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Sec. 9015. Future farmsteads program. 
Sec. 9016. Sense of Congress on renewable energy. 
Sec. 9017. Biodiesel fuel education program. 
Sec. 9018. Biomass energy reserve. 
Sec. 9019. Forest biomass for energy. 
Sec. 9019. Community wood energy program. 
Sec. 9020. Supplementing corn as an ethanol feedstock. 
TITLE X—HORTICULTURE AND ORGANIC AGRICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Honey and Bees 
Sec. 10001. Annual report on response to honey bee colony collapse disorder. 
Subtitle B—Horticulture Provisions 
Sec. 10101. Tree assistance program. 
Sec. 10102. Specialty crop block grants. 
Sec. 10103. Additional section 32 funds for purchase of fruits, vegetables, and 
nuts to support domestic nutrition assistance programs. 
Sec. 10103A. Additional section 32 funds to provide grants for the purchase 
and operation of urban gardens growing organic fruits and 
vegetables for the local population. 
Sec. 10104. Independent evaluation of Department of Agriculture commodity 
purchase process. 
Sec. 10105. Quality requirements for clementines. 
Sec. 10106. Implementation of food safety programs under marketing orders. 
Sec. 10107. Inclusion of specialty crops in census of agriculture. 
Sec. 10108. Maturity requirements for Hass avocados. 
Sec. 10109. Mushroom promotion, research, and consumer information. 
Sec. 10110. Fresh produce education initiative. 
Subtitle C—Pest and Disease Management 
Sec. 10201. Pest and disease program. 
Sec. 10202. Multi-species fruit fly research and sterile fly production. 
Subtitle D—Organic Agriculture 
Sec. 10301. National organic certification cost-share program. 
Sec. 10302. Organic production and market data. 
Sec. 10303. Organic conversion, technical, and educational assistance. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 10401. Grant program to improve movement of specialty crops. 
Sec. 10402. Authorization of appropriations for market news activities regard-
ing specialty crops. 
Sec. 10403. Farmer marketing assistance program. 
Sec. 10404. National Clean Plant Network. 
Sec. 10405. Healthy food urban enterprise development program. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Federal Crop Insurance 
Sec. 11001. Premiums and reinsurance requirements. 
Sec. 11002. Catastrophic risk protection administrative fee. 
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Sec. 11003. Funding for reimbursements, contracting, risk management edu-
cation, and information technology. 
Sec. 11004. Reimbursement of research and development costs related to new 
crop insurance products. 
Sec. 11005. Research and development contracts for organic production cov-
erage improvements. 
Sec. 11006. Targeting risk management education for beginning farmers and 
ranchers and certain other farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 11007. Crop insurance ineligibility related to crop production on noncrop-
land. 
Sec. 11008. Funds for data mining. 
Sec. 11009. Noninsured crop assistance program. 
Sec. 11010. Change in due date for Corporation payments for underwriting 
gains. 
Sec. 11011. Sesame insurance pilot program. 
Sec. 11012. National Drought Council and drought preparedness plans. 
Sec. 11013. Payment of portion of premium for area revenue plans. 
Sec. 11014. Share of risk. 
Sec. 11015. Livestock Assistance. 
Sec. 11016. Determination of certain sweet potato production. 
Subtitle B—Livestock and Poultry 
Sec. 11101. Sense of Congress regarding pseudorabies eradication program. 
Sec. 11102. Arbitration of livestock and poultry contracts. 
Sec. 11103. State-inspected meat and poultry. 
Sec. 11104. Country of origin labeling. 
Sec. 11105. Sense of Congress regarding the voluntary control program for low 
pathogenic avian influenza. 
Sec. 11106. Sense of Congress regarding the cattle fever tick eradication pro-
gram. 
Subtitle C—Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource 
Producers 
Sec. 11201. Outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farm-
ers and ranchers and limited resource farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 11202. Improved program delivery by Department of Agriculture on In-
dian reservations. 
