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Calendar No. 136 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2642 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 16 (legislative day, JULY 15), 2013 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2018, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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 
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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 
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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. 
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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 
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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 
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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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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. 
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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 
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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. 
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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-
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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: 
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(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 
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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 
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(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 
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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. 
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(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. 
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(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 
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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. 
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(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. 
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(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 
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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. 
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(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). 
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(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-
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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 
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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— 
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(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 
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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 
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(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. 
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(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 
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(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 
void or change the election made under para-
graph (1); 
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall use all available information and analysis, 
including data mining, to check for anomalies 
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in the provision of revenue loss coverage pay-
ments; 
(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall calculate a separate county revenue loss 
coverage trigger for irrigated and nonirrigated 
covered commodities and a separate actual 
county revenue for irrigated and nonirrigated 
covered commodities; 
(D) shall assign a benchmark county yield 
for each planted acre for the crop year for the 
covered commodity on the basis of the yield his-
tory of representative farms in the State, re-
gion, or crop reporting district, as determined 
by the Secretary, if— 
(i) the Secretary cannot establish the 
benchmark county yield for each planted 
acre for a crop year for a covered com-
modity in the county in accordance with 
paragraph (5); or 
(ii) the yield determined under para-
graph (5) is an unrepresentative average 
yield for the county (as determined by the 
Secretary); and 
(E) to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall ensure that in order to be eligible for a 
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payment under this subsection, the producers 
on the farm suffered an actual loss on the cov-
ered commodity for the crop year for which 
payment is sought. 
(d) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit 
to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, 
and Forestry of the Senate a report annually containing 
an evaluation of the impact of price loss coverage and rev-
enue loss coverage— 
(1) on the planting, production, price, and ex-
port of covered commodities; and 
(2) on the cost of each commodity program. 
(e) CAP
ON TOTAL OBLIGATIONS
AND EXPENDI-
TURES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, the total amount of price loss coverage payments and 
revenue loss coverage payments made under this section 
during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 shall 
not exceed $16,956,500,000. Producer agreements re-
quired by section 1108 shall specifically state that pay-
ments made under this section shall be reduced as nec-
essary to comply with this subsection. 
SEC. 1108. PRODUCER AGREEMENTS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
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(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Before the producers on 
a farm may receive payments under this subtitle 
with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, 
during the crop year for which the payments are 
made and in exchange for the payments— 
(A) to comply with applicable conservation 
requirements under subtitle B of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 
et seq.); 
(B) to comply with applicable wetland pro-
tection requirements under subtitle C of title 
XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); and 
(C) to effectively control noxious weeds 
and otherwise maintain the land in accordance 
with sound agricultural practices, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(2) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary may issue 
such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to 
ensure producer compliance with the requirements of 
paragraph (1). 
(3) MODIFICATION.—At the request of the 
transferee or owner, the Secretary may modify the 
requirements of this subsection if the modifications 
are consistent with the objectives of this subsection, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
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(b) TRANSFER
OR
CHANGE
OF
INTEREST
IN 
FARM.— 
(1) TERMINATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (2), a transfer of (or change in) the 
interest of the producers on a farm for which 
payments under this subtitle are provided shall 
result in the termination of the payments, un-
less the transferee or owner of the acreage 
agrees to assume all obligations under sub-
section (a). 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The termination 
shall take effect on the date determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—If a producer entitled to a 
payment under this subtitle dies, becomes incom-
petent, or is otherwise unable to receive the pay-
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. 
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(d) TENANTS AND SHARECROPPERS.—In carrying 
out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safe-
guards to protect the interests of tenants and share-
croppers. 
(e) 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. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans 
SEC. 1201. AVAILABILITY OF NONRECOURSE MARKETING 
ASSISTANCE LOANS FOR LOAN COMMOD-
ITIES. 
(a) DEFINITION OF LOAN COMMODITY.—In this sub-
title, the term ‘‘loan commodity’’ means wheat, corn, grain 
sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple 
cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soy-
beans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mo-
hair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(b) NONRECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the 2014 crops and 
each succeeding annual crops of each loan com-
modity, the Secretary shall make available to pro-
ducers on a farm nonrecourse marketing assistance 
loans for loan commodities produced on the farm. 
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(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The marketing 
assistance loans shall be made under terms and con-
ditions that are prescribed by the Secretary and at 
the loan rate established under section 1202 for the 
loan commodity. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTION.—The producers on a 
farm shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan 
under subsection (b) for any quantity of a loan commodity 
produced on the farm. 
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH CONSERVATION AND WET-
LANDS REQUIREMENTS.—As a condition of the receipt of 
a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b), the pro-
ducer shall comply with applicable conservation require-
ments under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.) and applicable wet-
land protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII 
of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.) during the term of 
the loan. 
(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR PEANUTS.— 
(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-
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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.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To ensure proper stor-
age of peanuts for which a loan is made under 
this section, the Secretary shall pay handling 
and other associated costs (other than storage 
costs) incurred at the time at which the peanuts 
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are placed under loan, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(B) REDEMPTION AND FORFEITURE.—The 
Secretary shall— 
(i) require the repayment of handling 
and other associated costs paid under sub-
paragraph (A) for all peanuts pledged as 
collateral for a loan that is redeemed under 
this section; and 
(ii) pay storage, handling, and other 
associated costs for all peanuts pledged as 
collateral that are forfeited under this sec-
tion. 
(5) MARKETING.—A marketing association or 
cooperative may market peanuts for which a loan is 
made under this section in any manner that con-
forms to consumer needs, including the separation of 
peanuts by type and quality. 
(6) REIMBURSABLE
AGREEMENTS
AND
PAY-
MENT
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Sec-
retary may implement any reimbursable agreements 
or provide for the payment of administrative ex-
penses under this subsection only in a manner that 
is consistent with those activities in regard to other 
loan commodities. 
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SEC. 1202. LOAN RATES FOR NONRECOURSE MARKETING 
ASSISTANCE LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the 2014 crop 
year and each succeeding crop year, the loan rate for a 
marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan 
commodity shall be equal to the following: 
(1) In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel. 
(2) In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel. 
(3) In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per 
bushel. 
(4) In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel. 
(5) In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel. 
(6) In the case of base quality of upland cotton, 
for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop 
year, the simple average of the adjusted prevailing 
world price for the 2 immediately preceding mar-
keting years, as determined by the Secretary and an-
nounced October 1 preceding the next domestic 
plantings, but in no case less than $0.47 per pound 
or more than $0.52 per pound. 
(7) In the case of extra long staple cotton, 
$0.7977 per pound. 
(8) In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per 
hundredweight. 
(9) In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per 
hundredweight. 
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(10) In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel. 
(11) In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per 
hundredweight for each of the following kinds of oil-
seeds: 
(A) Sunflower seed. 
(B) Rapeseed. 
(C) Canola. 
(D) Safflower. 
(E) Flaxseed. 
(F) Mustard seed. 
(G) Crambe. 
(H) Sesame seed. 
(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Sec-
retary. 
(12) In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hun-
dredweight. 
(13) In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundred-
weight. 
(14) In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per 
hundredweight. 
(15) In the case of large chickpeas, $11.28 per 
hundredweight. 
(16) In the case of graded wool, $1.15 per 
pound. 
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(17) In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per 
pound. 
(18) In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound. 
(19) In the case of honey, $0.69 per pound. 
(20) In the case of peanuts, $355 per ton. 
(b) SINGLE COUNTY LOAN RATE FOR OTHER OIL-
SEEDS.—The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate 
in each county for each kind of other oilseeds described 
in subsection (a)(11). 
SEC. 1203. TERM OF LOANS. 
(a) TERM OF LOAN.—In the case of each loan com-
modity, a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 
shall have a term of 9 months beginning on the first day 
of the first month after the month in which the loan is 
made. 
(b) EXTENSIONS PROHIBITED.—The Secretary may 
not extend the term of a marketing assistance loan for 
any loan commodity. 
SEC. 1204. REPAYMENT OF LOANS. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Secretary shall permit the 
producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan 
under section 1201 for a loan commodity (other than up-
land cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, extra long 
staple cotton, peanuts and confectionery and each other 
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kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)) at 
a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
under section 1202, plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); 
(2) a rate (as determined by the Secretary) 
that— 
(A) is calculated based on average market 
prices for the loan commodity during the pre-
ceding 30-day period; and 
(B) will minimize discrepancies in mar-
keting loan benefits across State boundaries 
and across county boundaries; or 
(3) a rate that the Secretary may develop using 
alternative methods for calculating a repayment rate 
for a loan commodity that the Secretary determines 
will— 
(A) minimize potential loan forfeitures; 
(B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of 
the commodity by the Federal Government; 
(C) minimize the cost incurred by the Fed-
eral Government in storing the commodity; 
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(D) allow the commodity produced in the 
United States to be marketed freely and com-
petitively, both domestically and internationally; 
and 
(E) minimize discrepancies in marketing 
loan benefits across State boundaries and 
across county boundaries. 
(b) REPAYMENT RATES FOR UPLAND COTTON, LONG 
GRAIN RICE, AND MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The Secretary 
shall permit producers to repay a marketing assistance 
loan under section 1201 for upland cotton, long grain rice, 
and medium grain rice at a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
under section 1202, plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); or 
(2) the prevailing world market price for the 
commodity, as determined and adjusted by the Sec-
retary in accordance with this section. 
(c) REPAYMENT RATES FOR EXTRA LONG STAPLE 
COTTON.—Repayment of a marketing assistance loan for 
extra long staple cotton shall be at the loan rate estab-
lished for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest 
(determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal 
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Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7283)). 
(d) PREVAILING WORLD MARKET PRICE.—For pur-
poses of this section and section 1207, the Secretary shall 
prescribe by regulation— 
(1) a formula to determine the prevailing world 
market price for each of upland cotton, long grain 
rice, and medium grain rice; and 
(2) a mechanism by which the Secretary shall 
announce periodically those prevailing world market 
prices. 
(e) ADJUSTMENT OF PREVAILING WORLD MARKET 
PRICE FOR UPLAND COTTON, LONG GRAIN RICE, AND 
MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.— 
(1) RICE.—The prevailing world market price 
for long grain rice and medium grain rice deter-
mined under subsection (d) shall be adjusted to 
United States quality and location. 
(2) COTTON.—The prevailing world market 
price for upland cotton determined under subsection 
(d)— 
(A) shall be adjusted to United States 
quality and location, with the adjustment to in-
clude— 
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(i) a reduction equal to any United 
States Premium Factor for upland cotton 
of a quality higher than Middling (M) 
13⁄32-inch; and 
(ii) the average costs to market the 
commodity, including average transpor-
tation costs, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
(B) may be further adjusted, during the 
period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on July 31, 2019, if the 
Secretary determines the adjustment is nec-
essary— 
(i) to minimize potential loan forfeit-
ures; 
(ii) to minimize the accumulation of 
stocks of upland cotton by the Federal 
Government; 
(iii) to ensure that upland cotton pro-
duced in the United States can be mar-
keted freely and competitively, both domes-
tically and internationally; and 
(iv) to ensure an appropriate transi-
tion between current-crop and forward- 
crop price quotations, except that the Sec-
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retary 
may 
use 
forward-crop 
price 
quotations prior to July 31 of a marketing 
year only if— 
(I) there are insufficient current- 
crop price quotations; and 
(II) 
the 
forward-crop 
price 
quotation is the lowest such quotation 
available. 
(3) GUIDELINES
FOR
ADDITIONAL
ADJUST-
MENTS.—In making adjustments under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall establish a mechanism 
for determining and announcing the adjustments in 
order to avoid undue disruption in the United States 
market. 
(f) REPAYMENT RATES FOR CONFECTIONERY AND 
OTHER KINDS OF SUNFLOWER SEEDS.—The Secretary 
shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing 
assistance loan under section 1201 for confectionery and 
each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower 
seed) at a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity 
under section 1202, plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); or 
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(2) the repayment rate established for oil sun-
flower seed. 
