SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act 
of 2013’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Repeals and Reforms 
Sec. 1101. Repeal of direct payments. 
Sec. 1102. Repeal of counter-cyclical payments. 
Sec. 1103. Repeal of average crop revenue election program. 
Sec. 1104. Definitions. 
Sec. 1105. Base acres. 
Sec. 1106. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1107. Farm risk management election. 
Sec. 1108. 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 for high moisture feed grains and seed 
cotton. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar program. 
Subtitle D—Dairy 
PART I—DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM 
Sec. 1401. Dairy producer margin insurance program. 
Sec. 1402. Rulemaking. 
PART II—REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZATION OF OTHER DAIRY-RELATED 
PROVISIONS
Sec. 1411. Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss contract 
programs. 
Sec. 1412. Repeal of dairy export incentive program. 
Sec. 1413. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1414. Extension of dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1415. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1416. Repeal of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission. 
PART III—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 1421. Effective date. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 
Sec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance. 
Sec. 1502. National Drought Council and National Drought Policy Action Plan. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 1601. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1602. Repeal of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. 
Sec. 1603A. Payments limited to active farmers. 
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1605. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 1606. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1607. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm 
commodity programs. 
Sec. 1608. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 1609. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1610. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1611. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1612. Implementation. 
Sec. 1613. Protection of producer information. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2001. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve pro-
gram. 
Sec. 2002. Farmable wetland program. 
Sec. 2003. Duties of owners and operators. 
Sec. 2004. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2005. Payments. 
Sec. 2006. Contract requirements. 
Sec. 2007. Conversion of land subject to contract to other conserving uses. 
Sec. 2008. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Stewardship Program 
Sec. 2101. Conservation stewardship program. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2201. Purposes. 
Sec. 2202. Establishment and administration. 
Sec. 2203. Evaluation of applications.
Sec. 2204. Duties of producers. 
Sec. 2205. Limitation on payments. 
Sec. 2206. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Sec. 2207. Effective date. 
Subtitle D—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
Sec. 2301. Agricultural conservation easement program. 
Subtitle E—Regional Conservation Partnership Program 
Sec. 2401. Regional conservation partnership program. 
Subtitle F—Other Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2501. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2502. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2503. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2504. Agriculture conservation experienced services program. 
Sec. 2505. Small watershed rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 2506. Agricultural management assistance program. 
Sec. 2507. Emergency watershed protection program. 
Subtitle G—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 2601. Funding. 
Sec. 2602. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 2603. Reservation of funds to provide assistance to certain farmers or 
ranchers for conservation access. 
Sec. 2604. Annual report on program enrollments and assistance. 
Sec. 2605. Review of conservation practice standards. 
Sec. 2606. Administrative requirements applicable to all conservation programs. 
Sec. 2607. Standards for State technical committees. 
Sec. 2608. Rulemaking authority. 
Sec. 2609. Wetlands mitigation. 
Sec. 2610. Lesser prairie-chicken conservation report. 
Subtitle H—Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional 
Provisions; Technical Amendments 
Sec. 2701. Comprehensive conservation enhancement program. 
Sec. 2702. Emergency forestry conservation reserve program. 
Sec. 2703. Wetlands reserve program. 
Sec. 2704. Farmland protection program and farm viability program. 
Sec. 2705. Grassland reserve program. 
Sec. 2706. Agricultural water enhancement program. 
Sec. 2707. Wildlife habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2708. Great Lakes basin program. 
Sec. 2709. Chesapeake Bay watershed program. 
Sec. 2710. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. 
Sec. 2711. Environmental easement program. 
Sec. 2712. Technical amendments. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
Sec. 3001. General authority.
Sec. 3002. Support for organizations through which assistance is provided. 
Sec. 3003. Food aid quality. 
Sec. 3004. Minimum levels of assistance. 
Sec. 3005. Food Aid Consultative Group. 
Sec. 3006. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. 
Sec. 3007. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and 
distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. 
Sec. 3008. General provisions. 
Sec. 3009. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities. 
Sec. 3010. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities. 
Sec. 3011. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assist-
ance. 
Sec. 3012. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 3013. Micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 3014. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
Sec. 3101. Funding for export credit guarantee program. 
Sec. 3102. Funding for market access program. 
Sec. 3103. Foreign market development cooperator program. 
Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws 
Sec. 3201. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3202. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. 
Sec. 3203. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets. 
Sec. 3204. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutri-
tion Program. 
Sec. 3205. Technical assistance for specialty crops. 
Sec. 3206. Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
Sec. 3207. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services. 
Sec. 3208. Department of Agriculture certificates of origin. 
TITLE IV—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
Sec. 4001. Eligibility for farm ownership loans. 
Sec. 4002. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 4003. Down payment loan program. 
Sec. 4004. Elimination of mineral rights appraisal requirement. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
Sec. 4101. Eligibility for farm operating loans. 
Sec. 4102. Elimination of rural residency requirement for operating loans to 
youth. 
Sec. 4103. Authority to waive personal liability for youth loans due to cir-
cumstances beyond borrower control. 
Sec. 4104. Microloans. 
Subtitle C—Emergency Loans 
Sec. 4201. Eligibility for emergency loans. 
Subtitle D—Administrative Provisions
Sec. 4301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot 
program. 
Sec. 4302. Eligible beginning farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 4303. Loan authorization levels. 
Sec. 4304. Priority for participation loans. 
Sec. 4305. Loan fund set-asides. 
Sec. 4306. Conforming amendment to borrower training provision, relating to 
eligibility changes. 
