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[Discussion Draft]
(Original Signature of Member)
[DISCUSSION DRAFT]
1.
Short title; table of contents
(a)
This Act may be cited as the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013
.
(b)
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.
Subtitle B—Marketing loans
Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities.
Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans.
Sec. 1203. Term of loans.
Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans.
Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments.
Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage.
Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton.
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton.
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton.
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans.
Subtitle C—Sugar
Sec. 1301. Sugar program.
Subtitle D—Dairy
Part I—Dairy Producer Margin Insurance Program
Sec. 1401. Dairy producer margin insurance program.
Sec. 1402. Rulemaking.
Part II—Repeal or reauthorization of other dairy-related provisions
Sec. 1411. Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss contract programs.
Sec. 1412. Repeal of dairy export incentive program.
Sec. 1413. Extension of dairy forward pricing program.
Sec. 1414. Extension of dairy indemnity program.
Sec. 1415. Extension of dairy promotion and research program.
Sec. 1416. Repeal of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission.
Part III—Effective date
Sec. 1421. Effective date.
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs
Sec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance.
Sec. 1502. National Drought Council and National Drought Policy Action Plan.
Subtitle F—Administration
Sec. 1601. Administration generally.
Sec. 1602. Repeal of permanent price support authority.
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations.
Sec. 1603A. Payments limited to active farmers.
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation.
Sec. 1605. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
Sec. 1606. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies.
Sec. 1607. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs.
Sec. 1608. Technical corrections.
Sec. 1609. Assignment of payments.
Sec. 1610. Tracking of benefits.
Sec. 1611. Signature authority.
Sec. 1612. Implementation.
Sec. 1613. Protection of producer information.
Title II—Conservation
Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve Program
Sec. 2001. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve program.
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.
Sec. 2505. Small watershed rehabilitation program.
Sec. 2506. Agricultural management assistance program.
Sec. 2507. Emergency watershed protection program.
Subtitle G—Funding and Administration
Sec. 2601. Funding.
Sec. 2602. Technical assistance.
Sec. 2603. Reservation of funds to provide assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access.
Sec. 2604. Annual report on program enrollments and assistance.
Sec. 2605. Review of conservation practice standards.
Sec. 2606. Administrative requirements applicable to all conservation programs.
Sec. 2607. Standards for State technical committees.
Sec. 2608. Rulemaking authority.
Sec. 2609. Wetlands mitigation.
Sec. 2610. Lesser prairie-chicken conservation report.
Subtitle H—Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments
Sec. 2701. Comprehensive conservation enhancement program.
Sec. 2702. Emergency forestry conservation reserve program.
Sec. 2703. Wetlands reserve program.
Sec. 2704. Farmland protection program and farm viability program.
Sec. 2705. Grassland reserve program.
Sec. 2706. Agricultural water enhancement program.
Sec. 2707. Wildlife habitat incentive program.
Sec. 2708. Great Lakes basin program.
Sec. 2709. Chesapeake Bay watershed program.
Sec. 2710. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative.
Sec. 2711. Environmental easement program.
Sec. 2712. Technical amendments.
Title III—Trade
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act
Sec. 3001. General authority.
Sec. 3002. Support for organizations through which assistance is provided.
Sec. 3003. Food aid quality.
Sec. 3004. Minimum levels of assistance.
Sec. 3005. Food Aid Consultative Group.
Sec. 3006. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation.
Sec. 3007. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods.
Sec. 3008. General provisions.
Sec. 3009. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities.
Sec. 3010. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities.
Sec. 3011. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other 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.
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.
Sec. 3208. Department of Agriculture certificates of origin.
Title IV—Credit
Subtitle A—Farm ownership loans
Sec. 4001. Eligibility for farm ownership loans.
Sec. 4002. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program.
Sec. 4003. Down payment loan program.
Sec. 4004. Elimination of mineral rights appraisal requirement.
Subtitle B—Operating loans
Sec. 4101. Eligibility for farm operating loans.
Sec. 4102. Elimination of rural residency requirement for operating loans to youth.
Sec. 4103. Authority to waive personal liability for youth loans due to circumstances beyond borrower control.
Sec. 4104. Microloans.
Subtitle C—Emergency loans
Sec. 4201. Eligibility for emergency loans.
Subtitle D—Administrative provisions
Sec. 4301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program.
Sec. 4302. Eligible beginning farmers and ranchers.
Sec. 4303. Loan authorization levels.
Sec. 4304. Priority for participation loans.
Sec. 4305. Loan fund set-asides.
Sec. 4306. Conforming amendment to borrower training provision, relating to eligibility changes.
Subtitle E—State agricultural mediation programs
Sec. 4401. State agricultural mediation programs.
Subtitle F—Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land
Sec. 4501. Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land.
Title V—Rural development
Subtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
Sec. 5001. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.
Sec. 5002. Rural business opportunity grants.
Sec. 5003. Elimination of reservation of community facilities grant program funds.
Sec. 5004. Utilization of loan guarantees for community facilities.
Sec. 5005. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.
Sec. 5006. Tribal college and university essential community facilities.
Sec. 5007. Essential community facilities technical assistance and training.
Sec. 5008. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program.
Sec. 5009. Household water well systems.
Sec. 5010. Rural business and industry loan program.
Sec. 5011. Rural cooperative development grants.
Sec. 5012. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products.
Sec. 5013. Intermediary relending program.
Sec. 5014. Rural college coordinated strategy.
Sec. 5015. Rural water and waste disposal infrastructure.
Sec. 5016. Simplified applications.
Sec. 5017. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters.
Sec. 5018. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program.
Sec. 5019. Delta Regional Authority.
Sec. 5020. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
Sec. 5021. Rural business investment program.
Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936
Sec. 5101. Relending for certain purposes.
Sec. 5102. Fees for certain loan guarantees.
Sec. 5103. Rural utilities service contracting authority.
Sec. 5104. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes.
Sec. 5105. Expansion of 911 access.
Sec. 5106. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Sec. 5201. Distance learning and telemedicine.
Sec. 5202. Value-added agricultural market development program grants.
Sec. 5203. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program.
Sec. 5204. Program metrics.
Sec. 5205. Study of rural transportation issues.
Sec. 5206. Certain Federal actions not to be considered major.
Sec. 5207. Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas.
Sec. 5208. Regional economic and infrastructure development.
Title VI—Research, Extension, and Related Matters
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
Sec. 6101. Option to be included as non-land-grant college of agriculture.
Sec. 6102. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
Sec. 6103. Specialty crop committee.
Sec. 6104. Veterinary services grant program.
Sec. 6105. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education.
Sec. 6106. Policy research centers.
Sec. 6107. Repeal of human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program.
Sec. 6108. Repeal of pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research.
Sec. 6109. Nutrition education program.
Sec. 6110. Continuing animal health and disease research programs.
Sec. 6111. Repeal of appropriations for research on national or regional problems.
Sec. 6112. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.
Sec. 6113. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant institutions.
Sec. 6114. Repeal of national research and training virtual centers.
Sec. 6115. Hispanic-serving institutions.
Sec. 6116. Competitive Grants Program for Hispanic Agricultural Workers and Youth.
Sec. 6117. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs.
Sec. 6118. Repeal of research equipment grants.
Sec. 6119. University research.
Sec. 6120. Extension service.
Sec. 6121. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements.
Sec. 6122. Supplemental and alternative crops.
Sec. 6123. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions.
Sec. 6124. Aquaculture assistance programs.
Sec. 6125. Rangeland research programs.
Sec. 6126. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response.
Sec. 6127. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher education.
Sec. 6128. Matching funds requirement.
Sec. 6129. Sense of Congress regarding expansion of the land grant program to include enhanced funding and additional institutions.
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Sec. 6201. Best utilization of biological applications.
Sec. 6202. Integrated management systems.
Sec. 6203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program.
Sec. 6204. National training program.
Sec. 6205. National Genetics Resources Program.
Sec. 6206. Repeal of National Agricultural Weather Information System.
Sec. 6207. Repeal of rural electronic commerce extension program.
Sec. 6208. Repeal of agricultural genome initiative.
Sec. 6209. High-priority research and extension initiatives.
Sec. 6210. Repeal of nutrient management research and extension initiative.
Sec. 6211. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative.
Sec. 6212. Repeal of agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy efficiency research and extension initiative.
Sec. 6213. Farm business management.
Sec. 6214. Centers of excellence.
Sec. 6215. Repeal of red meat safety research center.
Sec. 6216. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities.
Sec. 6217. National rural information center clearinghouse.
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
Sec. 6301. Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education funded by the Department.
Sec. 6302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program.
Sec. 6303. Repeal of coordinated program of research, extension, and education to improve viability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, and poultry operations.
Sec. 6304. Fusarium Graminearum grants.
Sec. 6305. Repeal of Bovine Johne's disease control program.
Sec. 6306. Grants for youth organizations.
Sec. 6307. Specialty crop research initiative.
Sec. 6308. Food animal residue avoidance database program.
Sec. 6309. Repeal of national swine research center.
Sec. 6310. Office of pest management policy.
Sec. 6311. Repeal of studies of agricultural research, extension, and education.
Subtitle D—Other Laws
Sec. 6401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act.
Sec. 6402. Equity in Educational Land-grant Status Act of 1994.
Sec. 6403. Research Facilities Act.
Sec. 6404. Repeal of carbon cycle research.
Sec. 6405. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act.
Sec. 6406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978.
Sec. 6407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980.
Sec. 6408. Repeal of use of remote sensing data.
Sec. 6409. Repeal of reports under Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
Sec. 6410. Beginning farmer and rancher development program.
Sec. 6411. Inclusion of American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, and Northern Mariana Islands as a State under McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act.
Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Part 1—Agricultural Security
Sec. 6501. Agricultural biosecurity communication center.
Sec. 6502. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparation, and response.
Sec. 6503. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures.
Sec. 6504. Agricultural biosecurity grant program.
Part 2—Miscellaneous
Sec. 6511. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program.
Sec. 6512. Grazinglands research laboratory.
Sec. 6513. Budget submission and funding.
Sec. 6514. Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Sec. 6515. Repeal of farm and ranch stress assistance network.
Sec. 6516. Repeal of seed distribution.
Sec. 6517. Natural products research program.
Sec. 6518. Sun grant program.
Sec. 6519. Repeal of study and report on food deserts.
Sec. 6520. Repeal of agricultural and rural transportation research and education.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 6601. Agreements with nonprofit organizations for National Arboretum.
Sec. 6602. Cotton Disease Research Report.
Sec. 6603. Acceptance of facility for Agricultural Research Service.
Sec. 6604. Miscellaneous technical corrections.
Sec. 6605. Legitimacy of industrial hemp research.
Title VII—Forestry
Subtitle A—Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs
Sec. 7001. Forest land enhancement program.
Sec. 7002. Watershed forestry assistance program.
Sec. 7003. Expired cooperative national forest products marketing program.
Sec. 7004. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources leadership program.
Sec. 7005. Tribal watershed forestry assistance program.
Sec. 7006. Separate Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals process.
Subtitle B—Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Programs
Sec. 7101. State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources.
Sec. 7102. Forest Legacy Program.
Sec. 7103. Community forest and open space conservation program.
Subtitle C—Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws
Sec. 7201. Rural revitalization technologies.
Sec. 7202. Office of International Forestry.
Sec. 7203. Change in funding source for healthy forests reserve program.
Sec. 7204. Stewardship end result contracting project authority.
Subtitle D—National Forest Critical Area Response
Sec. 7301. Definitions.
Sec. 7302. Designation of critical areas.
Sec. 7303. Application of expedited procedures and activities of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to critical areas.
Sec. 7304. Good neighbor authority.
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 7401. Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis.
Sec. 7402. Forest Service participation in ACES Program.
Sec. 7403. Green science and technology transfer research under Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978.
Sec. 7404. Extension of stewardship contracts authority regarding use of designation by prescription to all thinning sales under National Forest Management Act of 1976.
Sec. 7405. Reimbursement of fire funds expended by a State for management and suppression of certain wildfires.
Sec. 7406. Ability of National Forest System lands to meet needs of local wood producing facilities for raw materials.
Sec. 7407. Report on the National Forest System roads.
Sec. 7408. Forest Service large airtanker and aerial asset firefighting recapitalization pilot program.
Sec. 7409. Land conveyance, Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia.
Sec. 7410. Categorical exclusion for forest projects in response to emergencies.
Title VIII—Energy
Sec. 8001. Definition of renewable energy system.
Sec. 8002. Biobased markets program.
Sec. 8003. Biorefinery assistance.
Sec. 8004. Repowering assistance program.
Sec. 8005. Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels.
Sec. 8006. Biodiesel Fuel Education Program.
Sec. 8007. Rural Energy for America Program.
Sec. 8008. Biomass Research and Development.
Sec. 8009. Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers.
Sec. 8010. Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
Sec. 8011. Community wood energy program.
Sec. 8012. Repeal of biofuels infrastructure study.
Sec. 8013. Repeal of renewable fertilizer study.
Sec. 8014. Energy efficiency report for USDA facilities.
Title IX—Horticulture
Sec. 9001. Specialty crops market news allocation.
Sec. 9002. Repeal of grant program to improve movement of specialty crops.
Sec. 9003. Farmers market and local food promotion program.
Sec. 9004. Organic agriculture.
Sec. 9005. Investigations and enforcement of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.
Sec. 9006. Food safety education initiatives.
Sec. 9007. Specialty crop block grants.
Sec. 9008. Department of Agriculture consultation regarding enforcement of certain labor law provisions.
Sec. 9009. Report on honey.
Sec. 9010. Bulk shipments of apples to Canada.
Sec. 9011. Consolidation of plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention programs.
Sec. 9012. Modification, cancellation, or suspension on basis of a biological opinion.
Sec. 9013. Use and discharges of authorized pesticides.
Sec. 9014. Seed not pesticide or device for purposes of importation.
Sec. 9015. Stay of regulations related to Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order.
Sec. 9016. Study on proposed order pertaining to sulfuryl fluoride.
Sec. 9017. Study on local and regional food production and program evaluation.
Sec. 9018. Annual report on invasive species.
Title X—Crop Insurance
Sec. 10001. Information sharing.
Sec. 10002. Publication of information on violations of prohibition on premium adjustments.
Sec. 10003. Supplemental coverage option.
Sec. 10004. Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection.
Sec. 10005. Repeal of performance-based discount.
Sec. 10006. Permanent enterprise unit subsidy.
Sec. 10007. Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops.
Sec. 10008. Data collection.
Sec. 10009. Adjustment in actual production history to establish insurable yields.
Sec. 10010. Submission and review of policies.
Sec. 10011. Equitable relief for specialty crop policies.
Sec. 10012. Budget limitations on renegotiation of the standard reinsurance agreement.
Sec. 10013. Crop production on native sod.
Sec. 10014. Coverage levels by practice.
Sec. 10015. Beginning farmer and rancher provisions.
Sec. 10016. Stacked income protection plan for producers of upland cotton.
Sec. 10017. Peanut revenue crop insurance.
Sec. 10018. Authority to correct errors.
Sec. 10019. Implementation.
Sec. 10020. Research and development priorities.
Sec. 10021. Additional research and development contracting requirements.
Sec. 10022. Program compliance partnerships.
Sec. 10023. Pilot programs.
Sec. 10024. Technical amendments.
Sec. 10025. Advance public notice of crop insurance policy and plan changes.
Title XI—Miscellaneous
Subtitle A—Livestock
Sec. 11101. Repeal of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.
Sec. 11102. Repeal of certain regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921.
Sec. 11103. Trichinae certification program.
Sec. 11104. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan.
Sec. 11105. Country of origin labeling.
Sec. 11106. National animal health laboratory network.
Sec. 11107. Repeal of duplicative catfish inspection program.
Sec. 11108. National Poultry Improvement Program.
Sec. 11109. Report on bovine tuberculosis in Texas.
Sec. 11110. Economic fraud in wild and farm-raised seafood.
Subtitle B—Socially disadvantaged producers and limited resource producers
Sec. 11201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers.
Sec. 11202. Office of Advocacy and Outreach.
Sec. 11203. Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center.
Sec. 11204. Receipt for service or denial of service from certain department of agriculture agencies.
Subtitle C—Other miscellaneous provisions
Sec. 11301. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force.
Sec. 11302. Program benefit eligibility status for participants in high plains water study.
Sec. 11303. Office of Tribal Relations.
Sec. 11304. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.
Sec. 11305. Prohibition on keeping GSA leased cars overnight.
Sec. 11306. Noninsured crop assistance program.
Sec. 11307. Ensuring high standards for agency use of scientific information.
Sec. 11308. Evaluation required for purposes of prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency.
Sec. 11309. Acer access and development program.
Sec. 11310. Regulatory review by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Sec. 11311. Prohibition on attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor to attend an animal fighting venture.
Sec. 11312. Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with production or manufacture of items in other States.
Sec. 11313. Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Missouri River Basin.
Sec. 11314. Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Black Dirt region.
Sec. 11315. Protection of honey bees and other pollinators.
Sec. 11316. Produce represented as grown in the United States when it is not in fact grown in the United States.
Sec. 11317. Urban agriculture coordination.
Sec. 11318. Sense of Congress on increased business opportunities for black farmers, women, minorities, and small businesses.
Sec. 11319. Sense of Congress regarding agriculture security programs.
Sec. 11320. Report on water sharing.
Sec. 11321. Scientific and economic analysis of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.
Sec. 11322. Improved Department of Agriculture consideration of economic impact of regulations on small business.
Sec. 11323. Silvicultural activities.
Sec. 11324. Applicability of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule.
Sec. 11325. Agricultural producer information disclosure.
Sec. 11326. Report on National Ocean Policy.
Sec. 11327. Sunsetting of programs.
Subtitle D—Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery
Sec. 11401. Short title.
Sec. 11402. Chesapeake Bay Crosscut Budget.
Sec. 11403. Restoration through adaptive management.
Sec. 11404. Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay Program.
Sec. 11405. Definitions.
2.
Definition of Secretary of Agriculture
In this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.
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<header>Continued application for 2013 crop year</header>
<text>Section 1105 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply through the 2013 crop year with respect to all covered commodities (as defined in 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.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1DF6E3D16AE74B24B42FC9E99D48EE8C">
<enum>1104.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle and subtitle B:</text>
<paragraph id="HB3E6E9E9047841EA8AC50B134623A56B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Actual county revenue</header>
<text>The term <term>actual county revenue</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 1107(c)(4) to determine whether revenue loss coverage payments are required to be provided for that crop year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0132E74085124E1ABC095FE9E491A8F1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Base acres</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base acres</term>, with respect to a covered commodity and cotton on a farm, means the number of acres established under sections 1101 and 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7952) or sections 1101 and 1302 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711, 8752), as in effect on September 30, 2013, subject to any adjustment under section 1105 of this Act. For purposes of making payments under subsections (b) and (c) of section 1107, base acres are reduced by the payment acres calculated in section 1101(c).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA6C4C1AFA574A0292B15799AC8DA6B3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>County revenue loss coverage trigger</header>
<text>The term <term>county revenue loss coverage trigger</term>, 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5C46D7C9F074EA4804EC2A09464BDE9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Covered commodity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered commodity</term> 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 peanuts.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCB7B55756214294A95944AA527D2B3F">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Effective price</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>effective price</term>, 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8F0F59EA7F94A2D8702634C201B308A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Extra long staple cotton</header>
<text>The term <term>extra long staple cotton</term> means cotton that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H593835DA9EA7479CB82D1B7B1B887B37">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is produced from pure strain varieties of the Barbadense species or any hybrid of the species, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having characteristics needed for various end uses for which United States upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable for the production of the varieties or types; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49F63C9831264FCDB03D21F6C8BEEAA3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if authorized by the Secretary, ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8294AB7E080A4201A730BA92E89C74BE">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Farm base acres</header>
<text>The term <term>farm base acres</term> means the sum of the base acreage for all covered commodities and cotton on a farm in effect as of September 30, 2013, and subject to any adjustment under section 1105.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3BAC430DC9049B8A2BBAAE7E1899757">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Medium grain rice</header>
<text>The term <term>medium grain rice</term> includes short grain rice.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DA9498E96094C98A5511A3DBAB98795">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Midseason price</header>
<text>The term <term>midseason price</term> 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB9EB12594CEA4BA1AEEA5F6D802E8ABB">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Other oilseed</header>
<text>The term <term>other oilseed</term> means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H215C29F99A314CFE95752F6D5B3B9D44">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Payment acres</header>
<subparagraph id="H9D000C5D59C64E6E9DF84EE551D9EF05">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) through (D), the term <term>payment acres</term>, with respect to the provision of price loss coverage payments and revenue loss coverage payments, means—</text>
<clause id="H6774FD6D698D41EB897E2F3DFAF54FE9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>85 percent of total acres planted for the year to each covered commodity on a farm; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H859CC9FFB4FD443BA63FB9600B99529D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>30 percent of total acres approved as prevented from being planted for the year to each covered commodity on a farm.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0810A8F75D614C3E8A8C29E1D2BD0B16">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Maximum</header>
<text>The total quantity of payment acres determined under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the farm base acres.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0743D366BD2D4A62A6528EAFB496666D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Reduction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the sum of all payment acres for a farm exceeds the limits established under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reduce the payment acres applicable to each crop proportionately.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1DC87F1D89E8429E8DB8255CCDF347BB">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>payment acres</term> does not include any crop subsequently planted during the same crop year on the same land for which the first crop is eligible for payments under this subtitle, unless the crop was approved for double cropping in the county, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB194EFD097744A2C9D0F8BD2432B4A10">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Payment yield</header>
<text>The term <term>payment yield</term> means the yield established for counter-cyclical payments under section 1102 or 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7912, 7952), section 1102 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712), as in effect on September 30, 2013, or under section 1106 of this Act, for a farm for a covered commodity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12429AC76E1C4949B6627788D29EEEC7">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<header>Price loss coverage</header>
<text>The term <term>price loss coverage</term> means coverage provided under section 1107(b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52DDBF5474F64C0CA5DC27CC9EE9EA4A">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<header>Producer</header>
<subparagraph id="H8DF4832962E54C2185D9F8F9ECE85E36">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>producer</term> 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 available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2991F4AE645403997628F36B986DE3C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Hybrid seed</header>
<text>In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HE68CE92DB4174410AC90C0CD82499E4C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5A6222B1C7FF4500B9F08ACA0435CF4A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this title.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64529EB9153D441FB4986F0396596A5E">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<header>Pulse crop</header>
<text>The term <term>pulse crop</term> means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AD07FF77A4242638AB075F64BA99A5F">
<enum>(16)</enum>
<header>Reference price</header>
<text>The term <term>reference price</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF457C93C2BE4DF880EC9BB8BFB1970E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Wheat, $5.50 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7ED465D716D04AF8A18204079161DC00">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Corn, $3.70 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F933EDD073E4C708F9829C53AA88C5D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD530219A496D4A2CB8B2A600E5899880">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Barley, $4.95 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A6FC371196441A4821030D1FEFA3CED">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Oats, $2.40 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69AFADB8130D4D27AB1B7A74BF8E90CD">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Long grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF748510C68AE42C6BAEADDB5328F1B81">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Medium grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H156D666B79D24CA1B2F0F8FE00D070CD">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>Soybeans, $8.40 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7DA94FF65F904E2DAF0F24B523110C26">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>Other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA58CACEC581F45798B54AC20BF212023">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>Peanuts $535.00 per ton.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9F8389EF4CBF4CA1BB8F0EA86153A6FC">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>Dry peas, $11.00 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCBAADE6E17934729B7CA7F1CDDB6EAC1">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>Lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4BED6B311D1A4CC4BD2ECCEEE91985F9">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text>Small chickpeas, $19.04 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3FD33EDC9EC2455D839354E94F4FB6FD">
<enum>(N)</enum>
<text>Large chickpeas, $21.54 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2C9988FD927848589389CEA73D4BF382">
<enum>(17)</enum>
<header>Revenue loss coverage</header>
<text>The term <term>revenue loss coverage</term> means coverage provided under section 1107(c).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E02D117E10640159AAA83A36583A954">
<enum>(18)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB16BD877CCFE40E782EACEA190ED98EE">
<enum>(19)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>The term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBF83537205B5452D8B429819CA977BE2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE599A66CDCCF4749A0BD96348C7F47FF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the District of Columbia;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13789B0F06F44AAAAA3D52DF062ACAA3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4732D93E852A46A2900E6F8EB36A8BA4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any other territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB86C11247FAD4504B88A6C1EDBA76680">
<enum>(20)</enum>
<header>Temperate japonica rice</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>temperate japonica rice</term> means rice that is grown in high altitudes or temperate regions of high latitudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western United States, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE1E17D25EE94434BB21BAC789E81722">
<enum>(21)</enum>
<header>Transitional yield</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>transitional yield</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40D49180D057426AA753EBF5593B7F6D">
<enum>(22)</enum>
<header>United States</header>
<text>The term <term>United States</term>, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC12E38715CC4D1CA4DA0D75C4B6C339">
<enum>(23)</enum>
<header>United States premium factor</header>
<text>The term <term>United States Premium Factor</term> means the percentage by which the difference in the United States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling (SM) 1<fraction>1/8</fraction>-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the applicable premiums for comparable international qualities.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE44E8807727F4966B1E994E86A212191">
<enum>1105.</enum>
<header>Base acres</header>
<subsection id="H02B1974FEB8141E9A42F9F6EBF2CD5F5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Adjustment of base acres</header>
<paragraph id="HCA4F53E774764DDCB4598BC6BE9B69C8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres for covered commodities and cotton for a farm whenever any of the following circumstances occurs:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H01EC46CE417F42ACA04954CDE952E755">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>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.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1831B70D5DF04483BBB626702F64696C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6C6A554863D4337AB99A1E8C768A70D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The producer has eligible oilseed acreage as the result of the Secretary designating additional oilseeds, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under section 1101(a)(1)(D) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711(a)(1)(D)).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FD0CC0AD6BB494180A86EA36AF56A27">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Special conservation reserve acreage payment rules</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC796004EE7E24EC09B33AE7B9E1D32D9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Prevention of excess base acres</header>
<paragraph id="HA6CDBE7F3C214265AE89AE429FC23278">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Required reduction</header>
<text>If the sum of the base acres for a farm, together with 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 or cotton 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAABB19B27CF54105969E61E341B30EA6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Other acreage</header>
<text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD0590B59C86B414CB24245F505EF4D88">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>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.).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA9BE102CA7341049C56C8E0799507D3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Any other acreage on the farm enrolled in a Federal conservation program for which payments are made in exchange for not producing an agricultural commodity on the acreage.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H337DB7B151724C1BAC4B06EF8D5F56EE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>If the Secretary designates additional oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under subsection (a)(1)(C).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34B8DEC607D646AC91DF8649622C6B12">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Selection of acres</header>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2050B44DDB1E4F84BFC2E270FB66DC33">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Exception for double-cropped acreage</header>
<text>In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make an exception in the case of double cropping, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H449C6FE0BA814FF7AC86BC1FF9814FFA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reduction in base acres</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCC5A18DFDFC0409B9ADFCE876A74818B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Reduction at option of owner</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H76A2C10048CF4D2D962BD40ED3C06B4F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The owner of a farm may reduce, at any time, the base acres for any covered commodity or cotton for the farm.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC5C2E91C88E342329527B865643AA28C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Effect of reduction</header>
<text>A reduction under subparagraph (A) shall be permanent and made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90E759C30CB74F6AB84B2B6CCB93D98A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Required action by Secretary</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9652A894C3DB4D258218E642D28E79EE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall proportionately reduce base acres on a farm for covered commodities and cotton for land that has been subdivided and developed for multiple residential units or other nonfarming uses if the size of the tracts and the density of the 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—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H19E96D290668448196139947FB0D250C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>remains devoted to commercial agricultural production; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H9C88B7695A6446CFBB73F2EEE77E7E67">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is likely to be returned to the previous agricultural use.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3415649C195843B29198E2F381DF304F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish procedures to identify land described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H192B8FD45A0442BB8A1E9CA1E4E7D20E">
<enum>1106.</enum>
<header>Payment yields</header>
<subsection id="H9A7F16C6B47B4FEA9F493EAEBEC5943D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment and purpose</header>
<text>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 established under section 1102 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1A43D0D310DD418280F980D7973C2432">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Payment yields for designated oilseeds</header>
<paragraph id="H6A86D5E7165D4FDB9B3E17179B3D2F13">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Determination of average yield</header>
<text>In the case of designated oilseeds, the Secretary shall determine the average yield per planted acre for the designated oilseed on a farm for the 1998 through 2001 crop years, excluding any crop year in which the acreage planted to the designated oilseed was zero.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B86B8EC15D44F8A95949C534597B8DD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adjustment for payment yield</header>
<subparagraph id="HB4DD4892F25742969C80E02E71DC93CB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The payment yield for a farm for a designated oilseed shall be equal to the product of the following:</text>
<clause id="H1FEC0636BB88490B8838003E342877AD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>The average yield for the designated oilseed determined under paragraph (1).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFBF0CE24F5E64A8B8512CC281AC8D67D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>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.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF34E88695704A1D816F7D8749BC180D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>No national average yield information available</header>
<text>To the extent that national average yield information for a designated oilseed is not available, the Secretary shall use such information as the Secretary determines to be fair and equitable to establish a national average yield under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3637B11B7AD64E77A3FDDD66D497E9AD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Use of county average yield</header>
<text>If the yield per planted acre for a crop of a designated oilseed 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 average under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33D435642B9B49E9A6BE8123621846CB">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>No historic yield data available</header>
<text>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 paragraph (2)(A)(ii) in determining the yields for designated oilseeds, as determined to be fair and equitable by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED9ECAF273C24BAE9702395914C3D302">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effect of lack of payment yield</header>
<paragraph id="H6ABA376F87BE44529B76C37A7D0D1B3C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment by secretary</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If no payment yield is otherwise established for a farm for which a covered commodity is planted and eligible to receive price loss coverage payments, the Secretary shall establish an appropriate payment yield for the covered commodity on the farm under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DB1B4B7EA8D491FB45F72E123C6F667">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of similarly situated farms</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCD1AFFB603F94D92AA03A25A806E78C2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Single opportunity to update yields used to determine price loss coverage payments</header>
<paragraph id="H4BFB8A8F1DB747A98E04A34E0F48D2FD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Election to update</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the sole discretion 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCDAAD7CC1F84206B70A86AA4FECC8A6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Time for election</header>
<text>The election under paragraph (1) shall be made at a time and manner to be in effect for the 2014 crop year as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED8616A35EAE460F8CBCE71895FC3721">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Method of updating yields</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the owner of a farm elects to update yields under this subsection, the payment yield for a covered commodity on the farm, for the purpose of calculating price loss coverage payments only, shall be equal to 90 percent of the average of the yield per planted acre for the crop of the covered commodity on the 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25321762166A412FBDBE1F6AE03DAC30">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Use of county average yield</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the yield per planted acre for a crop of the covered commodity 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 commodity, 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).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9EB257EEFE1485BAF9D46F859480E63">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Effect of lack of payment yield</header>
<subparagraph id="HBC5625BA4CD54ADEBCCC4AEC336216BB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Establishment by secretary</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this subsection, if no payment yield is otherwise established for a covered commodity on a farm, the Secretary shall establish an appropriate updated payment yield for the covered commodity on the farm under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7079AAE41194A6B863BE2FA4FC5258D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Use of similarly situated farms</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To establish an appropriate payment yield 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. 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.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBAB2FBFF283A4EBE92076846E9126B16">
<enum>1107.</enum>
<header>Farm risk management election</header>
<subsection id="H888E00BDC9EF4D16A10880FADA3CF9FC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H475B83F3E22A4829AE65C9FB80EDF467">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Payments required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 pursuant to the terms and conditions of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02B31AB1B9D748F8BF94CE76249045C3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on payments; exceptions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a producer on a farm may not receive price loss coverage 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0BC9F081A70545F29FE3FD8B688D1947">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e))); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31EC062A577141A6AC50ABABBF57B1FD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a limited resource farmer or rancher, as defined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H83B29BA6014B418BBC3D44EF909700F9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Price loss coverage</header>
<paragraph id="H7DB14AC1EAED4817B940EBAB4F67DAC8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, the Secretary shall make price loss coverage payments to producers on a farm for a covered commodity if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H258C4EF209144186BDCED646D33321D5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effective price for the covered commodity for the crop year; is less than</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34AFD0D209334B54BFE3A7DA0AB190F8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the reference price for the covered commodity for the crop year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D7125225115477EB809D2ABD1DF3B98">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effective price</header>
<text>The effective price for a covered commodity for a crop year shall be the higher of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H206FEA45D7FC4411B54867B463DCDFD8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the midseason price; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0B2AC88192F4C9AAEC828C2E0900512">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the national average loan rate for a marketing assistance loan for the covered commodity in effect for such crop year under subtitle B.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4713BC8A838E45D3A508275C88C699D4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Payment rate</header>
<text>The payment rate shall be equal to the difference between—</text>
<subparagraph id="H49FE4B870D7246E2839BD572D5056899">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the reference price for the covered commodity; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC505FDEBCE3F4E2CB206BBE3C173265D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the effective price determined under paragraph (2) for the covered commodity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6F80B22A0624D4C991386A5E3B5872A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Payment amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If price loss coverage payments are required to be provided under this subsection for the 2014 crop year or any succeding crop year 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02C5D03E073241CC9E05BEEEC8C241C9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the payment rate for the covered commodity under paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4927FE1CD2964233ADF8964E33164B84">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the payment yield for the covered commodity; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82E637C2F7F746088EC9DAA5411F4CAA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the payment acres for the covered commodity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDDFC6E09B5B482BBB58B2E6EDDFE9DA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Time for payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines 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 covered commodity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7AA1456A7B244B908F97BEE5A95351E4">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Special rule for barley</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the effective price for barley in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall use the all-barley price.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40DE16109B684522B22A44BA4D7FAEBB">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Special rule for temperate japonica rice</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide a reference price with respect to temperate japonica rice in an amount equal to 115 percent of the amount established in subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section 1104(16) in order to reflect price premiums.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4EBA3831F46749CA8A69BABF763DD310">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Revenue loss coverage</header>
<paragraph id="H08DA83AAE9494894A67DF3312BB449E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Available as an alternative</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As an alternative to receiving price loss coverage payments under subsection (b) for a covered commodity, all of the owners of the farm may make a one-time, irrevocable election on a covered commodity-by-covered-commodity basis to receive revenue loss coverage payments for each covered commodity in accordance with this subsection. If any of the owners of the farm make different elections on the same covered commodity on the farm, all of the owners of the farm shall be deemed to have not made the election available under this paragraph.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE762B2C15A9E49358EFE82409428D7F8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of owners of a farm that make the election described in paragraph (1) for a covered commodity, the Secretary shall make revenue loss coverage payments available under this subsection for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H214AF751A84D4FD2BACDA9F56690CEFA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the actual county revenue for the crop year for the covered commodity; is less than</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB1815C6DCAD404FB0A75819B5798015">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the county revenue loss coverage trigger for the crop year for the covered commodity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H74554CEAFC794F1B8E018EE90DEC54B4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Time for payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines under this subsection that revenue loss coverage payments are required to be provided for the covered commodity, payments shall be made beginning October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, after the end of the applicable marketing year for the covered commodity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6122A77F593C4D279C3904A821BEA167">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Actual county revenue</header>
<text>The amount of the actual county revenue for a crop year of a covered commodity shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0A45C6C88574120BDB741143DB07389">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the actual county yield, as determined by the Secretary, for each planted acre for the crop year for the covered commodity; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4237B755E77471BA74CCF4C2580B7ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the higher of—</text>
<clause id="H3EEAE27E49384E428BE4C1A37509362B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the midseason price; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCCAD68D0C3AA496E9AAB4A5EF8FF75B5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the national average loan rate for a marketing assistance loan for the covered commodity in effect for such crop year under subtitle B.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA7F8882A8A74FABA9A0B028DF1AF7C2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>County revenue loss coverage trigger</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H143EDC698EA545CA8983902362203769">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12CA285B42604E1F93242B39A5DA3BE4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Benchmark county revenue</header>
<clause id="HB18F6ADBC1F747D0B8E57A496129D6B2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The benchmark county revenue shall be the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<subclause id="HA91D74B13F784059BD806F3001B31921">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>subject to clause (ii), the average historical county yield as determined by the Secretary for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest yields; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6F72C6D9BD674E18B193A1AEF4B6E272">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>subject to clause (iii), the average national marketing year average price for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest prices.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H8ED98DB36DD44F66B8AE6BD1DEBCDDAE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Yield conditions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the historical 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.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3F60397C8CD04F4F883535293A351647">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Reference price</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the national marketing year average price in clause (i)(II) for any of the 5 most recent crop years is lower than the reference price for the covered commodity, the Secretary shall use the reference price for any of those years for the amounts in clause (i)(II).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA85BF64F1124B0B858926802C49E75C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Payment rate</header>
<text>The payment rate shall be equal to the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5F5EBE7B20DA472BB0A5EB5AB8AAD4A7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the difference between—</text>
<clause id="HA4E5FC1D86F14F7CB2972BF84E497BF4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the county revenue loss coverage trigger for the covered commodity; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCFFA443CDB6342178BAF386FA807273E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the actual county revenue for the crop year for the covered commodity; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE1A4BFA05A754C81BA81EE9868DE9662">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>10 percent of the benchmark county revenue for the crop year for the covered commodity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BEAB3126952498EBC50E2215C756C24">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Payment amount</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If revenue loss coverage payments under this subsection are required to be provided for the 2014 crop year or any succeeding crop year of a covered commodity, the amount of the revenue loss coverage payment to be provided to the producers on a farm for the crop year shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64FD21A69A104851B0EA55C03166214B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the payment rate under paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF38F7E4483504550B322D85CC125390A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the payment acres of the covered commodity on the farm.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11BF31A026294EA2801659BCC4A6441A">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Duties of the secretary</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing revenue loss coverage payments under this subsection, the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H38FA98742DAB4B8E95E5E199EE0934D2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall ensure that producers on a farm do not reconstitute the farm of the producers to void or change the election made under paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA4CA30869DCC40B98CFE3B4DB4B4F142">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H619C997873134DA58379211974CBE748">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable, shall calculate a separate county revenue loss coverage trigger for irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities and a separate actual county revenue for irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E7F209889CE4E55A9E2F3AAFF1A6CD4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>shall assign a benchmark county yield for each planted acre for the crop year for the covered commodity on the basis of the yield history of representative farms in the State, region, or crop reporting district, as determined by the Secretary, if—</text>
<clause id="H3C7FAF08973D41CCB1DDFDA118BD6CDA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary cannot establish the benchmark county yield for each planted acre for a crop year for a covered commodity in the county in accordance with paragraph (5); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9790E5E506734171BFD12FEE169E5C1F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the yield determined under paragraph (5) is an unrepresentative average yield for the county (as determined by the Secretary); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB52674E266DB45AC9040B2E4F556B34F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0FBFD151A6C24C1CB27993BBEE68DD2B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Annual report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report annually containing an evaluation of the impact of price loss coverage and revenue loss coverage—</text>
<paragraph id="H04841E03287743C3A3C9C526D5DB76D2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>on the planting, production, price, and export of covered commodities; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H752F934FB38144C3807B4379DBCC4E59">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>on the cost of each commodity program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC284C4A7DFBE41268983B72864961BF2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Cap on total obligations and expenditures</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the total amount of price loss coverage payments and revenue loss coverage payments made under this section during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2020 shall not exceed $16,956,500,000. Producer agreements required by section 1108 shall specifically state that payments made under this section shall be reduced as necessary to comply with this subsection.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H23A2749B51814951BA193FE5B09DBCCC">
<enum>1108.</enum>
<header>Producer agreements</header>
<subsection id="H3DA3C187F1A84B388F99230400E9E1AB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Compliance with certain requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H55CF3960F72D4379A01C31D567E6D9D8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B736DDEFB784490833BC5FA4968D309">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>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.);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFB424600388E429098AB120245476F16">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B76A0D99BFC4765B7931975F1993F19">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63216E3FE7F846A18029FAB1A8920CF2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Compliance</header>
<text>The Secretary may issue such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81167E44D24444E98410913B621B40EE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Modification</header>
<text>At the request of the transferee or owner, the Secretary may modify the requirements of this subsection if the modifications are consistent with the objectives of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE27163BB3F1649FF9F25D59CE84C8E6F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transfer or change of interest in farm</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFCBCBBBF9C842518BE967B65921848C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H830EB60EE69C4DB4A5E619F10E899041">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H894F738AF3684F798673BAD564DCD46B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The termination shall take effect on the date determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40A002D3A32543B997A46645F135653C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer entitled to a payment under this subtitle dies, becomes incompetent, or is otherwise unable to receive the payment, the Secretary shall make the payment in accordance with rules issued by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4D1F0DA8FD9C4B16BDABF9E8C00960AB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Acreage reports</header>
<text>As a condition on the receipt of any benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B, the Secretary shall require producers on a farm to submit to the Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all cropland on the farm.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE5563F717B684B60A672F7A183638402">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Tenants and sharecroppers</header>
<text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H74B79EE26E944FD485D66726B63FAF6C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Sharing of payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this subtitle among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable basis.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H5FBC48DD445C405AA893451DED4A5A40">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Marketing loans</header>
<section id="H418561D5367F481B8E291E41E2D6EC43">
<enum>1201.</enum>
<header>Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities</header>
<subsection id="H86A8E247AC144593963772D8B88B99D6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definition of loan commodity</header>
<text>In this subtitle, the term <term>loan commodity</term> means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soybeans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3DD120B9155F46E889B184CBFA33D791">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Nonrecourse loans available</header>
<paragraph id="HCFF723AE8A004CD391EA308C19E4C98D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 2014 crops and each succeeding annual crops of each loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available to producers on a farm nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities produced on the farm.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF32AA0D3DB5465D8F2E9A3C9274E3A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Terms and conditions</header>
<text>The marketing assistance loans shall be made under terms and conditions that are prescribed by the Secretary and at the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5AD97789A2FB426F87F4F7B2243A5B2B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligible production</header>
<text>The producers on a farm shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b) for any quantity of a loan commodity produced on the farm.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9C428547AFAB4C15B37083B6D02F7101">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Compliance with conservation and wetlands requirements</header>
<text>As a condition of the receipt of a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b), the producer shall 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.) 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.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H668630F89F01410AAD53369BB5E1CB83">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Special rules for peanuts</header>
<paragraph id="H982EBF3DD75442B683B42D401AD2C5DC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>This subsection shall apply only to producers of peanuts.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96C9B7E4AA214B99BF40C989DA43C0B7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Options for obtaining loan</header>
<text>A marketing assistance loan under this section, and loan deficiency payments under section 1205, may be obtained at the option of the producers on a farm through—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE19B2AD20324E46A1D998D9DCE63206">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a designated marketing association or marketing cooperative of producers that is approved by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H951D0547E2F442D3B12629C29E0936F1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Farm Service Agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC9360BC7495F4721A5A4310FF70203D9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Storage of loan peanuts</header>
<text>As a condition on the approval by the Secretary of an individual or entity to provide storage for peanuts for which a marketing assistance loan is made under this section, the individual or entity shall agree—</text>
<subparagraph id="H45C62EDB08FF4EA297B9833859130743">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to provide the storage on a nondiscriminatory basis; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CA2CBE1BFA34291BD487B57F5ACD682">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to comply with such additional requirements as the Secretary considers appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section and promote fairness in the administration of the benefits of this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H893CEE2FF57F4344B132D0EE60403E08">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Storage, handling, and associated costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H3205E1305F614CBEB89D2375ECF02590">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>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 Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3C03E75B0404E52854D22B1895721AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Redemption and forfeiture</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="HD9EDEDDF7F4D43D2A927DBFDF3B2F58E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>require the repayment of handling and other associated costs paid under subparagraph (A) for all peanuts pledged as collateral for a loan that is redeemed under this section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5FFB6224E64744F6A6C862A48302F885">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>pay storage, handling, and other associated costs for all peanuts pledged as collateral that are forfeited under this section.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9380E89FF9042D9BE2F53327F49D5BE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Marketing</header>
<text>A marketing association or cooperative may market peanuts for which a loan is made under this section in any manner that conforms to consumer needs, including the separation of peanuts by type and quality.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H825377580B8C47C6BDD69D5B14A6B5DD">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Reimbursable agreements and payment of administrative expenses</header>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCFD6CA93771D4426BB586DC4D128BA67">
<enum>1202.</enum>
<header>Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans</header>
<subsection id="HB111C0B393544FE9B1B92E72B09F1524">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, the loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H8656A929F62A4A2BA020C04312BADFE4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H527DC0ED4097478CA9FFF7F02E63B464">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC65FA34FD1154149996BC9B6EC0743C3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E10A40EC4D946FB9C847768AD95B08C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE01A7150CEE545D9B27EF95E2465AE11">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8894F51FEF424BD8B7B66BC07FAAAD4C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>In the case of base quality of upland cotton, for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, the simple average of the adjusted prevailing world price for the 2 immediately preceding marketing years, as determined by the Secretary and announced October 1 preceding the next domestic plantings, but in no case less than $0.47 per pound or more than $0.52 per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H177F0F154E06463FBD470CBCEF55C056">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.7977 per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CC5FE584FCA4C35B9E21BF0A350D4F6">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47A479F113164454B622EC0EF4BB42E1">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2762B140E6A0415D9B0F5E19E0F762F7">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0375D03BC644AA1815685F16E9E5B75">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per hundredweight for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:</text>
<subparagraph id="H83F19B8151064DE6971CE1C369CAED43">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Sunflower seed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H942E2BEE707843C6B1C4DF167D7915CA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Rapeseed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFDDB5827F07440F92AACFC93BB5104C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Canola.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA56184909CAC4BA08EDE423214D0D17D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Safflower.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC90BFF924D304DCF939F916195241448">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Flaxseed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA19E618A86BE409B8DBE90B25C67204A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Mustard seed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H04C8DB7319D341AC83D62D97A561CBA8">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Crambe.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEA76C20627549E78294C654EB530F34">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>Sesame seed.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9CD68EBF53614FE79C5DD0087A30783B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DBA0A3068AB44F8B47C816BD43FB759">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB76CEF385C624ABFAA0198AFD345207A">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H480F9F0E4E3840089F36BA0BA9814973">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text>In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEEBB6FFF4D542DDB34098024BE3BD1E">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<text>In the case of large chickpeas, $11.28 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6654FDB0C7B54BF0B2C30107A3F9FC4F">
<enum>(16)</enum>
<text>In the case of graded wool, $1.15 per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52DA54FED21F492A8FB4AD81B8720B10">
<enum>(17)</enum>
<text>In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89DDD274B22D4B45B45D72BBFD42A61A">
<enum>(18)</enum>
<text>In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BAC420FD29C4CD6A9891681D9F7FA77">
<enum>(19)</enum>
<text>In the case of honey, $0.69 per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED44C41A663E4805BD5B1ADB4CA1A228">
<enum>(20)</enum>
<text>In the case of peanuts, $355 per ton.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCB1FA80984A44B68AEA1666A87F57DF6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Single county loan rate for other oilseeds</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for each kind of other oilseeds described in subsection (a)(11).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6B1B6078829847649B4A66C37EF3E2E6">
<enum>1203.</enum>
<header>Term of loans</header>
<subsection id="H643A251BAAB84039822ABD863818C662">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Term of loan</header>
<text>In the case of each loan commodity, 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.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H43A727F735F0469E92C274E42B6C40D7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Extensions prohibited</header>
<text>The Secretary may not extend the term of a marketing assistance loan for any loan commodity.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFF283AE6302C4742A87EBC81770010A1">
<enum>1204.</enum>
<header>Repayment of loans</header>
<subsection id="HEEB6520A61FF4528917E2C13E14309DD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>General rule</header>
<text>The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan commodity (other than upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, extra long 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—</text>
<paragraph id="H42A112DEB5DE45D888876C3605FE91AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283));</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23D482F8B7424D09BC1C9AE5C6CC8584">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a rate (as determined by the Secretary) that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF9786F70649D45EB9D388DED098EF42E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is calculated based on average market prices for the loan commodity during the preceding 30-day period; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFA5DC13868246D487B0DFC1352D7CA8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>will minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries; or</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7646241A9B544CACB902BEE264380D58">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a rate that the Secretary may develop using alternative methods for calculating a repayment rate for a loan commodity that the Secretary determines will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA2CBD121D17C4B28B3D0A12C10681CFB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84DA728398CB462AAE50746831ABE816">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>minimize the accumulation of stocks of the commodity by the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H81A5F410FB4546DA949CDB60E349AC4E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>minimize the cost incurred by the Federal Government in storing the commodity;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA4B2A2E371C46B3B0E6D062E31F9E33">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>allow the commodity produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7B250855FE6479D9AF5B434AF755D05">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA8D62678D6B049EFA8BD223A7283F59D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repayment rates for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium grain rice</header>
