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Union Calendar No. 481 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6083 
[Report No. 112–669] 
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs 
of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2017, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2012 
Mr. LUCAS (for himself and Mr. PETERSON) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture 
SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 
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 July 9, 2012] 
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A BILL 
To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural 
and other programs of the Department of Agriculture 
through fiscal year 2017, 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 
‘‘Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 
2012’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this 
Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Repeals and Reforms 
Sec. 1101. Repeal of direct payments. 
Sec. 1102. Repeal of counter-cyclical payments. 
Sec. 1103. Repeal of average crop revenue election program. 
Sec. 1104. Definitions. 
Sec. 1105. Base acres. 
Sec. 1106. Payment yields. 
Sec. 1107. Farm risk management election. 
Sec. 1108. Producer agreements. 
Sec. 1109. Period of effectiveness. 
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans 
Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan com-
modities. 
Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans. 
Sec. 1203. Term of loans. 
Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans. 
Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments. 
Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage. 
Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton. 
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. 
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed 
cotton. 
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans. 
Subtitle C—Sugar 
Sec. 1301. Sugar program. 
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Subtitle D—Dairy 
PART I—DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN PROTECTION AND DAIRY MARKET 
STABILIZATION PROGRAMS 
Sec. 1401. Definitions. 
Sec. 1402. Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy producer margins. 
SUBPART A—DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM 
Sec. 1411. Establishment of dairy producer margin protection program. 
Sec. 1412. Participation of dairy producers in margin protection program. 
Sec. 1413. Production history of participating dairy producers. 
Sec. 1414. Basic margin protection. 
Sec. 1415. Supplemental margin protection. 
Sec. 1416. Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums. 
SUBPART B—DAIRY MARKET STABILIZATION PROGRAM 
Sec. 1431. Establishment of dairy market stabilization program. 
Sec. 1432. Threshold for implementation and reduction in dairy producer pay-
ments. 
Sec. 1433. Producer milk marketing information. 
Sec. 1434. Calculation and collection of reduced dairy producer payments. 
Sec. 1435. Remitting monies to the Secretary and use of monies. 
Sec. 1436. Suspension of reduced payment requirement. 
Sec. 1437. Enforcement. 
Sec. 1438. Audit requirements. 
SUBPART C—COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
Sec. 1451. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation. 
SUBPART D—INITIATION AND DURATION 
Sec. 1461. Rulemaking. 
Sec. 1462. Duration. 
PART II—REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZATION OF OTHER DAIRY-RELATED 
PROVISIONS 
Sec. 1481. Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss contract 
programs. 
Sec. 1482. Repeal of dairy export incentive program. 
Sec. 1483. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. 
Sec. 1484. Extension of dairy indemnity program. 
Sec. 1485. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. 
Sec. 1486. Repeal of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission. 
PART III—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 1491. Effective date. 
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs 
Sec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance. 
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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. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 1606. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. 
Sec. 1607. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm 
commodity programs. 
Sec. 1608. Technical corrections. 
Sec. 1609. Assignment of payments. 
Sec. 1610. Tracking of benefits. 
Sec. 1611. Signature authority. 
Sec. 1612. Implementation. 
TITLE II—CONSERVATION 
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve Program 
Sec. 2001. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve pro-
gram. 
Sec. 2002. Farmable wetland program. 
Sec. 2003. Duties of owners and operators. 
Sec. 2004. Duties of the Secretary. 
Sec. 2005. Payments. 
Sec. 2006. Contract requirements. 
Sec. 2007. Conversion of land subject to contract to other conserving uses. 
Sec. 2008. Effective date. 
Subtitle B—Conservation Stewardship Program 
Sec. 2101. Conservation stewardship program. 
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program 
Sec. 2201. Purposes. 
Sec. 2202. Establishment and administration. 
Sec. 2203. Evaluation of applications. 
Sec. 2204. Duties of producers. 
Sec. 2205. Limitation on payments. 
Sec. 2206. Conservation innovation grants and payments. 
Sec. 2207. Effective date. 
Subtitle D—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program 
Sec. 2301. Agricultural conservation easement program. 
Subtitle E—Regional Conservation Partnership Program 
Sec. 2401. Regional conservation partnership program. 
Subtitle F—Other Conservation Programs 
Sec. 2501. Conservation of private grazing land. 
Sec. 2502. Grassroots source water protection program. 
Sec. 2503. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2504. Agriculture conservation experienced services program. 
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Sec. 2505. Small watershed rehabilitation program. 
Sec. 2506. Agricultural management assistance program. 
Subtitle G—Funding and Administration 
Sec. 2601. Funding. 
Sec. 2602. Technical assistance. 
Sec. 2603. Regional equity. 
Sec. 2604. Reservation of funds to provide assistance to certain farmers or ranch-
ers for conservation access. 
Sec. 2605. Annual report on program enrollments and assistance. 
Sec. 2606. Review of conservation practice standards. 
Sec. 2607. Administrative requirements applicable to all conservation programs. 
Sec. 2608. Standards for State technical committees. 
Sec. 2609. Rulemaking authority. 
