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Union Calendar No. 508 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2 
[Report No. 115–661] 
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs 
of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 12, 2018 
Mr. CONAWAY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
MAY 3, 2018 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 12, 2018] 
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To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2023, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘Ag-
riculture and Nutrition Act of 2018’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Commodity Policy 
Sec. 1111. Definitions. 
Sec. 1112. Base acres. 
Sec. 1113. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1114. Payment acres. 
Sec. 1115. Producer election. 
Sec. 1116. Price loss coverage. 
Sec. 1117. Agriculture risk coverage. 
Sec. 1118. 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. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar policy. 
Subtitle D—Dairy Risk Management Program and Other Dairy Programs 
Sec. 1401. Dairy risk management program for dairy producers. 
Sec. 1402. Class I skim milk price. 
Sec. 1403. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1404. Extension of dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1405. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1406. Repeal of dairy product donation program. 
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Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 
Sec. 1501. Modification of supplemental agricultural disaster assistance. 
Subtitle F—Administration 
Sec. 1601. Administration generally. 
Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority. 
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. 
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation. 
Sec. 1605. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm 
commodity programs. 
Sec. 1606. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1607. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1608. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1609. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1610. Implementation. 
Sec. 1611. Exemption from certain reporting requirements for certain producers. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Wetland Conservation 
Sec. 2101. Program ineligibility. 
Sec. 2102. Minimal effect regulations. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2201. Conservation reserve. 
Sec. 2202. Farmable wetland program. 
Sec. 2203. Duties of owners and operators. 
Sec. 2204. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2205. Payments. 
Sec. 2206. Contracts. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2301. Definitions. 
Sec. 2302. Establishment and administration. 
Sec. 2303. Limitation on payments. 
Sec. 2304. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Subtitle D—Other Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2401. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2402. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2403. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2404. Watershed protection and flood prevention. 
Sec. 2405. Feral swine eradication and control pilot program. 
Sec. 2406. Emergency conservation program. 
Subtitle E—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 2501. Commodity Credit Corporation. 
Sec. 2502. Delivery of technical assistance. 
Sec. 2503. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. 
Sec. 2504. Establishment of State technical committees. 
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Subtitle F—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
Sec. 2601. Establishment and purposes. 
Sec. 2602. Definitions. 
Sec. 2603. Agricultural land easements. 
Sec. 2604. Wetland reserve easements. 
Sec. 2605. Administration. 
Subtitle G—Regional Conservation Partnership Program 
Sec. 2701. Definitions. 
Sec. 2702. Regional conservation partnerships. 
Sec. 2703. Assistance to producers. 
Sec. 2704. Funding. 
Sec. 2705. Administration. 
Sec. 2706. Critical conservation areas. 
Subtitle H—Repeals and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments 
Sec. 2801. Repeal of conservation security and conservation stewardship pro-
grams. 
Sec. 2802. Repeal of terminal lakes assistance. 
Sec. 2803. Technical amendments. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
Sec. 3001. Findings. 
Sec. 3002. Labeling requirements. 
Sec. 3003. Food aid quality assurance. 
Sec. 3004. Local sale and barter of commodities. 
Sec. 3005. Minimum levels of assistance. 
Sec. 3006. Extension of termination date of Food Aid Consultative Group. 
Sec. 3007. Issuance of regulations. 
Sec. 3008. Funding for program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. 
Sec. 3009. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and dis-
tribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. 
Sec. 3010. Consideration of impact of provision of agricultural commodities and 
other assistance on local farmers and economy. 
Sec. 3011. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities. 
Sec. 3012. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities. 
Sec. 3013. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance. 
Sec. 3014. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. 
Sec. 3015. Termination date for micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 3016. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
Sec. 3101. Findings. 
Sec. 3102. Consolidation of current programs as new International Market Devel-
opment Program. 
Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws 
Sec. 3201. Local and regional food aid procurement projects. 
Sec. 3202. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets. 
Sec. 3203. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. 
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Sec. 3204. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3205. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program. 
Sec. 3206. Cochran fellowship program. 
Sec. 3207. Borlaug fellowship program. 
Sec. 3208. Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
Sec. 3209. Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018. 
TITLE IV—NUTRITION 
Subtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
Sec. 4001. Duplicative enrollment database. 
Sec. 4002. Retailer-funded incentives pilot. 
Sec. 4003. Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive program. 
Sec. 4004. Re-evaluation of thrifty food plan. 
Sec. 4005. Food distribution programs on Indian reservations. 
Sec. 4006. Update to categorical eligibility. 
Sec. 4007. Basic allowance for housing. 
Sec. 4008. Earned income deduction. 
Sec. 4009. Simplified homeless housing costs. 
Sec. 4010. Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of energy 
assistance. 
Sec. 4011. Child support; cooperation with child support agencies. 
Sec. 4012. Adjustment to asset limitations. 
Sec. 4013. Updated vehicle allowance. 
Sec. 4014. Savings excluded from assets. 
Sec. 4015. Workforce solutions. 
Sec. 4016. Modernization of electronic benefit transfer regulations. 
Sec. 4017. Mobile technologies. 
Sec. 4018. Processing fees. 
Sec. 4019. Replacement of EBT cards. 
Sec. 4020. Benefit recovery. 
Sec. 4021. Requirements for online acceptance of benefits. 
Sec. 4022. National gateway. 
Sec. 4023. Access to State systems. 
Sec. 4024. Transitional benefits. 
Sec. 4025. Incentivizing technology modernization. 
Sec. 4026. Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit transfer trans-
action data report. 
Sec. 4027. Adjustment to percentage of recovered funds retained by States. 
Sec. 4028. Tolerance level for payment errors. 
Sec. 4029. State performance indicators. 
Sec. 4030. Public-private partnerships. 
Sec. 4031. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 4032. Emergency food assistance. 
Sec. 4033. Nutrition education. 
Sec. 4034. Retail food store and recipient trafficking. 
Sec. 4035. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 4036. Implementation funds. 
Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Programs 
Sec. 4101. Commodity distribution program. 
Sec. 4102. Commodity supplemental food program. 
Sec. 4103. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects. 
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Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 4201. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and 
service institutions. 
Sec. 4202. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program. 
Sec. 4203. Healthy food financing initiative. 
Sec. 4204. Amendments to the fruit and vegetable program. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
Sec. 5101. Modification of the 3-year experience eligibility requirement for farm 
ownership loans. 
Sec. 5102. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 5103. Farm ownership loan limits. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
Sec. 5201. Limitations on amount of operating loans. 
Sec. 5202. Microloans. 
Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions 
Sec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot 
program. 
Sec. 5302. Loan authorization levels. 
Sec. 5303. Loan fund set-asides. 
Subtitle D—Technical Corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act 
Sec. 5401. Technical corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 
Sec. 5501. Elimination of obsolete references. 
Sec. 5502. Conforming repeals. 
Sec. 5503. Facility headquarters. 
Sec. 5504. Sharing privileged and confidential information. 
Sec. 5505. Scope of jurisdiction. 
Sec. 5506. Definition. 
Sec. 5507. Expansion of acreage exception to loan amount limitation. 
Sec. 5508. Compensation of bank directors. 