<text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D79144D73BA4E55803B22029DE9F4F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DC693EACBF1434F8F282E5362EA5D07">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the prevailing world market price for the commodity, as determined and adjusted by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H125DE5B3A44447DC94AE48A49E040689">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repayment rates for extra long staple cotton</header>
<text>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 (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFB40B0190439412D9F3C51C593787772">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Prevailing world market price</header>
<text>For purposes of this section and section 1207, the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation—</text>
<paragraph id="H7E65E28E8D914696BBC42A0774A239D7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a formula to determine the prevailing world market price for each of upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium grain rice; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D0DB2D7FD284079B005A39BB4010DF3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a mechanism by which the Secretary shall announce periodically those prevailing world market prices.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H79BB156F85514F7D8B53097CE56FD6B0">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Adjustment of prevailing world market price for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium grain rice</header>
<paragraph id="HB5B2F4B44C344DB2A0D057C6E62EA458">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Rice</header>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0821C58A95F94A22981A0E664B225D88">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Cotton</header>
<text>The prevailing world market price for upland cotton determined under subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27D0FF85B09640198B4FC7EECD7947A6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall be adjusted to United States quality and location, with the adjustment to include—</text>
<clause id="H9F07A623CF49433992C17F92D3FFEDFC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a reduction equal to any United States Premium Factor for upland cotton of a quality higher than Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBEAD9C5914514C8184F23FFBBBB3BC1C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the average costs to market the commodity, including average transportation costs, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H25B39F4476E74CBA943F5D900AEB6740">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>may be further adjusted, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on July 31, 2019, if the Secretary determines the adjustment is necessary—</text>
<clause id="HE4417A956E1C46848FD730318DE8585E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H336C4F96BB9E475985A74E4457129859">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to minimize the accumulation of stocks of upland cotton by the Federal Government;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H01D4A36FD41548868180420EE9D1B060">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>to ensure that upland cotton produced in the United States can be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA3CA3CCB5D734ADAA8E3AC8C604B3E2B">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>to ensure an appropriate transition 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—</text>
<subclause id="HD8EE1406575342C28D7160C66D62495E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>there are insufficient current-crop price quotations; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF9AC1C0AF5E34A9989BCCE96016EEADD">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the forward-crop price quotation is the lowest such quotation available.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC13A6B5F76F1467F821C70B36074ABAF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Guidelines for additional adjustments</header>
<text>In making adjustments under this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a mechanism for determining and announcing the adjustments in order to avoid undue disruption in the United States market.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE88B46EB0317447CB32D743B231C7B01">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Repayment rates for confectionery and other kinds of sunflower seeds</header>
<text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="HBB5DD371DB1F4BD0B233CF381F2AA875">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEDCB5FB040C04381B311AC33B641D624">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the repayment rate established for oil sunflower seed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5C704138CE264D2690960A6B9D29A5BB">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Payment of cotton storage costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, 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.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBD3F81E332DB4E588836F1590C6987DC">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Repayment rate for peanuts</header>
<text>The Secretary shall permit producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan for peanuts under section 1201 at a rate that is the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph id="H98571FB5260D4D9DB1ACC32E8380EFE5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established for peanuts under section 1202(a)(20), plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0CD3569B4E7E451D8D527A9E50178FAD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a rate that the Secretary determines will—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFBC2F559FEF1417596DD67F3334B7E5B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D6EAAB5E35449DC949A780D7F49B183">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>minimize the accumulation of stocks of peanuts by the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H85944A643872465E82CFF3FFEE0070E4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>minimize the cost incurred by the Federal Government in storing peanuts; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H797CA027A5954255A9AA87EB0F8B5F2B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>allow peanuts produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H44555DE046C146F7A6A786E908A79A25">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Authority to temporarily adjust repayment rates</header>
<paragraph id="HDD9DA012A7D545F3AA68238A00E51947">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Adjustment authority</header>
<text>In the event of a severe disruption to marketing, transportation, or related infrastructure, the Secretary may modify the repayment rate otherwise applicable under this section for marketing assistance loans under section 1201 for a loan commodity.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H352487F536D44683B5D8516D224CDB49">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Duration</header>
<text>Any adjustment made under paragraph (1) in the repayment rate for marketing assistance loans for a loan commodity shall be in effect on a short-term and temporary basis, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC40BAD7B351C4D30ACF0627C61E4CA6E">
<enum>1205.</enum>
<header>Loan deficiency payments</header>
<subsection id="H5A35362BFA644F4682B226E5EA3527E1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of loan deficiency payments</header>
<paragraph id="H5D0C4AE74E6C47C49C99527AB262F27B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available to producers on a farm that, although 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 section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H085E306159AD42939B9B598EC6C93BCB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Unshorn pelts, hay, and silage</header>
<subparagraph id="H9A09FD2C08674A19B805071B0B40F2F5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Marketing assistance loans</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), nongraded wool in the form of unshorn pelts and hay and silage derived from a loan commodity are not eligible for a marketing assistance loan under section 1201.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H788F8BECBD424F0B9586578C09D1BDDF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Loan deficiency payment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available under this section to producers on a farm that produce unshorn pelts or hay and silage derived from a loan commodity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCE33EA91EF024DE2A5F51147C3B70120">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Computation</header>
<text>A loan deficiency payment for a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<paragraph id="HEB789D1E0EEE43F899FA38FFCD43AF52">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the payment rate determined under subsection (c) for the commodity; by</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0A5EEB9FF76420F9F8F150DDD7CB51C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H593A466A8F7D4DA6A1E98050FD42A196">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Payment rate</header>
<paragraph id="HAC3E1DBA1CD7429B9E29B39F4B76237C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In the case of a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD91C122162A94D68893629E883445978">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D8B6788D1274A53B5C24C2155100077">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid under section 1204.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF21DB2A9FB05426299751C36062600F4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Unshorn pelts</header>
<text>In the case of unshorn pelts, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H281D902AE61A47CB91D9427901D03FB2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for ungraded wool; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H20D417DA75B942599071A095091589A9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for ungraded wool may be repaid under section 1204.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80F3CF5A6F1F42F79A3685C79962FBF0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Hay and silage</header>
<text>In the case of hay or silage derived from a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12F9B931C89D4F9C8D2E10DBF7EDD2BC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity from which the hay or silage is derived; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86E571B1FC8E4170AFCCAECA1F72A9CD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid under section 1204.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H234D278D7B7C47C983A0C185D941870C">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Exception for extra long staple cotton</header>
<text>This section shall not apply with respect to extra long staple cotton.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2D895ECB745A4B69BF398E05DCB91EAB">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effective date for payment rate determination</header>
<text>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.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0DAA71B77FF8453EA55F2EFA52281E50">
<enum>1206.</enum>
<header>Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage</header>
<subsection id="HB630E162723D4A388B65E574A98FA598">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Eligible producers</header>
<paragraph id="H5E0BA0897D4C4EE7A53F07F80A57ED5C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, 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 Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on that acreage.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45AC3C65E11840FCA29F6B4658A00509">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grazing of triticale acreage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective for the 2014 crop year and each succeeding crop year, with respect to a producer on a farm that uses acreage planted to triticale for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of triticale on that acreage.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEF0E849BC769447F8F6F22201E73E3C4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Payment amount</header>
<paragraph id="H2DCA1977E3B14DEBA65E8FF992450828">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The amount of a payment made under this section to a producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the amount determined by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34CD6026DB704F2098E3E26E8B121DC6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the loan deficiency payment rate determined under section 1205(c) in effect, as of the date of the agreement, for the county in which the farm is located; by</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1306BD1D5D67468199FFB1EF552429C4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the payment quantity determined by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="HC9D37B0494F74B81AF3041220C6BAADA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of wheat, barley, or oats; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H880E9EA04276420A9579D1BAED182FB6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7530F2CA2AE24DDD9E6BD0758C435D60">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the payment yield in effect for the calculation of price loss coverage under subtitle A with respect to that loan commodity on the farm; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF69521CBE6B74459852973EB38C8D59C" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in the case of a farm without a payment yield for that loan commodity, an appropriate yield established by the Secretary in a manner consistent with section 1106(c) of this Act.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBD4DB76E1074057BEB1DD7C045F069C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grazing of triticale acreage</header>
<text>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 multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0A04C3DEF6F1424490A06FDAAE989B73">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the loan deficiency payment rate determined 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</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB57A8AB55B7F4BC59D64D428EFADDFA2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the payment quantity determined by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="H94ED5C4CB69B4482B8134FCC7C5712FF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of triticale; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4A484FF9F18940F6A514FD005A66EBE5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H504EE777B6E64F8D9B14DA56CFB7872B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the payment yield in effect for the calculation of price loss coverage under subtitle A with respect to wheat on the farm; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7E71578F3EB847C384B80B7A6AC0245D" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in the case of a farm without a payment yield for wheat, an appropriate yield established by the Secretary in a manner consistent with section 1106(c) of this Act.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9795D041BE294048B7D6124DA3D318F0">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Time, manner, and availability of payment</header>
<paragraph id="H06EE0D486C854574ADB485E76C59FABE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Time and manner</header>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE0464B7F695474EBA4E2411CF5D3D34">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H8062D3ED31214FCFA6C3AECD20676255">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish an availability period for the payments authorized by this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA07C7A6875AB46FAB405FF1E977B4B84">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Certain commodities</header>
<text>In the case of wheat, barley, and oats, the availability period shall be consistent with the availability period for the commodity established by the Secretary for marketing assistance loans authorized by this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H077C579EBF52484BA23D15C9B13B86DE">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on crop insurance indemnity or noninsured crop assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A 2014 crop or succeeding annual crop of wheat, barley, oats, or triticale planted on acreage that a producer elects, in the agreement required by subsection (a), to use for the grazing of livestock in lieu of any other harvesting of the crop shall not be eligible for an indemnity under a policy or plan of insurance authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or noninsured crop assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA74AB0265C9C4BFF8DB73125B1D69E5F">
<enum>1207.</enum>
<header>Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton</header>
<subsection id="HE8B0AE4552874F859DFB1F15983FC523">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Special import quota</header>
<paragraph id="H50B1398F9E01498CBFB314E56141DD56">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition of special import quota</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>special import quota</term> means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB160AC29641D4FC69651E3F56D1F7B03">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="HCF43300931744166B75D9BB5C7DD640B" commented="no">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The President shall carry out an import quota program beginning on August 1, 2014, as provided in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1F5B16C4C8364A11A79D05C6082F3A8D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Program requirements</header>
<text>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) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch cotton, delivered to a definable and significant international market, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds the prevailing world market price, there shall immediately be in effect a special import quota.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED5F04BF1ED243749E79B5F9728B2149">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Quantity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The quota shall be equal to the consumption during a 1-week period of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H686268863F7F4A92AEF4F00C71624635">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>The quota shall apply to upland cotton purchased not later than 90 days after the date of the Secretary’s announcement under paragraph (2) and entered into the United States not later than 180 days after that date.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HACD7D41FC1D544A8A4AEB1D04E71CA25">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Overlap</header>
<text>A special quota period may be established that overlaps any existing quota period if required by paragraph (2), except that a special quota period may not be established under this subsection if a quota period has been established under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4DF1DAC8E9EA468DBBCAFC0DB0095065">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Preferential tariff treatment</header>
<text>The quantity under a special import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C5F5C12E7B84FAD9AEE495DFF08AAB7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(d));</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83FD0398E91147AE94786E354B7325DB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H284704E51B3A414E993AB29CD5DCADA5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA124323669754328AAE2B8728BFF8AC7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EB8E834FD044AC883485EBC42261C6A">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBB7D892B3B2142B09CD2E2921CD1EF6C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limited global import quota for upland cotton</header>
<paragraph id="H3912B681BC984A929A0D2D36C15E4BEA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H66ED08F51A1148C29B9069E174023C36">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Demand</header>
<text>The term <term>demand</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HCB5C5420538D40BB9AF9A84AACE7A3F7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average seasonally adjusted annual rate of domestic mill consumption of cotton during the most recent 3 months for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9065F60191A9493EA8DE9070AE68D2A1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the larger of—</text>
<subclause id="H6061B47E73E142CE9B592C4E13F5898A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>average exports of upland cotton during the preceding 6 marketing years; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64841E19FE6B42DCA88A19F44E24A78A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>cumulative exports of upland cotton plus outstanding export sales for the marketing year in which the quota is established.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1B633325C6943EEAB0191FD9176BA2C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limited global import quota</header>
<text>The term <term>limited global import quota</term> means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCFB546E21CB41B3BD459731662E65A8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Supply</header>
<text>The term <term>supply</term> means, using the latest official data of the Department of Agriculture—</text>
<clause id="HB99202141D974728A30A8B102DDD178B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the carry-over of upland cotton at the beginning of the marketing year (adjusted to 480-pound bales) in which the quota is established;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB00587A001494CBA83406CFE0A681D54">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>production of the current crop; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6187A7B4C10143B6A8A5DCCBCAC4EFD1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>imports to the latest date available during the marketing year.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC692E9501F3746259FD00B2F68A80113">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The President shall carry out an import quota program that provides that whenever the Secretary determines and announces that the average price of the base quality of upland cotton, as determined by the Secretary, in the designated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 percent of the average 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:</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF28003AC4094EC7AE83CD7073BC84B9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Quantity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The quantity of the quota shall be equal to 21 days of domestic mill consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75FEFBF98A03413285D5C7A6192D741F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Quantity if prior quota</header>
<text>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.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0E2BA02A44240C9A1B505D2511DB723">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Preferential tariff treatment</header>
<text>The quantity under a limited global import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of—</text>
<clause id="H3C4D20F8A2A044248CFE40921628E08D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(d));</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC8EBC5E2283A473B80090AACBBD5FFB6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCA2AF10DBAE54FF49BEA81BD1FD7007F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF995A5C65CE54712AE914648AF322A29">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93C6EED8ECC141E184C15C06307DDB73">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Quota entry period</header>
<text>When a quota is established under this subsection, cotton may be entered under the quota during the 90-day period beginning on the date the quota is established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF68CA30BDA0840D0B48B635F79264918">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>No overlap</header>
<text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a quota period may not be established that overlaps an existing quota period or a special quota period established under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5EF7D8551BBC4B118C120A737DFD141D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Economic adjustment assistance to users of upland cotton</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H603DC369425D44CF900F2B261E52CEE7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>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 documented use of that upland cotton during the previous monthly period regardless of the origin of the upland cotton.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1AA2547ACD9848FCAB9237BD2E3D3337">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Value of assistance</header>
<text>Effective beginning on August 1, 2013, the value of the assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3 cents per pound.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8538C215BB61443F90B7A5FF0EDDCBDD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Allowable purposes</header>
<text>Economic adjustment 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 acquire, construct, install, modernize, develop, convert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, facilities, or machinery.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H038D6692F2A44835BDA3DC2F4E2BF98A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Review or audit</header>
<text>The Secretary may conduct such review or audit of the records of a domestic user under this subsection as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H405A254702664AF1BB8447F21DD6D333">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Improper use of assistance</header>
<text>If the Secretary 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—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H080ED68708334187B3C5E6CA84BA6340">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>liable for the repayment of the assistance to the Secretary, plus interest, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H22072B0C6A564A549158E236B102573A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>ineligible to receive assistance under this subsection for a period of 1 year following the determination of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFED59A0182C94EEA8243A54BFA40F614">
<enum>1208.</enum>
<header>Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton</header>
<subsection id="H6F7F94DEFA3E458BA56B9F5A2203D5CD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Competitiveness program</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary shall carry out a program—</text>
<paragraph id="H9DC6728C4E33474C84B8F94F7A894762">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to maintain and expand the domestic use of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C86D617D24646F1878155F2C72385BF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to increase exports of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59185B86D66940349616D3489D3444D1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to ensure that extra long staple cotton produced in the United States remains competitive in world markets.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H947072213D404ABEA2109DA1D3D7CA87">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Payments under program; trigger</header>
<text>Under the program, the Secretary shall make payments available under this section whenever—</text>
<paragraph id="H9024F327D529442CA79E03B7917FAD72">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>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 cotton; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DEF71F2A3E24EAF9AAEDFC329E94C6F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>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 less than 134 percent of the loan rate for extra long staple cotton.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF44331FEEA9B439DA5702C137B9813D1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Eligible recipients</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make payments available under this section to domestic users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States that enter into an agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the program under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1ACCB5B4746849E8B845B76937FDD28D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Payment amount</header>
<text>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 export by exporters made in the week following such a consecutive 4-week period.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H50DF786748764AC88FA2FC12E5C383D8">
<enum>1209.</enum>
<header>Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton</header>
<subsection id="HE2BDE3640DD4410E826E2DF1E4DC67F3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>High moisture feed grains</header>
<paragraph id="H33D1F11368664E6FBE053D7BFF2C1FC3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition of high moisture state</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>high moisture state</term> 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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6C526729FCD43B18D43FC1939A66553">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Recourse loans available</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 2014 crop and each succeeding annual crop of corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers on a farm that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D1C1563F5444846BAA81BA8883E7ECE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>normally harvest all or a portion of their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4787235259FB4705859BFD0B9946C55E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>present—</text>
<clause id="HD74E7A72004242C9A0AC5439B193CE44">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>certified scale tickets from an inspected, certified commercial scale, including a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed mill, distillery, or other similar entity approved by the Secretary, pursuant to regulations issued by the Secretary; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H80F0FF8D54FD4EC88DFF4EDE3396B234">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>field or other physical measurements of the standing or stored crop in regions 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;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B3127B0547F404EB754425E41AE0068">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>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-moisture storage facility, or to a facility maintained by the users of corn and grain sorghum in a high moisture state; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H47ED9E77CB354EB596E90FE5C726CE80">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>comply with deadlines established by the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain sorghum and submit applications for loans under this subsection within deadlines established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3624CA87D2C4803BF94D361011AC1DF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligibility of acquired feed grains</header>
<text>A loan under this subsection shall be made on a quantity of corn or grain sorghum of the same crop acquired by the producer equivalent to a quantity determined by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1BEE56F10D734154A8C017C49BAD0A85">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the acreage of the corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state harvested on the farm of the producer; by</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB888C863723A4762BA7E9D0E8C3D6784">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the lower of the farm program payment yield used to make payments under subtitle A or the actual yield on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that is similar to the field from which the corn or grain sorghum was obtained.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC2E2F4701E964C2CB57774A87EADC72C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Recourse loans available for seed cotton</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 2014 crop and each succeeding annual crop of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, the Secretary shall make available recourse seed cotton loans, as determined by the Secretary, on any production.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H59052E093FB34E5D87F8855A74FB8B8B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repayment rates</header>
<text>Repayment of a recourse loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1F7CD4FD8601464EAD5548C3849965D8">
<enum>1210.</enum>
<header>Adjustments of loans</header>
<subsection id="H8B0E0CAFFE2649E89DCEC40F85AE35C4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Adjustment authority</header>
<text>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.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6B4E11771F094215A2CB8DC8DADE0F30">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Manner of adjustment</header>
<text>The adjustments under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be made in such a manner that the average loan level for the commodity will, on the basis of the anticipated incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle C.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H76181F4CFE7F42849BEF7F506379A30A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Adjustment on county basis</header>
<paragraph id="H03E4DC168BFD44BDB4D8C7BBA2665731">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>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.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA5978E1DEF34749BA256EBDAB9780AB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text>Adjustments under this subsection shall not result in an increase in the national average loan rate for any year.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC0F73C6BFBAF4A0894AEAFC17A7013A6">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Adjustment in loan rate for cotton</header>
<paragraph id="HF5A194132DC74E6AB969CB90E5A40091">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton for differences in quality factors.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68354EAF0BE64AA6B94FA2406FD9CC79">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Types of adjustments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loan rate adjustments under paragraph (1) may include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51CC3CE90A864203A2D2036B4E4916EF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the use of non-spot market price data, in addition to spot market price data, that would enhance the accuracy of the price information used in determining quality adjustments under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4D37E94110D24872A381D736BCEDB37C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>adjustments in the premiums or discounts associated with upland cotton with a staple length of 33 or above due to micronaire with the goal of eliminating any unnecessary artificial splits in the calculations of the premiums or discounts; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA2D86F93530F43269344ABCB325EE7D0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>such other adjustments as the Secretary determines appropriate, after consultations conducted in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF665B5B07BCD43DF8B61D5C66E89ACC8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Consultation with private sector</header>
<subparagraph id="H3B0F5E5BACA644E88BC239B752591C6E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Prior to revision</header>
<text>In making adjustments to the loan rate for cotton (including any review of the adjustments) as provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with representatives of the United States cotton industry.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8E513FD9E4E456E9F7BC391041EF096">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header>
<text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to consultations under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB7ED03309E84046A549DAA6669758BD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Review of adjustments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may review the operation of the upland cotton quality adjustments implemented pursuant to this subsection and may make further adjustments to the administration of the loan program for upland cotton, by revoking or revising any adjustment taken under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H22BFEA764A8548168CDDCF00C46D014E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Rice</header>
<text>The Secretary shall not make adjustments in the loan rates for long grain rice and medium grain rice, except for differences in grade and quality (including milling yields).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HDB832F1BC43C4BDE889FC327C1122593">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Sugar</header>
<section id="HA851421B94B34BAFA0D36950D00CF287">
<enum>1301.</enum>
<header>Sugar program</header>
<subsection id="H6481140ECC7045BE8837263BBAE0A279">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Continuation of current program and loan rates</header>
<paragraph id="HBDD0C7C430A04B3C948AAB38D75580C5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Sugarcane</header>
<text>Section 156(a)(5) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)(5)) is amended by striking <quote>the 2012 crop year</quote> and inserting <quote>the 2012 crop year and each succeeding crop year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9976E2A786674C57A53EB92533228B88">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Sugar beets</header>
<text>Section 156(b)(2) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(b)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>each of the 2009 through 2012 crop years</quote> and inserting <quote>the 2009 crop year and each succeeding crop year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA805DB702F10499B89D9CB1BF8270022">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Effective period</header>
<text>Section 156(i) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(i)) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H57EF70C019D348C095A22DA4550A2788">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Flexible marketing allotments for sugar</header>
<paragraph id="H7F395552E206412D8857E94659AB9A86">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Sugar estimates</header>
<text>Section 359b(a)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>each of the 2008 through 2012 crop years</quote> and inserting <quote>the 2008 crop year and each succeeding crop year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD13A354BC5DE45CA8AAD6A1C10A2ED72">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effective period</header>
<text>Section 359i(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ii(a)) is amended by striking <quote>only for the 2008 through 2012 crop years</quote> and inserting <quote>for the 2008 crop year and each succeeding crop year</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H1EC2498EF096466893A344717AC77AB3">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Dairy</header>
<part id="H5A0A35452E1F4267A3519BA0EF67E4DF">
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Dairy Producer Margin Insurance Program</header>
<section id="H5E0F563FBC8C4D8E9B94A533E8FD8A4C">
<enum>1401.</enum>
<header>Dairy producer margin insurance program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF392A1697A004957884B3A7345C16C37" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0B786092A15F4D2C9EC197A227378ABF" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1511.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dairy producer margin insurance program</header>
<subsection id="HC6F2DC63DF4B4B35B1A051C5C2F89189">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H5A346D41BED2447895F3DBB2C8D6586D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Actual dairy producer margin</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>actual dairy producer margin </term> means the difference between the all-milk price and the average feed cost, as calculated under subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H343B6C3FE2284FCB9531AF06DFF46412">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>All-milk price</header>
<text>The term <term>all-milk price</term> means the average price received, per hundredweight of milk, by dairy producers for all milk sold to plants and dealers in the United States, as reported by the National Agricultural Statistics Service.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3ECB97B6541A422E8662CB8CFBC94FB9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Average feed cost</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>average feed cost</term> means the average cost of feed used by a dairy operation to produce a hundredweight of milk, determined under subsection (b)(1) using the sum of the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2085199A50024677AADCB02CE9D70CDC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The product determined by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="H5C9CD83F28CA460BBE850A46B3C3600E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1.0728; by</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3DB6FBD55D1A4543989C4164BE67791B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the price of corn per bushel.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7D62A940471F4438AEB4123649ED8008">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The product determined by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="HD07B3E8B8EA24F8B9073A123799B12F2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.00735; by</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8EDF14FEE5EF4595B29419F6AF040763">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the price of soybean meal per ton.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H584D5656D21249D7BD07B0C8CFC9E477">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The product determined by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="HBE77D4C0BA9E439A9A2FA29E240A92FE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">0.0137; by</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4A0221DBF4BE4EFB8DA69CE1194EC156">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the price of alfalfa hay per ton.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H491BBBECB4D340A6953BFFC53B906951">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Consecutive 2-month period</header>
<text>The term <term>consecutive 2-month period</term> refers to the 2-month period consisting of the months of January and February, March and April, May and June, July and August, September and October, or November and December, respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED3AFDCBBD724F02A527E5E7EB9EFBE9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Dairy producer</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>dairy producer</term> means an individual or entity that directly or indirectly (as determined by the Secretary)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H704C6FCB106A41788B3287DE7E58EDDC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shares in the risk of producing milk; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H812B0EB00B884C66806E71141E4B2799">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>makes contributions (including land, labor, management, equipment, or capital) to the dairy operation of the individual or entity that are at least commensurate with the share of the individual or entity of the proceeds of the operation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC048122D162042F6BF504CEF527EDA36">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Margin insurance program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>margin insurance program</term> means the dairy producer margin insurance program required by this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A90CFDB4EA9439788A3EC28A811CA6B">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Participating dairy producer</header>
<text>The term <term>participating dairy producer</term> means a dairy producer that registers under subsection (d)(2) to participate in the margin insurance program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF05D31A5C9A546D288BBA37C7177D969">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Production history</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>production history</term> means the quantity of annual milk marketings determined for a dairy producer under subsection (e)(1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H92B42EEBDA0641059B90BDBC0F6E5B9D">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>United States</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>United States</term>, in a geographical sense, means the 50 States.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA406177C38F840B6ADEDFEB31926532F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy producer margins</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABD0F0E94DBB4D2694D2F611514CB329">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Calculation of average feed cost</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall calculate the national average feed cost for each month using the following data:</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BD8539EC0AC42DE8F457D9716CD015C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The price of corn for a month shall be the price received during that month by agricultural producers in the United States for corn, as reported in the monthly Agriculture Prices report by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFA017032A24747338A2D7D18B35FD467">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The price of soybean meal for a month shall be the central Illinois price for soybean meal, as reported in the Market News–Monthly Soybean Meal Price Report by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8F58325B3644825A7FFB3523514DCA3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The price of alfalfa hay for a month shall be the price received during that month by agricultural producers in the United States for alfalfa hay, as reported in the monthly Agriculture Prices report by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA3A49BDF88C4C52A9D169F21E62C66C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Calculation of actual dairy producer margins</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall calculate the actual dairy producer margin for each consecutive 2-month period by subtracting—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4EA0AEFC7CED452B83E7A84298827625">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the average feed cost for that consecutive 2-month period, determined in accordance with paragraph (1); from</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H425F8C74CDC9437681D400CF6199CD9A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the all-milk price for that consecutive 2-month period.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H219320CD6EDB4EF090B57B1CA89D830A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Establishment of dairy producer margin insurance program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish and administer a dairy producer margin insurance program for the purpose of protecting dairy producer income by paying participating dairy producers margin insurance payments when actual dairy producer margins are less than the threshold levels for the payments.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HACAC32539A444503A51953BA99A86E58">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Eligibility and registration of dairy producers for margin insurance program</header>
<paragraph id="H867C6EDFB96E46C3AD244552CE6C0ED5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All dairy producers in the United States shall be eligible to participate in the margin insurance program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30790CD5A3D14BA98924ACDE90EEE2DF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Registration process</header>
<subparagraph id="HC5AE767539E44935BF9E6D90D7C72D8B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Registration</header>
<clause id="HAD9AB4056D4545CB9C786F8B989AFDB1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Annual registration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On an annual basis, the Secretary shall register all interested dairy producers in the margin insurance program.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H25E487A279534CDA9FD27B6B0DFFD354">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Manner and form</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall specify the manner and form by which a dairy producer shall register for the margin insurance program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0895FF3F79864B8BBEE48A99C3F1E294">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Treatment of multi-producer operations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a dairy operation consists of more than 1 dairy producer, all of the dairy producers of the operation shall be treated as a single dairy producer for purposes of—</text>
<clause id="HD38F08C735344423BEF5B96052581120">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>purchasing margin insurance; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF5450636C847418FB315FDB2F302CF5E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>payment of producer premiums under subsection (f)(4).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE61B66C735FC409294BC18A5D8680285">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Treatment of producers with multiple dairy operations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a dairy producer operates 2 or more dairy operations, each dairy operation of the producer shall require a separate registration to participate and purchase margin insurance.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CC49E4CD7664DFCB4DAD07234CE33C5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Time for registration</header>
<subparagraph id="HBCAB5A8E66B84579A9386651204D0A13">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Existing dairy producers</header>
<text>During the 1-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, a dairy producer that is actively engaged in a dairy operation as of that date may register with the Secretary to participate in the margin insurance program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF0704FA9D27948F1B835A3BD84145334">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>New Entrants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A dairy producer that has no existing interest in a dairy operation as of the date of enactment of this section, but that, after that date, establishes a new dairy operation, may register with the Secretary during the 180-day period beginning on the date on which the dairy operation first markets milk commercially to participate in the margin insurance program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC4A0ADECB784AF894485632D37B0579">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Retroactivity</header>
<subparagraph id="H3A62FF81AFDD4161A7891B374563E1B3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Notice of availability of retroactive protection</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the effective date of this section, the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register to inform dairy producers of the availability of retroactive margin insurance, subject to the condition that interested producers must file a notice of intent (in such form and manner as the Secretary specifies in the Federal Register notice) to participate in the margin insurance program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H795EFED708E045B8A7394FD35BF9D143" commented="no">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Retroactive margin insurance</header>
<clause id="HB0D92F49F20A4F4EB82917462EF99EB2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a dairy producer files a notice of intent under subparagraph (A) to participate in the margin insurance program before the initiation of the sign-up period for the margin insurance program and subsequently signs up for the margin insurance program, the producer shall receive margin insurance retroactive to the effective date of this section.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF3AD5F00B4C94BE5BBC145E1EB3F1CA4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Duration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retroactive margin insurance under this paragraph for a dairy producer shall apply from the effective date of this section until the date on which the producer signs up for the margin insurance program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED1BE08D91974231AB38D471E8A3CAEC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Notice of intent and obligation to participate</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In no way does filing a notice of intent under this paragraph obligate a dairy producer to sign up for the margin insurance program once the program rules are final, but if a producer does file a notice of intent and subsequently signs up for the margin insurance program, that dairy producer is obligated to pay premiums for any retroactive margin insurance selected in the notice of intent.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28A619CD2B994F6CB258A1790D54F6E0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Reconstitution</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that a dairy producer does not reconstitute a dairy operation for the sole purpose of purchasing margin insurance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCA05F6386753476A8FA81F49B51B1D5C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Production history of participating dairy producers</header>
<paragraph id="HF667BA3997E74DC1A3ED162522D71814">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Determination of production history</header>
<subparagraph id="H2E956EFDA7A24D30802ADDC58F4138D3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall determine the production history of the dairy operation of each participating dairy producer in the margin insurance program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDE1316DA897E47DF8D51942ADAC44498">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Calculation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraphs (C) and (D), the production history of a participating dairy producer shall be equal to the highest annual milk marketings of the dairy producer during any 1 of the 3 calendar years immediately preceding the registration of the dairy producer for participation in the margin insurance program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AC0DF8FDD994AACB33E1DFB5588F8A9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Updating production history</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">So long as a participating producer remains registered, the production history of the participating producer shall be annually updated based on the highest annual milk marketings of the dairy producer during any one of the 3 immediately preceding calendar years.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26F4348D47134468A3433F08A9C55022">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>New producers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a dairy producer has been in operation for less than 1 year, the Secretary shall determine the initial production history of the dairy producer under subparagraph (B) by extrapolating the actual milk marketings for the months that the dairy producer has been in operation to a yearly amount.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF4EA2ED79A5B4C56B19CA88110CF1CF2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Required information</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating dairy producer shall provide all information that the Secretary may require in order to establish the production history of the dairy operation of the dairy producer.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48203BA1E87E4606AF692CB7D8E6D645">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Transfer of production history</header>
<subparagraph id="HEBCACCBF50FB4155873648DB89C50BAC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Transfer by sale</header>
<clause id="H155D5F7409EA4844B8930FAFDC53BF26">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Request for transfer</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an existing dairy producer sells an entire dairy operation to another party, the seller and purchaser may jointly request that the Secretary transfer to the purchaser the interest of the seller in the production history of the dairy operation.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H67396D3A93F54F6D89CCE17C330C7A84">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Transfer</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that the seller has sold the entire dairy operation to the purchaser, the Secretary shall approve the transfer and, thereafter, the seller shall have no interest in the production history of the sold dairy operation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA933A3E9F64D44838C4C31504322A96C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Transfer by Lease</header>
<clause id="H664DBD350CE04397B92E90C280D26778">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Request for transfer</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an existing dairy producer leases an entire dairy operation to another party, the lessor and lessee may jointly request that the Secretary transfer to the lessee for the duration of the term of the lease the interest of the lessor in the production history of the dairy operation.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H07D87DEB539540EBBD6D7CC3529A9528">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Transfer</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary determines that the lessor has leased the entire dairy operation to the lessee, the Secretary shall approve the transfer and, thereafter, the lessor shall have no interest for the duration of the term of the lease in the production history of the leased dairy operation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1CA86325B1484205B4EA81B4E9BFB0A8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Coverage level</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A purchaser or lessee to whom the Secretary transfers a production history under this paragraph may not obtain a different level of margin insurance coverage held by the seller or lessor from whom the transfer was obtained.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD696DD5225754F029A8DBB9F3D8311D4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>New entrants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not transfer the production history determined for a dairy producer described in subsection (d)(3)(B) to another person.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAD2C0789084C4F49A6424E2083AF80CB">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Movement and transfer of production history</header>
<subparagraph id="HD606767E481946919C05909F148DFE67">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Movement and transfer authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), if a dairy producer moves from 1 location to another location, the dairy producer may maintain the production history associated with the operation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1DB53C0D5164D1FBC5E4C54477083A8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Notification requirement</header>
<text>A dairy producer shall notify the Secretary of any move of a dairy operation under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F7BE63EE60045CF87B07D52C804B109">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Subsequent occupation of vacated location</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A party subsequently occupying a dairy operation location vacated as described in subparagraph (A) shall have no interest in the production history previously associated with the operation at that location.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA88E6C1274EB4E6A81C6ADC0E8E7E2B4">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Margin insurance</header>
<paragraph id="H67448BD92CB047BFB27C4A5BF2A7A0CB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the time of the registration of a dairy producer in the margin insurance program under subsection (d) and annually thereafter during the duration of the margin insurance program, an eligible dairy producer may purchase margin insurance.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE76CFC55BF5748819CAC1D280417854A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Selection of payment threshold</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating dairy producer purchasing margin insurance shall elect a coverage level in any increment of $0.50, with a minimum of $4.00 and a maximum of $8.00.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC57AF75C18804FA09F32EFAFDE73E300">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Selection of coverage percentage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating dairy producer purchasing margin insurance shall elect a percentage of coverage, equal to not more than 80 percent nor less than 25 percent, of the production history of the dairy operation of the participating dairy producer.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED6A66BBC55546BDBCFE4264DAF86B8D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Producer Premiums</header>
<subparagraph id="HBE764E39623B44E785796A14F8BA4510">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Premiums required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating dairy producer that purchases margin insurance shall pay an annual premium equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="HDB5686C52D174785866BC646AFB5B626">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the percentage selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (3);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCABE5AFA80AE404C9BA6E0184E93D830">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the production history applicable to the dairy producer; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6BED410518D94097ACDC25337C0261E7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the premium per hundredweight of milk, as specified in the applicable table under subparagraph (B) or (C).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0E88672187EF441181F245EC97457E52">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Premium per hundredweight for first 4 million pounds of production</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the first 4,000,000 pounds of milk marketings included in the annual production history of a participating dairy operation, the premium per hundredweight corresponding to each coverage level specified in the following table is as follows:</text>
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<colspec colname="column2" rowsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="19" colwidth="106pts" />
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<row>
<entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column1">Coverage Level</entry>
<entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column2">Premium per Cwt.</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$4.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.00</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$4.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.01</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$5.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.02</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$5.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.035</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$6.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.045</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$6.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.09</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$7.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.18</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$7.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.60</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$8.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.95</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2C125EEA562547BB992B62F62512201E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Premium per hundredweight for production in excess of 4 million pounds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For milk marketings in excess of 4,000,000 pounds included in the annual production history of a participating dairy operation, the premium per hundredweight corresponding to each coverage level is as follows:</text>
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<colspec colname="column2" rowsep="0" align="center" coldef="fig" min-data-value="19" colwidth="106pts" />
<thead>
<row>
<entry namest="column1" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column1">Coverage Level</entry>
<entry namest="column2" morerows="0" rowsep="1" align="center" colname="column2">Premium per Cwt.</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$4.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.030</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$4.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.045</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$5.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.066</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$5.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.11</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$6.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.185</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$6.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.29</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$7.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.38</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$7.50</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$0.83</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry rowsep="0" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column1">$8.00</entry>
<entry rowsep="0" align="left" leader-modify="clr-ldr" colname="column2">$1.06</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2DF4BBD893664AC4BAF60F2A200A5225">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Time for payment</header>
<clause id="H2B5C1CF4F0F84B758753B4FE9AFC094D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>First year</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable after a dairy producer registers to participate in the margin insurance program and purchases margin insurance, the dairy producer shall pay the premium determined under subparagraph (A) for the dairy producer for the first calendar year of the margin insurance.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC64748FEE1F64AC89E68004B4E0C771E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Subsequent years</header>
<subclause id="H49FC5B91C3B94EFD98474F9E8136D18D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When the dairy producer first purchases margin insurance, the dairy producer shall also elect the method by which the dairy producer will pay premiums under this subsection for subsequent years in accordance with 1 of the schedules described in subclauses (II) and (III).</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HAFEBE314FC734651958EA60CCC8046D5">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Single annual payment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The participating dairy producer may elect to pay 100 percent of the annual premium determined under subparagraph (A) for the dairy producer for a calendar year by not later than January 15 of the calendar year.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H361E11F7CACC4F059154716B130EE707">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<header>Semi-annual payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The participating dairy producer may elect to pay—</text>
<item id="HDBA69C3D39ED42DDA6C920646B1B6FBE">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the annual premium determined under subparagraph (A) for the dairy producer for a calendar year by not later than January 15 of the calendar year; and</text>
</item>
<item id="HFDE05393D3864CBEA01CD79C0AF56F65">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the remaining 50 percent of the premium by not later than June 15 of the calendar year.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11EB042062624397AE35CB93A6D54334">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Producer premium obligations</header>
<subparagraph id="HB0732FCB01D2459EABA27D2BFD865AC9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Pro-ration of first year premium</header>
<text>A participating dairy producer that purchases margin insurance after initial registration in the margin insurance program shall pay a pro-rated premium for the first calendar year based on the date on which the producer purchases the coverage.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H313B11A69DD242C2A1F721FC938D1352">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Subsequent premiums</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (A), the annual premium for a participating dairy producer shall be determined under paragraph (4) for each year in which the margin insurance program is in effect.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2F76BAFFEB374A1E93DA7588E03814F8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Legal obligation</header>
<clause id="H1F86934126824592BE71F93DCE367007">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), a participating dairy producer that purchases margin insurance shall be legally obligated to pay the applicable premiums for the entire period of the margin insurance program (as provided in the payment schedule elected under paragraph (4)(B)), and may not opt out of the margin insurance program.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAF06B1490FF44A1F8A1C2F94BD720629">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Death</header>
<text>If the dairy producer dies, the estate of the deceased may cancel the margin insurance and shall not be responsible for any further premium payments.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5AA45696A6634333BC81D68297AE6F3B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Retirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the dairy producer retires, the producer may request that Secretary cancel the margin insurance if the producer has terminated the dairy operation entirely and certifies under oath that the producer will not be actively engaged in any dairy operation for at least the next 7 years.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FE7C7BA9E50450F9E51A29FEADFA886">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header> Payment threshold</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating dairy producer with margin insurance shall receive a margin insurance payment whenever the average actual dairy producer margin for a consecutive 2-month period is less than the coverage level threshold selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E9C9D9ACED041F38C9161EE94BA989A">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header> Margin insurance payments</header>
<subparagraph id="H08C2BF9F9B52458AA6FD1F64767CE0BC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make a margin insurance protection payment to each participating dairy producer whenever the average actual dairy producer margin for a consecutive 2-month period is less than the coverage level threshold selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DFB756C7114401D9064EBB1103A4FD9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Amount of payment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The margin insurance payment for the dairy operation of a participating dairy producer shall be determined as follows:</text>
<clause id="H00F21B0BE18A434D9202C20CCAC9FC68">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall calculate the difference between—</text>
<subclause id="H46CD481053C246C4A7CF8A5982A4148D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the coverage level threshold selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (2); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9FE51812E9C84E37A02D9776F8D38F69">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the average actual dairy producer margin for the consecutive 2-month period.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H13C04619627947AC911100E4CE1ED75D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount determined under clause (i) shall be multiplied by—</text>
<subclause id="HD0DD6B01710E4D05A837C998D8BC5077">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the percentage selected by the dairy producer under paragraph (3); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HA10F19EBED694C7AB08F7B1ED14C141A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the lesser of—</text>
<item id="H683C6AAD66064334856C64C37FC32109">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quotient obtained by dividing—</text>
<subitem id="HFD8FCEA2DFA44C059D56715AE4A59C04">
<enum>(AA)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the production history applicable to the producer under subsection (e)(1); by</text>
</subitem>
<subitem id="H08A06E99DBF44F3DA49AAAD1DDDD0BC8">
<enum>(BB)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">6; and</text>
</subitem>
</item>
<item id="H21FAD8086CC74A2F88466A415E92831B">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>the actual quantity of milk marketed by the dairy operation of the dairy producer during the consecutive 2-month period.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEDF43FFA5440442F8CBD5AF55F2B283B">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Effect of failure to pay premiums</header>
<paragraph id="H41F1EC4EDF32419B9C49D71DCA89BD4F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Loss of benefits</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participating dairy producer that is in arrears on premium payments for margin insurance—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FED127312644DC9B63F1A6321128FB8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">remains legally obligated to pay the premiums; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD219E764EBDB4996B5A287A3497D7DED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may not receive margin insurance until the premiums are fully paid.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H491676370990490EBAE5607235724281">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Enforcement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may take such action as is necessary to collect premium payments for margin insurance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4E5C26210863424C8F1D80F943120A4B">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Use of Commodity Credit Corporation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and the authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF68FEE2828CD4180AF7543F403054318">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Program start date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall conduct the margin insurance program beginning on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HAFDE6A4ECDA24D628014A40F36352FD5">
<enum>1402.</enum>