Subtitle H—Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional 
Provisions; Technical Amendments 
Sec. 2701. Comprehensive conservation enhancement program. 
Sec. 2702. Emergency forestry conservation reserve program. 
Sec. 2703. Wetlands reserve program. 
Sec. 2704. Farmland protection program and farm viability program. 
Sec. 2705. Grassland reserve program. 
Sec. 2706. Agricultural water enhancement program. 
Sec. 2707. Wildlife habitat incentive program. 
Sec. 2708. Great Lakes basin program. 
Sec. 2709. Chesapeake Bay watershed program. 
Sec. 2710. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative. 
Sec. 2711. Environmental easement program. 
Sec. 2712. Technical amendments. 
TITLE III—TRADE 
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act 
Sec. 3001. General authority. 
Sec. 3002. Support for organizations through which assistance is provided. 
Sec. 3003. Food aid quality. 
Sec. 3004. Minimum levels of assistance. 
Sec. 3005. Food Aid Consultative Group. 
Sec. 3006. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. 
Sec. 3007. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and dis-
tribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. 
Sec. 3008. General provisions. 
Sec. 3009. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities. 
Sec. 3010. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities. 
Sec. 3011. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance. 
Sec. 3012. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 3013. Micronutrient fortification programs. 
Sec. 3014. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. 
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 
Sec. 3101. Funding for export credit guarantee program. 
Sec. 3102. Funding for market access program. 
Sec. 3103. Foreign market development cooperator program. 
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Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws 
Sec. 3201. Food for Progress Act of 1985. 
Sec. 3202. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust. 
Sec. 3203. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets. 
Sec. 3204. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition 
Program. 
Sec. 3205. Technical assistance for specialty crops. 
Sec. 3206. Global Crop Diversity Trust. 
Sec. 3207. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services. 
TITLE IV—NUTRITION 
Subtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 
Sec. 4001. Retailers. 
Sec. 4002. Enhancing services to elderly and disabled supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program recipients. 
Sec. 4003. Food distribution program on Indian reservations. 
Sec. 4004. Updating program eligibility. 
Sec. 4005. Exclusion of medical marijuana from excess medical expense deduc-
tion. 
Sec. 4006. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of energy assistance 
payments. 
Sec. 4007. Eligibility disqualifications. 
Sec. 4008. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for lottery 
or gambling winners. 
Sec. 4009. Improving security of food assistance. 
Sec. 4010. Demonstration projects on acceptance of benefits of mobile trans-
actions. 
Sec. 4011. Use of benefits for purchase of community-supported agriculture share. 
Sec. 4012. Restaurant meals program. 
Sec. 4013. State verification option. 
Sec. 4014. Repeal of grant program. 
Sec. 4015. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability. 
Sec. 4016. Repeal of bonus program. 
Sec. 4017. Funding of employment and training programs. 
Sec. 4018. Monitoring employment and training program. 
Sec. 4019. Cooperation with program research and evaluation. 
Sec. 4020. Authorization of appropriations. 
Sec. 4021. Limitation on use of block grant to Puerto Rico. 
Sec. 4022. Assistance for community food projects. 
Sec. 4023. Emergency food assistance. 
Sec. 4024. Nutrition education. 
Sec. 4025. Retailer trafficking. 
Sec. 4026. Technical and conforming amendments. 
Sec. 4027. Tolerance level for excluding small errors. 
Sec. 4028. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pilot program. 
Sec. 4029. Annual State report on verification of SNAP participation. 
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. 
Sec. 4104. Processing of commodities. 
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Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 4201. Farmers’ market nutrition program. 
Sec. 4202. Nutrition information and awareness pilot program. 
Sec. 4203. Fresh fruit and vegetable program. 
Sec. 4204. Additional authority for purchase of fresh fruits, vegetables, and other 
specialty food crops. 
Sec. 4205. Encouraging locally and regionally grown and raised food. 
TITLE V—CREDIT 
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans 
Sec. 5001. Eligibility for farm ownership loans. 
Sec. 5002. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. 
Sec. 5003. Down payment loan program. 
Sec. 5004. Elimination of mineral rights appraisal requirement. 
Subtitle B—Operating Loans 
Sec. 5101. Eligibility for farm operating loans. 
Sec. 5102. Elimination of rural residency requirement for operating loans to 
youth. 
Sec. 5103. Authority to waive personal liability for youth loans due to cir-
cumstances beyond borrower control. 
Sec. 5104. Microloans. 
Subtitle C—Emergency Loans 
Sec. 5201. Eligibility for emergency loans. 
Subtitle D—Administrative Provisions 
Sec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot 
program. 
Sec. 5302. Eligible beginning farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 5303. Loan authorization levels. 
Sec. 5304. Priority for participation loans. 
Sec. 5305. Loan fund set-asides. 
Sec. 5306. Conforming amendment to borrower training provision, relating to eli-
gibility changes. 
Subtitle E—State Agricultural Mediation Programs 
Sec. 5401. State agricultural mediation programs. 
Subtitle F—Loans to Purchasers of Highly Fractionated Land 
Sec. 5501. Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land. 
TITLE VI—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
Subtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
Sec. 6001. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants. 
