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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to a loan guaranteed under 
section 3710 of title 38, United States Code, on or after 
January 1, 2019. 
(e) GUIDANCE.—Notwithstanding section 501 of such 
title, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may issue guidance 
to implement this section before prescribing new regulations 
under sections 3703 and 3729 of such title, as amended by 
subsections (a), (b), and (c). 
SEC. 6. INFORMATION GATHERING FOR DEPARTMENT OF 
VETERANS AFFAIRS HOME LOAN APPRAISALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3731(b) of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) The Secretary shall permit an appraiser on a list 
developed and maintained under subsection (a)(3) to make 
an appraisal for the purposes of this chapter based solely 
on information gathered by a person with whom the ap-
praiser has entered into an agreement for such services.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to an appraisal under sec-
tion 3731 of such title, on or after January 1, 2019. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Notwithstanding section 501 of such 
title, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may issue guidance 
to implement this section before prescribing new regulations 
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) would be accessible by the Secretary 
for the purposes of program oversight and 
would be used by the State agency to make 
available all records required by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
SEC. 4024. TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS. 
Section 11(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2020(s)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘TRANSITIONAL BENEFITS’’, 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’, and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘at 
the option of the State,’’, and 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘not more than’’. 
SEC. 4025. INCENTIVIZING TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION. 
Section 11(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2020(t)) is amended— 
(1) by striking the heading and inserting 
‘‘GRANTS FOR SIMPLIFIED SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRI-
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the date of enactment of this Act, or any payments 
required to be made in connection with the contract. 
(2) NO
RENEWALS.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), the Secretary may not renew a contract 
described in such paragraph. 
SEC. 2802. REPEAL OF TERMINAL LAKES ASSISTANCE. 
Section 2507 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–6) is repealed. 
SEC. 2803. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DELINEATION OF WETLANDS; EXEMPTIONS.— 
Section 1222(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3822(j)) is amended by striking ‘‘National Re-
sources Conservation Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service’’. 
(b) DELIVERY OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 
1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842) 
is amended by striking ‘‘third party’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘third-party’’. 
(c) ADMINISTRATIVE
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
CON-
SERVATION PROGRAMS.—Section 1244(b)(4)(B) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844(b)(4)(B)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ and in-
serting ‘‘General Accountability Office’’.
coverage, such as pharmacy benefit manage-
ment services. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SELECTED INSULIN PRODUCTS.—The term 
‘selected insulin products’ means at least one of each 
dosage form (such as vial, pump, or inhaler dosage 
forms) of each different type (such as rapid-acting, 
short-acting, intermediate-acting, long-acting, ultra 
long-acting, and premixed) of insulin (as defined 
below), when available, as selected by the group 
health plan or health insurance issuer. 
‘‘(2) INSULIN
DEFINED.—The term ‘insulin’ 
means insulin that is licensed under subsection (a) 
or (k) of section 351 and continues to be marketed 
under such section, including any insulin product 
that has been deemed to be licensed under section 
351(a) pursuant to section 7002(e)(4) of the Bio-
logics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 
and continues to be marketed pursuant to such li-
censure. 
‘‘(c) OUT-OF-NETWORK
PROVIDERS.—Nothing in 
this section requires a plan or issuer that has a network 
of providers to provide benefits for selected insulin prod-
ucts described in this section that are delivered by an out- 
of-network provider, or precludes a plan or issuer that has
a network of providers from imposing higher cost-sharing 
than the levels specified in subsection (a) for selected insu-
lin products described in this section that are delivered 
by an out-of-network provider. 
‘‘(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Subsection (a) shall 
not be construed to require coverage of, or prevent a group 
health plan or health insurance coverage from imposing 
cost-sharing other than the levels specified in subsection 
(a) on, insulin products that are not selected insulin prod-
ucts, to the extent that such coverage is not otherwise re-
quired and such cost-sharing is otherwise permitted under 
Federal and applicable State law. 