<header>Rulemaking</header>
<subsection id="H58C94FBBBFEA4392B70A53D7B711B205">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Procedure</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The promulgation of regulations for the initiation of the margin insurance program, and for administration of the margin insurance program, shall be made—</text>
<paragraph id="H105AD5DD121D4F838E50ECA664278721">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>without regard to chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62AEBA19495143F4A9C4AA41A62FDB21">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">without regard to the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HECC0286D87044D70A5B42BE0330CEE48">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>subject to subsection (b), pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H992574C859664370999FF4BCEEC6B1AB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Special rulemaking requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H7D5C403A42234B57BDF86986C6EE00C9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Interim rules authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the margin insurance program, the Secretary may promulgate interim rules under the authority provided in subparagraph (B) of section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code, if the Secretary determines such interim rules to be needed. Any such interim rules for the margin insurance program shall be effective on publication.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5A6D3637FB4440298D90E422D8DDDF0F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Final rules</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to the margin insurance program, the Secretary shall promulgate final rules, with an opportunity for public notice and comment, no later than 21 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H279E5D5BF98D4F9790638C698F021E60">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Inclusion of additional order</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 143(a)(2) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7253(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Subsection (b)(2) does not apply to the authority of the Secretary under this subsection.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</part>
<part id="H4A2268C2DF554E68A5927279C41C3BE7">
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Repeal or reauthorization of other dairy-related provisions</header>
<section id="H0FE085BF294240059D7AB50857B1B27F">
<enum>1411.</enum>
<header>Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss contract programs</header>
<subsection id="H1EF1DA02915941EB8F50825AB3093A7E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal of dairy product price support program</header>
<text>Section 1501 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1CC8D2C6798F48288015EC5C9FF51EDB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repeal of milk income loss contract program</header>
<text>Section 1506 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8773) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H67061FA25CB9489C8AFA89D87AAC115C" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1412.</enum>
<header>Repeal of dairy export incentive program</header>
<subsection id="H408401D0CE504651BE20C5156DEBA68A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (15 U.S.C. 713a–14) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA5AC3F184E03470DA4EF22300F7304FE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text>Section 902(2) of the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC4222826A3D48CFBD342D3A5317C069">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H27080F8B1AE945F79544D853767968B5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF4414CF4AEFD4BAEBB932457CEA3B2CB">
<enum>1413.</enum>
<header>Extension of dairy forward pricing program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H17C524DA62484FD287388200927E9DF7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C99334F46C14A19836F8225CAF99B16">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2021</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H98A620A7029D4AFE9E380C02BE226537">
<enum>1414.</enum>
<header>Extension of dairy indemnity program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of Public Law 90–484 (7 U.S.C. 450l) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H82C93A98F87A4DB6A2F8C9F6DC4BCC20">
<enum>1415.</enum>
<header>Extension of dairy promotion and research program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HAC5B564B67384C49A2E9860C3238ACA1">
<enum>1416.</enum>
<header>Repeal of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1509 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1726) is repealed.</text>
</section>
</part>
<part id="HE646CF1B98914DAAB8E9B127FD0CC570">
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<section commented="no" id="H4C060EB2E38C446AA136CA1A7FECE7F9">
<enum>1421.</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</section>
</part>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H300A534121E3493D935AB0F3ED3AFDBD">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs</header>
<section id="HF6D9A1DC7C804A2C849DD5CA99EFFD0F">
<enum>1501.</enum>
<header>Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance</header>
<subsection id="H45ECBB77895947E9AF25C2B361A171E0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H55EDC37B75DB4B8AA709AFB883BA4550">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Eligible producer on a farm</header>
<subparagraph id="HA8979C1469754119B347D1D0B67F604B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible producer on a farm</term> means an individual or entity described in subparagraph (B) that, as determined by the Secretary, assumes the production and market risks associated with the agricultural production of crops or livestock.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DDDC106173047689799AA9198969FE7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Description</header>
<text>An individual or entity referred to in subparagraph (A) is—</text>
<clause id="HE10186BBDC8347E3ABE60A5A85086E01">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a citizen of the United States;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H664407437EC145E9A22A86B8C0D93EC6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a resident alien;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3A0954C653CA4B3F9C35F25915A44EBA">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a partnership of citizens of the United States; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H949624100EB64031B82C411EC5D76F14">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>a corporation, limited liability corporation, or other farm organizational structure organized under State law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC490F1D7DE7A4758A9A4B86AAED1E7DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Farm-raised fish</header>
<text>The term <term>farm-raised fish</term> means any aquatic species that is propagated and reared in a controlled environment.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E3AB710305E4064AF034A3A51CCD7A7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Livestock</header>
<text>The term <term>livestock</term> includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9145A74C73194113A7FAA7A1F1AEF0AD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>cattle (including dairy cattle);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7FC4FD9C6A04826B23B04662B1C2D28">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>bison;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF617F51523A41CA8874A4D868D67C3B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>poultry;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A9F6F9853254D388C85175865FD6630">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>sheep;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE3EBE5683DD4A398B23B7382F0EAC3C">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>swine;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H59DDFD0C36604B2F99FBD034FFDA5F8B">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>horses; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B439B2334AC4C2AA130A70BBA5C1537">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>other livestock, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45B78EA79462458496D190FC08EB15ED">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9E59D31A57484C619EEAA2A1F7575472">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Livestock indemnity payments</header>
<paragraph id="H277C633C12974F5A924D436EFAEA84F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make livestock indemnity payments to eligible producers on farms that have incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal mortality, as determined by the Secretary, due to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27172F334A9C428BA89DF83DD0811293">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the Federal Government or protected by Federal law, including wolves and avian predators; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADF1383F5F274A71BA61A427E5FB3410">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>adverse weather, as determined by the Secretary, during the calendar year, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E671370D10A4375A8D72E313E9DC7B1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Payment rates</header>
<text>Indemnity payments to an eligible producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate of 75 percent of the market value of the applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H171B67960DD24FBE80B3DDC126A23E88">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Special rule for payments made due to disease</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that payments made to an eligible producer under paragraph (1) are not made for the same livestock losses for which compensation is provided pursuant to section 10407(d) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8306(d)).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H19A78A0AE2EA4DDBB8296A4A5AEEAC42">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Livestock forage disaster program</header>
<paragraph id="HC222439668564090832D2C486C942C98">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H462760A43B8247B2B525489CE06E524F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Covered livestock</header>
<clause id="H641A6B5C2D9F41B0A8C3677EC74063C6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the term <term>covered livestock</term> means livestock of an eligible livestock producer that, during the 60 days prior to the beginning date of a qualifying drought or fire condition, as determined by the Secretary, the eligible livestock producer—</text>
<subclause id="H7AC9A93DDAAE458E984640F09B16C887">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>owned;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB9356F217219471C9B98FAD6708A1D88">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>leased;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF2DD01E0C4304212A47D28E65A4C8F9C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>purchased;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC2CF5D5E697F4091BB6818410594F925">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>entered into a contract to purchase;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8D37843FC4894BE9A3BFBEDA4494DDEB">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text>is a contract grower; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2C4909C090ED4C59801AA2A66DA6F7AB">
<enum>(VI)</enum>
<text>sold or otherwise disposed of due to qualifying drought conditions during—</text>
<item id="H7EFA64C9C01D4AB3876B7263572401D8">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>the current production year; or</text>
</item>
<item id="H9E7A6B8AFD70445E95509F426F00D87C">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>subject to paragraph (3)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2 production years immediately preceding the current production year.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H9DDA5A6465C945C2951AD71B8AD36E12">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text>The term <term>covered livestock</term> does not include livestock that were or would have been in a feedlot, on the beginning date of the qualifying drought or fire condition, as a part of the normal business operation of the eligible livestock producer, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF6BADDB229048C2BD96D69EBBCA7D31">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Drought monitor</header>
<text>The term <term>drought monitor</term> means a system for classifying drought severity according to a range of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, as defined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H20C47B1A867E4C7E968C46C9A5692C5C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Eligible livestock producer</header>
<clause id="HA52FA77174914187A49AB7DB6FC6CFA1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible livestock producer</term> means an eligible producer on a farm that—</text>
<subclause id="H171D295688144C109989DD7CD5D15872">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is an owner, cash or share lessee, or contract grower of covered livestock that provides the pastureland or grazing land, including cash-leased pastureland or grazing land, for the livestock;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0BC5CC1B3A614EEBAE6D582F1A82372A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>provides the pastureland or grazing land for covered livestock, including cash-leased pastureland or grazing land that is physically located in a county affected by drought;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H02449EDBC4B34553A81B9B7F451A7F1C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>certifies grazing loss; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1775EC58EAFF4EB797AC9EF2433B1F71">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>meets all other eligibility requirements established under this subsection.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HF0ABDFE1C9864416A83EDEFDE94A63F6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible livestock producer</term> does not include an owner, cash or share lessee, or contract grower of livestock that rents or leases pastureland or grazing land owned by another person on a rate-of-gain basis.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58FA9C4DAEF5458A8C47833721C295B6">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Normal carrying capacity</header>
<text>The term <term>normal carrying capacity</term>, with respect to each type of grazing land or pastureland in a county, means the normal carrying capacity, as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i), that would be expected from the grazing land or pastureland for livestock during the normal grazing period, in the absence of a drought or fire that diminishes the production of the grazing land or pastureland.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB898873164D442EA4651908ACEF6E3D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Normal grazing period</header>
<text>The term <term>normal grazing period</term>, with respect to a county, means the normal grazing period during the calendar year for the county, as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H974B960E647E4AD4BF43F3D287DE00C3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide compensation for losses to eligible livestock producers due to grazing losses for covered livestock due to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H775EC267AF164D488E7572766B0F6288">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a drought condition, as described in paragraph (3); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E3DDBB589AE4428A2B6333D289F1D67">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>fire, as described in paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11C6A53C1FEF4FA896CA896AC010D8BC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Assistance for losses due to drought conditions</header>
<subparagraph id="HC3C792D675E44C1D8DDC7A6E39DC7374">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Eligible losses</header>
<clause id="H1626A2CB302C4A3CAC22DDBEB2C21A57">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An eligible livestock producer may receive assistance under this subsection only for grazing losses for covered livestock that occur on land that—</text>
<subclause id="H9C674AED92CE4B4EBC0986AFD418B0E8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is native or improved pastureland with permanent vegetative cover; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2CF951667D22425FB750AF41E0A0C1A9">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>is planted to a crop planted specifically for the purpose of providing grazing for covered livestock.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD6A7B8003A804097A6052B0571A0862C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Exclusions</header>
<text>An eligible livestock producer may not receive assistance under this subsection for grazing losses that occur on land used for haying or grazing under the conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4DFDCFB5539B488D95C41ECA1E8D7ACB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Monthly payment rate</header>
<clause id="H4633D0B017054E88AD46843F397B7071">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in clause (ii), the payment rate for assistance under this paragraph for 1 month shall, in the case of drought, be equal to 60 percent of the lesser of—</text>
<subclause id="H606FAA3B23C04C20AE2EABA72FD9D678">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the monthly feed cost for all covered livestock owned or leased by the eligible livestock producer, as determined under subparagraph (C); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HBAABFAA9E68C42988B513FED15C47A20">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the monthly feed cost calculated by using the normal carrying capacity of the eligible grazing land of the eligible livestock producer.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H6FF2F14D1FC0458FA45B5246E93C0D3E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Partial compensation</header>
<text>In the case of an eligible livestock producer that sold or otherwise disposed of covered livestock due to drought conditions in 1 or both of the 2 production years immediately preceding the current production year, as determined by the Secretary, the payment rate shall be 80 percent of the payment rate otherwise calculated in accordance with clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9129368D443B406BB346FCEC41B5D9D9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Monthly feed cost</header>
<clause id="H96C6A59A147D406C82991CB45867E4CF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The monthly feed cost shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<subclause id="H6A74A25FDAC546E4BCF5B7DF3DB82462">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>30 days;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0FA9592ECA81436DAE0BCEB4AEF092BA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a payment quantity that is equal to the feed grain equivalent, as determined under clause (ii); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0340C87200C146E6B4A3CDB13FC54F30">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>a payment rate that is equal to the corn price per pound, as determined under clause (iii).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H51028B2E29384665B7F9160640C5F402">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Feed grain equivalent</header>
<text>For purposes of clause (i)(II), the feed grain equivalent shall equal—</text>
<subclause id="H5A2A97F90007469EB9B4A9DC81814EB3">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the case of an adult beef cow, 15.7 pounds of corn per day; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDE25400454954F609C1B555F032BF659">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in the case of any other type of weight of livestock, an amount determined by the Secretary that represents the average number of pounds of corn per day necessary to feed the livestock.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H65D7F8C8C0D742BAA979121562A46725">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Corn price per pound</header>
<text>For purposes of clause (i)(III), the corn price per pound shall equal the quotient obtained by dividing—</text>
<subclause id="HAE0DC51B37A243B1AFA1ECA1A50CCDEE">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the higher of—</text>
<item id="HA31F025FF92D4ED8B24C44E0AFDE6319">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>the national average corn price per bushel for the 12-month period immediately preceding March 1 of the year for which the disaster assistance is calculated; or</text>
</item>
<item id="H0FE4BA59FF594F098B7D654EC0318783">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>the national average corn price per bushel for the 24-month period immediately preceding that March 1; by</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF9FC77DDFA61453AA35E72D13F4978B5">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">56.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2AA0CFD2BB684C8FBDFA39A14256FB01">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Normal grazing period and drought monitor intensity</header>
<clause id="H2C54C6B5C974439CA9895736AADC141B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Fsa county committee determinations</header>
<subclause id="HCDF09BE42EF44B4FBF991EA743CA2DCE">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall determine the normal carrying capacity and normal grazing period for each type of grazing land or pastureland in the county served by the applicable committee.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6DA7874F0CF249C5A1AC00B17307C52D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Changes</header>
<text>No change to the normal carrying capacity or normal grazing period established for a county under subclause (I) shall be made unless the change is requested by the appropriate State and county Farm Service Agency committees.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H29BD55030A564A86AB069CC0F3BF39C6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Drought intensity</header>
<subclause id="H18D7ED2DDAF8474DA3B089D72212B42D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>D2</header>
<text>An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases grazing land or pastureland that is physically located in a county that is rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2 (severe drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 8 consecutive weeks during the normal grazing period for the county, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph in an amount equal to 1 monthly payment using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B).</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD95BE4F2C8E847A792F6A17CCA4F7F9A">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>D3</header>
<text>An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases grazing land or pastureland that is physically located in a county that is rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having at least a D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area of the county at any time during the normal grazing period for the county, as determined by the Secretary, shall be eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph—</text>
<item id="HE7360E3451E4409E869939262D2E6A6E">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>in an amount equal to 3 monthly payments using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B);</text>
</item>
<item id="HE0C2AFB3A52F4CA59B3CB831B4A50DFE">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>if the county is rated as having a D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 weeks during the normal grazing period for the county, or is rated as having a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity in any area of the county at any time during the normal grazing period, in an amount equal to 4 monthly payments using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B); or</text>
</item>
<item id="HE2942DBBBC534BE5ACF02B64B2A69BD0">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the county is rated as having a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 weeks during the normal grazing period, in an amount equal to 5 monthly payments using the monthly rate determined under subparagraph (B).</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE321F7B002F648C1B43BF2FB39BFC589">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Assistance for losses due to fire on public managed land</header>
<subparagraph id="H1141D9BF341445BAACE9093C76211034">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An eligible livestock producer may receive assistance under this paragraph only if—</text>
<clause id="H060FAEC1565649B5848D0F77D55C6285">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the grazing losses occur on rangeland that is managed by a Federal agency; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2AB42E2FA74D45D69F79C8FB14A10332">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the eligible livestock producer is prohibited by the Federal agency from grazing the normal permitted livestock on the managed rangeland due to a fire.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H173B8C32592E499FA87E5A0A4ACA5DBD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Payment rate</header>
<text>The payment rate for assistance under this paragraph shall be equal to 50 percent of the monthly feed cost for the total number of livestock covered by the Federal lease of the eligible livestock producer, as determined under paragraph (3)(C).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53E80920E8DA4AF4A6C45EB01C46AC53">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Payment duration</header>
<clause id="HADBAA2C47A82439E946F54B9CD8BA92A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to clause (ii), an eligible livestock producer shall be eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph for the period—</text>
<subclause id="H864ED8A077AE44759A93016D63E63A25">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>beginning on the date on which the Federal agency excludes the eligible livestock producer from using the managed rangeland for grazing; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC6A010E7A70142328470345B32DC4027">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>ending on the last day of the Federal lease of the eligible livestock producer.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HB209C86BD02B4A21BBFE80C01ED8EF93">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>An eligible livestock producer may only receive assistance under this paragraph for losses that occur on not more than 180 days per year.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D7898B5B43A454ABAF72C92E1A891A7">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>No duplicative payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible livestock producer may elect to receive assistance for grazing or pasture feed losses due to drought conditions under paragraph (3) or fire under paragraph (4), but not both for the same loss, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3A280ED7D92B43228388A85D849B0773">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish</header>
<paragraph id="HF6D86D58A5E742F2B52B3ACAC72EC813">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use not more than $20,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary, that are not covered under subsection (b) or (c).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59AB21F1BA934D21B5B1F2C06A32389D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Funds made available under this subsection shall be used to reduce losses caused by feed or water shortages, disease, or other factors as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAC471F4600441CC81B05E120BFD8E2C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text>Any funds made available under this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCCF9216377734AD3A601AC9F138B83EC">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Tree assistance program</header>
<paragraph id="H27BFC0C89F5640919654B16E2DB103F8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E148AF7CF3F4AC5A2748251C45B3997">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Eligible orchardist</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible orchardist</term> means a person that produces annual crops from trees for commercial purposes.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A370B0D921F4B89ADB9BA4F8B60B041">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Natural disaster</header>
<text>The term <term>natural disaster</term> means plant disease, insect infestation, drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, lightning, or other occurrence, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4CB95461C3AC419992194F86E9298F1D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Nursery tree grower</header>
<text>The term <term>nursery tree grower</term> means a person who produces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christmas trees for commercial sale, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8969171ECED641FBA8A41473EDB9A23E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Tree</header>
<text>The term <term>tree</term> includes a tree, bush, and vine.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A41B31A2036471FAF0CB2DD18D456A1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<subparagraph id="H5C113A3A4440424F9C8E58D46CAB9F50">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Loss</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), for fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance—</text>
<clause id="HED4DD9A9677F46E1ACB0B9B6111A5DAC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>under paragraph (3) to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that planted trees for commercial purposes but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H550F972363A04CA989C197A154FB672F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>under paragraph (3)(B) to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that have a production history for commercial purposes on planted or existing trees but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08D8F5A3E9924141B1610A690100CDCA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>An eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower shall qualify for assistance under subparagraph (A) only if the tree mortality of the eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower, as a result of damaging weather or related condition, exceeds 15 percent (adjusted for normal mortality).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB490C9AC0DCC4A78A74AE9369B9FD3F7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Assistance</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (4), the assistance provided by the Secretary to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers for losses described in paragraph (2) shall consist of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF806CF0D2FA044CBA6D867C45F36D5EE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HAA20F29B842D476AB9418CFDD169F8E9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of replanting trees lost due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent mortality (adjusted for normal mortality); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H46031C7D10EB4E399282BFF4E252617D" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>at the option of the Secretary, sufficient seedlings to reestablish a stand; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1629A2727374477FA546ECE7FBD350ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reimbursement of 50 percent of the cost of pruning, removal, and other costs incurred by an eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower to salvage existing trees or, in the case of tree mortality, to prepare the land to replant trees as a result of damage or tree mortality due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent damage or mortality (adjusted for normal tree damage and mortality).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H220CC9F5A4CB4E998001ABEB0D9D9FAD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Limitations on assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="HE5C7854794BC4D69B300A0FF6448B286">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Definitions of legal entity and person</header>
<text>In this paragraph, the terms <term>legal entity</term> and <term>person</term> have the meaning given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H716382E74FDD471C8B732291FA566676">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Amount</header>
<text>The total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under this subsection may not exceed $125,000 for any crop year, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB1F76CC7427549249E018A26D24297C4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Acres</header>
<text>The total quantity of acres planted to trees or tree seedlings for which a person or legal entity shall be entitled to receive payments under this subsection may not exceed 500 acres.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF140C06D1041470E9F666D6F7A4E79CD">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Payment limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H6CF8E6BB34554D73AC35A205F891C4AB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions of legal entity and person</header>
<text>In this subsection, the terms <term>legal entity</term> and <term>person</term> have the meaning given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AD014857CA3432CB559F0C5BB8DB8DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Amount</header>
<text>The total amount of disaster assistance payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under this section (excluding payments received under subsection (e)) may not exceed $125,000 for any crop year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD65291544B564781878BE4C16764616D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Direct attribution</header>
<text>Subsections (e) and (f) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) or any successor provisions relating to direct attribution shall apply with respect to assistance provided under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H596D5D6FD7734E6FA47DEC8C7516BCA3">
<enum>1502.</enum>
<header>National Drought Council and National Drought Policy Action Plan</header>
<subsection id="H5B5E315078C84700B40C63E1197A2C17">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HB1E4EECC321C4C55B56ABF29EA675441">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Council</header>
<text>The term <term>Council</term> means the National Drought Council established by this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H745D4844AFD449A3A4699C88ED5AA75A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Drought</header>
<text>The term <term>drought</term> means a natural disaster that is caused by a deficiency in precipitation—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6E69753C3CA4A20B9112C2105B9E4BF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>that may lead to a deficiency in surface and subsurface water supplies (including rivers, streams, wetlands, ground water, soil moisture, reservoir supplies, lake levels, and snow pack); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1755A620A7A84F72875D0708321DCDF3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that causes or may cause—</text>
<clause id="H6035D82394AE44B98A87268161E4AC33">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>substantial economic or social impacts; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF777C9CE93814D60A38C7A96095A145D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>physical damage or injury to individuals, property, or the environment.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F8427335A3441B395187BEE3747EF44">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Indian tribe</header>
<text>The term <term>Indian tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1D03E950469436782EC09E0BF7C2C30">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Member</header>
<text>The term <term>member</term>, with respect to the National Drought Council, means a member of the Council specified or appointed under this section or, in the absence of the member, the member’s designee.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF5EEF554BBC4CFE8EB4B629B57241A9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Mitigation</header>
<text>The term <term>mitigation</term> means a short- or long-term action, program, or policy that is implemented in advance of or during a drought to minimize any risks and impacts of drought.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H80A47CBE1D5C417FA6E5903D75141DD7">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB37638138C9446FBDF056DA0F65319C">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>State</header>
<text>The term <term>State</term> means the several States, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99231AAB62D24BD2B155E2C1615E5263">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Trigger</header>
<text>The term <term>trigger</term> means the thresholds or criteria that must be satisfied before mitigation or emergency assistance may be provided to an area—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD49164CB5AE84E22B7D47F6308C1619D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in which drought is emerging; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A7EB64EC6844415B223196D6E77C995">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>that is experiencing a drought.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AB2A88B7652452BBBC8AB2D12205C81">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Watershed</header>
<text>The term <term>watershed</term> means a region or area with common hydrology, an area drained by a waterway that drains into a lake or reservoir, the total area above a given point on a stream that contributes water to the flow at that point, or the topographic dividing line from which surface streams flow in two different directions. In no case shall a watershed be larger than a river basin.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD911DB7F9644DDF8A84361D0E547402">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<header>Watershed group</header>
<text>The term <term>watershed group</term> means a group of individuals, formally recognized by the appropriate State or States, who represent the broad scope of relevant interests within a watershed and who work together in a collaborative manner to jointly plan the management of the natural resources contained within the watershed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC6C89B994E604850AE4AB3FD1C5F40BB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effect of section</header>
<text>This section does not affect—</text>
<paragraph id="HA11FDE70C8D647F3A4A95A2392D95726">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the authority of a State to allocate quantities of water under the jurisdiction of the State; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64302237921945D3901A54AA7A591EE3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any State water rights established as of the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0FA39C8ECCB54ECBB32E4A25B9443CF3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>National drought council</header>
<paragraph id="H59A18B46368B486EB8F25E1399BFF841">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>There is established in the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture a council to be known as the <quote>National Drought Council</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC80264E7DD5545C9A5590D845BE8190C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<subparagraph id="HA6CACDC8905143B790E22202EE9C5DE1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Composition</header>
<text>The Council shall be composed of—</text>
<clause id="HAE4BEA87E1424AAFABBC314B9A93A5C2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary (or the designee of the Secretary);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE5102E70DACB4FA9BC1AD2BB6A49478D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of Commerce (or the designee of the Secretary of Commerce);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE13B73B084384EF7AA9369FE8785DDB1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of the Army (or the designee of the Secretary of the Army);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H02457751DECB4A46BA499FFD03384AA8">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of the Interior (or the designee of the Secretary of the Interior);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF83304EFF17F41ADB0FB539343072BDE">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or the designee of the Director);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAAEC27644B714DE5973F5268EB1E68D1">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (or the designee of the Administrator);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6EE0B3175E214B0E9F50CC363A118CA4">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>4 members appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the National Governors Association, each of whom shall be the Governor of a State (or the designee of the Governor) and who collectively shall represent the geographic diversity of the Nation;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD567F09D080E49EA83A8C40386D5272B">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>1 member appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the National Association of Counties;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC3F0D9A811D743E7899941212845EA7D">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>1 member appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the United States Conference of Mayors;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8C7F20C5B32C4E17A1517839AE539D1D">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text>1 member appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, in coordination with Indian tribes, to represent the interests of tribal governments; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2C2ACAE189C54DE9AEDE97671FB47A99">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>1 member appointed by the Secretary, in coordination with the National Association of Conservation Districts, to represent local soil and water conservation districts.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H544A1C3C2D764F09B4F9E23C2B19119A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Date of appointment</header>
<text>The appointment of each member of the Council shall be made not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01627396D1614409BD4541CA5D2CC5D3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Term; vacancies</header>
<subparagraph id="HB97BF1F2868F426EB7B76116B285D017">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text>A non-Federal member of the Council appointed under paragraph (2) shall be appointed for a term of two years.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C3AEB35D3A048F3B103A8937534E951">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Vacancies</header>
<text>A vacancy on the Council—</text>
<clause id="HCE5B3A11917C43708D53435F913290CE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall not affect the powers of the Council; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H17D20E2291BE471E88191210947C8106">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E1AC1F500BC4798AB7EC7BF9AEF91A3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Terms of members filling vacancies</header>
<text>Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the expiration of the term for which the member’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of that term.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H042862CA51944F06AE3656F909C42FBA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Meetings</header>
<subparagraph id="H7641934AC7B44C2F95961D10506B68AD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Council shall meet at the call of the co-chairs.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H992C8660E1BF45D1913C28A17CE15AA9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Frequency</header>
<text>The Council shall meet at least semiannually.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC66C28425C814FB0828D41EAFBB5040D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Quorum</header>
<text>A majority of the members of the Council shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings or conduct other business.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H190372E28F694FFB8A7DED18B9DF43FF">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Council leadership</header>
<subparagraph id="H09ADBF7AD673452BB3ADC6318E72A555">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>There shall be a Federal co-chair and non-Federal co-chair of the Council.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCFCBB35C6AA4E8D9F6C430512C04ECC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Appointment</header>
<clause id="HF4BB95D4DC4D437098D76EDBB7D6EFE2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Federal co-chair</header>
<text>The Secretary shall be the Federal co-chair.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HED6DAE3F4CFB4CABB5625616D4A733F1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Non-Federal co-chair</header>
<text>The non-Federal members of the Council shall elect, on a biannual basis, a non-Federal co-chair of the Council from among the members appointed under paragraph (2).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDF2E113025A74559B625ED22D84412F0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Duties of the council</header>
<paragraph id="H934C6790025F4DEFBC5C11DF7F347AD7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Council shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H548A5D01AC7A4D07B689F7F83F7D7EB6" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>not later than one year after the date of the first meeting of the Council, develop a comprehensive National Drought Policy Action Plan that—</text>
<clause id="H85105EE09E5848F6A22DD62A1880E527">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause id="HD7D0B1FF7CD34B15AC32FC0343BF5F87" display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>delineates and integrates responsibilities for activities relating to drought (including drought preparedness, mitigation, research, risk management, training, and emergency relief) among Federal agencies; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H873B4EFDF2034BD0A2BE525C643D01C2" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>ensures that those activities are coordinated with the activities of the States, local governments, Indian tribes, and neighboring countries;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H03E6643844304222A33BA0A4680430DE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is consistent with—</text>
<subclause id="HD159880C10B44DD68C19F14B11173063">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>this Act and other applicable Federal laws; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0EAC277BEBA2405AAC147B6FD2F3671B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the laws and policies of the States for water management;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H0DFF296B42D64D51A71798B5F4355D1B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>is integrated with drought management programs of the States, Indian tribes, local governments, watershed groups, and private entities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB8AF7CE4E3364B4E849E51A44F2F863E">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>avoids duplicating Federal, State, tribal, local, watershed, and private drought preparedness and monitoring programs in existence on the date of enactment of this Act;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DAEF23168454BA8A6ADDB13F0FF677E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>evaluate Federal drought-related programs in existence on the date of enactment of this Act and make recommendations to Congress and the President on means of eliminating—</text>
<clause id="HBF0FA5713A384A129003C852F5B6EA36">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>discrepancies between the goals of the programs and actual service delivery;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB4703E949822448F8B78B892ECE08458">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>duplication among programs; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4D28FABB7F8F483E8E1DF891C690C185">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>any other circumstances that interfere with the effective operation of the programs;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA8502F0AB1F417B8A445FA08F2F5165">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>make recommendations to the President, Congress, and appropriate Federal agencies on—</text>
<clause id="H81797E85FE95419596EF29878C804AD4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the establishment of common interagency triggers for authorizing Federal drought mitigation programs; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDE7252BC76EC48FA967B415468C377A3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>improving the consistency and fairness of assistance among Federal drought relief programs;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA00890CB15B64ED190D4EBFB303A200C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>encourage and facilitate the development of drought preparedness plans under subtitle C, including establishing the guidelines under this section;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27CE49EE55B9440289F1E60555428586">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>based on a review of drought preparedness plans, develop and make available to the public drought planning models to reduce water resource conflicts relating to water conservation and droughts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1AB235F10EC54562B2C906921381E14C">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>develop and coordinate public awareness activities to provide the public with access to understandable and informative materials on drought, including—</text>
<clause id="H35172E28C4494F5FA83D5F23CE072282">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>explanations of the causes of drought, the impacts of drought, and the damages from drought;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF7E217679D374B28B6732BE77B2CE018">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>descriptions of the value and benefits of land stewardship to reduce the impacts of drought and to protect the environment;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H54E06602A54A4942BCD87C27C9695187">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>clear instructions for appropriate responses to drought, including water conservation, water reuse, and detection and elimination of water leaks;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCFC0BB5185DF4F0DAAC36D8C4F820F9C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>information on State and local laws applicable to drought; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H84B518F087C64939ADB2745DE5A81C38">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>opportunities for assistance to resource-dependent businesses and industries in times of drought; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45D430ACFF744FFDBE22B1FB98CB09C1">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>establish operating procedures for the Council.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2EBBE0FA231B4F908D894A2AC991CFFB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In carrying out this subsection, the Council shall consult with groups affected by drought emergencies.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7B71D3ADCBB476F8FF543BF716E9DA0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Reports to congress</header>
<subparagraph id="H3160FCACE56A431FA4F1F3A2E8F4EE95">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Annual report</header>
<clause id="HD1AD9B40011D401F9976192D5BE1E117">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than one year after the date of the first meeting of the Council, and annually thereafter, the Council shall submit to Congress a report on the activities carried out under this section.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB0697D8ABD8D469AAF3FFDB02D2849E6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<subclause id="HF1CA01FF22504A8BA75B10E627C974B7">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The annual report shall include a summary of drought preparedness plans.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H3E93DE3E780E40C8899386F67E583FA1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Initial report</header>
<text>The initial report submitted under subparagraph (A) shall include any recommendations of the Council.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08EB9E35B81B4DDEBFC5AB481A27875A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Final report</header>
<text>Not later than seven years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Council shall submit to Congress a report that recommends—</text>
<clause id="H4BA90B0118794CC890FE1C53BF3BE867">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>amendments to this section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA8118B48CC034C26B2140D16DA0527F7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>whether the Council should continue.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H57C174EFDDE541ABAD08793A451F357C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Powers of the council</header>
<paragraph id="H30A6C6869285442E887AFF7A4F235D25">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Hearings</header>
<text>The Council may hold hearings, meet and act at any time and place, take any testimony and receive any evidence that the Council considers advisable to carry out this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3703BA78CBEB4267B7F1749A67ECDBEC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Information from Federal agencies</header>
<subparagraph id="H53EE074953D848CAB98B6AF30A3161D9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Council may obtain directly from any Federal agency any information that the Council considers necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75D48850778C45118548ECF31897D2EF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Provision of information</header>
<clause id="H0D71A21357DA4AD880C8F2B194F9AEC7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in clause (ii), on request of the Secretary or the non-Federal co-chair of the Council, the head of a Federal agency may provide information to the Council.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H49A558548F39403C83765843ED896AFF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The head of a Federal agency shall not provide any information to the Council that the Federal agency head determines the disclosure of which may cause harm to national security interests.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22A549B053D749E380817A0EED66E62E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Postal services</header>
<text>The Council may use the United States mail in the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE746194CD5734E0FB459DB369794F72B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Gifts</header>
<text>The Council may accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services or property.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2A44C8A93D144785A2462A346B234594">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Council personnel matters</header>
<paragraph id="HB36E6D78B1BE468598A485536B2AD97C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Compensation of members</header>
<subparagraph id="H575263ACFC9445DB9B4AE0BB0513AC87">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Non-Federal employees</header>
<text>A member of the Council who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall serve without compensation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H696B1B6293564A3DAEB237DA3FF74CDC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Federal employees</header>
<text>A member of the Council who is an officer or employee of the United States shall serve without compensation in addition to the compensation received for services of the member as an officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5136ED7766F403A807A8925E83B74E9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Travel expenses</header>
<text>A member of the Council shall be allowed travel expenses at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of the duties of the Council.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA2D24CBB17754273B62ECDCB8A38F98D">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Termination of council</header>
<text>The Council shall terminate at the end of the eighth fiscal year beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H08C84B023C5E46BEA7745A5D5A098371">
<enum>F</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<section id="HB983521263894C4D914BA18DAA449D55">
<enum>1601.</enum>
<header>Administration generally</header>
<subsection id="HE185E6BA78CB43028B1F4B2EA8416602">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Use of Commodity Credit Corporation</header>
<text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5785598304EE45C6A4DEE9CF0A8C8CA0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Determinations by Secretary</header>
<text>A determination made by the Secretary under this title shall be final and conclusive.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H138EC92AF7FB4B4BA77834E26701AE72">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<paragraph id="HB24D0323344A4F77ABE4E30452895BDD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this title and the amendments made by this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB57465525DE416EB02B73A2A999692C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Procedure</header>
<text>The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this title and the amendments made by this title and sections 10003 and 10016 of this Act shall be made—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB9D29A442B842ACA75AEDD2C95F450A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, including by interim rules effective on publication under the authority provided in subparagraph (B) of subsection (b) of such section if the Secretary determines such interim rules to be needed and final rules, with an opportunity for notice and comment, no later than 21 months after the date of the enactment of this Act;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB4B78F478BBD4FEDAAD64E556F1B6901">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>without regard to chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EB775F190024CE5B6D03205B86D197A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>without regard to the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H13B40F70E0D94EF6902B5E729B6FF7C8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Adjustment Authority Related to Trade Agreements Compliance</header>
<paragraph id="HF8FE679384B740E888FEABE4C425471B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Required determination; adjustment</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that expenditures under this title that are subject to the total allowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) will exceed the allowable levels for any applicable reporting period, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make adjustments in the amount of the expenditures during that period to ensure that the expenditures do not exceed the allowable levels.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A764FE338424EE3B6AD46BBE2C18F95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Congressional notification</header>
<text>Before making any adjustment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the determination made under that paragraph and the extent of the adjustment to be made.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8D82849FDFF04ABD99DBF7F357CF8232">
<enum>1602.</enum>
<header>Repeal of permanent price support authority</header>
<subsection id="HF0A3B38BC4AD4EA0941CF4DBCA420546">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938</header>
<paragraph id="H1A87050863734921932B3DB6C408CF4E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Repeals</header>
<text>The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 are repealed:</text>
<subparagraph id="H67148C157C8C4E43888C3A3D46F50216">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C. 1326 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA2F1369B582408FAE947C845ED7C86E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB371C7C215B417ABA49D423621D9CD6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H203A915CEFE944DEBE2E259D84378B5B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Inapplicability to upland cotton</header>
<text>Section 377 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1377) is amended by striking <quote>was not fully planted</quote> and inserting <quote>was not fully planted: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That effective on the date of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, this section shall not apply to upland cotton</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF2C456073E8E4F9CBB1557085DB57DF8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Agricultural Act of 1949</header>
<text>The following provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 are repealed:</text>
<paragraph id="HCF3A828EAF654DAE9BA6324AEE2EA30D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC743D1620FED4362A86DDDFC1F5EBE41">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 103(a) (7 U.S.C. 1444(a)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCE2BD45C44F4A66B7082605E1CA014F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H112A9BA1A29541739F1064D9EEE90A11">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2DA5EB35C5E143568D71B88D925A1EEC">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Section 110 (7 U.S.C. 1445e).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCB3D62027E74490D817F80C389B0BFB5">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Section 112 (7 U.S.C. 1445g).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A45D229435040E9B1AFB05553DA3C7E">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H27ED0FB1A0C04007A03352844E5F1943">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A832D044DD44EB48B8668DCF209F6AF">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Title III (7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4980A6538A8C4A5791473E977C919E94">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), other than sections 404, 412, and 416 (7 U.S.C. 1424, 1429, and 1431).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CABB981F55447C1A8C08621BA96CBD8">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Title V (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10CB918EDE664B469D261D23CF66213D">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>Title VI (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H268A7542CAD14F1BBB8B04420D06FA30">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Suspension of certain quota provisions</header>
<text>The joint resolution entitled <quote>A joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended</quote>, approved May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330, 1340), is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H29CFB378DD98466894AAE5B973DCDB8D">
<enum>1603.</enum>
<header>Payment limitations</header>
<subsection id="H332578DE59AF4B2C8E52312D7BAE4C3E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H54A0A4C903614A66A7483F95DFC88811">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2C7C7917EA34F27A090E2933CAEF0C7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAE4ECA88E6954F5B8ECF4E4E932A5220">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Legal entity</header>
<subparagraph id="H10C97E9768E74694986BABAD5B5A75C4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>legal entity</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HDB00A48A7E904CC2BA7ABA73B4BFFE2C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>an organization that (subject to the requirements of this section and section 1001A) is eligible to receive a payment under a provision of law referred to in subsection (b), (c), or (d);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4ECAD25CBF7E4CBEA886A17206C6A438">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a corporation, joint stock company, association, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, charitable organization, estate, irrevocable trust, grantor of a revocable trust, or other similar entity (as determined by the Secretary); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6204792CACEC433DB10C52445D07906C">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>an organization that is participating in a farming operation as a partner in a general partnership or as a participant in a joint venture.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H419CD8F3E08346BFB3356AEAFC9DFD68">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text>The term <term>legal entity</term> does not include a general partnership or joint venture.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD037C32529734652B40ED39A7DE7F689">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsections (b) through (d) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58E20342523147DF89CE01E6AD553E00" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H431F756F950F45B5A1B28AD31BB45097">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitation on payments for covered commodities and peanuts</header>
<text>The total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity for any crop year for 1 or more covered commodities and peanuts under title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 may not exceed $125,000, of which—</text>
<paragraph id="H24FB86DA183D4E7A933A451B83CD7FCE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $75,000 may consist of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments under subtitle B of title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2B2BB9A735B4CB9B236B80230B42249">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not more than $50,000 may consist of any other payments made for covered commodities and peanuts under title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD39FE5C87DE743468193754E8D7D6CA9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Spousal equity</header>
<paragraph id="HF87CB5D3C4BC41EB8779547C35EF5080">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subsection (b), except as provided in paragraph (2), if a person and the spouse of the person are covered by paragraph (2) and receive, directly or indirectly, any payment or gain covered by this section, the total amount of payments or gains (as applicable) covered by this section that the person and spouse may jointly receive during any crop year may not exceed an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts specified in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDA2A9B5178A640B390605096DD1B17A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<subparagraph id="H058769B9FC0841268F124E988CEAD726">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Separate farming operations</header>
<text>In the case of a married couple in which each spouse, before the marriage, was separately engaged in an unrelated farming operation, each spouse shall be treated as a separate person with respect to a farming operation brought into the marriage by a spouse, subject to the condition that the farming operation shall remain a separate farming operation, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H003E1C4529B44621BF7B5435C2BC7E11">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Election to receive separate payments</header>
<text>A married couple may elect to receive payments separately in the name of each spouse if the total amount of payments and benefits described in subsection (b) that the married couple receives, directly or indirectly, does not exceed an amount equal to twice the applicable dollar amounts specified in those subsections.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB473E29CB94341AEA7468859C4E2A509">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)(B) of subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD576888B85E14A81AE4CB95F1C5DF0BE" style="OLC">
<clause id="H088F1FB847AC4A4091A5C434AC3FDC46">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Irrevocable trusts</header>
<text>In promulgating regulations to define the term <term>legal entity</term> as the term applies to irrevocable trusts, the Secretary shall ensure that irrevocable trusts are legitimate entities that have not been created for the purpose of avoiding a payment limitation.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE5F7E7CF32E4836826F0D09D7A53EEF">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>or other entity</quote> and inserting <quote>or legal entity</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCC515D9B10B14675B311458F6EDC49CE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H000AE58F0AC24F578B7CD8739F6F9F2F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CA2429D95594B00A5A96645AB0A038F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), by striking <quote>subsections (b) and (c)</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (1) and (3)(B) and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ECA6897F831488299130DB7EB4505E0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9968BD86DA25487F949A0BAE1EACED7A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Subsections (b) and (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>Subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AC79A54CF744BF2847423E5598AC558">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(B), by striking <quote>subsection (b) or (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H379496C9BA9D440B97BF13100FCBC441">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2EE386917D54D7191EE55A8432C070D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>subsection (d)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FBFE5240A3B4EDF8FD8AA4680BEFB2B">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>subsection (b), (c), or (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H683D3BBD74BB42FAA5F5F14FFA5DCD9D">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB7E7752D1BF4D48BA684F925F620B8B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Notwithstanding subsection (d), except as provided in subsection (g)</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (f)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H599F37A72DBF484FA079DB101BABEEDD">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>subsections (b), (c), and (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2BE991C1E06469DBABDFD1BE090CB24">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F6D46CB79B74FB8B33961E92AA57DE1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59827BA4DC024C1BAFDB156836303C5B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subsection (f)(6)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (e)(6)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA802F456FEF9489F8ACADD0D9BAC2B8E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subsection (b) or (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD86AFF1E9BC14040B23E3FC7B50829B5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>subsections (b) and (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEDBAC646939C4178AA0B55D66A2F3043">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (e) through (h) as subsections (d) through (g), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6094159F91740488FD474FB7A9E9FCA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–1) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E29F6CF90974A9082D6BC330BA6B9DF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsections (b) and (c) of section 1001</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1001(b)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84C420CCCA4846359E665ECB3AC82809">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(1), by striking <quote>subsection (b) or (c) of section 1001</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1001(b)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H889036897208431B8472C73CC0E59247">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Section 1001B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–2(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>subsections (b) and (c) of section 1001</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1001(b)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4CABA938ACF4011B207141E278EF31B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text>The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning with the 2014 crop year.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H59862DED81784E31A1B5F7874D9D1C35">
<enum>1603A.</enum>
<header>Payments limited to active farmers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4504F02084544585BFE018D882065B32">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H005E2D52B52243CA9FB9814892E4062E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>or active personal management</quote> each place it appears in subparagraphs (A)(i)(II) and (B)(ii); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7E278F41CF064F6F9152DC86B6B8A6CD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>, as applied to the legal entity, are met by the legal entity, the partners or members making a significant contribution of personal labor or active personal management</quote> and inserting <quote>are met by partners or members making a significant contribution of personal labor, those partners or members</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1C552C8864E40EF83530C3B1757DC76">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9281C93002784EFD8FF0C8C2709858C8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H6E18B9E8653C45D1A90A8798ECF572EF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBA0ADD3115EA4D45983D8C1278F8A726" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4C03910C0CA7441AA0F2E9E10E8F7D92">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the landowner share-rents the land at a rate that is usual and customary;</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H01738B4EC27D48148CF9D51B7EB67A61">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H800136504A9A425BA53D7E5E4DE79EF8">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86AAD0EC557D4011B0F5EC113218C2BF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDEEDAEA42D254982A87BFBB035E30653">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the share of the payments received by the landowner is commensurate with the share of the crop or income received as rent.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD14269F96CC64E2DB865DD2E5270DB0A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>active personal management or</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBA6587D0CFD140DDBE1CB49B6CDA3D63">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="HA384925585834D52B71481412C0BF252">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(5)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(A)<header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"> In general</header-in-text>.—A person</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CE0458BDBA94E5398BA9CF759541A51" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAF37FDDAF43B48B49F117AD288CCDB34">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Custom farming services</header>
<text>A person</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H4DB2FD3AC31C482992FB4221BACFDBB0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>under usual and customary terms</quote> after <quote>services</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBC78EFAE5C86440DA47467B2ACBBBE4A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A507F82E2F44D2D8325230AACEAA4D7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2FE74E043324A718205440A550096BD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8ACDFADB6D414715A9FE93B8EBC4553D">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Farm managers</header>