Sec. 6002. Rural business opportunity grants. 
Sec. 6003. Elimination of reservation of community facilities grant program 
funds. 
Sec. 6004. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. 
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Sec. 6005. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. 
Sec. 6006. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program. 
Sec. 6007. Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the construction, refur-
bishing, and servicing of individually-owned household water 
well systems in rural areas for individuals with low or moderate 
incomes. 
Sec. 6008. Rural business and industry loan program. 
Sec. 6009. Rural cooperative development grants. 
Sec. 6010. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. 
Sec. 6011. Intermediary relending program. 
Sec. 6012. Enhancing public/private partnerships to support rural water and 
waste disposal infrastructure. 
Sec. 6013. Simplified applications. 
Sec. 6014. Reauthorization of State rural development councils. 
Sec. 6015. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. 
Sec. 6016. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program. 
Sec. 6017. Delta Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6018. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. 
Sec. 6019. Rural business investment program. 
Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936 
Sec. 6101. Relending for certain purposes. 
Sec. 6102. Fees for certain loan guarantees. 
Sec. 6103. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone 
purposes. 
Sec. 6104. Expansion of 911 access. 
Sec. 6105. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. 
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous 
Sec. 6201. Distance learning and telemedicine. 
Sec. 6202. Value-added agricultural market development program grants. 
Sec. 6203. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program. 
Sec. 6204. Program metrics. 
Sec. 6205. Study of rural transportation issues. 
Sec. 6206. Agricultural transportation policy. 
Sec. 6207. Certain Federal actions not to be considered major for purposes of en-
vironmental review. 
TITLE VII—RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS 
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 
Sec. 7101. Option to not be included as Hispanic-serving agricultural college or 
university. 
Sec. 7102. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics 
Advisory Board. 
Sec. 7103. Specialty crop committee. 
Sec. 7104. Veterinary services grant program. 
Sec. 7105. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. 
Sec. 7106. Policy research centers. 
Sec. 7107. Repeal of human nutrition intervention and health promotion research 
program. 
Sec. 7108. Repeal of pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural 
research. 
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Sec. 7109. Nutrition education program. 
Sec. 7110. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. 
Sec. 7111. Repeal of appropriations for research on national or regional prob-
lems. 
Sec. 7112. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 
land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. 
Sec. 7113. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equip-
ment at insular area land-grant institutions. 
Sec. 7114. Repeal of national research and training virtual centers. 
Sec. 7115. Hispanic-serving institutions. 
Sec. 7116. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and edu-
cation programs. 
Sec. 7117. Repeal of research equipment grants. 
Sec. 7118. University research. 
Sec. 7119. Extension service. 
Sec. 7120. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements. 
Sec. 7121. Supplemental and alternative crops. 
Sec. 7122. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. 
Sec. 7123. Aquaculture assistance programs. 
Sec. 7124. Rangeland research programs. 
Sec. 7125. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. 
Sec. 7126. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insu-
lar area institutions of higher education. 
Sec. 7127. Matching funds requirement. 
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. Repeal of National Agricultural Weather Information System. 
Sec. 7207. Repeal of rural electronic commerce extension program. 
Sec. 7208. Repeal of agricultural genome initiative. 
Sec. 7209. High-priority research and extension initiatives. 
Sec. 7210. Repeal of nutrient management research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7211. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7212. Repeal of agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy efficiency re-
search and extension initiative. 
Sec. 7213. Farm business management. 
Sec. 7214. Regional centers of excellence. 
Sec. 7215. Repeal of red meat safety research center. 
Sec. 7216. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. 
Sec. 7217. National rural information center clearinghouse. 
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 
1998 
Sec. 7301. Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education 
funded by the Department. 
Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants pro-
gram. 
Sec. 7303. Repeal of coordinated program of research, extension, and education 
to improve viability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, 
and poultry operations. 
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Sec. 7304. Repeal of Bovine Johne’s disease control program. 
Sec. 7305. Grants for youth organizations. 
Sec. 7306. Specialty crop research initiative. 
Sec. 7307. Food animal residue avoidance database program. 
Sec. 7308. Repeal of national swine research center. 
Sec. 7309. Office of pest management policy. 
Sec. 7310. Repeal of studies of agricultural research, extension, and education. 
Subtitle D—Other Laws 
Sec. 7401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act. 
Sec. 7402. Equity in Educational Land-grant Status Act of 1994. 
Sec. 7403. Research Facilities Act. 
Sec. 7404. Repeal of carbon cycle research. 
Sec. 7405. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act. 
Sec. 7406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. 
Sec. 7407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. 
Sec. 7408. Repeal of use of remote sensing data. 
Sec. 7409. Repeal of reports under Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002. 
Sec. 7410. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. 
Sec. 7411. Inclusion of Northern Mariana Islands as a State under McIntire- 
Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. 
Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 
PART 1—AGRICULTURAL SECURITY 
Sec. 7501. Agricultural biosecurity communication center. 
Sec. 7502. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, 
preparation, and response. 
Sec. 7503. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures. 
Sec. 7504. Agricultural biosecurity grant program. 
PART 2—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 7511. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program. 