Subtitle E—State Agricultural Mediation Programs 
Sec. 4401. State agricultural mediation programs. 
Subtitle F—Loans to Purchasers of Highly Fractionated Land 
Sec. 4501. Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land. 
TITLE V—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
Sec. 5001. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. 
Sec. 5002. Rural business opportunity grants. 
Sec. 5003. Elimination of reservation of community facilities grant program 
funds. 
Sec. 5004. Utilization of loan guarantees for community facilities. 
Sec. 5005. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. 
Sec. 5006. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. 
Sec. 5007. Essential community facilities technical assistance and training. 
Sec. 5008. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant pro-
gram. 
Sec. 5009. Household water well systems. 
Sec. 5010. Rural business and industry loan program. 
Sec. 5011. Rural cooperative development grants. 
Sec. 5012. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. 
Sec. 5013. Intermediary relending program. 
Sec. 5014. Rural college coordinated strategy. 
Sec. 5015. Rural water and waste disposal infrastructure. 
Sec. 5016. Simplified applications. 
Sec. 5017. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. 
Sec. 5018. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program. 
Sec. 5019. Delta Regional Authority. 
Sec. 5020. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. 
Sec. 5021. Rural business investment program. 
Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
Sec. 5101. Relending for certain purposes. 
Sec. 5102. Fees for certain loan guarantees. 
Sec. 5103. Rural utilities service contracting authority. 
Sec. 5104. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or tele-
phone purposes. 
Sec. 5105. Expansion of 911 access. 
Sec. 5106. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 5201. Distance learning and telemedicine.
Sec. 5202. Value-added agricultural market development program grants. 
Sec. 5203. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. 
Sec. 5204. Program metrics. 
Sec. 5205. Study of rural transportation issues. 
Sec. 5206. Certain Federal actions not to be considered major. 
Sec. 5207. Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas. 
Sec. 5208. Regional economic and infrastructure development. 
TITLE VI—RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 
Sec. 6101. Option to be included as non-land-grant college of agriculture. 
Sec. 6102. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Econom-
ics Advisory Board. 
Sec. 6103. Specialty crop committee. 
Sec. 6104. Veterinary services grant program. 
Sec. 6105. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. 
Sec. 6106. Policy research centers. 
Sec. 6107. Repeal of human nutrition intervention and health promotion re-
search program. 
Sec. 6108. Repeal of pilot research program to combine medical and agricul-
tural research. 
Sec. 6109. Nutrition education program. 
Sec. 6110. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 6111. Repeal of appropriations for research on national or regional prob-
lems. 
Sec. 6112. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 6113. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equip-
ment at insular area land-grant institutions. 
Sec. 6114. Repeal of national research and training virtual centers. 
Sec. 6115. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 6116. Competitive Grants Program for Hispanic Agricultural Workers and 
Youth. 
Sec. 6117. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 6118. Repeal of research equipment grants. 
Sec. 6119. University research. 
Sec. 6120. Extension service. 
Sec. 6121. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements. 
Sec. 6122. Supplemental and alternative crops. 
Sec. 6123. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. 
Sec. 6124. Aquaculture assistance programs. 
Sec. 6125. Rangeland research programs. 
Sec. 6126. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 6127. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for in-
sular area institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 6128. Matching funds requirement. 
Sec. 6129. Sense of Congress regarding expansion of the land grant program 
to include enhanced funding and additional institutions. 
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
Sec. 6201. Best utilization of biological applications.
Sec. 6202. Integrated management systems. 
Sec. 6203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer pro-
gram. 
Sec. 6204. National training program. 
Sec. 6205. National Genetics Resources Program. 
Sec. 6206. Repeal of National Agricultural Weather Information System. 
Sec. 6207. Repeal of rural electronic commerce extension program. 
Sec. 6208. Repeal of agricultural genome initiative. 
Sec. 6209. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 
Sec. 6210. Repeal of nutrient management research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 6211. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 6212. Repeal of agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy efficiency re-
search and extension initiative. 
Sec. 6213. Farm business management. 
Sec. 6214. Centers of excellence. 
Sec. 6215. Repeal of red meat safety research center. 
Sec. 6216. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 6217. National rural information center clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
Sec. 6301. Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and edu-
cation funded by the Department. 
Sec. 6302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants 
program. 
Sec. 6303. Repeal of coordinated program of research, extension, and education 
to improve viability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, 
and poultry operations. 
Sec. 6304. Fusarium Graminearum grants. 
Sec. 6305. Repeal of Bovine Johne’s disease control program. 
Sec. 6306. Grants for youth organizations. 
Sec. 6307. Specialty crop research initiative. 
Sec. 6308. Food animal residue avoidance database program. 
Sec. 6309. Repeal of national swine research center. 
Sec. 6310. Office of pest management policy. 
Sec. 6311. Repeal of studies of agricultural research, extension, and education. 
Subtitle D—Other Laws 
Sec. 6401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 6402. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 6403. Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 6404. Repeal of carbon cycle research. 
Sec. 6405. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act. 
Sec. 6406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 6407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
Sec. 6408. Repeal of use of remote sensing data. 
Sec. 6409. Repeal of reports under Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002. 
Sec. 6410. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 6411. Inclusion of American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, and 
Northern Mariana Islands as a State under McIntire-Stennis 
Cooperative Forestry Act. 
Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
PART 1—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY 
Sec. 6501. Agricultural biosecurity communication center. 
Sec. 6502. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity plan-
ning, preparation, and response. 
Sec. 6503. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures. 