<text>A person who otherwise meets the requirements of this subsection other than (b)(2)(A)(i)(II) shall be considered to be actively engaged in farming, as determined by the Secretary, with respect to the farming operation, including a farming operation that is a sole proprietorship, a legal entity such as a joint venture or general partnership, or a legal entity such as a corporation or limited partnership, if the person—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBEEF2B1752F94980994ACF12EDF49F0A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>makes a significant contribution of management to the farming operation necessary for the farming operation, taking into account—</text>
<clause id="HB6D523189FBA4A81899EA5EC4351925A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the size and complexity of the farming operation; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H60720C6257404E73826C2117B2CD4E34">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the management requirements normally and customarily required by similar farming operations;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1730E1E4BAC24C8AA13F42AD36420DBB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC83BB7060F4E4496AEB3ECAC7910D8CA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is the only person in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming by using the farm manager special class designation under this paragraph; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4F10258142734DAB8C3DC3E203C569FD" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>together with any other persons in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming under subsection (b)(2) or as part of a special class under this subsection, does not collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than the applicable limits under section 1001(b);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC58E55C6156448C0A6E1DB4456389D3E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>does not use the management contribution under this paragraph to qualify as actively engaged in more than 1 farming operation; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC73164688B4840D990B6E0AE17D4ABF5">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>manages a farm operation that does not substantially share equipment, labor, or management with persons or legal entities that with the person collectively receive, directly or indirectly, an amount equal to more than the applicable limits under section 1001(b).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H539443DF34D64B1B848C34784B174C77">
<enum>1604.</enum>
<header>Adjusted gross income limitation</header>
<subsection id="H11E716F4DE1E4033BB8FE430D002D67C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Limitations and covered benefits</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB143CDFFB86450E99393255F7172C9E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Limitations</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Limitations on Commodity and Conservation Programs</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1AF92F76D4AB4731BAA534C1312F7A07">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3A6F4E860D644A8E8E2A7C33B63A9281" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H843D42DE5AB949F5B32DBF005285CCAF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person or legal entity shall not be eligible to receive any benefit described in paragraph (2) during a crop, fiscal, or program year, as appropriate, if the average adjusted gross income of the person or legal entity exceeds $950,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21F5F83CFD0D47D6AC132285F41FC5B3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Covered benefits</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) applies with respect to a payment or benefit under subtitle A, B, or E of title I, or title II of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, title II of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, title II of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)), or section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5A4108529AA7430AB8B38E4A8F35A92D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Elimination of unused definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H104149571707440D8CEB514B4371251E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA3173225E0B14B76A7260762CDE729A4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Average adjusted gross income</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>average adjusted gross income</term>, with respect to a person or legal entity, means the average of the adjusted gross income or comparable measure of the person or legal entity over the 3 taxable years preceding the most immediately preceding complete taxable year, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F2A8FEA18A74F1992E1CAA3967A84AE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Income determination</header>
<text>Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFAE5478BE22944809653F10D5716F87C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB67C56F2D48045AC9412AAA1EE710F49">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEF3D06F2D9294DBA82D2F37AD9BBF919">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H31FCCBF433674605AB4EE49AE78B34AC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC6E145C5C1C4674834BF04BF686C76A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subparagraph (A) or (B) of</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28151E0C0DA5427C8015633296C15F91">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>, the average adjusted gross farm income, and the average adjusted gross nonfarm income</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C164E1D0D964636913D89AEDD3F4C06">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>, average adjusted gross farm income, and average adjusted gross nonfarm income</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4130B17F91EF41CAA200F110AC1F2D7F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF850654238D4A38A10328AC6A68FD9C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, average adjusted gross farm income, and average adjusted gross nonfarm income</quote> both places it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C81188BF2E6477CBC2A202D7530F3F6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54BE177E835548B581B56508289398D8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H61178D626D5E4B33873C67F506F63454">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7958571D592F469F8702EF981FB362BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>, average adjusted gross farm income, or average adjusted gross nonfarm income</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED1C9169930A4942A85B6CA635712C82">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effective period</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e) of section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a), as redesignated by subsection (c)(2) of this section, is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7C2BC98C110247FE8D411E93C5AC7B08">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Limitation on applicability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>or title I of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4C4DBC6860EF4A84B839526823B8707E">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Transition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply with respect to the 2013 crop, fiscal, or program year, as appropriate, for each program described in paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b) of that section (as so in effect on that day).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EC9F4976D054D20B4771A46523819C5" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>1605.</enum>
<header>Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1621(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8792(d)) is amended by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H3ECB84FE73EB4AD59EACACA0D6DBA706">
<enum>1606.</enum>
<header>Personal liability of producers for deficiencies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7284) is amended by striking <quote>and title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8702 et seq.), and title I of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H6C087722BD11481B90D338D4B717D769">
<enum>1607.</enum>
<header>Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs</header>
<subsection id="HD34DDF1AF26541D09A154B4964C5E668">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Reconciliation</header>
<text>At least twice each year, the Secretary shall reconcile Social Security numbers of all individuals who receive payments under this title, whether directly or indirectly, with the Commissioner of Social Security to determined if the individuals are alive.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6BB83E6DF9A6422A9D13C341C3C5C40C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Preclusion</header>
<text>The Secretary shall preclude the issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individuals that were not eligible for payments.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03E4DA0D4159472B98C9F6FA397312BF">
<enum>1608.</enum>
<header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8D8B02FB86748109B5D6872E0DC1D5D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Missing punctuation</header>
<text>Section 359f(c)(1)(B) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ff(c)(1)(B)) is amended by adding a period at the end.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB67687A253694588AD0A9FDDC43AFA2C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Erroneous cross reference</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDBFD1AB8D664F7C8B01953859D7EE43">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1603(g) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1739) is amended in paragraphs (2) through (6) and the amendments made by those paragraphs by striking <quote>1703(a)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>1603(a)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A11968AE6C24F22817377FAD8458433">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>This subsection and the amendments made by this subsection take effect as if included in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1651).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0FCE80B0DCBD4ADC9C4BA7935A70E049">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Continued applicability of appropriations general provision</header>
<text>Section 767 of division A of Public Law 108–7 (7 U.S.C. 7911 note; 117 Stat. 48) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D569379537B4131AF855D964FEA8C92">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4334D2F02FDF488CBE01B490EC42DB63">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>sections 1101 and 1102 of Public Law 107–171</quote> and inserting <quote>subtitle A of title I of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDDDE50244994BBC8AA4EF432C531DAD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>such section 1102</quote> and inserting <quote>such subtitle</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD549EF6B54D3453DB5912F950B7F5783">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACBA664853F84D79BD3D8D61315EC0CC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4C005BFC3A3E4F488A076FF6EE787E41">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section, as amended by section 1608(c) of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, shall take effect beginning with the 2014 crop year.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HE1FE3A91F0A44A32B7D1383B165F1D74">
<enum>1609.</enum>
<header>Assignment of payments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2CD927910542417987BC07521A4DEB1C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The provisions of section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)), relating to assignment of payments, shall apply to payments made under this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1FD188661FBB470981AA45F8F3224A0D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<text>The producer making the assignment, or the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, in such manner as the Secretary may require, of any assignment made under this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HDD72A307208847D989A7EF6C141E2928">
<enum>1610.</enum>
<header>Tracking of benefits</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may track the benefits provided, directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under titles I and II and the amendments made by those titles.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7240A873CD240E0AF8114DFD72DA464">
<enum>1611.</enum>
<header>Signature authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H761E2C9217224A1E926967DC834E4ABE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In carrying out this title and title II and amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently determine the document is inadequate or invalid because of the lack of authority of any person signing the document on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, entity, general partnership, or joint venture, or the documents relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, unless the person signing the program document knowingly and willfully falsified the evidence of signature authority or a signature.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3E10DC09DF2A4D1FB68EF1A771766D38">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Affirmation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7C926DA8C4A04CBD887EF9E4B3307D3A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary from asking a proper party to affirm any document that otherwise would be considered approved under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H773B78214B3F47169DA1EA35FE616515">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>No retroactive effect</header>
<text>A denial of benefits based on a lack of affirmation under paragraph (1) shall not be retroactive with respect to third-party producers who were not the subject of the erroneous representation of authority, if the third-party producers—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3DC6BFFDD2384042A555B34CD232DE8A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>relied on the prior approval by the Secretary of the documents in good faith; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD44700E230C4803BA7B61C28DB217AF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>substantively complied with all program requirements.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H4244FC5F2FBD494488C518CFAAD227F9">
<enum>1612.</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<subsection id="H483C7B98045E4E50B5954516BD2DF4E0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Streamlining</header>
<text>In implementing this title, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph id="H66E2B1F5E41E4FC49FDC72EF92D6E430">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>seek to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71473842AD224A8C98569C21A2D6D59F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>improve coordination, information sharing, and administrative work with the Risk Management Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC77FB6C870EC4B8BB12D1227BB849EBF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>take advantage of new technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of program delivery to producers.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4CE0F41D1CCD4E14B9E5AF5152B4926D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Maintenance of base acres and payment yields</header>
<paragraph id="HE51C2754A6F640FBA5B3BEC9E5D79CC9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF6830D942F74991944EB07BF7868BD5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HDB422DA95BC94C14BB5ABF302B4F5CA5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the case of covered commodities and upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7912); and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H6819A9DD1BE44688AE74181F934A32C4" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 7952); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA388AC26C9644D398FE488469974BCD3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA7F6167EBFAB4A58A3EDFBA5079351D1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of covered commodities and upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711, 8712); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H537BC276F1824408BBF6A7083277CEDB" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 8752).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30D7BDEDD6DE4415BF5955390A9FCD3B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header> Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice</header>
<subparagraph id="HC229E2212FD34B3B8AAE73F8D0A42107">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall maintain separate base acres for long grain rice and medium grain rice.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE502B8BADA184577802DCB14F5D2EEEF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall use the same total base acres and payment yields established with respect to rice under sections 1108 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8718), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, subject to any adjustment under section 1105.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1EB16EEA11DF440FABB4EDA94C22FDF5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title $100,000,000.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H483AB00D255246CDB1F7965917F47B40">
<enum>1613.</enum>
<header>Protection of producer information</header>
<subsection id="H05117839D5CE469E943DBB75A6FE67E4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prohibition of public disclosure of protected information</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), the Secretary, any officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture, any contractor or cooperator of the Department, and any officer or employee of another Federal agency shall not disclose—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFB57437CAC74DB39706D3C9BD4A1F6D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>information submitted by a producer or owner of agricultural land to the Federal Government pursuant to title I or II of this Act; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H01F6D7F4E7294D0AABD257C17F412CE6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>other information provided by a producer or owner of agricultural land concerning the agricultural operation, farming or conservation practices, or the land itself in order to participate in programs of the Department of Agriculture or other Federal agencies.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC9D3114252CD4BF7A0ABAB76863E3402">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>Information described in subsection (a) may be disclosed if—</text>
<paragraph id="H1404779B9B3844F88F22ABEB97D663DC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the information is required to be made publicly available under any other provision of Federal law;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H007CB2B4E93E4DD5A54D3B1D5559C4AF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the producer or owner of agricultural land who provided the information has lawfully publicly disclosed the information;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97EE3BE8E89D47B0B29A4205D3FB325E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the producer or owner of agricultural land who provided the information consents to the disclosure; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11390D2188D34229A38BBEFFF9BC8FFA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the information is disclosed to the Attorney General, to the extent necessary, to ensure compliance and law enforcement.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H50B6DA81F29C48EEB3AC650F202E72D9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Notice of disclosure</header>
<text>Any disclosure of information pursuant to an exception provided in subsection (b) shall be reported to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate within 24 hours after the disclosure.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H11BA8DACE6AA44F1BAC379DCCC16C208">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Producer defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>producer</term> has the meaning given that term in section 1104(14) of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Conservation</header>
<subtitle id="H08C441727FDD4C3DAF13A1F7DEA0B275">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Conservation Reserve Program</header>
<section id="H6CB58EDEE2984487BDC20FA97B988796" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2001.</enum>
<header>Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve program</header>
<subsection id="H3D92C863EF7447D89FF4E068A2546F63">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB612E068AC24442DA33FA163F6B9691D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligible land</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H70DEB1724D64424C9E5B812A17C51A65">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFBD6FAAA5BDA4CB0BAF88B386F1ED5EA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7123D2DF854840E8941DA232FA2B6FD5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting before paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05168C557D2B411597FBD4C0F926D528" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE33E920EFC1E4A76A61F3C6073141839">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grasslands that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8F53B6AF0E64CF8A25C99DE1A4C5C13">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>contain forbs or shrubland (including improved rangeland and pastureland) for which grazing is the predominant use;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7670707014A04021840A30C8214AFAC4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>are located in an area historically dominated by grasslands; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29E440D727B540E09337CDB62820FC31">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>could provide habitat for animal and plant populations of significant ecological value if the land is retained in its current use or restored to a natural condition;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4295F3589F05493784FE794A4DD707E5">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(C), by striking <quote>filterstrips devoted to trees or shrubs</quote> and inserting <quote>filterstrips or riparian buffers devoted to trees, shrubs, or grasses</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B205A65A8404245BBB7E5F264D4821F">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBDE35CF1BF64494290D98592459594D6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7C4EEE4EB31249F785E9F2818D1C77FE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the portion of land in a field not enrolled in the conservation reserve in a case in which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FBB93BA035342638B6C29F4F32635B9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>more than 50 percent of the land in the field is enrolled as a buffer or filterstrip, or more than 75 percent of the land in the field is enrolled as a conservation practice other than as a buffer or filterstrip; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC7E90B947C6448F1A7A753DB201E03D5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the remainder of the field is—</text>
<clause id="H3994ACE8C7B544C3A790C8E63F41EDED">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>infeasible to farm; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H870B1A4AB61A4D6BA5B5C8D8D733316F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>enrolled at regular rental rates.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3927B8032DB849C4B9C2872324677A69">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Planting Status of Certain Land</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(c)) is amended by striking <quote>if</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>if, during the crop year, the land was devoted to a conserving use.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7DB55D90FC4B4DD1BBABD3A2A67524E2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Enrollment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A97DF3776F84614995D0B62706169C6" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC4F25DE63B3942F29D48E5EF172A67E4">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Enrollment</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90A028FA1DC34A16899922B42E4794E6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Maximum acreage enrolled</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may maintain in the conservation reserve at any one time during—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9B3128DECFB40E581F3DBF8A4D44784">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2014, no more than 27,500,000 acres;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H066044FE378E4475B0FD7F0C41880159">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2015, no more than 26,000,000 acres;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H96A81F3FCBEB4187841A0E728591C79B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>fiscal year 2016, no more than 25,000,000 acres;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5061906982054779B2FAC9492642680C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>fiscal year 2017, no more than 24,000,000 acres; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCF434E0DB6542588EC938285F079AFE">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>fiscal year 2018, no more than 24,000,000 acres.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55D85ADF319540659DE3641E95A65977">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Grasslands</header>
<subparagraph id="HB23737A281564FD188A784097EACEEA0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of applying the limitations in paragraph (1), no more than 2,000,000 acres of the land described in subsection (b)(3) may be enrolled in the program at any one time during the 2014 through 2018 fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27E3B65052CA4F808744494D9A27CF8F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text>In enrolling acres under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may give priority to land with expiring conservation reserve program contracts.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8175D65A2CE44322AA50BFB9BC5A581B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Method of enrollment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In enrolling acres under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make the program available to owners or operators of eligible land on a continuous enrollment basis with one or more ranking periods.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEA67652EEBC74AC499447E573798A919">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Duration of contract</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(e)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H876E83ABCAEB492EB1228708C93F4349" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5EE77DAF19FA4C118059A49BDDD5E24E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Special rule for certain land</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of land devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, windbreaks, or wildlife corridors under a contract entered into under this subchapter, the owner or operator of the land may, within the limitations prescribed under paragraph (1), specify the duration of the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H686CC02B20BB4F5A9476F1DE4C083DD4">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Conservation priority areas</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF280449673C5499996C297C91A883A7D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>watershed areas of the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great Lakes Region, the Long Island Sound Region, and other</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AD4EEB0436546358FD5D70A6B205FCA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">watersheds.—</header-in-text>Watersheds</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">areas.—</header-in-text>Areas</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H605DFFBDC5554DFD9253DBC95E24B185">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>a watershed’s designation—</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>an area’s designation if the Secretary finds that the area no longer contains actual and significant adverse water quality or habitat impacts related to agricultural production activities.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H18430891E8E942E38152BC9B8C9FC373">
<enum>2002.</enum>
<header>Farmable wetland program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC874C97DF9DA48FEA8E83B78897A9864">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5767547B4B004488B6FE568D07D3BB5F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD80F165B0E0741C48A67E9E2C9A5CF60">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>a program</quote> and inserting <quote>a farmable wetland program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBB63ABF0DF32462782CE2B3E35FDFEE8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligible acreage</header>
<text>Section 1231B(b)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>flow from a row crop agriculture drainage system</quote> and inserting <quote>surface and subsurface flow from row crop agricultural production</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0379F228AEE14FA1957563AB064B8100">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Acreage limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(c)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>1,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>750,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1D01DAAFE64C4504AF2EFA88E0F7DE23">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The heading of section 1231B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b) is amended to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Farmable wetland program</header-in-text>.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2A9933AF59584262ADD841C199D9D650">
<enum>2003.</enum>
<header>Duties of owners and operators</header>
<subsection id="HCC15C4BFEDA244FEB7C4FC93420C6BB3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Limitation on harvesting, grazing, or commercial use of forage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1232(a)(8) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(8)) is amended by striking <quote>except that</quote> and all that follows through the semicolon at the end of the paragraph and inserting <quote>except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of section 1233;</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFA1F2E36B7A0431C826AF72B79A264E0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conservation plan requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 1232 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H109C4C6D920847BBAA7B31A0206CE45D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9EF52FEAA0564B57B58010676AADC0BE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conservation plans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The plan referred to in subsection (a)(1) shall set forth—</text>
<paragraph id="HC067E2904A0642D298AD640240CAD695">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the conservation measures and practices to be carried out by the owner or operator during the term of the contract; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56779BE791854C8C88CE499F2AB890F0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the commercial use, if any, to be permitted on the land during the term.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H73DD4C61CC794AA3929A4314165671DB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rental payment reduction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1232 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H7C7FE8C5704F4C7B900BE6EE58339B1A">
<enum>2004.</enum>
<header>Duties of the Secretary</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1233 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3833) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BC825C95C164EC9AB9584B62D92321F" style="OLC">
<section id="H2E88DCA5CB8442F2B472EF5B31792A25">
<enum>1233.</enum>
<header>Duties of the Secretary</header>
<subsection id="H342F14EA841D4332A10B349F370EDC7C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Cost-share and rental payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In return for a contract entered into by an owner or operator under the conservation reserve program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H6C891AD388B14F52981D20DC6B131F69">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>share the cost of carrying out the conservation measures and practices set forth in the contract for which the Secretary determines that cost sharing is appropriate and in the public interest; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE5E3C716461A4ACD84B78ED15431E06C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for a period of years not in excess of the term of the contract, pay an annual rental payment in an amount necessary to compensate for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H645B2C9911E14809A4DBD3409AAB3548">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the conversion of highly erodible cropland or other eligible lands normally devoted to the production of an agricultural commodity on a farm or ranch to a less intensive use;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEDE8283E056745998C1850C770B9C60F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the retirement of any base history that the owner or operator agrees to retire permanently; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H432F39759B094ECD8ACF5F088DA6E832">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the development and management of grasslands for multiple natural resource conservation benefits, including to soil, water, air, and wildlife.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H05E2E8125E414D0BB9B6E832F3BE85E1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Specified activities permitted</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall permit certain activities or commercial uses of land that is subject to a contract under the conservation reserve program in a manner that is consistent with a plan approved by the Secretary, as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HFC6430AE4B1D45F3B1A8ED3A8D14A20B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Harvesting, grazing, or other commercial use of the forage in response to a drought or other emergency created by a natural disaster, without any reduction in the rental rate.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56BE93FD6E2B436C8FD594CBC08669A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the conservation of soil, water quality, and wildlife habitat (including habitat during nesting seasons for birds in the area), and in exchange for a reduction of not less than 25 percent in the annual rental rate for the acres covered by the authorized activity—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCB8F8117BB44D9698034DD9F75DAC37">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>managed harvesting and other commercial use (including the managed harvesting of biomass), except that in permitting managed harvesting, the Secretary, in coordination with the State technical committee—</text>
<clause id="H4D1A0A1E3FED40D68050E1BB45985920">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall develop appropriate vegetation management requirements; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3F6878B977404E5880E44712E1E34483">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>shall identify periods during which managed harvesting may be conducted, such that the frequency is not more than once every three years;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64E70D68491A4B6B92A5490CB1FF34D2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>routine grazing or prescribed grazing for the control of invasive species, except that in permitting such routine grazing or prescribed grazing, the Secretary, in coordination with the State technical committee—</text>
<clause id="H08B0FD5F0740401D9B277344B5892BF0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall develop appropriate vegetation management requirements and stocking rates for the land that are suitable for continued routine grazing; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H14ADD72837CC49B69EAA0C513BD2C400">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>shall identify the periods during which routine grazing may be conducted, such that the frequency is not more than once every two years, taking into consideration regional differences such as—</text>
<subclause id="HD0B65382B669494CAC823805A4011DA6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>climate, soil type, and natural resources;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H39D2ED54ADDD4A019B3881C60CD64993">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the number of years that should be required between routine grazing activities; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD34706C401064C37AF8E1AFECF3526B4">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>how often during a year in which routine grazing is permitted that routine grazing should be allowed to occur; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4325E715B5AA48F29F4F74E88F95CE01">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the installation of wind turbines and associated access, except that in permitting the installation of wind turbines, the Secretary shall determine the number and location of wind turbines that may be installed, taking into account—</text>
<clause id="HF9C60B8893C04C5E9288439F610293B0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the location, size, and other physical characteristics of the land;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7EB7437242074A1180F0292987A506C4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the land contains wildlife and wildlife habitat; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD9908E63DFA34FD1976FE009D416C7A7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the purposes of the conservation reserve program under this subchapter.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17AA60BED20A44CB8CD514D3A4632C5B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The intermittent and seasonal use of vegetative buffer practices incidental to agricultural production on lands adjacent to the buffer such that the permitted use does not destroy the permanent vegetative cover.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6623A4FAB494481B86614E287D43696E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorized activities on grasslands</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For eligible land described in section 1231(b)(3), the Secretary shall permit the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="HB9A651758AE24FFBB2F18E42C89E66AC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Common grazing practices, including maintenance and necessary cultural practices, on the land in a manner that is consistent with maintaining the viability of grassland, forb, and shrub species appropriate to that locality.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71FEBA04BEE64309A320CF2610B906D1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Haying, mowing, or harvesting for seed production, subject to appropriate restrictions during the nesting season for critical bird species in the area.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F5DB1DA8B194B06BF6F899BBB955CAA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Fire presuppression, fire-related rehabilitation, and construction of fire breaks.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0E20664E2B294640AEE6A0259C50739A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Grazing-related activities, such as fencing and livestock watering.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9FCCCBC3859C453AB5524C21114815F0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Resource conserving use</header>
<paragraph id="HC92DF1124BBE4842A51B23ADB7715E29">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date that is 1 year before the date of termination of a contract under the program, the Secretary shall allow an owner or operator to make conservation and land improvements that facilitate maintaining protection of enrolled land after expiration of the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5BB9542DC1B742D6AF14A5AAB450F880">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conservation plan</header>
<text>The Secretary shall require an owner or operator carrying out the activities described in paragraph (1) to develop and implement a conservation plan.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EE9C7ED56244C2EAD283EE5BB2E43B5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Re-enrollment prohibited</header>
<text>Land improved under paragraph (1) may not be re-enrolled in the conservation reserve program for 5 years after the date of termination of the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H92EFD872D8114D74B35B195D3679736F">
<enum>2005.</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<subsection id="H08ED17D024B642BE9DEA11E2ADE059FF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Trees, windbreaks, shelterbelts, and wildlife corridors</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(b)(3)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(b)(3)(A)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC26367B6363C48749CFB88592C83786D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9AF9075ED7A744A59B256AEEC4A87397">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (ii); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H14E52454B87440F5BD4ED759244C3C8A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3BB78A59DD5F4D36A4F926A0419562D2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Annual rental payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3425B8F7252C48C2B9F2AD1A47799372">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or other eligible lands</quote> after <quote>highly erodible cropland</quote> both places it appears; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HABB4D65804284DEA87A1D2EBC93BA22C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA56B5B2033548F7B80F04D7FF0CE7AD" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDBE3D314FB8F4B50B2CE5BAC7314BA34">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Methods of Determination</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H66CEB76417F0435A964201C0186B5A07">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts payable to owners or operators in the form of rental payments under contracts entered into under this subchapter may be determined through—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4DFF9E2DAE5040F4A5B62F095EEDB347">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the submission of bids for such contracts by owners and operators in such manner as the Secretary may prescribe; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H509DF0385FDC4383BA67A1508956A59D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>such other means as the Secretary determines are appropriate.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD524C0E7CFDA491A9E6C1A751EB5693B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Grasslands</header>
<text>In the case of eligible land described in section 1231(b)(3), the Secretary shall make annual payments in an amount that is not more than 75 percent of the grazing value of the land covered by the contract.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H80AA5898EBA046358611BF3858F5BC06">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Payment schedule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 1234 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5ACA78EC74EE463397574457F78F8950" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H38EFAE96AE8E4BB6B7550015FD039329">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Payment schedule</header>
<paragraph id="HCB1ACA68835A4D8D94EE55F04A99497D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, payments under this subchapter shall be made in cash in such amount and on such time schedule as is agreed on and specified in the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE13BDB2ED2B94774A45DB470818C26E6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Advance payment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments under this subchapter may be made in advance of determination of performance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBC84C41A3EB549D985143DBB3C3D8F58">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Payment limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD290FE7260FA4190A9FDF3D899F9D758">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, including rental payments made in the form of in-kind commodities,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H44B70649AFD244E1AF95660122173E4E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H11EB8F0EE03240DF9F78D2F771255D55">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8974CE164AEB408DB1B711A2DA9776C2">
<enum>2006.</enum>
<header>Contract requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1A0D412816AA4F128FB8C9D5D7D1173F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Early termination by owner or operator</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1235(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5C280D839C7546499C78E0E4C4B4276D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H601ECCDFAB0A461F9DDD345A9EDC6132">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>During fiscal year 2014, the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5042E36AA85244C88E7849DA491B2E48">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>before January 1, 1995,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H88226C4F4CFF4DE09DB971922D2574CE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4FA0B4800894FA08F9577E2A258BE48" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5633149DED204409958E1A0D46E4BEDE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Land devoted to hardwood trees.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0472E430B09E4A0FACE2A98C9B3BE54D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Wildlife habitat, duck nesting habitat, pollinator habitat, upland bird habitat buffer, wildlife food plots, State acres for wildlife enhancement, shallow water areas for wildlife, and rare and declining habitat.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9FA2C81EF7C04BB29EB211B9FD366979">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Farmable wetland and restored wetland.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA4FCB6E55504CD19E9CC0E2C8C918F9">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Land that contains diversions, erosion control structures, flood control structures, contour grass strips, living snow fences, salinity reducing vegetation, cross wind trap strips, and sediment retention structures.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2F7ED52626D34D779E31A788D02720D9">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Land located within a federally-designated wellhead protection area.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H47D175589F964D9C9ACD0F9DE7E5723A">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>Land that is covered by an easement under the conservation reserve program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC113DCE731694439A574C02886D1D687">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land located within an average width, according to the applicable Natural Resources Conservation Service field office technical guide, of a perennial stream or permanent water body.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H077249CA3071493FADBC754F0920D86F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>60 days after the date on which the owner or operator submits the notice required under paragraph (1)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>upon approval by the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H14A2F1491F6F4C1383F074EFD9CFAA3E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transition option for certain farmers or ranchers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1A82F10096FB4404B34351E8FB9CE0CA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE978371893A44816BB913133E402F0CF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Duties</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>a beginning farmer</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Transition to covered farmer or rancher.—</header-in-text>In the case of a contract modification approved in order to facilitate the transfer of land subject to a contract from a retired farmer or rancher to a beginning farmer</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H78763E5C899348C4AAE76884B4A2BB11">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting <quote>, including preparing to plant an agricultural crop</quote> after <quote>improvements</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HABB62EC62B9D4069B201A8EDED74D80C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>the farmer or rancher</quote> and inserting <quote>the covered farmer or rancher</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H732593E351484945AB1A0A0BB30F9390">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>section 1001A(b)(3)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1001</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFD2226C9DD6A440ABAD51F8FFBFC740B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>requirement of section 1231(h)(4)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>option pursuant to section 1234(c)(2)(A)(ii)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF3580FDEDD254090BC5EE90319A7794E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Final year contract</header>
<text>Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA19EDF06361E46B1BC93D2304E9ECA21" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H3C8172B368474545AA526A6ACB2BF5AF">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Final year of contract</header>
<text>The Secretary shall not consider an owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the conservation reserve contract if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1328A5130DE94A6B8CE7CCD618168228">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>during the year prior to expiration of the contract, the land is enrolled in the conservation stewardship program; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6D061A97155E453192C35409BD282557">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the activity required under the conservation stewardship program pursuant to such enrollment is consistent with this subchapter.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H026EF5B380464A339032A4C9ADEC0975">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Land enrolled in agricultural conservation easement program</header>
<text>The Secretary may terminate or modify a contract entered into under this subchapter if eligible land that is subject to such contract is transferred into the agricultural conservation easement program under subtitle H.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H96ED1C37D6954FDA96D7F75EDFEF60D2">
<enum>2007.</enum>
<header>Conversion of land subject to contract to other conserving uses</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1235A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835a) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H8623BFC1228344EAB41F10B4BA7D16AC">
<enum>2008.</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBCD25EC143FF4314AA1FCC438318D9A0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on October 1, 2013, except the amendment made by section 2001(d), which shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7F4AB60C97DE4426ABB5568D3B1D7047">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<paragraph id="HA0E2572D44724EA693F0A3263D213D8E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made by this subtitle shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H524BA761D4CE4CE1B99058F09DB863FD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Updating of existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall permit an owner or operator of land subject to a contract entered into under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) before October 1, 2013, to update the contract to reflect the activities and uses of land under contract permitted under the terms and conditions of section 1233(b) of that Act (as amended by section 2004), as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H20C9C002FC0A4E15BF972BB81A8AC1E4">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Conservation Stewardship Program</header>
<section id="H78A4083F09094F13B45F9AA53C6785AF" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2101.</enum>
<header>Conservation stewardship program</header>
<subsection id="H0D52A1C199C74496B60C91CC6FC28DEE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Revision of current program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d et seq.) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE06ED5445BDE4EF18D8A505D7ABEAA40" style="OLC">
<subchapter id="H52D69CA2772843DEB4C7D4CE096D653C">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Conservation stewardship program</header>
<section id="H9D9883D859574824AC051F982C60C11C">
<enum>1238D.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subchapter:</text>
<paragraph id="HBEB3ECE3959A40F4AD3176A6C4E0A812">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Agricultural operation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>agricultural operation</term> means all eligible land, whether or not contiguous, that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF39415AAF83246078BC092BB70454123">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>under the effective control of a producer at the time the producer enters into a contract under the program; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B77461E05D44EF68F6F66825203DCD0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>operated with equipment, labor, management, and production or cultivation practices that are substantially separate from other agricultural operations, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C1028E478814E9EAA78314D4D1E5A90">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conservation activities</header>
<subparagraph id="H23E6576AFF5C4AFFB6E07BED2FD033F4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>conservation activities</term> means conservation systems, practices, or management measures.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9C70DF7BEDF54E7494BF17E52401A55F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The term <term>conservation activities</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="H0D225099441C45A29E18FB5E057DD9BF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>structural measures, vegetative measures, and land management measures, including agriculture drainage management systems, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC0CFFF8E2D08442C9A9C0781B303A0EC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>planning needed to address a priority resource concern.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73496FED2E464C8CA537B108FF408E0A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Conservation stewardship plan</header>
<text>The term <term>conservation stewardship plan</term> means a plan that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5DFE97764C2049798C73D9D56434B568">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>identifies and inventories priority resource concerns;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15BC400BCDFF4928BFABF5E9B86CD0E0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>establishes benchmark data and conservation objectives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAFCE77EA8E74660972B447A116042C3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>describes conservation activities to be implemented, managed, or improved; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H140F7F0661F1429A872CF3BC79102DF7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>includes a schedule and evaluation plan for the planning, installation, and management of the new and existing conservation activities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A979787936C49F48538E3975A8DB453">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Eligible land</header>
<subparagraph id="H76E82EC573E44E65973FB557CE91BFDC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means—</text>
<clause id="HBDC3CD4166AB443B8B693412156C3AE7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>private or tribal land on which agricultural commodities, livestock, or forest-related products are produced; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4DE956AE62EC47F7A8EEC49E169F9764">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>lands associated with the land described in clause (i) on which priority resource concerns could be addressed through a contract under the program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9400E163A4454B4DB764A694DF0339A1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible land</term> includes—</text>
<clause id="HBF522F7BD85F4D4EBE31446580097E71">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>cropland;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0B9DE73F22C14239BB5AC6F58473E651">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>grassland;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC5ED4761AAD747FB83227AB9CCC3ECE7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>rangeland;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF6587D777CE84A7589493D863FCCD679">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>pasture land;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H39B088896791478781BAC30C9772A8F1">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>nonindustrial private forest land; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4065C1AA3D544B96840A557735B2350B">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>other agricultural areas (including cropped woodland, marshes, and agricultural land used or capable of being used for the production of livestock), as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFA738089201426A87EB6C26347D641D">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Priority resource concern</header>
<text>The term <term>priority resource concern</term> means a natural resource concern or problem, as determined by the Secretary, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD25E45026B60456DA9122B54853B3C6C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is identified at the national, State, or local level as a priority for a particular area of a State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68D32742975F4B32BD47E74E8CF0633C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>represents a significant concern in a State or region; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0152ED255D74F17ACCD51AD95DAEBE1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>is likely to be addressed successfully through the implementation of conservation activities under this program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C68CF0BF973490B869180AA8765617F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>program</term> means the conservation stewardship program established by this subchapter.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D08D0B8AF5941018AA35C0DD6C92FAD">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Stewardship threshold</header>
<text>The term <term>stewardship threshold</term> means the level of management required, as determined by the Secretary, to conserve and improve the quality and condition of a natural resource.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HEF9D4B2568A24077A02D2AA6758CAE20">
<enum>1238E.</enum>
<header>Conservation stewardship program</header>
<subsection id="HBA944AE0D31F41F2BDF6519F0CA270BA">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment and purpose</header>
<text>During each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the Secretary shall carry out a conservation stewardship program to encourage producers to address priority resource concerns in a comprehensive manner—</text>
<paragraph id="H84A1C5E5115A407BB9C13272BCF134BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by undertaking additional conservation activities; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7CAAAF39500D4925BC90AA6DAF2DA57D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by improving, maintaining, and managing existing conservation activities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H24CABBC457144A1889FF6989FBE02240">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exclusions</header>
<paragraph id="H521FE9F10F0D4425B79F6E83C016A708">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Land enrolled in other conservation programs</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2), the following land (even if covered by the definition of eligible land) is not eligible for enrollment in the program:</text>
<subparagraph id="H559344D11CB241DCB2301523B1F88FFB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Land enrolled in the conservation reserve program, unless—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0173DB4D9C914526A21E2043501081EC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conservation reserve contract will expire at the end of the fiscal year in which the land is to be enrolled in the program; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7BB175A14A4D4243829293E708D7A19B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conservation reserve program payments for land enrolled in the program cease before the first program payment is made to the applicant under this subchapter.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H627B30D27F734FCBA73BDB6E4CEFF2A6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Land enrolled in a wetland easement through the agricultural conservation easement program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDB663EDB7A484F42B9542DC6171906CB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Land enrolled in the conservation security program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1A06699F9A84A1BBE5B2D1D1D94E9DF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conversion to cropland</header>
<text>Eligible land used for crop production after October 1, 2013, that had not been planted, considered to be planted, or devoted to crop production for at least 4 of the 6 years preceding that date shall not be the basis for any payment under the program, unless the land does not meet the requirement because—</text>
<subparagraph id="H86339F06963E46AC93B42F2113267563">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the land had previously been enrolled in the conservation reserve program;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEEB87558878D447F972F4103E578926D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the land has been maintained using long-term crop rotation practices, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D76CECDABDF4AD4BCDE996DD9C8AB85">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the land is incidental land needed for efficient operation of the farm or ranch, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HE201B8CDB48E4153A03F3C22D3D2E3EE">
<enum>1238F.</enum>
<header>Stewardship contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF8A4896E2F04488BB5BAE6F5C269D887">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Submission of contract offers</header>
<text>To be eligible to participate in the conservation stewardship program, a producer shall submit to the Secretary a contract offer for the agricultural operation that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H442F5A2B53084D4DBC5D0986E857E9F7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the producer, at the time of the contract offer, meets or exceeds the stewardship threshold for at least 2 priority resource concerns; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31F19175CAE84032A5A562BD564D0A54">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>would, at a minimum, meet or exceed the stewardship threshold for at least 1 additional priority resource concern by the end of the stewardship contract by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H24F54D31491940B8B4AC04D11EA349E7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>installing and adopting additional conservation activities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3089F1CE4FE94EDE97F135305B30ACAA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improving, maintaining, and managing existing conservation activities across the entire agricultural operation in a manner that increases or extends the conservation benefits in place at the time the contract offer is accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF781E7EAB8474359BCFB192DDF4D8915">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Evaluation of contract offers</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8EA095AEA6704448A211643299F2C3D6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Ranking of applications</header>
<text>In evaluating contract offers submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall rank applications based on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H68CC460036FA4C21A0D972D7C3E52225">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the level of conservation treatment on all applicable priority resource concerns at the time of application;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H58093B0B9A584911B1A53863FEB2AB66">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the degree to which the proposed conservation activities effectively increase conservation performance;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6FCC763F6B2D4BDEA5AE090733816EE1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the number of applicable priority resource concerns proposed to be treated to meet or exceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the contract;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H402C97C2E7344E87B0EDFBE49730ACE7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the extent to which other priority resource concerns will be addressed to meet or exceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the contract period;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCEFC08593831465F9ED98621705B3F3F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the extent to which the actual and anticipated conservation benefits from the contract are provided at the least cost relative to other similarly beneficial contract offers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB2FEE95491D4C70BE983A86CE5F366A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>the extent to which priority resource concerns will be addressed when transitioning from the conservation reserve program to agricultural production.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8F06E67C14A4487DB153071B40C2C59D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text>The Secretary may not assign a higher priority to any application because the applicant is willing to accept a lower payment than the applicant would otherwise be eligible to receive.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H01C0C094FF05439D8B2DFC8ECF96E08B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Additional criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary may develop and use such additional criteria that the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure that national, State, and local priority resource concerns are effectively addressed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H07CF36FF17E349E08DAAC880B47E69A0">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Entering into contracts</header>
<text>After a determination that a producer is eligible for the program under subsection (a), and a determination that the contract offer ranks sufficiently high under the evaluation criteria under subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter into a conservation stewardship contract with the producer to enroll the eligible land to be covered by the contract.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE9A73373DF6948D4B352C9A4B843053D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Contract provisions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCF947C75C404432480782B10BF328599">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text>A conservation stewardship contract shall be for a term of 5 years.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H572428A210424274ABC350B0EE924BAF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Required provisions</header>
<text>The conservation stewardship contract of a producer shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDE3D7453097A4F929F9D6172C321D670">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>state the amount of the payment the Secretary agrees to make to the producer for each year of the conservation stewardship contract under section 1238G(d);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8D596372578D4AF7B430871BAE7AEF1E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>require the producer—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H1121C4B0344C48A88F5007733138F0FE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to implement a conservation stewardship plan that describes the program purposes to be achieved through 1 or more conservation activities;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H509F0DBE9E5C424ABBC4CBD1E4A3A23F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to maintain and supply information as required by the Secretary to determine compliance with the conservation stewardship plan and any other requirements of the program; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H665BF9ED1C684F66B6BF20FDCFB65EF7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not to conduct any activities on the agricultural operation that would tend to defeat the purposes of the program;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H572D23DAB3C34C3B9B2FB83CCB7CADE0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>permit all economic uses of the eligible land that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H965D2447DD624798B6254B422CA7054D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>maintain the agricultural nature of the land; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H8992EAB28538427FA0480634D3FB4D70">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>are consistent with the conservation purposes of the conservation stewardship contract;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3B7BF81DFF344E7B9DC983A8C52F00E4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>include a provision to ensure that a producer shall not be considered in violation of the contract for failure to comply with the contract due to circumstances beyond the control of the producer, including a disaster or related condition, as determined by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB4A3A8F725F9491797044F414F1C6CA3">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>include provisions requiring that upon the violation of a term or condition of the contract at any time the producer has control of the land—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8019E6B85BEB48B2BC99DAB2702F8388">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>if the Secretary determines that the violation warrants termination of the contract—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H3EA164CDC4D34557BB220BD4D6143AA2">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the producer shall forfeit all rights to receive payments under the contract; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H0EC203CC5E354F14B924D5E7A9730BB6">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the producer shall refund all or a portion of the payments received by the producer under the contract, including any interest on the payments, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF2A44F1BD4FE410AA48477614256F37E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">if the Secretary determines that the violation does not warrant termination of the contract, the producer shall refund or accept adjustments to the payments provided to the producer, as the Secretary determines to be appropriate;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0354D09181334A439D0608848CF99B2D">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>include provisions in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (4) of this section; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H390E8C8F314A4599A0B6CCC03B8824A4">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>include any additional provisions the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFD457CB07164117BD653FE5B76E9999">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Change of interest in land subject to a contract</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7585FB958A54C1A91B11CDDCE194683">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>At the time of application, a producer shall have control of the eligible land to be enrolled in the program. Except as provided in subparagraph (B), a change in the interest of a producer in eligible land covered by a contract under the program shall result in the termination of the contract with regard to that land.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB857D55B8D974A5685957F5F511815C9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Transfer of duties and rights</header>
<text>Subparagraph (A) shall not apply if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB45A2800D978402BBB1340C9EA7C1945">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>within a reasonable period of time (as determined by the Secretary) after the date of the change in the interest in eligible land covered by a contract under the program, the transferee of the land provides written notice to the Secretary that all duties and rights under the contract have been transferred to, and assumed by, the transferee for the portion of the land transferred;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HBA46B9BBFF404C27932210D5BF98CFBA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the transferee meets the eligibility requirements of the program; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H34B363A70BA94EFEA237F6F1D86355FD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary approves the transfer of all duties and rights under the contract.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB4001ABBBC76488D8E27865FB82ECF6E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Modification and termination of contracts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBF46F7C665BF4A569B6C6D770EA70927">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Voluntary modification or termination</header>
<text>The Secretary may modify or terminate a contract with a producer if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H55037DB5E18A4BB491243FE11C18FA1F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the producer agrees to the modification or termination; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H171A9D2A68F14232865B4622763C86BC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines that the modification or termination is in the public interest.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD3CC88DE878B4457B018C93E929296F2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Involuntary termination</header>
<text>The Secretary may terminate a contract if the Secretary determines that the producer violated the contract.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H72448CA89A794C1D91EF1D3528C51F3B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Repayment</header>