Sec. 5509. Prohibition on use of funds. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 5601. State agricultural mediation programs. 
Sec. 5602. Study on loan risk. 
TITLE VI—RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMIC 
DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Improving Health Outcomes in Rural Communities 
Sec. 6001. Prioritizing projects to meet health crises in rural America. 
Sec. 6002. Distance learning and telemedicine. 
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Sec. 6003. Reauthorization of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network. 
Sec. 6004. Supporting agricultural association health plans. 
Subtitle B—Connecting Rural Americans to High Speed Broadband 
Sec. 6101. Establishing forward-looking broadband standards. 
Sec. 6102. Incentives for hard to reach communities. 
Sec. 6103. Requiring guaranteed broadband lending. 
Sec. 6104. Smart utility authority for broadband. 
Sec. 6105. Modifications to the Rural Gigabit Program. 
Sec. 6106. Unified broadband reporting requirements. 
Sec. 6107. Improving access by providing certainty to broadband borrowers. 
Sec. 6108. Simplified application window. 
Sec. 6109. Elimination of requirement to give priority to certain applicants. 
Sec. 6110. Modification of buildout requirement. 
Sec. 6111. Improving borrower refinancing options. 
Sec. 6112. Elimination of unnecessary reporting requirements. 
Sec. 6113. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Sec. 6114. Middle mile broadband infrastructure. 
Sec. 6115. Outdated broadband systems. 
Sec. 6116. Effective date. 
Subtitle C—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
Sec. 6201. Strengthening regional economic development incentives. 
Sec. 6202. Expanding access to credit for rural communities. 
Sec. 6203. Providing for additional fees for guaranteed loans. 
Sec. 6204. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. 
Sec. 6205. Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training pro-
grams. 
Sec. 6206. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. 
Sec. 6207. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. 
Sec. 6208. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program. 
Sec. 6209. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska. 
Sec. 6210. Household water well systems. 
Sec. 6211. Solid waste management grants. 
Sec. 6212. Rural business development grants. 
Sec. 6213. Rural cooperative development grants. 
Sec. 6214. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. 
Sec. 6215. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program. 
Sec. 6216. Rural economic area partnership zones. 
Sec. 6217. Intermediary relending program. 
Sec. 6218. Exclusion of prison populations from definition of rural area. 
Sec. 6219. National Rural Development Partnership. 
Sec. 6220. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. 
Sec. 6221. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program. 
Sec. 6222. Health care services. 
Sec. 6223. Delta Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6224. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6225. Rural business investment program. 
Subtitle D—Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
Sec. 6301. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone 
purposes. 
Sec. 6302. Expansion of 911 access. 
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Sec. 6303. Improvements to the guaranteed underwriter program. 
Sec. 6304. Extension of the rural economic development loan and grant program. 
Subtitle E—Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
Sec. 6401. Rural energy savings program. 
Sec. 6402. Biobased markets program. 
Sec. 6403. Biorefinery, renewable, chemical, and biobased product manufacturing 
assistance. 
Sec. 6404. Repowering assistance program. 
Sec. 6405. Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels. 
Sec. 6406. Biodiesel fuel education program. 
Sec. 6407. Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 6408. Categorical exclusion for grants and financial assistance made under 
the Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 6409. Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative. 
Sec. 6410. Feedstock flexibility. 
Sec. 6411. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. 
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 6501. Value-added agricultural product market development grants. 
Sec. 6502. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. 
Sec. 6503. Regional economic and infrastructure development commissions. 
Sec. 6504. Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949. 
Subtitle G—Program Repeals 
Sec. 6601. Elimination of unfunded programs. 
Sec. 6602. Repeal of Rural Telephone Bank. 
Sec. 6603. Amendments to LOCAL TV Act. 
Subtitle H—Technical Corrections 
Sec. 6701. Corrections relating to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act. 
Sec. 6702. Corrections relating to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936. 
TITLE VII—RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 
Sec. 7101. International agriculture research. 
Sec. 7102. Matters related to certain school designations and declarations. 
Sec. 7103. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board. 
Sec. 7104. Specialty crop committee. 
Sec. 7105. Renewable energy committee discontinued. 
Sec. 7106. Report on allocations and matching funds for 1890 institutions. 
Sec. 7107. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. 
Sec. 7108. Agricultural and food policy research centers. 
Sec. 7109. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native 
Hawaiian serving institutions. 
Sec. 7110. Repeal of nutrition education program. 
Sec. 7111. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 7112. Extension carryover at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee 
University. 
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Sec. 7113. Scholarships for students at 1890 institutions. 
Sec. 7114. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 7115. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equip-
ment at insular area land-grant institutions. 
Sec. 7116. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 7117. Land-grant designation. 
Sec. 7118. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 7119. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and 
extension programs. 
Sec. 7120. Research equipment grants. 
Sec. 7121. University research. 
Sec. 7122. Extension service. 
Sec. 7123. Supplemental and alternative crops. 
Sec. 7124. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. 
Sec. 7125. Aquaculture assistance programs. 
Sec. 7126. Rangeland research programs. 
Sec. 7127. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 7128. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insu-
lar area institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 7129. Removal of matching funds requirement for certain grants. 
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 
Sec. 7201. Best utilization of biological applications. 
Sec. 7202. Integrated management systems. 
Sec. 7203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program. 
Sec. 7204. National training program. 
Sec. 7205. National Genetics Resources Program. 
Sec. 7206. National Agricultural Weather Information System. 
Sec. 7207. Agricultural genome to phenome initiative. 
Sec. 7208. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 
Sec. 7209. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7210. Farm business management. 
Sec. 7211. Clarification of veteran eligibility for assistive technology program for 
farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 7212. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
Sec. 7300. Ending limitation on funding under national food safety training, 
education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program. 
Sec. 7301. National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and tech-
nical assistance program. 
Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7303. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley 
caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica. 
Sec. 7304. Grants for youth organizations. 
Sec. 7305. Specialty crop research initiative. 
Sec. 7306. Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program. 
Sec. 7307. Office of Pest Management Policy. 
Sec. 7308. Forestry products advanced utilization research. 
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Subtitle D—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
PART I—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY 
Sec. 7401. Agricultural biosecurity communication center. 
Sec. 7402. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, 
preparation, and response. 
Sec. 7403. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures. 
Sec. 7404. Agricultural biosecurity grant program. 
PART II—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 7411. Grazinglands research laboratory. 
Sec. 7412. Natural products research program. 
Sec. 7413. Sun grant program. 
Subtitle E—Amendments to Other Laws 
Sec. 7501. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 7502. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 7503. Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 7504. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act. 
Sec. 7505. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 7506. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
Sec. 7507. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 7508. Federal agriculture research facilities. 
Sec. 7509. Biomass research and development. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 7601. Enhanced use lease authority program. 
Sec. 7602. Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary. 
Sec. 7603. Reinstatement of District of Columbia matching requirement for cer-
tain land-grant university assistance. 
Sec. 7604. Farmland tenure, transition, and entry data initiative. 
Sec. 7605. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, portion of Henry A. Wallace 
Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. 
Sec. 7606. Simplified plan of work. 