Sec. 6504. Agricultural biosecurity grant program. 
PART 2—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 6511. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program. 
Sec. 6512. Grazinglands research laboratory. 
Sec. 6513. Budget submission and funding. 
Sec. 6514. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant 
bacteria. 
Sec. 6515. Repeal of farm and ranch stress assistance network. 
Sec. 6516. Repeal of seed distribution. 
Sec. 6517. Natural products research program. 
Sec. 6518. Sun grant program. 
Sec. 6519. Repeal of study and report on food deserts. 
Sec. 6520. Repeal of agricultural and rural transportation research and edu-
cation. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 6601. Agreements with nonprofit organizations for National Arboretum. 
Sec. 6602. Cotton Disease Research Report. 
Sec. 6603. Acceptance of facility for Agricultural Research Service. 
Sec. 6604. Miscellaneous technical corrections. 
Sec. 6605. Legitimacy of industrial hemp research. 
TITLE VII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs 
Sec. 7001. Forest land enhancement program. 
Sec. 7002. Watershed forestry assistance program. 
Sec. 7003. Expired cooperative national forest products marketing program. 
Sec. 7004. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources 
leadership program. 
Sec. 7005. Tribal watershed forestry assistance program. 
Sec. 7006. Separate Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals process. 
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
Programs 
Sec. 7101. State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources. 
Sec. 7102. Forest Legacy Program. 
Sec. 7103. Community forest and open space conservation program. 
Subtitle C—Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws 
Sec. 7201. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Sec. 7202. Office of International Forestry. 
Sec. 7203. Change in funding source for healthy forests reserve program. 
Sec. 7204. Stewardship end result contracting project authority. 
Subtitle D—National Forest Critical Area Response
Sec. 7301. Definitions. 
Sec. 7302. Designation of critical areas. 
Sec. 7303. Application of expedited procedures and activities of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to critical areas. 
Sec. 7304. Good neighbor authority. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 7401. Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis. 
Sec. 7402. Forest Service participation in ACES Program. 
Sec. 7403. Green science and technology transfer research under Forest and 
Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978. 
Sec. 7404. Extension of stewardship contracts authority regarding use of des-
ignation by prescription to all thinning sales under National 
Forest Management Act of 1976. 
Sec. 7405. Reimbursement of fire funds expended by a State for management 
and suppression of certain wildfires. 
Sec. 7406. Ability of National Forest System lands to meet needs of local wood 
producing facilities for raw materials. 
Sec. 7407. Report on the National Forest System roads. 
Sec. 7408. Forest Service large airtanker and aerial asset firefighting recapital-
ization pilot program. 
Sec. 7409. Land conveyance, Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Vir-
ginia. 
Sec. 7410. Categorical exclusion for forest projects in response to emergencies. 
TITLE VIII—ENERGY 
Sec. 8001. Definition of renewable energy system. 
Sec. 8002. Biobased markets program. 
Sec. 8003. Biorefinery assistance. 
Sec. 8004. Repowering assistance program. 
Sec. 8005. Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels. 
Sec. 8006. Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. 
Sec. 8007. Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 8008. Biomass Research and Development. 
Sec. 8009. Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers. 
Sec. 8010. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. 
Sec. 8011. Community wood energy program. 
Sec. 8012. Repeal of biofuels infrastructure study. 
Sec. 8013. Repeal of renewable fertilizer study. 
Sec. 8014. Energy efficiency report for USDA facilities. 
TITLE IX—HORTICULTURE 
Sec. 9001. Specialty crops market news allocation. 
Sec. 9002. Repeal of grant program to improve movement of specialty crops. 
Sec. 9003. Farmers market and local food promotion program. 
Sec. 9004. Organic agriculture. 
Sec. 9005. Investigations and enforcement of the Organic Foods Production 
Act of 1990. 
Sec. 9006. Food safety education initiatives. 
Sec. 9007. Specialty crop block grants. 
Sec. 9008. Department of Agriculture consultation regarding enforcement of 
certain labor law provisions. 
Sec. 9009. Report on honey.
Sec. 9010. Bulk shipments of apples to Canada. 
Sec. 9011. Consolidation of plant pest and disease management and disaster 
prevention programs. 
Sec. 9012. Modification, cancellation, or suspension on basis of a biological 
opinion. 
Sec. 9013. Use and discharges of authorized pesticides. 
Sec. 9014. Seed not pesticide or device for purposes of importation. 
Sec. 9015. Stay of regulations related to Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, 
and Information Order. 
Sec. 9016. Study on proposed order pertaining to sulfuryl fluoride. 
Sec. 9017. Study on local and regional food production and program evaluation. 
Sec. 9018. Annual report on invasive species. 
TITLE X—CROP INSURANCE 
Sec. 10001. Information sharing. 
Sec. 10002. Publication of information on violations of prohibition on premium 
adjustments. 
Sec. 10003. Supplemental coverage option. 
Sec. 10004. Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection. 
Sec. 10005. Repeal of performance-based discount. 
Sec. 10006. Permanent enterprise unit subsidy. 
Sec. 10007. Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops. 
Sec. 10008. Data collection. 
Sec. 10009. Adjustment in actual production history to establish insurable 
yields. 
Sec. 10010. Submission and review of policies. 
Sec. 10011. Equitable relief for specialty crop policies. 
Sec. 10012. Budget limitations on renegotiation of the standard reinsurance 
agreement. 
Sec. 10013. Crop production on native sod. 
Sec. 10014. Coverage levels by practice. 
Sec. 10015. Beginning farmer and rancher provisions. 
