROGRAM REQUIRED.—Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary shall an-
nounce that the stabilization program is in effect and order 
reduced payments for any participating dairy producer 
that exceeds the applicable percentage of the producer’s sta-
bilization program base whenever— 
(1) the actual dairy producer margin has been 
$6.00 or less per hundredweight of milk for each of 
the immediately preceding two months; or 
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(2) the actual dairy producer margin has been 
$4.00 or less per hundredweight of milk for the imme-
diately preceding month. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not make the an-
nouncement under subsection (a) to implement the sta-
bilization program or order reduced payments if any of the 
conditions described in section 1436(b) have been met dur-
ing the two months immediately preceding the month in 
which the announcement under subsection (a) would other-
wise be made by the Secretary in the absence of this excep-
tion. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF PAY-
MENT REDUCTIONS.—Reductions in dairy producer pay-
ments shall commence beginning on the first day of the 
month immediately following the date of the announcement 
by the Secretary under subsection (a). 
SEC. 1433. PRODUCER MILK MARKETING INFORMATION. 
(a) COLLECTION OF MILK MARKETING DATA.—The 
Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a process to collect 
from participating dairy producers and handlers such in-
formation that the Secretary considers necessary for each 
month during which the stabilization program is in effect. 
(b) REDUCE REGULATORY BURDEN.—When imple-
menting the process under subsection (a), the Secretary 
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shall minimize the regulatory burden on dairy producers 
and handlers. 
SEC. 1434. CALCULATION AND COLLECTION OF REDUCED 
DAIRY PRODUCER PAYMENTS. 
(a) REDUCED PRODUCER PAYMENTS REQUIRED.— 
During any month in which payment reductions are in ef-
fect under the stabilization program, each handler shall re-
duce payments to each participating dairy producer from 
whom the handler receives milk. 
(b) REDUCTIONS BASED ON ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUCER 
MARGIN.— 
(1) REDUCTION REQUIREMENT 1.—Unless the re-
duction required by paragraph (2) or (3) applies, 
when the actual dairy producer margin has been 
$6.00 or less per hundredweight of milk for two con-
secutive months, the handler shall make payments to 
a participating dairy producer for a month based on 
the greater of the following: 
(A) 98 percent of the stabilization program 
base of the dairy producer. 
(B) 94 percent of the marketings of milk for 
the month by the producer. 
(2) REDUCTION REQUIREMENT 2.—Unless the re-
duction required by paragraph (3) applies, when the 
actual dairy producer margin has been $5.00 or less 
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per hundredweight of milk for two consecutive 
months, the handler shall make payments to a par-
ticipating dairy producer for a month based on the 
greater of the following: 
(A) 97 percent of the stabilization program 
base of the dairy producer. 
(B) 93 percent of the marketings of milk for 
the month by the producer. 
(3) REDUCTION REQUIREMENT 3.—When the ac-
tual dairy producer margin has been $4.00 or less for 
any one month, the handler shall make payments to 
a participating dairy producer for a month based on 
the greater of the following: 
(A) 96 percent of the stabilization program 
base of the dairy producer. 
(B) 92 percent of the marketings of milk for 
the month by the producer. 
(c) CONTINUATION OF REDUCTIONS.—The largest level 
of payment reduction required under paragraph (1), (2), 
or (3) of subsection (b) shall be continued for each month 
until the Secretary suspends the stabilization program and 
terminates payment reductions in accordance with section 
1436. 
(d) PAYMENT
REDUCTION
EXCEPTION.—Notwith-
standing any preceding subsection of this section, a handler 
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shall make no payment reductions for a dairy producer for 
a month if the producer’s milk marketings for the month 
are equal to or less than the percentage of the stabilization 
program base applicable to the producer under paragraph 
(1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b). 
SEC. 1435. REMITTING MONIES TO THE SECRETARY AND 
USE OF MONIES. 
(a) REMITTING MONIES.—As soon as practicable after 
the end of each month during which payment reductions 
are in effect under the stabilization program, each handler 
shall remit to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount 
by which payments to participating dairy producers are 
reduced by the handler under section 1434. 
(b) DEPOSIT OF MONIES.—All monies received under 
subsection (a) shall be available to the Secretary, without 
further appropriation and until expended, for use or trans-
fer as provided in subsection (c). 
(c) USE OF MONIES.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY FOR CERTAIN COMMODITY DO-
NATIONS.—Within three months of the receipt of mon-
ies under subsection (a), the Secretary shall obligate 
the monies for the purpose of— 
(A) purchasing dairy products for donation 
to food banks and other programs that the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and 
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(B) expanding consumption and building 
demand for dairy products. 
(2) NO
DUPLICATION
OF
EFFORT.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that expenditures under para-
graph (1) are compatible with, and do not duplicate, 
programs supported by the dairy research and pro-
motion activities conducted under the Dairy Produc-
tion Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.). 
(3) ACCOUNTING.—The Secretary shall keep an 
accurate account of all monies obligated under para-
graph (1). 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than December 31 of 
each year that the stabilization program is in effect, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that 
provides an accurate accounting of— 
(1) the monies received by the Secretary during 
the preceding fiscal year under subsection (a); and 
(2) all expenditures made by the Secretary under 
subsection (b) during the preceding fiscal year. 
(e) ENFORCEMENT.—If a participating dairy producer 
or handler fails to remit or collect the amounts by which 
payments to participating dairy producers are reduced 
under section 1434, the producer or handler responsible for 
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the failure shall be liable to the Secretary for the amount 
that should have been remitted or collected, plus interest. 
In addition to the enforcement authorities available under 
section 1437, the Secretary may enforce this subsection in 
the courts of the United States. 
SEC. 1436. SUSPENSION OF REDUCED PAYMENT REQUIRE-
MENT. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF PRICES.—For purposes of this 
section: 
(1) The price in the United States for cheddar 
cheese and nonfat dry milk shall be determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) The world price of cheddar cheese and skim 
milk powder shall be determined by the Secretary. 
(b) INITIAL SUSPENSION THRESHOLDS.—The Sec-
retary shall announce that the stabilization program shall 
be suspended whenever the Secretary determines that— 
(1) the actual dairy producer margin is greater 
than $6.00 per hundredweight of milk for two con-
secutive months; 
(2) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less 
than $6.00 (but greater than $5.00) for two consecu-
tive months, and during the same two consecutive 
months— 
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(A) the price in the United States for ched-
dar cheese is equal to or greater than the world 
price of cheddar cheese; or 
(B) the price in the United States for non-
fat dry milk is equal to or greater than the world 
price of skim milk powder; 
(3) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less 
than $5.00 (but greater than $4.00) for two consecu-
tive months, and during the same two consecutive 
months— 
(A) the price in the United States for ched-
dar cheese is more than 5 percent above the 
world price of cheddar cheese; or 
(B) the price in the United States for non-
fat dry milk is more than 5 percent above the 
world price of skim milk powder; or 
(4) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less 
than $4.00 for two consecutive months, and during 
the same two consecutive months— 
(A) the price in the United States for ched-
dar cheese is more than 7 percent above the 
world price of cheddar cheese; or 
(B) the price in the United States for non-
fat dry milk is more than 7 percent above the 
world price of skim milk powder. 
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(c) ENHANCED SUSPENSION THRESHOLDS.—If the 
stabilization program is not suspended pursuant to sub-
section (b) for six consecutive months or more, the stabiliza-
tion program shall be suspended whenever the Secretary de-
termines that— 
(1) the actual dairy producer margin is greater 
than $6.00 per hundredweight of milk for two con-
secutive months; 
(2) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less 
than $6.00 (but greater than $5.00) for two consecu-
tive months, and during the same two consecutive 
months— 
(A) the price in the United States for ched-
dar cheese is not less than 97 percent of the 
world price of cheddar cheese; or 
(B) the price in the United States for non- 
fat dry milk is not less than 97 percent of the 
world price of skim milk powder; 
(3) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less 
than $5.00 (but greater than $4.00) for two consecu-
tive months, and during the same two consecutive 
months— 
(A) the price in the United States for ched-
dar cheese is more than 3 percent above the 
world price of cheddar cheese; or 
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(B) the price in the United States for non 
fat dry milk is more than 3 percent above the 
world price of skim milk powder; or 
(4) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less 
than $4.00 for two consecutive months, and during 
the same two consecutive months— 
(A) the price in the United States for ched-
dar cheese is more than 6 percent above the 
world price of cheddar cheese; or 
(B) the price in the United States for non 
fat dry milk is more than 6 percent above the 
world price of skim milk powder. 
(d) IMPLEMENTATION BY HANDLERS.—Effective on the 
day after the date of the announcement by the Secretary 
under subsection (b) or (c) of the suspension of the stabiliza-
tion program, the handler shall cease reducing payments 
to participating dairy producers under the stabilization 
program. 
(e) CONDITION ON RESUMPTION OF STABILIZATION 
PROGRAM.—Upon the announcement by the Secretary 
under subsection (b) or (c) that the stabilization program 
has been suspended, the stabilization program may not be 
implemented again until, at the earliest— 
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(1) two months have passed, beginning on the 
first day of the month immediately following the an-
nouncement by the Secretary; and 
(2) the conditions of section 1432(a) are again 
met. 
SEC. 1437. ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) UNLAWFUL ACT.—It shall be unlawful and a viola-
tion of the this subpart for any person subject to the sta-
bilization program to willfully fail or refuse to provide, or 
delay the timely reporting of, accurate information and re-
mittance of funds to the Secretary in accordance with this 
subpart. 
(b) ORDER.—After providing notice and opportunity 
for a hearing to an affected person, the Secretary may issue 
an order against any person to cease and desist from con-
tinuing any violation of this subpart. 
(c) APPEAL.—An order of the Secretary under sub-
section (b) shall be final and conclusive unless an affected 
person files an appeal of the order of the Secretary in 
United States district court not later than 30 days after 
the date of the issuance of the order. A finding of the Sec-
retary in the order shall be set aside only if the finding 
is not supported by substantial evidence. 
(d) NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ORDER.—If a person sub-
ject to this subpart fails to obey an order issued under sub-
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section (b) after the order has become final and 
unappealable, or after the appropriate United States dis-
trict court has entered a final judgment in favor of the Sec-
retary, the United States may apply to the appropriate 
United States district court for enforcement of the order. 
If the court determines that the order was lawfully made 
and duly served and that the person violated the order, the 
court shall enforce the order. 
SEC. 1438. AUDIT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) AUDITS OF PRODUCER AND HANDLER COMPLI-
ANCE.— 
(1) AUDITS AUTHORIZED.—If determined by the 
Secretary to be necessary to ensure compliance by 
participating dairy producers and handlers with the 
stabilization program, the Secretary may conduct 
periodic audits of participating dairy producers and 
handlers. 
(2) SAMPLE OF DAIRY PRODUCERS.—Any audit 
conducted under this subsection shall include, at a 
minimum, investigation of a statistically valid and 
random sample of participating dairy producers. 
(b) SUBMISSION OF RESULTS.—The Secretary shall 
submit the results of any audit conducted under subsection 
(a) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
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and Forestry of the Senate and include such recommenda-
tions as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding the 
stabilization program. 
Subpart C—Commodity Credit Corporation 
SEC. 1451. USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. 
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and the 
authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out this part. 
Subpart D—Initiation and Duration 
SEC. 1461. RULEMAKING. 
(a) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of regulations for 
the initiation of the margin protection program and the 
stabilization program, and for administration of such pro-
grams, shall be made without regard to— 
(1) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act); 
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 
13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking 
and public participation in rulemaking; and 
(3) the notice and comment provisions of section 
553 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL
REVIEW
OF
AGENCY
RULE-
MAKING.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary 
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shall use the authority provided under section 808 of title 
5, United States Code. 
(c) INCLUSION
OF
ADDITIONAL
ORDER.—Section 
143(a)(2) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re-
form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253(a)(2)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Subsection 
(b)(2) does not apply to the authority of the Secretary under 
this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 1462. DURATION. 
The margin protection program and the stabilization 
program shall end on December 31, 2018. 
PART II—REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZATION OF 
OTHER DAIRY-RELATED PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1481. REPEAL OF DAIRY PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORT 
AND MILK INCOME LOSS CONTRACT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF DAIRY PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORT 
PROGRAM.—Section 1501 of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771) is repealed. 
(b) REPEAL OF MILK INCOME LOSS CONTRACT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1506 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8773) is repealed. 
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SEC. 1482. REPEAL OF DAIRY EXPORT INCENTIVE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 153 of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–14) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 902(2) of 
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act 
of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) 
as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively. 
SEC. 1483. EXTENSION OF DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 1484. EXTENSION OF DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM. 
Section 3 of Public Law 90–484 (7 U.S.C. 450l) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 1485. EXTENSION OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabiliza-
tion Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
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SEC. 1486. REPEAL OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDER 
REVIEW COMMISSION. 
Section 1509 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1726) is re-
pealed. 
PART III—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 1491. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This subtitle and the amendments made by this sub-
title shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricul-
tural Disaster Assistance Pro-
grams 
SEC. 1501. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PRODUCER ON A FARM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible pro-
ducer on a farm’’ means an individual or entity 
described in subparagraph (B) that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, assumes the production 
and market risks associated with the agricultural 
production of crops or livestock. 
(B) DESCRIPTION.—An individual or entity 
referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
(i) a citizen of the United States; 
(ii) a resident alien; 
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(iii) a partnership of citizens of the 
United States; or 
(iv) a corporation, limited liability 
corporation, or other farm organizational 
structure organized under State law. 
(2) FARM-RAISED FISH.—The term ‘‘farm-raised 
fish’’ means any aquatic species that is propagated 
and reared in a controlled environment. 
(3) 
LIVESTOCK.—The 
term 
‘‘livestock’’ 
in-
cludes— 
(A) cattle (including dairy cattle); 
(B) bison; 
(C) poultry; 
(D) sheep; 
(E) swine; 
(F) horses; and 
(G) other livestock, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS.—For each of the fiscal years 
2012 through 2018, the Secretary shall use such sums 
as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make livestock indemnity payments to 
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eligible producers on farms that have incurred live-
stock death losses in excess of the normal mortality, 
as determined by the Secretary, due to— 
(A) attacks by animals reintroduced into 
the wild by the Federal Government or protected 
by Federal law, including wolves and avian 
predators; or 
(B) adverse weather, as determined by the 
Secretary, during the calendar year, including 
losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, 
wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold. 
(2) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to 
an eligible producer on a farm under paragraph (1) 
shall be made at a rate of 75 percent of the market 
value of the applicable livestock on the day before the 
date of death of the livestock, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENTS MADE DUE TO 
DISEASE.—The Secretary shall ensure that payments 
made to an eligible producer under paragraph (1) are 
not made for the same livestock losses for which com-
pensation is provided pursuant to section 10407(d) of 
the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8306(d)). 
(c) LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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(A) COVERED LIVESTOCK.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the term ‘‘covered livestock’’ 
means livestock of an eligible livestock pro-
ducer that, during the 60 days prior to the 
beginning date of a qualifying drought or 
fire condition, as determined by the Sec-
retary, the eligible livestock producer— 
(I) owned; 
(II) leased; 
(III) purchased; 
(IV) entered into a contract to 
purchase; 
(V) is a contract grower; or 
(VI) sold or otherwise disposed of 
due to qualifying drought conditions 
during— 
(aa) the current production 
year; or 
(bb) subject to paragraph 
(3)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2 pro-
duction years immediately pre-
ceding the current production 
year. 
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(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered 
livestock’’ does not include livestock that 
were or would have been in a feedlot, on the 
beginning date of the qualifying drought or 
fire condition, as a part of the normal busi-
ness operation of the eligible livestock pro-
ducer, as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) 
DROUGHT
MONITOR.—The 
term 
‘‘drought 
monitor’’ 
means 
a 
system 
for 
classifying drought severity according to a range 
of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, as de-
fined by the Secretary. 