(g) PAYMENT OF COTTON STORAGE COSTS.—Effec-
tive for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, 
the Secretary shall make cotton storage payments avail-
able in the same manner, and at the same rates as the 
Secretary provided storage payments for the 2006 crop 
of cotton, except that the rates shall be reduced by 10 
percent. 
(h) REPAYMENT RATE
FOR PEANUTS.—The Sec-
retary shall permit producers on a farm to repay a mar-
keting assistance loan for peanuts under section 1201 at 
a rate that is the lesser of— 
(1) the loan rate established for peanuts under 
section 1202(a)(20), plus interest (determined in ac-
cordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)); or 
(2) a rate that the Secretary determines will— 
(A) minimize potential loan forfeitures; 
(B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of 
peanuts by the Federal Government; 
(C) minimize the cost incurred by the Fed-
eral Government in storing peanuts; and 
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(D) allow peanuts produced in the United 
States to be marketed freely and competitively, 
both domestically and internationally. 
(i) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY ADJUST REPAY-
MENT RATES.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—In the event of 
a severe disruption to marketing, transportation, or 
related infrastructure, the Secretary may modify the 
repayment rate otherwise applicable under this sec-
tion for marketing assistance loans under section 
1201 for a loan commodity. 
(2) DURATION.—Any adjustment made under 
paragraph (1) in the repayment rate for marketing 
assistance loans for a loan commodity shall be in ef-
fect on a short-term and temporary basis, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 1205. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS. 
(a) AVAILABILITY
OF
LOAN
DEFICIENCY
PAY-
MENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub-
section (d), the Secretary may make loan deficiency 
payments available to producers on a farm that, al-
though eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan 
under section 1201 with respect to a loan com-
modity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the 
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commodity in return for loan deficiency payments 
under this section. 
(2) UNSHORN PELTS, HAY, AND SILAGE.— 
(A) MARKETING
ASSISTANCE
LOANS.— 
Subject to subparagraph (B), nongraded wool 
in the form of unshorn pelts and hay and silage 
derived from a loan commodity are not eligible 
for a marketing assistance loan under section 
1201. 
(B) LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT.—Effec-
tive for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding 
crop year, the Secretary may make loan defi-
ciency payments available under this section to 
producers on a farm that produce unshorn pelts 
or hay and silage derived from a loan com-
modity. 
(b) COMPUTATION.—A loan deficiency payment for a 
loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) shall be equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(1) the payment rate determined under sub-
section (c) for the commodity; by 
(2) the quantity of the commodity produced by 
the eligible producers, excluding any quantity for 
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which the producers obtain a marketing assistance 
loan under section 1201. 
(c) PAYMENT RATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a loan com-
modity, the payment rate shall be the amount by 
which— 
(A) the loan rate established under section 
1202 for the loan commodity; exceeds 
(B) the rate at which a marketing assist-
ance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid 
under section 1204. 
(2) UNSHORN PELTS.—In the case of unshorn 
pelts, the payment rate shall be the amount by 
which— 
(A) the loan rate established under section 
1202 for ungraded wool; exceeds 
(B) the rate at which a marketing assist-
ance loan for ungraded wool may be repaid 
under section 1204. 
(3) HAY AND SILAGE.—In the case of hay or si-
lage derived from a loan commodity, the payment 
rate shall be the amount by which— 
(A) the loan rate established under section 
1202 for the loan commodity from which the 
hay or silage is derived; exceeds 
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(B) the rate at which a marketing assist-
ance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid 
under section 1204. 
(d) EXCEPTION
FOR EXTRA LONG STAPLE COT-
TON.—This section shall not apply with respect to extra 
long staple cotton. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE FOR PAYMENT RATE DETER-
MINATION.—The Secretary shall determine the amount of 
the loan deficiency payment to be made under this section 
to the producers on a farm with respect to a quantity of 
a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection 
(a)(2) using the payment rate in effect under subsection 
(c) as of the date the producers request the payment. 
SEC. 1206. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF LOAN DEFICIENCY PAY-
MENTS FOR GRAZED ACREAGE. 
(a) ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective for the 2014 crop 
year and each succeeding crop year, in the case of 
a producer that would be eligible for a loan defi-
ciency payment under section 1205 for wheat, bar-
ley, or oats, but that elects to use acreage planted 
to the wheat, barley, or oats for the grazing of live-
stock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the 
producer under this section if the producer enters 
into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any 
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other harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on 
that acreage. 
(2) GRAZING OF TRITICALE ACREAGE.—Effec-
tive for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop 
year, with respect to a producer on a farm that uses 
acreage planted to triticale for the grazing of live-
stock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the 
producer under this section if the producer enters 
into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any 
other harvesting of triticale on that acreage. 
(b) PAYMENT AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a payment 
made under this section to a producer on a farm de-
scribed in subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the 
amount determined by multiplying— 
(A) the loan deficiency payment rate deter-
mined under section 1205(c) in effect, as of the 
date of the agreement, for the county in which 
the farm is located; by 
(B) the payment quantity determined by 
multiplying— 
(i) the quantity of the grazed acreage 
on the farm with respect to which the pro-
ducer elects to forgo harvesting of wheat, 
barley, or oats; and 
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(ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for 
the calculation of price loss coverage under 
subtitle A with respect to that loan com-
modity on the farm; or 
(II) in the case of a farm without a 
payment yield for that loan commodity, an 
appropriate yield established by the Sec-
retary in a manner consistent with section 
1106(c) of this Act. 
(2) GRAZING
OF
TRITICALE
ACREAGE.—The 
amount of a payment made under this section to a 
producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall be equal to the amount determined by multi-
plying— 
(A) the loan deficiency payment rate deter-
mined under section 1205(c) in effect for 
wheat, as of the date of the agreement, for the 
county in which the farm is located; by 
(B) the payment quantity determined by 
multiplying— 
(i) the quantity of the grazed acreage 
on the farm with respect to which the pro-
ducer elects to forgo harvesting of triticale; 
and 
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(ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for 
the calculation of price loss coverage under 
subtitle A with respect to wheat on the 
farm; or 
(II) in the case of a farm without a 
payment yield for wheat, an appropriate 
yield established by the Secretary in a 
manner consistent with section 1106(c) of 
this Act. 
(c) TIME, MANNER, AND AVAILABILITY
OF PAY-
MENT.— 
(1) TIME AND MANNER.—A payment under this 
section shall be made at the same time and in the 
same manner as loan deficiency payments are made 
under section 1205. 
(2) AVAILABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish an availability period for the payments 
authorized by this section. 
(B) CERTAIN COMMODITIES.—In the case 
of wheat, barley, and oats, the availability pe-
riod shall be consistent with the availability pe-
riod for the commodity established by the Sec-
retary for marketing assistance loans author-
ized by this subtitle. 
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(d) PROHIBITION ON CROP INSURANCE INDEMNITY 
OR NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE.—A 2014 crop or 
succeeding annual crop of wheat, barley, oats, or triticale 
planted on acreage that a producer elects, in the agree-
ment required by subsection (a), to use for the grazing 
of livestock in lieu of any other harvesting of the crop shall 
not be eligible for an indemnity under a policy or plan 
of insurance authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or noninsured crop assistance 
under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 
SEC. 1207. SPECIAL MARKETING LOAN PROVISIONS FOR 
UPLAND COTTON. 
(a) SPECIAL IMPORT QUOTA.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF SPECIAL IMPORT QUOTA.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘special import quota’’ 
means a quantity of imports that is not subject to 
the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota. 
(2) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The President shall 
carry out an import quota program beginning 
on August 1, 2014, as provided in this sub-
section. 
(B) PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.—Whenever 
the Secretary determines and announces that 
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for any consecutive 4-week period, the Friday 
through Thursday average price quotation for 
the lowest-priced United States growth, as 
quoted for Middling (M) 13⁄32-inch cotton, deliv-
ered to a definable and significant international 
market, as determined by the Secretary, ex-
ceeds the prevailing world market price, there 
shall immediately be in effect a special import 
quota. 
(3) QUANTITY.—The quota shall be equal to 
the consumption during a 1-week period of cotton by 
domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average 
rate of the most recent 3 months for which official 
data of the Department of Agriculture are available 
or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by 
the Secretary. 
(4) APPLICATION.—The quota shall apply to 
upland cotton purchased not later than 90 days 
after the date of the Secretary’s announcement 
under paragraph (2) and entered into the United 
States not later than 180 days after that date. 
(5) OVERLAP.—A special quota period may be 
established that overlaps any existing quota period if 
required by paragraph (2), except that a special 
quota period may not be established under this sub-
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section if a quota period has been established under 
subsection (b). 
(6) PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.—The 
quantity under a special import quota shall be con-
sidered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of— 
(A) section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin 
Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(d)); 
(B) section 204 of the Andean Trade Pref-
erence Act (19 U.S.C. 3203); 
(C) section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 
1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and 
(D) General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule. 
(7) LIMITATION.—The quantity of cotton en-
tered into the United States during any marketing 
year under the special import quota established 
under this subsection may not exceed the equivalent 
of 10 weeks’ consumption of upland cotton by do-
mestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate 
of the 3 months immediately preceding the first spe-
cial import quota established in any marketing year. 
(b) LIMITED GLOBAL IMPORT QUOTA FOR UPLAND 
COTTON.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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(A) 
DEMAND.—The 
term 
‘‘demand’’ 
means— 
(i) the average seasonally adjusted an-
nual rate of domestic mill consumption of 
cotton during the most recent 3 months 
for which official data of the Department 
of Agriculture are available or, in the ab-
sence of sufficient data, as estimated by 
the Secretary; and 
(ii) the larger of— 
(I) average exports of upland cot-
ton during the preceding 6 marketing 
years; or 
(II) cumulative exports of upland 
cotton plus outstanding export sales 
for the marketing year in which the 
quota is established. 
(B) LIMITED
GLOBAL
IMPORT
QUOTA.— 
The term ‘‘limited global import quota’’ means 
a quantity of imports that is not subject to the 
over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota. 
(C) SUPPLY.—The term ‘‘supply’’ means, 
using the latest official data of the Department 
of Agriculture— 
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(i) the carry-over of upland cotton at 
the beginning of the marketing year (ad-
justed to 480-pound bales) in which the 
quota is established; 
(ii) production of the current crop; 
and 
(iii) imports to the latest date avail-
able during the marketing year. 
(2) PROGRAM.—The President shall carry out 
an import quota program that provides that when-
ever the Secretary determines and announces that 
the average price of the base quality of upland cot-
ton, as determined by the Secretary, in the des-
ignated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 per-
cent of the average price of the quality of cotton in 
the markets for the preceding 36 months, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, there shall im-
mediately be in effect a limited global import quota 
subject to the following conditions: 
(A) QUANTITY.—The quantity of the quota 
shall be equal to 21 days of domestic mill con-
sumption of upland cotton at the seasonally ad-
justed average rate of the most recent 3 months 
for which official data of the Department of Ag-
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riculture are available or, in the absence of suf-
ficient data, as estimated by the Secretary. 
(B) QUANTITY
IF
PRIOR
QUOTA.—If a 
quota has been established under this sub-
section during the preceding 12 months, the 
quantity of the quota next established under 
this subsection shall be the smaller of 21 days 
of domestic mill consumption calculated under 
subparagraph (A) or the quantity required to 
increase the supply to 130 percent of the de-
mand. 
(C) 
PREFERENTIAL
TARIFF
TREAT-
MENT.—The quantity under a limited global 
import quota shall be considered to be an in- 
quota quantity for purposes of— 
(i) section 213(d) of the Caribbean 
Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 
2703(d)); 
(ii) section 204 of the Andean Trade 
Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203); 
(iii) section 503(d) of the Trade Act 
of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and 
(iv) General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Har-
monized Tariff Schedule. 