Sec. 7512. Grazinglands research laboratory. 
Sec. 7513. Budget submission and funding. 
Sec. 7514. Repeal of research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-re-
sistant bacteria. 
Sec. 7515. Repeal of farm and ranch stress assistance network. 
Sec. 7516. Repeal of seed distribution. 
Sec. 7517. Natural products research program. 
Sec. 7518. Sun grant program. 
Sec. 7519. Repeal of study and report on food deserts. 
Sec. 7520. Repeal of agricultural and rural transportation research and edu-
cation. 
Sec. 7521. Conveyance of land comprising Subtropical Horticulture Research 
Station. 
Sec. 7522. Concessions, fees, and voluntary services at National Arboretum. 
Sec. 7523. Cotton Disease Research Report. 
Sec. 7524. Miscellaneous technical corrections. 
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TITLE VIII—FORESTRY 
Subtitle A—Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs 
Sec. 8001. Forest land enhancement program. 
Sec. 8002. Watershed forestry assistance program. 
Sec. 8003. Expired cooperative national forest products marketing program. 
Sec. 8004. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources lead-
ership program. 
Sec. 8005. Tribal watershed forestry assistance program. 
Sec. 8006. Separate Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals process. 
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 
Programs 
Sec. 8101. Forest Legacy Program. 
Sec. 8102. Community forest and open space conservation program. 
Subtitle C—Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws 
Sec. 8201. Rural revitalization technologies. 
Sec. 8202. Office of International Forestry. 
Sec. 8203. Change in funding source for healthy forests reserve program. 
Sec. 8204. Stewardship end result contracting project authority. 
Subtitle D—National Forest Critical Area Response 
Sec. 8301. Definitions. 
Sec. 8302. Designation of critical areas. 
Sec. 8303. Application of expedited procedures and activities of the Healthy For-
ests Restoration Act of 2003 to critical areas. 
Sec. 8304. Good neighbor authority. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 8401. Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis. 
Sec. 8402. Forest Service participation in ACES Program. 
TITLE IX—ENERGY 
Sec. 9001. Definition of renewable energy system. 
Sec. 9002. Biobased markets program. 
Sec. 9003. Biorefinery Assistance. 
Sec. 9004. Repeal of repowering assistance program and transfer of remaining 
funds. 
Sec. 9005. Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels. 
Sec. 9006. Biodiesel Fuel Education Program. 
Sec. 9007. Rural Energy for America Program. 
Sec. 9008. Biomass Research and Development. 
Sec. 9009. Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers. 
Sec. 9010. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. 
Sec. 9011. Community wood energy program. 
Sec. 9012. Repeal of biofuels infrastructure study. 
Sec. 9013. Repeal of renewable fertilizer study. 
TITLE X—HORTICULTURE 
Sec. 10001. Specialty crops market news allocation. 
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Sec. 10002. Repeal of grant program to improve movement of specialty crops. 
Sec. 10003. Farmers market and local food promotion program. 
Sec. 10004. Organic agriculture. 
Sec. 10005. Investigations and enforcement of the Organic Foods Production Act 
of 1990. 
Sec. 10006. Food safety education initiatives. 
Sec. 10007. Specialty crop block grants. 
Sec. 10008. Report on specialty crop production by certain farmers. 
Sec. 10009. Report on honey. 
Sec. 10010. Bulk shipments of apples to Canada. 
Sec. 10011. Inclusion of olive oil in import controls under the Agricultural Ad-
justment Act. 
Sec. 10012. Petitions to determine organism not a plant pest. 
Sec. 10013. Consolidation of plant pest and disease management and disaster 
prevention programs. 
Sec. 10014. Authority for regulation of plants. 
Sec. 10015. Report to Congress on regulation of biotechnology. 
Sec. 10016. Pesticide Registration Improvement. 
Sec. 10017. Modification, cancellation, or suspension on basis of a biological 
opinion. 
Sec. 10018. Use and discharges of authorized pesticides. 
Sec. 10019. Inclusion of Bed Bugs in Definition of Vector Organisms. 
Sec. 10020. Effective date. 
TITLE XI—CROP INSURANCE 
Sec. 11001. Information sharing. 
Sec. 11002. Publication of information on violations of prohibition on premium 
adjustments. 
Sec. 11003. Supplemental coverage option. 
Sec. 11004. Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection. 
Sec. 11005. Repeal of performance-based discount. 
Sec. 11006. Permanent enterprise unit subsidy. 
Sec. 11007. Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops. 
Sec. 11008. Data collection. 
Sec. 11009. Adjustment in actual production history to establish insurable yields. 
Sec. 11010. Submission and review of policies. 
Sec. 11011. Equitable relief for specialty crop policies. 
Sec. 11012. Budget limitations on renegotiation of the standard reinsurance 
agreement. 
Sec. 11013. Crop production on native sod. 
Sec. 11014. Coverage levels by practice. 
Sec. 11015. Beginning farmer and rancher provisions. 
Sec. 11016. Stacked income protection plan for producers of upland cotton. 
Sec. 11017. Peanut revenue crop insurance. 
Sec. 11018. Authority to correct errors. 