Sec. 7607. Time and effort reporting exemption. 
Sec. 7608. Public education on biotechnology in food and agriculture sectors. 
TITLE VIII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Reauthorization and Modification of Certain Forestry Programs 
Sec. 8101. Support for State assessments and strategies for forest resources. 
Sec. 8102. Forest legacy program. 
Sec. 8103. Community forest and open space conservation program. 
Sec. 8104. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program. 
Sec. 8105. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Sec. 8106. Community wood energy and wood innovation program. 
Sec. 8107. Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 amendments. 
Sec. 8108. National Forest Foundation Act authorities. 
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Subtitle B—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000 Amendments 
Sec. 8201. Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain 
non-Federal land. 
Sec. 8202. Resource advisory committees. 
Sec. 8203. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee 
projects. 
Subtitle C—Availability of Categorical Exclusions To Expedite Forest 
Management Activities 
PART I—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Sec. 8301. Definitions. 
Sec. 8302. Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public 
lands. 
Sec. 8303. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act. 
Sec. 8304. Secretarial discretion in the case of two or more categorical exclusions. 
PART II—CATEGORICAL EXCLUSIONS 
Sec. 8311. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions. 
Sec. 8312. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to cat-
astrophic events. 
Sec. 8313. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional 
forests. 
Sec. 8314. Categorical exclusion for hazard trees. 
Sec. 8315. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System 
lands or public land or reduce the risk of wildfire. 
Sec. 8316. Categorical exclusion for forest restoration. 
Sec. 8317. Categorical exclusion for infrastructure forest management activities. 
Sec. 8318. Categorical exclusion for developed recreation sites. 
Sec. 8319. Categorical exclusion for administrative sites. 
Sec. 8320. Categorical exclusion for special use authorizations. 
Sec. 8321. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to in-
sect and disease infestation. 
PART III—MISCELLANEOUS FOREST MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES 
Sec. 8331. Good neighbor agreements. 
Sec. 8332. Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation. 
Sec. 8333. Regulations regarding designation of dead or dying trees of certain 
tree species on National Forest System lands in California as 
exempt from prohibition on export of unprocessed timber origi-
nating from Federal lands. 
Subtitle D—Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection 
Sec. 8401. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result 
contracting and other authorities. 
Sec. 8402. Tribal forest management demonstration project. 
Subtitle E—Other Matters 
Sec. 8501. Clarification of research and development program for wood building 
construction. 
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Sec. 8502. Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot pro-
gram. 
Sec. 8503. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations. 
Sec. 8504. No loss of funds for wildfire suppression. 
Sec. 8505. Technical corrections. 
TITLE IX—HORTICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Horticulture Marketing and Information 
Sec. 9001. Specialty crops market news allocation. 
Sec. 9002. Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program. 
Sec. 9003. Food safety education initiatives. 
Sec. 9004. Specialty crop block grants. 
Sec. 9005. Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Act. 
Sec. 9006. Organic programs. 
Subtitle B—Regulatory Reform 
PART I—STATE LEAD AGENCIES UNDER FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, 
AND RODENTICIDE ACT 
Sec. 9101. Recognition and role of State lead agencies. 
PART II—PESTICIDE REGISTRATION AND USE 
Sec. 9111. Registration of pesticides. 
Sec. 9112. Experimental use permits. 
Sec. 9113. Administrative review; suspension. 
Sec. 9114. Unlawful acts. 
Sec. 9115. Authority of States. 
Sec. 9116. Regulations. 
Sec. 9117. Use of authorized pesticides. 
Sec. 9118. Discharges of pesticides. 
Sec. 9119. Enactment of Pesticide Registration Improvement Enhancement Act of 
2017. 
PART III—AMENDMENTS TO THE PLANT PROTECTION ACT 
Sec. 9121. Methyl bromide. 
PART IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 
Sec. 9131. Definition of retail facilities. 
Subtitle C—Other Matters 
Sec. 9201. Report on regulation of plant biostimulants. 
Sec. 9202. Pecan marketing orders. 
Sec. 9203. Report on honey and maple syrup. 
TITLE X—CROP INSURANCE 
Sec. 10001. Treatment of forage and grazing. 
Sec. 10002. Administrative basic fee. 
Sec. 10003. Prevention of duplicative coverage. 
Sec. 10004. Repeal of unused authority. 
Sec. 10005. Continued authority. 
Sec. 10006. Program administration. 
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Sec. 10007. Maintenance of policies. 
Sec. 10008. Research and development priorities. 
Sec. 10009. Extension of funding for research and development. 
Sec. 10010. Education and risk management assistance. 
TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Livestock 
Sec. 11101. Animal Disease Preparedness and Response. 
Sec. 11102. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. 
Sec. 11103. Veterinary training. 
Sec. 11104. Report on FSIS guidance and outreach to small meat processors. 
Subtitle B—Beginning, Socially Disadvantaged, and Veteran Producers 
Sec. 11201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 11202. Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement. 
Sec. 11203. Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050. 
Sec. 11204. Agricultural youth organization coordinator. 
Subtitle C—Textiles 
Sec. 11301. Repeal of Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund. 
Sec. 11302. Repeal of Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund. 
Sec. 11303. Repeal of wool research and promotion grants funding. 
Sec. 11304. Textile Trust Fund. 
Subtitle D—United States Grain Standards Act 
Sec. 11401. Restoring certain exceptions to United States Grain Standards Act. 
Subtitle E—Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program 
Sec. 11501. Eligible crops. 
Sec. 11502. Service fee. 
Sec. 11503. Payments equivalent to additional coverage. 
Subtitle F—Other Matters 
Sec. 11601. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conserva-
tion. 
Sec. 11602. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain programs under Depart-
ment of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. 
Sec. 11603. Conference report requirement threshold. 
Sec. 11604. National agriculture imagery program. 
Sec. 11605. Report on inclusion of natural stone products in Commodity Pro-
motion, Research, and Information Act of 1996. 
Sec. 11606. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing re-
gion. 
Sec. 11607. Establishment of Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison. 
Sec. 11608. Cotton classification services. 
Sec. 11609. Century farms program. 
Sec. 11610. Report on agricultural innovation. 
Sec. 11611. Report on dog importation. 
Sec. 11612. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. 
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Subtitle G—Protecting Interstate Commerce 
Sec. 11701. Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with 
production or manufacture of items in other States. 
Sec. 11702. Federal cause of action to challenge State regulation of interstate 
commerce. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Commodity Policy 
SEC. 1111. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle and subtitle B: 
(1) ACTUAL CROP REVENUE.—The term ‘‘actual 
crop revenue’’, with respect to a covered commodity 
for a crop year, means the amount determined by the 
Secretary under section 1117(b). 
(2) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE.—The term 
‘‘agriculture risk coverage’’ means coverage provided 
under section 1117. 
(3) 
AGRICULTURE
RISK
COVERAGE
GUAR-
ANTEE.—The term ‘‘agriculture risk coverage guar-
antee’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the amount determined by the Sec-
retary under section 1117(c). 
(4) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1111(4)(A) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9011(4)(A)), sub-
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ject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction 
under section 1112. 