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(D) QUOTA
ENTRY
PERIOD.—When a 
quota is established under this subsection, cot-
ton may be entered under the quota during the 
90-day period beginning on the date the quota 
is established by the Secretary. 
(3) NO OVERLAP.—Notwithstanding paragraph 
(2), a quota period may not be established that over-
laps an existing quota period or a special quota pe-
riod established under subsection (a). 
(c) ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE TO USERS 
OF UPLAND COTTON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, make eco-
nomic adjustment assistance available to domestic 
users of upland cotton in the form of payments for 
all documented use of that upland cotton during the 
previous monthly period regardless of the origin of 
the upland cotton. 
(2) VALUE OF ASSISTANCE.—Effective begin-
ning on August 1, 2013, the value of the assistance 
provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3 cents per 
pound. 
(3) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES.—Economic adjust-
ment assistance under this subsection shall be made 
available only to domestic users of upland cotton 
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that certify that the assistance shall be used only to 
acquire, construct, install, modernize, develop, con-
vert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, fa-
cilities, or machinery. 
(4) REVIEW
OR
AUDIT.—The Secretary may 
conduct such review or audit of the records of a do-
mestic user under this subsection as the Secretary 
determines necessary to carry out this subsection. 
(5) IMPROPER
USE
OF
ASSISTANCE.—If the 
Secretary determines, after a review or audit of the 
records of the domestic user, that economic adjust-
ment assistance under this subsection was not used 
for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), the do-
mestic user shall be— 
(A) liable for the repayment of the assist-
ance to the Secretary, plus interest, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; and 
(B) ineligible to receive assistance under 
this subsection for a period of 1 year following 
the determination of the Secretary. 
SEC. 1208. SPECIAL COMPETITIVE PROVISIONS FOR EXTRA 
LONG STAPLE COTTON. 
(a) COMPETITIVENESS PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary shall carry out 
a program— 
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(1) to maintain and expand the domestic use of 
extra long staple cotton produced in the United 
States; 
(2) to increase exports of extra long staple cot-
ton produced in the United States; and 
(3) to ensure that extra long staple cotton pro-
duced in the United States remains competitive in 
world markets. 
(b) PAYMENTS UNDER PROGRAM; TRIGGER.—Under 
the program, the Secretary shall make payments available 
under this section whenever— 
(1) for a consecutive 4-week period, the world 
market price for the lowest priced competing growth 
of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United 
States quality and location and for other factors af-
fecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as deter-
mined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing 
United States price for a competing growth of extra 
long staple cotton; and 
(2) the lowest priced competing growth of extra 
long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality 
and location and for other factors affecting the com-
petitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the 
Secretary, is less than 134 percent of the loan rate 
for extra long staple cotton. 
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(c) ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall 
make payments available under this section to domestic 
users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United 
States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced 
in the United States that enter into an agreement with 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the 
program under this section. 
(d) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Payments under this sec-
tion shall be based on the amount of the difference in the 
prices referred to in subsection (b)(1) during the fourth 
week of the consecutive 4-week period multiplied by the 
amount of documented purchases by domestic users and 
sales for export by exporters made in the week following 
such a consecutive 4-week period. 
SEC. 1209. AVAILABILITY OF RECOURSE LOANS FOR HIGH 
MOISTURE FEED GRAINS AND SEED COTTON. 
(a) HIGH MOISTURE FEED GRAINS.— 
(1) DEFINITION OF HIGH MOISTURE STATE.— 
In this subsection, the term ‘‘high moisture state’’ 
means corn or grain sorghum having a moisture con-
tent in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation 
standards for marketing assistance loans made by 
the Secretary under section 1201. 
(2) RECOURSE
LOANS
AVAILABLE.—For the 
2014 crop and each succeeding annual crop of corn 
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and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make avail-
able recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, 
to producers on a farm that— 
(A) normally harvest all or a portion of 
their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high 
moisture state; 
(B) present— 
(i) certified scale tickets from an in-
spected, certified commercial scale, includ-
ing a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed mill, 
distillery, or other similar entity approved 
by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations 
issued by the Secretary; or 
(ii) field or other physical measure-
ments of the standing or stored crop in re-
gions of the United States, as determined 
by the Secretary, that do not have certified 
commercial scales from which certified 
scale tickets may be obtained within rea-
sonable proximity of harvest operation; 
(C) certify that the producers on the farm 
were the owners of the feed grain at the time 
of delivery to, and that the quantity to be 
placed under loan under this subsection was in 
fact harvested on the farm and delivered to, a 
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feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or on-farm 
high-moisture storage facility, or to a facility 
maintained by the users of corn and grain sor-
ghum in a high moisture state; and 
(D) comply with deadlines established by 
the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain 
sorghum and submit applications for loans 
under this subsection within deadlines estab-
lished by the Secretary. 
(3) ELIGIBILITY OF ACQUIRED FEED GRAINS.— 
A loan under this subsection shall be made on a 
quantity of corn or grain sorghum of the same crop 
acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity 
determined by multiplying— 
(A) the acreage of the corn or grain sor-
ghum in a high moisture state harvested on the 
farm of the producer; by 
(B) the lower of the farm program pay-
ment yield used to make payments under sub-
title A or the actual yield on a field, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, that is similar to the 
field from which the corn or grain sorghum was 
obtained. 
(b) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR SEED COT-
TON.—For the 2014 crop and each succeeding annual 
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crop of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, the 
Secretary shall make available recourse seed cotton loans, 
as determined by the Secretary, on any production. 
(c) REPAYMENT RATES.—Repayment of a recourse 
loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate es-
tablished for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest 
(determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7283)). 
SEC. 1210. ADJUSTMENTS OF LOANS. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—Subject to sub-
section (e), the Secretary may make appropriate adjust-
ments in the loan rates for any loan commodity (other 
than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, loca-
tion, and other factors. 
(b) MANNER
OF ADJUSTMENT.—The adjustments 
under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be made in such a manner that the average loan 
level for the commodity will, on the basis of the anticipated 
incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support 
determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle 
C. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT ON COUNTY BASIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 
loan rates for a crop for producers in individual 
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counties in a manner that results in the lowest loan 
rate being 95 percent of the national average loan 
rate, if those loan rates do not result in an increase 
in outlays. 
(2) PROHIBITION.—Adjustments under this 
subsection shall not result in an increase in the na-
tional average loan rate for any year. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT IN LOAN RATE FOR COTTON.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton 
for differences in quality factors. 
(2) TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS.—Loan rate ad-
justments under paragraph (1) may include— 
(A) the use of non-spot market price data, 
in addition to spot market price data, that 
would enhance the accuracy of the price infor-
mation used in determining quality adjustments 
under this subsection; 
(B) adjustments in the premiums or dis-
counts associated with upland cotton with a sta-
ple length of 33 or above due to micronaire 
with the goal of eliminating any unnecessary ar-
tificial splits in the calculations of the pre-
miums or discounts; and 
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(C) such other adjustments as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate, after consulta-
tions conducted in accordance with paragraph 
(3). 
(3) CONSULTATION WITH PRIVATE SECTOR.— 
(A) PRIOR TO REVISION.—In making ad-
justments to the loan rate for cotton (including 
any review of the adjustments) as provided in 
this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with 
representatives of the United States cotton in-
dustry. 
(B) INAPPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory 
Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply 
to consultations under this subsection. 
(4) REVIEW OF ADJUSTMENTS.—The Secretary 
may review the operation of the upland cotton qual-
ity adjustments implemented pursuant to this sub-
section and may make further adjustments to the 
administration of the loan program for upland cot-
ton, by revoking or revising any adjustment taken 
under paragraph (2). 
(e) RICE.—The Secretary shall not make adjust-
ments in the loan rates for long grain rice and medium 
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grain rice, except for differences in grade and quality (in-
cluding milling yields). 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
SEC. 1301. SUGAR PROGRAM. 
(a) CONTINUATION
OF CURRENT PROGRAM
AND 
LOAN RATES.— 
(1) SUGARCANE.—Section 156(a)(5) of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)(5)) is amended by striking 
‘‘the 2012 crop year’’ and inserting ‘‘the 2012 crop 
year and each succeeding crop year’’. 
(2) SUGAR BEETS.—Section 156(b)(2) of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(b)(2)) is amended by striking 
‘‘each of the 2009 through 2012 crop years’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the 2009 crop year and each succeeding 
crop year’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Section 156(i) of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 
1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(i)) is repealed. 
(b) FLEXIBLE
MARKETING
ALLOTMENTS
FOR 
SUGAR.— 
(1) SUGAR ESTIMATES.—Section 359b(a)(1) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1359bb(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘each of the 
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2008 through 2012 crop years’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
2008 crop year and each succeeding crop year’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE
PERIOD.—Section 359i(a) of 
the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1359ii(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘only for the 2008 
through 2012 crop years’’ and inserting ‘‘for the 
2008 crop year and each succeeding crop year’’. 
Subtitle D—Dairy 
PART I—DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE 
PROGRAM 
SEC. 1401. DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
Subtitle E of title I of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 1511. DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN.—The 
term ‘actual dairy producer margin’ means the dif-
ference between the all-milk price and the average 
feed cost, as calculated under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(2) ALL-MILK
PRICE.—The term ‘all-milk 
price’ means the average price received, per hun-
dredweight of milk, by dairy producers for all milk 
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sold to plants and dealers in the United States, as 
reported by the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service. 
‘‘(3) AVERAGE FEED COST.—The term ‘average 
feed cost’ means the average cost of feed used by a 
dairy operation to produce a hundredweight of milk, 
determined under subsection (b)(1) using the sum of 
the following: 
‘‘(A) The product determined by multi-
plying— 
‘‘(i) 1.0728; by 
‘‘(ii) the price of corn per bushel. 
‘‘(B) The product determined by multi-
plying— 
‘‘(i) 0.00735; by 
‘‘(ii) the price of soybean meal per 
ton. 
‘‘(C) The product determined by multi-
plying— 
‘‘(i) 0.0137; by 
‘‘(ii) the price of alfalfa hay per ton. 
‘‘(4) CONSECUTIVE
2-MONTH
PERIOD.—The 
term ‘consecutive 2-month period’ refers to the 2- 
month period consisting of the months of January 
and February, March and April, May and June, 
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July and August, September and October, or No-
vember and December, respectively. 
‘‘(5) DAIRY PRODUCER.—The term ‘dairy pro-
ducer’ means an individual or entity that directly or 
indirectly (as determined by the Secretary)— 
‘‘(A) shares in the risk of producing milk; 
and 
‘‘(B) makes contributions (including land, 
labor, management, equipment, or capital) to 
the dairy operation of the individual or entity 
that are at least commensurate with the share 
of the individual or entity of the proceeds of the 
operation. 
‘‘(6) MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM.—The term 
‘margin insurance program’ means the dairy pro-
ducer margin insurance program required by this 
section. 
‘‘(7) PARTICIPATING
DAIRY
PRODUCER.—The 
term ‘participating dairy producer’ means a dairy 
producer that registers under subsection (d)(2) to 
participate in the margin insurance program. 
‘‘(8) PRODUCTION
HISTORY.—The term ‘pro-
duction history’ means the quantity of annual milk 
marketings determined for a dairy producer under 
subsection (e)(1). 
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‘‘(9) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’, in a geographical sense, means the 50 
States. 
‘‘(b) CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FEED COST AND 
ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUCER MARGINS.— 
‘‘(1) CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FEED COST.— 
The Secretary shall calculate the national average 
feed cost for each month using the following data: 
‘‘(A) The price of corn for a month shall 
be the price received during that month by agri-
cultural producers in the United States for 
corn, as reported in the monthly Agriculture 
Prices report by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) The price of soybean meal for a 
month shall be the central Illinois price for soy-
bean meal, as reported in the Market News– 
Monthly Soybean Meal Price Report by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(C) The price of alfalfa hay for a month 
shall be the price received during that month by 
agricultural producers in the United States for 
alfalfa hay, as reported in the monthly Agri-
culture Prices report by the Secretary. 