(C) ELIGIBLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCER.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ means an eligible pro-
ducer on a farm that— 
(I) is an owner, cash or share les-
see, or contract grower of covered live-
stock that provides the pastureland or 
grazing land, including cash-leased 
pastureland or grazing land, for the 
livestock; 
(II) provides the pastureland or 
grazing land for covered livestock, in-
cluding cash-leased pastureland or 
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grazing land that is physically located 
in a county affected by drought; 
(III) certifies grazing loss; and 
(IV) meets all other eligibility re-
quirements established under this sub-
section. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ does not include an 
owner, cash or share lessee, or contract 
grower of livestock that rents or leases 
pastureland or grazing land owned by an-
other person on a rate-of-gain basis. 
(D) NORMAL
CARRYING
CAPACITY.—The 
term ‘‘normal carrying capacity’’, with respect 
to each type of grazing land or pastureland in 
a county, means the normal carrying capacity, 
as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i), that 
would be expected from the grazing land or 
pastureland for livestock during the normal graz-
ing period, in the absence of a drought or fire 
that diminishes the production of the grazing 
land or pastureland. 
(E) NORMAL GRAZING PERIOD.—The term 
‘‘normal grazing period’’, with respect to a coun-
ty, means the normal grazing period during the 
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calendar year for the county, as determined 
under paragraph (3)(D)(i). 
(2) PROGRAM.—For each of the fiscal years 2012 
through 2018, the Secretary shall use such sums as 
are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to provide compensation for losses to eli-
gible livestock producers due to grazing losses for cov-
ered livestock due to— 
(A) a drought condition, as described in 
paragraph (3); or 
(B) fire, as described in paragraph (4). 
(3) ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE TO DROUGHT 
CONDITIONS.— 
(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible livestock 
producer may receive assistance under this 
subsection only for grazing losses for covered 
livestock that occur on land that— 
(I) 
is 
native 
or 
improved 
pastureland with permanent vegetative 
cover; or 
(II) is planted to a crop planted 
specifically for the purpose of pro-
viding grazing for covered livestock. 
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(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—An eligible livestock 
producer may not receive assistance under 
this subsection for grazing losses that occur 
on land used for haying or grazing under 
the conservation reserve program established 
under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle 
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.). 
(B) MONTHLY PAYMENT RATE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the payment rate for assist-
ance under this paragraph for 1 month 
shall, in the case of drought, be equal to 60 
percent of the lesser of— 
(I) the monthly feed cost for all 
covered livestock owned or leased by the 
eligible livestock producer, as deter-
mined under subparagraph (C); or 
(II) the monthly feed cost cal-
culated by using the normal carrying 
capacity of the eligible grazing land of 
the eligible livestock producer. 
(ii) PARTIAL COMPENSATION.—In the 
case of an eligible livestock producer that 
sold or otherwise disposed of covered live-
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stock due to drought conditions in 1 or both 
of the 2 production years immediately pre-
ceding the current production year, as de-
termined by the Secretary, the payment rate 
shall be 80 percent of the payment rate oth-
erwise calculated in accordance with clause 
(i). 
(C) MONTHLY FEED COST.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The monthly feed 
cost shall equal the product obtained by 
multiplying— 
(I) 30 days; 
(II) a payment quantity that is 
equal to the feed grain equivalent, as 
determined under clause (ii); and 
(III) a payment rate that is equal 
to the corn price per pound, as deter-
mined under clause (iii). 
(ii) FEED
GRAIN
EQUIVALENT.—For 
purposes of clause (i)(II), the feed grain 
equivalent shall equal— 
(I) in the case of an adult beef 
cow, 15.7 pounds of corn per day; or 
(II) in the case of any other type 
of weight of livestock, an amount deter-
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mined by the Secretary that represents 
the average number of pounds of corn 
per day necessary to feed the livestock. 
(iii) CORN
PRICE
PER
POUND.—For 
purposes of clause (i)(III), the corn price 
per pound shall equal the quotient obtained 
by dividing— 
(I) the higher of— 
(aa) the national average 
corn price per bushel for the 12- 
month period immediately pre-
ceding March 1 of the year for 
which the disaster assistance is 
calculated; or 
(bb) the national average 
corn price per bushel for the 24- 
month period immediately pre-
ceding that March 1; by 
(II) 56. 
(D) 
NORMAL
GRAZING
PERIOD
AND 
DROUGHT MONITOR INTENSITY.— 
(i) FSA
COUNTY
COMMITTEE
DETER-
MINATIONS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall determine the normal carrying 
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capacity and normal grazing period 
for each type of grazing land or 
pastureland in the county served by the 
applicable committee. 
(II) CHANGES.—No change to the 
normal carrying capacity or normal 
grazing period established for a county 
under subclause (I) shall be made un-
less the change is requested by the ap-
propriate State and county Farm 
Service Agency committees. 
(ii) DROUGHT INTENSITY.— 
(I) D2.—An eligible livestock pro-
ducer that owns or leases grazing land 
or pastureland that is physically lo-
cated in a county that is rated by the 
U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 
(severe drought) intensity in any area 
of the county for at least 8 consecutive 
weeks during the normal grazing pe-
riod for the county, as determined by 
the Secretary, shall be eligible to re-
ceive assistance under this paragraph 
in an amount equal to 1 monthly pay-
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ment using the monthly payment rate 
determined under subparagraph (B). 
(II) D3.—An eligible livestock 
producer that owns or leases grazing 
land or pastureland that is physically 
located in a county that is rated by the 
U.S. Drought Monitor as having at 
least a D3 (extreme drought) intensity 
in any area of the county at any time 
during the normal grazing period for 
the county, as determined by the Sec-
retary, shall be eligible to receive as-
sistance under this paragraph— 
(aa) in an amount equal to 3 
monthly 
payments 
using 
the 
monthly payment rate determined 
under subparagraph (B); 
(bb) if the county is rated as 
having a D3 (extreme drought) 
intensity in any area of the coun-
ty for at least 4 weeks during the 
normal grazing period for the 
county, or is rated as having a 
D4 (exceptional drought) intensity 
in any area of the county at any 
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time during the normal grazing 
period, in an amount equal to 4 
monthly 
payments 
using 
the 
monthly payment rate determined 
under subparagraph (B); or 
(cc) if the county is rated as 
having a D4 (exceptional drought) 
intensity in any area of the coun-
ty for at least 4 weeks during the 
normal grazing period, in an 
amount equal to 5 monthly pay-
ments using the monthly rate de-
termined 
under 
subparagraph 
(B). 
(4) ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE TO FIRE ON 
PUBLIC MANAGED LAND.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible livestock pro-
ducer may receive assistance under this para-
graph only if— 
(i) the grazing losses occur on range-
land that is managed by a Federal agency; 
and 
(ii) the eligible livestock producer is 
prohibited by the Federal agency from graz-
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ing the normal permitted livestock on the 
managed rangeland due to a fire. 
(B) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate for 
assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 
50 percent of the monthly feed cost for the total 
number of livestock covered by the Federal lease 
of the eligible livestock producer, as determined 
under paragraph (3)(C). 
(C) PAYMENT DURATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), an eligible livestock producer shall be 
eligible to receive assistance under this 
paragraph for the period— 
(I) beginning on the date on 
which the Federal agency excludes the 
eligible livestock producer from using 
the managed rangeland for grazing; 
and 
(II) ending on the last day of the 
Federal lease of the eligible livestock 
producer. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—An eligible livestock 
producer may only receive assistance under 
this paragraph for losses that occur on not 
more than 180 days per year. 
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(5) NO
DUPLICATIVE
PAYMENTS.—An eligible 
livestock producer may elect to receive assistance for 
grazing or pasture feed losses due to drought condi-
tions under paragraph (3) or fire under paragraph 
(4), but not both for the same loss, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(d) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR LIVESTOCK, HONEY 
BEES, AND FARM-RAISED FISH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the fiscal years 
2012 through 2018, the Secretary shall use not more 
than $20,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to provide emergency relief to eli-
gible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm- 
raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to dis-
ease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or 
other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as 
determined by the Secretary, that are not covered 
under subsection (b) or (c). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds made available 
under this subsection shall be used to reduce losses 
caused by feed or water shortages, disease, or other 
factors as determined by the Secretary. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any funds made 
available under this subsection shall remain available 
until expended. 
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(e) TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ELIGIBLE ORCHARDIST.—The term ‘‘eli-
gible orchardist’’ means a person that produces 
annual crops from trees for commercial purposes. 
(B) NATURAL DISASTER.—The term ‘‘nat-
ural disaster’’ means plant disease, insect infes-
tation, drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, 
lightning, or other occurrence, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(C) NURSERY
TREE
GROWER.—The term 
‘‘nursery tree grower’’ means a person who pro-
duces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christ-
mas trees for commercial sale, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(D) TREE.—The term ‘‘tree’’ includes a 
tree, bush, and vine. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) LOSS.—Subject to subparagraph (B), 
for each of the fiscal years 2012 through 2018, 
the Secretary shall use such sums as are nec-
essary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration to provide assistance— 
(i) under paragraph (3) to eligible or-
chardists and nursery tree growers that 
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planted trees for commercial purposes but 
lost the trees as a result of a natural dis-
aster, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(ii) under paragraph (3)(B) to eligible 
orchardists and nursery tree growers that 
have a production history for commercial 
purposes on planted or existing trees but 
lost the trees as a result of a natural dis-
aster, as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) LIMITATION.—An eligible orchardist or 
nursery tree grower shall qualify for assistance 
under subparagraph (A) only if the tree mor-
tality of the eligible orchardist or nursery tree 
grower, as a result of damaging weather or re-
lated condition, exceeds 15 percent (adjusted for 
normal mortality). 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Subject to paragraph (4), the 
assistance provided by the Secretary to eligible or-
chardists and nursery tree growers for losses described 
in paragraph (2) shall consist of— 
(A)(i) reimbursement of 65 percent of the 
cost of replanting trees lost due to a natural dis-
aster, as determined by the Secretary, in excess 
of 15 percent mortality (adjusted for normal 
mortality); or 
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(ii) at the option of the Secretary, sufficient 
seedlings to reestablish a stand; and 
(B) reimbursement of 50 percent of the cost 
of pruning, removal, and other costs incurred by 
an eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower to 
salvage existing trees or, in the case of tree mor-
tality, to prepare the land to replant trees as a 
result of damage or tree mortality due to a nat-
ural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in 
excess of 15 percent damage or mortality (ad-
justed for normal tree damage and mortality). 
(4) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) DEFINITIONS
OF
LEGAL
ENTITY
AND 
PERSON.—In this paragraph, the terms ‘‘legal 
entity’’ and ‘‘person’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)). 
(B) AMOUNT.—The total amount of pay-
ments received, directly or indirectly, by a per-
son or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or 
general partnership) under this subsection may 
not exceed $125,000 for any crop year, or an 
equivalent value in tree seedlings. 
(C) ACRES.—The total quantity of acres 
planted to trees or tree seedlings for which a per-
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son or legal entity shall be entitled to receive 
payments under this subsection may not exceed 
500 acres. 
(f) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS OF LEGAL ENTITY AND PER-
SON.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘legal entity’’ and 
‘‘person’’ have the meaning given those terms in sec-
tion 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308(a)). 
(2) AMOUNT.—The total amount of disaster as-
sistance payments received, directly or indirectly, by 
a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or 
general partnership) under this section (excluding 
payments received under subsection (e)) may not ex-
ceed $125,000 for any crop year. 
(3) DIRECT ATTRIBUTION.—Subsections (e) and 
(f) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(7 U.S.C. 1308) or any successor provisions relating 
to direct attribution shall apply with respect to as-
sistance provided under this section. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
SEC. 1601. ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY. 
(a) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, and 
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authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out this title. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS BY SECRETARY.—A determina-
tion made by the Secretary under this title shall be final 
and conclusive. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this subsection, not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall 
promulgate such regulations as are necessary to im-
plement this title and the amendments made by this 
title. 
(2) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regu-
lations and administration of this title and the 
amendments made by this title and sections 11003 
and 11016 of this Act shall be made without regard 
to— 
(A) the notice and comment provisions of 
section 553 of title 5, United States Code; 
(B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Re-
duction Act’’); and 
(C) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary 
of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. 
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Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rule-
making and public participation in rulemaking. 
(3) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.—In carrying out this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall use the authority provided under section 
808 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY RELATED TO TRADE 
AGREEMENTS COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) REQUIRED DETERMINATION; ADJUSTMENT.— 
If the Secretary determines that expenditures under 
this title that are subject to the total allowable domes-
tic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agree-
ments (as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) will exceed the al-
lowable levels for any applicable reporting period, the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
make adjustments in the amount of the expenditures 
during that period to ensure that the expenditures do 
not exceed the allowable levels. 
(2) 
CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Before 
making any adjustment under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate a report describing the determination made 
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under that paragraph and the extent of the adjust-
ment to be made. 
SEC. 1602. SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT 
AUTHORITY. 
(a) AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938.—The 
following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938 shall not be applicable to the 2014 through 2018 crops 
of covered commodities (as defined in section 1104), cotton, 
and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
through December 31, 2018: 
(1) Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III 
(7 U.S.C. 1326 et seq.). 
(2) In the case of upland cotton, section 377 (7 
U.S.C. 1377). 
(3) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et 
seq.). 
(4) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 
(b) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949.—The following pro-
visions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be applica-
ble to the 2013 through 2018 crops of covered commodities 
(as defined in section 1104), cotton, and sugar and shall 
not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act and through December 31, 
2018: 
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(1) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441). 
(2) Section 103(a) (7 U.S.C. 1444(a)). 
(3) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b). 
(4) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a). 
(5) Section 110 (7 U.S.C. 1445e). 
(6) Section 112 (7 U.S.C. 1445g). 
(7) Section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k). 
(8) Section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446). 
(9) Title III (7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.). 
(10) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), other than 
sections 404, 412, and 416 (7 U.S.C. 1424, 1429, and 
1431). 
(11) Title V (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.). 
(12) Title VI (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.). 
(c) SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN QUOTA PROVISIONS.— 
The joint resolution entitled ‘‘A joint resolution relating to 
corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, approved May 26, 
1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330, 1340), shall not be applicable to the 
crops of wheat planted for harvest in the calendar years 
2014 through 2018. 
SEC. 1603. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking sub-
sections (b) and (c) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR COVERED COM-
MODITIES (OTHER THAN PEANUTS).— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The total amount of pay-
ments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or 
legal entity (except a joint venture or general partner-
ship) for any crop year under section 1101(c) of the 
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management 
Act of 2013 and subsections (b) and (c) of section 
1107 of such Act (other than peanuts) may not exceed 
$125,000. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS RE-
LATED TO UPLAND COTTON.—The total amount of di-
rect payments received, directly or indirectly, by a 
person or legal entity (except a joint venture or a gen-
eral partnership) for each of the 2014 and 2015 crop 
years under section 1101(c) of the Federal Agriculture 
Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 may not 
exceed $40,000. 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR PEANUTS.—The 
total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, 
by a person or legal entity (except a joint venture or general 
partnership) for any crop year under subtitle A of title I 
of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management 
Act of 2013 for peanuts may not exceed $125,000.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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(1) Section 1001(f) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
title XII’’ each place it appears in paragraphs (5)(A) 
and (6)(A) and inserting ‘‘, title I of the Federal Ag-
riculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, 
or title XII’’. 
(2) Section 1001C(a) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3(a)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk 
Management Act of 2013,’’ after ‘‘2008,’’. 
(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this sec-
tion shall apply beginning with the 2014 crop year. 
SEC. 1604. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATION. 
(a) LIMITATIONS AND COVERED BENEFITS.—Section 
1001D(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308– 
3a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LIMI-
TATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS
ON
COM-
MODITY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a person or legal entity shall not be 
eligible to receive any benefit described in paragraph 
(2) during a crop, fiscal, or program year, as appro-
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priate, if the average adjusted gross income of the per-
son or legal entity exceeds $950,000. 
