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ticable, the Secretary shall develop and im-
plement an acreage report streamlining ini-
tiative project to allow producers to report 
acreage and other information directly to 
the Department.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (1) 
and inserting the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub-
section (j)(1), the Corporation may use, from 
amounts made available from the insurance fund 
established under section 516(c), not more 
than— 
‘‘(i)(I) 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2014, 
$25,000,000; and 
‘‘(II) for each of fiscal years 2015 
through 2018, $10,000,000; or 
‘‘(ii) if the Acreage Crop Reporting 
Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project is 
substantially completed by September 30, 
2015, not more than $15,000,000 for each of 
the fiscal years 2015 through 2018. 
‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall 
notify the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
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culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate of 
the substantial completion of the Acreage Crop 
Reporting 
Streamlining 
Initiative 
(ACRSI) 
project not later than July 1, 2015.’’. 
SEC. 11020. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVEL-
OPMENT, PRIORITIES.—Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘CON-
TRACTING’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘may enter into con-
tracts to carry out research and development to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘may conduct activities or enter into con-
tracts to carry out research and development to main-
tain or improve existing policies or develop new poli-
cies to’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘con-
duct research and development or’’ after ‘‘The 
Corporation may’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting 
‘‘conducting research and development or’’ after 
‘‘Before’’; 
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(4) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘after expert 
review in accordance with section 505(e)’’ after ‘‘ap-
proved by the Board’’; and 
(5) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘a pasture, 
range, and forage program’’ and inserting ‘‘policies 
that increase participation by producers of under-
served agricultural commodities, including sweet sor-
ghum, biomass sorghum, rice, peanuts, sugarcane, al-
falfa, and specialty crops’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 522(e) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(A) CONDUCTING AND CONTRACTING 
FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘con-
duct research and development and’’ after ‘‘the 
Corporation may use to’’; and 
(C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘con-
duct research and development and’’ after ‘‘for 
the fiscal year to’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘to provide ei-
ther reimbursement payments or contract payments’’; 
and 
(3) by striking paragraph (4). 
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SEC. 11021. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 
CONTRACTING REQUIREMENTS. 
Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (17) as para-
graph (24); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (16), the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(17) MARGIN COVERAGE FOR CATFISH.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into a contract with a qualified en-
tity to conduct research and development regard-
ing a policy to insure producers against reduc-
tion in the margin between the market value of 
catfish and selected costs incurred in the produc-
tion of catfish. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—Eligibility for the pol-
icy described in subparagraph (A) shall be lim-
ited to freshwater species of catfish that are 
propagated and reared in controlled or selected 
environments. 
‘‘(C) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Board shall 
review the policy described in subparagraph (B) 
under subsection 508(h) and approve the policy 
if the Board finds that the policy— 
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‘‘(i) will likely result in a viable and 
marketable policy consistent with this sub-
section; 
‘‘(ii) would provide crop insurance 
coverage in a significantly improved form; 
‘‘(iii) adequately protects the interests 
of producers; and 
‘‘(iv) the proposed policy meets other 
requirements of this subtitle determined ap-
propriate by the Board. 
‘‘(18) BIOMASS AND SWEET SORGHUM ENERGY 
CROP INSURANCE POLICIES.— 
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—The Corporation shall 
offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with 
qualified entities to carry out research and devel-
opment regarding— 
‘‘(i) a policy to insure biomass sor-
ghum that is grown expressly for the pur-
pose of producing a feedstock for renewable 
biofuel, renewable electricity, or biobased 
products; and 
‘‘(ii) a policy to insure sweet sorghum 
that is grown for a purpose described in 
clause (i). 
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‘‘(B) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.—Re-
search and development with respect to each of 
the policies required in subparagraph (A) shall 
evaluate the effectiveness of risk management 
tools for the production of biomass sorghum or 
sweet sorghum, including policies and plans of 
insurance that— 
‘‘(i) are based on market prices and 
yields; 
‘‘(ii) to the extent that insufficient 
data exist to develop a policy based on mar-
ket prices and yields, evaluate the policies 
and plans of insurance based on the use of 
weather indices, including excessive or inad-
equate rainfall, to protect the interest of 
crop producers; and 
‘‘(iii) provide protection for production 
or revenue losses, or both. 
‘‘(19) STUDY ON SWINE CATASTROPHIC DISEASE 
PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Corporation shall 
contract with a qualified person to conduct a 
study to determine the feasibility of insuring 
swine producers for a catastrophic event. 
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