Sec. 11019. Implementation. 
Sec. 11020. Research and development priorities. 
Sec. 11021. Additional research and development contracting requirements. 
Sec. 11022. Pilot programs. 
Sec. 11023. Limitation on expenditures for livestock pilot programs. 
Sec. 11024. Noninsured crop assistance program. 
Sec. 11025. Technical amendments. 
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TITLE XII—MISCELLANEOUS 
Subtitle A—Livestock 
Sec. 12101. National Sheep Industry Improvement Center. 
Sec. 12102. Trichinae certification program. 
Sec. 12103. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. 
Sec. 12104. Report on compliance with World Trade Organization decision re-
garding country of origin labeling. 
Sec. 12105. Repeal of certain regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
1921. 
Sec. 12106. Meat and poultry processing report. 
Subtitle B—Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource Producers 
Sec. 12201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers. 
Sec. 12202. Office of Advocacy and Outreach. 
Subtitle C—Other Miscellaneous Provisions 
Sec. 12301. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricul-
tural labor force. 
Sec. 12302. Evaluation required for purposes of prohibition on closure or reloca-
tion of county offices for the Farm Service Agency. 
Sec. 12303. Prohibition on attending an animal fight or causing a minor to at-
tend an animal fight. 
Sec. 12304. Program benefit eligibility status for participants in high plains 
water study. 
Sec. 12305. Office of Tribal Relations. 
Sec. 12306. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. 
Sec. 12307. Acer access and development program. 
Sec. 12308. Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with 
production or manufacture of items in other States. 
Sec. 12309. Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Missouri River 
basin. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—COMMODITIES 
Subtitle A—Repeals and Reforms 
SEC. 1101. REPEAL OF DIRECT PAYMENTS. 
(a) REPEAL.—Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 
8753) are repealed. 
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date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply 
through the 2012 crop year with respect to all covered com-
modities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
8702)) and peanuts on a farm for which the irrevocable 
election under section 1105 of that Act was made before the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1104. DEFINITIONS. 
In this subtitle and subtitle B: 
(1) ACTUAL COUNTY REVENUE.—The term ‘‘ac-
tual county revenue’’, with respect to a covered com-
modity for a crop year, means the amount determined 
by the Secretary under section 1107(c)(4) to deter-
mine whether revenue loss coverage payments are re-
quired to be provided for that crop year. 
(2) BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘base acres’’, with 
respect to a covered commodity and cotton on a farm, 
means the number of acres established under section 
1101 and 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7952) or section 
1101 and 1302 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711, 8752), as in effect on 
September 30, 2012, subject to any adjustment under 
section 1105 of this Act. 
(3) COUNTY
REVENUE
LOSS
COVERAGE
TRIG-
GER.—The term ‘‘county revenue loss coverage trig-
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ger’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop 
year, means the amount determined by the Secretary 
under section 1107(c)(5) to determine whether revenue 
loss coverage payments are required to be provided for 
that crop year. 
(4) 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, and pea-
nuts. 
(5) 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 1107(b)(2) to determine whether price 
loss coverage payments are required to be provided for 
that crop year. 
(6) EXTRA
LONG
STAPLE
COTTON.—The term 
‘‘extra long staple cotton’’ means cotton that— 
(A) is produced from pure strain varieties 
of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the 
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-
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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. 
(7) FARM BASE ACRES.—The term ‘‘farm base 
acres’’ means the sum of the base acreage for all cov-
ered commodities and cotton on a farm in effect as 
of September 30, 2012, and subject to any adjustment 
under section 1105. 
(8) MEDIUM GRAIN RICE.—The term ‘‘medium 
grain rice’’ includes short grain rice. 
(9) MIDSEASON
PRICE.—The term ‘‘midseason 
price’’ means the applicable national average market 
price received by producers for the first 5 months of 
the applicable marketing year, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(10) 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. 
(11) PAYMENT ACRES.— 
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(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraphs (B) through (D), the term ‘‘pay-
ment acres’’, with respect to the provision of 
price loss coverage payments and revenue loss 
coverage payments, means— 
(i) 85 percent of total acres planted for 
the year to each covered commodity on a 
farm; and 
(ii) 30 percent of approved total acres 
prevented from being planted for the year to 
each covered commodity on a farm. 
(B) MAXIMUM.—The total quantity of pay-
ment acres determined under subparagraph (A) 
shall not exceed the farm base acres. 
(C) REDUCTION.—If the sum of all payment 
acres for a farm exceeds the limits established 
under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall re-
duce the payment acres applicable to each crop 
proportionately. 
(D) 
EXCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘‘payment 
acres’’ does not include any crop subsequently 
planted during the same crop year on the same 
land for which the first crop is eligible for pay-
ments under this subtitle, unless the crop was 
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approved for double cropping in the county, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(12) PAYMENT
YIELD.—The term ‘‘payment 
yield’’ means the yield established for counter-cyclical 
payments under section 1102 or 1302 of the Farm Se-
curity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
7912, 7952), section 1102 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712), as in effect 
on September 30, 2012, or under section 1106 of this 
Act, for a farm for a covered commodity. 