‘‘(2) COVERED BENEFITS.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies with respect to a payment or benefit under sub-
title A, B, or E of title I, or title II of the Federal 
Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 
2013, title II of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002, title II of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008, title XII of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985, section 524(b) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)), or section 196 of 
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act 
of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF UNUSED DEFINITIONS.—Para-
graph (1) of section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) AVERAGE
ADJUSTED
GROSS
INCOME.—In 
this section, the term ‘average adjusted gross income’, 
with respect to a person or legal entity, means the av-
erage of the adjusted gross income or comparable 
measure of the person or legal entity over the 3 tax-
able years preceding the most immediately preceding 
complete taxable year, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
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(c) INCOME DETERMINATION.—Section 1001D of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) 
as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1001D of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, the average adjusted gross 
farm income, and the average adjusted gross 
nonfarm income’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘, average 
adjusted gross farm income, and average adjusted 
gross nonfarm income’’ both places it appears; 
(3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by sub-
section (c)(2) of this section)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, average 
adjusted gross farm income, and average ad-
justed gross nonfarm income’’ both places it ap-
pears; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by sub-
section (c)(2) of this section)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(C) and 
(2)(B) of subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(2)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, average adjusted gross 
farm income, or average adjusted gross nonfarm 
income’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Subsection (e) of section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308– 
3a), as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section, is 
amended by striking ‘‘2009 through 2012’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014 through 2018’’. 
(f) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY.—Section 1001(d) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amend-
ed by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
‘‘or title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Man-
agement Act of 2013’’. 
(g) TRANSITION.—Section 1001D of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a), as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply with 
respect to the 2013 crop, fiscal, or program year, as appro-
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priate, for each program described in paragraphs (1)(C) 
and (2)(B) of subsection (b) of that section (as so in effect 
on that day). 
SEC. 1605. GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
AND RANCHERS. 
Section 1621(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792(d)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 1606. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS FOR DEFI-
CIENCIES. 
Section 164 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7284) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘title I 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 8702 et seq.), and title I of the Federal Agriculture 
Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 1607. PREVENTION OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS RE-
CEIVING 
PAYMENTS 
UNDER 
FARM 
COM-
MODITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) RECONCILIATION.—At least twice each year, the 
Secretary shall reconcile social security numbers of all indi-
viduals who receive payments under this title, whether di-
rectly or indirectly, with the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity to determined if the individuals are alive. 
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(b) PRECLUSION.—The Secretary shall preclude the 
issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individ-
uals that were not eligible for payments. 
SEC. 1608. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) MISSING PUNCTUATION.—Section 359f(c)(1)(B) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1359ff(c)(1)(B)) is amended by adding a period at the end. 
(b) ERRONEOUS CROSS REFERENCE.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 1603(g) of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 
110–246; 122 Stat. 1739) is amended in paragraphs 
(2) through (6) and the amendments made by those 
paragraphs by striking ‘‘1703(a)’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘1603(a)’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection and the 
amendments made by this subsection take effect as if 
included in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1651). 
(c) CONTINUED APPLICABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS 
GENERAL PROVISION.—Section 767 of division A of Public 
Law 108–7 (7 U.S.C. 7911 note; 117 Stat. 48) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘sections 1101 and 1102 of 
Public Law 107–171’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle A 
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of title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and 
Risk Management Act of 2013’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such section 1102’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such subtitle’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) This section, as amended by section 1608(c) of the 
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 
2013, shall take effect beginning with the 2014 crop year.’’. 
SEC. 1609. ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 8(g) of the 
Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 
590h(g)), relating to assignment of payments, shall apply 
to payments made under this title. 
(b) NOTICE.—The producer making the assignment, or 
the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, in such 
manner as the Secretary may require, of any assignment 
made under this section. 
SEC. 1610. TRACKING OF BENEFITS. 
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary may track the benefits provided, di-
rectly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under titles 
I and II and the amendments made by those titles. 
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SEC. 1611. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this title and title 
II and amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary 
approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently 
determine the document is inadequate or invalid because 
of the lack of authority of any person signing the document 
on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, entity, 
general partnership, or joint venture, or the documents re-
lied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, unless the 
person signing the program document knowingly and will-
fully falsified the evidence of signature authority or a signa-
ture. 
(b) AFFIRMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section pro-
hibits the Secretary from asking a proper party to af-
firm any document that otherwise would be consid-
ered approved under subsection (a). 
(2) NO RETROACTIVE EFFECT.—A denial of bene-
fits based on a lack of affirmation under paragraph 
(1) shall not be retroactive with respect to third-party 
producers who were not the subject of the erroneous 
representation of authority, if the third-party pro-
ducers— 
(A) relied on the prior approval by the Sec-
retary of the documents in good faith; and 
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(B) substantively complied with all pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 1612. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) STREAMLINING.—In implementing this title, the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable— 
(1) seek to reduce administrative burdens and 
costs to producers by streamlining and reducing pa-
perwork, forms, and other administrative require-
ments; 
(2) improve coordination, information sharing, 
and administrative work with the Risk Management 
Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Serv-
ice; and 
(3) take advantage of new technologies to en-
hance efficiency and effectiveness of program delivery 
to producers. 
(b) MAINTENANCE
OF BASE ACRES
AND PAYMENT 
YIELDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall maintain 
through September 30, 2018, for each covered com-
modity and upland cotton, base acres and payment 
yields on a farm established under— 
(A)(i) in the case of covered commodities 
and upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of the 
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Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7912); and 
(ii) in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of 
that Act (7 U.S.C. 7952); and 
(B)(i) in the case of covered commodities 
and upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 8711, 8712); and 
(ii) in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of 
that Act (7 U.S.C. 8752). 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR LONG GRAIN AND ME-
DIUM GRAIN RICE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
maintain separate base acres for long grain rice 
and medium grain rice. 
(B) LIMITATION.—In carrying out this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall use the same total 
base acres and payment yields established with 
respect to rice under sections 1108 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8718), as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act, subject to any adjustment 
under section 1105. 
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(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall make 
available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title 
$100,000,000. 
SEC. 1613. PROTECTION OF PRODUCER INFORMATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PRO-
TECTED INFORMATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary, any officer or employee of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, any contractor or cooperator of the De-
partment, and any officer or employee of another Federal 
agency shall not disclose— 
(1) information submitted by a producer or 
owner of agricultural land to the Federal Government 
pursuant to title I or II of this Act; or 
(2) other information provided by a producer or 
owner of agricultural land concerning the agricul-
tural operation, farming or conservation practices, or 
the land itself in order to participate in programs of 
the Department of Agriculture or other Federal agen-
cies. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Information described in subsection 
(a) may be disclosed if— 
(1) the information is required to be made pub-
licly available under any other provision of Federal 
law; 
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(2) the producer or owner of agricultural land 
who provided the information has lawfully publicly 
disclosed the information; 
(3) the producer or owner of agricultural land 
who provided the information consents to the disclo-
sure; or 
(4) the information is disclosed to the Attorney 
General, to the extent necessary, to ensure compliance 
and law enforcement. 
(c) NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE.—Any disclosure of infor-
mation pursuant to an exception provided in subsection (b) 
shall be reported to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate within 24 
hours after the disclosure. 
(d) PRODUCER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘producer’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1104(14) of this Act. 
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TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve 
Program 
SEC. 2001. EXTENSION AND ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS 
OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1231(a) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LAND.—Section 1231(b) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the date of 
enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 
of 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment of 
the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Manage-
ment Act of 2013’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) grasslands that— 
‘‘(A) contain forbs or shrubland (including 
improved rangeland and pastureland) for which 
grazing is the predominant use; 
‘‘(B) are located in an area historically 
dominated by grasslands; and 
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‘‘(C) could provide habitat for animal and 
plant populations of significant ecological value 
if the land is retained in its current use or re-
stored to a natural condition;’’; 
(4) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘filterstrips 
devoted to trees or shrubs’’ and inserting ‘‘filterstrips 
or riparian buffers devoted to trees, shrubs, or 
grasses’’; and 
(5) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the portion of land in a field not enrolled 
in the conservation reserve in a case in which— 
‘‘(A) more than 50 percent of the land in 
the field is enrolled as a buffer or filterstrip, or 
more than 75 percent of the land in the field is 
enrolled as a conservation practice other than as 
a buffer or filterstrip; and 
‘‘(B) the remainder of the field is— 
‘‘(i) infeasible to farm; and 
‘‘(ii) enrolled at regular rental rates.’’. 
(c) PLANTING STATUS OF CERTAIN LAND.—Section 
1231(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘if’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘if, during the 
crop year, the land was devoted to a conserving use.’’. 
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(d) ENROLLMENT.—Subsection (d) of section 1231 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(1) MAXIMUM ACREAGE ENROLLED.—The Sec-
retary may maintain in the conservation reserve at 
any one time during— 
‘‘(A) fiscal year 2014, no more than 
27,500,000 acres; 
‘‘(B) fiscal year 2015, no more than 
26,000,000 acres; 
‘‘(C) fiscal year 2016, no more than 
25,000,000 acres; 
‘‘(D) fiscal year 2017, no more than 
24,000,000 acres; and 
‘‘(E) fiscal year 2018, no more than 
24,000,000 acres. 
‘‘(2) GRASSLANDS.— 
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—For purposes of apply-
ing the limitations in paragraph (1), no more 
than 2,000,000 acres of the land described in 
subsection (b)(3) may be enrolled in the program 
at any one time during the 2014 through 2018 
fiscal years. 
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‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In enrolling acres under 
subparagraph (A), the Secretary may give pri-
ority to land with expiring conservation reserve 
program contracts. 
‘‘(C) METHOD OF ENROLLMENT.—In enroll-
ing acres under subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
shall make the program available to owners or 
operators of eligible land on a continuous enroll-
ment basis with one or more ranking periods.’’. 
(e) DURATION OF CONTRACT.—Section 1231(e) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(e)) is amended 
by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN LAND.—In the 
case of land devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, 
windbreaks, or wildlife corridors under a contract en-
tered into under this subchapter, the owner or oper-
ator of the land may, within the limitations pre-
scribed under paragraph (1), specify the duration of 
the contract.’’. 
(f) CONSERVATION PRIORITY AREAS.—Section 1231(f) 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(f)) is 
amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘watershed 
areas of the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great Lakes 
Region, the Long Island Sound Region, and other’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘WATER-
SHEDS.—Watersheds’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘AREAS.— 
Areas’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘a watershed’s 
designation—’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘an area’s designation 
if the Secretary finds that the area no longer contains 
actual and significant adverse water quality or habi-
tat impacts related to agricultural production activi-
ties.’’. 
SEC. 2002. FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1231B(a)(1) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘a program’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
farmable wetland program’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACREAGE.—Section 1231B(b)(1)(B) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(b)(1)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘flow from a row crop agriculture 
drainage system’’ and inserting ‘‘surface and subsurface 
flow from row crop agricultural production’’. 
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(c) ACREAGE LIMITATION.—Section 1231B(c)(1)(B) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(c)(1)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘1,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘750,000’’. 
(d) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 
1231B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b) 
is amended to read as follows: ‘‘FARMABLE WETLAND 
PROGRAM’’. 
SEC. 2003. DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS. 
(a) LIMITATION ON HARVESTING, GRAZING, OR COM-
MERCIAL USE OF FORAGE.—Section 1232(a)(8) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(8)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘except that’’ and all that follows through the 
semicolon at the end of the paragraph and inserting ‘‘except 
as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of section 1233;’’. 
(b) CONSERVATION
PLAN
REQUIREMENTS.—Sub-
section (b) of section 1232 of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3832) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) CONSERVATION PLANS.—The plan referred to in 
subsection (a)(1) shall set forth— 
‘‘(1) the conservation measures and practices to 
be carried out by the owner or operator during the 
term of the contract; and 
‘‘(2) the commercial use, if any, to be permitted 
on the land during the term.’’. 
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(c) RENTAL PAYMENT REDUCTION.—Section 1232 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) is amended 
by striking subsection (d). 
SEC. 2004. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
Section 1233 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3833) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1233. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
‘‘(a) COST-SHARE AND RENTAL PAYMENTS.—In re-
turn for a contract entered into by an owner or operator 
under the conservation reserve program, the Secretary 
shall— 
‘‘(1) share the cost of carrying out the conserva-
tion measures and practices set forth in the contract 
for which the Secretary determines that cost sharing 
is appropriate and in the public interest; and 
‘‘(2) for a period of years not in excess of the 
term of the contract, pay an annual rental payment 
in an amount necessary to compensate for— 
‘‘(A) the conversion of highly erodible crop-
land or other eligible lands normally devoted to 
the production of an agricultural commodity on 
a farm or ranch to a less intensive use; 
‘‘(B) the retirement of any base history that 
the owner or operator agrees to retire perma-
nently; and 
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‘‘(C) the development and management of 
grasslands for multiple natural resource con-
servation benefits, including to soil, water, air, 
and wildlife. 
‘‘(b) SPECIFIED ACTIVITIES PERMITTED.—The Sec-
retary shall permit certain activities or commercial uses of 
land that is subject to a contract under the conservation 
reserve program in a manner that is consistent with a plan 
approved by the Secretary, as follows: 
‘‘(1) Harvesting, grazing, or other commercial 
use of the forage in response to a drought or other 
emergency created by a natural disaster, without any 
reduction in the rental rate. 
‘‘(2) Consistent with the conservation of soil, 
water quality, and wildlife habitat (including habitat 
during nesting seasons for birds in the area), and in 
exchange for a reduction of not less than 25 percent 
in the annual rental rate for the acres covered by the 
authorized activity— 
‘‘(A) managed harvesting and other com-
mercial use (including the managed harvesting 
of biomass), except that in permitting managed 
harvesting, the Secretary, in coordination with 
the State technical committee— 
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‘‘(i) shall develop appropriate vegeta-
tion management requirements; and 
‘‘(ii) shall identify periods during 
which managed harvesting may be con-
ducted, such that the frequency is not more 
than once every three years; 
‘‘(B) routine grazing or prescribed grazing 
for the control of invasive species, except that in 
permitting such routine grazing or prescribed 
grazing, the Secretary, in coordination with the 
State technical committee— 
‘‘(i) shall develop appropriate vegeta-
tion management requirements and stocking 
rates for the land that are suitable for con-
tinued routine grazing; and 
‘‘(ii) shall identify the periods during 
which routine grazing may be conducted, 
such that the frequency is not more than 
once every two years, taking into consider-
ation regional differences such as— 
‘‘(I) climate, soil type, and nat-
ural resources; 
‘‘(II) the number of years that 
should be required between routine 
grazing activities; and 
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‘‘(III) how often during a year in 
which routine grazing is permitted 
that routine grazing should be allowed 
to occur; and 
‘‘(C) the installation of wind turbines and 
associated access, except that in permitting the 
installation of wind turbines, the Secretary shall 
determine the number and location of wind tur-
bines that may be installed, taking into ac-
count— 
‘‘(i) the location, size, and other phys-
ical characteristics of the land; 
‘‘(ii) the extent to which the land con-
tains wildlife and wildlife habitat; and 
‘‘(iii) the purposes of the conservation 
reserve program under this subchapter. 
‘‘(3) The intermittent and seasonal use of vegeta-
tive buffer practices incidental to agricultural produc-
tion on lands adjacent to the buffer such that the per-
mitted use does not destroy the permanent vegetative 
cover. 
‘‘(c) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES ON GRASSLANDS.—For 
eligible land described in section 1231(b)(3), the Secretary 
shall permit the following activities: 
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‘‘(1) Common grazing practices, including main-
tenance and necessary cultural practices, on the land 
in a manner that is consistent with maintaining the 
viability of grassland, forb, and shrub species appro-
priate to that locality. 
‘‘(2) Haying, mowing, or harvesting for seed 
production, subject to appropriate restrictions during 
the nesting season for critical bird species in the area. 
‘‘(3) Fire presuppression, fire-related rehabilita-
tion, and construction of fire breaks. 