(5) COVERED COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘covered 
commodity’’ means wheat, oats, and barley (including 
wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and grazing), 
corn, grain sorghum, long grain rice, medium grain 
rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, seed cotton, 
and peanuts. 
(6) EFFECTIVE
PRICE.—The term ‘‘effective 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the price calculated by the Secretary 
under section 1116(b) to determine whether price loss 
coverage payments are required to be provided for 
that crop year. 
(7) EFFECTIVE
REFERENCE
PRICE.—The term 
‘‘effective reference price’’, with respect to a covered 
commodity for a crop year, means the lesser of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) An amount equal to 115 percent of the 
reference price for such covered commodity. 
(B) An amount equal to the greater of— 
(i) the reference price for such covered 
commodity; or 
(ii) 85 percent of the average of the 
marketing year average price of the covered 
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commodity for the most recent 5 crop years, 
excluding each of the crop years with the 
highest and lowest marketing year average 
price. 
(8) EXTRA
LONG
STAPLE
COTTON.—The term 
‘‘extra long staple cotton’’ means cotton that— 
(A) is produced from pure strain varieties 
of the barbadense species or any hybrid of the 
species, or other similar types of extra long sta-
ple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having 
characteristics needed for various end uses for 
which United States upland cotton is not suit-
able and grown in irrigated cotton-growing re-
gions of the United States designated by the Sec-
retary or other areas designated by the Secretary 
as suitable for the production of the varieties or 
types; and 
(B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if au-
thorized by the Secretary, ginned on another 
type gin for experimental purposes. 
(9) MARKETING
YEAR
AVERAGE
PRICE.—The 
term ‘‘marketing year average price’’ means the na-
tional average market price received by producers 
during the 12-month marketing year for a covered 
commodity, as determined by the Secretary. 
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(10) MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The term ‘‘medium 
grain rice’’ includes short grain rice and temperate 
japonica rice. 
(11) OTHER OILSEED.—The term ‘‘other oilseed’’ 
means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, saf-
flower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or 
any oilseed designated by the Secretary. 
(12) PAYMENT
ACRES.—The term ‘‘payment 
acres’’, with respect to the provision of price loss cov-
erage payments and agriculture risk coverage pay-
ments, means the number of acres determined for a 
farm under section 1114. 
(13) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’, for a farm for a covered commodity— 
(A) means the yield used to make payments 
pursuant to section 1116 of the Agricultural Act 
of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9016); or 
(B) means the yield established under sec-
tion 1113. 
(14) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘price 
loss coverage’’ means coverage provided under section 
1116. 
(15) PRODUCER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’ 
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or 
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sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing 
a crop and is entitled to share in the crop avail-
able for marketing from the farm, or would have 
shared had the crop been produced. 
(B) HYBRID SEED.—In determining wheth-
er a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Sec-
retary 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. 
(16) PULSE
CROP.—The term ‘‘pulse crop’’ 
means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(17) REFERENCE
PRICE.—The term ‘‘reference 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the following: 
(A) For wheat, $5.50 per bushel. 
(B) For corn, $3.70 per bushel. 
(C) For grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel. 
(D) For barley, $4.95 per bushel. 
(E) For oats, $2.40 per bushel. 
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(F) For long grain rice, $14.00 per hun-
dredweight. 
(G) For medium grain rice, $14.00 per 
hundredweight. 
(H) For soybeans, $8.40 per bushel. 
(I) For other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundred-
weight. 
(J) For peanuts, $535.00 per ton. 
(K) For dry peas, $11.00 per hundred-
weight. 
(L) For lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight. 
(M) For small chickpeas, $19.04 per hun-
dredweight. 
(N) For large chickpeas, $21.54 per hun-
dredweight. 
(O) For seed cotton, $0.367 per pound. 
(18) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(19) SEED
COTTON.—The term ‘‘seed cotton’’ 
means unginned upland cotton that includes both lint 
and seed. 
(20) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 
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(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(21) 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, for the 
purpose of— 
(A) the establishment of a reference price 
(as required under section 1116(g)) and an effec-
tive price pursuant to section 1116; and 
(B) the determination of the actual crop 
revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee 
pursuant to section 1117. 
(22) 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)). 
(23) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means all 
of the States. 
(24) 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 
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(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. 1112. BASE ACRES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF BASE ACRES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres 
for covered commodities for a farm whenever any of 
the following circumstances occur: 
(A) A conservation reserve contract entered 
into under section 1231 of the Food Security 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 Sec-
retary. 
(C) The producer has eligible oilseed acreage 
as the result of the Secretary designating addi-
tional oilseeds, which shall be determined in the 
same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under 
section 1101(a)(1)(D) of the Food, Conservation, 
and 
Energy 
Act 
of 
2008 
(7 
U.S.C. 
8711(a)(1)(D)). 
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(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 agriculture 
risk coverage with respect to the acreage added to the 
farm under this subsection or a prorated payment 
under the conservation reserve contract, but not both. 
(b) PREVENTION OF EXCESS BASE ACRES.— 
(1) REQUIRED REDUCTION.—If the sum of the 
base acres for a farm and the acreage described in 
paragraph (2) exceeds the actual cropland acreage of 
the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the base acres for 
1 or more covered commodities for the farm so that 
the sum of the base acres and the acreage described 
in paragraph (2) does not exceed 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 title XII 
of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3801 et seq.). 
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(B) Any other acreage on the farm enrolled 
in a Federal conservation program for which 
payments are made in exchange for not pro-
ducing an agricultural commodity on the acre-
age. 
(C) If the Secretary designates additional 
oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall 
be determined in the same manner as eligible oil-
seed acreage under subsection (a)(1)(C). 
(3) SELECTION OF ACRES.—The Secretary shall 
give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select 
the base acres for a covered commodity 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 cropping, 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 for the farm. 
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(B) EFFECT OF REDUCTION.—A reduction 
under subparagraph (A) shall be permanent and 
made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary. 
(2) REQUIRED ACTION BY SECRETARY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pro-
portionately reduce base acres on a farm 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 subdivision is such that the land is unlikely 
to return to the previous agricultural use, unless 
the producers 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). 
(3) TREATMENT OF UNPLANTED BASE.—In the 
case of a farm on which no covered commodities (in-
cluding seed cotton) were planted or prevented from 
being planted during the period beginning on Janu-
ary 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2017, the 
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Secretary shall allocate all base acres on the farm to 
unassigned crop base for which no payment shall be 
made under section 1116 or 1117. 
(4) 
PROHIBITION
ON
RECONSTITUTION
OF 
FARM.—The Secretary shall ensure that producers on 
a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void or change 
the treatment of base acres under this section. 
SEC. 1113. PAYMENT YIELDS. 
(a) TREATMENT OF DESIGNATED OILSEEDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of making 
price loss coverage payments under section 1116, the 
Secretary shall provide for the establishment of a 
yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for 
which a payment yield was not established under sec-
tion 1113 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9013) in accordance with this section. 
(2) PAYMENT
YIELDS
FOR
DESIGNATED
OIL-
SEEDS.—In the case of designated oilseeds, the pay-
ment yield shall be equal to 90 percent of the average 
of the yield per planted acre for the most recent five 
crop years, as determined by the Secretary, excluding 
any crop year in which the acreage planted to the 
covered commodity was zero. 