Sec. 11203. Transparency and accountability for socially disadvantaged farmers 
and ranchers. 
Sec. 11204. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 11205. Provision of receipt for service or denial of service. 
Sec. 11206. Tracking of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and lim-
ited resource farmers and ranchers in Census of Agriculture 
and certain studies. 
Sec. 11207. Farmworker coordinator. 
Sec. 11208. Office of Outreach relocation. 
Sec. 11209. Minority farmer advisory committee. 
Sec. 11210. Coordinator for chronically underserved rural areas. 
Subtitle D—Other Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 11301. Designation of separate cotton-producing States under Cotton Re-
search and Promotion Act. 
Sec. 11302. Cotton classification services. 
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Sec. 11303. Availability of excess and surplus computers in rural areas. 
Sec. 11304. Permanent debarment from participation in Department of Agri-
culture programs for fraud. 
Sec. 11305. No discrimination against use of registered pesticide products or 
classes of pesticide products. 
Sec. 11306. Prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm 
Service Agency, Rural Development Agency, and Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service. 
Sec. 11307. Regulation of exports of plants, plant products, biological control 
organisms, and noxious weeds. 
Sec. 11308. Grants to reduce production of methamphetamines from anhydrous 
ammonia. 
Sec. 11309. USDA Graduate School. 
Sec. 11310. Prevention and investigation of payment and fraud and error. 
Sec. 11311. Sense of Congress regarding food deserts, geographically isolated 
neighborhoods and communities with limited or no access to 
major chain grocery stores. 
Sec. 11312. Pigford claims. 
Sec. 11313. Comptroller general study of wastewater infrastructure near 
United States-Mexico border. 
Sec. 11314. Elimination of statute of limitations applicable to collection of debt 
by administrative offset. 
Sec. 11315. Pollinator protection. 
Sec. 11316. Prohibition on use of live animals for marketing medical devices; 
fines under the Animal Welfare Act. 
Sec. 11317. Protection of pets. 
TITLE XII—PREVENTION OF TAX TREATY EXPLOITATION TO 
EVADE UNITED STATES TAXATION 
Sec. 12001. Limitation on treaty benefits for certain deductible payments. 
TITLE XIII—ADDITIONAL OFFSETS 
Subtitle A—Conservation of Resources Fees and Repeal of Royalty Relief 
Sec. 13001. Conservation of resources fees. 
Sec. 13002. Repeal of certain taxpayer subsidized royalty relief for the oil and 
gas industry. 
Sec. 13003. Time for payment of corporate estimated taxes. 
Subtitle B—Allocation of Offsets 
Sec. 13011. Report on funds; rate of federal crop insurance. 
TITLE I—COMMODITY 
PROGRAMS 
Sec. 1001. Definitions. 
Subtitle A—Direct Payments and Counter-Cyclical Payments 
Sec. 1101. Adjustments to base acres. 
Sec. 1102. Availability of direct payments. 
Sec. 1103. Availability of counter-cyclical payments. 
Sec. 1104. Availability of revenue-based counter-cyclical payments. 
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Sec. 1105. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of direct pay-
ments and counter-cyclical payments. 
Sec. 1106. Planting flexibility. 
Sec. 1107. Period of effectiveness. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments 
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. Deadline for repayment of marketing assistance loan for peanuts. 
Sec. 1211. Commodity quality incentive payments for healthy oilseeds. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar program. 
Sec. 1302. United States membership in the international sugar organization. 
Sec. 1303. Flexible marketing allotments for sugar. 
Subtitle D—Dairy-Related Provisions 
Sec. 1401. Dairy product price support program. 
Sec. 1402. Dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1403. Dairy export incentive program. 
Sec. 1404. Revision of Federal marketing order amendment procedures. 
Sec. 1405. Dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1406. Extension of milk income loss contract program. 
Sec. 1407. Dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1408. Report on Department of Agriculture reporting procedures for non-
fat dry milk. 