<text>If a contract is terminated, the Secretary may, consistent with the purposes of the program—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H20E5379456C6491E844AC4A77E378A2D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>allow the producer to retain payments already received under the contract; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFB849D6FCD1C40E3B6D3C34F4950CECD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>require repayment, in whole or in part, of payments received and assess liquidated damages.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2CE6CC0436FD4493AE555FCF86973B11">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Contract renewal</header>
<text>At the end of the initial 5-year contract period, the Secretary may allow the producer to renew the contract for 1 additional 5-year period if the producer—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF3DF056422C842F5B2DAE353DB2188E2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>demonstrates compliance with the terms of the initial contract;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H45FB6727CB8B46FEB2DAA8BBCEB2D565">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>agrees to adopt and continue to integrate conservation activities across the entire agricultural operation, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF0EFF8BA8CA746EEABB775A86ADD57B9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agrees, by the end of the contract period—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD2FD0F0E01BB406EB998A20C5AB99CDD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to meet the stewardship threshold of at least two additional priority resource concerns on the agricultural operation; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD9B8E427346F40FCAC0094214ECA8687">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to exceed the stewardship threshold of two existing priority resource concerns that are specified by the Secretary in the initial contract.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H71353F317B19458EA45096F95C9BE043">
<enum>1238G.</enum>
<header>Duties of the secretary</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H18D51F7C5C15414D8C6E97F4CF52F886">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>To achieve the conservation goals of a contract under the conservation stewardship program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF473255CC2D7400E9CCD749BD4619CD4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>make the program available to eligible producers on a continuous enrollment basis with 1 or more ranking periods, one of which shall occur in the first quarter of each fiscal year;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H468404DC85834D7D956A093D981D6EF5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identify not less than 5 priority resource concerns in a particular watershed or other appropriate region or area within a State; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9FE64726D6BC4E90BD56DE281D5120A6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>establish a science-based stewardship threshold for each priority resource concern identified under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC0D0A84ADE86470495F43D5125ABB4EB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Allocation to states</header>
<text>The Secretary shall allocate acres to States for enrollment, based—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H06D5585B78BD41C4B8DB792DF851307E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>primarily on each State’s proportion of eligible land to the total acreage of eligible land in all States; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7EC22C1C9A4A4221897F9EAAC0D2DA27">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>also on consideration of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7785D6FF2C0C4BC0ABD37E24A1EFA41C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the extent and magnitude of the conservation needs associated with agricultural production in each State;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C8C4E68E7AD422899CEE99366D10368">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the degree to which implementation of the program in the State is, or will be, effective in helping producers address those needs; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA8932A867B57404C93E8E10139C8CA01">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other considerations to achieve equitable geographic distribution of funds, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBD4ADF1EDA3E410BB96207A10F6F2F9F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Acreage enrollment limitation</header>
<text>During the period beginning on October 1, 2013, and ending on September 30, 2021, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H150958B73CE04ADE87BEFAE26FC7E172">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>enroll in the program an additional 8,695,000 acres for each fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2E1E5B20E54040358BAA56D77867636E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>manage the program to achieve a national average rate of $18 per acre, which shall include the costs of all financial assistance, technical assistance, and any other expenses associated with enrollment or participation in the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H411F68EA0338449E9455466A19185CD5">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conservation stewardship payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H274B161111D3440A8D54540F5ADA162D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Availability of payments</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide annual payments under the program to compensate the producer for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA03DB35E213E4F1F950B49DFE5694640">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>installing and adopting additional conservation activities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6992E08DF35424091FA75A6A70E6A29">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>improving, maintaining, and managing conservation activities in place at the agricultural operation of the producer at the time the contract offer is accepted by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF36CE866D62046DBB1BC6AF93CE72C70">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Payment amount</header>
<text>The amount of the conservation stewardship annual payment shall be determined by the Secretary and based, to the maximum extent practicable, on the following factors:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF10C18BCCC4D4B009EA5619F07EC2C33">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Costs incurred by the producer associated with planning, design, materials, installation, labor, management, maintenance, or training.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF731CF93302E44CCBFDBAD756AAF3D64">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Income forgone by the producer.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H89920ABDDBC641E89BF1E56E45CB25A7">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Expected conservation benefits.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD04A47D87AAC4D8C9E2C7543C0E2C62B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>The extent to which priority resource concerns will be addressed through the installation and adoption of conservation activities on the agricultural operation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCED7504A602543A79BC199691645DC23">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>The level of stewardship in place at the time of application and maintained over the term of the contract.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9F89F778FBB4486BA80753AAB13365D4">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>The degree to which the conservation activities will be integrated across the entire agricultural operation for all applicable priority resource concerns over the term of the contract.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA84AB61509EE4747932AC6A20017B307">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Such other factors as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCCB326ECC17748D79AE4CF621BF22B60">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Exclusions</header>
<text>A payment to a producer under this subsection shall not be provided for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFBF40B40CE8549238C0D8588EA7B0D8A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the design, construction, or maintenance of animal waste storage or treatment facilities or associated waste transport or transfer devices for animal feeding operations; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2174B6EEEA6E46EEB980E02603923E10">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>conservation activities for which there is no cost incurred or income forgone to the producer.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H66707A25E8CF45A5AC614EA0953D7D6F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Delivery of payments</header>
<text>In making payments under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBD6F97F132704D45A57CB02FAB4D202F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>prorate conservation performance over the term of the contract so as to accommodate, to the extent practicable, producers earning equal annual payments in each fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H506ADB303E854CFE91BA5C25866EC3FA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>make payments as soon as practicable after October 1 of each fiscal year for activities carried out in the previous fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0956FB948BF34378A819E82DEEE4F224">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Supplemental payments for resource-conserving crop rotations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2B13CE0E853041DFAEA6DBE8033E3601">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Availability of payments</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide additional payments to producers that, in participating in the program, agree to adopt or improve resource-conserving crop rotations to achieve beneficial crop rotations as appropriate for the eligible land of the producers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H95802B6CFC4843868A1CC4584B267A92">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Beneficial crop rotations</header>
<text>The Secretary shall determine whether a resource-conserving crop rotation is a beneficial crop rotation eligible for additional payments under paragraph (1) based on whether the resource-conserving crop rotation is designed to provide natural resource conservation and production benefits.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDA668725C4B04E2DBBA2BACF7C33E781">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>To be eligible to receive a payment described in paragraph (1), a producer shall agree to adopt and maintain beneficial resource-conserving crop rotations for the term of the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H59599A3230BD43B4AD6A3FF8098DECC9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Resource-conserving crop rotation</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>resource-conserving crop rotation</term> means a crop rotation that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB293CDDB0424E0B961934C7CEE50E71">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>includes at least 1 resource-conserving crop (as defined by the Secretary);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD0C81C509EF4AFF872820EE9E004E6D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>reduces erosion;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H45A69AE853EB4D5F9530DC8DF0377794">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>improves soil fertility and tilth;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H83F23432E298453F98BCC3D54979140B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>interrupts pest cycles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B366EF6F8F14800B10DB4D7152F6FB7">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in applicable areas, reduces depletion of soil moisture or otherwise reduces the need for irrigation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF13A5CE1A9B6491CA72D9F9CFE6E7FB1">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Payment limitations</header>
<text>A person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, payments under the program that, in the aggregate, exceed $200,000 under all contracts entered into during fiscal years 2014 through 2018, excluding funding arrangements with Indian tribes, regardless of the number of contracts entered into under the program by the person or legal entity.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H39871DA9267A4914B163D4B20F494B7C">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Specialty crop and organic producers</header>
<text>The Secretary shall ensure that outreach and technical assistance are available, and program specifications are appropriate to enable specialty crop and organic producers to participate in the program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCA3ACE8927E14CB28694171B46A7B75C">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Coordination with organic certification</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a transparent means by which producers may initiate organic certification under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.) while participating in a contract under the program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDBBBCAB3017B454EA4CF141096C43327">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>The Secretary shall promulgate regulations that—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H147589EFDB7B4240A23F1C9F045D94FB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>prescribe such other rules as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitations established under subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31F39725C23E452AB7C4BEDBAA728F06">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>otherwise enable the Secretary to carry out the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subchapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02D7213BE803482183819F8A5FD2EE5F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8C5E31DFABDA4F62AF0C97B0F1CC169D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<paragraph id="H36C0AA1EAE9E4C1B90298F0032913D0E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838d et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD2A074970062409A8E45663AA518378C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conservation stewardship program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under section 1241(a)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841(a)(4)) (as amended by section 2601(a) of this title) may be used to administer and make payments to program participants that enrolled into contracts during any of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HF5890B264BBB48EA91372F5A4E443DE7">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Environmental Quality Incentives Program</header>
<section id="H3A0E67C80FB2438DB9AD699BF5A62D74">
<enum>2201.</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B320099C4D740AABBF8537467CC031B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAA13C1F2CDEA44D19BEF0E1FCE4B54F9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62B27BAE567C4BC5930DF949A0A360AE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C) and, in such subparagraph, by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA40B223270A743B299C72717F0ED1DA2">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12B10BCBE7504179B62A2293434CBCB4" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H59B7765040F54752B4D8FA1D95006D89">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">developing and improving wildlife habitat; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC5D6863C102E4D2AB0EB614BC1986387">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB95604AFBED849388B12DA700A09765E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H1A3D001A426E4DEA999880F8484911BD">
<enum>2202.</enum>
<header>Establishment and administration</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9F9C2D59F71647FA87B243B5A19E4C15">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2014</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H098711851954471FB1C9DCF3E65AEC8E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31440439FE3B4B678AC7B6605BE7EDEB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD290050CE99E422FA2EB47379A94B287">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A contract under the program shall have a term that does not exceed 10 years.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17BC79B648274055A8F9EC39DB0AEAFA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2FAA706E4214FA4AA77D5EFD0EDA66B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>, veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e))),</quote> before <quote>or a beginning farmer or rancher</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H63D93C18983349888496BF3D7334FC02">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97B1A8E71639466E9FB83D1EBBF6BFB3" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC0BEF90619A64DA7A6102067EB52C85B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Advance payments</header>
<clause id="H23BA95F0C2DD458FB03AAAE37ECEB547">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 50 percent of the amount determined under subparagraph (A) may be provided in advance for the purpose of purchasing materials or contracting.</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H990E1832A86D414895DD6953B70C2558">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Return of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If funds provided in advance are not expended during the 90-day period beginning on the date of receipt of the funds, the funds shall be returned within a reasonable time frame, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H229C3D366E9C4727A38F7C2F959FF752">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47588050401C428A9C3D3F11DE2F5C48" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H098B1771637040A89B631CE8985FE0FF">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Allocation of funding</header>
<paragraph id="H545CFE42369D4A19959D285CADD25299">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Livestock</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, at least 60 percent of the funds made available for payments under the program shall be targeted at practices relating to livestock production.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCF7D71D0D1D84862A90C8E31FA901CC2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Wildlife habitat</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, 7.5 percent of the funds made available for payments under the program shall be targeted at practices benefitting wildlife habitat.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AEBE4F828F34F518B0C380BF88BEED9">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB423106389F4E659252C3080C57C5A1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Federally Recognized Native American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Indian Tribes</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H319F30DCD17C433597D81F09AC0144F0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>federally recognized Native American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations (including their affiliated membership organizations)</quote> and inserting <quote>Indian tribes</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCCB85C5F01154F2D86431C09C8E1A82C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>or Native Corporation</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H342628D38C5D45F0A205B0E211B26270">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF70F5D84856E42F5B20FFA602E98D35C" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H5D8D3F2FF1B1447E8EC99861BC4AADC0">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Wildlife habitat incentive practice</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide payments to producers under the program for practices, including recurring practices for the term of the contract, that support the restoration, development, protection, and improvement of wildlife habitat on eligible land, including—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H42F247C727304787A58B6A47868DEE34">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>upland wildlife habitat;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9A9226E134C24880B9E7B9ED11CF05A7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>wetland wildlife habitat;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1AFC648C1AF04F95A26AC96019B88499">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>habitat for threatened and endangered species;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HABD6B82D54694ACBB3E6E61434C2F855">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>fish habitat;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE24D86730B7E40B6B21C503C141D50B1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>habitat on pivot corners and other irregular areas of a field; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAB7E3A2B97904AFFB81C50329DE967D8">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>other types of wildlife habitat, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H995BCC46B2CD4919B6E53622A1D488D1">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Funding for community irrigation associations</header>
<paragraph id="H3752D57F95FF466690A800BCD618F32B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into an alternative funding arrangement with an eligible irrigation association if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1054EE5D1BC940F6BA7AD6212853B63C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the purposes of the program will be met by such an arrangement; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8B31192F1DF401FB95300979DF9F746">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>statutory limitations regarding contracts with individual producers will not be exceeded by any member of the irrigation association.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F2DF39FEA7E48CFA30CC2C011E41D90">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligible irrigation associations</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>eligible irrigation association</term> means an irrigation association that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="H505AC100137044D19C6D7CBA13341538">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>comprised of producers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9337D62CB004866A7BE4502A002F205">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a local government entity, but does not have the authority to impose taxes or levies.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF39DA1EAA11C4753BB9C291275A12253">
<enum>2203.</enum>
<header>Evaluation of applications</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240C(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–3(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H124618E9E3B04055B803E728A01C2AE9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>environmental</quote> and inserting <quote>conservation</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21EF6751114D4BF1BF47776BFAE59B67">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>purpose of the environmental quality incentives program specified in section 1240(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>purposes of the program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE912B1DEB9FD41AC8530D4BE5E21E2E2">
<enum>2204.</enum>
<header>Duties of producers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240D(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–4(2)) is amended by striking <quote>farm, ranch, or forest</quote> and inserting <quote>enrolled</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HFBED6EE07FBD4495A7AC0C94E3BA3BEA">
<enum>2205.</enum>
<header>Limitation on payments</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8676C7391C84611A41140CEAE68B2D7" style="OLC">
<section id="HA0DFD5CDBD6F489E83DEE9A28C57D9EE">
<enum>1240G.</enum>
<header>Limitation on payments</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">A person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments under this chapter that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this chapter by the person or legal entity during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, regardless of the number of contracts entered into under this chapter by the person or legal entity.</text>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H7DE6A88CAF6A4991A1011A5D9A2D3F83">
<enum>2206.</enum>
<header>Conservation innovation grants and payments</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC8E998A4CA024D87A35E19B7ADCD4088">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B28401DF63345A5BDB975FD8D169F66">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0821D0300A543FDB6AAE6E04CED4D64">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF68E054518944A6D9C64421FA6C32FC3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51AC2C7353714E8DB03D8580484F9E38" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4977D69767A04B1C910D3B1C5F8AE3BE">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate on-farm conservation research and demonstration activities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9369CCE96B634B04B103AE57E2BD32E0">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">facilitate pilot testing of new technologies or innovative conservation practices.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B6320D981AD4F75AEAA220A0E5A2FC8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9B73DC3235743999327955B5F069408" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC757101E1BE947089393B635346A46DB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2014, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the status of projects funded under this section, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC0D08C4EB1044159E66207A3709017F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>funding awarded;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BA452353C524B9FBF94BB89BED480DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>project results; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H316006F8288B454BBFC42106D2F67ACC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>incorporation of project findings, such as new technology and innovative approaches, into the conservation efforts implemented by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE1F14837FB3F4D3A9E4F677A3A64A99D">
<enum>2207.</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8BD177B145704E61A06B58942B73D630">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE213503DAB584E27A04A57E5EC0AF613">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subtitle shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H762A45286F0A4AA9A0183203786C541D">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Agricultural Conservation Easement Program</header>
<section id="H1114465EB2CA44FD9DEEDFA21C39C8ED" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2301.</enum>
<header>Agricultural conservation easement program</header>
<subsection id="HC985AB26E2174F67BF6AEF2A9ED90E0B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDFD0CC1B53524B249FCD8C43A7AF1949" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="HE5250A0FD1FF416BAEDEAA138AC94FC1">
<enum>H</enum>
<header>Agricultural Conservation Easement Program</header>
<section id="H7C9CC178AF944E49BD795E4015D7F93F">
<enum>1265.</enum>
<header>Establishment and purposes</header>
<subsection id="H973803CABBD042778E201CC826CFAFCE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish an agricultural conservation easement program for the conservation of eligible land and natural resources through easements or other interests in land.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H274301C32FA04D53BE6D34403804997D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text>The purposes of the program are to—</text>
<paragraph id="HC76965872756408793F69E82FDF776E8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of the wetlands reserve program established under section 1237, the grassland reserve program established under section 1238N, and the farmland protection program established under section 1238I, as such sections were in effect on September 30, 2013;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB396D6620A8E444C800BF3CD9D2E7302">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible land;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBADE9020B82445C893881E363DD3174A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>protect the agricultural use and related conservation values of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of that land; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA8AF699E80F4470A73FC4205CB73BFD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>protect grazing uses and related conservation values by restoring and conserving eligible land.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H49A6E2DDF80A40C1A9116C3E615889D6">
<enum>1265A.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H6CB152303DEF4432B6B0BAC218F70FA6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Agricultural land easement</header>
<text>The term <term>agricultural land easement</term> means an easement or other interest in eligible land that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DA1FF1E16964C6E9E1D7937A0CADA17">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is conveyed for the purpose of protecting natural resources and the agricultural nature of the land; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB387C9BB0BFE4F6CBBFE0DFA8CF26E17">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>permits the landowner the right to continue agricultural production and related uses subject to an agricultural land easement plan, as approved by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18B810AF7DAE4A618F60B68D6268D7B4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligible entity</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA1BF349FF6E143A9821CB4A767E4F215">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>an agency of State or local government or an Indian tribe (including a farmland protection board or land resource council established under State law); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA20F7C9A64A34FC4AD2D78E464C0738E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an organization that is—</text>
<clause id="HC58409495DBE4FC0B7CBDE3826EA474E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>organized for, and at all times since the formation of the organization has been operated principally for, 1 or more of the conservation purposes specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFBB32699EDB84DE8870FED6A40957EEA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an organization described in section 501(c)(3) of that Code that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of that Code; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H70DB6E6248E04A94B1F1B485D6289BFE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>described in—</text>
<subclause id="H6F67AFFE079E455AB8E287B62439C9AF">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>paragraph (1) or (2) of section 509(a) of that Code; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7E0A9D96939D4A28834F6BCA57142C0D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>section 509(a)(3) of that Code and is controlled by an organization described in section 509(a)(2) of that Code.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2E1B1D637B6C4BD3AB6D1629D555D045">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligible land</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means private or tribal land that is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC42E762E056B4E0C88351834599FB045">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the case of an agricultural land easement, agricultural land, including land on a farm or ranch—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA111AE3C81784DFB86F836695E61B646">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>that is subject to a pending offer for purchase of an agricultural land easement from an eligible entity;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H91B58A9122D14C3EA2C3866425ED6B1D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>that—</text>
<subclause id="H2E73BEAC4FC1482F8DEA2AF3C70E28A0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>has prime, unique, or other productive soil;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H41D2611DB7494E96963959EECA43825E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>contains historical or archaeological resources; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H857843711EE34E36A8ECDE7978A36817">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the protection of which will further a State or local policy consistent with the purposes of the program; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H29EEFA1150EA44BEB47E29C73A05E16E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>that is—</text>
<subclause id="HE63F40AAE97E46BBA259B9DF775B3A55">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>cropland;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H13D6FF90EEBC475FBAE86547F3E0A165">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>rangeland;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H507D4422A2484F5987D2A0403FAE3AEB">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>grassland or land that contains forbs, or shrubland for which grazing is the predominate use;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H150755A60CB04D8481DCEBB0C625C9DA">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>pastureland; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H7A287EB5747643249BEEDDD9BEB6E35D">
<enum>(V)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonindustrial private forest land that contributes to the economic viability of an offered parcel or serves as a buffer to protect such land from development;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7ACCF0E2BF3442D8A14BC780E4D6CE08">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in the case of a wetland easement, a wetland or related area, including—</text>
<clause id="H23E53FDA5E644C87A38C4C591197A5B2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>farmed or converted wetlands, together with adjacent land that is functionally dependent on that land, if the Secretary determines it—</text>
<subclause id="H210497CF19C64180BF75096AB4CD6592">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is likely to be successfully restored in a cost-effective manner; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HCD422FC8D17F40DE9D0DAF02A845DD96">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>will maximize the wildlife benefits and wetland functions and values, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior at the local level;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H9A2A493DA1AB4CB59310A29A454D9C8A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>cropland or grassland that was used for agricultural production prior to flooding from the natural overflow of—</text>
<subclause id="H9C018EE798A3406FA8D945F2C8BCC4E0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>a closed basin lake and adjacent land that is functionally dependent upon it, if the State or other entity is willing to provide 50 percent share of the cost of an easement; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H277A70B2FC774348B1F385C94341D017">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a pothole and adjacent land that is functionally dependent on it;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H4F572F17DA804374B928CE632F9136DC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>farmed wetlands and adjoining lands that—</text>
<subclause id="H5A36EDC65E844B79BD96EA0A384C1465">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>are enrolled in the conservation reserve program;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HCA7E554CB2464B6AA3E6840E051D9076">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>have the highest wetland functions and values, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB65EA337E61949ABA6CF6E4663D3FB29">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>are likely to return to production after they leave the conservation reserve program;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HC46ADA8916E740E59148DC5B19B23EAE">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>riparian areas that link wetlands that are protected by easements or some other device that achieves the same purpose as an easement; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF5895238D9F44F77858F5FE54415E9BB">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>other wetlands of an owner that would not otherwise be eligible, if the Secretary determines that the inclusion of such wetlands in a wetland easement would significantly add to the functional value of the easement; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91FF0444A9834322BA50854D9608621E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in the case of either an agricultural land easement or wetland easement, other land that is incidental to land described in subparagraph (A) or (B), if the Secretary determines that it is necessary for the efficient administration of the easements under this program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94007FE2195841F39579386A6B1545EC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>program</term> means the agricultural conservation easement program established by this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7712E3494AD343CEAFD7275D00D370C2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Wetland easement</header>
<text>The term <term>wetland easement</term> means a reserved interest in eligible land that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCEBED51C68F742478B145E246889BC2A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is defined and delineated in a deed; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H294016B7551A44F6AEE6CEC5488B6DDB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>stipulates—</text>
<clause id="H6509A50102614126BBEDD3DC23C0AEE6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the rights, title, and interests in land conveyed to the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3E833355894948579CF40D7C10DA2A02">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the rights, title, and interests in land that are reserved to the landowner.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE72BBB45367844678B6A6DD8FA8BC294">
<enum>1265B.</enum>
<header>Agricultural land easements</header>
<subsection id="H693DC50B12AA4464B040B254C29CC607">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of assistance</header>
<text>The Secretary shall facilitate and provide funding for—</text>
<paragraph id="H77D707D3819E4F9DB48075B962EE3A0B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the purchase by eligible entities of agricultural land easements and other interests in eligible land; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76CDECE065CF4DCAB4C7F6D37BD86989">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>technical assistance to provide for the conservation of natural resources pursuant to an agricultural land easement plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6F9D64E6C56C426390EDCACA8B2EDD3B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Cost-share assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H54DDE9ADBB7148A9A4150A67185C0320">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall protect the agricultural use, including grazing, and related conservation values of eligible land through cost-share assistance to eligible entities for purchasing agricultural land easements.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CFF0B3D025E416BA7E370ACCD79E2FA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Scope of assistance available</header>
<subparagraph id="HE5E1B3986AAF4B46A3EB380D869DA16E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Federal share</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement described in paragraph (4) shall provide for a Federal share determined by the Secretary of an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land easement or other interest in land, as determined by the Secretary using—</text>
<clause id="H8CEB17A2A8CC43F0933E16406DC62DEC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5C84D4B98F5E4FBBA6C723B674CE6760">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an area-wide market analysis or survey; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6560A84262F349A996ED140AFB73E2CC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>another industry-approved method.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5073EB016AF74FF69BB8317A1B2C175B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Non-federal share</header>
<clause id="H43EC067E3CA6413BB68D0C6AA9B5A04B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Under the agreement, the eligible entity shall provide a share that is at least equivalent to that provided by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE723B79CDA164A38927640976FFEFE21">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Source of contribution</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity may include as part of its share a charitable donation or qualified conservation contribution (as defined by section 170(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from the private landowner if the eligible entity contributes its own cash resources in an amount that is at least 50 percent of the amount contributed by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H416E2878F91D45EC9EADD63534594B42">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of grassland of special environmental significance, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may provide an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land easement.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H559592BC3AC04DEBA1B34A90F83D18FA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Evaluation and ranking of applications</header>
<subparagraph id="HCE49DB1026DC46CC8EC5FD15056EACDF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish evaluation and ranking criteria to maximize the benefit of Federal investment under the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H09FDFA2BDA5544529B564EF7FC61E361">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In establishing the criteria, the Secretary shall emphasize support for—</text>
<clause id="H850F70364B624F0FA0F0B7F3A79B574C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>protecting agricultural uses and related conservation values of the land; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9CB56BA8770A4707A234C8EB380FE9D7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>maximizing the protection of areas devoted to agricultural use.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H27DC65CB394B411CB8B0CACB4C2A8800">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Bidding down</header>
<text>If the Secretary determines that 2 or more applications for cost-share assistance are comparable in achieving the purpose of the program, the Secretary shall not assign a higher priority to any of those applications solely on the basis of lesser cost to the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19DA56D4F5814183AC55971B30F81B9E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Agreements with eligible entities</header>
<subparagraph id="H8C794C9DE5E4413C948ADB53DFE2E8A8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall enter into agreements with eligible entities to stipulate the terms and conditions under which the eligible entity is permitted to use cost-share assistance provided under this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1F91CA49770F4E0F849553D6809BE60D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Length of agreements</header>
<text>An agreement shall be for a term that is—</text>
<clause id="HB7C444E424754963AE1428E859FD5F11">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the case of an eligible entity certified under the process described in paragraph (5), a minimum of five years; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE408AF97960048998D24502288D1BC9B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>for all other eligible entities, at least three, but not more than five years.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56478ACF7ABA4E0CBE668F89B5623D1F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Minimum terms and conditions</header>
<text>An eligible entity shall be authorized to use its own terms and conditions for agricultural land easements so long as the Secretary determines such terms and conditions—</text>
<clause id="H3FC096968E7B4F039E67D43874209358">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>are consistent with the purposes of the program;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC1D39B9B1E2C4368A768021B4EB102A4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>permit effective enforcement of the conservation purposes of such easements;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD3179525FE3C4118957C1ADBA3B8E0CD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>include a right of enforcement for the Secretary, that may be used only if the terms of the easement are not enforced by the holder of the easement;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF57E7292AA994A89B84A23E8EC435501">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>subject the land in which an interest is purchased to an agricultural land easement plan that—</text>
<subclause id="HAC468CFF0D5541BAA28D7061CDC2B9F1">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>describes the activities which promote the long-term viability of the land to meet the purposes for which the easement was acquired;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H53193506860A4977B6CB1513A92C02CF">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">requires the management of grasslands according to a grasslands management plan; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFD53AAAE6EA446DAAD893807F0B75877">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>includes a conservation plan, where appropriate, and requires, at the option of the Secretary, the conversion of highly erodible cropland to less intensive uses; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H46936367EB2A4301AC16FE2B070263B2">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>include a limit on the impervious surfaces to be allowed that is consistent with the agricultural activities to be conducted.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4268AF47BAA8468AB31BF627B567F499">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Substitution of qualified projects</header>
<text>An agreement shall allow, upon mutual agreement of the parties, substitution of qualified projects that are identified at the time of the proposed substitution.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC33EFE28C63459A8FAC09D89892DA2B">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Effect of violation</header>
<text>If a violation occurs of a term or condition of an agreement under this subsection—</text>
<clause id="H89583335B9C4423A81931CD3D7605E83">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary may terminate the agreement; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0417771198C848EE9F8760A0616C8C8D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary may require the eligible entity to refund all or part of any payments received by the entity under the program, with interest on the payments as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C04333EDB074796996B43AA80BBD4E7">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Certification of eligible entities</header>
<subparagraph id="H0A9619DA0B714DD5A319725C72752754">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Certification process</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a process under which the Secretary may—</text>
<clause id="H1B4A452A0BEF421C9764B75D355521AD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>directly certify eligible entities that meet established criteria;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0D79DA212DFE4B22A74093D429800446">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>enter into long-term agreements with certified eligible entities; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1CD157693A9C46AAB33182A38F72FC71">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>accept proposals for cost-share assistance for the purchase of agricultural land easements throughout the duration of such agreements.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H000C5D5F7202473583ED6F877F312530">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Certification criteria</header>
<text>In order to be certified, an eligible entity shall demonstrate to the Secretary that the entity will maintain, at a minimum, for the duration of the agreement—</text>
<clause id="HDF6EEC8C538648D69F0BCEF19B29A57B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a plan for administering easements that is consistent with the purpose of this subtitle;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H17CE292E19774DCC9A250E5F4520AB51">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the capacity and resources to monitor and enforce agricultural land easements; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H32C1FE38DACB4716B5413FA902D857EC">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>policies and procedures to ensure—</text>
<subclause id="H26751CF2E5C848528AEB7907A4EA8033">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the long-term integrity of agricultural land easements on eligible land;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H66639CE0BD4B4EF29573AA67B6ECF415">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>timely completion of acquisitions of such easements; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC4312786606D4614AEA545CB1C2F841C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>timely and complete evaluation and reporting to the Secretary on the use of funds provided under the program.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H33989CBE1BD64766A3CAEDB865F7533A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Review and revision</header>
<clause id="H7F4D7910449C4B3E8B06BBE74DE44480">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Review</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct a review of eligible entities certified under subparagraph (A) every three years to ensure that such entities are meeting the criteria established under subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCC44F06A0ACB4F5C8E8B5EBE82C77729">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Revocation</header>
<text>If the Secretary finds that the certified eligible entity no longer meets the criteria established under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may—</text>
<subclause id="HD4A141EDB2544DEB978E6AF99449018B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>allow the certified eligible entity a specified period of time, at a minimum 180 days, in which to take such actions as may be necessary to meet the criteria; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0D135A2B38A041E485A1BFF612A47782">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>revoke the certification of the eligible entity, if, after the specified period of time, the certified eligible entity does not meet such criteria.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H72C202C23B9F4A5386A77F9AD9838F2D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Method of enrollment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enroll eligible land under this section through the use of—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB5B4D1F3D164DE6A37C72D221E74EE3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>permanent easements; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFCAE2483697149BB9F0B9F9A4637D224">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>easements for the maximum duration allowed under applicable State laws.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEF62686EEC084F9EAD52F05B686A9CA3">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist in—</text>
<paragraph id="H40F8E50D312849A088773558C3A229B5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>compliance with the terms and conditions of easements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0417CE913EBA4145866A52AE659AFAD2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>implementation of an agricultural land easement plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB404E83A9A6246CBABD461E26E2224A0">
<enum>1265C.</enum>
<header>Wetland easements</header>
<subsection id="H199092398E5444EBB81482BC1034DA97">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of assistance</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide assistance to owners of eligible land to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands through—</text>
<paragraph id="HB964F3C773684A2E80AF0D2A802DE9B7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>wetland easements and related wetland easement plans; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H489C9393EE1849F9ADEBD422CA6C4BEE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>technical assistance.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H44296EAFEF164AA4B5E15933A93D14A3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Easements</header>
<paragraph id="HF712BFBCB2624AF89B49E7648FE7A331">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Method of enrollment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enroll eligible land under this section through the use of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA0F140EC1FBD4A64957F2F76D99E5991">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>30-year easements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE5513375CE3C43708B8D31072B76FCB1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>permanent easements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7751EAAD13EB49568399422F61A8577C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>easements for the maximum duration allowed under applicable State laws; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5BE6FD25758454E81C360A4DEBDC227">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as an option for Indian tribes only, 30-year contracts (which shall be considered to be 30-year easements for the purposes of this subtitle).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC90245DB35844B14B79706C0849A3AE8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<subparagraph id="H60FCB8F200C047598490A475E463D4B7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Ineligible land</header>
<text>The Secretary may not acquire easements on—</text>
<clause id="H55B043EFF7354994BF02774C91F6042B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>land established to trees under the conservation reserve program, except in cases where the Secretary determines it would further the purposes of the program; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF59B99C22E944402A1D94693856F7E70">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>farmed wetlands or converted wetlands where the conversion was not commenced prior to December 23, 1985.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1DE8F5F472884A918696DA58A241B273">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Changes in ownership</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No wetland easement shall be created on land that has changed ownership during the preceding 24-month period unless—</text>
<clause id="H12BF9F448DB4475C9B7B8A92BDEEDA42">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the new ownership was acquired by will or succession as a result of the death of the previous owner;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HECF80FFA3D1E423EB5CDA4FE9B1590A8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD63A507D51C5421EAA72EE52CCA3C6D1">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the ownership change occurred because of foreclosure on the land; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H1ECFBEE31D094800A306EDA9C321845A" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>immediately before the foreclosure, the owner of the land exercises a right of redemption from the mortgage holder in accordance with State law; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HB776A2E33AAD43098757BEBB52C33B0A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines that the land was acquired under circumstances that give adequate assurances that such land was not acquired for the purposes of placing it in the program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4717EF385D61421AB4866EBB0A9A3AFA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Evaluation and ranking of offers</header>
<subparagraph id="HB786A87BE1EB47588168546F5A7C8BD4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Criteria</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish evaluation and ranking criteria to maximize the benefit of Federal investment under the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA67669F0EE448D1BC0F72CE6483279E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>When evaluating offers from landowners, the Secretary may consider—</text>
<clause id="H9E0104E5623F4447BD547F11A00E2533">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conservation benefits of obtaining a wetland easement, including the potential environmental benefits if the land was removed from agricultural production;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H445EEE6046CD48C292B050F797154DDC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cost-effectiveness of each wetland easement, so as to maximize the environmental benefits per dollar expended;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H03864732D56B4E51BE840766FB58CFE1">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the landowner or another person is offering to contribute financially to the cost of the wetland easement to leverage Federal funds; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB7A817E2A7C94B509A0CA4658B7666CF">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>such other factors as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the purposes of the program.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC69C5EB40484C618E6D37B9FFD75DFB">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall place priority on acquiring wetland easements based on the value of the wetland easement for protecting and enhancing habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59CCEC3C9F7A40BE978F0BB27539D0DA">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Agreement</header>
<text>To be eligible to place eligible land into the program through a wetland easement, the owner of such land shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F43A2A51ABA4EE98541C872333F00C3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>grant an easement on such land to the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D0CE25A8F2B4395817D22192BC4305C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>authorize the implementation of a wetland easement plan developed for the eligible land under subsection (f);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1FA6B2399CC4CDDBE585FB3260C9B85">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>create and record an appropriate deed restriction in accordance with applicable State law to reflect the easement agreed to;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3894B82077654887808856A8158D971B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>provide a written statement of consent to such easement signed by those holding a security interest in the land;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H50C84B0FE6084B89A6865B6B6B1F7442">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>comply with the terms and conditions of the easement and any related agreements; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE18AD79CF9A147138B773FE483E92631">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>permanently retire any existing base history for the land on which the easement has been obtained.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6067670FD4D145AD912A05AE6C4538F2">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Terms and conditions of easement</header>
<subparagraph id="H5905E0701E644B2FB9D436AB0FADF42C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>A wetland easement shall include terms and conditions that—</text>
<clause id="HAAAFC4866322418A92B409FDC5D7D742">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>permit—</text>
<subclause id="H31446499103D426593EBA3B42B5DD4C4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>repairs, improvements, and inspections on the land that are necessary to maintain existing public drainage systems; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9BFE147D3F9F4196AA4F05ADFDFB8A03">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>owners to control public access on the easement areas while identifying access routes to be used for restoration activities and management and easement monitoring;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H1C4E5F37CA104D5DA5F88A19827D4163">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>prohibit—</text>
<subclause id="HB19B9A21D8264863B8211DB910F23D57">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the alteration of wildlife habitat and other natural features of such land, unless specifically authorized by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H6B5607A2E2174FDD8FA100341E86DCEE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the spraying of such land with chemicals or the mowing of such land, except where such spraying or mowing is authorized by the Secretary or is necessary—</text>
<item id="HB2FD815679744AC0AE67C8D5DFEC87E0">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>to comply with Federal or State noxious weed control laws;</text>
</item>
<item id="H616B2819AE2A4791A2A7226264E32E69">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>to comply with a Federal or State emergency pest treatment program; or</text>
</item>
<item id="HD1AD862CE2DC42EB86A8A16EF89DC852">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>to meet habitat needs of specific wildlife species;</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H65E92E80E6214FAF9239A8C1E817EE17">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>any activities to be carried out on the owner’s or successor’s land that is immediately adjacent to, and functionally related to, the land that is subject to the easement if such activities will alter, degrade, or otherwise diminish the functional value of the eligible land; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0B4DE7225AF3496FBBDBAFDB779EF082">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>the adoption of any other practice that would tend to defeat the purposes of the program, as determined by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H5195F686AFE54C46B05578D12AACDE0B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>provide for the efficient and effective establishment of wildlife functions and values; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9574C62C73244D50BEA51CA4A785C1AE">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>include such additional provisions as the Secretary determines are desirable to carry out the program or facilitate the practical administration thereof.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19B586545DB045E6A286CE3AF95785C4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Violation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the violation of the terms or conditions of a wetland easement, the wetland easement shall remain in force and the Secretary may require the owner to refund all or part of any payments received by the owner under the program, together with interest thereon as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBF6DC5F369C4A9F910762889EBB1FE5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Compatible uses</header>
<text>Land subject to a wetland easement may be used for compatible economic uses, including such activities as hunting and fishing, managed timber harvest, or periodic haying or grazing, if such use is specifically permitted by the wetland easement plan developed for the land under subsection (f) and is consistent with the long-term protection and enhancement of the wetland resources for which the easement was established.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF5D83FD50969436BA89A8F706C6A4F18">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Reservation of grazing rights</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may include in the terms and conditions of a wetland easement a provision under which the owner reserves grazing rights if—</text>
<clause id="H0A8E7D9F32E14F7BA4527EDF99F67331">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the Secretary determines that the reservation and use of the grazing rights—</text>
<subclause id="HBC4E56A589FE474E991E3FDF3DE7C472">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>is compatible with the land subject to the easement;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF885D446157C4D7A80220BB3D8A63AB6">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>is consistent with the historical natural uses of the land and the long-term protection and enhancement goals for which the easement was established; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H47425086C9AE4FCDB8C2E6F59960B896">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>complies with the wetland easement plan developed for the land under subsection (f); and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H7EA262DFDD324C6496B4EC236537FDE0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the agreement provides for a commensurate reduction in the easement payment to account for the grazing value, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57A7CBE0EADF4E8688842BA14C683D9C">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Compensation</header>
<subparagraph id="H44D581B6A266455D8D5BBBDAE86E65CB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Determination</header>
<clause id="HC8C90346924849A38C647AD075D19230">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Permanent easements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall pay as compensation for a permanent wetland easement acquired under the program an amount necessary to encourage enrollment in the program, based on the lowest of—</text>
<subclause id="H5A3804D607F54CE19D26BBA6942B35E4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the fair market value of the land, as determined by the Secretary, using the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice or an area-wide market analysis or survey;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD0E84D8C76374169BC2CF15830B792CB">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the amount corresponding to a geographical cap, as determined by the Secretary in regulations; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE3FB20D816AA493FAD218526F31C697C">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the offer made by the landowner.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HF11621D0199E43DBA8D60B8E2CD013CB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>30-year easements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Compensation for a 30-year wetland easement shall be not less than 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the compensation that would be paid for a permanent wetland easement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H65C382EE67364E5E9042CB24586CE95C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Form of payment</header>
<text>Compensation for a wetland easement shall be provided by the Secretary in the form of a cash payment, in an amount determined under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56489D84D5134CC7A831548F921569FC">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Payment schedule</header>
<clause id="HE3ACEB9D1DB04200BADC7134A0101CC7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Easements valued at $500,000 or less</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For wetland easements valued at $500,000 or less, the Secretary may provide easement payments in not more than 10 annual payments.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2041350794C34F5E8CF9F5F3DD497E00">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Easements valued at more than $500,000</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For wetland easements valued at more than $500,000, the Secretary may provide easement payments in at least 5, but not more than 10 annual payments, except that, if the Secretary determines it would further the purposes of the program, the Secretary may make a lump-sum payment for such an easement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H314DF5A9DB7642A0895F62982BE44B6A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Easement restoration</header>
<paragraph id="H122F71441B2747BDAB59D6D609300147">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide financial assistance to owners of eligible land to carry out the establishment of conservation measures and practices and protect wetland functions and values, including necessary maintenance activities, as set forth in a wetland easement plan developed for the eligible land under subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FF08C4F01F6476092AF3ECCB624077C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<text>The Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFD11A91430414AB5A3500C78C8134526">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a permanent wetland easement, pay an amount that is not less than 75 percent, but not more than 100 percent, of the eligible costs, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3E5FD6637BB4B3293CCEC45DAE86645">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a 30-year wetland easement, pay an amount that is not less than 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent, of the eligible costs, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H74B6E75ED3C944559859336633874AE5">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H91E65CE004534340A4C060B17E6FE97C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall assist owners in complying with the terms and conditions of wetland easements.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC56EFA92DE494369A8114E67C57D7547">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contracts or agreements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may enter into 1 or more contracts with private entities or agreements with a State, non-governmental organization, or Indian tribe to carry out necessary restoration, enhancement, or maintenance of a wetland easement if the Secretary determines that the contract or agreement will advance the purposes of the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2C4CD6F84A994614B956019BD58EB588">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Wetland enhancement option</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into 1 or more agreements with a State (including a political subdivision or agency of a State), nongovernmental organization, or Indian tribe to carry out a special wetland enhancement option that the Secretary determines would advance the purposes of program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEE4CA0201C304A65A5B4275E3AB7D03A">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H05E20A2298BE44FFAE5B6A36A72CC18A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Wetland easement plan</header>
<text>The Secretary shall develop a wetland easement plan for eligible lands subject to a wetland easement, which shall include practices and activities necessary to restore, protect, enhance, and maintain the enrolled lands.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1750BDF221DB4E9F99525098630CC54E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Delegation of easement administration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may delegate—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE413BDB0AEA42249D704CD9413170BA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any of the easement management, monitoring, and enforcement responsibilities of the Secretary to other Federal or State agencies that have the appropriate authority, expertise, and resources necessary to carry out such delegated responsibilities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1972BE5FBDCB437292AE8D55CFD82286">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any of the easement management responsibilities of the Secretary to other conservation organizations if the Secretary determines the organization has the appropriate expertise and resources.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C8A623BAA594DDA91EBE549640FB9AA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<subparagraph id="H286DCD0D2B7D460BB6B066941E80C845">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Timing of payments</header>
<text>The Secretary shall provide payment for obligations incurred by the Secretary under this section—</text>
<clause id="HB903563479F148CFB472279EF736FF6E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>with respect to any easement restoration obligation under subsection (c), as soon as possible after the obligation is incurred; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2594AFCABBB94835B309DA5242855EC7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>with respect to any annual easement payment obligation incurred by the Secretary, as soon as possible after October 1 of each calendar year.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68B11582CB4F4DE2A3674F4EB070AD24">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Payments to others</header>
<text>If an owner who is entitled to a payment under this section dies, becomes incompetent, is otherwise unable to receive such payment, or is succeeded by another person or entity who renders or completes the required performance, the Secretary shall make such payment, in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary and without regard to any other provision of law, in such manner as the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H009C03558D28439A9763476D83CE1FEE">
<enum>1265D.</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="H2FB3AF7D60304557BB547A9EEFA86861">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Ineligible land</header>
<text>The Secretary may not use program funds for the purposes of acquiring an easement on—</text>
<paragraph id="HBE1B08A2AF1A4980996DD50912D9EAAA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>lands owned by an agency of the United States, other than land held in trust for Indian tribes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9BB719462B9641D3AD6E5BDCB7DCECA1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>lands owned in fee title by a State, including an agency or a subdivision of a State, or a unit of local government;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C7F3A3A951742718765608C321496FD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>land subject to an easement or deed restriction which, as determined by the Secretary, provides similar protection as would be provided by enrollment in the program; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBF256E8B2474AD4B77BC0F22FDC814D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>lands where the purposes of the program would be undermined due to on-site or off-site conditions, such as risk of hazardous substances, proposed or existing rights of way, infrastructure development, or adjacent land uses.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD5E21FC15AA5445DAFE1ECE0F4E14800">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text>In evaluating applications under the program, the Secretary may give priority to land that is currently enrolled in the conservation reserve program in a contract that is set to expire within 1 year and—</text>