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(3) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 
to oilseeds designated after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) EFFECT OF LACK OF PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT
BY
SECRETARY.—In the 
case of a covered commodity on a farm for which base 
acres have been established, if no payment yield is 
otherwise established for the covered commodity on the 
farm, the Secretary shall establish an appropriate 
payment yield for the covered commodity on the farm 
under paragraph (2). 
(2) USE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED FARMS.—To 
establish an appropriate payment yield for a covered 
commodity on a farm as required by paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall take into consideration the farm 
program payment yields applicable to that covered 
commodity for similarly situated farms. The use of 
such data in an appeal, by the Secretary or by the 
producer, shall not be subject to any other provision 
of law. 
(c) SINGLE OPPORTUNITY
TO UPDATE YIELDS
IN 
COUNTIES AFFECTED BY DROUGHT.— 
(1) ELECTION TO UPDATE.—In the case of a 
farm that is physically located in a county in which 
any area of the county was rated by the U.S. Drought 
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Monitor as having a D4 (exceptional drought) inten-
sity for 20 or more consecutive weeks during the pe-
riod beginning January 1, 2008 and ending Decem-
ber 31, 2012, at the sole discretion of the owner of 
such farm, the owner of a farm shall have a 1-time 
opportunity to update, on a covered commodity-by 
covered-commodity basis, the payment yield that 
would otherwise be used in calculating any price loss 
coverage payment for each covered commodity on the 
farm for which the election is made. 
(2) METHOD OF UPDATING YIELDS FOR COVERED 
COMMODITIES.—If the owner of a farm elects to up-
date yields under paragraph (1), the payment yield 
for covered commodities 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 covered commodities on 
the farm for the 2013 through 2017 crop years, as de-
termined by the Secretary, excluding any crop year 
in which the acreage planted to the covered com-
modity was zero. 
(3) USE OF COUNTY AVERAGE YIELD.—For the 
purposes of determining the average yield under 
paragraph (2), if the yield per planted acre for a crop 
of a covered commodity for a farm for any of the crop 
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years specified in paragraph (2) was less than 75 
percent of the average of county yields for those same 
years for that commodity, the Secretary shall assign 
a yield for that crop year equal to 75 percent of the 
average of the 2013 though 2017 county yield for the 
covered commodity. 
(4) UPLAND COTTON CONVERSION.—In the case 
of seed cotton, for purposes of determining the average 
of the yield per planted acre under paragraph (2), the 
average yield for seed cotton per planted acre shall be 
equal to 2.4 times the average yield for upland cotton 
per planted acre. 
(5) TIME FOR ELECTION.—An election under this 
subsection shall be made at a time and manner so as 
to be in effect beginning with the 2019 crop year, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 1114. PAYMENT ACRES. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF PAYMENT ACRES.—Subject to 
subsection (d), for the purpose of price loss coverage and 
agriculture risk coverage, the payment acres for each cov-
ered commodity on a farm shall be equal to 85 percent of 
the base acres for the covered commodity on the farm. 
(b) EFFECT OF MINIMAL PAYMENT ACRES.— 
(1) 
PROHIBITION
ON
PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of this title, a producer 
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on a farm may not receive price loss coverage pay-
ments or agriculture risk coverage payments if the 
sum of the base acres on the farm is 10 acres or less, 
as determined by the Secretary, unless the sum of the 
base acres on the farm, when combined with the base 
acres of other farms in which the producer has an in-
terest, is more than 10 acres. 
(2) EXCEPTIONS.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 
to a producer that is— 
(A) a socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 2003(e))); or 
(B) a limited resource farmer or rancher, as 
defined by the Secretary. 
(c) EFFECT
OF PLANTING FRUITS
AND VEGETA-
BLES.— 
(1) REDUCTION REQUIRED.—In the manner pro-
vided in this subsection, payment acres on a farm 
shall be reduced in any crop year in which fruits, 
vegetables (other than mung beans and pulse crops), 
or wild rice have been planted on base acres on a 
farm. 
(2) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE AND AGRICULTURAL 
RISK COVERAGE.—In the case of price loss coverage 
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payments and agricultural risk coverage payments, 
the reduction under paragraph (1) shall be the 
amount equal to the base acres planted to crops re-
ferred to in such paragraph in excess of 15 percent 
of base acres. 
(3) REDUCTION EXCEPTIONS.—No reduction to 
payment acres shall be made under this subsection 
if— 
(A) cover crops or crops referred to in para-
graph (1) are grown solely for conservation pur-
poses and not harvested for use or sale, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; or 
(B) in any region in which there is a his-
tory of double-cropping covered commodities with 
crops referred to in paragraph (1) and such 
crops were so double-cropped on the base acres, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(4) EFFECT OF REDUCTION.—For each crop year 
for which fruits, vegetables (other than mung beans 
and pulse crops), or wild rice are planted to base 
acres on a farm for which a reduction in payment 
acres is made under this subsection, the Secretary 
shall consider such base acres to be planted, or pre-
vented from planting, to a covered commodity for 
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purposes of any adjustment or reduction of base acres 
for the farm under section 1112. 
(d) UNASSIGNED CROP BASE.—The Secretary shall 
maintain information on base acres allocated as unassigned 
crop base pursuant to— 
(1) section 1112(c)(3); or 
(2) section 1112(a) of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9012(a)). 
SEC. 1115. PRODUCER ELECTION. 
(a) ELECTION REQUIRED.—For the 2019 through 
2023 crop years, all of the producers on a farm shall make 
a 1-time, irrevocable election to obtain on a covered-com-
modity-by-covered-commodity basis— 
(1) price loss coverage under section 1116; or 
(2) agriculture risk coverage under section 1117. 
(b) EFFECT OF FAILURE TO MAKE UNANIMOUS ELEC-
TION.—If all the producers on a farm fail to make a unani-
mous election under subsection (a) for the 2019 crop year— 
(1) the Secretary shall not make any payments 
with respect to the farm for the 2019 crop year under 
section 1116 or 1117; and 
(2) the producers on the farm shall be deemed to 
have elected price loss coverage under section 1116 for 
all covered commodities on the farm for the 2020 
through 2023 crop years. 
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(c) PROHIBITION
ON RECONSTITUTION.—The Sec-
retary shall ensure that producers on a farm do not recon-
stitute the farm to void or change an election made under 
this section. 
SEC. 1116. PRICE LOSS COVERAGE. 
(a) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE PAYMENTS.—If all of the 
producers on a farm make the election under subsection (a) 
of section 1115 to obtain price loss coverage or, subject to 
subsection (b)(1) of such section, are deemed to have made 
such election under subsection (b)(2) of such section, the 
Secretary shall make price loss coverage payments to pro-
ducers on the farm on a covered-commodity-by-covered-com-
modity basis if the Secretary determines that, for any of 
the 2019 through 2023 crop years— 
(1) the effective price for the covered commodity 
for the crop year; is less than 
(2) the effective reference price for the covered 
commodity for the crop year. 