Sec. 10016. Stacked income protection plan for producers of upland cotton. 
Sec. 10017. Peanut revenue crop insurance. 
Sec. 10018. Authority to correct errors. 
Sec. 10019. Implementation. 
Sec. 10020. Research and development priorities. 
Sec. 10021. Additional research and development contracting requirements. 
Sec. 10022. Program compliance partnerships. 
Sec. 10023. Pilot programs. 
Sec. 10024. Technical amendments. 
Sec. 10025. Advance public notice of crop insurance policy and plan changes. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Livestock 
Sec. 11101. Repeal of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. 
Sec. 11102. Repeal of certain regulations under the Packers and Stockyards 
Act, 1921. 
Sec. 11103. Trichinae certification program. 
Sec. 11104. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. 
Sec. 11105. Country of origin labeling. 
Sec. 11106. National animal health laboratory network. 
Sec. 11107. Repeal of duplicative catfish inspection program.
Sec. 11108. National Poultry Improvement Program. 
Sec. 11109. Report on bovine tuberculosis in Texas. 
Sec. 11110. Economic fraud in wild and farm-raised seafood. 
Subtitle B—Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource 
Producers 
Sec. 11201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 11202. Office of Advocacy and Outreach. 
Sec. 11203. Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research 
Center. 
Sec. 11204. Receipt for service or denial of service from certain department of 
agriculture agencies. 
Subtitle C—Other Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 11301. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricul-
tural labor force. 
Sec. 11302. Program benefit eligibility status for participants in high plains 
water study. 
Sec. 11303. Office of Tribal Relations. 
Sec. 11304. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. 
Sec. 11305. Prohibition on keeping GSA leased cars overnight. 
Sec. 11306. Noninsured crop assistance program. 
Sec. 11307. Ensuring high standards for agency use of scientific information. 
Sec. 11308. Evaluation required for purposes of prohibition on closure or relo-
cation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency. 
Sec. 11309. Acer access and development program. 
Sec. 11310. Regulatory review by the Secretary of Agriculture. 
Sec. 11311. Prohibition on attending an animal fighting venture or causing a 
minor to attend an animal fighting venture. 
Sec. 11312. Prohibition against interference by State and local governments 
with production or manufacture of items in other States. 
Sec. 11313. Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Missouri River 
Basin. 
Sec. 11314. Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Black Dirt re-
gion. 
Sec. 11315. Protection of honey bees and other pollinators. 
Sec. 11316. Produce represented as grown in the United States when it is not 
in fact grown in the United States. 
Sec. 11317. Urban agriculture coordination. 
Sec. 11318. Sense of Congress on increased business opportunities for black 
farmers, women, minorities, and small businesses. 
Sec. 11319. Sense of Congress regarding agriculture security programs. 
Sec. 11320. Report on water sharing. 
Sec. 11321. Scientific and economic analysis of the FDA Food Safety Mod-
ernization Act. 
Sec. 11322. Improved Department of Agriculture consideration of economic im-
pact of regulations on small business. 
Sec. 11323. Silvicultural activities. 
Sec. 11324. Applicability of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure 
rule. 
Sec. 11325. Agricultural producer information disclosure. 
Sec. 11326. Report on National Ocean Policy. 
Sec. 11327. Sunsetting of programs.
Subtitle D—Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery 
Sec. 11401. Short title. 
Sec. 11402. Chesapeake Bay Crosscut Budget. 
Sec. 11403. Restoration through adaptive management. 
Sec. 11404. Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay Program. 
Sec. 11405. Definitions. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Sec-
retary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Repeals and Reforms 
SEC. 1101. REPEAL OF DIRECT PAYMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 
8753) are repealed. 
(b) CONTINUED
APPLICATION
FOR
2013 CROP 
YEAR.—Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753), as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall continue to apply through the 2013 crop year 
with respect to all covered commodities (as defined in sec-
tion 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 8702)) and peanuts on 
a farm. 
(c) CONTINUED APPLICATION FOR 2014 AND 2015 
CROP YEARS.—Subject to this subtitle, the amendments 
made by sections 1603 and 1604 of this Act, and sections 
1607 and 1611 of this Act, section 1103 of the Food, Con-
servation and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713), as
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall continue to apply through the 2014 and 2015 
crop years with respect to upland cotton only (as defined 
in section 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 8702)), except that, 
in applying such section 1103, the term ‘‘payment acres’’ 
means the following: 
(1) For crop year 2014, 70 percent of the base 
acres of upland cotton on a farm on which direct 
payments are made. 
(2) For crop year 2015, 60 percent of the base 
acres of upland cotton on a farm on which direct 
payments are made. 
SEC. 1102. REPEAL OF COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1104 and 1304 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714, 
8754) are repealed. 
(b) CONTINUED
APPLICATION
FOR
2013 CROP 
YEAR.—Sections 1104 and 1304 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714, 8754), as 
in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, shall continue to apply through the 2013 crop year 
with respect to all covered commodities (as defined in sec-
tion 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 8702)) and peanuts on 
a farm.
SEC. 1103. REPEAL OF AVERAGE CROP REVENUE ELECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 1105 of the Food, Conserva-
tion, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715) is repealed. 
(b) CONTINUED
APPLICATION
FOR
2013 CROP 
YEAR.—Section 1105 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715), as in effect on the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue 
to apply through the 2013 crop year with respect to all 
covered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8702)) and peanuts on a farm for which 
the irrevocable election under section 1105 of that Act was 
made before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1104. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle and subtitle B: 
(1) ACTUAL COUNTY REVENUE.—The term ‘‘ac-
tual county revenue’’, with respect to a covered com-
modity for a crop year, means the amount deter-
mined by the Secretary under section 1107(c)(4) to 
determine whether revenue loss coverage payments 
are required to be provided for that crop year. 