Sec. 1409. Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission. 
Subtitle E—Administration 
Sec. 1501. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1502. Suspension of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1503. Payment Limitations. 
Sec. 1504. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1505. Adjustments of loans. 
Sec. 1506. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1507. Extension of existing administrative authority regarding loans. 
Sec. 1508. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1509. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1510. Upland cotton storage payments. 
Sec. 1511. Government publication of cotton price forecasts. 
SEC. 1001. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
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(1) AGRICULTURAL
ACT
OF
1949.—The term 
‘‘Agricultural Act of 1949’’ means the Agricultural 
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), as in effect 
prior to the suspensions under section 171 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7301), section 1602(b) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 7992(b)), and section 1502(b) of this Act. 
(2) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’, with 
respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means 
the number of acres established under sections 1101 
and 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7952), as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, subject to any adjustment under section 
1101 of this Act. 
(3) COMPARABLE UNITED STATES QUALITY.— 
The term ‘‘Comparable United States Quality’’, with 
respect to upland cotton, means upland cotton clas-
sified as Middling (M) 13⁄32-inch cotton with a 
micronaire of 3.7 to 4.2, strength 30 grams per tex, 
and uniformity of 83. 
(4) COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENT.—The term 
‘‘counter-cyclical payment’’ means a payment made 
to producers on a farm under section 1103 or 1104. 
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(5) COVERED COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘covered 
commodity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, bar-
ley, oats, upland cotton, rice, soybeans, peanuts, and 
other oilseeds. 
(6) DIRECT PAYMENT.—The term ‘‘direct pay-
ment’’ means a payment made to producers on a 
farm under section 1102. 
(7) 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 1103 to determine whether 
counter-cyclical payments are required to be made 
for that crop year under that section. 
(8) 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-
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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. 
(9) FAR
EAST
PRICE.—The term ‘‘Far East 
price’’ means the Friday through Thursday average 
price quotation for the three lowest-priced growths 
of upland cotton, as quoted for Middling (M) 13⁄32- 
inch cotton, delivered C/F Far East. 
(10) LOAN COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘loan com-
modity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, feed 
barley, malt barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long 
staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, 
short grain rice, soybeans, peanuts, other oilseeds, 
wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, and small 
chickpeas. 
(11) OTHER OILSEED.—The term ‘‘other oil-
seed’’ means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, 
canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, 
sesame seed, or, if designated by the Secretary, an-
other oilseed. 
(12) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘‘payment 
acres’’, with respect to a covered commodity on a 
farm, means 85 percent of the base acres for the 
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covered commodity, on which direct payments and 
counter-cyclical payments are made. 
(13) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’ means the yield established for direct pay-
ments and counter-cyclical payments under section 
1102 or 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7912; 7952), as in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment 
of this Act, for a farm for a covered commodity. 
(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. 
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(15) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(16) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
any other territory or possession of the United 
States. 
(17) TARGET PRICE.—The term ‘‘target price’’ 
means the price per bushel (or other appropriate 
unit in the case of upland cotton, rice, peanuts, and 
other oilseeds) of a covered commodity used to de-
termine the payment rate for counter-cyclical pay-
ments under section 1103. 
(18) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘‘United 
States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means 
all of the States. 
(19) 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 cotton and for M 13⁄32-inch exceeds 
the difference in the applicable premiums for com-
parable international qualities delivered C/F Far 
East. 
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Subtitle A—Direct Payments and 
Counter-Cyclical Payments 
SEC. 1101. ADJUSTMENTS TO BASE ACRES. 
(a) TREATMENT OF CONSERVATION RESERVE CON-
TRACT ACREAGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres 
for covered commodities for a farm whenever either 
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. 
(2) SPECIAL PAYMENT RULES.—For the crop 
year in which a base acres adjustment under para-
graph (1) is first made, the owner of the farm shall 
elect to receive either direct payments and counter- 
cyclical payments 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.— 
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