(b) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—The effective price for a cov-
ered commodity for a crop year shall be the higher of— 
(1) the marketing year average price; or 
(2) the national average loan rate for a mar-
keting assistance loan for the covered commodity in 
effect for such crop year under subtitle B. 
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(c) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate shall be equal 
to the difference between— 
(1) the effective reference price for the covered 
commodity; and 
(2) the effective price determined under sub-
section (b) for the covered commodity. 
(d) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If price loss coverage pay-
ments are required to be provided under this section for any 
of the 2019 through 2023 crop years for a covered com-
modity, the amount of the price loss coverage payment to 
be paid to the producers on a farm for the crop year shall 
be equal to the product obtained by multiplying— 
(1) the payment rate for the covered commodity 
under subsection (c); 
(2) the payment yield for the covered commodity; 
and 
(3) the payment acres for the covered commodity 
determined under section 1114. 
(e) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary determines 
under this section that price loss coverage payments are re-
quired to be provided for the covered commodity, the pay-
ments shall be made beginning October 1, or as soon as 
practicable thereafter, after the end of the applicable mar-
keting year for the covered commodity. 
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(f) EFFECTIVE PRICE FOR BARLEY.—In determining 
the effective price for barley under subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall use the all-barley price. 
(g) REFERENCE PRICE FOR TEMPERATE JAPONICA 
RICE.—In order to reflect price premiums, the Secretary 
shall provide a reference price with respect to temperate ja-
ponica rice in an amount equal to the amount established 
under subparagraph (F) of section 1111(17), as adjusted 
by paragraph (7) of such section, multiplied by the ratio 
obtained by dividing— 
(1) the simple average of the marketing year av-
erage price of medium grain rice from the 2012 
through 2016 crop years; by 
(2) the simple average of the marketing year av-
erage price of all rice from the 2012 through 2016 
crop years. 
SEC. 1117. AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE. 
(a) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE PAYMENTS.—If all 
of the producers on a farm make the election under section 
1115(a) to obtain agriculture risk coverage, the Secretary 
shall make agriculture risk coverage payments to producers 
on the farm if the Secretary determines that, for any of 
the 2019 through 2023 crop years— 
(1) the actual crop revenue determined under 
subsection (b) for the crop year; is less than 
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(2) the agriculture risk coverage guarantee deter-
mined under subsection (c) for the crop year. 
(b) ACTUAL CROP REVENUE.—The amount of the ac-
tual crop revenue for a county for a crop year of a covered 
commodity shall be equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(1) the actual average county yield per planted 
acre for the covered commodity, as determined by the 
Secretary; and 
(2) the higher of— 
(A) the marketing year average 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 subtitle 
B. 
(c) AGRICULTURE RISK COVERAGE GUARANTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The agriculture risk coverage 
guarantee for a crop year for a covered commodity 
shall equal 86 percent of the benchmark revenue. 
(2) BENCHMARK REVENUE.—The benchmark rev-
enue shall be equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(A) subject to paragraph (3), the average 
historical county yield as determined by the Sec-
retary for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding 
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(1) to the maximum extent practicable, use all 
available information and analysis, including data 
mining, to check for anomalies in the determination 
of agriculture risk coverage payments; 
(2) calculate a separate actual crop revenue and 
agriculture risk coverage guarantee for irrigated and 
nonirrigated covered commodities; 
(3) assign an actual or benchmark county yield 
for each planted acre for the crop year for the covered 
commodity— 
(A) for a county for which county data col-
lected by the Risk Management Agency is suffi-
cient for the Secretary to offer a county-wide in-
surance product using the actual average county 
yield determined by the Risk Management Agen-
cy; or 
(B) for a county not described in subpara-
graph (A) using— 
(i) other sources of yield information, 
as determined by the Secretary; or 
(ii) the yield history of representative 
farms in the State, region, or crop reporting 
district, as determined by the Secretary; 
and 
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(4) make payments, as applicable, to producers 
using the payment rate of the county of the physical 
location of the base acres of a farm. 
SEC. 1118. PRODUCER AGREEMENTS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(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.); 
(C) to effectively control noxious weeds and 
otherwise maintain the land in accordance with 
sound agricultural practices, as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(D) to use the land on the farm, in a quan-
tity equal to the attributable base acres for the 
farm and any base acres for an agricultural or 
conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural 
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commercial, industrial, or residential use, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
(2) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary may issue such 
rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure 
producer compliance with the requirements of para-
graph (1). 
(3) MODIFICATION.—At the request of the trans-
feree or owner, the Secretary may modify the require-
ments of this subsection if the modifications are con-
sistent with the objectives of this subsection, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(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, unless 
the transferee or owner of the acreage agrees to 
assume all obligations under subsection (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-
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petent, or is otherwise unable to receive the payment, 
the Secretary shall make the payment in accordance 
with rules issued by the Secretary. 
(c) ACREAGE REPORTS.—As a condition on the receipt 
of any benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B, the Sec-
retary shall require producers on a farm to submit to the 
Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all crop-
land on the farm. 
(d) EFFECT OF INACCURATE REPORTS.—No penalty 
with respect to benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B shall 
be assessed against a producer on a farm for an inaccurate 
acreage report unless the Secretary determines that the pro-
ducer on the farm knowingly and willfully falsified the 
acreage report. 
(e) TENANTS AND SHARECROPPERS.—In carrying out 
this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safe-
guards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers. 
(f) SHARING OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide for the sharing of payments made under this subtitle 
among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable 
basis. 
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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 cot-
ton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soybeans, 
other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, honey, 
dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas. 
(b) NONRECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For each of the 2019 through 
2023 crops of each loan commodity, the Secretary 
shall make available to producers on a farm non-
recourse marketing assistance loans for loan commod-
ities produced on the farm. 
(2) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The marketing as-
sistance loans shall be made under terms and condi-
tions 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 sub-
section (b) for any quantity of a loan commodity produced 
on the farm. 
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(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 wetland 
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 de-
ficiency payments under section 1205, may be ob-
tained at the option of the producers on a farm 
through— 
(A) a designated marketing association or 
marketing cooperative of producers that is ap-
proved by the Secretary; or 
(B) the Farm Service Agency. 
(3) STORAGE OF LOAN PEANUTS.—As a condi-
tion on the approval by the Secretary of an indi-
vidual or entity to provide storage for peanuts for 
which a marketing assistance loan is made under this 
section, the individual or entity shall agree— 
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(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 storage 
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 are 
placed under loan, as determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(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 
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collateral that are forfeited under this sec-
tion. 
(5) MARKETING.—A marketing association or co-
operative may market peanuts for which a loan is 
made under this section in any manner that conforms 
to consumer needs, including the separation of pea-
nuts by type and quality. 
(6) REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENTS AND PAYMENT 
OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Secretary may 
implement any reimbursable agreements or provide 
for the payment of administrative expenses under this 
subsection only in a manner that is consistent with 
those activities in regard to other loan commodities. 
SEC. 1202. LOAN RATES FOR NONRECOURSE MARKETING 
ASSISTANCE LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of each of the 2019 
through 2023 crop years, the loan rate for a marketing as-
sistance 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 bush-
el. 
(4) In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel. 
(5) In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel. 