‘‘(e) APPLICATION
OF
COST-SHARING
TOWARDS 
DEDUCTIBLES
AND OUT-OF-POCKET MAXIMUMS.—Any 
cost-sharing payments made pursuant to subsection (a)(2) 
shall be counted toward any deductible or out-of-pocket 
maximum that applies under the plan or coverage.’’. 
(b) IRC.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 
100 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 9826. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COST-SHAR-
ING FOR CERTAIN INSULIN PRODUCTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For plan years beginning on or 
after January 1, 2023, a group health plan shall provide
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) in the case of an insured or guaranteed 
loan issued or modified under section 306(a), charge 
and collect from the recipient of the insured or guar-
anteed loan fees in such amounts as are necessary 
so that the sum of the total amount of fees so 
charged in each fiscal year and the total of the 
amounts appropriated for all such insured or guar-
anteed loans for the fiscal year equals the subsidy 
cost for the insured or guaranteed loans in the fiscal 
year.’’. 
(b) RURAL BROADBAND PROGRAM.—Section 601(c) 
of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 
950bb(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) FEES.—In the case of a loan guarantee 
issued or modified under this section, the Secretary 
shall charge and collect from the recipient of the 
guarantee fees in such amounts as are necessary so 
that the sum of the total amount of fees so charged 
in each fiscal year and the total of the amounts ap-
propriated for all such loan guarantees for the fiscal 
year equals the subsidy cost for the loan guarantees 
in the fiscal year.’’. 
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toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘in accordance with section 
602(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with section 
602(d)(1)’’. 
(2) PROJECT
SIZE
AND
LOCATION.—Section 
603(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘6,000’’; 
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as 
paragraph (2). 
SEC. 8108. NATIONAL FOREST FOUNDATION ACT AUTHORI-
TIES. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE MATCH-
ING FUNDS
FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
AND PROJECT EX-
PENSES.—Section 405(b) of the National Forest Founda-
tion Act (16 U.S.C. 583j–3(b)) is amended by striking 
‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (16 U.S.C. 
583j–8(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
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SEC. 7304. GRANTS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS. 
Section 410(d)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Ex-
tension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7630(d)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting 
‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 7305. SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE. 
(a) ELEMENTS OF INITIATIVE.—Section 412(b) of 
the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Re-
form Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by adding ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) size-controlling rootstock systems for 
perennial crops;’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘including threats to spe-
cialty crop pollinators;’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘including— 
‘‘(A) threats to specialty crop pollinators; 
and’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
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any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years for a covered 
commodity, the amount of the price loss coverage payment 
to be paid to the producers on a farm for the crop year 
shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— 
(1) the payment rate for the covered commodity 
under subsection (c); 
(2) the payment yield for the covered com-
modity; and 
(3) the payment acres for the covered com-
modity determined under section 1114. 
(e) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary deter-
mines under this section that price loss coverage payments 
are required to be provided for the covered commodity, 
the payments shall be made beginning October 1, or as 
soon as practicable thereafter, after the end of the applica-
ble marketing year for the covered commodity. 
(f) EFFECTIVE PRICE FOR BARLEY.—In determining 
the effective price for barley under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall use the all-barley price. 
(g) REFERENCE PRICE FOR TEMPERATE JAPONICA 
RICE.—In order to reflect price premiums, the Secretary 
shall provide a reference price with respect to temperate 
japonica rice in an amount equal to the amount estab-
lished under subparagraph (F) of section 1111(17), as ad-
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justed by paragraph (7) of such section, multiplied by the 
ratio obtained by dividing— 
(1) the simple average of the marketing year 
average price of medium grain rice from the 2012 
through 2016 crop years; by 
(2) the simple average of the marketing year 
average price of all rice from the 2012 through 2016 
crop years. 
SEC. 1117. AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE. 
(a) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE PAYMENTS.—If 
all of the producers on a farm make the election under 
section 1115(a) to obtain agriculture risk coverage, the 
Secretary shall make agriculture risk coverage payments 
to producers on the farm if the Secretary determines that, 
for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years— 
(1) the actual crop revenue determined under 
subsection (b) for the crop year; is less than 
(2) the agriculture risk coverage guarantee de-
termined under subsection (c) for the crop year. 