<paragraph id="HF01771C0450E426B9353A0D588F28A12">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the case of an agricultural land easement, is grassland that would benefit from protection under a long-term easement; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F01FB14CD174CB485B9249E7F7591BE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the case of a wetland easement, is a wetland or related area with the highest functions and value and is likely to return to production after the land leaves the conservation reserve program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H67ECB03F10AA45AC853F76B68CE8C82A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Subordination, exchange, modification, and termination</header>
<paragraph id="HB853642AC2D74EFB9157F552FBFDA911">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may subordinate, exchange, modify, or terminate any interest in land, or portion of such interest, administered by the Secretary, either directly or on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation under the program if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE78A6308D9034FD186BD0658E049A618">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>it is in the Federal Government’s interest to subordinate, exchange, modify, or terminate the interest in land;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9F6B88AEC10C43DBBBB6DF9BAD63CDC7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the subordination, exchange, modification, or termination action—</text>
<clause id="H3EAF0FC1EF594162B333923EA7DC8B48">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>will address a compelling public need for which there is no practicable alternative; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFCDACF57E2234AFB89AA130CF38B1FCA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>such action will further the practical administration of the program; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H659DBE8A07684A76A3B8275B873966B6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the subordination, exchange, modification, or termination action will result in comparable conservation value and equivalent or greater economic value to the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H709119E3C20642E3BB57573E178F5CC9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall work with the owner, and eligible entity if applicable, to address any subordination, exchange, modification, or termination of the interest, or portion of such interest, in land.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H59BF1C1661AC4E62BBA9667F4CFFCC40">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<text>At least 90 days before taking any termination action described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide written notice of such action to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF1474FBB7ED447DF9543CE161B507E5B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Land enrolled in conservation reserve program</header>
<text>The Secretary may terminate or modify a contract entered into under section 1231(a) if eligible land that is subject to such contract is transferred into the program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H84E768F8B13143D6915912EC79DC2D02">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Allocation of funds for agricultural land easements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under section 1241 to carry out the program for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, use for agricultural land easements—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2731C0C57E874B3AA8B1AA0976B36BB8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no less than 40 percent in each of fiscal years 2014 through 2017; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C94EC64C74E43048F182813BD0F70E8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no less than 50 percent in fiscal year 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0F3F59FABFC14756B667C73D35526827">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Compliance with certain requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before an eligible entity or owner of eligible land may receive assistance under subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, the eligible entity or person shall agree, during the crop year for which the assistance is provided and in exchange for the assistance—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB836012538294D7BAFDAF25D07073C5A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H21EDCC723D634368B548A8BA253D9D2B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAC51CA11B7034FB4B367A0C769D357F7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Cross reference; calculation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0A02CCA4F63246ECA2FD1415B26E3708">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3A16E13417B0448C8D8BF0269B5ED78C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H0A5BA5E9FE2743D08EA53625F11889A7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAC3CFFB5A00D4D18AECCB68AF28252F2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0584F6B446534632A1B82811E1357E5F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E133D2D46CA4A34AA99E4FD4AF836C4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC84F8297E80842198145564FB2373D35">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B1E0F890F7E433E847EE70985B577F7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8D3F406372F64041A98BD3B680CD68B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agricultural conservation easement program established under subtitle H; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F4CE4BDEF314E7C871E2D8F1A85A175">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD81DEEF3E47543679C2672FA83DDE046">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H3425B052C003442883E3D286A9859805">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>programs administered under subchapters B and C of chapter 1 of subtitle D</quote> and inserting <quote>conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D and wetland easements under section 1265C</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H735E2CAD94D64E29A8DB067BF57FA5EB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>an easement acquired under subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D</quote> and inserting <quote>a wetland easement under section 1265C</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H83FBEEE0B8394388AB5B95EFA8EBDEEC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFDAE7CD90984CD990E0ABD569F2249B" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8E4D4E0719A44E15A7433F4D6E902227">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Calculation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In calculating the percentages described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include any acreage that was included in calculations of percentages made under such paragraph, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and that remains enrolled when the calculation is made after that date under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE11D863BAC2746D7A98387D6DF4EC128">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HBC7036ED3EF14864A62E4D3781F59978">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>Regional Conservation Partnership Program</header>
<section id="H9E3FE118C6C7401F8C7749AD32191482" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2401.</enum>
<header>Regional conservation partnership program</header>
<subsection id="H34B9644BF8204480B879AD64F0BB5941">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended by inserting after subtitle H, as added by section 2301, the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51FB1C95EF1548E58327C15D63D2F207" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H3B1DA56F9D1045B1B9A49E487BF30F93">
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Regional Conservation Partnership Program</header>
<section id="H9CC9FBA668E2444AB151D28C3C898DC1">
<enum>1271.</enum>
<header>Establishment and purposes</header>
<subsection id="H5CCD7CFECD1B4269B78FBE277A101AF1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a regional conservation partnership program to implement eligible activities on eligible land through—</text>
<paragraph id="H8CA3218993B24886906D0D966CE76585">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>partnership agreements with eligible partners; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD133D63D9D3343BC931FB67E1D0D07F5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>contracts with producers.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H74AE159E3A714284B0B9274274D6AA9F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Purposes</header>
<text>The purposes of the program are as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFEC41B6AC0384C42B49DF3ADBC4F6459">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To use covered programs to accomplish purposes and functions similar to those of the following programs, as in effect on September 30, 2013:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H26878714F4DD4BDBBC4C370A1CDC034D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The agricultural water enhancement program established under section 1240I.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1114F2A8CBE4E7CA754B2FB36AD95AA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The Chesapeake Bay watershed program established under section 1240Q.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB1D145B73454498897E8FE3E3351EDF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The cooperative conservation partnership initiative established under section 1243.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H502B88A089B84B4286D34D5917D86B8C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>The Great Lakes basin program for soil erosion and sediment control established under section 1240P.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB7595F07FC14B13AC800B6CF2377919">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To further the conservation, restoration, and sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H400CA3E94DA145EFB9B5FE983BCB37C6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>To encourage eligible partners to cooperate with producers in—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0BF2DF054E1545BB9948C4BB36322D1D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>meeting or avoiding the need for national, State, and local natural resource regulatory requirements related to production on eligible land; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD516D46589A24E46A1C609A326685CBF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>implementing projects that will result in the carrying out of eligible activities that affect multiple agricultural or nonindustrial private forest operations on a local, regional, State, or multistate basis.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H61435C6AE66642B8BA6CD52BA192160A">
<enum>1271A.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text>
<paragraph id="H68FEE96F174B4284AD381DC0F8AF56BF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Covered program</header>
<text>The term <term>covered program</term> means the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H39ED4737BD254345897AAF28C0C1A316">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The agricultural conservation easement program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H58E0ABE8D9DB4750999A1E3B1A69FA07">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>The environmental quality incentives program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96E608372C4248CAB8F303DCA88242ED">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The conservation stewardship program.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF4F2CEE9551437291C5EAC910C33265">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The healthy forests reserve program established under section 501 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6571).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40F9E36E3B8F4E30BDDE7FF8FD5C0F03">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligible activity</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible activity</term> means any of the following conservation activities:</text>
<subparagraph id="H13E747B754B8435A9493178746E25A6B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Water quality or quantity conservation, restoration, or enhancement projects relating to surface water and groundwater resources, including—</text>
<clause id="H7F2D1D7573034B639461383F9D939085">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the conversion of irrigated cropland to the production of less water-intensive agricultural commodities or dryland farming; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H915C02141465409B8A1EFAD8CE68E20B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>irrigation system improvement and irrigation efficiency enhancement.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H53288771F69A4A479A62EDA64F94EE15">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Drought mitigation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H38F4D8E656A04FA6AD989C20D5A0C23F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Flood prevention.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BE21BA0A9CA49B7A926BDA0B6A50452">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Water retention.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H23BCDED9512E4C4AABCCCA7595F9B451">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Air quality improvement.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A53E299176942EAB7A5C25E5EC2A3CD">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Habitat conservation, restoration, and enhancement.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB30696A39B5B4F2D9E13E9029138F85F">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Erosion control and sediment reduction.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9771D212D02D439786D6D6245DCFDC34">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>Other related activities that the Secretary determines will help achieve conservation benefits.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72289DC77AA8470DB3DE93F3740945CE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Eligible land</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible land</term> means land on which agricultural commodities, livestock, or forest-related products are produced, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89191DE94C744EE2836CEA70CAAFDDFC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>cropland;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA17A74F3DAE14F88A455ED60828413D1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>grassland;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7DF806D169B44B72883A74447A57A5AF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>rangeland;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DFA1C98A686434485C54318F307FE9B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>pastureland;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD054E27BD9234294A1423967B77D4D4F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>nonindustrial private forest land; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1BD3E53FDFF9453DB7E09AC7BE1AA5B9">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>other land incidental to agricultural production (including wetlands and riparian buffers) on which significant natural resource issues could be addressed under the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CB75E0797B147D4AC4CD72E91D00275">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Eligible partner</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible partner</term> means any of the following:</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9A906CE9BCF4DBC8A6D11CE3D2B3124">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>An agricultural or silvicultural producer association or other group of producers.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6AEB103D7F334C25A94B66613E9B022F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>A State or unit of local government.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA430127426E148B6B38CA0E61088DA26">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>An Indian tribe.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8063822F4F274195891E8CF91E2D03D1">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>A farmer cooperative.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5D3B24EBA08E40DDAA8FE3A9CBD1E676">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A water district, irrigation district, rural water district or association, or other organization with specific water delivery authority to producers on agricultural land.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF9B64F43D2A44568B8D8805CE3F965BA">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>An institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08380F6D0B32442387031EA68643430A">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An organization or entity with an established history of working cooperatively with producers on agricultural land, as determined by the Secretary, to address—</text>
<clause id="HD5C3A71A3726413B9ADC47933D11DB7B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>local conservation priorities related to agricultural production, wildlife habitat development, or nonindustrial private forest land management; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H4968D06CF95947629F47EC6AE27A52BB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>critical watershed-scale soil erosion, water quality, sediment reduction, or other natural resource issues.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3EF24146CAE464FB2708B27C2EEB5C4">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Partnership agreement</header>
<text>The term <term>partnership agreement</term> means an agreement entered into under section 1271B between the Secretary and an eligible partner.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA617E46E3E849568C86BA30A5BFA715">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Program</header>
<text>The term <term>program</term> means the regional conservation partnership program established by this subtitle.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HAC32B23673764F5EB5FF7CB2C1455190">
<enum>1271B.</enum>
<header>Regional conservation partnerships</header>
<subsection id="H46BE3D30D0EE4337AFCBCAAE53F92683">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Partnership agreements authorized</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into a partnership agreement with an eligible partner to implement a project that will assist producers with installing and maintaining an eligible activity on eligible land.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB3CF40C85113473DAE37277B526F70CC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Length</header>
<text>A partnership agreement shall be for a period not to exceed 5 years, except that the Secretary may extend the agreement one time for up to 12 months when an extension is necessary to meet the objectives of the program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H18460ECEB8804DA68FCF34CB810E75E9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Duties of partners</header>
<paragraph id="H8ED9F8A5877F41AE95D48CC0139E60A7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Under a partnership agreement, the eligible partner shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE48EC9F506CD483894F0055D41158F04">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>define the scope of a project, including—</text>
<clause id="HDB1BA3D4B73D4D1CBE6CE1A7D2F3B847">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the eligible activities to be implemented;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE3CBB5567D884DBDAC012A9E2A0459DA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the potential agricultural or nonindustrial private forest land operations affected;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8DDA0C300F5548D18B1B1E084C6F4A6E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the local, State, multistate, or other geographic area covered; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF2773F5B15564DB3917229609823479C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the planning, outreach, implementation, and assessment to be conducted;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBEBF0721E2574CF59F56C67A5DA6ECBE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>conduct outreach to producers for potential participation in the project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8B87433FF0946798A6773A3A52FDFFF">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>at the request of a producer, act on behalf of a producer participating in the project in applying for assistance under section 1271C;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD61634122BB244D79D378B1274D8AEB7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>leverage financial or technical assistance provided by the Secretary with additional funds to help achieve the project objectives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6BAF528F27E434BA3E0FD0CA243CEAB">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>conduct an assessment of the project’s effects; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA9BEDB808F0A42428AF0632841B7D380">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>at the conclusion of the project, report to the Secretary on its results and funds leveraged.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9382E0B07D154069BAA85BD34A19A774">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contribution</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible partner shall provide a significant portion of the overall costs of the scope of the project that is the subject of the agreement entered into under subsection (a), as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1697497E96344B5083BE1CB6D04B8479">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<paragraph id="HC932CD54266B476E96C79BBC2E364EEF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Competitive process</header>
<text>The Secretary shall conduct a competitive process to select applications for partnership agreements and may assess and rank applications with similar conservation purposes as a group.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39E0C51D0D864762B8BE000DC92F3669">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Criteria used</header>
<text>In carrying out the process described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make public the criteria used in evaluating applications.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD500238BC1A14DC59AA115642C9E22B7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Content</header>
<text>An application to the Secretary shall include a description of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6200A9FB79BB415D9EDFE96AAE933DF1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the scope of the project, as described in subsection (c)(1)(A);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E362127F2E944F687582B68A4A54E07">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the plan for monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on progress made toward achieving the project’s objectives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE068E980B2B4721893382DC0A0EDDC3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the program resources requested for the project, including the covered programs to be used and estimated funding needed from the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBFCE3864D514DA6825D5E2C16098952">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">eligible partners collaborating to achieve project objectives, including their roles, responsibilities, capabilities, and financial contribution; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE75DA9DE02314387BBF5AA2E00153C77">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>any other elements the Secretary considers necessary to adequately evaluate and competitively select applications for funding under the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84EF4BB17BBB46AF8D8F5E885EDAD283">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Priority to certain applications</header>
<text>The Secretary may give a higher priority to applications that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE51D45DB4548413DA67A773F2A20806B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist producers in meeting or avoiding the need for a natural resource regulatory requirement;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBFD2FAD2E6F4A138835A3022F11276D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>have a high percentage of eligible producers in the area to be covered by the agreement;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD07B5450BD72416FBC950A62556F0A36">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>significantly leverage non-Federal financial and technical resources and coordinate with other local, State, or national efforts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6DB482976064469DA21A9BFF723208D5">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">deliver high percentages of applied conservation to address conservation priorities or regional, State, or national conservation initiatives;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8DCDF98E08744EF8BE622065B0D2CF6F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>provide innovation in conservation methods and delivery, including outcome-based performance measures and methods; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCC6DC0D6E39A48CE8B38DA4519DFDB78">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>meet other factors that are important for achieving the purposes of the program, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H4E530C4D3A99479899B71AA222B3846E">
<enum>1271C.</enum>
<header>Assistance to producers</header>
<subsection id="HF5CC81E2D2FA43E7B442B08DFD42DF5F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall enter into contracts with producers to provide financial and technical assistance to—</text>
<paragraph id="HB54E8CE4DA304B36A7FBAE17B34C6B11">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>producers participating in a project with an eligible partner, as described in section 1271B; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84FA05E29A0B4047BB5A7DD1DCB2DD0C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>producers that fit within the scope of a project described in section 1271B or a critical conservation area designated under section 1271F, but who are seeking to implement an eligible activity on eligible land independent of a partner.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5DE78A33DB4B4497ADDDC9D577533F56">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Terms and conditions</header>
<paragraph id="H110526E478DB4A96B46A71957AF2FF32">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Consistency with program rules</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that the terms and conditions of a contract under this section are consistent with the applicable rules of the covered programs to be used as part of the project, as described in the application under section 1271B(d)(3)(C).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2259D8A051D4D2FB6D2972CBF927EE6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Adjustments</header>
<text>Except with respect to statutory program requirements governing appeals, payment limitations, and conservation compliance, the Secretary may adjust the discretionary program rules of a covered program—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCCEC8761EDC4418EA4E3114D6321FEA2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text> to provide a simplified application and evaluation process; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD5669BB445644A13B2DFD6821C6726DA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to better reflect unique local circumstances and purposes if the Secretary determines such adjustments are necessary to achieve the purposes of the program.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H60CE6CA8B9774F1CB499495BDD76B3D3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Payments</header>
<paragraph id="HAB89B2FF58444A969007F35D2429AB09">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In accordance with statutory requirements of the covered programs involved, the Secretary may make payments to a producer in an amount determined by the Secretary to be necessary to achieve the purposes of the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H741C429AD8414F24A45A29A0FA68C91A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Payments to producers in States with water quantity concerns</header>
<text>The Secretary may provide payments to producers participating in a project that addresses water quantity concerns for a period of five years in an amount sufficient to encourage conversion from irrigated farming to dryland farming.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55045249CB9A4BA59703960D9177F0C3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Waiver authority</header>
<text>To assist in the implementation of the program, the Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitation in section 1001D(b)(2) of this Act for participating producers if the Secretary determines that the waiver is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H155614D213F14F61A1CD3EF21FAC653B">
<enum>1271D.</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8AEC79D5C7C54073962CC92CE136AC2E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $100,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out the program.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2FC31A870AD84BC3B17D1135FE90DF6B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Duration of availability</header>
<text>Funds made available under subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H25DAEAB81BC64183ACB5F60666744A1A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Additional funding and acres</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCB5E0DD5471D4129B66B7EAAE42D01E0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In addition to the funds made available under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve 6 percent of the funds and acres made available for a covered program for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 in order to ensure additional resources are available to carry out this program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45A8AFFD73AB4A3AA4DF3582D5BC9E21">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Unused funds and acres</header>
<text>Any funds or acres reserved under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year from a covered program that are not obligated under this program by April 1 of that fiscal year shall be returned for use under the covered program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE5D15F8526384B6698752E2E74324354">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Allocation of funding</header>
<text>Of the funds and acres made available for the program under subsections (a) and (c), the Secretary shall allocate—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H35059C5BCB6F4B21BCE1DAB799E1A98E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a State competitive process administered by the State Conservationist, with the advice of the State technical committee established under subtitle G;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6759F230654D406AB77346622B91675F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>50 percent of the funds and acres to projects based on a national competitive process to be established by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H231654EC56414FAA8E421F308BDC40CA">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">25 percent of the funds and acres to projects for the critical conservation areas designated under section 1271F.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H146C78896BFF486A904278B0E2A78F33">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">None of the funds made available under the program may be used to pay for the administrative expenses of eligible partners.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3BC8C1C9D3384EE49B8D8784B9ADA34E">
<enum>1271E.</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="HE9790036008740B4AE887AC019779B2D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Disclosure</header>
<text>In addition to the criteria used in evaluating applications as described in section 1271B(d)(2), the Secretary shall make publicly available information on projects selected through the competitive process described in section 1271B(d)(1).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H686287A5152442459D3B2E3A6633585D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reporting</header>
<text>Not later than December 31, 2014, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the status of projects funded under the program, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H6B9289C2A6FD4CFA8EC0E3FA60FAAE30">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and types of eligible partners and producers participating in the partnership agreements selected;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCBD8943B88A341D89017BB94B0F30D02">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the number of producers receiving assistance; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF573AD90DDBC4ACBB86FE4E123EC31B0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>total funding committed to projects, including from Federal and non-Federal resources.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD0C3CD521FC34BC8A748E3125D274E1D">
<enum>1271F.</enum>
<header>Critical conservation areas</header>
<subsection id="H2CC04DB2B9914025BFB645C563AC0F40">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In administering funds under section 1271D(d)(3), the Secretary shall select applications for partnership agreements and producer contracts within critical conservation areas designated under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5A63241D30744116BD14798F5DEB5B82">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Critical conservation area designations</header>
<paragraph id="H4C8C4D9B6A3E4AC8A4EFF8EA407F651A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In designating critical conservation areas under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to geographical areas based on the degree to which the geographical area—</text>
<subparagraph id="H616A5EF6E9664F88B9C441F75968428B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>includes multiple States with significant agricultural production;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D5862170686417AB7FBEE1954AB8BDA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is covered by an existing regional, State, binational, or multistate agreement or plan that has established objectives, goals, and work plans and is adopted by a Federal, State, or regional authority;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA2F89FF2730E46ED973A229E87130098">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>would benefit from water quality improvement, including through reducing erosion, promoting sediment control, and addressing nutrient management activities affecting large bodies of water of regional, national, or international significance;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HECAD14A57A994B09B571086DF2D970FC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>would benefit from water quantity improvement, including improvement relating to—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H789546CB5DEF4E3A86AA4D2E07F241F3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>groundwater, surface water, aquifer, or other water sources; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H724DEADC6B2046D29F27956263ED02D9">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a need to promote water retention and flood prevention; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H40A7769C312948E0905C0C06CB8B220F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains producers that need assistance in meeting or avoiding the need for a natural resource regulatory requirement that could have a negative economic impact on agricultural operations within the area.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD7EBB527DE054BA98774B230D3457271">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The Secretary may not designate more than 8 geographical areas as critical conservation areas under this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H182BF2A34960446E856C2AA7B73DC1D6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="HFF32631DD98247F9A602F178FA632BD3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall administer any partnership agreement or producer contract under this section in a manner that is consistent with the terms of the program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB2EF7FFC49D64D49BEB9CBCD0604439F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Relationship to existing activity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that eligible activities carried out in critical conservation areas designated under this section complement and are consistent with other Federal and State programs and water quality and quantity strategies.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8CB5288705554288B8E827C3A3EB39B5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Additional authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a critical conservation area described in subsection (b)(1)(D), the Secretary may use authorities under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), other than section 14 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 1012), to carry out projects for the purposes of this section.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC651850F39DB4EA08F94EA7818A21289">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H20558C1CF1D2499D8A161A65BF423789">
<enum>F</enum>
<header>Other Conservation Programs</header>
<section id="HFB4FF42BC7B9460DB94228736AA09442">
<enum>2501.</enum>
<header>Conservation of private grazing land</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb(e)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H10B28C055CCA43ED9328AE8E7CBF7F55">
<enum>2502.</enum>
<header>Grassroots source water protection program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240O(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F01EB024E9747E8AC2C85CA4119C991" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HDA3172B962D5448BAC8BC13929BABFA2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9B683D6D969A497CBA7049E16F7DED95">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H60CEB819719C4FB2A2FC020C58132B0B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to funds made available under paragraph (1), of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H3C75C07AC86A4678857A4074142A4A39">
<enum>2503.</enum>
<header>Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program</header>
<subsection id="HA6B0B91B82AA4CAF86A766BB9384D4F4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5(f)(1)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4522CDA7A8834CBABE06F866C7104F49">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report on program effectiveness</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report evaluating the effectiveness of the voluntary public access program established by section 1240R of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5), including—</text>
<paragraph id="HFA01975BB1BA4A48B4C17DBE955DD9A5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>identifying cooperating agencies;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H861397E908914EEF82AE257D942F3709">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identifying the number of land holdings and total acres enrolled by each State and tribal government;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90756D064E0445D4A58D244F83FDBBC2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>evaluating the extent of improved access on eligible lands, improved wildlife habitat, and related economic benefits; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DAC68F1DA524EAC89456D291302C44D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>any other relevant information and data relating to the program that would be helpful to such committees.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDC8DBD512C1B4B569C275DCC52DDBCAC">
<enum>2504.</enum>
<header>Agriculture conservation experienced services program</header>
<subsection id="H3D83F26BC8004C0C8A245FF6A0735C03">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B72C2DC98BC45A8B029B0F781C07BCF" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8CB7F07BCBB04BCF80CDB654043A5DED">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H8DC3CBF160E4431F97DE7D0973B25235">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may carry out the ACES program using funds made available to carry out each program under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBD11E77E85342B282E8DEFB67E1E0E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exclusion</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available to carry out the conservation reserve program may not be used to carry out the ACES program.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H21CE4007CB144D5D805F4C1E83A4D099">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCE09C7BE34FE4411AD31F6FCDCD9F2C1">
<enum>2505.</enum>
<header>Small watershed rehabilitation program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H910F0D5A3F004FC28F74D9D0D329B37C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of Funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD6B09C405C414996BFA2BBAFEABA5654">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEB42EA2B613A42D68F3FFCF21AAFC0DA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB8CAF6CF04EB48069A6FF1593F091D88">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBA782C7FCBD54C7B9DF59DFCF40DF665">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H86DBD65041D148F688C1D9BB8A64F472" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB39D005A26A412BB8CF8EF0ED6C7ED2">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H77E2E2C311F149BEAED25AB4BA185C87">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(h)(2)(E) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)(E)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HA26B2554648744CEB0C12D45D8098998" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2506.</enum>
<header>Agricultural management assistance program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HBD1EA47BA29540BD871009539DAFB83B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Uses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 524(b)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC7A9938BA8054CF3A78A1B6D58646E8C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (F) as subparagraphs (B) through (E), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2C721D5A8167423A8B23125D264DEA90">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC4A7D100F84C4BD8AC90A0D7F682C27A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>or resource conservation practices</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD42BFE6BBBC4BAA8081C5AAE0EFB16A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (i) and redesignating clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD9515714B8DE4098A10174EC02B22E6C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDFF9DD2F0E9A4AAD842095B99CC1F533">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>Section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9E8BCE1A73E49EDA0078B67092C89F8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF97BFAD2C9154EA7860B5F947FCE6F1D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commodity Credit Corporation shall make available to carry out this subsection not less than $10,000,000 for each fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC99D56B24EB34A0FA40D4057EFC7CA9A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Certain uses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 524(b)(4)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(C)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D17751116CD40A898CA4A0F7224E4CC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (i)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HCF29CA1FF6C543F4BCA00E451A4C8E5C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>50</quote> and inserting <quote>30</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H810DB5D7CBA5480F8D17CF22EDCD8877">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(A), (B), and (C)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A) and (B)</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H008B4E1686A14164B376214635A366B5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>40</quote> and inserting <quote>60</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB119B8E847F6414FAD862097497C8754">
<enum>2507.</enum>
<header>Emergency watershed protection program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>In evaluating requests for assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority consideration to projects that address runoff retardation and soil-erosion preventive measures needed to mitigate the risks and remediate the effects of catastrophic wildfire on land that is the source of drinking water for landowners and land users.</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H75FE642A41B44C92AE4787F5718105F6">
<enum>G</enum>
<header>Funding and Administration</header>
<section id="H628E460FF38D4BEBA43E918896323D77">
<enum>2601.</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<subsection id="H3D1AFFD2E3D241DEB9EA047012CF72A2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H37EBD519541D4C8A870411160FDEE70D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9A81DC1D870F430FA702C943B24D8A85">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Annual funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the following programs under this title (including the provision of technical assistance):</text>
<paragraph id="HEA2B229E5B8443B19359D60A6AE15A8C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The conservation reserve program under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, including, to the maximum extent practicable, $25,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 to carry out section 1235(f) to facilitate the transfer of land subject to contracts from retired or retiring owners and operators to beginning farmers or ranchers and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H55884693CAAC44DF838470F1EE8CCE5C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The agriculture conservation easement program under subtitle H, using, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB65612147E5B46B1BE9AFF8381CEF188">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>$425,000,000 in fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8033A75CE6C24A9AAF46F9BCC9477EFA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$450,000,000 in fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H76B4240DC2F4462BA9B0E37667F08303">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>$475,000,000 in fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H600FCAF879CE41249EB80BE8D152D7E4">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>$500,000,000 in fiscal year 2017; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H18E0498377CF443290DF379301556813">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$200,000,000 in fiscal year 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9E1064D2100B43359CF87C4766C093F8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The conservation security program under subchapter A of chapter 2 of subtitle D, using such sums as are necessary to administer contracts entered into before September 30, 2008.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5B276CF7CE9848ABAAA8A889050EB79F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H695C178E1ADA467CB124A8F00E4393C1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>The environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle D, using, to the maximum extent practicable, $1,750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF448DB31B73E40AA97080AAF500C843C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Regional equity; guaranteed availability of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H88E298671C9D45E3984D1368C6A29772">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H17C7CBD1BBD94A8FB3B0568FA9B70113">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFD611362E8B14B81A1A4B473669BDFD3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AD3FB4AE2D74F58BEF7BA8E20ABB65E" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H6988C60765BD4E58A5BC6B5210F22247">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts made available by subsection (a) shall be used by the Secretary to carry out the programs specified in such subsection for fiscal years 2014 through 2018 and shall remain available until expended. Amounts made available for the programs specified in such subsection during a fiscal year through modifications, cancellations, terminations, and other related administrative actions and not obligated in that fiscal year shall remain available for obligation during subsequent fiscal years, but shall reduce the amount of additional funds made available in the subsequent fiscal year by an amount equal to the amount remaining unobligated.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AB7E02391D741C4A8DF5A9462875D74">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9A0372E9B01E459ABA3388165D7C5DE6">
<enum>2602.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<subsection id="H249C07067EC5421FA3E1133B195FA4A1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), as redesignated by section 2601(b)(2) of this Act, is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDBEF65FE95BA4BADA52CCC455FDC14E3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H96F8131604B3440AA1F45995909ECD9D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H556B902985334A1489B7678784825684">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Availability of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for a fiscal year for each of the programs specified in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4D47EE0F51C04E08B1BB0DB4C2FBA676">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>shall be available for the provision of technical assistance for the programs for which funds are made available as necessary to implement the programs effectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H41268034C1564B9AAD8E017781FDC93D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>shall not be available for the provision of technical assistance for conservation programs specified in subsection (a) other than the program for which the funds were made available.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8650C400B0E74306B291096C46454E46">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than December 31, 2013, the Secretary shall submit (and update as necessary in subsequent years) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report—</text>
<subparagraph id="H266FB19F26BA450E9207BD7AF1A9AE1D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>detailing the amount of technical assistance funds requested and apportioned in each program specified in subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B3443C63F7849199ECB8005951550D6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any other data relating to this subsection that would be helpful to such committees.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H117D73C4A7AF46BF8BBE43ACE8978EE6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HF7F94CA79FBD47B2AF306B99285C7C0D">
<enum>2603.</enum>
<header>Reservation of funds to provide assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access</header>
<subsection id="HAA9BB874E71E409BAD61F1DAF368D176">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H16DA883FB4EA4E2C9F27C3DDD0E08D56">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA9B198C0DFC640E8927DA4F454897062">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47DB257EAF854B32ACD0D7686F34503D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6D115C9E1143492E85ED659C2C99F650">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Preference</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give preference to a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e))) that qualifies under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB4999DEBC7F436B8D1F74B0BC097198">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HCF3E0253546C4DA2945B1A62101F5363">
<enum>2604.</enum>
<header>Annual report on program enrollments and assistance</header>
<subsection id="HC83454994D55412BA5FD8D2F8B4CF0F9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (h) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H94F1491890E043FFAEC18BD05C739FF0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>wetlands reserve program</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural conservation easement program</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA455C3EE7B50413BAA4CAE9823DD7543">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H446EA8F03DA24CBA86E5B18B13A4F2F6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5FB0A951E7CC4949B292912209EBCF31">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>agricultural water enhancement program</quote> and inserting <quote>regional conservation partnership program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1160692650CB4432860783A54B4EADE6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>1240I(g)</quote> and inserting <quote>1271C(c)(3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H521D2A32688040788F5476FF4D11429B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H24C05DF0188345139A919B9A6CC3C51F">
<enum>2605.</enum>
<header>Review of conservation practice standards</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1242(h)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(h)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HAC8BAF7E990B45D9A6A6BFF49BC77889">
<enum>2606.</enum>
<header>Administrative requirements applicable to all conservation programs</header>
<subsection id="H8444512AC587423E967B320D8B22C484">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D5B508CC337414BB5F1799C0AE480E1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF23425A811B4585AC9FBBDC016C936D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0DAB6B7B69A4439DAE6EB49E2F6B8B93">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Veteran farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e))).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD212CDF4255C4799A851807A52274A11">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by inserting <quote>, H, and I</quote> before the period at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4131C27FB1B7447A90A079C21F7CC911">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H779DF13787E041748C0B9854D3E26EA5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>country</quote> and inserting <quote>county</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H91F56975F13F46EEA4B1C5716B8C6C26">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>subsection (c)(2)(B) or (f)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)(2)(A)(ii) or (f)(2)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CEF103C735C4CAF882EF7E6462DDFE4">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)(2), by inserting <quote>, including, to the extent practicable, practices that maximize benefits for honey bees</quote> after <quote>pollinators</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF19D980B49D34237840E886E13B958A3">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1319167995574E31835049F2D082CDCA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H708FDE231EAA4FA3A250D5A4220AEB68">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Improved administrative efficiency and effectiveness</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In administrating a conservation program under this title, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable—</text>
<paragraph id="H4F0F694AA9344326B600D071D9E495F5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>seek to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining conservation planning and program resources; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C5460065EFE4ECEB0BA1E7A110DB2D4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>take advantage of new technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H658C015290864495B7D5A20AE331E918">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Relation to other payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any payment received by an owner or operator under this title, including an easement payment or rental payment, shall be in addition to, and not affect, the total amount of payments that the owner or operator is otherwise eligible to receive under any of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HEF59B760AE92474783789220DD81C807">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>This Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C5CD95E2225497D93373CB685961C41">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HECAC16C2798D44C2BB41471C5083BA90">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB615B3F00F43449A9DB293CD3F6D3F4E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Any law that succeeds a law specified in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25B431B887A14CC29ACAC963853B8EA4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H07C685BBD5A549E0B623F2D0F40542D3">
<enum>2607.</enum>
<header>Standards for State technical committees</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1261(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3861(b)) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, the Secretary shall develop</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall review and update as necessary</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H017A37306C914D7C83A052DC3B5F5F49">
<enum>2608.</enum>
<header>Rulemaking authority</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE657FAEB79834AB0A4DD8A4F19E8413F" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="H1D3AAD789DDF4D49B70EE20FDBFFA2A8">
<enum>1246.</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA6F665107A7E45ED9811864767F108C5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement programs under this title, including such regulations as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitations established under section 1244(f).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAFBCD0BFBF4E443A9C4D3099E12F5089">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Rulemaking procedure</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The promulgation of regulations and administration of programs under this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HCE68A3EC9FF0483A86C11AA02809CBA1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>shall be carried out without regard to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC51557318615477CBB8696346F4B67E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Statement of Policy of the Secretary effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A0DAC1A56414E0FB551A0B410AAE927">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act); and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9477D16075CB4090A64FBD0604BD330F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be made pursuant to section 553 of title 5, United States Code, including by interim rules effective on publication under the authority provided in subparagraph (B) of subsection (b) of such section if the Secretary determines such interim rules to be needed and final rules, with an opportunity for notice and comment, no later than 21 months after the date of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H5A676B967CC04A128F5945BF5496F5C4">
<enum>2609.</enum>
<header>Wetlands mitigation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1222 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3822) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2B8706E24994BD88DB86FCAD42ECBFD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8F5DD17AB69D4390BA6EF5F6F322610C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(D), by striking <quote>unless more acreage is needed to provide equivalent functions and values that will be lost as a result of the wetland conversion to be mitigated</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE09A439EE67F40B5A565C56BF1AD3C7C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(E)—</text>
<clause id="H3F528939BF2D439F9747ACB6DE26C61F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>not</quote> before <quote>greater than</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC02F132E06DE42EBBDD27132DEC84485">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>if more acreage is needed to provide equivalent functions and values that will be lost as a result of the wetland conversion that is mitigated</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC4EBEC011754E7EBF28AD971FA7F39B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (g).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF7EB1C3D0E0B44FBAD7FEC1E70224EC9">
<enum>2610.</enum>
<header>Lesser prairie-chicken conservation report</header>
<subsection id="H8103AECFB5754056ADB0CCE6C0E7DCAF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing the results of a review and analysis of each of the programs administered by the Secretary that pertain to the conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken, including the conservation reserve program, the environmental quality incentives program, the wildlife habitat incentive program, and the Lesser Prairie-Chicken Initiative.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCF9F4427C8E641E79E2DD3F93015DDF4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The Secretary shall include in the report required by this section, at a minimum—</text>
<paragraph id="HF68BA1398B764BB18D38F019802BC1DA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>with respect to each program described in subsection (a) as it relates to the conservation of the lesser prairie-chicken, findings regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB4FEA555BF8348D2B2A6B96580E20757">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the cost of the program to the Federal Government, impacted State governments, and the private sector;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEE900215A1247FD821CDA5DBF322E16">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the conservation effectiveness of the program; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93B6939CF01A417D848D33F30774D7A0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the cost-effectiveness of the program; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6314F4DAE39942189969C95A6BF54AFF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a ranking of the programs described in subsection (a) based on their relative cost-effectiveness.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HCD3746E1667547CB94C5AC1159C5D5B0">
<enum>H</enum>
<header>Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments</header>
<section id="HF92C27272E4341B98AF90100A6FF3DEB">
<enum>2701.</enum>
<header>Comprehensive conservation enhancement program</header>
<subsection id="H87A21A905F9E4BCD99DB8A88C30A4B3F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1230 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE7BBB653E19A42EAADE6FD3C674C6D3C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>The heading of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="OLC">Conservation Reserve</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H517BF8905016434585686B6A566E08AD">
<enum>2702.</enum>
<header>Emergency forestry conservation reserve program</header>
<subsection id="H1795C2B69A0E4162B318085285AB3478">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD779C8FB71E3421DBAA7562EDF4E276E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HDD86064A8BEA43E0A180BDF4FE1C5491">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831a) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1AB3F45F74941F78AE2021C5552056C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the conservation reserve program under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H864560F2DB9343A7A26EDEA2BBB970AD">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC83966DE93024161BD6B05A5B3741BD0">
<enum>2703.</enum>
<header>Wetlands reserve program</header>
<subsection id="HA997423301924E7191AEDF025C82BF8C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5902C2E85BA4A4EB1C25EE9A0C732FA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H6274DC2CF92645ECA627B8A5AE168377">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13EE0C65605D4CFA9B0AEDF9650A3BD8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the agricultural conservation easement program under subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC02EB579122A4D789E72F54983DC0DBC">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H78D59635E6B0407A9A270BCACF00812B">
<enum>2704.</enum>
<header>Farmland protection program and farm viability program</header>
<subsection id="H2D27733EBA6E413A88E6F2784E3BA6A5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter C of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H597017D92C194965A4C654B56C19BD73">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.) is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="chapter" style="OLC">and Farmland Protection</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24B4E2A87EA34787920E736D83285FA6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HB249826B8BF54D79ADA6B60CAF5FFE4B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter C of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF4FCB07F48D5459AA2F95E6D8F860D32">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the agricultural conservation easement program under subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE7A29E04C3114AD2B0E91B093EE46B49">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8283D65F2C964115BB1019BB89A0F1B6">
<enum>2705.</enum>
<header>Grassland reserve program</header>
<subsection id="HFD404D7D066C43958CF205805BEB31FD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACA6560BEDA64FC29AFDFE7EB60B5246">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H424EEE56F06246DB91ADC569E6D302FC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n et seq.) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36253DE9FDB04241B21E471499B0C16A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the agricultural conservation easement program under subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3ECB8C814AA94F5FAE0CC6B6231A6A08">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H726A12ADC096495DB231254083466ACA" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>2706.</enum>
<header>Agricultural water enhancement program</header>
<subsection id="H29A45AADF195406588A2CD3F1A48104D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3B448DA18F64041B331047C5C631844">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H64461F842E3F43BFB431DD81824BF0B3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–9) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H243A7D2E22E8488A9656B42C5A2AABB9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the regional conservation partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H85BA9A7EAAE342BD83851B78F8288EC6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8BB611994CF3490181EE2CC4FF652FDC">
<enum>2707.</enum>
<header>Wildlife habitat incentive program</header>
<subsection id="H04CCFD88FB434A68B5C05D173E017BD7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE353FE997B2749D088ED6030E43E6194">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H632710B4266542B097205C32B220C362">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–1) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F2F3FDA710844B9A8FCCFBFDA280C6B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the environmental quality incentives program under chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H10E06BBC02994B6193B3E4DDFBCC03B4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HBD9BA6DDAC8149CAA64513DF4E8132F5">
<enum>2708.</enum>
<header>Great Lakes basin program</header>
<subsection id="HA6F03471360040BC8C0F1B2E465BB253">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240P of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–3) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H97DE7BD14AF94F8C87B992F28835A5C3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H734A6CA76A2B4A71B01518D2B20E349E">
<enum>2709.</enum>
<header>Chesapeake Bay watershed program</header>
<subsection id="H073DBA2E65AD4CFDAECDD8CDB15792D6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–4) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49F935CF3CF740C0881BB326E02A0A6B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="H5D7E425600C5410FA76B424ADA29130C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1240Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb–4) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFA22A08B56CE414BB4C31AA4F5D08681">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the regional conservation partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2E3F8BB2D135434EBE438596B9656DC8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H818BACFD34F64542B2EC76983D6D803B">
<enum>2710.</enum>
<header>Cooperative conservation partnership initiative</header>
<subsection id="H6BAC0AC2FAAF4E96AB32340A9B921357">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3843) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46A9C354D4B14D6CBD330EB0C645F29F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Transitional provisions</header>
<paragraph id="HCDBC528F8E0841AA952D71D9313F6C34">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Effect on existing contracts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3843) before October 1, 2013, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B8BED67EAD04E7A929F7465FA1C2A57">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may use funds made available to carry out the regional conservation partnership program under subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as added by section 2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed on September 30, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H46E47B25AB764A03828BBA848A29FF6C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDEC19A6975364FE188B9C70D72C539AD">
<enum>2711.</enum>
<header>Environmental easement program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 3 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H1A76578D0D064F30A8FBE8A7F3089F33">
<enum>2712.</enum>
<header>Technical amendments</header>
<subsection id="HB98D0A91BA584D1B9254016CF6255E32">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking <quote>E</quote> and inserting <quote>I</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5C52873EED9D4B77B2690CBB500DED29">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Program ineligibility</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1211(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)) is amended by striking <quote>predominate</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>predominant</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5EB701522A7549E697E72E2F2794EBE4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Specialty crop producers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1242(i) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(i)) is amended in the header by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Speciality</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Specialty</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Trade</header>
<subtitle id="HF26AB0F0004949E7BA5DB7EE1B715E19">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Food for Peace Act</header>
<section id="H0498E8B2BF314373ADD65CEF34C6F11D">
<enum>3001.</enum>
<header>General authority</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 201 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H00D850220A684CBABCB43BA7DFD94F90">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(to be implemented by the Administrator)</quote> after <quote>under this title</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD9FA4347B85B43E5A5B8546784B2A438">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (7) and the second sentence and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H293E3A4F5D39402A9134C695E894EA13" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H59BDB6E9DB7B458A823B3E2DB838B9CF">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">build resilience to mitigate and prevent food crises and reduce the future need for emergency aid.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HDE18D96E521F421990FE84ACF34ED43F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3002.</enum>
<header>Support for organizations through which assistance is provided</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>13 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>11 percent</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H2F8D269E19F84A00A0BEED7CEE1510F1">
<enum>3003.</enum>
<header>Food aid quality</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(h) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(h)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H314FBA468492467CA6BA6502EBC90745">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBC1F1074FAE44618B218FF116C68FA6C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HA6D74E5DA3BD4D07B0230E6DA2787F99">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>The Administrator shall use funds made available for fiscal year 2009</quote> and inserting <quote>In consultation with the Secretary, the Administrator shall use funds made available for fiscal year 2013</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H45B4C176721A4364B1E9B21D680D8647">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>to establish a mechanism</quote> after <quote>this title</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H604D3893385E4CC084AE3F7C07F335D9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H478CE8FAE38D4BEF898DD37F43AE07AA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB636539FF31B4F2E8D54FA346C918E62" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD4CEC39620C543A8A7FB2E6C9C7335CE" indent="down1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to evaluate, as necessary, the use of current and new agricultural commodities and products thereof in different program settings and for particular recipient groups, including the testing of prototypes;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70E130337CE146C59B26ACB8600D05DB" indent="down1">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to establish and implement appropriate protocols for quality assurance of food products procured by the Secretary for food aid programs; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9B98C343CFBE4B58AA0DD7846EAB3393" indent="down1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>to periodically update program guidelines on the recommended use of agricultural commodities and food products in food aid programs to reflect findings from the implementation of this subsection and other relevant information.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H81CAD64404BB45CB84C47F15B3F7B82B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>The Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>In consultation with the Secretary, the Administrator</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DCB8B0F2E634F55972CA0F3FF2DB679">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>section 207(f)</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H96DB0D3F9070430E92E966958523FAD7" style="OLC">
<text>section 207(f)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H481B7F40371441C2A7CA11EB58855DF2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal years 2009 through 2013, not more than $4,500,000 may be used to carry out this subsection; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A6E4E1E054046AB99123CCC9D5A2962">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal years 2014 through 2018, not more than $1,000,000 may be used to carry out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF62303B5C056434C9B90D5AF4E7A8FAF" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3004.</enum>