(2) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’, with 
respect to a covered commodity and cotton on a 
farm, means the number of acres established under 
sections 1101 and 1302 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911,
7952) or sections 1101 and 1302 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711, 
8752), as in effect on September 30, 2013, subject 
to any adjustment under section 1105 of this Act. 
For purposes of making payments under subsections 
(b) and (c) of section 1107, base acres are reduced 
by the payment acres calculated in section 1101(c). 
(3) COUNTY REVENUE LOSS COVERAGE TRIG-
GER.—The term ‘‘county revenue loss coverage trig-
ger’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop 
year, means the amount determined by the Secretary 
under section 1107(c)(5) to determine whether rev-
enue loss coverage payments are required to be pro-
vided for that crop year. 
(4) 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, and peanuts. 
(5) 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 1107(b)(2) to determine wheth-
er price loss coverage payments are required to be 
provided for that crop year. 
(6) EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.—The term 
‘‘extra long staple cotton’’ means cotton that— 
(A) is produced from pure strain varieties 
of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the 
species, or other similar types of extra long sta-
ple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having 
characteristics needed for various end uses for 
which United States upland cotton is not suit-
able and grown in irrigated cotton-growing re-
gions of the United States designated by the 
Secretary or other areas designated by the Sec-
retary as suitable for the production of the vari-
eties or types; and 
(B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if au-
thorized by the Secretary, ginned on another 
type gin for experimental purposes. 
(7) FARM BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘farm base 
acres’’ means the sum of the base acreage for all 
covered commodities and cotton on a farm in effect 
as of September 30, 2013, and subject to any ad-
justment under section 1105. 
(8) MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The term ‘‘medium 
grain rice’’ includes short grain rice.
(9) MIDSEASON PRICE.—The term ‘‘midseason 
price’’ means the applicable national average market 
price received by producers for the first 5 months of 
the applicable marketing year, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(10) OTHER OILSEED.—The term ‘‘other oil-
seed’’ means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, 
canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, 
sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Sec-
retary. 
(11) PAYMENT ACRES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B) through (D), the term ‘‘pay-
ment acres’’, with respect to the provision of 
price loss coverage payments and revenue loss 
coverage payments, means— 
(i) 85 percent of total acres planted 
for the year to each covered commodity on 
a farm; and 
(ii) 30 percent of total acres approved 
as prevented from being planted for the 
year to each covered commodity on a farm. 
(B) MAXIMUM.—The total quantity of pay-
ment acres determined under subparagraph (A) 
shall not exceed the farm base acres.
(C) REDUCTION.—If the sum of all pay-
ment acres for a farm exceeds the limits estab-
lished under subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall reduce the payment acres applicable to 
each crop proportionately. 
(D) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘payment 
acres’’ does not include any crop subsequently 
planted during the same crop year on the same 
land for which the first crop is eligible for pay-
ments under this subtitle, unless the crop was 
approved for double cropping in the county, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(12) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’ means the yield established for counter-cycli-
cal payments under section 1102 or 1302 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7912, 7952), section 1102 of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712), 
as in effect on September 30, 2013, or under section 
1106 of this Act, for a farm for a covered com-
modity. 
(13) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘price 
loss coverage’’ means coverage provided under sec-
tion 1107(b). 
(14) PRODUCER.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’ 
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or 
sharecropper that shares in the risk of pro-
ducing a crop and is entitled to share in the 
crop available for marketing from the farm, or 
would have shared had the crop been produced. 
(B) 
HYBRID
SEED.—In 
determining 
whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, 
the Secretary shall— 
(i) not take into consideration the ex-
istence of a hybrid seed contract; and 
(ii) ensure that program requirements 
do not adversely affect the ability of the 
grower to receive a payment under this 
title. 
(15) PULSE
CROP.—The term ‘‘pulse crop’’ 
means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(16) REFERENCE PRICE.—The term ‘‘reference 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the following: 
(A) Wheat, $5.50 per bushel. 
(B) Corn, $3.70 per bushel. 
(C) Grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel. 
(D) Barley, $4.95 per bushel.
(E) Oats, $2.40 per bushel. 
(F) Long grain rice, $14.00 per hundred-
weight. 
(G) Medium grain rice, $14.00 per hun-
dredweight. 
(H) Soybeans, $8.40 per bushel. 
(I) Other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundred-
weight. 
(J) Peanuts $535.00 per ton. 
(K) Dry peas, $11.00 per hundredweight. 
(L) Lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight. 
(M) Small chickpeas, $19.04 per hundred-
weight. 
(N) Large chickpeas, $21.54 per hundred-
weight. 
(17) REVENUE
LOSS
COVERAGE.—The term 
‘‘revenue loss coverage’’ means coverage provided 
under section 1107(c). 
(18) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(19) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(20) TEMPERATE JAPONICA RICE.—The term 
‘‘temperate japonica rice’’ means rice that is grown 
in high altitudes or temperate regions of high lati-
tudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western 
United States, as determined by the Secretary. 
(21) TRANSITIONAL YIELD.—The term ‘‘transi-
tional yield’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1502(b)). 
(22) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘‘United 
States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means 
all of the States. 