(b) ACTUAL CROP REVENUE.—The amount of the 
actual crop revenue for a county for a crop year of a cov-
ered commodity shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying— 
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ment, the Secretary shall make the payment in ac-
cordance with rules issued by the Secretary. 
(c) ACREAGE REPORTS.—As a condition on the re-
ceipt of any benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B, the 
Secretary shall require producers on a farm to submit to 
the Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all 
cropland on the farm. 
(d) EFFECT OF INACCURATE REPORTS.—No penalty 
with respect to benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B 
shall be assessed against a producer on a farm for an inac-
curate acreage report unless the Secretary determines that 
the producer on the farm knowingly and willfully falsified 
the acreage report. 
(e) TENANTS
AND SHARECROPPERS.—In carrying 
out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safe-
guards to protect the interests of tenants and share-
croppers. 
(f) SHARING OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall 
provide for the sharing of payments made under this sub-
title among the producers on a farm on a fair and equi-
table basis. 
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Subtitle A—Commodity Policy 
Sec. 1111. Definitions. 
Sec. 1112. Base acres. 
Sec. 1113. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1114. Payment acres. 
Sec. 1115. Producer election. 
Sec. 1116. Price loss coverage. 
Sec. 1117. Agriculture risk coverage. 
Sec. 1118. Producer agreements. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans 
Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan com-
modities. 
Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans. 
Sec. 1203. Term of loans. 
Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans. 
Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments. 
Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage. 
Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton. 
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. 
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar policy. 
Subtitle D—Dairy Risk Management Program and Other Dairy Programs 
Sec. 1401. Dairy risk management program for dairy producers. 
Sec. 1402. Class I skim milk price. 
Sec. 1403. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1404. Extension of dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1405. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1406. Repeal of dairy product donation program. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 
Sec. 1501. Modification of supplemental agricultural disaster assistance. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 1601. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. 
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1605. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm 
commodity programs. 
Sec. 1606. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1607. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1608. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1609. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1610. Implementation. 
Sec. 1611. Exemption from certain reporting requirements for certain pro-
ducers. 
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TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Wetland Conservation 
Sec. 2101. Program ineligibility. 
Sec. 2102. Minimal effect regulations. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2201. Conservation reserve. 
Sec. 2202. Farmable wetland program. 
Sec. 2203. Duties of owners and operators. 
Sec. 2204. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2205. Payments. 
Sec. 2206. Contracts. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2301. Definitions. 
Sec. 2302. Establishment and administration. 
Sec. 2303. Limitation on payments. 
Sec. 2304. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Subtitle D—Other Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2401. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2402. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2403. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2404. Watershed protection and flood prevention. 
Sec. 2405. Feral swine eradication and control pilot program. 
Subtitle E—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 2501. Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Sec. 2502. Delivery of technical assistance. 
Sec. 2503. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. 
Sec. 2504. Establishment of State technical committees. 
Subtitle F—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
Sec. 2601. Establishment and purposes. 
Sec. 2602. Definitions. 
Sec. 2603. Agricultural land easements. 
Sec. 2604. Wetland reserve easements. 
Sec. 2605. Administration. 
Subtitle G—Regional Conservation Partnership Program 
Sec. 2701. Definitions. 
Sec. 2702. Regional conservation partnerships. 
Sec. 2703. Assistance to producers. 
Sec. 2704. Funding. 
Sec. 2705. Administration. 
Sec. 2706. Critical conservation areas. 
Subtitle H—Repeals and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments 
Sec. 2801. Repeal of conservation security and conservation stewardship pro-
grams. 
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(2) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE.—The term 
‘‘agriculture risk coverage’’ means coverage provided 
under section 1117. 
(3) AGRICULTURE
RISK
COVERAGE
GUAR-
ANTEE.—The term ‘‘agriculture risk coverage guar-
antee’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the amount determined by the Sec-
retary under section 1117(c). 