<header>Minimum levels of assistance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(a) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1724(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E4D95E5A00A45CA902529FD784DF5B6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9567360EF048440AB568C5B551DF4BA8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H1375286924934C439A4F9D1EBCDCBE2C" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3005.</enum>
<header>Food Aid Consultative Group</header>
<subsection id="HD020FB443EDE482F8C430191D19FCD37">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Membership</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(b) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H114BDE9E8FEC4DA8809695A672C2F3D8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F80E1EB596B4C578C6826C6FDDE82E1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H72264588D6754160855D2C56969075D3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD80B63BCA13548088896475FD3490876" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7694C63789DD4BE09DDD84FC38CD9EA6">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives from the United States agricultural processing sector involved in providing agricultural commodities for programs under this Act; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H06347E259B3F4A16B219A4F29DC1F7D6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(d) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H152934C9ED6649A5A3CE9F054D63AA2C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking the first sentence and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H332F151198EC4E07B96D85EBC68D0737" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB49C92AECB494B09A9C51DFE5528BB54">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Consultation in advance of issuance of implementation regulations, handbooks, and guidelines</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days before a proposed regulation, handbook, or guideline implementing this title, or a proposed significant revision to a regulation, handbook, or guideline implementing this title, becomes final, the Administrator shall provide the proposal to the Group for review and comment.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC22DCBEF216458EB3F3F446DD9F3C22">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7732794CE0314CD9BBC7CE3296B01943" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H569882FDAA8D4A0DBECF1FC42E13A501">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consultation regarding food aid quality efforts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall seek input from and consult with the Group on the implementation of section 202(h).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1FFE0AB970BE4B85979808FDC53443E6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reauthorization</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1725(f)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA334470B209E4D13A0B2A762AF9D75ED" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3006.</enum>
<header>Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation</header>
<subsection id="H5067F70A60564DA7A9A4B43B0BAF1EE1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Regulations and guidance</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 207(c) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9C08EA8A44049208951D0462241E622">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and Guidance</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Regulations</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H778CF0E486614ABAA31132E73D9FC568">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, the Administrator shall issue all regulations and revisions to agency guidance necessary to implement the amendments made to this title by such Act.</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H474D4A133D9345679FFCB9BEAE24C2F2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and guidance</quote> after <quote>develop regulations</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCAF4B4322A6445AAA182123530075470">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>Section 207(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0C86F515B80E4A4DA7FE168A639B0BE6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB97CD14289EB47CAB0CAAF989003B723">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (D);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB90491BAC00A41BCB7EE5541598CF4E2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E) and inserting the period; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC37B285E9FB146AE874384D3E1A872B5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (F);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H41C3B34A94B441FFA34CDA6884409681">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4D775C7EC35E4CBFA66573C34B03F5FB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H37EE86A1BCC64EF382A4FBE2589903BE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0ABAA14B991E4D3BB2CA7C23330E75FC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>2013, and up to $10,000,000 of such funds for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91E67D87AD124E9B947F7EBA4892F49D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H040815B50AFC4ED5B36AEA1E9DCB6E1F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Implementation reports</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committees on Agriculture and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report describing—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9F14BCA588748A9A721C8652999A574">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation of section 207(c) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(c));</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD398D4F6168E4775AD90FA25DAD8C287">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the surveys, studies, monitoring, reporting, and audit requirements for programs conducted under title II of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) by an eligible organization that is a nongovernmental organization (as such term is defined in section 402 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1732)); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF15DC5D1041948A0965E9AF99870BBC8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the surveys, studies, monitoring, reporting, and audit requirements for such programs by an eligible organization that is an intergovernmental organization, such as the World Food Program or other multilateral organization.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2E0D117B0ED441A78F5EF309CBEB01A6" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3007.</enum>
<header>Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726b(f)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HB0FDC7BD0D5A4F749954B48681442FAB">
<enum>3008.</enum>
<header>General provisions</header>
<subsection id="HC352EA2682E34C068C9E18E62470097B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Impact on Local Farmers and Economy</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(b) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1733(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The Secretary or the Administrator, as appropriate, shall seek information, as part of the regular proposal and submission process, from implementing agencies on the potential benefits to the local economy of sales of agricultural commodities within the recipient country.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE45AE7CB262B4F9DAD2221549D3ABE18">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Prevention of price disruptions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(e) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1733(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0992090DCCC047568EC68258B54BDD1B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>reasonable market price</quote> and inserting <quote>fair market value</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E59053356F14300A447C906988A197B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81FB16402D4F458AAE3A067156B548B6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD97984833B154A13A2E42353D2CF4F19">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Coordination on assessments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Administrator shall coordinate in assessments to carry out paragraph (1) and in the development of approaches to be used by implementing agencies for determining the fair market value described in paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6A39BA68C3AB4C2496D9BC7FD8EEFDF6">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report on use of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1733) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16A3410A92FA4A6CA8CE801181F4E877" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H29A5F604025F4156815CE30A79212769">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Report on use of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, and annually thereafter, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report—</text>
<paragraph id="H327295A031824069A60E80ECF057248F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specifying the amount of funds (including funds for administrative costs, indirect cost recovery, and internal transportation, storage and handling, and associated distribution costs) provided to each eligible organization that received assistance under this Act in the previous fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D1AF491C52047D49A701E15F6149458">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>describing how those funds were used by the eligible organization.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H80A671F23F9E4F67A057A199FBDBFFC7" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3009.</enum>
<header>Prepositioning of agricultural commodities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407(c)(4) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC104F38E8DD4CB5B557D87AA740C4D7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27720B2DED64418797779993FA01B46C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBBC5CB81477943818FEB9BE3DF34DBA7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>for each such fiscal year not more than $10,000,000 of such funds</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2013 not more than $10,000,000 of such funds and for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018 not more than $15,000,000 of such funds</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60D8C9D29CD74CDFA8A550F4244D0E18">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB8C53ED721043BE8DAF3FC9CD29020E" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H8C27678FDDBA4AA5B5A5E65D8A9DDCD1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Additional prepositioning sites</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator may establish additional sites for prepositioning in foreign countries or change the location of current sites for prepositioning in foreign countries after conducting, and based on the results of, assessments of need, the availability of appropriate technology for long-term storage, feasibility, and cost.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H0E547553C4E444BB97A0BC4698DD6D2B">
<enum>3010.</enum>
<header>Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407(f)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF4BD6E1D0A794B31BB236DFCC77DE632">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">agricultural trade</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">food aid</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAF64831D2694532B8409C2D7DBF7662">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: <quote>and the total number of beneficiaries of the project and the activities carried out through such project</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE89023E7F5F14FEB8E0AB0AA3642E865">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B)(iii)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5F97D040E3F472BB98075CACC2F0404">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting <quote>, and the total number of beneficiaries in,</quote> after <quote>commodities made available to</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6AFB04AF7854D56ACF35B550E76B9F2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (I);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE776E65D16A64836BFF8C2050B420412">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (II); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C0D5D99A387480AAFA40D410F75DC98">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subclause (II) the following new subclause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F825E049B114F07B9BA4E975D7A663E" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H5E78FB14DC4844D09D3D93B7A7B73C13">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program established by section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1);</text>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF49C5BAF3A974982B1236E6B81004F4F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3011.</enum>
<header>Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736b) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H874B415A872142C5A7A94C2E5AC5BA11" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3012.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H3A998DA4E2C3478CAAF5E450CFDEB409">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 412(a)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(a)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, $2,500,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013 and $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCC5D70D7FD3B4DF79AB35DCA0294C2F8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance</header>
<text>Paragraph (1) of section 412(e) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2876939965742AAACE0526F0E6D8D0E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD43E4F5D6CC44BB89BEEE135A87A23D3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Funds and commodities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, of the amounts made available to carry out emergency and nonemergency food assistance programs under title II, not less than $400,000,000 shall be expended for nonemergency food assistance programs under such title.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDB4E5033A2AB436C944EA2FAA14E7C60" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3013.</enum>
<header>Micronutrient fortification programs</header>
<subsection id="H5A889781EF0F48D780700BF5558B944D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Elimination of obsolete reference to study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 415(a)(2)(B) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736g–2(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>, using recommendations</quote> and all that follows through <quote>quality enhancements</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H12373D3170994FF78D27333EE07C93BF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 415(c) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736g–2(c)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H653A35D729CC4417844F1C1C9E529637" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3014.</enum>
<header>John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 501 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1737) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H421357EBE4CE4EBCBDBFAF788EA73942">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2013, and not less than the greater of $15,000,000 or 0.5 percent of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A99F6F09DDD4012830DC57556FC1B8E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(1), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H9EAF92A561FE4CDF91096074683E84DD">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</header>
<section id="HE19AF6DC803A4E8BB532C96892C2A700" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3101.</enum>
<header>Funding for export credit guarantee program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(b) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(b)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H14DB3C1E887246EB90C330A263A79CA8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3102.</enum>
<header>Funding for market access program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 211(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HF05E78E0D310414E9B40595CCD1057A9" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3103.</enum>
<header>Foreign market development cooperator program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 703(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5723(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HBD84346520FF49139AA19F688039F100">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Other Agricultural Trade Laws</header>
<section id="H27FDA93936E64B7F8A3D1CE052E76791" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3201.</enum>
<header>Food for Progress Act of 1985</header>
<subsection id="HC7FAA7D18E0444F6B385272A66A44D74">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E84C56FB5BF4007A9619F55F7BECCF0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f)(3), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H63D8F1CE70B74207BC5408021BAB869B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H25D016C70E5D48F4BEAA64FD5A65B720">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68D96677F4EB4FF4A0F9DECC216E4CA2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l)(1), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H92300E7C0A444861B3AF1D59F42BCCCD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repeal of completed project</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f) of the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o) is amended by striking paragraph (6).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3EE4C9444A2940298505A5C30C5CBEAB" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3202.</enum>
<header>Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f–1) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC56C54F6956460393F91436EA0BA987">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>2012</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDDFC75C48A0429A8884F2C224911EC3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h), by striking <quote>2012</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE63EF61D1F3E414091B6F25E6201D927" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3203.</enum>
<header>Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets</header>
<subsection id="H4F711026E0084EF694858F011CC0FC15">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Direct credits or export credit guarantees</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1542(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1ED4B4E433524FA3A664C474DA33E45C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Development of agricultural systems</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1542(d)(1)(A)(i) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H82C71D9A48074806A1E8D46EE0521501" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3204.</enum>
<header>McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program</header>
<subsection id="HC5AFCB49AB31495588C829CD7F3A9487">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Reauthorization</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3107(l)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(l)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6A7AE6C2ECC149FEA21581C9F41E3297">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical correction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3107(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(d)) is amended by striking <quote>to</quote> in the matter preceding paragraph (1).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8BAC41ACBE094F87BD7803D27AB03079" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3205.</enum>
<header>Technical assistance for specialty crops</header>
<subsection id="HA0D125FD274E4D86AB46B726808458E2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3205(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680(b)) is amended by striking <quote>related barriers to trade</quote> and inserting <quote>technical barriers to trade</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7EBFE30F30E84462950C2C3CAFBE9E45">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3205(e)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680(e)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF21273EB12724E2988E913FFFA927CFE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D6A0D5B14EE4F80880927CCAA21EFF8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99E84793EC5B440CAFB45786BB81EB9F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB85776ED9A6A47938ADF840C2511947F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB4DDAAA109FA421583A576BF0E6D9F7C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>U.S. Atlantic Spiny Dogfish study</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall conduct an economic study on the existing market in the United States for U.S. Atlantic Spiny Dogfish.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1830524E4EE748F4A571537DBEF48FC2" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3206.</enum>
<header>Global Crop Diversity Trust</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3202(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 22 U.S.C. 2220a note) is amended by striking <quote>section</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2D9C2B1D9E9F4EE88F3E4AEC857151D4" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="H6FA25242315645C189828DBAAE20AAC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FBB070728D947029E1C465BCDB678D8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HF4A0BCB825F14C18A368D0696C0C38BF">
<enum>3207.</enum>
<header>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services</header>
<subsection id="H1900467BE9CB400CA75911D772E3958D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 225 (7 U.S.C. 6931) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H54057D0C372F44ECAEFEDBA07DC0B412" style="OLC">
<section id="H1C727B07A9DE4D0384B89C9480AC591F">
<enum>225A.</enum>
<header>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services</header>
<subsection id="H81A8540FE6BF473E89208CA30407959E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text>The Secretary is authorized to establish in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H18A415C5CD214E38BCB173C51162C4D0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Confirmation required</header>
<text>If the Secretary establishes the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF860CDAE3B194690B45A38AE04309B2E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Functions of under secretary</header>
<paragraph id="HB7BC35AE1B344D72AB42F5E9FFD507E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Principal functions</header>
<text>Upon establishment, the Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services those functions under the jurisdiction of the Department that are related to foreign agricultural services.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7A15F98C4A0F423BB6C6A259E38DACAC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Additional functions</header>
<text>The Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services shall perform such other functions as may be required by law or prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3ADE20BA4ABC47EF9DC3743572AF9530">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Succession</header>
<text>Any official who is serving as Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services on the date of the enactment of this section and who was appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) or section 225(b) to the successor position authorized under subsection (a) or section 225(a) if the Secretary establishes the position, and the official occupies the new position, with 180 days after the date of the enactment of this section (or such later date set by the Secretary if litigation delays rapid succession).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE5A3B8285A614AA68C7C3AC87FDF681C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 225 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6931) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9774EB3D8A24ADCB19956C7DAFF77CB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Services</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFECBE042F7EB4EF1A99BA5B2780D3F20">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)(1), by striking <quote>and foreign agricultural</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA00DA2553314489FBC86834649915C04">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Permanent authority</header>
<text>Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAD4726CCEBD54A3E85A92DDCA158699A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (6)(C), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB16B54DFD5F74BDDB1AF3D3951D4AC42">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A12E96F9E784F46ADEC6BBACFF4A6B6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC882E71F897448EDB67947FE40952AAB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HF9A755253875461FA143AA8D16A87121">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the authority of the Secretary to establish in the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services in accordance with section 225A;</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD0487DD8099249E09D83AC8B15BBA3A3">
<enum>3208.</enum>
<header>Department of Agriculture certificates of origin</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall seek to ensure that Department of Agriculture certificates of origin are accepted by any country with respect to which the United States has entered into a free trade agreement providing for preferential duty treatment. </text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>IV</enum>
<header>Credit</header>
<subtitle id="H10707997E0784B52B8DFA913AFBD46CA">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Farm ownership loans</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H88934F86110541B9BB0CAAA28BDF219F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>4001.</enum>
<header>Eligibility for farm ownership loans</header>
<subsection id="HD42B1A24BD9E413AB2D81130CD737F49">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD2BDE99DCCFB4016B41F230DE812F68C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>The</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1DCF99B55561466BB030CB05ADBEEAC2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H2C120264E74F4EFD9D8C47D01A31A544">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H30EEE59005E942B08F64C1903BC59368">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Eligibility requirements</header>
<text>The</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB3BC2B3CDD904B0F88940BDF5ECC46B1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the 1st sentence, by inserting after <quote>limited liability companies</quote> the following: <quote>, and such other legal entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FA9533B27A2413EBDA5305DA3E2965C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in the 2nd sentence, by redesignating clauses (1) through (4) as clauses (A) through (D), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0593B974105548AB9A2BEB35BD860FF6">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in each of the 2nd and 3rd sentences, by striking <quote>and limited liability companies</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>limited liability companies, and such other legal entities</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84546A512C994FB6BF65E93FFB7F02A3">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in the 3rd sentence, by striking <quote>(3)</quote> and <quote>(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C)</quote> and <quote>(D)</quote>, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A7B6C642B554618B2AA8F39943571B6">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H3A662CC70B4640D39818CCD7E4EC12FB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H23E6634F29AF44FD91F860A49F02E606">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Special deeming rules</header>
<subparagraph id="H269996D2481D46DA8E14EC73C5962006">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Eligibility of certain operating-only entities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity that is or will become only the operator of a family farm is deemed to meet the owner-operator requirements of paragraph (1) if the individuals that are the owners of the family farm own more than 50 percent (or such other percentage as the Secretary determines is appropriate) of the entity.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H14E5879CCB734D628134D17F558DCEE4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligibility of certain embedded entities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity that is an owner-operator described in paragraph (1), or an operator described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph that is owned, in whole or in part, by other entities, is deemed to meet the direct ownership requirement imposed under paragraph (1) if at least 75 percent of the ownership interests of each embedded entity of such entity is owned directly or indirectly by the individuals that own the family farm.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6D74BB68C2C14490ADA0D8FEB20CBC16">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Direct farm ownership experience requirement</header>
<text>Section 302(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(b)(1)) is amended by inserting <quote>or has other acceptable experience for a period of time, as determined by the Secretary,</quote> after <quote>3 years</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5F6CC6802FAE4A7BA06FD216AAE7E732">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B2154F0CEDD49EFA8E4B40549648BAF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Section 304(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)(2)) by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 302(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>clauses (A) and (B) of section 302(a)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC9ADE0CB75C4D80A5F4B51EE08B86CD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Section 310D of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1934) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H45E3A3912C374BF0B73248EE7C6ABF86">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting after <quote>partnership</quote> the following: <quote>, or such other legal entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HADA4EBD414D9434E8E0709D4D5590682">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>or partners</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>partners, or owners</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H693E7395634546B0BB9A07BD0561D057">
<enum>4002.</enum>
<header>Conservation loan and loan guarantee program</header>
<subsection id="H85FFEC2823CC4E8098D9ECB01AC3F812">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 304(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)) is amended by inserting after <quote>limited liability companies</quote> the following: <quote>, or such other legal entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5F576D4C733441FDB67836CD4F8D1AD3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitation on loan guarantee amount</header>
<text>Section 304(e) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(e)) is amended by striking <quote>75 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>90 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAB4B0FE70A03455ABAE55FB3B33F2F4D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Extension of program</header>
<text>Section 304(h) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(h)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1B4A4F2C56274BAAB5D48C0F273EA7F0">
<enum>4003.</enum>
<header>Down payment loan program</header>
<subsection id="HB72A4F60CB36406FBA3DC39058781E4A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310E(b)(1)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking <quote>$500,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$667,000</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6359B6BE6A104C898B3965FC963C4A43">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Technical correction</header>
<text>Section 310E(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(b)) is amended by striking the 2nd paragraph (2).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFAF97953B07541329E3E42EB70D81DA5">
<enum>4004.</enum>
<header>Elimination of mineral rights appraisal requirement</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 307 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1927) is amended by striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H5037251B8BA84A02A7C941AD3AFFD774">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Operating loans</header>
<section id="H94890196816E403B8941BC32AA9F0BBC">
<enum>4101.</enum>
<header>Eligibility for farm operating loans</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF14060AAD664CCC80F75A04321B952E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>The</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HD4AB502E6BE14DFB862AD60081A11362" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H7F9B6FCF0B004CC5A0AFD315CA25E213">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="H81EEDC9E6A534ECFA12C3D00BE331BF8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Eligibility requirements</header>
<text>The</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2F3128C990D4423F9124A8C4D9B8F338">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the 1st sentence, by inserting after <quote>limited liability companies</quote> the following: <quote>, and such other legal entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB993A354724246578E4C4F7ED6BA25AC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in the 2nd sentence, by redesignating clauses (1) through (4) as clauses (A) through (D), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EDB156E198B4C4E9BC2848A7E0B62E1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in each of the 2nd and 3rd sentences, by striking <quote>and limited liability companies</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>limited liability companies, and such other legal entities</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC064C61EE204975B81E0D2FF503D908">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in the 3rd sentence, by striking <quote>(3)</quote> and <quote>(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>(C)</quote> and <quote>(D)</quote>, respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA04E85CA16E54F67B18F441D35623C98">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H5C35CD4121BD49338DDB7CF944A6D9DD" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0CA7DC2702534534A0E8F342BC3B21E2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Special deeming rule</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An entity that is an operator described in paragraph (1) that is owned, in whole or in part, by other entities, is deemed to meet the direct ownership requirement imposed under paragraph (1) if at least 75 percent of the ownership interests of each embedded entity of such entity is owned directly or indirectly by the individuals that own the family farm.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5238B985498E4D99AC3534D3A937A09B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>4102.</enum>
<header>Elimination of rural residency requirement for operating loans to youth</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>who are rural residents</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HED757E78E67E40B0A2A1EC720A0494A2">
<enum>4103.</enum>
<header>Authority to waive personal liability for youth loans due to circumstances beyond borrower control</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 311(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2688266FD5104E6BBD1831F67D02A2F1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H276DBB34A06E48319956D29DA411B8CF" indent="up1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the personal liability of a borrower for a loan made under this subsection if any default on the loan was due to circumstances beyond the control of the borrower.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HF88E02F94FA645E18C64F346F3B03FD3">
<enum>4104.</enum>
<header>Microloans</header>
<subsection id="HD8E0C749F615491DA64EF3AEA6A3DCCB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 313 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1943) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC9F30EB801494351ABE1F6CA4B9E2540" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDE0586AB1C5249E09044E49A773B2150">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Microloans</header>
<paragraph id="HA511B590825C47869AE080442A0B4A40">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary may establish a program to make or guarantee microloans.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD086341561249FBA0340B69919A5731">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall not make or guarantee a microloan under this subsection that exceeds $35,000 or that would cause the total principal indebtedness outstanding at any 1 time for microloans made under this chapter to any 1 borrower to exceed $70,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H33D6AECD7EF94A1D97F5535D375349B5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Applications</header>
<text>To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall limit the administrative burdens and streamline the application and approval process for microloans under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DF98328C1DC4C3A9A83B29BDA52E276">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Cooperative lending projects</header>
<subparagraph id="HE2C724EEC6A543339732B10D3185C197">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary may contract with community-based and nongovernmental organizations, State entities, or other intermediaries, as the Secretary determines appropriate—</text>
<clause id="H796CA4203F8C4ADC89B09D613FBDD5EE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to make or guarantee a microloan under this subsection; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC7169E4566D44BAA9E400B0613B5887F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to provide business, financial, marketing, and credit management services to borrowers.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H254F313EB8D2499BA4E239D7296A596D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>Before contracting with an entity described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="H878663AFCCB7405A8944633D78BD550A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall review and approve—</text>
<subclause id="H66F63B23171B46F781FB813809BAE57D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the loan loss reserve fund for microloans established by the entity; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H151E68FE4B124F189FBDE23C70F39A76">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the underwriting standards for microloans of the entity; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H24877617E639462CB61609CD1EE4C14A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>establish such other requirements for contracting with the entity as the Secretary determines necessary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H89EE5D2413244577850273D56853B3D8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exceptions for direct loans</header>
<text>Section 311(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H15D8836B315B4C7CA4C8AAAB40DD2260" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4DD53B814AAF4DFEA054180CDCFAD305">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>In this subsection, the term <term>direct operating loan</term> shall not include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H55B7475883F340488DBBDB990B241199">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a loan made to a youth under subsection (b); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E616D2F577745EBB6C548C2A1F61641">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a microloan made to a beginning farmer or rancher or a veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDEBDAF09FD68460BB2C2BAB11E2D0D17">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<text>Section 312(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1942(a)) is amended by inserting <quote>(including a microloan, as defined by the Secretary)</quote> after <quote>A direct loan</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H869A70711DC7406483123CBC3DB4E776">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<text>Section 316(a)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1946(a)(2)) is amended by inserting <quote>a microloan to a beginning farmer or rancher or veteran farmer or rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)), or</quote> after <quote>The interest rate on</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H39A33C261AFB4E04B21592F862997B68">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Emergency loans</header>
<section id="HB8DF16D667FF4159B8CD4CE07F01A593">
<enum>4201.</enum>
<header>Eligibility for emergency loans</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA670C80305FE4FA090BB6EA4DFA600F0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>owner-operators (in the case of loans for a purpose under subtitle A) or operators (in the case of loans for a purpose under subtitle B)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(in the case of farm ownership loans in accordance with subtitle A) owner-operators or operators, or (in the case of loans for a purpose under subtitle B) operators</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9BDFA2EDA2804B9BB899EC48E09D7206">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after <quote>limited liability companies</quote> the 1st place it appears the following: <quote>, or such other legal entities as the Secretary deems appropriate</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7CB17871609419F85AA6814749FE3D3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after <quote>limited liability companies</quote> the 2nd place it appears the following: <quote>, or other legal entities</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8741715A973A47C49D53DBDA4DE10B0E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and limited liability companies,</quote> and inserting <quote>limited liability companies, and such other legal entities</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5D35D648191484F835775B8DB404343">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>ownership and operator</quote> and inserting <quote>ownership or operator</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55562679EA8549B4ACAD40E4CE240BD5">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>An entity that is an owner-operator or operator described in this subsection is deemed to meet the direct ownership requirement imposed under this subsection if at least 75 percent of the ownership interests of each embedded entity of such entity is owned directly or indirectly by the individuals that own the family farm.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HDEAB293FF0434E749D9D042DCF6CC80C">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Administrative provisions</header>
<section id="H66C6CA514DC743DD8DD37E7188AE27FA">
<enum>4301.</enum>
<header>Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 333B(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983b(h)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA35AAA69C07E4D21A6A45545BF018E5C">
<enum>4302.</enum>
<header>Eligible beginning farmers and ranchers</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA15439AEF204D4989A14FCA5465E1DD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments relating to changes in eligibility rules</header>
<text>Section 343(a)(11) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB7DDF304823346AABCF7ABDFF1AF2ADB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by inserting after <quote>joint operation,</quote> the 1st place it appears the following: <quote>or such other legal entity as the Secretary deems appropriate,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFBCA4841BA584A62A2307E1C12E47679">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>or joint operators</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>joint operators, or owners</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB91C7F62F20744C4911E837FD0787048">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after <quote>joint operation,</quote> the 2nd and 3rd place it appears the following: <quote>or such other legal entity,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H06D4F8744EB14DF7BFEAF7021BFE0357">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Modification of acreage ownership limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 343(a)(11)(F) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)(F)) is amended by striking <quote>median acreage</quote> and inserting <quote>average acreage</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AAF4A8839C946EB9BB4303EBEE4075F">
<enum>4303.</enum>
<header>Loan authorization levels</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H29F348FABAF04A90A3837F864AA042B1">
<enum>4304.</enum>
<header>Priority for participation loans</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2512D202B1084C4CA2B92755395A596C" style="OLC">
<subclause id="HE856CC6FB8E945C09A476A105D82EED6">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to maximize the number of borrowers served under this clause, the Secretary—</text>
<item id="HCE733423DB454BA8A1D35B0763C73644">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>shall give priority to applicants who apply under the down payment loan program under section 310E or joint financing arrangements under section 307(a)(3)(D); and</text>
</item>
<item id="H19FC307EA76940339E7AAF81A616D28A">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>may offer other financing options under this subtitle to applicants only if the Secretary determines that down payment or other participation loan options are not a viable approach for the applicants.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H1E61E21F821247F785A8AE687485F103">
<enum>4305.</enum>
<header>Loan fund set-asides</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBA97F0F36BD746AB91C9DAF5BC8F2155">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1793F71E2CB54A418EB0DAE5EA2AFD87">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>of the total amount</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H67418806C5D245CF97062C4DED5197D1">
<enum>4306.</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment to borrower training provision, relating to eligibility changes</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 359(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2006a(c)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>section 302(a)(2) or 311(a)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 302(a)(1)(B) or 311(a)(1)(B)</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H9245AC044E63477CA3D8414296293039">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>State agricultural mediation programs</header>
<section id="HCBA505A3734A4E71B5D4627212E8C685">
<enum>4401.</enum>
<header>State agricultural mediation programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5106) is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HABBEF9CB0A024B92A7263EC25B34E209">
<enum>F</enum>
<header>Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land</header>
<section id="HF866885934CD4228B24E1CE0DF084125">
<enum>4501.</enum>
<header>Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The first section of Public Law 91–229 (25 U.S.C. 488) is amended in subsection (b)(1) by striking <quote>pursuant to section 205(c) of the Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2204(c))</quote> and inserting <quote>or to intermediaries in order to establish revolving loan funds for the purchase of highly fractionated land</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>V</enum>
<header>Rural development</header>
<subtitle id="HDD56AAC8ECE849FAB066694A0706C0E5">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header>
<section id="H9647E5C4C4BD4FC7A9E7DB32ABBC76BC">
<enum>5001.</enum>
<header>Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(2)(B)(vii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)(vii)) is amended by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9E1B9C5A27ED4D928CACF95DBC242B6E">
<enum>5002.</enum>
<header>Rural business opportunity grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(11)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(D)) is amended by striking <quote>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HC6CAB99CA4D44581B2B6A77E6099B511">
<enum>5003.</enum>
<header>Elimination of reservation of community facilities grant program funds</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).</text>
</section>
<section id="H6E5FDD6078E9437EAE786D970C1FAFA8">
<enum>5004.</enum>
<header>Utilization of loan guarantees for community facilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(24) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(24)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H44921A6967E74422B1C84E9000B82446" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H3B6FEFAF32B641508FCFFFAC3E206EAA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Utilization of loan guarantees for community facilities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall consider the benefits to communities that result from using loan guarantees in the Community Facilities Program and to the maximum extent possible utilize guarantees to enhance community involvement.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HBB7189FEFC944C71B0AE382C3C23CA66">
<enum>5005.</enum>
<header>Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(22) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2AE8A12507C4858A04CEB72466B0625" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED1336274B7349F780C958E8EC71BE0E">
<enum>(22)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9A288584E5524F15AC8B6E59AB6B29CC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall continue a national rural water and wastewater circuit rider program that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8234F822DEAB4D2E8A46D48EC219B8A2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is consistent with the activities and results of the program conducted before the date of enactment of this paragraph, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1C3E72CF34FA4AA7B14CE6087491CA22">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>receives funding from the Secretary, acting through the Rural Utilities Service.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99BC69EC33EA4D838286C4EC713BAA3E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this paragraph $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H8AC3B906F2F0402ABC644BF1AF95A3EC">
<enum>5006.</enum>
<header>Tribal college and university essential community facilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(25)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(25)(C)) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HF281C50A37AE473CAB42E4D3CE812FEC">
<enum>5007.</enum>
<header>Essential community facilities technical assistance and training</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC501B59BC6446589CB11B0FDC81DD04" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H324AE2BCC84B427185FB406689DF997A">
<enum>(26)</enum>
<header>Essential community facilities technical assistance and training</header>
<subparagraph id="HE3A6B0C0CBBB42DA9183F2BE17582B61">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make grants to public bodies and private nonprofit corporations, such as States, counties, cities, townships, and incorporated towns and villages, boroughs, authorities, districts and Indian tribes on Federal and State reservations which will serve rural areas for the purpose of enabling them to provide to associations described in this subsection technical assistance and training, with respect to essential community facilities programs authorized under this subsection, to—</text>
<clause id="HAF37F1A4FC57457AAF6413D735FC54B7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>assist communities in identifying and planning for community facility needs;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H25A56D0A4C0A4716A8CE560E73816D27">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>identify public and private resources to finance community facilities needs;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H98FB01E5DE534AD98240DCF18EC0EAC7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>prepare reports and surveys necessary to request financial assistance to develop community facilities;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB166A6EC65344D41BB268596B8FF3944">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>prepare applications for financial assistance;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1873D326244D4347A7D5AEF8ECF9187C">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>improve the management, including financial management, related to the operation of community facilities; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1370F045A0584386A3B992476BAC9964">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>assist with other areas of need identified by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21989F4CE1DF47D38BF435542CF39E97">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Selection priority</header>
<text>In selecting recipients of grants under this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority to private, nonprofit, or public organizations that have experience in providing technical assistance and training to rural entities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H07CD9EA8F8A345D58A2218F04D4CC33B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not less than 3 nor more than 5 percent of any funds appropriated to carry out each of the essential community facilities grant, loan and loan guarantee programs as authorized under this subsection for any fiscal year shall be reserved for grants under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H9D61AB05934E4A218EBF71F82752FF1C">
<enum>5008.</enum>
<header>Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a(i)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$27,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HECCE3232A3544F64B96471D62D60F79B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5009.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Household water well systems</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3415AF0F22EC4B72BEF32BDC547A7B7E">
<enum>5010.</enum>
<header>Rural business and industry loan program</header>
<subsection id="H5B31A0DFD54248269D3F727A249A2B35">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Flexibility for the business and loan program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(a)(2)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting <quote>including working capital</quote> after <quote>employment</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAF08FBF26871460282481A78924EFC87">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Greater flexibility for adequate collateral through accounts receivable</header>
<text>Section 310B(g)(7) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>In the discretion of the Secretary, if the Secretary determines that the action would not create or otherwise contribute to an unreasonable risk of default or loss to the Federal Government, the Secretary may take account receivables as security for the obligations entered into in connection with loans and a borrower may use account receivables as collateral to secure a loan made or guaranteed under this subsection.</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H525638D03A244328A581AFB77158BD76">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC300E0C652F94EE5AF3E6ACBEAC0C31E">
<enum>5011.</enum>
<header>Rural cooperative development grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(e)(12) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(12)) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDEBC987A6D2943C681267C28F4A8C7CB">
<enum>5012.</enum>
<header>Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(g)(9)(B)(v)(I) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)(v)(I)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBC65341E424D42EA920CEF71B20BB062">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3CA22EF7D76349368BE36D713E601DE0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and not more than 7 percent</quote> after <quote>5 percent</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H2CDAE9E68240480FAE2D8C5E0ADB3084">
<enum>5013.</enum>
<header>Intermediary relending program</header>
<subsection id="HFDBBEA414CD34207B60D2FB9BC1281AB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922–1936a) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H472C65CC53CC4353A9861B42213ABC4D" style="OLC">
<section id="H7E21D7AD667E4F19B4492C1E4CFB6C2C">
<enum>310H.</enum>
<header>Intermediary relending program</header>
<subsection id="H7F989C3521D149478E096941BC14276B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make loans to the entities, for the purposes, and subject to the terms and conditions specified in the 1st, 2nd, and last sentences of section 623(a) of the Community Economic Development Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDC88434D6D494E5AAC620C10586B37D7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>For loans under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7B56DB98DB82443EB08ABDAEE8B4E7A7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1323(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 7 U.S.C. 1932 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA9AC7DB656FF4485B61FCB7BB7088EF8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H375DDCEB949D47D3816752B70FF0EB04">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3830E680A3AB495B811C7C225770D221">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D6906698AD94AD29227DA616ACE7165">
<enum>5014.</enum>
<header>Rural college coordinated strategy</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 331 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1981) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H168CE5D0F9B243BDAC42574808D45952" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H30D26E5C4D5E406F9BA07C3C47A9BD0E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Rural college coordinated strategy</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop a coordinated strategy across the relevant programs within the Rural Development mission areas to serve the specific, local needs of rural communities when making investments in rural community colleges and technical colleges through other current authorities. During the development of a coordinated strategy, the Secretary shall consult with groups representing rural-serving community colleges and technical colleges to coordinate critical investments in rural community colleges and technical colleges involved in workforce training. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to provide a priority for funding within current authorities. The Secretary shall use the coordinated strategy and information developed for the strategy to more effectively serve rural communities with respect to investments in community colleges and technical colleges.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B7567BFD5D84FCD8CFB4D432141999A" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5015.</enum>
<header>Rural water and waste disposal infrastructure</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9B23C96D179A4A9180109C4E399DC91D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>require</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEABB6E5F0ECA4B3A981BF437922D780B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>require</quote> after <quote>(1)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H757B7B94C17B435B82773345887F251D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>, require</quote> after <quote>314</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58AA7693F13E44829434FDACDBA56398">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>require</quote> after <quote>loans,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2A99727F513D4668BE0A5977D1D70DAA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC04E9F342EF64259A6042F748FF19ABD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>require</quote> after <quote>(4)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8D98C676D5F34E7FB2DF69A998C73E3D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2BDB8B96239548B08FC522BEB4E59D2E">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE68DA5EB58B34C92A738CE6F6291FC11">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>require</quote> after <quote>(5)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4586CA7E7B984672A8E3DED658BDB7E1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12B84F5D9D8346AD8A3A813C40D93777">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HF0856FC2AE564262A1AA921D732A9B20" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDA185A3D3A024E03AB0E16E6DDE7BB21">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>with respect to water and waste disposal direct and guaranteed loans provided under section 306, encourage, to the maximum extent practicable, private or cooperative lenders to finance rural water and waste disposal facilities by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE8BAFCDA3D894DAE87C9E6FABFB67ADF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>maximizing the use of loan guarantees to finance eligible projects in rural communities where the population exceeds 5,500;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F9664F9A38147D8831D643593E86DF0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>maximizing the use of direct loans to finance eligible projects in rural communities where the impact on rate payers will be material when compared to financing with a loan guarantee;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H46DAF6DA24664C86A4EC29D33788AFB4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>establishing and applying a materiality standard when determining the difference in impact on rate payers between a direct loan and a loan guarantee;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91EE571C42F7436BA3B85659168A5404">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in the case of projects that require interim financing in excess of $500,000, requiring that such projects initially seek such financing from private or cooperative lenders; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9CEC74064004F9D8E5EFC564BD21BD0">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>determining if an existing direct loan borrower can refinance with a private or cooperative lender, including with a loan guarantee, prior to providing a new direct loan.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H25B3820EBD0946AA8C4513C07EB9E67F">
<enum>5016.</enum>
<header>Simplified applications</header>
<subsection id="H51E2A2DB488541A1B28721F5F2129738">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 333A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983a) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A5D4A3D04FD4691A37A3ED4D79F5D1D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HBBD05F842F0A44CE97D4DD6BC533A923">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Simplified application forms</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (g)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, develop a simplified application process, including a single page application where possible, for grants and relending authorized under sections 306, 306C, 306D, 306E, 310B(b), 310B(c), 310B(e), 310B(f), 310H, 379B, and 379E.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H895A2C59C9A24517A944C75B1DB202D6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report to the Congress</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a written report that contains an evaluation of the implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC27FAF063BB44465A647BFDD4C595A02">
<enum>5017.</enum>
<header>Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379B(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008p(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9A96D01AB9E4044B5A9E8F1F8D7C847" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H12B1DE8DC1F540089B8E1B765C479BE4">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HBEC3B2330E7A4C4DBDBC72F01542528D">
<enum>5018.</enum>
<header>Rural microentrepreneur assistance program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s(d)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H26908CAC9A2A4022BFC8857655C01B0B">
<enum>5019.</enum>
<header>Delta Regional Authority</header>
<subsection id="H79063175C5664EBCB85557F30F22B0CC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>Section 382M(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–12(a)) is amended by striking <quote>$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4054E8ABD6C543C58077B5EF81EEA876">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Termination of authority</header>
<text>Section 382N of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa–13) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41CE8238F43A4030BC9E7543283F2128" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5020.</enum>
<header>Northern Great Plains Regional Authority</header>
<subsection id="H977E127A0B00495B8BB7082585172E4E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 383N(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb–12(a)) is amended by striking <quote>$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HACF53B669324487FB0BE9C35CB2FD5BA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Termination of authority</header>
<text>Section 383O of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb–13) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD8BAB76ED7454C45BAD8681715C706EB">
<enum>5021.</enum>
<header>Rural business investment program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 384S of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009cc–18) is amended by striking <quote>$50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H80F8C52831EE45428C95F1D0EDC82515">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Rural Electrification Act of 1936</header>
<section id="H7EDE09F3B33F422DB3FABC7C93C0E381" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5101.</enum>
<header>Relending for certain purposes</header>
<subsection id="H7C6678A7DB4840798A29DC0726B361B9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD522120C290647C8B5BF9BD61343F239">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 2(a), by inserting <quote>(including relending for this purpose as provided in section 4)</quote> after <quote>efficiency</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H54234766ED25444EB6D1AFD177C05B12">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 4(a), by inserting <quote>(including relending to ultimate consumers for this purpose by borrowers enumerated in the proviso in this section)</quote> after <quote>efficiency</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D67127C614943DCA587FD2635925ACC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in section 313(b)(2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDDC4ED47325B42E4A57EA1F453783CD7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(acting through the Rural Utilities Service)</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B4EB7678EE1409FBA9DEE65C2102442">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>energy efficiency (including relending to ultimate consumers for this purpose),</quote> after <quote>promoting</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF477C2F6BD0A4A86BE818640C0709CAA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Current authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority provided in this section is in addition to any other relending authority of the Secretary under the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et. seq.) or any other law.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H346C762AB1D64D9792AC70091F86C2AB">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary (acting through the Rural Utilities Service) shall continue to carry out section 313 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c) in the same manner as on the day before enactment of this Act until such time as any regulations necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section are fully implemented.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3CBCCA436F594A4A8AF7CBF5013B0FD1">
<enum>5102.</enum>
<header>Fees for certain loan guarantees</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 4 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B96DAF90A7C4C65ABF7E7A57A3B641B" style="OLC">
<section id="H74BB40C80066467584C7D1514B14249E">
<enum>5.</enum>
<header>Fees for certain loan guarantees</header>
<subsection id="HCC875398D2954816A3FF14C9D03FA7C3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For electrification baseload generation loan guarantees, the Secretary shall, at the request of the borrower, charge an upfront fee to cover the costs of the loan guarantee.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC7C943B112334E0E9155D31C2F6C8E6A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Fee</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The fee described in subsection (a) for a loan guarantee shall be equal to the costs of the loan guarantee (within the meaning of section 502(5)(C) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(C))).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF8CB9F57412447B7B24AC07335607E42">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds received from a borrower to pay the fee described in this section shall not be derived from a loan or other debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H68CB996E95ED4609A0C687566F8FF3DC">
<enum>5103.</enum>
<header>Rural utilities service contracting authority</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H00231BF3B7364E09A80A479C3C7766C9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Rural Electrification Administration</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Rural Utilities Service</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CB81084CE7946D486D521329EB0EA61">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9C210CD510D24A06A3C39811AA8C800A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">cooperative</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">agreements</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31D19A68FF214826ACF0D70ADA86DE32">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after the 1st sentence the following: <quote>A contract funded by a borrower that is to be paid for out of the general funds of the borrower is not a public contract within the meaning of title 41, United States Code.</quote>. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H2E552910E1034AE4964730A96819C4DB">
<enum>5104.</enum>
<header>Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313A(f) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c–1(f)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H4301D972CACB4BE4BBD82BDA9E0FE779">
<enum>5105.</enum>
<header>Expansion of 911 access</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315(d) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940e(d)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HBC0C64267B5849BB8A206DF579583FD2">
<enum>5106.</enum>
<header>Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 950bb) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H044C5E3D66B04E879A3179755520C1E5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FF4E9B8D713401193506CEC4DBD4488" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H9A617EE5750A4D0BB85A85FD4365412B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Priorities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making or guaranteeing loans under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give—</text>
<subparagraph id="H810B0CC2A7DC4309ADA5BC5C00A27B53">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the highest priority to applicants that offer to provide broadband service to the greatest proportion of households that, prior to the provision of the broadband service, had no incumbent service provider; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5E011B6FDE7B4E4AA403CBFAC424FAB1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">priority to applicants that offer in their applications to provide broadband service not predominantly for business service, but where at least 25 percent of customers in the proposed service territory are commercial interests.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB00D4F925C1D431694A5150584275E12">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H286401ECE8CB4E319D9E1694D1D9F0D9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<clause id="H61C36D543CCF4093A159C78E8E7F5157">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2699A9A437DF47D68F6A860CFEE564E0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFF0D4D064A9F4B9382B66D079232CB4E">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0ABAC3D771224ACD972896E5998BE586" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H84BCCC268DE948AEA3C16B153B8B95CA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount and type of support requested; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32EC8CEE0F5541CF864A949A9FA9A61E">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>a list of the census block groups or tracts proposed to be so served.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75022C2E21B34F04A0E5365F9623D694">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70421BEF858544EA83309B0E79711783" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE944BB3E38934E3195FC24A047AB00FA">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Additional process</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a process under which an incumbent service provider which, as of the date of the publication of notice under paragraph (5) with respect to an application submitted by the provider, is providing broadband service to a remote rural area, may (but shall not be required to) submit to the Secretary, not less than 15 and not more than 30 days after that date, information regarding the broadband services that the provider offers in the proposed service territory, so that the Secretary may assess whether the application meets the requirements of this section with respect to eligible projects.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H817D7A35B1674801BFDFCBA6A6CE2296">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB8FA572D507430DA4804B3FD141C30D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8AC825ED8A8947EEBA020C7442C5972F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In considering the technology needs of customers in a proposed service territory, the Secretary shall take into consideration the upgrade or replacement cost for the construction or acquisition of facilities and equipment in the territory.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1069956E6F04BD08235C6A9883F9366">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in each of subsections (k)(1) and (l), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HF9C79569CC234D2D96D5E5B0D10B58B3">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73446F0F5E7C43C4BD8DF95291596618" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>5201.</enum>
<header>Distance learning and telemedicine</header>
<subsection id="H51CE6C4FDE444810BD5D0E0311B60B7D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>Section 2335A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa–5) is amended by striking <quote>$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$65,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H80705949B4C34D8CA7FD75418A40D2D9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 1(b) of Public Law 102–551 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa note) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA8FF678DB16842E6B011A23676CD6C73">