‘‘(4) Grazing-related activities, such as fencing 
and livestock watering. 
‘‘(d) RESOURCE CONSERVING USE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on the date that 
is 1 year before the date of termination of a contract 
under the program, the Secretary shall allow an 
owner or operator to make conservation and land im-
provements that facilitate maintaining protection of 
enrolled land after expiration of the contract. 
‘‘(2) CONSERVATION PLAN.—The Secretary shall 
require an owner or operator carrying out the activi-
ties described in paragraph (1) to develop and imple-
ment a conservation plan. 
‘‘(3) RE-ENROLLMENT PROHIBITED.—Land im-
proved under paragraph (1) may not be re-enrolled in 
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the conservation reserve program for 5 years after the 
date of termination of the contract.’’. 
SEC. 2005. PAYMENTS. 
(a) TREES, WINDBREAKS, SHELTERBELTS, AND WILD-
LIFE CORRIDORS.—Section 1234(b)(3)(A) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)(3)(A)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 
semicolon; 
(2) by striking clause (ii); and 
(3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). 
(b) ANNUAL RENTAL PAYMENTS.—Section 1234(c) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)) is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or other eli-
gible lands’’ after ‘‘highly erodible cropland’’ both 
places it appears; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) METHODS OF DETERMINATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts payable 
to owners or operators in the form of rental pay-
ments under contracts entered into under this 
subchapter may be determined through— 
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‘‘(i) the submission of bids for such 
contracts by owners and operators in such 
manner as the Secretary may prescribe; or 
‘‘(ii) such other means as the Secretary 
determines are appropriate. 
‘‘(B) GRASSLANDS.—In the case of eligible 
land described in section 1231(b)(3), the Sec-
retary shall make annual payments in an 
amount that is not more than 75 percent of the 
grazing value of the land covered by the con-
tract.’’. 
(c) PAYMENT SCHEDULE.—Subsection (d) of section 
1234 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) PAYMENT SCHEDULE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided 
in this section, payments under this subchapter shall 
be made in cash in such amount and on such time 
schedule as is agreed on and specified in the contract. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE PAYMENT.—Payments under this 
subchapter may be made in advance of determination 
of performance.’’. 
(d) PAYMENT LIMITATION.—Section 1234(f) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(f)) is amend-
ed— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, including 
rental payments made in the form of in-kind com-
modities,’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (3); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 2006. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) EARLY TERMINATION BY OWNER OR OPERATOR.— 
Section 1235(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3835(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘During fiscal year 2014, the Secretary’’; 
and 
(B) by striking ‘‘before January 1, 1995,’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(C) Land devoted to hardwood trees. 
‘‘(D) Wildlife habitat, duck nesting habitat, 
pollinator habitat, upland bird habitat buffer, 
wildlife food plots, State acres for wildlife en-
hancement, shallow water areas for wildlife, and 
rare and declining habitat. 
‘‘(E) Farmable wetland and restored wet-
land. 
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‘‘(F) Land that contains diversions, erosion 
control structures, flood control structures, con-
tour grass strips, living snow fences, salinity re-
ducing vegetation, cross wind trap strips, and 
sediment retention structures. 
‘‘(G) Land located within a federally-des-
ignated wellhead protection area. 
‘‘(H) Land that is covered by an easement 
under the conservation reserve program. 
‘‘(I) Land located within an average width, 
according to the applicable Natural Resources 
Conservation Service field office technical guide, 
of a perennial stream or permanent water 
body.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘60 days after 
the date on which the owner or operator submits the 
notice required under paragraph (1)(C)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘upon approval by the Secretary’’. 
(b) TRANSITION OPTION FOR CERTAIN FARMERS OR 
RANCHERS.—Section 1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by striking ‘‘DUTIES’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘a beginning farmer’’ and inserting 
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‘‘TRANSITION TO COVERED FARMER OR RANCH-
ER.—In the case of a contract modification ap-
proved in order to facilitate the transfer of land 
subject to a contract from a retired farmer or 
rancher to a beginning farmer’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ‘‘, 
including preparing to plant an agricultural 
crop’’ after ‘‘improvements’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘the 
farmer or rancher’’ and inserting ‘‘the covered 
farmer or rancher’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1001A(b)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
1001’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘requirement 
of section 1231(h)(4)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘option pur-
suant to section 1234(c)(2)(A)(ii)’’. 
(c) FINAL YEAR CONTRACT.—Section 1235 of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsections: 
‘‘(g) FINAL YEAR OF CONTRACT.—The Secretary shall 
not consider an owner or operator to be in violation of a 
term or condition of the conservation reserve contract if— 
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‘‘(1) during the year prior to expiration of the 
contract, the land is enrolled in the conservation stew-
ardship program; and 
‘‘(2) the activity required under the conservation 
stewardship program pursuant to such enrollment is 
consistent with this subchapter. 
‘‘(h) LAND ENROLLED IN AGRICULTURAL CONSERVA-
TION EASEMENT PROGRAM.—The Secretary may terminate 
or modify a contract entered into under this subchapter if 
eligible land that is subject to such contract is transferred 
into the agricultural conservation easement program under 
subtitle H.’’. 
SEC. 2007. CONVERSION OF LAND SUBJECT TO CONTRACT 
TO OTHER CONSERVING USES. 
Section 1235A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3835a) is repealed. 
SEC. 2008. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this sub-
title shall take effect on October 1, 2013, except the amend-
ment made by section 2001(d), which shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by this subtitle shall 
not affect the validity or terms of any contract en-
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tered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under sub-
chapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) 
before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to 
be made in connection with the contract. 
(2) UPDATING
OF
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
Secretary shall permit an owner or operator of land 
subject to a contract entered into under subchapter B 
of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) before Oc-
tober 1, 2013, to update the contract to reflect the ac-
tivities and uses of land under contract permitted 
under the terms and conditions of section 1233(b) of 
that Act (as amended by section 2004), as determined 
appropriate by the Secretary. 
Subtitle B—Conservation 
Stewardship Program 
SEC. 2101. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) REVISION OF CURRENT PROGRAM.—Subchapter B 
of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d et seq.) is amended to read 
as follows: 
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‘‘Subchapter B—Conservation Stewardship 
Program 
‘‘SEC. 1238D. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subchapter: 
‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL OPERATION.—The term ‘ag-
ricultural operation’ means all eligible land, whether 
or not contiguous, that is— 
‘‘(A) under the effective control of a pro-
ducer at the time the producer enters into a con-
tract under the program; and 
‘‘(B) operated with equipment, labor, man-
agement, and production or cultivation practices 
that are substantially separate from other agri-
cultural operations, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(2) CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘conservation 
activities’ means conservation systems, practices, 
or management measures. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘conservation 
activities’ includes— 
‘‘(i) structural measures, vegetative 
measures, and land management measures, 
including agriculture drainage management 
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systems, as determined by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(ii) planning needed to address a pri-
ority resource concern. 
‘‘(3) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PLAN.—The 
term ‘conservation stewardship plan’ means a plan 
that— 
‘‘(A) identifies and inventories priority re-
source concerns; 
‘‘(B) establishes benchmark data and con-
servation objectives; 
‘‘(C) describes conservation activities to be 
implemented, managed, or improved; and 
‘‘(D) includes a schedule and evaluation 
plan for the planning, installation, and manage-
ment of the new and existing conservation activi-
ties. 
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE LAND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible land’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) private or tribal land on which 
agricultural commodities, livestock, or for-
est-related products are produced; and 
‘‘(ii) lands associated with the land de-
scribed in clause (i) on which priority re-
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source concerns could be addressed through 
a contract under the program. 
‘‘(B) INCLUSIONS.—The term ‘eligible land’ 
includes— 
‘‘(i) cropland; 
‘‘(ii) grassland; 
‘‘(iii) rangeland; 
‘‘(iv) pasture land; 
‘‘(v) nonindustrial private forest land; 
and 
‘‘(vi) other agricultural areas (includ-
ing cropped woodland, marshes, and agri-
cultural land used or capable of being used 
for the production of livestock), as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) PRIORITY RESOURCE CONCERN.—The term 
‘priority resource concern’ means a natural resource 
concern or problem, as determined by the Secretary, 
that— 
‘‘(A) is identified at the national, State, or 
local level as a priority for a particular area of 
a State; 
‘‘(B) represents a significant concern in a 
State or region; and 
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‘‘(C) is likely to be addressed successfully 
through the implementation of conservation ac-
tivities under this program. 
‘‘(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 
conservation stewardship program established by this 
subchapter. 
‘‘(7) STEWARDSHIP
THRESHOLD.—The term 
‘stewardship threshold’ means the level of manage-
ment required, as determined by the Secretary, to 
conserve and improve the quality and condition of a 
natural resource. 
‘‘SEC. 1238E. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—During each of 
fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the Secretary shall carry 
out a conservation stewardship program to encourage pro-
ducers to address priority resource concerns in a com-
prehensive manner— 
‘‘(1) by undertaking additional conservation ac-
tivities; and 
‘‘(2) by improving, maintaining, and managing 
existing conservation activities. 
‘‘(b) EXCLUSIONS.— 
‘‘(1) LAND ENROLLED IN OTHER CONSERVATION 
PROGRAMS.—Subject to paragraph (2), the following 
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land (even if covered by the definition of eligible land) 
is not eligible for enrollment in the program: 
‘‘(A) Land enrolled in the conservation re-
serve program, unless— 
‘‘(i) the conservation reserve contract 
will expire at the end of the fiscal year in 
which the land is to be enrolled in the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(ii) conservation reserve program 
payments for land enrolled in the program 
cease before the first program payment is 
made to the applicant under this sub-
chapter. 
‘‘(B) Land enrolled in a wetland easement 
through the agricultural conservation easement 
program. 
‘‘(C) Land enrolled in the conservation se-
curity program. 
‘‘(2) CONVERSION TO CROPLAND.—Eligible land 
used for crop production after October 1, 2013, that 
had not been planted, considered to be planted, or de-
voted to crop production for at least 4 of the 6 years 
preceding that date shall not be the basis for any pay-
ment under the program, unless the land does not 
meet the requirement because— 
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‘‘(A) the land had previously been enrolled 
in the conservation reserve program; 
‘‘(B) the land has been maintained using 
long-term crop rotation practices, as determined 
by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(C) the land is incidental land needed for 
efficient operation of the farm or ranch, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 1238F. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS. 
‘‘(a) SUBMISSION OF CONTRACT OFFERS.—To be eligi-
ble to participate in the conservation stewardship program, 
a producer shall submit to the Secretary a contract offer 
for the agricultural operation that— 
‘‘(1) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary that the producer, at the time of the contract 
offer, meets or exceeds the stewardship threshold for at 
least 2 priority resource concerns; and 
‘‘(2) would, at a minimum, meet or exceed the 
stewardship threshold for at least 1 additional pri-
ority resource concern by the end of the stewardship 
contract by— 
‘‘(A) installing and adopting additional 
conservation activities; and 
‘‘(B) improving, maintaining, and man-
aging existing conservation activities across the 
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entire agricultural operation in a manner that 
increases or extends the conservation benefits in 
place at the time the contract offer is accepted by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(b) EVALUATION OF CONTRACT OFFERS.— 
‘‘(1) RANKING OF APPLICATIONS.—In evaluating 
contract offers submitted under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall rank applications based on— 
‘‘(A) the level of conservation treatment on 
all applicable priority resource concerns at the 
time of application; 
‘‘(B) the degree to which the proposed con-
servation activities effectively increase conserva-
tion performance; 
‘‘(C) the number of applicable priority re-
source concerns proposed to be treated to meet or 
exceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the 
contract; 
‘‘(D) the extent to which other priority re-
source concerns will be addressed to meet or ex-
ceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the 
contract period; 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the actual and an-
ticipated conservation benefits from the contract 
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are provided at the least cost relative to other 
similarly beneficial contract offers; and 
‘‘(F) the extent to which priority resource 
concerns will be addressed when transitioning 
from the conservation reserve program to agri-
cultural production. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary may not as-
sign a higher priority to any application because the 
applicant is willing to accept a lower payment than 
the applicant would otherwise be eligible to receive. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.—The Secretary may 
develop and use such additional criteria that the Sec-
retary determines are necessary to ensure that na-
tional, State, and local priority resource concerns are 
effectively addressed. 
‘‘(c) ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS.—After a determina-
tion that a producer is eligible for the program under sub-
section (a), and a determination that the contract offer 
ranks sufficiently high under the evaluation criteria under 
subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter into a conservation 
stewardship contract with the producer to enroll the eligible 
land to be covered by the contract. 
‘‘(d) CONTRACT PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(1) TERM.—A conservation stewardship con-
tract shall be for a term of 5 years. 
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‘‘(2) REQUIRED PROVISIONS.—The conservation 
stewardship contract of a producer shall— 
‘‘(A) state the amount of the payment the 
Secretary agrees to make to the producer for each 
year of the conservation stewardship contract 
under section 1238G(d); 
‘‘(B) require the producer— 
‘‘(i) to implement a conservation stew-
ardship plan that describes the program 
purposes to be achieved through 1 or more 
conservation activities; 
‘‘(ii) to maintain and supply informa-
tion as required by the Secretary to deter-
mine compliance with the conservation 
stewardship plan and any other require-
ments of the program; and 
‘‘(iii) not to conduct any activities on 
the agricultural operation that would tend 
to defeat the purposes of the program; 
‘‘(C) permit all economic uses of the eligible 
land that— 
‘‘(i) maintain the agricultural nature 
of the land; and 
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‘‘(ii) are consistent with the conserva-
tion purposes of the conservation steward-
ship contract; 
‘‘(D) include a provision to ensure that a 
producer shall not be considered in violation of 
the contract for failure to comply with the con-
tract due to circumstances beyond the control of 
the producer, including a disaster or related con-
dition, as determined by the Secretary; 
‘‘(E) include provisions requiring that upon 
the violation of a term or condition of the con-
tract at any time the producer has control of the 
land— 
‘‘(i) if the Secretary determines that 
the violation warrants termination of the 
contract— 
‘‘(I) the producer shall forfeit all 
rights to receive payments under the 
contract; and 
‘‘(II) the producer shall refund all 
or a portion of the payments received 
by the producer under the contract, in-
cluding any interest on the payments, 
as determined by the Secretary; or 
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‘‘(ii) if the Secretary determines that 
the violation does not warrant termination 
of the contract, the producer shall refund or 
accept adjustments to the payments pro-
vided to the producer, as the Secretary de-
termines to be appropriate; 
‘‘(F) include provisions in accordance with 
paragraphs (3) and (4) of this section; and 
‘‘(G) include any additional provisions the 
Secretary determines are necessary to carry out 
the program. 
‘‘(3) CHANGE OF INTEREST IN LAND SUBJECT TO 
A CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—At the time of applica-
tion, a producer shall have control of the eligible 
land to be enrolled in the program. Except as 
provided in subparagraph (B), a change in the 
interest of a producer in eligible land covered by 
a contract under the program shall result in the 
termination of the contract with regard to that 
land. 
‘‘(B) TRANSFER OF DUTIES AND RIGHTS.— 
Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if— 
‘‘(i) within a reasonable period of time 
(as determined by the Secretary) after the 
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date of the change in the interest in eligible 
land covered by a contract under the pro-
gram, the transferee of the land provides 
written notice to the Secretary that all du-
ties and rights under the contract have been 
transferred to, and assumed by, the trans-
feree for the portion of the land transferred; 
‘‘(ii) the transferee meets the eligibility 
requirements of the program; and 
‘‘(iii) the Secretary approves the trans-
fer of all duties and rights under the con-
tract. 
‘‘(4) MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION OF CON-
TRACTS.— 
‘‘(A) VOLUNTARY MODIFICATION OR TERMI-
NATION.—The Secretary may modify or termi-
nate a contract with a producer if— 
‘‘(i) the producer agrees to the modi-
fication or termination; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary determines that the 
modification or termination is in the public 
interest. 