‘‘(2) CALCULATION
OF
ACTUAL
DAIRY
PRO-
DUCER MARGINS.—The Secretary shall calculate the 
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actual dairy producer margin for each consecutive 2- 
month period by subtracting— 
‘‘(A) the average feed cost for that con-
secutive 2-month period, determined in accord-
ance with paragraph (1); from 
‘‘(B) the all-milk price for that consecutive 
2-month period. 
‘‘(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN 
INSURANCE PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall establish and 
administer a dairy producer margin insurance program for 
the purpose of protecting dairy producer income by paying 
participating dairy producers margin insurance payments 
when actual dairy producer margins are less than the 
threshold levels for the payments. 
‘‘(d) ELIGIBILITY
AND REGISTRATION
OF DAIRY 
PRODUCERS FOR MARGIN INSURANCE PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBILITY.—All dairy producers in the 
United States shall be eligible to participate in the 
margin insurance program. 
‘‘(2) REGISTRATION PROCESS.— 
‘‘(A) REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(i) ANNUAL REGISTRATION.—On an 
annual basis, the Secretary shall register 
all interested dairy producers in the mar-
gin insurance program. 
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‘‘(ii) MANNER AND FORM.—The Sec-
retary shall specify the manner and form 
by which a dairy producer shall register for 
the margin insurance program. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT
OF
MULTI-PRODUCER 
OPERATIONS.—If a dairy operation consists of 
more than 1 dairy producer, all of the dairy 
producers of the operation shall be treated as a 
single dairy producer for purposes of— 
‘‘(i) purchasing margin insurance; and 
‘‘(ii) payment of producer premiums 
under subsection (f)(4). 
‘‘(C) TREATMENT
OF
PRODUCERS
WITH 
MULTIPLE DAIRY OPERATIONS.—If a dairy pro-
ducer operates 2 or more dairy operations, each 
dairy operation of the producer shall require a 
separate registration to participate and pur-
chase margin insurance. 
‘‘(3) TIME FOR REGISTRATION.— 
‘‘(A) EXISTING DAIRY PRODUCERS.—Dur-
ing the 1-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this section, and annually there-
after, a dairy producer that is actively engaged 
in a dairy operation as of that date may reg-
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ister with the Secretary to participate in the 
margin insurance program. 
‘‘(B) NEW ENTRANTS.—A dairy producer 
that has no existing interest in a dairy oper-
ation as of the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, but that, after that date, establishes a new 
dairy operation, may register with the Secretary 
during the 180-day period beginning on the 
date on which the dairy operation first markets 
milk commercially to participate in the margin 
insurance program. 
‘‘(4) RETROACTIVITY.— 
‘‘(A) NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF RETRO-
ACTIVE PROTECTION.—Not later than 30 days 
after the effective date of this section, the Sec-
retary shall publish a notice in the Federal Reg-
ister to inform dairy producers of the avail-
ability of retroactive margin insurance, subject 
to the condition that interested producers must 
file a notice of intent (in such form and manner 
as the Secretary specifies in the Federal Reg-
ister notice) to participate in the margin insur-
ance program. 
‘‘(B) RETROACTIVE MARGIN INSURANCE.— 
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‘‘(i) AVAILABILITY.—If a dairy pro-
ducer files a notice of intent under sub-
paragraph (A) to participate in the margin 
insurance program before the initiation of 
the sign-up period for the margin insur-
ance program and subsequently signs up 
for the margin insurance program, the pro-
ducer shall receive margin insurance retro-
active to the effective date of this section. 
‘‘(ii) DURATION.—Retroactive margin 
insurance under this paragraph for a dairy 
producer shall apply from the effective 
date of this section until the date on which 
the producer signs up for the margin in-
surance program. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE OF INTENT AND OBLIGATION 
TO PARTICIPATE.—In no way does filing a no-
tice of intent under this paragraph obligate a 
dairy producer to sign up for the margin insur-
ance program once the program rules are final, 
but if a producer does file a notice of intent and 
subsequently signs up for the margin insurance 
program, that dairy producer is obligated to 
pay premiums for any retroactive margin insur-
ance selected in the notice of intent. 
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‘‘(5) RECONSTITUTION.—The Secretary shall 
ensure that a dairy producer does not reconstitute a 
dairy operation for the sole purpose of purchasing 
margin insurance. 
‘‘(e) PRODUCTION
HISTORY
OF
PARTICIPATING 
DAIRY PRODUCERS.— 
‘‘(1) DETERMINATION
OF
PRODUCTION
HIS-
TORY.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
determine the production history of the dairy 
operation of each participating dairy producer 
in the margin insurance program. 
‘‘(B) CALCULATION.—Except as provided 
in subparagraphs (C) and (D), the production 
history of a participating dairy producer shall 
be equal to the highest annual milk marketings 
of the dairy producer during any 1 of the 3 cal-
endar years immediately preceding the registra-
tion of the dairy producer for participation in 
the margin insurance program. 
‘‘(C) UPDATING PRODUCTION HISTORY.— 
So long as a participating producer remains 
registered, the production history of the partici-
pating producer shall be annually updated 
based on the highest annual milk marketings of 
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the dairy producer during any one of the 3 im-
mediately preceding calendar years. 
‘‘(D) NEW PRODUCERS.—If a dairy pro-
ducer has been in operation for less than 1 
year, the Secretary shall determine the initial 
production history of the dairy producer under 
subparagraph (B) by extrapolating the actual 
milk marketings for the months that the dairy 
producer has been in operation to a yearly 
amount. 
‘‘(2) 
REQUIRED
INFORMATION.—A 
partici-
pating dairy producer shall provide all information 
that the Secretary may require in order to establish 
the production history of the dairy operation of the 
dairy producer. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF PRODUCTION HISTORY.— 
‘‘(A) TRANSFER BY SALE.— 
‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR TRANSFER.—If an 
existing dairy producer sells an entire 
dairy operation to another party, the seller 
and purchaser may jointly request that the 
Secretary transfer to the purchaser the in-
terest of the seller in the production his-
tory of the dairy operation. 
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‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—If the Secretary de-
termines that the seller has sold the entire 
dairy operation to the purchaser, the Sec-
retary shall approve the transfer and, 
thereafter, the seller shall have no interest 
in the production history of the sold dairy 
operation. 
‘‘(B) TRANSFER BY LEASE.— 
‘‘(i) REQUEST FOR TRANSFER.—If an 
existing dairy producer leases an entire 
dairy operation to another party, the lessor 
and lessee may jointly request that the 
Secretary transfer to the lessee for the du-
ration of the term of the lease the interest 
of the lessor in the production history of 
the dairy operation. 
‘‘(ii) TRANSFER.—If the Secretary de-
termines that the lessor has leased the en-
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. 
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‘‘(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 
move of a dairy operation under subparagraph 
(A). 
‘‘(C) SUBSEQUENT
OCCUPATION
OF
VA-
CATED LOCATION.—A party subsequently occu-
pying a dairy operation location vacated as de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) shall have no inter-
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est in the production history previously associ-
ated with the operation at that location. 
‘‘(f) MARGIN INSURANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At the time of the registra-
tion of a dairy producer in the margin insurance 
program under subsection (d) and annually there-
after during the duration of the margin insurance 
program, an eligible dairy producer may purchase 
margin insurance. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION OF PAYMENT THRESHOLD.—A 
participating dairy producer purchasing margin in-
surance shall elect a coverage level in any increment 
of $0.50, with a minimum of $4.00 and a maximum 
of $8.00. 
‘‘(3) SELECTION OF COVERAGE PERCENTAGE.— 
A participating dairy producer purchasing margin 
insurance shall elect a percentage of coverage, equal 
to not more than 80 percent nor less than 25 per-
cent, of the production history of the dairy operation 
of the participating dairy producer. 
‘‘(4) PRODUCER PREMIUMS.— 
‘‘(A) PREMIUMS
REQUIRED.—A partici-
pating dairy producer that purchases margin 
insurance shall pay an annual premium equal to 
the product obtained by multiplying— 
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‘‘(i) the percentage selected by the 
dairy producer under paragraph (3); 
‘‘(ii) the production history applicable 
to the dairy producer; and 
‘‘(iii) the premium per hundredweight 
of milk, as specified in the applicable table 
under subparagraph (B) or (C). 
‘‘(B) PREMIUM PER HUNDREDWEIGHT FOR 
FIRST 4 MILLION POUNDS OF PRODUCTION.— 
For the first 4,000,000 pounds of milk mar-
ketings included in the annual production his-
tory of a participating dairy operation, the pre-
mium per hundredweight corresponding to each 
coverage level specified in the following table is 
as follows: 
‘‘Coverage Level 
Premium per Cwt. 
$4.00 
$0.00 
$4.50 
$0.01 
$5.00 
$0.02 
$5.50 
$0.035 
$6.00 
$0.045 
$6.50 
$0.09 
$7.00 
$0.18 
$7.50 
$0.60 
$8.00 
$0.95 
‘‘(C) PREMIUM PER HUNDREDWEIGHT FOR 
PRODUCTION
IN
EXCESS
OF
MILLION 
POUNDS.—For milk marketings in excess of 
4,000,000 pounds included in the annual pro-
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duction history of a participating dairy oper-
ation, the premium per hundredweight cor-
responding to each coverage level is as follows: 
‘‘Coverage Level 
Premium per Cwt. 
$4.00 
$0.030 
$4.50 
$0.045 
$5.00 
$0.066 
$5.50 
$0.11 
$6.00 
$0.185 
$6.50 
$0.29 
$7.00 
$0.38 
$7.50 
$0.83 
$8.00 
$1.06 
‘‘(D) TIME FOR PAYMENT.— 
‘‘(i) FIRST YEAR.—As soon as prac-
ticable after a dairy producer registers to 
participate in the margin insurance pro-
gram and purchases margin insurance, the 
dairy producer shall pay the premium de-
termined under subparagraph (A) for the 
dairy producer for the first calendar year 
of the margin insurance. 
‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—When the 
dairy producer first purchases margin 
insurance, the dairy producer shall 
also elect the method by which the 
dairy producer will pay premiums 
under this subsection for subsequent 
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years in accordance with 1 of the 
schedules described in subclauses (II) 
and (III). 
‘‘(II) 
SINGLE
ANNUAL
PAY-
MENT.—The participating dairy pro-
ducer may elect to pay 100 percent of 
the annual premium determined under 
subparagraph (A) for the dairy pro-
ducer for a calendar year by not later 
than January 15 of the calendar year. 
‘‘(III) 
SEMI-ANNUAL
PAY-
MENTS.—The participating dairy pro-
ducer may elect to pay— 
‘‘(aa) 50 percent of the an-
nual premium determined under 
subparagraph (A) for the dairy 
producer for a calendar year by 
not later than January 15 of the 
calendar year; and 
‘‘(bb) the remaining 50 per-
cent of the premium by not later 
than June 15 of the calendar 
year. 
‘‘(5) PRODUCER PREMIUM OBLIGATIONS.— 
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‘‘(A) PRO-RATION
OF
FIRST
YEAR
PRE-
MIUM.—A participating dairy producer that 
purchases margin insurance after initial reg-
istration in the margin insurance program shall 
pay a pro-rated premium for the first calendar 
year based on the date on which the producer 
purchases the coverage. 
‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT PREMIUMS.—Except as 
provided in subparagraph (A), the annual pre-
mium for a participating dairy producer shall 
be determined under paragraph (4) for each 
year in which the margin insurance program is 
in effect. 
‘‘(C) LEGAL OBLIGATION.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), a partici-
pating dairy producer that purchases mar-
gin insurance shall be legally obligated to 
pay the applicable premiums for the entire 
period of the margin insurance program 
(as provided in the payment schedule elect-
ed under paragraph (4)(B)), and may not 
opt out of the margin insurance program. 