(13) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘price 
loss coverage’’ means coverage provided under section 
1107(b). 
(14) PRODUCER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘producer’’ 
means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or 
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 
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(ii) ensure that program requirements 
do not adversely affect the ability of the 
grower to receive a payment under this 
title. 
(15) PULSE
CROP.—The term ‘‘pulse crop’’ 
means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large 
chickpeas. 
(16) REFERENCE
PRICE.—The term ‘‘reference 
price’’, with respect to a covered commodity for a 
crop year, means the following: 
(A) Wheat, $5.50 per bushel. 
(B) Corn, $3.70 per bushel. 
(C) Grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel. 
(D) Barley, $4.95 per bushel. 
(E) Oats, $2.40 per bushel. 
(F) Long grain rice, $14.00 per hundred-
weight. 
(G) Medium grain rice, $14.00 per hun-
dredweight. 
(H) Soybeans, $8.40 per bushel. 
(I) Other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundred-
weight. 
(J) Peanuts $535.00 per ton. 
(K) Dry peas, $11.00 per hundredweight. 
(L) Lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight. 
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(M) Small chickpeas, $19.04 per hundred-
weight. 
(N) Large chickpeas, $21.54 per hundred-
weight. 
(17) REVENUE LOSS COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘rev-
enue loss coverage’’ means coverage provided under 
section 1107(c). 
(18) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(19) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 
(A) a State; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 
(D) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
(20) 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)). 
(21) 
UNITED
STATES.—The 
term 
‘‘United 
States’’, when used in a geographical sense, means all 
of the States. 
(22) UNITED
STATES
PREMIUM
FACTOR.—The 
term ‘‘United States Premium Factor’’ means the 
percentage by which the difference in the United 
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States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling 
(SM) 11⁄8-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 
13⁄32-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the 
applicable premiums for comparable international 
qualities. 
SEC. 1105. BASE ACRES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENT OF BASE ACRES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres 
for covered commodities and cotton for a farm when-
ever any of the following circumstances occurs: 
(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 revenue loss 
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, together with the acreage de-
scribed in paragraph (2) exceeds the actual cropland 
acreage of the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the 
base acres for 1 or more covered commodities or cot-
ton for the farm so that the sum of the base acres and 
acreage described in paragraph (2) does not 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 chapter 
1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 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 or cotton for 
the farm against which the reduction required by 
paragraph (1) will be made. 
(4) EXCEPTION
FOR
DOUBLE-CROPPED
ACRE-
AGE.—In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
make an exception in the case of double 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 or cotton 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 cov-
ered commodities and cotton for land that has 
been subdivided and developed for multiple resi-
dential 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). 
SEC. 1106. PAYMENT YIELDS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSE.—For the purpose 
of making payments under this subtitle, the Secretary shall 
provide for the establishment of a yield for each farm for 
any designated oilseed for which a payment yield was not 
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established under section 1102 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712) in accordance with 
this section. 
(b) PAYMENT YIELDS FOR DESIGNATED OILSEEDS.— 
(1) DETERMINATION OF AVERAGE YIELD.—In the 
case of designated oilseeds, the Secretary shall deter-
mine the average yield per planted acre for the des-
ignated oilseed on a farm for the 1998 through 2001 
crop years, excluding any crop year in which the 
acreage planted to the designated oilseed was zero. 
(2) ADJUSTMENT FOR PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The payment yield for a 
farm for a designated oilseed shall be equal to the 
product of the following: 
(i) The average yield for the designated 
oilseed determined under paragraph (1). 
(ii) The ratio resulting from dividing 
the national average yield for the designated 
oilseed for the 1981 through 1985 crops by 
the national average yield for the designated 
oilseed for the 1998 through 2001 crops. 
(B) NO NATIONAL AVERAGE YIELD INFOR-
MATION AVAILABLE.—To the extent that national 
average yield information for a designated oil-
seed is not available, the Secretary shall use such 
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information as the Secretary determines to be 
fair and equitable to establish a national average 
yield under this section. 
(3) USE
OF
COUNTY
AVERAGE
YIELD.—If the 
yield per planted acre for a crop of a designated oil-
seed for a farm for any of the 1998 through 2001 crop 
years was less than 75 percent of the county yield for 
that designated oilseed, the Secretary shall assign a 
yield for that crop year equal to 75 percent of the 
county yield for the purpose of determining the aver-
age under paragraph (1). 
(4) NO HISTORIC YIELD DATA AVAILABLE.—In 
the case of establishing yields for designated oilseeds, 
if historic yield data is not available, the Secretary 
shall use the ratio for dry peas calculated under para-
graph (2)(A)(ii) in determining the yields for des-
ignated oilseeds, as determined to be fair and equi-
table by the Secretary. 
(c) EFFECT OF LACK OF PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT BY SECRETARY.—If no pay-
ment yield is otherwise established for a farm for 
which a covered commodity is planted and eligible to 
receive price loss coverage payments, the Secretary 
shall establish an appropriate payment yield for the 
covered commodity on the farm under paragraph (2). 
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(2) USE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED FARMS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, to establish 
an appropriate payment yield for a covered com-
modity on a farm as required by paragraph (1), the 
Secretary shall take into consideration the farm pro-
gram payment yields applicable to that covered com-
modity for similarly situated farms. 