‘‘(B) 
INVOLUNTARY
TERMINATION.—The 
Secretary may terminate a contract if the Sec-
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retary determines that the producer violated the 
contract. 
‘‘(5) REPAYMENT.—If a contract is terminated, 
the Secretary may, consistent with the purposes of the 
program— 
‘‘(A) allow the producer to retain payments 
already received under the contract; or 
‘‘(B) require repayment, in whole or in 
part, of payments received and assess liquidated 
damages. 
‘‘(e) CONTRACT RENEWAL.—At the end of the initial 
5-year contract period, the Secretary may allow the pro-
ducer to renew the contract for 1 additional 5-year period 
if the producer— 
‘‘(1) demonstrates compliance with the terms of 
the initial contract; 
‘‘(2) agrees to adopt and continue to integrate 
conservation activities across the entire agricultural 
operation, as determined by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(3) agrees, by the end of the contract period— 
‘‘(A) to meet the stewardship threshold of at 
least two additional priority resource concerns 
on the agricultural operation; or 
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‘‘(B) to exceed the stewardship threshold of 
two existing priority resource concerns that are 
specified by the Secretary in the initial contract. 
‘‘SEC. 1238G. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To achieve the conservation goals 
of a contract under the conservation stewardship program, 
the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) make the program available to eligible pro-
ducers on a continuous enrollment basis with 1 or 
more ranking periods, one of which shall occur in the 
first quarter of each fiscal year; 
‘‘(2) identify not less than 5 priority resource 
concerns in a particular watershed or other appro-
priate region or area within a State; and 
‘‘(3) establish a science-based stewardship thresh-
old for each priority resource concern identified under 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION TO STATES.—The Secretary shall al-
locate acres to States for enrollment, based— 
‘‘(1) primarily on each State’s proportion of eli-
gible land to the total acreage of eligible land in all 
States; and 
‘‘(2) also on consideration of— 
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‘‘(A) the extent and magnitude of the con-
servation needs associated with agricultural pro-
duction in each State; 
‘‘(B) the degree to which implementation of 
the program in the State is, or will be, effective 
in helping producers address those needs; and 
‘‘(C) other considerations to achieve equi-
table geographic distribution of funds, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(c) ACREAGE ENROLLMENT LIMITATION.—During 
the period beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on 
September 30, 2021, the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable— 
‘‘(1) enroll in the program an additional 
8,695,000 acres for each fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) manage the program to achieve a national 
average rate of $18 per acre, which shall include the 
costs of all financial assistance, technical assistance, 
and any other expenses associated with enrollment or 
participation in the program. 
‘‘(d) CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide annual payments under the pro-
gram to compensate the producer for— 
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‘‘(A) installing and adopting additional 
conservation activities; and 
‘‘(B) improving, maintaining, and man-
aging conservation activities in place at the ag-
ricultural operation of the producer at the time 
the contract offer is accepted by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The amount of the 
conservation stewardship annual payment shall be de-
termined by the Secretary and based, to the max-
imum extent practicable, on the following factors: 
‘‘(A) Costs incurred by the producer associ-
ated with planning, design, materials, installa-
tion, labor, management, maintenance, or train-
ing. 
‘‘(B) Income forgone by the producer. 
‘‘(C) Expected conservation benefits. 
‘‘(D) The extent to which priority resource 
concerns will be addressed through the installa-
tion and adoption of conservation activities on 
the agricultural operation. 
‘‘(E) The level of stewardship in place at 
the time of application and maintained over the 
term of the contract. 
‘‘(F) The degree to which the conservation 
activities will be integrated across the entire ag-
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ricultural operation for all applicable priority 
resource concerns over the term of the contract. 
‘‘(G) Such other factors as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) EXCLUSIONS.—A payment to a producer 
under this subsection shall not be provided for— 
‘‘(A) the design, construction, or mainte-
nance of animal waste storage or treatment fa-
cilities or associated waste transport or transfer 
devices for animal feeding operations; or 
‘‘(B) conservation activities for which there 
is no cost incurred or income forgone to the pro-
ducer. 
‘‘(4) DELIVERY OF PAYMENTS.—In making pay-
ments under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to 
the extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) prorate conservation performance over 
the term of the contract so as to accommodate, 
to the extent practicable, producers earning equal 
annual payments in each fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) make payments as soon as practicable 
after October 1 of each fiscal year for activities 
carried out in the previous fiscal year. 
‘‘(e) SUPPLEMENTAL PAYMENTS FOR RESOURCE-CON-
SERVING CROP ROTATIONS.— 
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‘‘(1) AVAILABILITY
OF
PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall provide additional payments to producers 
that, in participating in the program, agree to adopt 
or improve resource-conserving crop rotations to 
achieve beneficial crop rotations as appropriate for 
the eligible land of the producers. 
‘‘(2) BENEFICIAL
CROP
ROTATIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall determine whether a resource-conserving 
crop rotation is a beneficial crop rotation eligible for 
additional payments under paragraph (1) based on 
whether the resource-conserving crop rotation is de-
signed to provide natural resource conservation and 
production benefits. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a 
payment described in paragraph (1), a producer shall 
agree to adopt and maintain beneficial resource-con-
serving crop rotations for the term of the contract. 
‘‘(4) RESOURCE-CONSERVING CROP ROTATION.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘resource-conserving crop 
rotation’ means a crop rotation that— 
‘‘(A) includes at least 1 resource conserving 
crop (as defined by the Secretary); 
‘‘(B) reduces erosion; 
‘‘(C) improves soil fertility and tilth; 
‘‘(D) interrupts pest cycles; and 
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‘‘(E) in applicable areas, reduces depletion 
of soil moisture or otherwise reduces the need for 
irrigation. 
‘‘(f) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—A person or legal entity 
may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under the 
program that, in the aggregate, exceed $200,000 under all 
contracts entered into during fiscal years 2014 through 
2018, excluding funding arrangements with Indian tribes, 
regardless of the number of contracts entered into under the 
program by the person or legal entity. 
‘‘(g) SPECIALTY CROP AND ORGANIC PRODUCERS.— 
The Secretary shall ensure that outreach and technical as-
sistance are available, and program specifications are ap-
propriate to enable specialty crop and organic producers 
to participate in the program. 
‘‘(h) 
COORDINATION
WITH
ORGANIC
CERTIFI-
CATION.—The Secretary shall establish a transparent 
means by which producers may initiate organic certifi-
cation under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) while participating in a contract under 
the program. 
‘‘(i) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall promulgate 
regulations that— 
‘‘(1) prescribe such other rules as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to ensure a fair and rea-
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sonable application of the limitations established 
under subsection (f); and 
‘‘(2) otherwise enable the Secretary to carry out 
the program.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
(c) EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendment made by this 
section shall not affect the validity or terms of any 
contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture 
under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title 
XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838d et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any pay-
ments required to be made in connection with the 
contract. 
(2) CONSERVATION
STEWARDSHIP
PROGRAM.— 
Funds made available under section 1241(a)(4) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(4)) (as 
amended by section 2601(a) of this title) may be used 
to administer and make payments to program par-
ticipants that enrolled into contracts during any of 
fiscal years 2009 through 2013. 
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Subtitle C—Environmental Quality 
Incentives Program 
SEC. 2201. PURPOSES. 
Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as 
subparagraph (C) and, in such subparagraph, by 
inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) developing and improving wildlife 
habitat; and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (5). 
SEC. 2202. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION. 
Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2014’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(2) TERM.—A contract under the program shall 
have a term that does not exceed 10 years.’’; 
(3) in subsection (d)(4)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘, veteran farmer 
or rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e))),’’ before ‘‘or a begin-
ning farmer or rancher’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not more than 50 
percent of the amount determined under 
subparagraph (A) may be provided in ad-
vance for the purpose of purchasing mate-
rials or contracting. 
‘‘(ii) RETURN
OF
FUNDS.—If funds 
provided in advance are not expended dur-
ing the 90-day period beginning on the date 
of receipt of the funds, the funds shall be re-
turned within a reasonable time frame, as 
determined by the Secretary.’’; 
(4) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
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‘‘(f) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) LIVESTOCK.—For each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018, at least 60 percent of the funds made 
available for payments under the program shall be 
targeted at practices relating to livestock production. 
‘‘(2) WILDLIFE
HABITAT.—For each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018, 5 percent of the funds made 
available for payments under the program shall be 
targeted at practices benefitting wildlife habitat.’’; 
(5) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED NATIVE AMERICAN 
INDIAN TRIBES AND ALASKA NATIVE CORPORA-
TIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘INDIAN TRIBES’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘federally recognized Native 
American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Cor-
porations (including their affiliated membership 
organizations)’’ and inserting ‘‘Indian tribes’’; 
and 
(C) by striking ‘‘or Native Corporation’’; 
and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(j) WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PRACTICE.—The 
Secretary shall provide payments to producers under the 
program for practices, including recurring practices for the 
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term of the contract, that support the restoration, develop-
ment, protection, and improvement of wildlife habitat on 
eligible land, including— 
‘‘(1) upland wildlife habitat; 
‘‘(2) wetland wildlife habitat; 
‘‘(3) habitat for threatened and endangered spe-
cies; 
‘‘(4) fish habitat; 
‘‘(5) habitat on pivot corners and other irregular 
areas of a field; and 
‘‘(6) other types of wildlife habitat, as deter-
mined appropriate by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 2203. EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS. 
Section 1240C(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–3(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘environ-
mental’’ and inserting ‘‘conservation’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘purpose of the 
environmental quality incentives program specified in 
section 1240(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘purposes of the pro-
gram’’. 
SEC. 2204. DUTIES OF PRODUCERS. 
Section 1240D(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–4(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘farm, ranch, 
or forest’’ and inserting ‘‘enrolled’’. 
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SEC. 2205. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 
Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1240G. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS. 
‘‘A person or legal entity may not receive, directly or 
indirectly, cost share or incentive payments under this 
chapter that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts 
entered into under this chapter by the person or legal entity 
during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, regard-
less of the number of contracts entered into under this chap-
ter by the person or legal entity.’’. 
SEC. 2206. CONSERVATION INNOVATION GRANTS AND PAY-
MENTS. 
Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa–8) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) facilitate on-farm conservation re-
search and demonstration activities; and 
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‘‘(F) facilitate pilot testing of new tech-
nologies or innovative conservation practices.’’; 
and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31, 2014, 
and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives a report on the status of projects 
funded under this section, including— 
‘‘(1) funding awarded; 
‘‘(2) project results; and 
‘‘(3) incorporation of project findings, such as 
new technology and innovative approaches, into the 
conservation efforts implemented by the Secretary.’’. 
SEC. 2207. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this sub-
title shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
(b) EFFECT ON EXISTING CONTRACTS.—The amend-
ments made by this subtitle shall not affect the validity or 
terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agri-
culture under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) before Octo-
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ber 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in con-
nection with the contract. 
Subtitle D—Agricultural 
Conservation Easement Program 
SEC. 2301. AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle H—Agricultural 
Conservation Easement Program 
‘‘SEC. 1265. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
an agricultural conservation easement program for the con-
servation of eligible land and natural resources through 
easements or other interests in land. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program are 
to— 
‘‘(1) combine the purposes and coordinate the 
functions of the wetlands reserve program established 
under section 1237, the grassland reserve program es-
tablished under section 1238N, and the farmland pro-
tection program established under section 1238I, as 
such sections were in effect on September 30, 2013; 
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‘‘(2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on el-
igible land; 
‘‘(3) protect the agricultural use and related con-
servation values of eligible land by limiting non-
agricultural uses of that land; and 
‘‘(4) protect grazing uses and related conserva-
tion values by restoring and conserving eligible land. 
‘‘SEC. 1265A. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL
LAND
EASEMENT.—The 
term ‘agricultural land easement’ means an easement 
or other interest in eligible land that— 
‘‘(A) is conveyed for the purpose of pro-
tecting natural resources and the agricultural 
nature of the land; and 
‘‘(B) permits the landowner the right to 
continue agricultural production and related 
uses subject to an agricultural land easement 
plan, as approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti-
ty’ means— 
‘‘(A) an agency of State or local government 
or an Indian tribe (including a farmland protec-
tion board or land resource council established 
under State law); or 
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‘‘(B) an organization that is— 
‘‘(i) organized for, and at all times 
since the formation of the organization has 
been operated principally for, 1 or more of 
the conservation purposes specified in clause 
(i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 170(h)(4)(A) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; 
‘‘(ii) an organization described in sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of that Code that is exempt 
from taxation under section 501(a) of that 
Code; or 
‘‘(iii) described in— 
‘‘(I) paragraph (1) or (2) of sec-
tion 509(a) of that Code; or 
‘‘(II) section 509(a)(3) of that 
Code and is controlled by an organiza-
tion described in section 509(a)(2) of 
that Code. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘eligible land’ 
means private or tribal land that is— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an agricultural land 
easement, agricultural land, including land on a 
farm or ranch— 
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‘‘(i) that is subject to a pending offer 
for purchase of an agricultural land ease-
ment from an eligible entity; 
‘‘(ii) that— 
‘‘(I) has prime, unique, or other 
productive soil; 
‘‘(II) contains historical or ar-
chaeological resources; or 
‘‘(III) the protection of which will 
further a State or local policy con-
sistent with the purposes of the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(iii) that is— 
‘‘(I) cropland; 
‘‘(II) rangeland; 
‘‘(III) grassland or land that con-
tains forbs, or shrubland for which 
grazing is the predominate use; 
‘‘(IV) pastureland; or 
‘‘(V) nonindustrial private forest 
land that contributes to the economic 
viability of an offered parcel or serves 
as a buffer to protect such land from 
development; 
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‘‘(B) in the case of a wetland easement, a 
wetland or related area, including— 
‘‘(i) farmed or converted wetlands, to-
gether with adjacent land that is function-
ally dependent on that land, if the Sec-
retary determines it— 
‘‘(I) is likely to be successfully re-
stored in a cost effective manner; and 
‘‘(II) will maximize the wildlife 
benefits and wetland functions and 
values, as determined by the Secretary 
in consultation with the Secretary of 
the Interior at the local level; 
‘‘(ii) cropland or grassland that was 
used for agricultural production prior to 
flooding from the natural overflow of— 
‘‘(I) a closed basin lake and adja-
cent land that is functionally depend-
ent upon it, if the State or other entity 
is willing to provide 50 percent share 
of the cost of an easement; 
‘‘(II) a pothole and adjacent land 
that is functionally dependent on it; 
‘‘(iii) farmed wetlands and adjoining 
lands that— 
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‘‘(I) are enrolled in the conserva-
tion reserve program; 
‘‘(II) have the highest wetland 
functions and values, as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
‘‘(III) are likely to return to pro-
duction after they leave the conserva-
tion reserve program; 
‘‘(iv) riparian areas that link wetlands 
that are protected by easements or some 
other device that achieves the same purpose 
as an easement; or 
‘‘(v) other wetlands of an owner that 
would not otherwise be eligible, if the Sec-
retary determines that the inclusion of such 
wetlands in a wetland easement would sig-
nificantly add to the functional value of the 
easement; or 
‘‘(C) in the case of either an agricultural 
land easement or wetland easement, other land 
that is incidental to land described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B), if the Secretary determines 
that it is necessary for the efficient administra-
tion of the easements under this program. 
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‘‘(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 
agricultural conservation easement program estab-
lished by this subtitle. 
‘‘(5) WETLAND EASEMENT.—The term ‘wetland 
easement’ means a reserved interest in eligible land 
that— 
‘‘(A) is defined and delineated in a deed; 
and 
‘‘(B) stipulates— 
‘‘(i) the rights, title, and interests in 
land conveyed to the Secretary; and 
‘‘(ii) the rights, title, and interests in 
land that are reserved to the landowner. 
‘‘SEC. 1265B. AGRICULTURAL LAND EASEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall facilitate and provide funding for— 
‘‘(1) the purchase by eligible entities of agricul-
tural land easements and other interests in eligible 
land; and 
‘‘(2) technical assistance to provide for the con-
servation of natural resources pursuant to an agricul-
tural land easement plan. 