(23) UNITED STATES PREMIUM FACTOR.—The 
term ‘‘United States Premium Factor’’ means the 
percentage by which the difference in the United 
States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling 
(SM) 11⁄8-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 
13⁄32-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the 
applicable premiums for comparable international 
qualities. 
SEC. 1105. BASE ACRES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF BASE ACRES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres 
for covered commodities and cotton for a farm when-
ever any of the following circumstances occurs: 
(A) A conservation reserve contract en-
tered into under section 1231 of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) with respect 
to the farm expires or is voluntarily terminated. 
(B) Cropland is released from coverage 
under a conservation reserve contract by the 
Secretary. 
(C) The producer has eligible oilseed acre-
age as the result of the Secretary designating 
additional oilseeds, which shall be determined in 
the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage 
under section 1101(a)(1)(D) of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
8711(a)(1)(D)). 
(2) SPECIAL CONSERVATION RESERVE ACREAGE 
PAYMENT RULES.—For the crop year in which a 
base acres adjustment under subparagraph (A) or 
(B) of paragraph (1) is first made, the owner of the 
farm shall elect to receive price loss coverage or rev-
enue loss coverage with respect to the acreage added 
to the farm under this subsection or a prorated pay-
ment under the conservation reserve contract, but 
not both. 
(b) PREVENTION OF EXCESS BASE ACRES.— 
(1) REQUIRED REDUCTION.—If the sum of the 
base acres for a farm, together with the acreage de-
scribed in paragraph (2) exceeds the actual cropland 
acreage of the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the 
base acres for 1 or more covered commodities or cot-
ton for the farm so that the sum of the base acres 
and acreage described in paragraph (2) does not ex-
ceed the actual cropland acreage of the farm. 
(2) OTHER ACREAGE.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall include the following: 
(A) Any acreage on the farm enrolled in 
the conservation reserve program or wetlands 
reserve program (or successor programs) under 
chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.). 
(B) Any other acreage on the farm en-
rolled in a Federal conservation program for 
which payments are made in exchange for not 
producing an agricultural commodity on the 
acreage. 
(C) If the Secretary designates additional 
oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall
be determined in the same manner as eligible 
oilseed acreage under subsection (a)(1)(C). 
(3) SELECTION OF ACRES.—The Secretary shall 
give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select 
the base acres for a covered commodity or cotton for 
the farm against which the reduction required by 
paragraph (1) will be made. 
(4) EXCEPTION FOR DOUBLE-CROPPED ACRE-
AGE.—In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall make an exception in the case of double crop-
ping, as determined by the Secretary. 
(c) REDUCTION IN BASE ACRES.— 
(1) REDUCTION AT OPTION OF OWNER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The owner of a farm 
may reduce, at any time, the base acres for any 
covered commodity or cotton for the farm. 
(B) EFFECT OF REDUCTION.—A reduction 
under subparagraph (A) shall be permanent 
and made in a manner prescribed by the Sec-
retary. 
(2) REQUIRED ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
proportionately reduce base acres on a farm for 
covered commodities and cotton for land that 
has been subdivided and developed for multiple
residential units or other nonfarming uses if the 
size of the tracts and the density of the subdivi-
sion is such that the land is unlikely to return 
to the previous agricultural use, unless the pro-
ducers on the farm demonstrate that the land— 
(i) remains devoted to commercial ag-
ricultural production; or 
(ii) is likely to be returned to the pre-
vious agricultural use. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall 
establish procedures to identify land described 
in subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 1106. PAYMENT YIELDS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the pur-
pose of making payments under this subtitle, the Sec-
retary shall provide for the establishment of a yield for 
each farm for any designated oilseed for which a payment 
yield was not established under section 1102 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712) 
in accordance with this section. 
(b) PAYMENT
YIELDS
FOR
DESIGNATED
OIL-
SEEDS.— 
(1) DETERMINATION OF AVERAGE YIELD.—In 
the case of designated oilseeds, the Secretary shall 
determine the average yield per planted acre for the
designated oilseed on a farm for the 1998 through 
2001 crop years, excluding any crop year in which 
the acreage planted to the designated oilseed was 
zero. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The payment yield for 
a farm for a designated oilseed shall be equal 
to the product of the following: 
(i) The average yield for the des-
ignated oilseed determined under para-
graph (1). 
(ii) The ratio resulting from dividing 
the national average yield for the des-
ignated oilseed for the 1981 through 1985 
crops by the national average yield for the 
designated oilseed for the 1998 through 
2001 crops. 
(B) NO NATIONAL AVERAGE YIELD INFOR-
MATION AVAILABLE.—To the extent that na-
tional average yield information for a des-
ignated oilseed is not available, the Secretary 
shall use such information as the Secretary de-
termines to be fair and equitable to establish a 
national average yield under this section.
(3) USE OF COUNTY AVERAGE YIELD.—If the 
yield per planted acre for a crop of a designated oil-
seed for a farm for any of the 1998 through 2001 
crop years was less than 75 percent of the county 
yield for that designated oilseed, the Secretary shall 
assign a yield for that crop year equal to 75 percent 
of the county yield for the purpose of determining 
the average under paragraph (1). 
(4) NO HISTORIC YIELD DATA AVAILABLE.—In 
the case of establishing yields for designated oil-
seeds, if historic yield data is not available, the Sec-
retary shall use the ratio for dry peas calculated 
under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) in determining the yields 
for designated oilseeds, as determined to be fair and 
equitable by the Secretary. 
(c) EFFECT OF LACK OF PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
SECRETARY.—If no 
payment yield is otherwise established for a farm for 
which a covered commodity is planted and eligible to 
receive price loss coverage payments, the Secretary 
shall establish an appropriate payment yield for the 
covered commodity on the farm under paragraph 
(2). 
