ance Accountability Act of 2013, the person 
shall have 2 reinsurance years after the date of 
final determination, including all administrative 
appeals, to take such steps as the Secretary de-
termines appropriate to remedy or mitigate the 
violation in accordance with subsection (c). 
‘‘(C) GOOD FAITH.—If the Secretary de-
termines that a person subject to a final deter-
mination, including all administrative appeals, 
of a violation of subsection (c) acted in good 
faith and without intent to violate this section 
as described in section 1222(h), the Secretary 
shall give the person 1 reinsurance year to 
begin mitigation, restoration, or such other 
steps as are determined necessary by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(D) TENANT RELIEF.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a tenant is de-
termined to be ineligible for payments and 
other benefits under this section, the Sec-
retary may limit the ineligibility only to the 
farm that is the basis for the ineligibility 
determination if the tenant has estab-
lished, to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
that— 
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‘‘(I) the tenant has made a good 
faith effort to meet the requirements 
of this section, including enlisting the 
assistance of the Secretary to obtain a 
reasonable conservation plan for res-
toration or mitigation for the farm; 
‘‘(II) the landlord on the farm re-
fuses to comply with the plan on the 
farm; and 
‘‘(III) the Secretary determines 
that the lack of compliance is not a 
part of a scheme or device to avoid 
the compliance. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT.—The Secretary shall 
provide an annual report to the Committee 
on Agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate con-
cerning the ineligibility determinations lim-
ited during the previous 12-month period 
under this subparagraph. 
‘‘(E) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Beginning with 
the first full reinsurance year immediately 
following the date of enactment of this 
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paragraph, all persons seeking eligibility 
for the payment of a portion of the pre-
mium paid by the Federal Crop Insurance 
Corporation for a policy or plan of insur-
ance under the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall provide 
certification of compliance with this section 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(ii) TIMELY EVALUATION.—The Sec-
retary shall evaluate the certification in a 
timely manner and— 
‘‘(I) a person who has properly 
complied with certification shall be 
held harmless with regard to eligibility 
during the period of evaluation; and 
‘‘(II) if the Secretary fails to 
evaluate the certification in a timely 
manner and the person is subse-
quently found to be in violation of 
subsection (c), ineligibility shall not 
apply to the person for that violation. 
‘‘(iii) EQUITABLE CONTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—If a person 
fails to provide certification of compli-
ance to the Secretary as required and 
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is subsequently found in violation of 
subsection (c), the Secretary shall de-
termine the amount of an equitable 
contribution to conservation in accord-
ance with section 1241(e) by the per-
son for the violation. 
‘‘(II) 
LIMITATION.—The 
con-
tribution shall not exceed the total of 
the portion of the premium paid by 
the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora-
tion for a policy or plan of insurance 
for all years the person is determined 
to have been in violation subsequent 
to the date on which certification was 
first required under this subpara-
graph.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and 
(e) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) INELIGIBILITY FOR CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM 
ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a person is determined 
to have committed a violation under subsection (a) 
or (d) during a crop year, the person shall be ineli-
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gible to receive any payment of any portion of the 
premium paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Cor-
poration for a policy or plan of insurance under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 
‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—Ineligibility under this 
subsection shall— 
‘‘(A) only apply to reinsurance years subse-
quent to the date of final determination of a 
violation, including all administrative appeals; 
and 
‘‘(B) not apply to— 
‘‘(i) the existing reinsurance year; or 
‘‘(ii) any reinsurance year prior to the 
date of final determination. 
‘‘(3) DATE OF CONVERSION.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (d), ineligibility for crop insurance pre-
mium assistance shall apply as follows: 
‘‘(A) In the case of wetland that the Sec-
retary determines was converted after the date 
of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) but 
on or before May 1, 2013, and continues to be 
in violation, the person shall have 2 reinsurance 
years after the date on which this subsection 
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applies, to begin the mitigation process, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) In the case of wetland that the Sec-
retary determines was converted after May 1, 
2013— 
‘‘(i) subject to clause (ii), the person 
shall be ineligible to receive crop insurance 
premium subsidies in subsequent reinsur-
ance years unless section 1222(b) applies; 
and 
‘‘(ii) for any violation that the Sec-
retary determines impacts less than 5 
acres of the entire farm, the person may 
pay a contribution in accordance with sec-
tion 1241(e) in an amount equal to 150 
percent of the cost of mitigation, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, for wetland res-
toration in lieu of ineligibility to receive 
crop insurance premium assistance. 
‘‘(C) In the case of a wetland that the Sec-
retary determines was converted prior to the 
date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et 
seq.), ineligibility under this subsection shall 
not apply. 
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‘‘(D) In the case of an agricultural com-
modity for which an individual policy or plan of 
insurance is available for the first time to the 
person after the date of enactment of the Crop 
Insurance Accountability Act of 2013— 
‘‘(i) ineligibility shall apply only to 
conversions that take place after the date 
on which the policy or plan of insurance 
first becomes available to the person; and 
‘‘(ii) the person shall take such steps 
as the Secretary determines appropriate to 
mitigate any prior conversion in a timely 
manner but not to exceed 2 calendar years. 
‘‘(4) CERTIFICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In enforcing eligibility 
under this subsection, the Secretary shall use 
existing processes and procedures for certifying 
compliance. 
‘‘(B) 
RESPONSIBILITY.—The 
Secretary, 
acting through the agencies of the Department 
of Agriculture, shall be solely responsible for de-
termining whether a producer is eligible to re-
ceive crop insurance premium subsidies in ac-
cordance with this subsection. 
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‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that no agent, approved insurance pro-
vider, or employee or contractor of an agency or 
approved insurance provider, bears responsi-
bility or liability for the eligibility of an insured 
producer under this subsection, other than in 
cases of misrepresentation, fraud, or a scheme 
or device to avoid compliance.’’. 
SEC. 3. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 1241(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
(16 U.S.C. 3841(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Effective for fiscal year 
2005 and each subsequent fiscal year, Commodity 
Credit Corporation funds made available for each of 
the programs specified in paragraphs (1) through 
(7) of 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 provi-
sion of technical assistance for conservation 
programs specified in subsection (a) other than 
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the program for which the funds were made 
available. 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—In the delivery of 
technical assistance under the Soil Conservation 
and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et 
seq.), the Secretary shall give priority to pro-
ducers who request technical assistance from 
the Secretary in order to comply for the first 
time with the requirements of subtitle B and 
subtitle C of this title as a result of the amend-
ments made by section 2 of the Crop Insurance 
Accountability Act of 2013. 
‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 270 days 
after the date of enactment of the Crop Insur-
ance Accountability Act of 2013, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate a report regarding the extent to 
which the conservation compliance requirements 
contained in the amendments made by section 
2 of the Crop Insurance Accountability Act of 
2013 apply to and impact specialty crop grow-
ers, including national analysis and surveys to 
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determine the extent of specialty crop acreage 
on highly erodible land and wetlands.’’. 
Æ 
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