‘‘(b) COST-SHARE ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall protect 
the agricultural use, including grazing, and related 
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conservation values of eligible land through cost-share 
assistance to eligible entities for purchasing agricul-
tural land easements. 
‘‘(2) SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.— 
‘‘(A) FEDERAL SHARE.—An agreement de-
scribed in paragraph (4) shall provide for a Fed-
eral share determined by the Secretary of an 
amount not to exceed 50 percent of the fair mar-
ket value of the agricultural land easement or 
other interest in land, as determined by the Sec-
retary using— 
‘‘(i) the Uniform Standards of Profes-
sional Appraisal Practice; 
‘‘(ii) an area-wide market analysis or 
survey; or 
‘‘(iii) another industry-approved meth-
od. 
‘‘(B) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Under the agree-
ment, the eligible entity shall provide a 
share that is at least equivalent to that pro-
vided by the Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) SOURCE OF CONTRIBUTION.—An 
eligible entity may include as part of its 
share a charitable donation or qualified 
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conservation contribution (as defined by 
section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) from the private landowner if the 
eligible entity contributes its own cash re-
sources in an amount that is at least 50 
percent of the amount contributed by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—In the case of grassland 
of special environmental significance, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, the Secretary may pro-
vide an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the 
fair market value of the agricultural land ease-
ment. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION
AND
RANKING
OF
APPLICA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish evaluation and ranking criteria to maximize 
the benefit of Federal investment under the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—In establishing the 
criteria, the Secretary shall emphasize support 
for— 
‘‘(i) protecting agricultural uses and 
related conservation values of the land; and 
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‘‘(ii) maximizing the protection of 
areas devoted to agricultural use. 
‘‘(C) BIDDING DOWN.—If the Secretary de-
termines that 2 or more applications for cost- 
share assistance are comparable in achieving the 
purpose of the program, the Secretary shall not 
assign a higher priority to any of those applica-
tions solely on the basis of lesser cost to the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(4) AGREEMENTS WITH ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
enter into agreements with eligible entities to 
stipulate the terms and conditions under which 
the eligible entity is permitted to use cost-share 
assistance provided under this section. 
‘‘(B) LENGTH OF AGREEMENTS.—An agree-
ment shall be for a term that is— 
‘‘(i) in the case of an eligible entity 
certified under the process described in 
paragraph (5), a minimum of five years; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for all other eligible entities, at 
least three, but not more than five years. 
‘‘(C) MINIMUM TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
An eligible entity shall be authorized to use its 
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own terms and conditions for agricultural land 
easements so long as the Secretary determines 
such terms and conditions— 
‘‘(i) are consistent with the purposes of 
the program; 
‘‘(ii) permit effective enforcement of the 
conservation purposes of such easements; 
‘‘(iii) include a right of enforcement 
for the Secretary, that may be used only if 
the terms of the easement are not enforced 
by the holder of the easement; 
‘‘(iv) subject the land in which an in-
terest is purchased to an agricultural land 
easement plan that— 
‘‘(I) describes the activities which 
promote the long-term viability of the 
land to meet the purposes for which the 
easement was acquired; 
‘‘(II) requires the management of 
grasslands according to a grasslands 
management plan; and 
‘‘(III) includes a conservation 
plan, where appropriate, and requires, 
at the option of the Secretary, the con-
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version of highly erodible cropland to 
less intensive uses; and 
‘‘(v) include a limit on the impervious 
surfaces to be allowed that is consistent with 
the agricultural activities to be conducted. 
‘‘(D) 
SUBSTITUTION
OF
QUALIFIED 
PROJECTS.—An agreement shall allow, upon mu-
tual agreement of the parties, substitution of 
qualified projects that are identified at the time 
of the proposed substitution. 
‘‘(E) EFFECT OF VIOLATION.—If a violation 
occurs of a term or condition of an agreement 
under this subsection— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary may terminate the 
agreement; and 
‘‘(ii) the Secretary may require the eli-
gible entity to refund all or part of any 
payments received by the entity under the 
program, with interest on the payments as 
determined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(5) CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(A) CERTIFICATION
PROCESS.—The Sec-
retary shall establish a process under which the 
Secretary may— 
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‘‘(i) directly certify eligible entities 
that meet established criteria; 
‘‘(ii) enter into long-term agreements 
with certified eligible entities; and 
‘‘(iii) accept proposals for cost-share 
assistance for the purchase of agricultural 
land easements throughout the duration of 
such agreements. 
‘‘(B) CERTIFICATION
CRITERIA.—In order 
to be certified, an eligible entity shall dem-
onstrate to the Secretary that the entity will 
maintain, at a minimum, for the duration of the 
agreement— 
‘‘(i) a plan for administering ease-
ments that is consistent with the purpose of 
this subtitle; 
‘‘(ii) the capacity and resources to 
monitor and enforce agricultural land ease-
ments; and 
‘‘(iii) policies and procedures to en-
sure— 
‘‘(I) the long-term integrity of ag-
ricultural land easements on eligible 
land; 
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‘‘(II) timely completion of acqui-
sitions of such easements; and 
‘‘(III) timely and complete eval-
uation and reporting to the Secretary 
on the use of funds provided under the 
program. 
‘‘(C) REVIEW AND REVISION.— 
‘‘(i) REVIEW.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a review of eligible entities certified 
under subparagraph (A) every three years 
to ensure that such entities are meeting the 
criteria established under subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(ii) REVOCATION.—If the Secretary 
finds that the certified eligible entity no 
longer meets the criteria established under 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary may— 
‘‘(I) allow the certified eligible en-
tity a specified period of time, at a 
minimum 180 days, in which to take 
such actions as may be necessary to 
meet the criteria; and 
‘‘(II) revoke the certification of the 
eligible entity, if after the specified pe-
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riod of time, the certified eligible entity 
does not meet such criteria. 
‘‘(c) METHOD OF ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary shall 
enroll eligible land under this section through the use of— 
‘‘(1) permanent easements; or 
‘‘(2) easements for the maximum duration al-
lowed under applicable State laws. 
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary may 
provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist in— 
‘‘(1) compliance with the terms and conditions of 
easements; and 
‘‘(2) implementation of an agricultural land 
easement plan. 
‘‘SEC. 1265C. WETLAND EASEMENTS. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary 
shall provide assistance to owners of eligible land to restore, 
protect, and enhance wetlands through— 
‘‘(1) wetland easements and related wetland ease-
ment plans; and 
‘‘(2) technical assistance. 
‘‘(b) EASEMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) METHOD OF ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary 
shall enroll eligible land under this section through 
the use of— 
‘‘(A) 30-year easements; 
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‘‘(B) permanent easements; 
‘‘(C) easements for the maximum duration 
allowed under applicable State laws; or 
‘‘(D) as an option for Indian tribes only, 
30-year contracts (which shall be considered to be 
30-year easements for the purposes of this sub-
title). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) INELIGIBLE
LAND.—The Secretary 
may not acquire easements on— 
‘‘(i) land established to trees under the 
conservation reserve program, except in 
cases where the Secretary determines it 
would further the purposes of the program; 
and 
‘‘(ii) farmed wetlands or converted wet-
lands where the conversion was not com-
menced prior to December 23, 1985. 
‘‘(B) CHANGES
IN
OWNERSHIP.—No wet-
land easement shall be created on land that has 
changed ownership during the preceding 24- 
month period unless— 
‘‘(i) the new ownership was acquired 
by will or succession as a result of the death 
of the previous owner; 
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‘‘(ii)(I) the ownership change occurred 
because of foreclosure on the land; and 
‘‘(II) immediately before the fore-
closure, the owner of the land exercises a 
right of redemption from the mortgage hold-
er in accordance with State law; or 
‘‘(iii) the Secretary determines that the 
land was acquired under circumstances that 
give adequate assurances that such land was 
not acquired for the purposes of placing it 
in the program. 
‘‘(3) EVALUATION AND RANKING OF OFFERS.— 
‘‘(A) CRITERIA.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish evaluation and ranking criteria to maximize 
the benefit of Federal investment under the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATIONS.—When evaluating 
offers from landowners, the Secretary may con-
sider— 
‘‘(i) the conservation benefits of obtain-
ing a wetland easement, including the po-
tential environmental benefits if the land 
was removed from agricultural production; 
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‘‘(ii) the cost-effectiveness of each wet-
land easement, so as to maximize the envi-
ronmental benefits per dollar expended; 
‘‘(iii) whether the landowner or an-
other person is offering to contribute finan-
cially to the cost of the wetland easement to 
leverage Federal funds; and 
‘‘(iv) such other factors as the Sec-
retary determines are necessary to carry out 
the purposes of the program. 
‘‘(C) PRIORITY.—The Secretary shall place 
priority on acquiring wetland easements based 
on the value of the wetland easement for pro-
tecting and enhancing habitat for migratory 
birds and other wildlife. 
‘‘(4) AGREEMENT.—To be eligible to place eligi-
ble land into the program through a wetland ease-
ment, the owner of such land shall enter into an 
agreement with the Secretary to— 
‘‘(A) grant an easement on such land to the 
Secretary; 
‘‘(B) authorize the implementation of a wet-
land easement plan developed for the eligible 
land under subsection (f); 
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‘‘(C) create and record an appropriate deed 
restriction in accordance with applicable State 
law to reflect the easement agreed to; 
‘‘(D) provide a written statement of consent 
to such easement signed by those holding a secu-
rity interest in the land; 
‘‘(E) comply with the terms and conditions 
of the easement and any related agreements; and 
‘‘(F) permanently retire any existing base 
history for the land on which the easement has 
been obtained. 
‘‘(5) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EASEMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A wetland easement 
shall include terms and conditions that— 
‘‘(i) permit— 
‘‘(I) repairs, improvements, and 
inspections on the land that are nec-
essary to maintain existing public 
drainage systems; and 
‘‘(II) owners to control public ac-
cess on the easement areas while iden-
tifying access routes to be used for res-
toration activities and management 
and easement monitoring; 
‘‘(ii) prohibit— 
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‘‘(I) the alteration of wildlife 
habitat and other natural features of 
such land, unless specifically author-
ized by the Secretary; 
‘‘(II) the spraying of such land 
with chemicals or the mowing of such 
land, except where such spraying or 
mowing is authorized by the Secretary 
or is necessary— 
‘‘(aa) to comply with Federal 
or State noxious weed control 
laws; 
‘‘(bb) to comply with a Fed-
eral or State emergency pest treat-
ment program; or 
‘‘(cc) to meet habitat needs of 
specific wildlife species; 
‘‘(III) any activities to be carried 
out on the owner’s or successor’s land 
that is immediately adjacent to, and 
functionally related to, the land that is 
subject to the easement if such activi-
ties will alter, degrade, or otherwise di-
minish the functional value of the eli-
gible land; and 
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‘‘(IV) the adoption of any other 
practice that would tend to defeat the 
purposes of the program, as determined 
by the Secretary; 
‘‘(iii) provide for the efficient and ef-
fective establishment of wildlife functions 
and values; and 
‘‘(iv) include such additional provi-
sions as the Secretary determines are desir-
able to carry out the program or facilitate 
the practical administration thereof. 
‘‘(B) VIOLATION.—On the violation of the 
terms or conditions of a wetland easement, the 
wetland easement shall remain in force and the 
Secretary may require the owner to refund all or 
part of any payments received by the owner 
under the program, together with interest thereon 
as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) COMPATIBLE USES.—Land subject to a 
wetland easement may be used for compatible 
economic uses, including such activities as hunt-
ing and fishing, managed timber harvest, or 
periodic haying or grazing, if such use is specifi-
cally permitted by the wetland easement plan de-
veloped for the land under subsection (f) and is 
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consistent with the long-term protection and en-
hancement of the wetland resources for which the 
easement was established. 
‘‘(D) RESERVATION OF GRAZING RIGHTS.— 
The Secretary may include in the terms and con-
ditions of a wetland easement a provision under 
which the owner reserves grazing rights if— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary determines that the 
reservation and use of the grazing rights— 
‘‘(I) is compatible with the land 
subject to the easement; 
‘‘(II) is consistent with the histor-
ical natural uses of the land and the 
long-term protection and enhancement 
goals for which the easement was estab-
lished; and 
‘‘(III) complies with the wetland 
easement plan developed for the land 
under subsection (f); and 
‘‘(ii) the agreement provides for a com-
mensurate reduction in the easement pay-
ment to account for the grazing value, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(6) COMPENSATION.— 
‘‘(A) DETERMINATION.— 
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‘‘(i) 
PERMANENT
EASEMENTS.—The 
Secretary shall pay as compensation for a 
permanent 
wetland 
easement 
acquired 
under the program an amount necessary to 
encourage enrollment in the program, based 
on the lowest of— 
‘‘(I) the fair market value of the 
land, as determined by the Secretary, 
using the Uniform Standards of Pro-
fessional Appraisal Practice or an 
area-wide market analysis or survey; 
‘‘(II) the amount corresponding to 
a geographical cap, as determined by 
the Secretary in regulations; or 
‘‘(III) the offer made by the land-
owner. 
‘‘(ii) 
30-YEAR
EASEMENTS.—Com-
pensation for a 30-year wetland easement 
shall be not less than 50 percent, but not 
more than 75 percent, of the compensation 
that would be paid for a permanent wet-
land easement. 
‘‘(B) FORM
OF
PAYMENT.—Compensation 
for a wetland easement shall be provided by the 
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Secretary in the form of a cash payment, in an 
amount determined under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT SCHEDULE.— 
‘‘(i) EASEMENTS
VALUED
AT
$500,000 
OR LESS.—For wetland easements valued at 
$500,000 or less, the Secretary may provide 
easement payments in not more than 10 an-
nual payments. 
‘‘(ii) EASEMENTS
VALUED
AT
MORE 
THAN $500,000.—For wetland easements val-
ued at more than $500,000, the Secretary 
may provide easement payments in at least 
5, but not more than 10 annual payments, 
except that, if the Secretary determines it 
would further the purposes of the program, 
the Secretary may make a lump sum pay-
ment for such an easement. 
‘‘(c) EASEMENT RESTORATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
financial assistance to owners of eligible land to carry 
out the establishment of conservation measures and 
practices and protect wetland functions and values, 
including necessary maintenance activities, as set 
forth in a wetland easement plan developed for the el-
igible land under subsection (f). 
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‘‘(2) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(A) in the case of a permanent wetland 
easement, pay an amount that is not less than 
75 percent, but not more than 100 percent, of the 
eligible costs, as determined by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a 30-year wetland ease-
ment, pay an amount that is not less than 50 
percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the eli-
gible costs, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(d) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall assist 
owners in complying with the terms and conditions 
of wetland easements. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTS
OR
AGREEMENTS.—The Sec-
retary may enter into 1 or more contracts with pri-
vate entities or agreements with a State, non-govern-
mental organization, or Indian tribe to carry out nec-
essary restoration, enhancement, or maintenance of a 
wetland easement if the Secretary determines that the 
contract or agreement will advance the purposes of 
the program. 
‘‘(e) WETLAND ENHANCEMENT OPTION.—The Sec-
retary may enter into 1 or more agreements with a State 
(including a political subdivision or agency of a State), 
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nongovernmental organization, or Indian tribe to carry out 
a special wetland enhancement option that the Secretary 
determines would advance the purposes of program. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) WETLAND EASEMENT PLAN.—The Secretary 
shall develop a wetland easement plan for eligible 
lands subject to a wetland easement, which shall in-
clude practices and activities necessary to restore, 
protect, enhance, and maintain the enrolled lands. 
‘‘(2) DELEGATION
OF
EASEMENT
ADMINISTRA-
TION.—The Secretary may delegate— 
‘‘(A) any of the easement management, 
monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities of 
the Secretary to other Federal or State agencies 
that have the appropriate authority, expertise, 
and resources necessary to carry out such dele-
gated responsibilities; and 
‘‘(B) any of the easement management re-
sponsibilities of the Secretary to other conserva-
tion organizations if the Secretary determines 
the organization has the appropriate expertise 
and resources. 