(d) SINGLE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YIELDS USED 
TO DETERMINE PRICE LOSS COVERAGE PAYMENTS.— 
(1) ELECTION TO UPDATE.—At the sole discre-
tion of the owner of a farm, the owner of a farm shall 
have a 1-time opportunity to update the payment 
yields on a covered commodity-by-covered commodity 
basis that would otherwise be used in calculating any 
price loss coverage payment for covered commodities 
on the farm. 
(2) TIME
FOR
ELECTION.—The election under 
paragraph (1) shall be made at a time and manner 
to be in effect for the 2013 crop year as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(3) METHOD
OF
UPDATING
YIELDS.—If the 
owner of a farm elects to update yields under this 
subsection, the payment yield for a covered com-
modity on the farm, for the purpose of calculating 
price loss coverage payments only, shall be equal to 
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90 percent of the average of the yield per planted acre 
for the crop of the covered commodity on the farm for 
the 2008 through 2012 crop years, as determined by 
the Secretary, excluding any crop year in which the 
acreage planted to the crop of the covered commodity 
was zero. 
(4) USE
OF
COUNTY
AVERAGE
YIELD.—If the 
yield per planted acre for a crop of the covered com-
modity for a farm for any of the 2008 through 2012 
crop years was less than 75 percent of the average of 
the 2008 through 2012 county yield for that com-
modity, the Secretary shall assign a yield for that 
crop year equal to 75 percent of the average of the 
2008 through 2012 county yield for the purposes of 
determining the average yield under paragraph (3). 
(5) EFFECT OF LACK OF PAYMENT YIELD.— 
(A) ESTABLISHMENT BY SECRETARY.—For 
purposes of this subsection, if no payment yield 
is otherwise established for a covered commodity 
on a farm, the Secretary shall establish an ap-
propriate updated payment yield for the covered 
commodity on the farm under subparagraph (B). 
(B) USE OF SIMILARLY SITUATED FARMS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to 
establish an appropriate updated payment yield 
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for a covered commodity on a farm as required 
by subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall take 
into consideration the farm program payment 
yields applicable to that covered commodity for 
similarly situated farms, but before the yields for 
the similarly situated farms are updated as pro-
vided in this subsection. 
SEC. 1107. FARM RISK MANAGEMENT ELECTION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) PAYMENTS REQUIRED.—Except as provided 
in paragraph (2), if the Secretary determines that 
payments are required under subsection (b)(1) or 
(c)(2) for a covered commodity, the Secretary shall 
make payments for that covered commodity available 
under such subsection to producers on a farm pursu-
ant to the terms and conditions of this section. 
(2) PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS; EXCEPTIONS.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a 
producer on a farm may not receive price loss cov-
erage payments or revenue loss coverage payments if 
the sum of the planted acres of covered commodities 
on the farm is 10 acres or less, as determined by the 
Secretary, unless the producer is— 
(A) a socially disadvantaged farmer or 
rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the Con-
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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. 
(b) PRICE LOSS COVERAGE.— 
(1) PAYMENTS.—For each of the 2013 through 
2017 crop years, the Secretary shall make price loss 
coverage payments to producers on a farm for a cov-
ered commodity if the Secretary determines that— 
(A) the effective price for the covered com-
modity for the crop year; is less than 
(B) the reference price for the covered com-
modity for the crop year. 
(2) EFFECTIVE PRICE.—The effective price for a 
covered commodity for a crop year shall be the higher 
of— 
(A) the midseason price; or 
(B) the national average loan rate for a 
marketing assistance loan for the covered com-
modity in effect for crop years 2013 through 
2017 under subtitle B. 
(3) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate shall be 
equal to the difference between— 
(A) the reference price for the covered com-
modity; and 
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(B) the effective price determined under 
paragraph (2) for the covered commodity. 
(4) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If price loss coverage 
payments are required to be provided under this sub-
section for any of the 2013 through 2017 crop years 
for a covered commodity, 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— 
(A) the payment rate for the covered com-
modity under paragraph (3); 
(B) the payment yield for the covered com-
modity; and 
(C) the payment acres for the covered com-
modity. 
(5) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary de-
termines under this subsection that price loss coverage 
payments are required to be provided for the covered 
commodity, the payments shall be made beginning 
October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, after 
the end of the applicable marketing year for the cov-
ered commodity. 
(6) SPECIAL RULE.—In determining the effective 
price for barley in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall 
use the all-barley price. 
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(c) REVENUE LOSS COVERAGE.— 
(1) AVAILABLE AS AN ALTERNATIVE.—As an al-
ternative to receiving price loss coverage payments 
under subsection (b) for a covered commodity, all of 
the owners of the farm may make a one-time, irrev-
ocable election on a covered commodity-by-covered 
commodity basis to receive revenue loss coverage pay-
ments for each covered commodity in accordance with 
this subsection. If any of the owners of the farm make 
different elections on the same covered commodity on 
the farm, all of the owners of the farm shall be deemed 
to have not made the election available under this 
paragraph. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—In the case of owners of a farm 
that make the election described in paragraph (1) for 
a covered commodity, the Secretary shall make rev-
enue loss coverage payments available under this sub-
section for each of the 2013 through 2017 crop years 
if the Secretary determines that— 
(A) the actual county revenue for the crop 
year for the covered commodity; is less than 
(B) the county revenue loss coverage trigger 
for the crop year for the covered commodity. 