(2) USE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED FARMS.—To 
establish an appropriate payment yield for a covered
commodity on a farm as required by paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall take into consideration the farm 
program payment yields applicable to that covered 
commodity for similarly situated farms. The use of 
such data in an appeal, by the Secretary or by the 
producer, shall not be subject to any other provision 
of law. 
(d) SINGLE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YIELDS 
USED TO DETERMINE PRICE LOSS COVERAGE PAY-
MENTS.— 
(1) ELECTION TO UPDATE.—At the sole discre-
tion of the owner of a farm, the owner of a farm 
shall have a 1-time opportunity to update the pay-
ment yields on a covered commodity-by-covered-com-
modity basis that would otherwise be used in calcu-
lating any price loss coverage payment for covered 
commodities on the farm. 
(2) TIME FOR ELECTION.—The election under 
paragraph (1) shall be made at a time and manner 
to be in effect for the 2014 crop year as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(3) METHOD
OF
UPDATING
YIELDS.—If the 
owner of a farm elects to update yields under this 
subsection, the payment yield for a covered com-
modity on the farm, for the purpose of calculating
price loss coverage payments only, shall be equal to 
90 percent of the average of the yield per planted 
acre for the crop of the covered commodity on the 
farm for the 2008 through 2012 crop years, as de-
termined by the Secretary, excluding any crop year 
in which the acreage planted to the crop of the cov-
ered commodity was zero. 
(4) USE OF COUNTY AVERAGE YIELD.—If the 
yield per planted acre for a crop of the covered com-
modity for a farm for any of the 2008 through 2012 
crop years was less than 75 percent of the average 
of the 2008 through 2012 county yield for that com-
modity, the Secretary shall assign a yield for that 
crop year equal to 75 percent of the average of the 
2008 through 2012 county yield for the purposes of 
determining the average yield under paragraph (3). 
(5) EFFECT OF LACK OF PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
SECRETARY.— 
For purposes of this subsection, if no payment 
yield is otherwise established for a covered com-
modity on a farm, the Secretary shall establish 
an appropriate updated payment yield for the 
covered commodity on the farm under subpara-
graph (B).
(B) 
USE
OF
SIMILARLY
SITUATED 
FARMS.—To establish an appropriate payment 
yield for a covered commodity on a farm as re-
quired by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall 
take into consideration the farm program pay-
ment yields applicable to that covered com-
modity for similarly situated farms. The use of 
such data in an appeal, by the Secretary or by 
the producer, shall not be subject to any other 
provision of law. 
SEC. 1107. FARM RISK MANAGEMENT ELECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) PAYMENTS REQUIRED.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), if the Secretary determines that 
payments are required under subsection (b)(1) or 
(c)(2) for a covered commodity, the Secretary shall 
make payments for that covered commodity available 
under such subsection to producers on a farm pursu-
ant to the terms and conditions of this section. 
(2) 
PROHIBITION
ON
PAYMENTS; 
EXCEP-
TIONS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
title, a producer on a farm may not receive price loss 
coverage payments or revenue loss coverage pay-
ments if the sum of the planted acres of covered
commodities on the farm is 10 acres or less, as de-
termined by the Secretary, unless the producer is— 
(A) a socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2003(e))); or 
(B) a limited resource farmer or rancher, 
as defined by the Secretary. 
(b) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE.— 
(1) PAYMENTS.—For the 2014 crop year and 
each succeeding crop year, the Secretary shall make 
price loss coverage payments to producers on a farm 
for a covered commodity if the Secretary determines 
that— 
(A) the effective price for the covered com-
modity for the crop year; is less than 
(B) the reference price for the covered 
commodity for the crop year. 
(2) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—The effective price for 
a covered commodity for a crop year shall be the 
higher of— 
(A) the midseason price; or 
(B) the national average loan rate for a 
marketing assistance loan for the covered com-
modity in effect for such crop year under sub-
title B. 
(3) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate shall 
be equal to the difference between— 
(A) the reference price for the covered 
commodity; and 
(B) the effective price determined under 
paragraph (2) for the covered commodity. 
(4) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If price loss coverage 
payments are required to be provided under this 
subsection for the 2014 crop year or any succeding 
crop year 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— 
(A) the payment rate for the covered com-
modity under paragraph (3); 
(B) the payment yield for the covered com-
modity; and 
(C) the payment acres for the covered com-
modity. 
(5) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary de-
termines under this subsection that price loss cov-
erage payments are required to be provided for the 
covered commodity, the payments shall be made be-
ginning October 1, or as soon as practicable there-
after, after the end of the applicable marketing year 
for the covered commodity. 
(6) SPECIAL
RULE
FOR
BARLEY.—In deter-
mining the effective price for barley in paragraph 
(2), the Secretary shall use the all-barley price. 
(7) SPECIAL RULE FOR TEMPERATE JAPONICA 
RICE.—The Secretary shall provide a reference price 
with respect to temperate japonica rice in an amount 
equal to 115 percent of the amount established in 
subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 1104(16) in 
order to reflect price premiums. 
(c) REVENUE LOSS COVERAGE.— 
(1) AVAILABLE AS AN ALTERNATIVE.—As an 
alternative to receiving price loss coverage payments 
under subsection (b) for a covered commodity, all of 
the owners of the farm may make a one-time, irrev-
ocable election on a covered commodity-by-covered- 
commodity basis to receive revenue loss coverage 
payments for each covered commodity in accordance 
with this subsection. If any of the owners of the 
farm make different elections on the same covered 
commodity on the farm, all of the owners of the 
farm shall be deemed to have not made the election 
available under this paragraph.