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS.— 
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‘‘(A) TIMING OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary 
shall provide payment for obligations incurred 
by the Secretary under this section— 
‘‘(i) with respect to any easement res-
toration obligation under subsection (c), as 
soon as possible after the obligation is in-
curred; and 
‘‘(ii) with respect to any annual ease-
ment payment obligation incurred by the 
Secretary, as soon as possible after October 
1 of each calendar year. 
‘‘(B) PAYMENTS TO OTHERS.—If an owner 
who is entitled to a payment under this section 
dies, becomes incompetent, is otherwise unable to 
receive such payment, or is succeeded by another 
person or entity who renders or completes the re-
quired performance, the Secretary shall make 
such payment, in accordance with regulations 
prescribed by the Secretary and without regard 
to any other provision of law, in such manner 
as the Secretary determines is fair and reason-
able in light of all of the circumstances. 
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‘‘SEC. 1265D. ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) INELIGIBLE LAND.—The Secretary may not use 
program funds for the purposes of acquiring an easement 
on— 
‘‘(1) lands owned by an agency of the United 
States, other than land held in trust for Indian tribes; 
‘‘(2) lands owned in fee title by a State, includ-
ing an agency or a subdivision of a State, or a unit 
of local government; 
‘‘(3) land subject to an easement or deed restric-
tion which, as determined by the Secretary, provides 
similar protection as would be provided by enrollment 
in the program; or 
‘‘(4) lands where the purposes of the program 
would be undermined due to on-site or off-site condi-
tions, such as risk of hazardous substances, proposed 
or existing rights of way, infrastructure development, 
or adjacent land uses. 
‘‘(b) PRIORITY.—In evaluating applications under the 
program, the Secretary may give priority to land that is 
currently enrolled in the conservation reserve program in 
a contract that is set to expire within 1 year and— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an agricultural land ease-
ment, is grassland that would benefit from protection 
under a long-term easement; and 
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‘‘(2) in the case of a wetland easement, is a wet-
land or related area with the highest functions and 
value and is likely to return to production after the 
land leaves the conservation reserve program. 
‘‘(c) SUBORDINATION, EXCHANGE, MODIFICATION, AND 
TERMINATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may subordi-
nate, exchange, modify, or terminate any interest in 
land, or portion of such interest, administered by the 
Secretary, either directly or on behalf of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation under the program if the 
Secretary determines that— 
‘‘(A) it is in the Federal Government’s in-
terest to subordinate, exchange, modify, or termi-
nate the interest in land; 
‘‘(B) the subordination, exchange, modifica-
tion, or termination action— 
‘‘(i) will address a compelling public 
need for which there is no practicable alter-
native; or 
‘‘(ii) such action will further the prac-
tical administration of the program; and 
‘‘(C) the subordination, exchange, modifica-
tion, or termination action will result in com-
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parable conservation value and equivalent or 
greater economic value to the United States. 
‘‘(2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall work 
with the owner, and eligible entity if applicable, to 
address any subordination, exchange, modification, or 
termination of the interest, or portion of such interest, 
in land. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE.—At least 90 days before taking 
any termination action described in paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall provide written notice of such ac-
tion to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 
‘‘(d) LAND ENROLLED IN CONSERVATION RESERVE 
PROGRAM.—The Secretary may terminate or modify a con-
tract entered into under section 1231(a) if eligible land that 
is subject to such contract is transferred into the program. 
‘‘(e) ALLOCATION
OF FUNDS
FOR AGRICULTURAL 
LAND EASEMENTS.—Of the funds made available under 
section 1241 to carry out the program for a fiscal year, 
the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, use for agricul-
tural land easements— 
‘‘(1) no less than 40 percent in each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2017; and 
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‘‘(2) no less than 50 percent in fiscal year 
2018.’’. 
(b) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
Before an eligible entity or owner of eligible land may re-
ceive assistance under subtitle H of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985, the eligible entity or person shall 
agree, during the crop year for which the assistance is pro-
vided and in exchange for the assistance— 
(1) to comply with applicable conservation re-
quirements under subtitle B of title XII of that Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); and 
(2) to comply with applicable wetland protection 
requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act 
(16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.). 
(c) CROSS REFERENCE; CALCULATION.—Section 1244 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (A); 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
subparagraph (B); and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (C); 
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(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as 
paragraph (3); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) the agricultural conservation easement pro-
gram established under subtitle H; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘programs administered under subchapters 
B and C of chapter 1 of subtitle D’’ and in-
serting ‘‘conservation reserve program estab-
lished under subchapter B of chapter 1 of 
subtitle D and wetland easements under sec-
tion 1265C’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘an easement acquired under subchapter C 
of chapter 1 of subtitle D’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
wetland easement under section 1265C’’; 
and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(5) CALCULATION.—In calculating the percent-
ages described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
include any acreage that was included in calculations 
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of percentages made under such paragraph, as in ef-
fect on September 30, 2013, and that remains enrolled 
when the calculation is made after that date under 
paragraph (1).’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
Subtitle E—Regional Conservation 
Partnership Program 
SEC. 2401. REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 is amended by inserting after subtitle H, as added 
by section 2301, the following new subtitle: 
‘‘Subtitle I—Regional Conservation 
Partnership Program 
‘‘SEC. 1271. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall establish 
a regional conservation partnership program to implement 
eligible activities on eligible land through— 
‘‘(1) partnership agreements with eligible part-
ners; and 
‘‘(2) contracts with producers. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the program are as 
follows: 
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‘‘(1) To use covered programs to accomplish pur-
poses and functions similar to those of the following 
programs, as in effect on September 30, 2013: 
‘‘(A) The agricultural water enhancement 
program established under section 1240I. 
‘‘(B) The Chesapeake Bay watershed pro-
gram established under section 1240Q. 
‘‘(C) The cooperative conservation partner-
ship initiative established under section 1243. 
‘‘(D) The Great Lakes basin program for 
soil erosion and sediment control established 
under section 1240P. 
‘‘(2) To further the conservation, restoration, and 
sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related 
natural resources on eligible land on a regional or 
watershed scale. 
‘‘(3) To encourage eligible partners to cooperate 
with producers in— 
‘‘(A) meeting or avoiding the need for na-
tional, State, and local natural resource regu-
latory requirements related to production on eli-
gible land; and 
‘‘(B) implementing projects that will result 
in the carrying out of eligible activities that af-
fect multiple agricultural or nonindustrial pri-
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vate forest operations on a local, regional, State, 
or multi-State basis. 
‘‘SEC. 1271A. DEFINITIONS. 
‘‘In this subtitle: 
‘‘(1) COVERED
PROGRAM.—The term ‘covered 
program’ means the following: 
‘‘(A) The agricultural conservation ease-
ment program. 
‘‘(B) The environmental quality incentives 
program. 
‘‘(C) The conservation stewardship pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY.—The term ‘eligible ac-
tivity’ means any of the following conservation activi-
ties: 
‘‘(A) Water quality or quantity conserva-
tion, restoration, or enhancement projects relat-
ing to surface water and groundwater resources, 
including— 
‘‘(i) the conversion of irrigated crop-
land to the production of less water-inten-
sive agricultural commodities or dryland 
farming; or 
‘‘(ii) irrigation system improvement 
and irrigation efficiency enhancement. 
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‘‘(B) Drought mitigation. 
‘‘(C) Flood prevention. 
‘‘(D) Water retention. 
‘‘(E) Air quality improvement. 
‘‘(F) Habitat conservation, restoration, and 
enhancement. 
‘‘(G) Erosion control and sediment reduc-
tion. 
‘‘(H) Other related activities that the Sec-
retary determines will help achieve conservation 
benefits. 
‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE LAND.—The term ‘eligible land’ 
means land on which agricultural commodities, live-
stock, or forest-related products are produced, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) cropland; 
‘‘(B) grassland; 
‘‘(C) rangeland; 
‘‘(D) pastureland; 
‘‘(E) nonindustrial private forest land; and 
‘‘(F) other land incidental to agricultural 
production (including wetlands and riparian 
buffers) on which significant natural resource 
issues could be addressed under the program. 
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‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE
PARTNER.—The term ‘eligible 
partner’ means any of the following: 
‘‘(A) An agricultural or silvicultural pro-
ducer association or other group of producers. 
‘‘(B) A State or unit of local government. 
‘‘(C) An Indian tribe. 
‘‘(D) A farmer cooperative. 
‘‘(E) A water district, irrigation district, 
rural water district or association, or other orga-
nization with specific water delivery authority to 
producers on agricultural land. 
‘‘(F) An institution of higher education. 
‘‘(G) An organization or entity with an es-
tablished history of working cooperatively with 
producers on agricultural land, as determined by 
the Secretary, to address— 
‘‘(i) local conservation priorities re-
lated to agricultural production, wildlife 
habitat development, or nonindustrial pri-
vate forest land management; or 
‘‘(ii) critical watershed-scale soil ero-
sion, water quality, sediment reduction, or 
other natural resource issues. 
‘‘(5) 
PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT.—The 
term 
‘partnership agreement’ means an agreement entered 
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into under section 1271B between the Secretary and 
an eligible partner. 
‘‘(6) PROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ means the 
regional conservation partnership program established 
by this subtitle. 
‘‘SEC. 1271B. REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS. 
‘‘(a) PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS AUTHORIZED.—The 
Secretary may enter into a partnership agreement with an 
eligible partner to implement a project that will assist pro-
ducers with installing and maintaining an eligible activity 
on eligible land. 
‘‘(b) LENGTH.—A partnership agreement shall be for 
a period not to exceed 5 years, except that the Secretary 
may extend the agreement one time for up to 12 months 
when an extension is necessary to meet the objectives of the 
program. 
‘‘(c) DUTIES OF PARTNERS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Under a partnership agree-
ment, the eligible partner shall— 
‘‘(A) define the scope of a project, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) the eligible activities to be imple-
mented; 
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‘‘(ii) the potential agricultural or non-
industrial private forest land operations af-
fected; 
‘‘(iii) the local, State, multi-State, or 
other geographic area covered; and 
‘‘(iv) the planning, outreach, imple-
mentation, and assessment to be conducted; 
‘‘(B) conduct outreach to producers for po-
tential participation in the project; 
‘‘(C) at the request of a producer, act on be-
half of a producer participating in the project in 
applying for assistance under section 1271C; 
‘‘(D) leverage financial or technical assist-
ance provided by the Secretary with additional 
funds to help achieve the project objectives; 
‘‘(E) conduct an assessment of the project’s 
effects; and 
‘‘(F) at the conclusion of the project, report 
to the Secretary on its results and funds lever-
aged. 
‘‘(2) CONTRIBUTION.—An eligible partner shall 
provide a significant portion of the overall costs of the 
scope of the project that is the subject of the agreement 
entered into under subsection (a), as determined by 
the Secretary. 
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‘‘(d) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) COMPETITIVE
PROCESS.—The Secretary 
shall conduct a competitive process to select applica-
tions for partnership agreements and may assess and 
rank applications with similar conservation purposes 
as a group. 
‘‘(2) CRITERIA USED.—In carrying out the proc-
ess described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
make public the criteria used in evaluating applica-
tions. 
‘‘(3) CONTENT.—An application to the Secretary 
shall include a description of— 
‘‘(A) the scope of the project, as described in 
subsection (c)(1)(A); 
‘‘(B) the plan for monitoring, evaluating, 
and reporting on progress made towards achiev-
ing the project’s objectives; 
‘‘(C) the program resources requested for the 
project, including the covered programs to be 
used and estimated funding needed from the Sec-
retary; 
‘‘(D) eligible partners collaborating to 
achieve project objectives, including their roles, 
responsibilities, capabilities, and financial con-
tribution; and 
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‘‘(E) any other elements the Secretary con-
siders necessary to adequately evaluate and com-
petitively select applications for funding under 
the program. 
‘‘(4) PRIORITY TO CERTAIN APPLICATIONS.—The 
Secretary may give a higher priority to applications 
that— 
‘‘(A) assist producers in meeting or avoid-
ing the need for a natural resource regulatory re-
quirement; 
‘‘(B) have a high percentage of eligible pro-
ducers in the area to be covered by the agree-
ment; 
‘‘(C) significantly leverage non-Federal fi-
nancial and technical resources and coordinate 
with other local, State, or national efforts; 
‘‘(D) deliver high percentages of applied 
conservation to address conservation priorities or 
regional, State, or national conservation initia-
tives; 
‘‘(E) provide innovation in conservation 
methods and delivery, including outcome-based 
performance measures and methods; or 
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‘‘(F) meet other factors that are important 
for achieving the purposes of the program, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 1271C. ASSISTANCE TO PRODUCERS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall enter into con-
tracts with producers to provide financial and technical as-
sistance to— 
‘‘(1) producers participating in a project with 
an eligible partner, as described in section 1271B; or 
‘‘(2) producers that fit within the scope of a 
project described in section 1271B or a critical con-
servation area designated under section 1271F, but 
who are seeking to implement an eligible activity on 
eligible land independent of a partner. 
‘‘(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
‘‘(1) CONSISTENCY WITH PROGRAM RULES.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
ensure that the terms and conditions of a contract 
under this section are consistent with the applicable 
rules of the covered programs to be used as part of the 
project, as described in the application under section 
1271B(d)(3)(C). 
‘‘(2) ADJUSTMENTS.—Except with respect to 
statutory program requirements governing appeals, 
payment limitations, and conservation compliance, 
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the Secretary may adjust the discretionary program 
rules of a covered program— 
‘‘(A)
to provide a simplified application 
and evaluation process; and 
‘‘(B) to better reflect unique local cir-
cumstances and purposes if the Secretary deter-
mines such adjustments are necessary to achieve 
the purposes of the program. 
‘‘(c) PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In accordance with statutory 
requirements of the covered programs involved, the 
Secretary may make payments to a producer in an 
amount determined by the Secretary to be necessary 
to achieve the purposes of the program. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS IN STATES WITH 
WATER
QUANTITY
CONCERNS.—The Secretary may 
provide payments to producers participating in a 
project that addresses water quantity concerns for a 
period of five years in an amount sufficient to en-
courage conversion from irrigated farming to dryland 
farming. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—To assist in the im-
plementation of the program, the Secretary may 
waive the applicability of the limitation in section 
1001D(b)(2) of this Act for participating producers if 
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the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary 
to fulfill the objectives of the program. 
‘‘SEC. 1271D. FUNDING. 
‘‘(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall 
use $100,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry 
out the program. 
‘‘(b) DURATION
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Funds made 
available under subsection (a) shall remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘(c) ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND ACRES.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—In addition to the funds 
made available under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve 6 percent of the funds and acres made 
available for a covered program for each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018 in order to ensure addi-
tional resources are available to carry out this pro-
gram. 
‘‘(2) UNUSED FUNDS AND ACRES.—Any funds or 
acres reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year 
from a covered program that are not obligated under 
this program by April 1 of that fiscal year shall be 
returned for use under the covered program. 
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‘‘(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDING.—Of the funds and 
acres made available for the program under subsections (a) 
and (c), the Secretary shall allocate— 
‘‘(1) 25 percent of the funds and acres to projects 
based on a State competitive process administered by 
the State Conservationist, with the advice of the State 
technical committee established under subtitle G; 
‘‘(2) 50 percent of the funds and acres to projects 
based on a national competitive process to be estab-
lished by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(3) 25 percent of the funds and acres to projects 
for the critical conservation areas designated under 
section 1271F. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
None of the funds made available under the program may 
be used to pay for the administrative expenses of eligible 
partners. 
‘‘SEC. 1271E. ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) DISCLOSURE.—In addition to the criteria used 
in evaluating applications as described in section 
1271B(d)(2), the Secretary shall make publicly available 
information on projects selected through the competitive 
process described in section 1271B(d)(1). 