‘‘(ii) DEATH.—If the dairy producer 
dies, the estate of the deceased may cancel 
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the margin insurance and shall not be re-
sponsible for any further premium pay-
ments. 
‘‘(iii) RETIREMENT.—If the dairy pro-
ducer retires, the producer may request 
that Secretary cancel the margin insurance 
if the producer has terminated the dairy 
operation entirely and certifies under oath 
that the producer will not be actively en-
gaged in any dairy operation for at least 
the next 7 years. 
‘‘(6) PAYMENT
THRESHOLD.—A participating 
dairy producer with margin insurance shall receive a 
margin insurance payment whenever the average ac-
tual dairy producer margin for a consecutive 2- 
month period is less than the coverage level thresh-
old selected by the dairy producer under paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘(7) MARGIN INSURANCE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make a margin insurance protection payment to 
each participating dairy producer whenever the 
average actual dairy producer margin for a con-
secutive 2-month period is less than the cov-
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ducer 
under 
subsection 
(e)(1); by 
‘‘(BB) 6; and 
‘‘(bb) the actual quantity of 
milk marketed by the dairy oper-
ation of the dairy producer dur-
ing the consecutive 2-month pe-
riod. 
‘‘(g) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PAY PREMIUMS.— 
‘‘(1) LOSS
OF
BENEFITS.—A participating 
dairy producer that is in arrears on premium pay-
ments for margin insurance— 
‘‘(A) remains legally obligated to pay the 
premiums; and 
‘‘(B) may not receive margin insurance 
until the premiums are fully paid. 
‘‘(2) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may take 
such action as is necessary to collect premium pay-
ments for margin insurance. 
‘‘(h) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and the au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out this section. 
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‘‘(i) PROGRAM START DATE.—The Secretary shall 
conduct the margin insurance program beginning on Octo-
ber 1, 2013.’’. 
SEC. 1402. RULEMAKING. 
(a) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of regulations 
for the initiation of the margin insurance program, and 
for administration of the margin insurance program, shall 
be made— 
(1) without regard to chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly known as the Paper-
work Reduction Act); 
(2) without regard to the Statement of Policy 
of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 
1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of 
proposed rulemaking and public participation in 
rulemaking; and 
(3) subject to subsection (b), pursuant to sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) SPECIAL RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) INTERIM
RULES
AUTHORIZED.—With re-
spect to the margin insurance program, the Sec-
retary may promulgate interim rules under the au-
thority provided in subparagraph (B) of section 
553(b) of title 5, United States Code, if the Sec-
retary determines such interim rules to be needed. 
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Any such interim rules for the margin insurance 
program shall be effective on publication. 
(2) FINAL RULES.—With respect to the margin 
insurance program, the Secretary shall promulgate 
final rules, with an opportunity for public notice and 
comment, no later than 21 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(c) INCLUSION
OF ADDITIONAL ORDER.—Section 
143(a)(2) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253(a)(2)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Sub-
section (b)(2) does not apply to the authority of the Sec-
retary under this subsection.’’. 
PART II—REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZATION OF 
OTHER DAIRY-RELATED PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1411. REPEAL OF DAIRY PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORT 
AND MILK INCOME LOSS CONTRACT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) REPEAL OF DAIRY PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORT 
PROGRAM.—Section 1501 of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771) is repealed. 
(b) REPEAL OF MILK INCOME LOSS CONTRACT PRO-
GRAM.—Section 1506 of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8773) is repealed. 
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SEC. 1412. REPEAL OF DAIRY EXPORT INCENTIVE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 153 of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–14) is repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 902(2) of 
the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking subparagraph (D); and 
(2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and 
(F) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively. 
SEC. 1413. EXTENSION OF DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PRO-
GRAM. 
Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2012’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2018’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2015’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 1414. EXTENSION OF DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM. 
Section 3 of Public Law 90–484 (7 U.S.C. 450l) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
SEC. 1415. EXTENSION OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RE-
SEARCH PROGRAM. 
Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabiliza-
tion Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
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SEC. 1416. REPEAL OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDER 
REVIEW COMMISSION. 
Section 1509 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1726) is re-
pealed. 
PART III—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 1421. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This subtitle and the amendments made by this sub-
title shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricul-
tural Disaster Assistance Pro-
grams 
SEC. 1501. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER AS-
SISTANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PRODUCER ON A FARM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible pro-
ducer on a farm’’ means an individual or entity 
described in subparagraph (B) that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, assumes the production 
and market risks associated with the agricul-
tural production of crops or livestock. 
(B) DESCRIPTION.—An individual or enti-
ty referred to in subparagraph (A) is— 
(i) a citizen of the United States; 
(ii) a resident alien; 
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(iii) a partnership of citizens of the 
United States; or 
(iv) a corporation, limited liability cor-
poration, or other farm organizational 
structure organized under State law. 
(2) FARM-RAISED
FISH.—The term ‘‘farm- 
raised fish’’ means any aquatic species that is propa-
gated and reared in a controlled environment. 
(3) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘‘livestock’’ in-
cludes— 
(A) cattle (including dairy cattle); 
(B) bison; 
(C) poultry; 
(D) sheep; 
(E) swine; 
(F) horses; and 
(G) other livestock, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS.—For fiscal year 2012 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such 
sums as are necessary of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to make livestock indem-
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nity payments to eligible producers on farms that 
have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the 
normal mortality, as determined by the Secretary, 
due to— 
(A) attacks by animals reintroduced into 
the wild by the Federal Government or pro-
tected by Federal law, including wolves and 
avian predators; or 
(B) adverse weather, as determined by the 
Secretary, during the calendar year, including 
losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, dis-
ease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold. 
(2) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to 
an eligible producer on a farm under paragraph (1) 
shall be made at a rate of 75 percent of the market 
value of the applicable livestock on the day before 
the date of death of the livestock, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENTS MADE DUE 
TO DISEASE.—The Secretary shall ensure that pay-
ments made to an eligible producer under paragraph 
(1) are not made for the same livestock losses for 
which compensation is provided pursuant to section 
10407(d) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 8306(d)). 
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(c) LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COVERED LIVESTOCK.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the term ‘‘covered livestock’’ 
means livestock of an eligible livestock pro-
ducer that, during the 60 days prior to the 
beginning date of a qualifying drought or 
fire condition, as determined by the Sec-
retary, the eligible livestock producer— 
(I) owned; 
(II) leased; 
(III) purchased; 
(IV) entered into a contract to 
purchase; 
(V) is a contract grower; or 
(VI) sold or otherwise disposed of 
due to qualifying drought conditions 
during— 
(aa) the current production 
year; or 
(bb) subject to paragraph 
(3)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2 pro-
duction years immediately pre-
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ceding the current production 
year. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered 
livestock’’ does not include livestock that 
were or would have been in a feedlot, on 
the beginning date of the qualifying 
drought or fire condition, as a part of the 
normal business operation of the eligible 
livestock producer, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(B) 
DROUGHT
MONITOR.—The 
term 
‘‘drought 
monitor’’ 
means 
a 
system 
for 
classifying drought severity according to a 
range of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, 
as defined by the Secretary. 
(C) ELIGIBLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCER.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ means an eligible pro-
ducer on a farm that— 
(I) is an owner, cash or share 
lessee, or contract grower of covered 
livestock that provides the pastureland 
or grazing land, including cash-leased 
pastureland or grazing land, for the 
livestock; 
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(II) provides the pastureland or 
grazing land for covered livestock, in-
cluding cash-leased pastureland or 
grazing land that is physically located 
in a county affected by drought; 
(III) certifies grazing loss; and 
(IV) meets all other eligibility re-
quirements established under this sub-
section. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ does not include an 
owner, cash or share lessee, or contract 
grower of livestock that rents or leases 
pastureland or grazing land owned by an-
other person on a rate-of-gain basis. 
(D) NORMAL
CARRYING
CAPACITY.—The 
term ‘‘normal carrying capacity’’, with respect 
to each type of grazing land or pastureland in 
a county, means the normal carrying capacity, 
as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i), that 
would be expected from the grazing land or 
pastureland for livestock during the normal 
grazing period, in the absence of a drought or 
fire that diminishes the production of the graz-
ing land or pastureland. 
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(E) NORMAL GRAZING PERIOD.—The term 
‘‘normal grazing period’’, with respect to a 
county, means the normal grazing period during 
the calendar year for the county, as determined 
under paragraph (3)(D)(i). 
(2) PROGRAM.—For fiscal year 2012 and each 
succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such 
sums as are necessary of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to provide compensation 
for losses to eligible livestock producers due to graz-
ing losses for covered livestock due to— 
(A) a drought condition, as described in 
paragraph (3); or 
(B) fire, as described in paragraph (4). 
(3) ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE TO DROUGHT 
CONDITIONS.— 
(A) ELIGIBLE LOSSES.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—An eligible livestock 
producer may receive assistance under this 
subsection only for grazing losses for cov-
ered livestock that occur on land that— 
(I) 
is 
native 
or 
improved 
pastureland with permanent vegeta-
tive cover; or 
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(II) is planted to a crop planted 
specifically for the purpose of pro-
viding grazing for covered livestock. 
(ii) EXCLUSIONS.—An eligible live-
stock producer may not receive assistance 
under this subsection for grazing losses 
that occur on land used for haying or graz-
ing under the conservation reserve pro-
gram established under subchapter B of 
chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831 et seq.). 
(B) MONTHLY PAYMENT RATE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the payment rate for assist-
ance under this paragraph for 1 month 
shall, in the case of drought, be equal to 
60 percent of the lesser of— 
(I) the monthly feed cost for all 
covered livestock owned or leased by 
the eligible livestock producer, as de-
termined under subparagraph (C); or 
(II) the monthly feed cost cal-
culated by using the normal carrying 
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capacity of the eligible grazing land of 
the eligible livestock producer. 
(ii) PARTIAL COMPENSATION.—In the 
case of an eligible livestock producer that 
sold or otherwise disposed of covered live-
stock due to drought conditions in 1 or 
both of the 2 production years immediately 
preceding the current production year, as 
determined by the Secretary, the payment 
rate shall be 80 percent of the payment 
rate otherwise calculated in accordance 
with clause (i). 
(C) MONTHLY FEED COST.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The monthly feed 
cost shall equal the product obtained by 
multiplying— 
(I) 30 days; 
(II) a payment quantity that is 
equal to the feed grain equivalent, as 
determined under clause (ii); and 
(III) a payment rate that is equal 
to the corn price per pound, as deter-
mined under clause (iii). 
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(ii) FEED GRAIN EQUIVALENT.—For 
purposes of clause (i)(II), the feed grain 
equivalent shall equal— 
(I) in the case of an adult beef 
cow, 15.7 pounds of corn per day; or 
(II) in the case of any other type 
of weight of livestock, an amount de-
termined by the Secretary that rep-
resents the average number of pounds 
of corn per day necessary to feed the 
livestock. 
(iii) CORN PRICE PER POUND.—For 
purposes of clause (i)(III), the corn price 
per pound shall equal the quotient ob-
tained by dividing— 
(I) the higher of— 
(aa) the national average 
corn price per bushel for the 12- 
month period immediately pre-
ceding March 1 of the year for 
which the disaster assistance is 
calculated; or 
(bb) the national average 
corn price per bushel for the 24- 
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month period immediately pre-
ceding that March 1; by 
(II) 56. 
(D) 
NORMAL
GRAZING
PERIOD
AND 
DROUGHT MONITOR INTENSITY.— 
(i) FSA COUNTY COMMITTEE DETER-
MINATIONS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall determine the normal carrying 
capacity and normal grazing period 
for each type of grazing land or 
pastureland in the county served by 
the applicable committee. 
(II) CHANGES.—No change to 
the normal carrying capacity or nor-
mal grazing period established for a 
county under subclause (I) shall be 
made unless the change is requested 
by the appropriate State and county 
Farm Service Agency committees. 