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(6)(A) Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in 
the case of base quality of upland cotton, the simple 
average of the adjusted prevailing world price for the 
2 immediately preceding marketing years, as deter-
mined by the Secretary and announced October 1 pre-
ceding the next domestic planting. 
(B) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the 
loan rate determined under subparagraph (A) may 
not equal less than an amount equal to 98 percent of 
the loan rate for base quality of upland cotton for the 
preceding year. 
(C) The loan rate determined under subpara-
graph (A) may not be equal to an amount— 
(i) less than $0.45 per pound; or 
(ii) more than $0.52 per pound. 
(7) In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.95 
per pound. 
(8) In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per hun-
dredweight. 
(9) In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per 
hundredweight. 
(10) In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel. 
(11) In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per hun-
dredweight for each of the following kinds of oilseeds: 
(A) Sunflower seed. 
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(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 hundred-
weight. 
(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. 
(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 
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each county for each kind of other oilseeds described in sub-
section (a)(11). 
(c) RULE FOR SEED COTTON.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of sections 
1116(b)(2) and 1117(b)(2)(B) only, seed cotton shall 
be deemed to have a loan rate equal to $0.25 per 
pound. 
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to authorize nonrecourse 
marketing assistance loans under this subtitle for seed 
cotton. 
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 
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staple cotton, peanuts and 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)); 
(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 competi-
tively, 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 established 
for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (deter-
mined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agri-
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culture 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 ME-
DIUM GRAIN RICE.— 
(1) RICE.—The prevailing world market price 
for long grain rice and medium grain rice determined 
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 qual-
ity and location, with the adjustment to in-
clude— 
(i) a reduction equal to any United 
States Premium Factor for upland cotton of 
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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 Secretary; 
and 
(B) may be further adjusted, during the pe-
riod beginning on the date of enactment of this 
Act and ending on July 31, 2024, if the Sec-
retary determines the adjustment is necessary— 
(i) to minimize potential loan forfeit-
ures; 
(ii) to minimize the accumulation of 
stocks of upland cotton by the Federal Gov-
ernment; 
(iii) to ensure that upland cotton pro-
duced in the United States can be marketed 
freely and competitively, both domestically 
and internationally; and 
(iv) to ensure an appropriate transi-
tion between current-crop and forward-crop 
price quotations, except that the Secretary 
may use forward-crop price quotations 
prior to July 31 of a marketing year only 
if— 
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(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 
(2) the repayment rate established for oil sun-
flower seed. 
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(g) PAYMENT OF COTTON STORAGE COSTS.—Effective 
for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the Secretary 
shall make cotton storage payments available 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 Secretary 
shall permit producers on a farm to repay a marketing as-
sistance 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 
(D) allow peanuts produced in the United 
States to be marketed freely and competitively, 
both domestically and internationally. 
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(i) AUTHORITY TO TEMPORARILY ADJUST REPAY-
MENT RATES.— 
(1) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—In the event of a 
severe disruption to marketing, transportation, or re-
lated infrastructure, the Secretary may modify the re-
payment rate otherwise applicable under this section 
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 PAYMENTS.— 
(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 commodity, 
agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the commodity 
in return for loan deficiency payments under this sec-
tion. 
(2) UNSHORN PELTS, HAY, AND SILAGE.— 
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(A) MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS.—Sub-
ject 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.—Effective 
for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the 
Secretary may make loan deficiency payments 
available under this section to producers on a 
farm that produce unshorn pelts or hay and si-
lage derived from a loan commodity. 
(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 
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— 
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(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 
(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 COTTON.— 
This section shall not apply with respect to extra long staple 
cotton. 
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(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 each of the 2019 
through 2023 crop years, in the case of a producer 
that would be eligible for a loan deficiency payment 
under section 1205 for wheat, barley, or oats, but that 
elects to use acreage planted to the wheat, barley, or 
oats for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall 
make a payment to the producer under this section if 
the producer enters into an agreement with the Sec-
retary to forgo any other harvesting of the wheat, bar-
ley, or oats on that acreage. 
(2) GRAZING OF TRITICALE ACREAGE.—Effective 
for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, with re-
spect to a producer on a farm that uses acreage plant-
ed to triticale for the grazing of livestock, the Sec-
retary shall make a payment to the producer under 
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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 
(ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for 
the calculation of price loss coverage under 
section 1116 with respect to that loan com-
modity on the farm; 
(II) in the case of a farm for which ag-
riculture risk coverage is elected under sec-
tion 1117, the payment yield that would 
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otherwise be in effect with respect to that 
loan commodity on the farm in the absence 
of such election; or 
(III) in the case of a farm for which 
no payment yield is otherwise established 
for that loan commodity on the farm, an 
appropriate yield established by the Sec-
retary in a manner consistent with section 
1113(b). 
(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; 
(II) in the case of a farm for which ag-
riculture risk coverage is elected under sec-
tion 1117, the payment yield that would 
otherwise be in effect for wheat on the farm 
in the absence of such election; or 
(III) in the case of a farm for which 
no payment yield is otherwise established 
for wheat on the farm, an appropriate yield 
established by the Secretary in a manner 
consistent with section 1113(b). 
(c) TIME, MANNER, AND AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENT.— 
(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 period 
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shall be consistent with the availability period 
for the commodity established by the Secretary 
for marketing assistance loans authorized by this 
subtitle. 
(d) PROHIBITION ON CROP INSURANCE INDEMNITY OR 
NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE.—A 2019 through 2023 
crop of wheat, barley, oats, or triticale planted on acreage 
that a producer elects, in the agreement required by sub-
section (a), to use for the grazing of livestock in lieu of any 
other harvesting of the crop shall not be eligible for an in-
demnity 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 UP-
LAND 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 
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on August 1, 2019, as provided in this sub-
section. 
(B) PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS.—Whenever 
the Secretary determines and announces that 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 upland cotton, delivered 
to a definable and significant international mar-
ket, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds the 
prevailing world market price, there shall imme-
diately 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 do-
mestic 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 ab-
sence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary. 
(4) APPLICATION.—The quota shall apply to up-
land cotton purchased not later than 90 days after the 
date of the Secretary’s announcement under para-
graph (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 
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required by paragraph (2), except that a special 
quota period may not be established under this sub-
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 entered 
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 domestic mills at 
the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3 months 
immediately preceding the first special import quota 
established in any marketing year. 
(b) LIMITED GLOBAL IMPORT QUOTA FOR UPLAND 
COTTON.— 
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(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(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 Ag-
riculture are available or, in the absence of 
sufficient data, as estimated by the Sec-
retary; 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 whenever 
the Secretary determines and announces that the av-
erage price of the base quality of upland cotton, as de-
termined by the Secretary, in the designated spot 
markets for a month exceeded 130 percent of the aver-
age price of the quality of cotton in the markets for 
the preceding 36 months, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, there shall immediately 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-
riculture are available or, in the absence of suffi-
cient data, as estimated by the Secretary. 
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(B) QUANTITY
OF
PRIOR
QUOTA.—If a 
quota has been established under this subsection 
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 demand. 
(C) PREFERENTIAL TARIFF TREATMENT.— 
The quantity under a limited global import 
quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quan-
tity 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. 