(2) PAYMENTS.—In the case of owners of a 
farm that make the election described in paragraph 
(1) for a covered commodity, the Secretary shall 
make revenue loss coverage payments available 
under this subsection for the 2014 crop year and 
each succeeding crop year if the Secretary deter-
mines that— 
(A) the actual county revenue for the crop 
year for the covered commodity; is less than 
(B) the county revenue loss coverage trig-
ger for the crop year for the covered com-
modity. 
(3) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary de-
termines under this subsection that revenue loss cov-
erage payments are required to be provided for the 
covered commodity, payments shall be made begin-
ning October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, 
after the end of the applicable marketing year for 
the covered commodity. 
(4) ACTUAL COUNTY REVENUE.—The amount 
of the actual county revenue for a crop year of a 
covered commodity shall be equal to the product ob-
tained by multiplying—
(A) the actual county yield, as determined 
by the Secretary, for each planted acre for the 
crop year for the covered commodity; and 
(B) the higher of— 
(i) the midseason price; or 
(ii) the national average loan rate for 
a marketing assistance loan for the covered 
commodity in effect for such crop year 
under subtitle B. 
(5) COUNTY REVENUE LOSS COVERAGE TRIG-
GER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The county revenue 
loss coverage trigger for a crop year for a cov-
ered commodity on a farm shall equal 85 per-
cent of the benchmark county revenue. 
(B) BENCHMARK COUNTY REVENUE.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The benchmark 
county revenue shall be the product ob-
tained by multiplying— 
(I) subject to clause (ii), the av-
erage historical county yield as deter-
mined by the Secretary for the most 
recent 5 crop years, excluding each of 
the crop years with the highest and 
lowest yields; and
(II) subject to clause (iii), the av-
erage national marketing year average 
price for the most recent 5 crop years, 
excluding each of the crop years with 
the highest and lowest prices. 
(ii) YIELD CONDITIONS.—If the his-
torical county yield in clause (i)(I) for any 
of the 5 most recent crop years, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, is less than 70 
percent of the transitional yield, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, the amounts used 
for any of those years in clause (i)(I) shall 
be 70 percent of the transitional yield. 
(iii) REFERENCE PRICE.—If the na-
tional marketing year average price in 
clause (i)(II) for any of the 5 most recent 
crop years is lower than the reference price 
for the covered commodity, the Secretary 
shall use the reference price for any of 
those years for the amounts in clause 
(i)(II). 
(6) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate shall 
be equal to the lesser of— 
(A) the difference between—
(i) the county revenue loss coverage 
trigger for the covered commodity; and 
(ii) the actual county revenue for the 
crop year for the covered commodity; or 
(B) 10 percent of the benchmark county 
revenue for the crop year for the covered com-
modity. 
(7) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If revenue loss cov-
erage payments under this subsection are required 
to be provided for the 2014 crop year or any suc-
ceeding crop year of a covered commodity, the 
amount of the revenue loss coverage payment to be 
provided to the producers on a farm for the crop 
year shall be equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(A) the payment rate under paragraph (6); 
and 
(B) the payment acres of the covered com-
modity on the farm. 
(8) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In providing 
revenue loss coverage payments under this sub-
section, the Secretary— 
(A) shall ensure that producers on a farm 
do not reconstitute the farm of the producers to
(1) IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall apply 
only to producers of peanuts. 
(2) OPTIONS FOR OBTAINING LOAN.—A mar-
keting assistance loan under this section, and loan 
deficiency payments under section 1205, may be ob-
tained at the option of the producers on a farm 
through— 
(A) a designated marketing association or 
marketing cooperative of producers that is ap-
proved by the Secretary; or 
(B) the Farm Service Agency. 
(3) STORAGE OF LOAN PEANUTS.—As a condi-
tion on the approval by the Secretary of an indi-
vidual or entity to provide storage for peanuts for 
which a marketing assistance loan is made under 
this section, the individual or entity shall agree— 
(A) to provide the storage on a nondiscrim-
inatory basis; and 
(B) to comply with such additional require-
ments as the Secretary considers appropriate to 
accomplish the purposes of this section and pro-
mote fairness in the administration of the bene-
fits of this section. 
(4) STORAGE, HANDLING, AND
ASSOCIATED 
COSTS.—
tire dairy operation to the lessee, the Sec-
retary shall approve the transfer and, 
thereafter, the lessor shall have no interest 
for the duration of the term of the lease in 
the production history of the leased dairy 
operation. 
‘‘(C) COVERAGE LEVEL.—A purchaser or 
lessee to whom the Secretary transfers a pro-
duction history under this paragraph may not 
obtain a different level of margin insurance cov-
erage held by the seller or lessor from whom the 
transfer was obtained. 
‘‘(D) NEW
ENTRANTS.—The Secretary 
may not transfer the production history deter-
mined for a dairy producer described in sub-
section (d)(3)(B) to another person. 
‘‘(4) MOVEMENT AND TRANSFER OF PRODUC-
TION HISTORY.— 
‘‘(A) MOVEMENT AND TRANSFER AUTHOR-
IZED.—Subject to subparagraph (B), if a dairy 
producer moves from 1 location to another loca-
tion, the dairy producer may maintain the pro-
duction history associated with the operation. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION
REQUIREMENT.—A 
dairy producer shall notify the Secretary of any