(4) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 1111(4)(A) of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011(4)(A)), 
subject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction 
under section 1112. 
(5) COVERED COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘covered 
commodity’’ means wheat, oats, and barley (includ-
ing wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and 
grazing), corn, grain sorghum, long grain rice, me-
dium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oil-
seeds, seed cotton, and peanuts. 
(6) EFFECTIVE
PRICE.—The term ‘‘effective 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the price calculated by the Sec-
retary under section 1116(b) to determine whether 
price loss coverage payments are required to be pro-
vided for that crop year. 
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SEC. 7402. ASSISTANCE TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY IN AG-
RICULTURAL BIOSECURITY PLANNING, PREP-
ARATION, AND RESPONSE. 
Section 14113 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8913) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘2018’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 7403. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICUL-
TURAL COUNTERMEASURES. 
Section 14121(b)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8921(b)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
SEC. 7404. AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM. 
Section 14122(e)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8922(e)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 7411. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY. 
Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2019) is 
amended by striking ‘‘10-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘15- 
year period’’. 
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crop years, excluding each of the crop years 
with the highest and lowest prices. 
(3) YIELD CONDITIONS.—If the yield per plant-
ed acre for the covered commodity or historical 
county yield per planted acre for the covered com-
modity for any of the 5 most recent crop years, as 
determined by the Secretary, is less than 70 percent 
of the transitional yield, as determined by the Sec-
retary, the amounts used for any of those years in 
paragraph (2)(A) shall be 70 percent of the transi-
tional yield. 
(4) REFERENCE PRICE.—If the marketing year 
average price for any of the 5 most recent crop 
years is lower than the reference price for the cov-
ered commodity, the Secretary shall use the ref-
erence price for any of those years for the amounts 
in paragraph (2)(B). 
(d) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate for a cov-
ered commodity in a county shall be equal to the lesser 
of— 
(1) the amount that— 
(A) the agriculture risk coverage guarantee 
for the crop year applicable under subsection 
(c); exceeds 
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(tt)(1) Section 8.2 of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa- 
2) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking 
‘‘PERMANENT BOARD’’ and inserting ‘‘BOARD 
OF DIRECTORS’’; 
(ii) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Corporation shall 
be under the management of the Board of Direc-
tors.’’; 
(iii) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (4) through (10) as para-
graphs (3) through (9), respectively; and 
(iv) by striking ‘‘permanent’’ each place it 
appears in paragraphs (2), and (3) through (9) 
(as so redesignated); and 
(B) by striking subsection (a) and redesignating 
subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), 
respectively. 
(2) Section 8.4(a)(1) of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2279aa– 
4) is amended— 
(A) by striking the 3rd sentence; 
(B) by inserting after the 1st sentence the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Voting common stock shall be offered to 
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(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘each 
of fiscal years 2018 through 2019.’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2018;’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; 
‘‘(G) $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 
‘‘(H) $2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
‘‘(I) $2,935,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
and 
‘‘(J) 
$3,000,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2023.’’. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 1241(b) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(b)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the 
case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5))’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2023’’. 
(c) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 1241(c) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by amending paragraph (2) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In the delivery of technical as-
sistance under the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
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‘‘(3) MEMBERSHIP CATEGORIES.—The Advisory 
Board shall consist of members from each of the fol-
lowing categories: 
‘‘(A) 3 members representing national 
farm or producer organizations, which may in-
clude members— 
‘‘(i) representing farm cooperatives; 
‘‘(ii) who are producers actively en-
gaged in the production of a food animal 
commodity and who are recommended by a 
coalition of national livestock organiza-
tions; 
‘‘(iii) who are producers actively en-
gaged in the production of a plant com-
modity and who are recommended by a co-
alition of national crop organizations; or 
‘‘(iv) who are producers actively en-
gaged in aquaculture and who are rec-
ommended by a coalition of national 
aquacultural organizations. 
‘‘(B) 2 members representing academic or 
research societies, which may include members 
representing— 
‘‘(i) a national food animal science so-
ciety; 
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