(D) QUOTA ENTRY PERIOD.—When a quota 
is established under this subsection, cotton may 
be entered under the quota during the 90-day pe-
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riod beginning on the date the quota is estab-
lished 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 FOR TEX-
TILE MILLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, make economic 
adjustment assistance available to domestic users of 
upland cotton in the form of payments for all docu-
mented use of that upland cotton during the previous 
monthly period regardless of the origin of the upland 
cotton. 
(2) VALUE OF ASSISTANCE.—The value of the as-
sistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3.15 
cents per pound. 
(3) ALLOWABLE PURPOSES.—Economic adjust-
ment assistance under this subsection shall be made 
available only to domestic users of upland cotton that 
certify that the assistance shall be used only to ac-
quire, construct, install, modernize, develop, convert, 
or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, facili-
ties, or machinery. 
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(4) REVIEW OR AUDIT.—The Secretary may con-
duct such review or audit of the records of a domestic 
user under this subsection as the Secretary determines 
necessary to carry out this subsection. 
(5) IMPROPER USE OF ASSISTANCE.—If the Sec-
retary determines, after a review or audit of the 
records of the domestic user, that economic adjustment 
assistance under this subsection was not used for the 
purposes specified in paragraph (3), the domestic 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, during the period beginning on 
the date of enactment of this Act through July 31, 2024, 
the Secretary shall carry out a program— 
(1) to maintain and expand the domestic use of 
extra long staple cotton produced in the United 
States; 
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(2) to increase exports of extra long staple cotton 
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 affecting 
the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by 
the Secretary, is below the prevailing United States 
price for a competing growth of extra long staple cot-
ton; 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 Sec-
retary, is less than 113 percent of the loan rate for 
extra long staple cotton. 
(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 
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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 section 
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 ex-
port by exporters made in the week following such a con-
secutive 4-week period. 
SEC. 1209. AVAILABILITY OF RECOURSE LOANS. 
(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 content in 
excess of Commodity Credit Corporation standards 
for marketing assistance loans made by the Secretary 
under section 1201. 
(2) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE.—For each of 
the 2019 through 2023 crops of corn and grain sor-
ghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse 
loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers on 
a farm that— 
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(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 reasonable 
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 feedlot, 
feed mill, or commercial or on-farm high-mois-
ture storage facility, or to a facility maintained 
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by the users of corn and grain sorghum 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 de-
termined 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— 
(i) the payment yield in effect for the 
calculation of price loss coverage under sec-
tion 1116, or the payment yield deemed to 
be in effect or established under subclause 
(II) or (III) of section 1206(b)(1)(B)(ii), 
with respect to corn or grain sorghum on a 
field that is similar to the field from which 
the corn or grain sorghum referred to in 
subparagraph (A) was obtained; or 
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(ii) the actual yield of corn or grain 
sorghum on a field, as determined by the 
Secretary, that is similar to the field from 
which the corn or grain sorghum referred to 
in subparagraph (A) was obtained. 
(b) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR SEED COT-
TON.—For each of the 2019 through 2023 crops 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) RECOURSE LOANS AVAILABLE FOR CONTAMINATED 
COMMODITIES.—In the case of a loan commodity that is 
ineligible for 100 percent of the nonrecourse marketing loan 
rate in the county due to a determination that the com-
modity is contaminated yet still merchantable, for each of 
the 2019 through 2023 crops of such loan commodity, the 
Secretary shall make available recourse commodity loans, 
at the rate provided under section 1202, on any production. 
(d) REPAYMENT RATES.—Repayment of a recourse 
loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate estab-
lished for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest (de-
termined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Ag-
riculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 
7283)). 
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SEC. 1210. ADJUSTMENTS OF LOANS. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT AUTHORITY.—Subject to subsection 
(e), the Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in 
the loan rates for any loan commodity (other than cotton) 
for differences in grade, type, quality, location, 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 de-
termined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle C. 
(c) COST SAVING OPTION.—In carrying out this title, 
the Secretary shall consider methods to enhance the support, 
loan, or assistance provided under this title in a manner 
that further minimizes the potential for forfeitures. 
(d) ADJUSTMENT ON COUNTY BASIS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may establish 
loan rates for a crop for producers in individual 
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 sub-
section shall not result in an increase in the national 
average loan rate for any year. 
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(e) ADJUSTMENT IN LOAN RATE FOR COTTON.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make ap-
propriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton for 
differences in quality factors. 
(2) TYPES OF ADJUSTMENTS.—Loan rate adjust-
ments 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 informa-
tion 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 artifi-
cial splits in the calculations of the premiums or 
discounts; and 
(C) such other adjustments as the Secretary 
determines appropriate, after consultations con-
ducted 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 
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endar year notwithstanding the operation of the dairy 
risk management program through 2023.’’. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT.—Section 1405(a) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘In subse-
quent years’’ and inserting ‘‘In the subsequent 
calendar years ending before January 1, 2019’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, as ap-
plicable’’ after ‘‘paragraph (2)’’. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
CHANGES
TO
BUSINESS 
STRUCTURE.—Section 1405 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON CHANGES TO BUSINESS STRUC-
TURE.—The Secretary may not make dairy risk manage-
ment payments to a participating dairy operation if the 
Secretary determines that the participating dairy operation 
has reorganized the structure of such operation solely for 
the purpose of qualifying as a new operation under sub-
section (b).’’. 
(g) DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT PAYMENTS.— 
(1) ELECTION OF COVERAGE LEVEL THRESHOLD 
AND COVERAGE PERCENTAGE.—Section 1406 of the 
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(A) for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve 
the remaining number of acres for that fiscal 
year for the enrollment of land described in sub-
section (b)(3), and that number of acres shall not 
be available for the enrollment of any other type 
of eligible land.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) STATE ENROLLMENT RATES.—During each 
of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to the maximum 
extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out this 
subchapter in such a manner as to enroll and main-
tain acreage in the conservation reserve in accordance 
with historical State enrollment rates, considering— 
‘‘(A) the average number of acres of all 
lands enrolled in the conservation reserve in each 
State during each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2016; 
‘‘(B) the average number of acres of all 
lands enrolled in the conservation reserve nation-
ally during each of fiscal years 2007 through 
2016; and 
‘‘(C) the acres available for enrollment dur-
ing each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, ex-
cluding acres described in paragraph (2). 
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(vi) in clause (v)(II) by striking ‘‘30 
hours per week; or’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
hourly requirements applicable under para-
graph (1)(B)(i).’’, and 
(vii) by redesignating clauses (iii), 
(iv), and (v) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), 
respectively, 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B), 
(C) by amending subparagraph (C) to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—Subparagraph (B) shall 
not apply to an individual during the first 
month that individual would otherwise become 
subject to subparagraph (B) and be found in 
noncompliance with such subparagraph.’’, 
(D) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (iii)(I) by striking ‘‘(A)’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘(B)’’, 
(ii) 
in 
clause 
(iv) 
by 
striking 
‘‘(A)(v)’’and inserting ‘‘(B)(iv)’’, and 
(iii) by striking clauses (v) and (vi), 
(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) 
and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (I), respec-
tively, 
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