(ii) DROUGHT INTENSITY.— 
(I) D2.—An eligible livestock 
producer that owns or leases grazing 
land or pastureland that is physically 
located in a county that is rated by 
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the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a 
D2 (severe drought) intensity in any 
area of the county for at least 8 con-
secutive weeks during the normal 
grazing period for the county, as de-
termined by the Secretary, shall be el-
igible to receive assistance under this 
paragraph in an amount equal to 1 
monthly payment using the monthly 
payment rate determined under sub-
paragraph (B). 
(II) D3.—An eligible livestock 
producer that owns or leases grazing 
land or pastureland that is physically 
located in a county that is rated by 
the U.S. Drought Monitor as having 
at least a D3 (extreme drought) in-
tensity in any area of the county at 
any time during the normal grazing 
period for the county, as determined 
by the Secretary, shall be eligible to 
receive assistance under this para-
graph— 
(aa) in an amount equal to 
3 monthly payments using the 
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monthly payment rate deter-
mined under subparagraph (B); 
(bb) if the county is rated as 
having a D3 (extreme drought) 
intensity in any area of the coun-
ty for at least 4 weeks during the 
normal grazing period for the 
county, or is rated as having a 
D4 (exceptional drought) inten-
sity in any area of the county at 
any time during the normal graz-
ing period, in an amount equal to 
4 monthly payments using the 
monthly payment rate deter-
mined under subparagraph (B); 
or 
(cc) if the county is rated as 
having 
a 
D4 
(exceptional 
drought) intensity in any area of 
the county for at least 4 weeks 
during the normal grazing pe-
riod, in an amount equal to 5 
monthly 
payments 
using 
the 
monthly rate determined under 
subparagraph (B). 
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(4) ASSISTANCE FOR LOSSES DUE TO FIRE ON 
PUBLIC MANAGED LAND.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible livestock 
producer may receive assistance under this 
paragraph only if— 
(i) the grazing losses occur on range-
land that is managed by a Federal agency; 
and 
(ii) the eligible livestock producer is 
prohibited by the Federal agency from 
grazing the normal permitted livestock on 
the managed rangeland due to a fire. 
(B) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate 
for assistance under this paragraph shall be 
equal to 50 percent of the monthly feed cost for 
the total number of livestock covered by the 
Federal lease of the eligible livestock producer, 
as determined under paragraph (3)(C). 
(C) PAYMENT DURATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), an eligible livestock producer shall be 
eligible to receive assistance under this 
paragraph for the period— 
(I) beginning on the date on 
which the Federal agency excludes the 
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eligible livestock producer from using 
the managed rangeland for grazing; 
and 
(II) ending on the last day of the 
Federal lease of the eligible livestock 
producer. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—An eligible livestock 
producer may only receive assistance under 
this paragraph for losses that occur on not 
more than 180 days per year. 
(5) NO DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.—An eligible 
livestock producer may elect to receive assistance for 
grazing or pasture feed losses due to drought condi-
tions under paragraph (3) or fire under paragraph 
(4), but not both for the same loss, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(d) EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE
FOR
LIVESTOCK, 
HONEY BEES, AND FARM-RAISED FISH.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2012 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use 
not more than $20,000,000 of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to provide emergency re-
lief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and 
farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due 
to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse 
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weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and 
wildfires, as determined by the Secretary, that are 
not covered under subsection (b) or (c). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—Funds made available 
under this subsection shall be used to reduce losses 
caused by feed or water shortages, disease, or other 
factors as determined by the Secretary. 
(3) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any funds made 
available under this subsection shall remain available 
until expended. 
(e) TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) ELIGIBLE
ORCHARDIST.—The term 
‘‘eligible orchardist’’ means a person that pro-
duces annual crops from trees for commercial 
purposes. 
(B) NATURAL DISASTER.—The term ‘‘nat-
ural disaster’’ means plant disease, insect infes-
tation, drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, 
lightning, or other occurrence, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(C) NURSERY TREE GROWER.—The term 
‘‘nursery tree grower’’ means a person who pro-
duces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christ-
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mas trees for commercial sale, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(D) TREE.—The term ‘‘tree’’ includes a 
tree, bush, and vine. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) LOSS.—Subject to subparagraph (B), 
for fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal 
year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are 
necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to provide assistance— 
(i) under paragraph (3) to eligible or-
chardists and nursery tree growers that 
planted trees for commercial purposes but 
lost the trees as a result of a natural dis-
aster, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(ii) under paragraph (3)(B) to eligible 
orchardists and nursery tree growers that 
have a production history for commercial 
purposes on planted or existing trees but 
lost the trees as a result of a natural dis-
aster, as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) LIMITATION.—An eligible orchardist 
or nursery tree grower shall qualify for assist-
ance under subparagraph (A) only if the tree 
mortality of the eligible orchardist or nursery 
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tree grower, as a result of damaging weather or 
related condition, exceeds 15 percent (adjusted 
for normal mortality). 
(3) ASSISTANCE.—Subject to paragraph (4), 
the assistance provided by the Secretary to eligible 
orchardists and nursery tree growers for losses de-
scribed in paragraph (2) shall consist of— 
(A)(i) reimbursement of 65 percent of the 
cost of replanting trees lost due to a natural 
disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in ex-
cess of 15 percent mortality (adjusted for nor-
mal mortality); or 
(ii) at the option of the Secretary, suffi-
cient seedlings to reestablish a stand; and 
(B) reimbursement of 50 percent of the 
cost of pruning, removal, and other costs in-
curred by an eligible orchardist or nursery tree 
grower to salvage existing trees or, in the case 
of tree mortality, to prepare the land to replant 
trees as a result of damage or tree mortality 
due to a natural disaster, as determined by the 
Secretary, in excess of 15 percent damage or 
mortality (adjusted for normal tree damage and 
mortality). 
(4) LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.— 
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(A) DEFINITIONS OF LEGAL ENTITY AND 
PERSON.—In this paragraph, the terms ‘‘legal 
entity’’ and ‘‘person’’ have the meaning given 
those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food Se-
curity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)). 
(B) AMOUNT.—The total amount of pay-
ments received, directly or indirectly, by a per-
son or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or 
general partnership) under this subsection may 
not exceed $125,000 for any crop year, or an 
equivalent value in tree seedlings. 
(C) ACRES.—The total quantity of acres 
planted to trees or tree seedlings for which a 
person or legal entity shall be entitled to receive 
payments under this subsection may not exceed 
500 acres. 
(f) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS OF LEGAL ENTITY AND PER-
SON.—In this subsection, the terms ‘‘legal entity’’ 
and ‘‘person’’ have the meaning given those terms in 
section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308(a)). 
(2) AMOUNT.—The total amount of disaster as-
sistance payments received, directly or indirectly, by 
a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or 
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general partnership) under this section (excluding 
payments received under subsection (e)) may not ex-
ceed $125,000 for any crop year. 
(3) DIRECT
ATTRIBUTION.—Subsections (e) 
and (f) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) or any successor provisions 
relating to direct attribution shall apply with respect 
to assistance provided under this section. 
SEC. 1502. NATIONAL DROUGHT COUNCIL AND NATIONAL 
DROUGHT POLICY ACTION PLAN. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COUNCIL.—The term ‘‘Council’’ means the 
National Drought Council established by this sec-
tion. 
(2) DROUGHT.—The term ‘‘drought’’ means a 
natural disaster that is caused by a deficiency in 
precipitation— 
(A) that may lead to a deficiency in sur-
face and subsurface water supplies (including 
rivers, streams, wetlands, ground water, soil 
moisture, reservoir supplies, lake levels, and 
snow pack); and 
(B) that causes or may cause— 
(i) substantial economic or social im-
pacts; or 
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(ii) physical damage or injury to indi-
viduals, property, or the environment. 
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 450b). 
(4) MEMBER.—The term ‘‘member’’, with re-
spect to the National Drought Council, means a 
member of the Council specified or appointed under 
this section or, in the absence of the member, the 
member’s designee. 
(5) 
MITIGATION.—The 
term 
‘‘mitigation’’ 
means a short- or long-term action, program, or pol-
icy that is implemented in advance of or during a 
drought to minimize any risks and impacts of 
drought. 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, American 
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
and the United States Virgin Islands. 
(8) TRIGGER.—The term ‘‘trigger’’ means the 
thresholds or criteria that must be satisfied before 
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mitigation or emergency assistance may be provided 
to an area— 
(A) in which drought is emerging; or 
(B) that is experiencing a drought. 
(9) 
WATERSHED.—The 
term 
‘‘watershed’’ 
means a region or area with common hydrology, an 
area drained by a waterway that drains into a lake 
or reservoir, the total area above a given point on 
a stream that contributes water to the flow at that 
point, or the topographic dividing line from which 
surface streams flow in two different directions. In 
no case shall a watershed be larger than a river 
basin. 
(10) WATERSHED GROUP.—The term ‘‘water-
shed group’’ means a group of individuals, formally 
recognized by the appropriate State or States, who 
represent the broad scope of relevant interests with-
in a watershed and who work together in a collabo-
rative manner to jointly plan the management of the 
natural resources contained within the watershed. 
(b) EFFECT OF SECTION.—This section does not af-
fect— 
(1) the authority of a State to allocate quan-
tities of water under the jurisdiction of the State; or 
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(2) any State water rights established as of the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) NATIONAL DROUGHT COUNCIL.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture a council 
to be known as the ‘‘National Drought Council’’. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) COMPOSITION.—The Council shall be 
composed of— 
(i) the Secretary (or the designee of 
the Secretary); 
(ii) the Secretary of Commerce (or the 
designee of the Secretary of Commerce); 
(iii) the Secretary of the Army (or the 
designee of the Secretary of the Army); 
(iv) the Secretary of the Interior (or 
the designee of the Secretary of the Inte-
rior); 
(v) the Director of the Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency (or the des-
ignee of the Director); 
(vi) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency (or the designee 
of the Administrator); 
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(vii) 4 members appointed by the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the National 
Governors Association, each of whom shall 
be the Governor of a State (or the designee 
of the Governor) and who collectively shall 
represent the geographic diversity of the 
Nation; 
(viii) 1 member appointed by the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the National 
Association of Counties; 
(ix) 1 member appointed by the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the United 
States Conference of Mayors; 
(x) 1 member appointed by the Sec-
retary of the Interior, in coordination with 
Indian tribes, to represent the interests of 
tribal governments; and 
(xi) 1 member appointed by the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the National 
Association of Conservation Districts, to 
represent local soil and water conservation 
districts. 
(B) DATE
OF
APPOINTMENT.—The ap-
pointment of each member of the Council shall 
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be made not later than 120 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
(3) TERM; VACANCIES.— 
(A) TERM.—A non-Federal member of the 
Council appointed under paragraph (2) shall be 
appointed for a term of two years. 
(B) VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Coun-
cil— 
(i) shall not affect the powers of the 
Council; and 
(ii) shall be filled in the same manner 
as the original appointment was made. 
(C) TERMS OF MEMBERS FILLING VACAN-
CIES.—Any member appointed to fill a vacancy 
occurring before the expiration of the term for 
which the member’s predecessor was appointed 
shall be appointed only for the remainder of 
that term. 
(4) MEETINGS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall meet 
at the call of the co-chairs. 
(B) FREQUENCY.—The Council shall meet 
at least semiannually. 
(5) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of 
the Council shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser 
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number may hold hearings or conduct other busi-
ness. 
(6) COUNCIL LEADERSHIP.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be a Fed-
eral co-chair and non-Federal co-chair of the 
Council. 
(B) APPOINTMENT.— 
(i) FEDERAL
CO-CHAIR.—The Sec-
retary shall be the Federal co-chair. 
(ii) NON-FEDERAL
CO-CHAIR.—The 
non-Federal members of the Council shall 
elect, on a biannual basis, a non-Federal 
co-chair of the Council from among the 
members appointed under paragraph (2). 