‘‘(b) REPORTING.—Not later than December 31, 2014, 
and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit 
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to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
Forestry of the Senate a report on the status of projects 
funded under the program, including— 
‘‘(1) the number and types of eligible partners 
and producers participating in the partnership agree-
ments selected; 
‘‘(2) the number of producers receiving assist-
ance; and 
‘‘(3) total funding committed to projects, includ-
ing from Federal and non-Federal resources. 
‘‘SEC. 1271F. CRITICAL CONSERVATION AREAS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In administering funds under sec-
tion 1271D(d)(3), the Secretary shall select applications for 
partnership agreements and producer contracts within crit-
ical conservation areas designated under this section. 
‘‘(b) 
CRITICAL
CONSERVATION
AREA
DESIGNA-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(1) PRIORITY.—In designating critical con-
servation areas under this section, the Secretary shall 
give priority to geographical areas based on the de-
gree to which the geographical area— 
‘‘(A) includes multiple States with signifi-
cant agricultural production; 
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‘‘(B) is covered by an existing regional, 
State, binational, or multistate agreement or 
plan that has established objectives, goals, and 
work plans and is adopted by a Federal, State, 
or regional authority; 
‘‘(C) would benefit from water quality im-
provement, including through reducing erosion, 
promoting sediment control, and addressing nu-
trient management activities affecting large bod-
ies of water of regional, national, or inter-
national significance; 
‘‘(D) would benefit from water quantity im-
provement, including improvement relating to— 
‘‘(i) groundwater, surface water, aqui-
fer, or other water sources; or 
‘‘(ii) a need to promote water retention 
and flood prevention; or 
‘‘(E) contains producers that need assist-
ance in meeting or avoiding the need for a nat-
ural resource regulatory requirement that could 
have a negative economic impact on agricultural 
operations within the area. 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not des-
ignate more than 8 geographical areas as critical con-
servation areas under this section. 
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‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall administer any part-
nership agreement or producer contract under this 
section in a manner that is consistent with the terms 
of the program. 
‘‘(2) RELATIONSHIP
TO
EXISTING
ACTIVITY.— 
The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, ensure that eligible activities carried out in 
critical conservation areas designated under this sec-
tion complement and are consistent with other Fed-
eral and State programs and water quality and 
quantity strategies. 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL
AUTHORITY.—For a critical 
conservation area described in subsection (b)(1)(D), 
the Secretary may use authorities under the Water-
shed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1001 et seq.), other than section 14 of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 1012), to carry out projects for the purposes 
of this section.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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Subtitle F—Other Conservation 
Programs 
SEC. 2501. CONSERVATION OF PRIVATE GRAZING LAND. 
Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839bb(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 2502. GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1240O(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839bb–2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 
through 2018. 
‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—In addition to 
funds made available under paragraph (1), of the 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Sec-
retary shall use $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.’’. 
SEC. 2503. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT IN-
CENTIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) FUNDING.—Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5(f)(1)) is amended by 
inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘and 
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$30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 
2018’’. 
(b) REPORT ON PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.—Not later 
than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Agriculture 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 evaluating the effectiveness of the voluntary 
public access program established by section 1240R of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5), includ-
ing— 
(1) identifying cooperating agencies; 
(2) identifying the number of land holdings and 
total acres enrolled by each State and tribal govern-
ment; 
(3) evaluating the extent of improved access on 
eligible lands, improved wildlife habitat, and related 
economic benefits; and 
(4) any other relevant information and data re-
lating to the program that would be helpful to such 
Committees. 
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SEC. 2504. AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION EXPERIENCED 
SERVICES PROGRAM. 
(a) FUNDING.—Subsection (c) of section 1252 of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may carry out 
the ACES program using funds made available to 
carry out each program under this title. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION.—Funds made available to 
carry out the conservation reserve program may not 
be used to carry out the ACES program.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2505. SMALL WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM. 
(a) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 14(h)(1) of the 
Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 
1012(h)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘; and’’ 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; 
(3) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
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‘‘(H) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, to 
remain available until expended.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
14(h)(2)(E) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Preven-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)(E)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 2506. AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) USES.—Section 524(b)(2) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig-
nating subparagraphs (C) through (F) as subpara-
graphs (B) through (E), respectively; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘or resource conservation practices’’; 
and 
(B) by striking clause (i) and redesignating 
clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (i) through 
(iii), respectively. 
(b) COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(B) FUNDING.—The Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall make available to carry out 
this subsection not less than $10,000,000 for each 
fiscal year.’’. 
(2) CERTAIN USES.—Section 524(b)(4)(C) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(C)) 
is amended— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘50’’ and inserting 
‘‘30’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘(A), (B), and (C)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(A) and (B)’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘40’’ and in-
serting ‘‘60’’. 
Subtitle G—Funding and 
Administration 
SEC. 2601. FUNDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 1241 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) ANNUAL FUNDING.—For each of fiscal years 2014 
through 2018, the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, 
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
carry out the following programs under this title (including 
the provision of technical assistance): 
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‘‘(1) The conservation reserve program under 
subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, including, to 
the maximum extent practicable, $25,000,000 for the 
period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out 
section 1235(f) to facilitate the transfer of land subject 
to contracts from retired or retiring owners and oper-
ators to beginning farmers or ranchers and socially 
disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. 
‘‘(2) The agriculture conservation easement pro-
gram under subtitle H, using, to the maximum extent 
practicable— 
‘‘(A) $425,000,000 in fiscal year 2014; 
‘‘(B) $450,000,000 in fiscal year 2015; 
‘‘(C) $475,000,000 in fiscal year 2016; 
‘‘(D) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2017; and 
‘‘(E) $200,000,000 in fiscal year 2018. 
‘‘(3) The conservation security program under 
subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D, using such 
sums as are necessary to administer contracts entered 
into before September 30, 2008. 
‘‘(4) The conservation stewardship program 
under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D. 
‘‘(5) The environmental quality incentives pro-
gram under chapter 4 of subtitle D, using, to the 
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maximum extent practicable, $1,750,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.’’. 
(b) REGIONAL EQUITY; GUARANTEED AVAILABILITY 
OF FUNDS.—Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); 
(2) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts made avail-
able by subsection (a) shall be used by the Secretary to carry 
out the programs specified in such subsection for fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018 and shall remain available until 
expended. Amounts made available for the programs speci-
fied in such subsection during a fiscal year through modi-
fications, cancellations, terminations, and other related ad-
ministrative actions and not obligated in that fiscal year 
shall remain available for obligation during subsequent fis-
cal years, but shall reduce the amount of additional funds 
made available in the subsequent fiscal year by an amount 
equal to the amount remaining unobligated.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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SEC. 2602. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 1241 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), as redesig-
nated by section 2601(b)(2) of this Act, is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) 
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Commodity 
Credit Corporation funds made available for a fiscal 
year for each of the programs specified in subsection 
(a)— 
‘‘(A) shall be available for the provision of 
technical assistance for the programs for which 
funds are made available as necessary to imple-
ment the programs effectively; and 
‘‘(B) shall not be available for the provision 
of technical assistance for conservation programs 
specified in subsection (a) other than the pro-
gram for which the funds were made available. 
‘‘(2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31, 
2013, the Secretary shall submit (and update as nec-
essary in subsequent years) to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 
Senate a report— 
‘‘(A) detailing the amount of technical as-
sistance funds requested and apportioned in each 
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program specified in subsection (a) during the 
preceding fiscal year; and 
‘‘(B) any other data relating to this sub-
section that would be helpful to such Commit-
tees.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2603. RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE ASSIST-
ANCE TO CERTAIN FARMERS OR RANCHERS 
FOR CONSERVATION ACCESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 1241 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘2012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) PREFERENCE.—In providing assistance 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in 
section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e))) that 
qualifies under subparagraph (A) or (B) of para-
graph (1).’’. 
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2604. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS 
AND ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (h) of section 1241 of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘wetlands re-
serve program’’ and inserting ‘‘agricultural conserva-
tion easement program’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and re-
designating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as para-
graphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and 
(3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘agricultural water en-
hancement program’’ and inserting ‘‘regional 
conservation partnership program’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘1240I(g)’’ and inserting 
‘‘1271C(c)(3)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2605. REVIEW OF CONSERVATION PRACTICE STAND-
ARDS. 
Section 1242(h)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3842(h)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
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Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act 
of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2606. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE 
TO ALL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1244 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) Veteran farmers or ranchers (as de-
fined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
2279(e))).’’; 
(2) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘, H, and I’’ 
before the period at the end; 
(3) in subsection (f)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘coun-
try’’ and inserting ‘‘county’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)(2)(B) or (f)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (c)(2)(A)(ii) or (f)(2)’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(j) IMPROVED ADMINISTRATIVE EFFICIENCY AND EF-
FECTIVENESS.—In administrating a conservation program 
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under this title, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable— 
‘‘(1) seek to reduce administrative burdens and 
costs to producers by streamlining conservation plan-
ning and program resources; and 
‘‘(2) take advantage of new technologies to en-
hance efficiency and effectiveness. 
‘‘(k) RELATION TO OTHER PAYMENTS.—Any payment 
received by an owner or operator under this title, including 
an easement payment or rental payment, shall be in addi-
tion to, and not affect, the total amount of payments that 
the owner or operator is otherwise eligible to receive under 
any of the following: 
‘‘(1) This Act. 
‘‘(2) The Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1421 et seq.). 
‘‘(3) The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk 
Management Act of 2013. 
‘‘(4) Any law that succeeds a law specified in 
paragraph (1), (2), or (3).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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SEC. 2607. STANDARDS FOR STATE TECHNICAL COMMIT-
TEES. 
Section 1261(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3861(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘Not later than 180 
days after the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008, the Secretary shall develop’’ and 
inserting ‘‘The Secretary shall review and update as nec-
essary’’. 
SEC. 2608. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. 
Subtitle E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1246. REGULATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to implement programs 
under this title, including such regulations as the Secretary 
determines to be necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable 
application of the limitations established under section 
1244(f). 
‘‘(b) RULEMAKING PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of 
regulations and administration of programs under this 
title— 
‘‘(1) shall be carried out without regard to— 
‘‘(A) the Statement of Policy of the Sec-
retary effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 
13804), relating to notices of proposed rule-
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making and public participation in rulemaking; 
and 
‘‘(B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States 
Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Re-
duction Act); and 
‘‘(2) shall be made as an interim rule effective 
on publication with an opportunity for notice and 
comment. 
‘‘(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.—In promulgating regulations under this section, 
the Secretary shall use the authority provided under section 
808 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
Subtitle H—Repeal of Superseded 
Program Authorities and Tran-
sitional 
Provisions; 
Technical 
Amendments 
SEC. 2701. COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION ENHANCE-
MENT PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1230 of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of chap-
ter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.) is amended to read as fol-
lows: ‘‘CONSERVATION RESERVE’’. 
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SEC. 2702. EMERGENCY FORESTRY CONSERVATION RE-
SERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1231A of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) is repealed. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under section 1231A of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) before 
October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be 
made in connection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the conservation reserve 
program under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle 
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2703. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle 
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3837 et seq.) is repealed. 
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(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter C of chap-
ter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.) before October 1, 
2013, or any payments required to be made in con-
nection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the agricultural conserva-
tion easement program under subtitle H of title XII 
of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2704. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM AND FARM 
VIABILITY PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subchapter C of chapter 2 of subtitle 
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838h et seq.) is repealed. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of chap-
ter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.) is amended by striking 
‘‘AND FARMLAND PROTECTION’’. 
(c) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendments made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter C of chap-
ter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) before October 
1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in con-
nection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the agricultural conserva-
tion easement program under subtitle H of title XII 
of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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SEC. 2705. GRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle 
D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3838n et seq.) is repealed. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter D of chap-
ter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n et seq.) before October 
1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in con-
nection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the agricultural conserva-
tion easement program under subtitle H of title XII 
of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
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SEC. 2706. AGRICULTURAL WATER ENHANCEMENT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1240I of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9) is repealed. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under section 1240I of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9) be-
fore October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be 
made in connection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the regional conservation 
partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2707. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1240N of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1) is repealed. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
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(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under section 1240N of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1) be-
fore October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be 
made in connection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the environmental qual-
ity incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle D 
of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) to continue to carry out con-
tracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provi-
sions of law and regulation applicable to such con-
tracts as they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2708. GREAT LAKES BASIN PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1240P of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–3) is repealed. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2709. CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1240Q of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–4) is repealed. 
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(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under section 1240Q of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–4) be-
fore October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be 
made in connection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the regional conservation 
partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2710. COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP 
INITIATIVE. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1243 of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3843) is repealed. 
(b) TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS.— 
(1) EFFECT
ON
EXISTING
CONTRACTS.—The 
amendment made by this section shall not affect the 
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validity or terms of any contract entered into by the 
Secretary of Agriculture under section 1243 of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3843) before 
October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be 
made in connection with the contract. 
(2) FUNDING.—The Secretary may use funds 
made available to carry out the regional conservation 
partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 
2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts 
referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of 
law and regulation applicable to such contracts as 
they existed on September 30, 2013. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 2711. ENVIRONMENTAL EASEMENT PROGRAM. 
Chapter 3 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839 et seq.) is repealed. 
SEC. 2712. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 1201(a) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘E’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘I’’. 
(b) PROGRAM INELIGIBILITY.—Section 1211(a) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)) is amended 
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by striking ‘‘predominate’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘predominant’’. 
(c) SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCERS.—Section 1242(i) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(i)) is 
amended in the header by striking ‘‘SPECIALITY’’ and in-
serting ‘‘SPECIALTY’’. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
SEC. 3001. GENERAL AUTHORITY. 
Section 201 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721) 
is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
inserting ‘‘(to be implemented by the Administrator)’’ 
after ‘‘under this title’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (7) and the second 
sentence and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) build resilience to mitigate and prevent food 
crises and reduce the future need for emergency aid.’’. 
SEC. 
3002. 
SUPPORT 
FOR 
ORGANIZATIONS 
THROUGH 
WHICH ASSISTANCE IS PROVIDED. 
Section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1722(e)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘13 percent’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘11 percent’’. 
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SEC. 3003. FOOD AID QUALITY. 
Section 202(h) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1722(h)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘The Administrator 
shall use funds made available for fiscal 
year 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘In consultation 
with the Secretary, the Administrator shall 
use funds made available for fiscal year 
2013’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘to establish a mecha-
nism’’ after ‘‘this title’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(C) to evaluate, as necessary, the use of 
current and new agricultural commodities and 
products thereof in different program settings 
and for particular recipient groups, including 
the testing of prototypes; 
‘‘(D) to establish and implement appro-
priate protocols for quality assurance of food 
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products procured by the Secretary for food aid 
programs; and 
‘‘(E) to periodically update program guide-
lines on the recommended use of agricultural 
commodities and food products in food aid pro-
grams to reflect findings from the implementa-
tion of this subsection and other relevant infor-
mation.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘The Adminis-
trator’’ and inserting ‘‘In consultation with the Sec-
retary, the Administrator’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘section 
207(f)’’ and all that follows through the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘section 207(f)— 
‘‘(A) for fiscal years 2009 through 2013, not 
more than $4,500,000 may be used to carry out 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(B) for fiscal years 2014 through 2018, not 
more than $1,000,000 may be used to carry out 
this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3004. MINIMUM LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE. 
Section 204(a) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 
1724(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’; and 
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(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 3005. FOOD AID CONSULTATIVE GROUP. 
(a) MEMBERSHIP.—Section 205(b) of the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(b)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(6); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) representatives from the United States agri-
cultural processing sector involved in providing agri-
cultural commodities for programs under this Act; 
and’’. 
(b) CONSULTATION.—Section 205(d) of the Food for 
Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(d)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the first sentence and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) CONSULTATION IN ADVANCE OF ISSUANCE 
OF IMPLEMENTATION REGULATIONS, HANDBOOKS, AND 
GUIDELINES.—Not later than 45 days before a pro-
posed regulation, handbook, or guideline imple-
menting this title, or a proposed significant revision 
to a regulation, handbook, or guideline implementing 
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