(3) TIME FOR PAYMENTS.—If the Secretary de-
termines under this subsection that revenue loss cov-
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erage payments are required to be provided for the 
covered commodity, payments shall be made begin-
ning October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, 
after the end of the applicable marketing year for the 
covered commodity. 
(4) ACTUAL COUNTY REVENUE.—The amount of 
the actual county revenue for a crop year of a covered 
commodity shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying— 
(A) the actual county yield, as determined 
by the Secretary, for each planted acre for the 
crop year for the covered commodity; and 
(B) the higher of— 
(i) the midseason price; or 
(ii) the national average loan rate for 
a marketing assistance loan for the covered 
commodity in effect for crop years 2013 
through 2017 under subtitle B. 
(5) COUNTY
REVENUE
LOSS
COVERAGE
TRIG-
GER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The county revenue loss 
coverage trigger for a crop year for a covered 
commodity on a farm shall equal 85 percent of 
the benchmark county revenue. 
(B) BENCHMARK COUNTY REVENUE.— 
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(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
benchmark 
county revenue shall be the product obtained 
by multiplying— 
(I) subject to clause (ii), the aver-
age historical county yield as deter-
mined by the Secretary for the most re-
cent 5 crop years, excluding each of the 
crop years with the highest and lowest 
yields; and 
(II) subject to clause (iii), the av-
erage national marketing year average 
price for the most recent 5 crop years, 
excluding each of the crop years with 
the highest and lowest prices. 
(ii) YIELD CONDITIONS.—If the histor-
ical county yield in clause (i)(I) for any of 
the 5 most recent crop years, as determined 
by the Secretary, is less than 70 percent of 
the transitional yield, as determined by the 
Secretary, the amounts used for any of those 
years in clause (i)(I) shall be 70 percent of 
the transitional yield. 
(iii) REFERENCE
PRICE.—If the na-
tional marketing year average price in 
clause (i)(II) for any of the 5 most recent 
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crop years is lower than the reference price 
for the covered commodity, the Secretary 
shall use the reference price for any of those 
years for the amounts in clause (i)(II). 
(6) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate shall be 
equal to the lesser of— 
(A) the difference between— 
(i) the county revenue loss coverage 
trigger for the covered commodity; and 
(ii) the actual county revenue for the 
crop year for the covered commodity; or 
(B) 10 percent of the benchmark county rev-
enue for the crop year for the covered commodity. 
(7) PAYMENT AMOUNT.—If revenue loss coverage 
payments under this subsection are required to be 
provided for any of the 2013 through 2017 crop years 
of a covered commodity, the amount of the revenue 
loss coverage payment to be provided to the producers 
on a farm for the crop year shall be equal to the prod-
uct obtained by multiplying— 
(A) the payment rate under paragraph (6); 
and 
(B) the payment acres of the covered com-
modity on the farm. 
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(8) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—In providing 
revenue loss coverage payments under this subsection, 
the Secretary— 
(A) shall ensure that producers on a farm 
do not reconstitute the farm of the producers to 
void or change the election made under para-
graph (1); 
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall use all available information and analysis, 
including data mining, to check for anomalies in 
the provision of revenue loss coverage payments; 
(C) to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall calculate a separate county revenue loss 
coverage trigger for irrigated and nonirrigated 
covered commodities and a separate actual coun-
ty revenue for irrigated and nonirrigated covered 
commodities; 
(D) shall assign a benchmark county yield 
for each planted acre for the crop year for the 
covered commodity on the basis of the yield his-
tory of representative farms in the State, region, 
or crop reporting district, as determined by the 
Secretary, if— 
(i) the Secretary cannot establish the 
benchmark county yield for each planted 
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acre for a crop year for a covered com-
modity in the county in accordance with 
paragraph (5); or 
(ii) the yield determined under para-
graph (5) is an unrepresentative average 
yield for the county (as determined by the 
Secretary); and 
(E) to the maximum extent practicable, 
shall ensure that in order to be eligible for a 
payment under this subsection, the producers on 
the farm suffered an actual loss on the covered 
commodity for the crop year for which payment 
is sought. 
SEC. 1108. PRODUCER AGREEMENTS. 
(a) COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—Before the producers on a 
farm may receive price loss coverage payments or rev-
enue loss coverage payments 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.); 
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(B) to comply with applicable wetland pro-
tection requirements under subtitle C of title XII 
of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); and 
(C) to effectively control noxious weeds and 
otherwise maintain the land in accordance with 
sound agricultural practices, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(2) COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary may issue such 
rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure 
producer compliance with the requirements of 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 
price loss coverage payments or revenue loss cov-
erage payments are provided shall result in the 
termination of the price loss coverage and rev-
enue loss coverage, unless the transferee or owner 
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