(d) DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Council shall— 
(A) not later than one year after the date 
of the first meeting of the Council, develop a 
comprehensive National Drought Policy Action 
Plan that— 
(i)(I) delineates and integrates re-
sponsibilities for activities relating to 
drought (including drought preparedness, 
mitigation, research, risk management, 
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training, and emergency relief) among 
Federal agencies; and 
(II) ensures that those activities are 
coordinated with the activities of the 
States, local governments, Indian tribes, 
and neighboring countries; 
(ii) is consistent with— 
(I) this Act and other applicable 
Federal laws; and 
(II) the laws and policies of the 
States for water management; 
(iii) is integrated with drought man-
agement programs of the States, Indian 
tribes, 
local 
governments, 
watershed 
groups, and private entities; and 
(iv) avoids duplicating Federal, State, 
tribal, 
local, 
watershed, 
and 
private 
drought preparedness and monitoring pro-
grams in existence on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; 
(B) evaluate Federal drought-related pro-
grams in existence on the date of enactment of 
this Act and make recommendations to Con-
gress and the President on means of elimi-
nating— 
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(i) discrepancies between the goals of 
the programs and actual service delivery; 
(ii) duplication among programs; and 
(iii) any other circumstances that 
interfere with the effective operation of the 
programs; 
(C) make recommendations to the Presi-
dent, Congress, and appropriate Federal agen-
cies on— 
(i) the establishment of common inter-
agency triggers for authorizing Federal 
drought mitigation programs; and 
(ii) improving the consistency and 
fairness of assistance among Federal 
drought relief programs; 
(D) encourage and facilitate the develop-
ment of drought preparedness plans under sub-
title C, including establishing the guidelines 
under this section; 
(E) based on a review of drought prepared-
ness plans, develop and make available to the 
public drought planning models to reduce water 
resource conflicts relating to water conservation 
and droughts; 
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(F) develop and coordinate public aware-
ness activities to provide the public with access 
to understandable and informative materials on 
drought, including— 
(i) explanations of the causes of 
drought, the impacts of drought, and the 
damages from drought; 
(ii) descriptions of the value and bene-
fits of land stewardship to reduce the im-
pacts of drought and to protect the envi-
ronment; 
(iii) clear instructions for appropriate 
responses to drought, including water con-
servation, water reuse, and detection and 
elimination of water leaks; 
(iv) information on State and local 
laws applicable to drought; and 
(v) opportunities for assistance to re-
source-dependent businesses and industries 
in times of drought; and 
(G) establish operating procedures for the 
Council. 
(2) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out this sub-
section, the Council shall consult with groups af-
fected by drought emergencies. 
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(3) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) ANNUAL REPORT.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one 
year after the date of the first meeting of 
the Council, and annually thereafter, the 
Council shall submit to Congress a report 
on the activities carried out under this sec-
tion. 
(ii) INCLUSIONS.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—The annual 
report shall include a summary of 
drought preparedness plans. 
(II) INITIAL REPORT.—The ini-
tial report submitted under subpara-
graph (A) shall include any rec-
ommendations of the Council. 
(B) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than seven 
years after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Council shall submit to Congress a report 
that recommends— 
(i) amendments to this section; and 
(ii) whether the Council should con-
tinue. 
(e) POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.— 
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(1) HEARINGS.—The Council may hold hear-
ings, meet and act at any time and place, take any 
testimony and receive any evidence that the Council 
considers advisable to carry out this section. 
(2) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Council may ob-
tain directly from any Federal agency any in-
formation that the Council considers necessary 
to carry out this section. 
(B) PROVISION OF INFORMATION.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), on request of the Secretary 
or the non-Federal co-chair of the Council, 
the head of a Federal agency may provide 
information to the Council. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—The head of a Fed-
eral agency shall not provide any informa-
tion to the Council that the Federal agency 
head determines the disclosure of which 
may cause harm to national security inter-
ests. 
(3) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Council may use 
the United States mail in the same manner and 
under the same conditions as other agencies of the 
Federal Government. 
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(4) GIFTS.—The Council may accept, use, and 
dispose of gifts or donations of services or property. 
(f) COUNCIL PERSONNEL MATTERS.— 
(1) COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.— 
(A) NON-FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A mem-
ber of the Council who is not an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government shall serve 
without compensation. 
(B) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—A member of 
the Council who is an officer or employee of the 
United States shall serve without compensation 
in addition to the compensation received for 
services of the member as an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government. 
(2) TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—A member of the 
Council shall be allowed travel expenses at rates au-
thorized for an employee of an agency under sub-
chapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 
Code, while away from the home or regular place of 
business of the member in the performance of the 
duties of the Council. 
(g) TERMINATION OF COUNCIL.—The Council shall 
terminate at the end of the eighth fiscal year beginning 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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Subtitle F—Administration 
SEC. 1601. ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY. 
(a) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.— 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, 
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
carry out this title. 
(b) DETERMINATIONS
BY SECRETARY.—A deter-
mination made by the Secretary under this title shall be 
final and conclusive. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided in this subsection, not later than 90 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and 
the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, 
shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary 
to implement this title and the amendments made by 
this title. 
(2) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the reg-
ulations and administration of this title and the 
amendments made by this title and sections 10003 
and 10016 of this Act shall be made— 
(A) pursuant to section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code, including by interim rules 
effective on publication under the authority pro-
vided in subparagraph (B) of subsection (b) of 
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such section if the Secretary determines such 
interim rules to be needed and final rules, with 
an opportunity for notice and comment, no 
later than 21 months after the date of the en-
actment of this Act; 
(B) without regard to chapter 35 of title 
44, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’); and 
(C) without regard to the Statement of 
Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective 
July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating 
to notices of proposed rulemaking and public 
participation in rulemaking. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY RELATED TO TRADE 
AGREEMENTS COMPLIANCE.— 
(1) 
REQUIRED
DETERMINATION; 
ADJUST-
MENT.—If the Secretary determines that expendi-
tures under this title that are subject to the total al-
lowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay 
Round Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) 
will exceed the allowable levels for any applicable re-
porting period, the Secretary shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, make adjustments in the amount 
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of the expenditures during that period to ensure that 
the expenditures do not exceed the allowable levels. 
(2) CONGRESSIONAL
NOTIFICATION.—Before 
making any adjustment under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agri-
culture of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 
of the Senate a report describing the determination 
made under that paragraph and the extent of the 
adjustment to be made. 
SEC. 1602. REPEAL OF PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT AU-
THORITY. 
(a) AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT OF 1938.— 
(1) REPEALS.—The following provisions of the 
Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 are repealed: 
(A) Parts II through V of subtitle B of 
title III (7 U.S.C. 1326 et seq.). 
(B) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a 
et seq.). 
(C) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.). 
(2) INAPPLICABILITY
TO
UPLAND
COTTON.— 
Section 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 
1938 (7 U.S.C. 1377) is amended by striking ‘‘was 
not fully planted’’ and inserting ‘‘was not fully 
planted: Provided further, That effective on the date 
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of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform 
and Risk Management Act of 2013, this section 
shall not apply to upland cotton’’. 
(b) AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949.—The following 
provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 are repealed: 
(1) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441). 
(2) Section 103(a) (7 U.S.C. 1444(a)). 
(3) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b). 
(4) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a). 
(5) Section 110 (7 U.S.C. 1445e). 
(6) Section 112 (7 U.S.C. 1445g). 
(7) Section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k). 
(8) Section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446). 
(9) Title III (7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.). 
(10) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), other 
than sections 404, 412, and 416 (7 U.S.C. 1424, 
1429, and 1431). 
(11) Title V (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.). 
(12) Title VI (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.). 
(c) SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN QUOTA PROVISIONS.— 
The joint resolution entitled ‘‘A joint resolution relating 
to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended’’, approved 
May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330, 1340), is repealed. 
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SEC. 1603. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1001 of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(3) LEGAL ENTITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘legal entity’ 
means— 
‘‘(i) an organization that (subject to 
the requirements of this section and sec-
tion 1001A) is eligible to receive a pay-
ment under a provision of law referred to 
in subsection (b), (c), or (d); 
‘‘(ii) a corporation, joint stock com-
pany, association, limited partnership, lim-
ited liability company, limited liability 
partnership, charitable organization, es-
tate, irrevocable trust, grantor of a rev-
ocable trust, or other similar entity (as de-
termined by the Secretary); and 
‘‘(iii) an organization that is partici-
pating in a farming operation as a partner 
in a general partnership or as a participant 
in a joint venture. 
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‘‘(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘legal entity’ 
does not include a general partnership or joint 
venture.’’; 
(2) by striking subsections (b) through (d) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(b) LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS FOR COVERED COM-
MODITIES AND PEANUTS.—The total amount of payments 
received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity 
for any crop year for 1 or more covered commodities and 
peanuts under title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform 
and Risk Management Act of 2013 may not exceed 
$125,000, of which— 
‘‘(1) not more than $75,000 may consist of 
marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments 
under subtitle B of title I of the Federal Agriculture 
Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; and 
‘‘(2) not more than $50,000 may consist of any 
other payments made for covered commodities and 
peanuts under title I of the Federal Agriculture Re-
form and Risk Management Act of 2013. 
‘‘(c) SPOUSAL EQUITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 
(b), except as provided in paragraph (2), if a person 
and the spouse of the person are covered by para-
graph (2) and receive, directly or indirectly, any pay-
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ment or gain covered by this section, the total 
amount of payments or gains (as applicable) covered 
by this section that the person and spouse may 
jointly receive during any crop year may not exceed 
an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar 
amounts specified in subsection (b). 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) SEPARATE FARMING OPERATIONS.— 
In the case of a married couple in which each 
spouse, before the marriage, was separately en-
gaged in an unrelated farming operation, each 
spouse shall be treated as a separate person 
with respect to a farming operation brought 
into the marriage by a spouse, subject to the 
condition that the farming operation shall re-
main a separate farming operation, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ELECTION
TO
RECEIVE
SEPARATE 
PAYMENTS.—A married couple may elect to re-
ceive payments separately in the name of each 
spouse if the total amount of payments and 
benefits described in subsection (b) that the 
married couple receives, directly or indirectly, 
does not exceed an amount equal to twice the 
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applicable dollar amounts specified in those 
subsections.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (f), by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) IRREVOCABLE TRUSTS.—In pro-
mulgating regulations to define the term 
‘legal entity’ as the term applies to irrev-
ocable trusts, the Secretary shall ensure 
that irrevocable trusts are legitimate enti-
ties that have not been created for the pur-
pose of avoiding a payment limitation.’’; 
and 
(4) in subsection (h), in the second sentence, by 
striking ‘‘or other entity’’ and inserting ‘‘or legal en-
tity’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c)’’ each place it appears in 
paragraphs (1) and (3)(B) and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’; 
(B) in subsection (f)— 
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(i) in paragraph (2), by striking 
‘‘Subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘Subsection (b)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b) or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘subsection (b), (c), or (d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(iv) in paragraph (6)— 
(I) in subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection (d), 
except as provided in subsection (g)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
subsection (f)’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (B), by 
striking ‘‘subsections (b), (c), and 
(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(C) in subsection (g)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)— 
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(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘subsection 
(f)(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 
(e)(6)(A)’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘subsection (b) 
or (c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsections (b) and (c)’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsection (b)’’; and 
(D) 
by 
redesignating 
subsections 
(e) 
through (h) as subsections (d) through (g), re-
spectively. 
(2) Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–1) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 1001(b)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (c) of section 1001’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 
(3) Section 1001B(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–2(a)) is amended in the 
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (b) and (c) of section 1001’’ and inserting 
‘‘section 1001(b)’’. 
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(c) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply beginning with the 2014 crop year. 
SEC. 1603A. PAYMENTS LIMITED TO ACTIVE FARMERS. 
Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 
U.S.C. 1308–1) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or active personal man-
agement’’ each place it appears in subpara-
graphs (A)(i)(II) and (B)(ii); and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, as 
applied to the legal entity, are met by the legal 
entity, the partners or members making a sig-
nificant contribution of personal labor or active 
personal management’’ and inserting ‘‘are met 
by partners or members making a significant 
contribution of personal labor, those partners or 
members’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking subparagraph (A) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) the landowner share-rents the land at 
a rate that is usual and customary;’’; 
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(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) the share of the payments received by 
the landowner is commensurate with the share 
of the crop or income received as rent.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘ac-
tive personal management or’’; 
(C) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘(5)’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A per-
son’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(5) CUSTOM FARMING SERVICES.—A person’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘under usual and 
customary terms’’ after ‘‘services’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) FARM MANAGERS.—A person who other-
wise meets the requirements of this subsection other 
than (b)(2)(A)(i)(II) shall be considered to be ac-
tively engaged in farming, as determined by the Sec-
retary, with respect to the farming operation, includ-
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ing a farming operation that is a sole proprietorship, 
a legal entity such as a joint venture or general 
partnership, or a legal entity such as a corporation 
or limited partnership, if the person— 
‘‘(A) makes a significant contribution of 
management to the farming operation necessary 
for the farming operation, taking into ac-
count— 
‘‘(i) the size and complexity of the 
farming operation; and 
‘‘(ii) the management requirements 
normally and customarily required by simi-
lar farming operations; 
‘‘(B)(i) is the only person in the farming 
operation qualifying as actively engaged in 
farming by using the farm manager special 
class designation under this paragraph; and 
‘‘(ii) together with any other persons in the 
farming operation qualifying as actively en-
gaged in farming under subsection (b)(2) or as 
part of a special class under this subsection, 
does not collectively receive, directly or indi-
rectly, an amount equal to more than the appli-
cable limits under section 1001(b); 
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‘‘(C) does not use the management con-
tribution under this paragraph to qualify as ac-
tively engaged in more than 1 farming oper-
ation; and 
‘‘(D) manages a farm operation that does 
not substantially share equipment, labor, or 
management with persons or legal entities that 
with the person collectively receive, directly or 
indirectly, an amount equal to more than the 
applicable limits under section 1001(b).’’. 
SEC. 1604. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATION. 
(a) LIMITATIONS AND COVERED BENEFITS.—Section 
1001D(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
1308–3a(b)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘LIM-
ITATIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘LIMITATIONS
ON COM-
MODITY AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS’’; 
(2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and in-
serting the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(1) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a person or legal entity shall not 
be eligible to receive any benefit described in para-
graph (2) during a crop, fiscal, or program year, as 
appropriate, if the average adjusted gross income of 
the person or legal entity exceeds $950,000. 
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‘‘(2) COVERED BENEFITS.—Paragraph (1) ap-
plies with respect to a payment or benefit under sub-
title A, B, or E of title I, or title II of the Federal 
Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 
2013, title II of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002, title II of the Food, Con-
servation, and Energy Act of 2008, title XII of the 
Food Security Act of 1985, section 524(b) of the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)), or 
section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF UNUSED DEFINITIONS.—Para-
graph (1) of section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(1) AVERAGE ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.—In 
this section, the term ‘average adjusted gross in-
come’, with respect to a person or legal entity, 
means the average of the adjusted gross income or 
comparable measure of the person or legal entity 
over the 3 taxable years preceding the most imme-
diately preceding complete taxable year, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.’’. 
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(c) INCOME DETERMINATION.—Section 1001D of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking subsection (c); and 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and 
(f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively. 
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1001D of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B) 
of’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, the average adjusted 
gross farm income, and the average adjusted 
gross nonfarm income’’; 
(2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘, average 
adjusted gross farm income, and average adjusted 
gross nonfarm income’’ both places it appears; 
(3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by sub-
section (c)(2) of this section)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, aver-
age adjusted gross farm income, and average 
adjusted gross nonfarm income’’ both places it 
appears; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(2)’’; and 
(4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by sub-
section (c)(2) of this section)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (1)(C) and 
(2)(B) of subsection (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(2)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, average adjusted gross 
farm income, or average adjusted gross non-
farm income’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Subsection (e) of section 
1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308– 
3a), as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section, 
is repealed. 
(f) 
LIMITATION
ON
APPLICABILITY.—Section 
1001(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) 
is amended by inserting before the period at the end the 
following: ‘‘or title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform 
and Risk Management Act of 2013’’. 
(g) TRANSITION.—Section 1001D of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a), as in effect on the 
day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall 
apply with respect to the 2013 crop, fiscal, or program 
year, as appropriate, for each program described in para-
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graphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b) of that section 
(as so in effect on that day). 
SEC. 1605. GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS 
AND RANCHERS. 
Section 1621(d) of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792(d)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year’’. 
SEC. 1606. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS FOR DEFI-
CIENCIES. 
Section 164 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement 
and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7284) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and title I of the Food, Conservation, and En-
ergy Act of 2008’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 8702 et seq.), and title I of the Federal 
Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 1607. PREVENTION OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS RE-
CEIVING 
PAYMENTS 
UNDER 
FARM 
COM-
MODITY PROGRAMS. 
(a) RECONCILIATION.—At least twice each year, the 
Secretary shall reconcile Social Security numbers of all in-
dividuals who receive payments under this title, whether 
directly or indirectly, with the Commissioner of Social Se-
curity to determined if the individuals are alive. 
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(b) PRECLUSION.—The Secretary shall preclude the 
issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased indi-
viduals that were not eligible for payments. 
SEC. 1608. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) MISSING PUNCTUATION.—Section 359f(c)(1)(B) 
of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
1359ff(c)(1)(B)) is amended by adding a period at the 
end. 
(b) ERRONEOUS CROSS REFERENCE.— 
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 1603(g) of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1739) is amended in para-
graphs (2) through (6) and the amendments made 
by those paragraphs by striking ‘‘1703(a)’’ each 
place it appears and inserting ‘‘1603(a)’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection and the 
amendments made by this subsection take effect as 
if included in the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1651). 
(c) CONTINUED APPLICABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS 
GENERAL PROVISION.—Section 767 of division A of Pub-
lic Law 108–7 (7 U.S.C. 7911 note; 117 Stat. 48) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘sections 1101 and 1102 of 
Public Law 107–171’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle A 
of title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and 
Risk Management Act of 2013’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘such section 1102’’ and 
inserting ‘‘such subtitle’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(b) This section, as amended by section 1608(c) of 
the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management 
Act of 2013, shall take effect beginning with the 2014 
crop year.’’. 
SEC. 1609. ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 8(g) of 
the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 
U.S.C. 590h(g)), relating to assignment of payments, shall 
apply to payments made under this title. 
(b) NOTICE.—The producer making the assignment, 
or the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, 
in such manner as the Secretary may require, of any as-
signment made under this section. 
SEC. 1610. TRACKING OF BENEFITS. 
As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary may track the benefits provided, 
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directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under ti-
tles I and II and the amendments made by those titles. 
SEC. 1611. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this title and title 
II and amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary 
approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently 
determine the document is inadequate or invalid because 
of the lack of authority of any person signing the docu-
ment on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, 
entity, general partnership, or joint venture, or the docu-
ments relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, 
unless the person signing the program document know-
ingly and willfully falsified the evidence of signature au-
thority or a signature. 
(b) AFFIRMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this section pro-
hibits the Secretary from asking a proper party to 
affirm any document that otherwise would be consid-
ered approved under subsection (a). 
(2) NO
RETROACTIVE
EFFECT.—A denial of 
benefits based on a lack of affirmation under para-
graph (1) shall not be retroactive with respect to 
third-party producers who were not the subject of 
the erroneous representation of authority, if the 
third-party producers— 
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(A) relied on the prior approval by the Sec-
retary of the documents in good faith; and 
(B) substantively complied with all pro-
gram requirements. 
SEC. 1612. IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) STREAMLINING.—In implementing this title, the 
Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable— 
(1) seek to reduce administrative burdens and 
costs to producers by streamlining and reducing pa-
perwork, forms, and other administrative require-
ments; 
(2) improve coordination, information sharing, 
and administrative work with the Risk Management 
Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation 
Service; and 
(3) take advantage of new technologies to en-
hance efficiency and effectiveness of program deliv-
ery to producers. 
(b) MAINTENANCE OF BASE ACRES AND PAYMENT 
YIELDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall main-
tain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, 
base acres and payment yields on a farm established 
under— 
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(A)(i) in the case of covered commodities 
and upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7912); and 
(ii) in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of 
that Act (7 U.S.C. 7952); and 
(B)(i) in the case of covered commodities 
and upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of 
the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711, 8712); and 
(ii) in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of 
that Act (7 U.S.C. 8752). 
(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR LONG GRAIN AND ME-
DIUM GRAIN RICE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
maintain separate base acres for long grain rice 
and medium grain rice. 
(B) LIMITATION.—In carrying out this 
paragraph, the Secretary shall use the same 
total base acres and payment yields established 
with respect to rice under sections 1108 of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 8718), as in effect on the day before the 
date of enactment of this Act, subject to any 
adjustment under section 1105. 
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(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall make 
available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this 
title $100,000,000. 
SEC. 1613. PROTECTION OF PRODUCER INFORMATION. 
(a) PROHIBITION OF PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF PRO-
TECTED INFORMATION.—Except as provided in subsection 
(b), the Secretary, any officer or employee of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, any contractor or cooperator of the 
Department, and any officer or employee of another Fed-
eral agency shall not disclose— 
(1) information submitted by a producer or 
owner of agricultural land to the Federal Govern-
ment pursuant to title I or II of this Act; or 
(2) other information provided by a producer or 
owner of agricultural land concerning the agricul-
tural operation, farming or conservation practices, or 
the land itself in order to participate in programs of 
the Department of Agriculture or other Federal 
agencies. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—Information described in sub-
section (a) may be disclosed if— 
(1) the information is required to be made pub-
licly available under any other provision of Federal 
law; 
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(2) the producer or owner of agricultural land 
who provided the information has lawfully publicly 
disclosed the information; 
(3) the producer or owner of agricultural land 
who provided the information consents to the disclo-
sure; or 
(4) the information is disclosed to the Attorney 
General, to the extent necessary, to ensure compli-
ance and law enforcement. 
(c) NOTICE OF DISCLOSURE.—Any disclosure of in-
formation pursuant to an exception provided in subsection 
(b) shall be reported to the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate within 24 
hours after the disclosure. 
(d) PRODUCER DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘producer’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1104(14) of this Act. 
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TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve 
Program 
SEC. 2001. EXTENSION AND ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS 
OF CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 1231(a) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2018’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE LAND.—Section 1231(b) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the date 
of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enact-
ment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk 
Management Act of 2013’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); 
(3) by inserting before paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) grasslands that— 
‘‘(A) contain forbs or shrubland (including 
improved rangeland and pastureland) for which 
grazing is the predominant use; 
‘‘(B) are located in an area historically 
dominated by grasslands; and 
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‘‘(C) could provide habitat for animal and 
plant populations of significant ecological value 
if the land is retained in its current use or re-
stored to a natural condition;’’; 
(4) 
in 
paragraph 
(4)(C), 
by 
striking 
‘‘filterstrips devoted to trees or shrubs’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘filterstrips or riparian buffers devoted to trees, 
shrubs, or grasses’’; and 
(5) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the 
following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) the portion of land in a field not enrolled 
in the conservation reserve in a case in which— 
‘‘(A) more than 50 percent of the land in 
the field is enrolled as a buffer or filterstrip, or 
more than 75 percent of the land in the field 
is enrolled as a conservation practice other than 
as a buffer or filterstrip; and 
‘‘(B) the remainder of the field is— 
‘‘(i) infeasible to farm; and 
‘‘(ii) enrolled at regular rental rates.’’. 
(c) PLANTING STATUS OF CERTAIN LAND.—Section 
1231(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3831(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘if’’ and all that follows 
through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘if, during 
the crop year, the land was devoted to a conserving use.’’. 
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