<enum>5202.</enum>
<header>Value-added agricultural market development program grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 231(b)(7) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)(7)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC550A574BC5246A89BBF7831E3C2864C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H17045C27D80449B481333DD3F37F844E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2013</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC499B27000F6461DA6972350B4BF53C2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$15,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB34F3CDE0C454AD0B60C12D894D2B0B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H880C3AF5C11845FDAD3A5768A61BB23F">
<enum>5203.</enum>
<header>Agriculture innovation center demonstration program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6402(i) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(i)) is amended by striking <quote>$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9B64517DE143452885CEE4D40F5DE6A0">
<enum>5204.</enum>
<header>Program metrics</header>
<subsection id="HC92AC48DBA3842B58C536A3ECF18F84D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall collect data regarding economic activities created through grants and loans, including any technical assistance provided as a component of the grant or loan program, and measure the short and long term viability of award recipients and any entities to whom those recipients provide assistance using award funds under section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106–224), section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107), section 313(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c(b)(2)), or section 306(a)(11), 310B(c), 310B(e), 310B(g), 310H, or 379E, or subtitle E, of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11), 1932(c), 1932(e), 1932(g), 2008s, or 2009 through 2009m).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2CB12EDF36BD490298B39B4D1CD47C52">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Data</header>
<text>The data collected under subsection (a) shall include information collected from recipients both during the award period and after the period as determined by the Secretary, but not less than 2 years after the award period ends.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H22809A19F3BF44C78134E1D4360D2EC4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that contains the data described in subsection (a). The report shall include detailed information regarding—</text>
<paragraph id="H63A2ADC2FFA442A08F4B31DAE398CAED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>actions taken by the Secretary to utilize the data;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48944145181D4443AE03ECDD10115C0E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the number of jobs, including self-employment and the value of salaries and wages;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0975AF31CE8A42669E1236DD735A9405">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how the provision of funds from the grant or loan involved affected the local economy;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8A3DA83225246F0818B60FAD9EBC4AE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>any benefit, such as an increase in revenue or customer base; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12226D6E7D9E44A4821A46327BDFDDAE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>such other information as the Secretary deems appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE75CBB3381EF4CF5BE9897213F3E9CBA">
<enum>5205.</enum>
<header>Study of rural transportation issues</header>
<subsection id="HDA25E02D32BD4096B40DF9B8A78D4FC0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation shall publish an updated version of the study described in section 6206 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (as amended by subsection (b)).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE86C74637474419EAF987FA786A3BF07">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Addition to study</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6206(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1971) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F952212BE1E48159336CBC710048747">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C2C407D44664C318D76DB488D4332AC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C55CF11F8F9461A83B8BFAA2BE03CDB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C92297EAD354F49902982D3350AE571" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HD4278F743C7F46C8B8DFE073E6984AAA">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the sufficiency of infrastructure along waterways in the United States and the impact of such infrastructure on the movement of agricultural goods in terms of safety, efficiency and speed, as well as the benefits derived through upgrades and repairs to locks and dams.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4B53FF8F4CE34F2499C4F78088E8B7C4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report to congress</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation shall submit to the Congress the updated version of the study required by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB7FE035A216B4928B30C5458EB827789">
<enum>5206.</enum>
<header>Certain Federal actions not to be considered major</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of a loan, loan guarantee, or grant program in the rural development mission area of the Department of Agriculture, an action of the Secretary before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act that does not involve the provision by the Department of Agriculture of Federal dollars or a Federal loan guarantee, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H5968AE37FB5B4BA6A8A9966A57055278">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the approval by the Department of Agriculture of the decision of a borrower to commence a privately funded activity;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H348D184CFA20414799E1DE8BF03534EA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a lien accommodation or subordination;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83922B49D4E1476BB8E9900789F0B3C0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>a debt settlement or restructuring; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1817D6CE6AEE446A9E92C18AE2671A6B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the restructuring of a business entity by a borrower,</text>
<continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph" indent="subsection">shall not be considered a major Federal action.</continuation-text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H590C5A2A7D9C449DAA4FB38179CCD9DC">
<enum>5207.</enum>
<header>Telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2333(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa-2(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H237C50E87E244F698D29161125C04B74">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (12); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAE2E579E168548D6BDF96D86727E44D2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (13) as paragraph (14) and inserting after paragraph (12) the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H78852D7E7AA141089C943B27EF16E9DF" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H33A0059F42DF44D4B92CBE525FDFDC30">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whether the applicant for assistance is located in a designated health professional shortage area (within the meaning of section 332 of the Public Health Service Act)</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H6EF3D2D80BC347538B28827AAEC533FC">
<enum>5208.</enum>
<header>Regional economic and infrastructure development</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15751 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF182150305B54408805C3D8BB73D4404">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B3B916C00D0439DA7E3732528C5213D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE3000CA8E47941B3897C437DF0AEFA38">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Not more than</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE136C45C560F402B96484412F6B0D028" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H84395D7E70844CFE9567BAEF9DAC5B60">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), not more than</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H34DE681F652C4879BB7296D6CD1B226B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF0CAFAB487604E90857EAB57858E1749" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H1B6AC32183ED40368634E9A255D5FC64">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limited funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which less than $10,000,000 is made available to a Commission for a fiscal year under this section, paragraph (1) shall not apply.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>VI</enum>
<header>Research, Extension, and Related Matters</header>
<subtitle id="HFD56FD5C91244942836E3231C9F356C7">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</header>
<section id="HC8451DFBADC640FCB3116468F3063472">
<enum>6101.</enum>
<header>Option to be included as non-land-grant college of agriculture</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H31088A015B83432499AD129D78E1E1D4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2CB97FA335C54ACE8191FDAE97886190" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEF74C01B0E63467F8536231ADA571D96">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Cooperating forestry school</header>
<subparagraph id="H5A98B3B8DEE9407D96A9D6611CE16424">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>cooperating forestry school</term> means an institution—</text>
<clause id="H69C2069E8E054E9B860B40461F45AF46">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>that is eligible to receive funds under the Act of October 10, 1962 (16 U.S.C. 582a et seq.), commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Act of 1962; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC80995432EB044E5BA5B20A6377C9917">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>with respect to which the Secretary has not received a declaration of the intent of that institution to not be considered a cooperating forestry school.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0BD5400634C345318D9C14E9BABF76D3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Termination of declaration</header>
<text>A declaration of the intent of an institution to not be considered a cooperating forestry school submitted to the Secretary shall be in effect until September 30, 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA7553558DF4043CCBA8AC1E49C3FDC9B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (10)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE13E05429BC54C16BB347DB3BCEF91EA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H2289781709C14971BBF7A75B4266DEDD">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>that</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H19B3814513C2468A88F92C696908000F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (i)—</text>
<subclause id="H0C7DC8FE77D74A61A2C7277416116EEC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>that</quote> before <quote>qualify</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9E067DD5245846A6917A60F43C263B96">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H294EDB9B13AC4163942972ECBA2CF13B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause id="H5A0717B8B4C34C7985E38EBEC5A972C8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>that</quote> before <quote>offer</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD18D46F55608410C8CE61834B4C273A3">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HD2DE07F8967246D1972C07D37DAF56E7">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD1C9CCB2751142C08250119AB1573DBE" style="OLC">
<clause id="HDACC8736C41744B19A6B0BA9C17AAEA2">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to which the Secretary has not received a statement of the declaration of the intent of a college or university to not be considered a Hispanic-serving agricultural college or university.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB21514DC3C1B446FB70CB5CFA519CA85">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6347358C678F4322857BE3EA30F5E371" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HB3D9CC1CD25348189B74A579D2957F9C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Termination of declaration of intent</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A declaration of the intent of a college or university to not be considered a Hispanic-serving agricultural college or university submitted to the Secretary shall be in effect until September 30, 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD0031B1E0AAC40349143E0EFDD4E7971">
<enum>6102.</enum>
<header>National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board</header>
<subsection id="HA4BDAD66D1B1417291D8EF766764157D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Extension of termination date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1408(h) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(h)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8BABF8CC91C241EB97F93A11A7C7A7FA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Duties of National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board</header>
<text>Section 1408(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A49DDAA64F0420BABCC41A663D2A6F6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8490120F0774D5E9C12B2C3395455F6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B7392AFD98A4468AE705DD9F0ACA487">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79F1098792674EEC81C752B87C22F129" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H074563517F574B93A6194A7A0296D9DB">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with industry groups on agricultural research, extension, education, and economics, and make recommendations to the Secretary based on that consultation.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF0419E5F4B574D0A9E7F746656C7CFE0">
<enum>6103.</enum>
<header>Specialty crop committee</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123a(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H56A545DC16444F539B9102E045E54F09">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Measures</quote> and inserting <quote>Programs</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H531952195D9944FCA8DE595E7C70E3D1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67F2409E5B3F456C87DC9DB53EAC64B1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H320D3D50A0E84D9A894C3CC4214E7551">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41F84556F293423DA76B02173C6C0B86">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Programs that would</quote> and inserting <quote>Research, extension, and teaching programs designed to improve competitiveness in the specialty crop industry, including programs that would</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF8FE49F00084252A56197A593F17D04">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by inserting <quote>, including improving the quality and taste of processed specialty crops</quote> before the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FE7205E71784E75AEBDD599AC5BA8F4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (G), by inserting <quote>the remote sensing and the</quote> before <quote>mechanization</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H443D49D7138B4054AE46CF8338847526">
<enum>6104.</enum>
<header>Veterinary services grant program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1415A (7 U.S.C. 3151a) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55E7A4F88BCE409ABA5D87CAACD6FC32" style="OLC">
<section id="H1EC7F8E4B47141E9BE9CA032FCDD5F8D">
<enum>1415B.</enum>
<header>Veterinary services grant program</header>
<subsection id="H9AD2302562144F3F973C232B3521B576">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H0DB07D8376EB42739189C01F5F58DCAE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Qualified entity</header>
<text>The term <term>qualified entity</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H11F07940ED8E462EA1A2C0B9631F63EC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a for-profit or nonprofit entity located in the United States that, or an individual who, operates a veterinary clinic providing veterinary services—</text>
<clause id="H2D7860DD15AC447589FBFD6868835DD1">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in a rural area, as defined in section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5F5E76B9A6BF49788C8CB16132BA6A21">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in a veterinarian shortage situation;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE403B4093EF4C2C9695134438F316E4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organization or specialty board recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFC8E19DF3D934ED09AFDADCD692D4D1B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a college or school of veterinary medicine accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8BF2311EB4F4810B57F4C513D88ADCF">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a university research foundation or veterinary medical foundation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A74D24AAF8D4C30907A5889E351E848">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>a department of veterinary science or department of comparative medicine accredited by the Department of Education;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5CC8912555114D84B8CFD0BC284A3387">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>a State agricultural experiment station; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68B5E0A6CEAF493C9E0302AB394BFC07">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>a State, local, or tribal government agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B84D93DC86F45CBA4FF2E6D5AE955CB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Veterinarian shortage situation</header>
<text>The term <term>veterinarian shortage situation</term> means a veterinarian shortage situation as determined by the Secretary under section 1415A.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF7F9D29E8B754B939EB16CAA4BF90269">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<paragraph id="HB7D3EB48B9FD4240A435962237211E5C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Competitive grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out a program to make competitive grants to qualified entities that carry out programs or activities described in paragraph (2) for the purpose of developing, implementing, and sustaining veterinary services.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H792D82A67E5E40C984D23866ACEB016B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligibility requirements</header>
<text>A qualified entity shall be eligible to receive a grant described in paragraph (1) if the entity carries out programs or activities that the Secretary determines will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18D6B28C8236456ABC4BC1B9739BB7A4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>substantially relieve veterinarian shortage situations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H355622ABABF847718350CC63239FE6A9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>support or facilitate private veterinary practices engaged in public health activities; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCEEBA5E8606B42D3B88912A6D5AC2062">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>support or facilitate the practices of veterinarians who are providing or have completed providing services under an agreement entered into with the Secretary under section 1415A(a)(2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H480BC55F03E64B549B2E66AC613851D9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Award processes and preferences</header>
<paragraph id="H538AFE7F420B485A8609CE9BADFD9EA6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Application, evaluation, and input processes</header>
<text>In administering the grant program established under this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H317ABCD790224269809B950226E9EF7F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>use an appropriate application and evaluation process, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAAE662C71783459A8F54659D758491D2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>seek the input of interested persons.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5C1B891894F04A50940BFBBF630122C7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Coordination preference</header>
<text>In selecting recipients of grants to be used for any of the purposes described in subsection (d)(1), the Secretary shall give a preference to qualified entities that provide documentation of coordination with other qualified entities, with respect to any such purpose.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H890CB2B42C8046D0978E1C99B33BA39B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Consideration of available funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting recipients of grants to be used for any of the purposes described in subsection (d), the Secretary shall take into consideration the amount of funds available for grants and the purposes for which the grant funds will be used.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD89A0F8A028948F6B4537A1E1B4EDED0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Nature of grants</header>
<text>A grant awarded under this section shall be considered to be a competitive research, extension, or education grant.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6B7B63E41C58478EBC5AE945E9806D24">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Use of grants To relieve veterinarian shortage situations and support veterinary services</header>
<paragraph id="H9A916541EBFA4D4781E95C2E7E3C3599">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a qualified entity may use funds provided by a grant awarded under this section to relieve veterinarian shortage situations and support veterinary services for any of the following purposes:</text>
<subparagraph id="H24FAD5434DAD4CA788AD409171250FC0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>To promote recruitment (including for programs in secondary schools), placement, and retention of veterinarians, veterinary technicians, students of veterinary medicine, and students of veterinary technology.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H345234BD8D7C42C6A5B914965407F80D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>To allow veterinary students, veterinary interns, externs, fellows, and residents, and veterinary technician students to cover expenses (other than the types of expenses described in section 1415A(c)(5)) to attend training programs in food safety or food animal medicine.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3CB90DB1CB484A1D86B05AD088DB6E72">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>To establish or expand accredited veterinary education programs (including faculty recruitment and retention), veterinary residency and fellowship programs, or veterinary internship and externship programs carried out in coordination with accredited colleges of veterinary medicine.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H477DD8776C584476AB31AB34BC31793F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>To provide continuing education and extension, including veterinary telemedicine and other distance-based education, for veterinarians, veterinary technicians, and other health professionals needed to strengthen veterinary programs and enhance food safety.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA5C1391C968E4A4181C247CFA8BA0E00">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>To provide technical assistance for the preparation of applications submitted to the Secretary for designation as a veterinarian shortage situation under this section or section 1415A.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3002A19109A44B9BD347FE0C04B2D95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Qualified entities operating veterinary clinics</header>
<text>A qualified entity described in subsection (a)(1)(A) may only use funds provided by a grant awarded under this section to establish or expand veterinary practices, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H980838E850F24F15B3EEBA8B3C74636A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>equipping veterinary offices;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8608B5DF7971404DA1143086A29D7719">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>sharing in the reasonable overhead costs of such veterinary practices, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H88D6A552CE3A4279B8D0F4E39FB92CD3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>establishing mobile veterinary facilities in which a portion of the facilities will address education or extension needs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCD194F878A114D64A50BA6200EF01AA9">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Special requirements for certain grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5A0034E022914F2CA02DCDD5DE6C9C59">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Terms of service requirements</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC628D94CE1204D079062365F3988A419">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Funds provided through a grant made under this section to a qualified entity described in subsection (a)(1)(A) and used by such entity under subsection (d)(2) shall be subject to an agreement between the Secretary and such entity that includes a required term of service for such entity (including a qualified entity operating as an individual), as prospectively established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE47C2B8954B64EB298A2AC3CE48FCA15">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In establishing a term of service under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider only—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF2FF0A3856AB48568F927EF86FAFF8EA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the amount of the grant awarded; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H20CA8274AC46466989D5B22DBDEA870D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the specific purpose of the grant.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H72F4CCD9AE4B42AFB2F32E0DDFB3DC71">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Breach remedies</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB198FF371B54B22BA627D0270EB0C22">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An agreement under paragraph (1) shall provide remedies for any breach of the agreement by the qualified entity referred to in paragraph (1)(A), including repayment or partial repayment of the grant funds, with interest.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5BEB2CD278F9438E97A33B87DED9BF79">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Waiver</header>
<text>The Secretary may grant a waiver of the repayment obligation for breach of contract if the Secretary determines that such qualified entity demonstrates extreme hardship or extreme need.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB558EC38BBC420BB35566735EE4CC33">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Treatment of amounts recovered</header>
<text>Funds recovered under this paragraph shall—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD304BF28D46D4AE59114F9CAE256693C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>be credited to the account available to carry out this section; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H5596150D196245FBB8FF8B3B8F49037E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>remain available until expended without further appropriation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB976DFE8D37845FA8247E6B1ABF7EFC4">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on use of grant funds for construction</header>
<text>Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), funds made available for grants under this section may not be used—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B8EBEB79E3240C8913422D534ECE23C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to construct a new building or facility; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEBEB015D60B54C9D9A2B846F688534E7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to acquire, expand, remodel, or alter an existing building or facility, including site grading and improvement and architect fees.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H283D6D7CB7FA411C80B840A1D8EFDB16">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E651C3FE64F4E4D95F522C7CB349A6E">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H2EC993CB46BB4F77A9296BB2367BDFC1">
<enum>6105.</enum>
<header>Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1417(m) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(m)) is amended by striking <quote>section $60,000,000</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H37A5E314BDBB46B5A83FD57A634C5FAE" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="HB6AD9B45156C41219584213811FED610">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1990 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC0238D2D12CF414E8DD053798BBB1449">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HA009C0DEB5D14D109049CEC3295B87CE">
<enum>6106.</enum>
<header>Policy research centers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3155) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H185B775D9A5A4267B61392BEEDA8C70D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Agricultural and food</header-in-text></quote> before <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">policy</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDBF30EC34DB04956B2FBE0B7F728D82B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAB6E0D349C194951A7FDF2CA87F68A74">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Secretary may</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary shall, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8450240EA9784A808966CE6A3C1981CD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>make grants, competitive grants, and special research grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements and other contracting instruments with, </quote> and inserting <quote>make competitive grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE17484C1C3984894BE61570D5ED45045">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>with a history of providing unbiased, nonpartisan economic analysis to Congress</quote> after <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDAED5253FFD942A69511088BD6A1B7E4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>other research institutions</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be eligible</quote> and inserting <quote>and other public research institutions and organizations shall be eligible</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H845D848680794012B6F9F257ADC30D0B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H498F38FCF8C04DFB96B7398F3D6707B7">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (b), the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97C4BFCC4DAC4A37872945ACB616447A" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H88C02900003547BAA3F45E13E3E15408">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Preference</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In awarding grants under this section, the Secretary shall give a preference to policy research centers that have extensive databases, models, and demonstrated experience in providing Congress with agricultural market projections, rural development analysis, agricultural policy analysis, and baseline projections at the farm, multiregional, national, and international levels.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H770E5DF7EB9949AAB160E7B27963A68F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (4)) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40A5A280E5A64A20B0DF8478ED625E3D" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H0B14E9A7B103498C903320C16B88E04D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HC746B4EB55514CD690CC8504E56E5E7F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBBF25CF533034D1184CE84B72005C550">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H01FC442503EE4D9483B25A36B2B47EEC">
<enum>6107.</enum>
<header>Repeal of human nutrition intervention and health promotion research program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1424 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3174) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H8B02E192470946D594B91A3A266C31B8">
<enum>6108.</enum>
<header>Repeal of pilot research program to combine medical and agricultural research</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1424A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3174a) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HB4303FAFC78A4B1AB315B90FE662D684">
<enum>6109.</enum>
<header>Nutrition education program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1425(f) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3175(f)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HD8DFA3979E7D4E39AF9EA0AF4DEC198B">
<enum>6110.</enum>
<header>Continuing animal health and disease research programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3195) is amended by striking the section designation and heading and all that follows through subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H68A7E8611572446785CB3DC4062339CE" style="OLC">
<section id="HDF6D48F49D8642FBA733C5C5CACAEFC1">
<enum>1433.</enum>
<header>Appropriations for continuing animal health and disease research programs</header>
<subsection id="H267BBAA1780B43A89833B62458D05FFB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H848A8D07C3ED4B0FAA3500539DC72502">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to support continuing animal health and disease research programs at eligible institutions—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5D671E7AF08B453599FDDDCE26B0D121">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26AA9C18F5304E999C96ADAACA6F7615">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD23124417FFD474881FC4DE0EFC8C54D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under this section shall be used—</text>
<subparagraph id="H68026BD51EBD4B5D9BB4B95A5FC3B0B4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to meet the expenses of conducting animal health and disease research, publishing and disseminating the results of such research, and contributing to the retirement of employees subject to the Act of March 4, 1940 (7 U.S.C. 331);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H597FB2B2C7FD44A3ADF5974E1C818915">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>for administrative planning and direction; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H675F4CDF7C744BEFB3F299CD1C252E9F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to purchase equipment and supplies necessary for conducting the research described in subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HF59C7784D16140DD9B3391B7412D4711">
<enum>6111.</enum>
<header>Repeal of appropriations for research on national or regional problems</header>
<subsection id="H140BC6FBFB3542B8A96E6B03F1DEED85">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1434 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3196) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H07E18AB86CCC4DDB8CD3673D6D3A40C1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HCEC9E502788F4EA8BC78A8D8D97B28AF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Matching funds</header>
<text>Section 1438 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3200) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>, exclusive of the funds provided for research on specific national or regional animal health and disease problems under the provisions of section 1434 of this title,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F00B8079D0F408DA92479FF5546F3A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations for existing and certain new agricultural research programs</header>
<text>Section 1463(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3311(c)) is amended by striking <quote>sections 1433 and 1434</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1433</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2226D2AFF80D4D8BA600F043C7C5B497">
<enum>6112.</enum>
<header>Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b(b)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HBD3E27BBF5844AFA93993F7C53D5A183">
<enum>6113.</enum>
<header>Grants to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant institutions</header>
<subsection id="H1E3151D7F4F446DEB38AF62E1DC04AB9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Supporting tropical and subtropical agricultural research</header>
<paragraph id="HC7B968C8C0AF4EE094D53FF10A23245B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 1447B(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b–2(a)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53F8F1E9E2A5428881C16C3985D5C544" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4B3FE5E38FA44A108917A1137266454A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the intent of Congress to assist the land-grant colleges and universities in the insular areas in efforts to—</text>
<paragraph id="H3533E0063E114106A97964686E30D3F9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>acquire, alter, or repair facilities or relevant equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7201DBA51DC04113880130F06A014A0C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>support tropical and subtropical agricultural research, including pest and disease research.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3B9CC3233D674D61AA10F055D1154249">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1447B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b–2) is amended in the heading—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD5BC76B9FC204BDAA55D0263AED91827">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and support tropical and subtropical agricultural research</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">equipment</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H04A43EF92EEF412899BC09B65FC7383B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">institutions</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">colleges and universities</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H55FB65F1BEBB44598D2158A3B3CC821E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1447B(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b–2(d)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5A0605051ABB45C184BE6A66F36BFF04">
<enum>6114.</enum>
<header>Repeal of national research and training virtual centers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1448 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222c) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H1A8D486E5C884BC0BD5AB5094AF17D89">
<enum>6115.</enum>
<header>Hispanic-serving institutions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241(c)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H6CF951D722C74C049BF55ECADFA00E7F">
<enum>6116.</enum>
<header>Competitive Grants Program for Hispanic Agricultural Workers and Youth</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1456(e)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3243(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32F802DDAA4D48669487EB183FA31967" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7A678CCAF5A140D589B458D1C5D3BEF2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a competitive grants program—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE6E68C541E7D49F7997C7A89777B738B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to fund fundamental and applied research and extension at Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities in agriculture, human nutrition, food science, bioenergy, and environmental science; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H96A07D1827DE4A219C2F767E1D3246E7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to award competitive grants to Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges and universities to provide for training in the food and agricultural sciences of Hispanic agricultural workers and Hispanic youth working in the food and agricultural sciences.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H9CE02DFAD4C249D8897DB96C47206903">
<enum>6117.</enum>
<header>Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1459A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0B508C38E2D4932A916C9BD61ADCFD3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H207F3F601F114275A75AB78C14777978">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HEFD84AE5566E4BB899A17AE93CE96004">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DF05911D7774FE9B68F9EC76CA6AA86">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HD67B57C943DD4ABD9EEEEFF9D84C6262">
<enum>6118.</enum>
<header>Repeal of research equipment grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1462A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310a) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H4C1CD676A6E84135B29E9B33B0F5F99B">
<enum>6119.</enum>
<header>University research</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3311) is amended in both of subsections (a) and (b) by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HC4D57D0AD2FD4DD896FE810266DB6777">
<enum>6120.</enum>
<header>Extension service</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3312) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H6D497DDED6AB4B53A02FB40C517DF314">
<enum>6121.</enum>
<header>Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative requirements</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1469 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3315) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE71A40EC62444CE2BB9855CB8C4AD6BC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H535FDB50569D4D69A73388E2D5658B1B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBDCD583A39BD455293F704C8D8FD1846">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H48294BEC2A3241D89270FD56DCB775A6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10098030A0BC44778A318C8635C6F0BC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as subsections (d), (e), and (f), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H65E988A5BB464BD2AAEC75B09B9F741A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD027344D4BF943169739E99D39716F1B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HCEC31213ADED4C128DAF5B341CDEEE3E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Administrative expenses</header>
<paragraph id="H888D55E353384DCAB867906000E3FF7A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may retain not more than 4 percent of amounts made available for agricultural research, extension, and teaching assistance programs for the administration of those programs authorized under this Act or any other Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD8AFA2BE2444DBAB856DED0BF908E8E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation on administrative expenses under paragraph (1) shall not apply to peer panel expenses under subsection (d) or any other provision of law related to the administration of agricultural research, extension, and teaching assistance programs that contains a limitation on administrative expenses that is less than the limitation under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5F8163A369FB4A6AB6B17A16DF1F5DB7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Agreements with non-Federal entities</header>
<paragraph id="HB99A8066FC8C4ABCB4EC22D466909143">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Former agricultural research facilities of the Department</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary, for purposes of supporting ongoing research and information dissemination activities, including supporting research and those activities through co-locating scientists and other technical personnel, sharing of laboratory and field equipment, and providing financial support, shall enter into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other legal instruments with former Department of Agriculture agricultural research facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F59CC4E5BF14DC7B9CC16E0B73F87F1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Agreements with agricultural research organizations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, for purposes of receiving from a non-Federal agricultural research organization support for agricultural research, including staffing, laboratory and field equipment, or direct financial assistance, may enter into grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other legal instruments with a non-Federal agricultural research organization, the operation of which is consistent with the research mission and programs of an agricultural research facility of the Department of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H32974EF71D3B48DE9865B1E4228814A9">
<enum>6122.</enum>
<header>Supplemental and alternative crops</header>
<subsection id="H506AF916CA6549AEA0C0C720DEA471D6">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations and termination</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1473D of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF5D9AEE9FF4449E593A1F3A34050926B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1E26C10B491749A1B97D9CB80363E8E7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AC74A6493E54DD1A1A3414665410AD5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H934B3C7F7E3D42DE894D4387F24B8211">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HFBE498579353445E8261CE547E9A7C84">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B4FD67C6EE04D35A995A70DFB47B89D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDAAC2B80373C481CA8DAE602404CA044">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Competitive grants</header>
<text>Section 1473D(c)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d(c)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>use such research funding, special or competitive grants, or other means, as the Secretary determines,</quote> and inserting <quote>make competitive grants</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H34DB378874BD4327B106232E4C59698B">
<enum>6123.</enum>
<header>Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473F(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319i(b)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H05AAD648A4204721B018CF151B82CCD0">
<enum>6124.</enum>
<header>Aquaculture assistance programs</header>
<subsection id="H211F777269774426862BE2D2EC168CD9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Competitive grants</header>
<text>Section 1475(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3322(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>competitive</quote> before <quote>grants</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF23698B9FF41477C913F44B98B9D5966">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1477 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3324) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5773A3958FA497AB4A4E62208668275" style="OLC">
<section id="HE5BFEE6FA7BA436DAB9CED56A2176F48">
<enum>1477.</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="H24DEB67BBB4C48AEAFA8BE3C300F864B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1923FF13F5F4A2F93796B31C72E5D01">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H34D6C90CEB634906ACEC2B53428165A9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H265E0449748A4596BB5B7117CF69F46B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on use</header>
<text>Funds made available under this section may not be used to acquire or construct a building.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD8E9E2A8A6EA4A1B99A6CC629A0DE513">
<enum>6125.</enum>
<header>Rangeland research programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3336(a)) is amended by striking <quote>subtitle</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD1D1586CC4D34A8F88E5579CEBE9E0F2" style="OLC">
<text>subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="H5258392281894A848EB3BFC01DD341E9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE1D8B302EC8432591E4BAB21ADB5103">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H998201E1523B45AAA2D3BB1CFBF8C39E">
<enum>6126.</enum>
<header>Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1484(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3351(a)) is amended by striking <quote>response such sums as are necessary</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFEDD022021D441F98FAFAA7C9C1E22FF" style="OLC">
<text>response—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D78B410764C4F44B97ABDCFE79386FC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAEA0DFFF9A04D41AD9D494E40EF8E87">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H0904D9A03AAB410AA2DED41C6179701C">
<enum>6127.</enum>
<header>Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher education</header>
<subsection id="H721C40E0AA02415CAC73137A3C124754">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Distance education grants for insular areas</header>
<paragraph id="HC7AC0DF19DD344BAABE737B72D3B266F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Competitive grants</header>
<text>Section 1490(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362(a)) is amended by striking <quote>or noncompetitive</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19CDE79E3C0F4F2EAA1795677A15F431">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1490(f) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362(f)) is amended by striking <quote>section</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF41945C3D2EC458499699FD78E8A3B4A" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC075C3B25434BBBB396D630AC47EC1A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H52E2CEC2DED44C8286CD429C47B7337B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA3F8E42CAD5C4A11AF1E3BDBAF3CE0D6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Resident instruction grants for insular areas</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1491(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363(c)) is amended by striking <quote>such sums as are necessary </quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H98C535735271440A9300FB331F409300" style="OLC">
<text>to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E80102C49A34AE99B00254C274179BC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39AB60DDE03244F788EB7C255C653857">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9052BFC7FE5E44CEA29410A79F811670">
<enum>6128.</enum>
<header>Matching funds requirement</header>
<subsection id="H4C1B0727FFBE48CCA00D56371CFB9C3B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7FD2DA5DDCC041BD856D7BF7B6BABAC8" style="OLC">
<subtitle id="H92E811302EEB4C008E6551187ACDE82A">
<enum>P</enum>
<header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H226DBF61F2AA4E5488D0585F4F6603AA">
<enum>1492.</enum>
<header>Matching funds requirement</header>
<subsection id="H9CCE5E6F517B4D0C95B0BC704AA8316A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient of a competitive grant that is awarded by the Secretary under a covered law shall provide funds, in-kind contributions, or a combination of both, from sources other than funds provided through such grant in an amount at least equal to the amount of such grant.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H79DDE690BE7645399E2A84A36702A035">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The matching funds requirement under subsection (a) shall not apply to grants awarded—</text>
<paragraph id="H0FDDFE993C8749C9988CCAB38EC4C70F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to a research agency of the Department of Agriculture; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBECC8998F0A74E728ED09017C7A8A8B3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to an entity eligible to receive funds under a capacity and infrastructure program (as defined in section 251(f)(1)(C) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C))), including a partner of such entity.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC6D100C39F044ED080BC195FFA9E99E2">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Covered law</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>covered law</term> means each of the following provisions of law:</text>
<paragraph id="HF8CB12571885433CB0A01D4BF4E915D9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>This title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD0074252E94A42C8A9DFADB3768F7EFB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5801 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H361ADE7413AD4EF5975DC7B005DD8AE8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42036FD5E8524A26B2228F094F6A0D44">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Part III of subtitle E of title VII of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 3202 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E02C858AD9E49F3884D9C458C4733E8">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H864E3864262D4F8B97F2BAF4E74D281A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Paragraph (9) of subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3FF3D2577BE44E93BD2DE07EE0C794A0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (B);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H557174C5F57947238DCF78A33BA5C056">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">for equipment grants</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">funds</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93B65FB4016B4A16892020CAD097146D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Equipment grants.—</header-in-text></enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35AAAA2287F647F4B5D6F341D8FCB965">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and moving the margins of such subparagraphs two ems to the left.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0AB5AE29EEE3438DA6E91C9CA16E8A4D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Application to amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H4663C104904C4D8DBFB825D94CB7F4A6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>New grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1492 of the National Agricultural, Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as added by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to grants described in such section awarded after October 1, 2013, unless the provision of a covered law under which such grants are awarded specifically exempts such grants from the matching funds requirement under such section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H88C31AD746524458939F2EB6849F0835">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Existing grants</header>
<text>A matching funds requirement in effect on or before October 1, 2013, under a covered law shall continue to apply to a grant awarded under such provision of law on or before that date.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA721997A9ED644E3BF045666B45F219E">
<enum>6129.</enum>
<header>Sense of Congress regarding expansion of the land grant program to include enhanced funding and additional institutions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HD09C58B8681840B59042516EC7D8C4B6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">institutions of higher education designated under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known, and referred to in this section, as the <quote>Second Morrill Act</quote>; 7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.) have played an integral role in the education and advancement of agriculture and mechanic arts for over a century;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D776F7B56FA486BA35E43E1F3778793">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in addition to those institutions, a number of colleges and universities have fulfilled similar and parallel missions in successfully training and graduating generations of students who have gone on to be leaders in their field;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBFB9957C08594A93A8C3AA9312F5AFDD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the colleges and universities, both with and without designation under the Second Morrill Act, fulfill a vital role to the future of industry, opportunities for increased job creation, and the strength of agriculture in the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H23C5169455E647E5BF097063D23B0950">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Congress must ensure that the United States’ higher education framework and policies meet the needs of young individuals in the United States, and that students from across the country are able to choose from a variety of institutions and programs that will equip them with the skills and training necessary to achieve their individual goals; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H61D6E5E45E3945C8ACEC18D9801DE466">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>as Congress and the agricultural community generally consider policies and approaches to improve research, extension, and education in the agricultural sciences, expansion of the land grant program under the Second Morrill Act to include enhanced funding and additional institutions should be considered.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HB4A55AB677B74036A469FCE1EFDB98DC">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</header>
<section id="H425B90D6EAFF4EEEAA57780E05040F77">
<enum>6201.</enum>
<header>Best utilization of biological applications</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1624 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5814) is amended in the first sentence—</text>
<paragraph id="H517938590CAC481B927BEC9AB576B5B7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>$40,000,000 for each fiscal year</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB41FACE165394A6286FD8E8C0ED8F0DC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2018</quote> after <quote>chapter</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HCEE3EFD125354B2B9A1CC66F6CC3C4AC">
<enum>6202.</enum>
<header>Integrated management systems</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1627(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5821(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4866CF1B4FC641D4A2D987AC243BD28B" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H8C14EEA79DE14A7D826176E95A3D6EC8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H2C5B68A2BC8D4C0E8023678B0F995106">
<enum>6203.</enum>
<header>Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1628(f) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5831(f)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H411209EAC4E74C08AE92FF5288CB0005" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H19311F4001FD4987B41ECF36362567F8">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H0214A373AA1D44C3A597B2C26A0F101E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00748A56879F4213A9CAA505DA8C24DE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H82775A2213754CC69BBEA44EA716B3B3">
<enum>6204.</enum>
<header>National training program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1629(i) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5832(i)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H51871D443E2C4FDFA84C067B0EA215C0" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H34F631BF5CED48C1A8611E04DE6E671A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out the National Training Program $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H318EA172C90D43AC86EA6ADCD37A2C78">
<enum>6205.</enum>
<header>National Genetics Resources Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5844(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1C7032BC90343FA8F4CB59975F38BAE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>such funds as may be necessary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5179C7A5961646DB9EC25E55473A07CA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subtitle</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H61BA85E30BA4491B9E7EA814E53D48B7" style="OLC">
<text>subtitle—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9EDB29113F94892AF9A840B212D4C14">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FD70DDEE35C45FCABD06E9DDF597AF2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HA8BD864FA22A4A1BBA85B421EED6EC6A">
<enum>6206.</enum>
<header>Repeal of National Agricultural Weather Information System</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, subtitle D of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HE430A900B8444DB5A3164B0EC3F13DCD">
<enum>6207.</enum>
<header>Repeal of rural electronic commerce extension program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1670 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5923) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H8A002B7FC5A74CF4A803CAAC8542F96C">
<enum>6208.</enum>
<header>Repeal of agricultural genome initiative</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HCCF3A5495F0347DC8CCF8F9D6516A76A">
<enum>6209.</enum>
<header>High-priority research and extension initiatives</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5B312A75EFE44325A78ACB7D087406AC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsections (e) through (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (e), (f), and (g)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFE25D0C04FBF4653A7310F1E316BF7B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>subsections (e) through (i)</quote> and inserting <quote><quote>subsections (e), (f), and (g)</quote></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB26F1A74F8B4E66B3477507F67351F9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subsections (e), (f), and (i);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3913B786394A4579A878CF7D0C97584C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (j) as subsections (e), (f), and (h), respectively;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H313E031C03624411AF6DD8C25438BF11">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (4))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H817C2DB1E707455289702B44C1E5BB42">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3) and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAD93AC762AA04A2D8151050FCECD487D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="HC662FACDC96A4CA4951AC36E3FD64BB0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and honey bee health disorders</quote> after <quote>collapse</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7254E8FDCD874C4092109203A3726A49">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>, including best management practices</quote> after <quote>strategies</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD424A24BA11745DE91C1A62DE5977687">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (4)) the following new subsection: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HB281AD0672454925B9DF8FA6AE48B46F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H09FD00E7B53A459F87862491BF32552F">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Coffee plant health initiative</header>
<paragraph id="H037C1C6DBE0B4E11B41B1854F4593DC9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a coffee plant health initiative to address the critical needs of the coffee industry by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66FCE654BEBA44ADB872F5FCCA2EF0E3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat the coffee berry borer (<italic>Hypothenemus hampei</italic>); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4654592B27884A6897E567C79BC5ACC9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>establishing an area-wide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or areas at risk of, being affected by the coffee berry borer.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC835D6FD70649388D1C415DD31BF876">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Eligible entities</header>
<text>The Secretary may carry out the coffee plant health initiative through—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB6C78F82CA364FADA8AF7E7D519E4237">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Federal agencies, including the Agricultural Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H716EFCFBA71641839913AE1E097421FA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>National Laboratories;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF630C706D37648BEAB1A638FFAD81C15">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>institutions of higher education;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H52DFC528C4884E6480CAF7BFB86ED222">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>research institutions or organizations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H73C0385EEE23492EB50070E623B292D7">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>private organizations or corporations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBE7CDCD5971241DCA019644D88FB105B">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>State agricultural experiment stations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9394D0165ED145E9AA27542C206523C7">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>individuals; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA615A9468A74E5A8994EFE50E8EEC86">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>groups consisting of 2 or more entities or individuals described in subparagraphs (A) through (G).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC68E3517D326408EA69A2CB951559A04">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Project grants and cooperative agreements</header>
<text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB546726725F34F4CA6B1EF9150BD8BAE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>enter into cooperative agreements with eligible entities, as appropriate; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8187711BD08B4452868DF011094C36FC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>award grants on a competitive basis.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H58FBFE502DE049D1AF5A9A99B36DBBEF">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF85BD3EE23D04C1CB7F8DFE3B31017AE">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (4)), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H2CE82A4EC31046ECBDA09ABCD9F36882">
<enum>6210.</enum>
<header>Repeal of nutrient management research and extension initiative</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1672A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925a) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H9FA6390961D84FCFA5C2F02B63FC8F5F">
<enum>6211.</enum>
<header>Organic agriculture research and extension initiative</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7E0633AB48FB478B905FF3496778E637">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE94C6F15C89D4226A8D3A9969904CFD2" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H176F3309153940DEB895D3449FF14A4D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Farm business management encouraged</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Following the completion of a peer review process for grant proposals received under this section, the Secretary shall give a priority to grant proposals found in the review process to be scientifically meritorious using the same criteria the Secretary uses to give priority to grants under section 1672D(b).</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF11568F58274DA0AE8E995A12E07874">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (f)<italic />—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFBA42F4F009A4635A6F89AD52437781C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H332A0393A3764AD8A4FB6D95EC8534BB">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the heading of such paragraph, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2012</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCDFE7BAE7B4B436AB15FF4069297BD2A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H39C639A8CD7744FAB1DF885C113FDE2F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7EA7C21735FF454295A662B4C356C68D">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2FB135B2E2C4BC084FCF079B3A73C27" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDDF2383EE3C046EA88F1CB4288A072C8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H479EB5EF2599418D9856EA0AECCC668A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HE5F80A2E8606498FBE510413B2F0401F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the heading of such paragraph, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2009 through 2012</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7FEE26DFB98E4056902D85F6B4EF7AB3">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2009 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H5FE17DBCA07D4AB4B85A82287E6C22F0">
<enum>6212.</enum>
<header>Repeal of agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy efficiency research and extension initiative</header>
<subsection id="HD9D3944EEE324CD6871FCFF087BA6753">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1672C of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925e) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCCD2267845684542A84D7BD1A788F6A5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 251(f)(1)(D) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(D)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H281C08A4E6BD4970A4CA135BE23F715A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (xi); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H305CC819EF1A4633A92F26900B124293">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clauses (xii) and (xiii) as clauses (xi) and (xii), respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD75EE39B8C2B4DBB98066B1160A6DC37">
<enum>6213.</enum>
<header>Farm business management</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672D(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925f(d)) is amended by striking <quote>such sums as are necessary to carry out this section.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H88FBC20DFC6D442DAA93554E199D6964" style="OLC">
<text>to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H7E867EABB6934DF2BD2B04D12053C161">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86BB97E7DC7041CA80EFED4EF0F77111">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H7B7771D1861F4BF08438EEBA82F05E0D">
<enum>6214.</enum>
<header>Centers of excellence</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 1672D (7 U.S.C. 5925f) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFA5CA6441E624FEC8E8291A627ACC244" style="OLC">
<section id="HF24DE9D764994A73B9ADFDE8F1141F9C">
<enum>1673.</enum>
<header>Centers of excellence</header>
<subsection id="HED9FDF2C24194110A837E8CD414C8C10">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Funding priorities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prioritize centers of excellence established for specific agricultural commodities for the receipt of funding for any competitive research or extension program administered by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE2B775A8675E4E6D9DCBB9385898CF3B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Composition</header>
<text>A center of excellence is composed of 1 or more of the eligible entities specified in subsection (b)(7) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(7)) that provide financial or in-kind support to the center of excellence.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA9B2F33AFF3D46C8972967DBF6F8945D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Criteria for centers of excellence</header>
<paragraph id="HADE8317D579D4E0C8A2A70357B25A173">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Required efforts</header>
<text>The criteria for consideration to be recognized as a center of excellence shall include efforts—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC576848A5A2247518B1C6421C14BA89E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to ensure coordination and cost effectiveness by reducing unnecessarily duplicative efforts regarding research, teaching, and extension;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A7DBF9D02DB4315B0E59E550F6A817D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to leverage available resources by using public/private partnerships among agricultural industry groups, institutions of higher education, and the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H12E54F78AE8247619DFAB4913DC03673">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>to implement teaching initiatives to increase awareness and effectively disseminate solutions to target audiences through extension activities; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD58A241EB27645EBA23B655925608DB3">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>to increase the economic returns to rural communities by identifying, attracting, and directing funds to high-priority agricultural issues.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H993545300E4D4CFC996C889D2DF48E28">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Additional efforts</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Where practicable, the criteria for consideration to be recognized as a center of excellence shall include efforts to improve teaching capacity and infrastructure at colleges and universities (including land-grant institutions, schools of forestry, schools of veterinary medicine, and NLGCA Institutions).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H136ACCB337E74FB8BC02AACD1A336BCC">
<enum>6215.</enum>
<header>Repeal of red meat safety research center</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 1676 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5929) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HCA07DF3E7E3648AA99F6A78A7DA55CF1">
<enum>6216.</enum>
<header>Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FADA8728F334E278BB15EE8CC9F3E37">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>is</quote> and inserting <quote>are</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77BDE9D1D7FF444989CB3E86FDF55BC4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD9678E25AFAF47E6899CDED9D70F4164" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H18F8A2E855B44604ACD06DBF8B70B937">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF739A57881A04864B7339BFF318F8F65">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HAC9D8AF0CAC746DA882CD10709E4843A">
<enum>6217.</enum>
<header>National rural information center clearinghouse</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HE05929106FF141AF81C89154A897AA64">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998</header>
<section id="H7FEDD180C6484BE481A76741E5774CF0">
<enum>6301.</enum>
<header>Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and education funded by the Department</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103(a)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7613(a)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBCACF3369B4545F886A82ED339878F9E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Merit review of extension</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Relevance and merit review of research, extension,</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC776A0FC86B4ABD8D62CD398F1E3C55">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H27A20DB579934BDEAB17E828B2376CB6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>relevance and</quote> before <quote>merit</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H84182F27EF6D4ECCA6A97727E6413050">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>extension or education</quote> and inserting <quote>research, extension, or education</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55E60C6313A5403E9C3E97DC0341E29E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>on a continuous basis</quote> after <quote>procedures</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H76B8F6EE24C8439DB945E033E7B14178">
<enum>6302.</enum>
<header>Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626(f)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9AAB36D8127C4C6FBD8164557053A4B3">
<enum>6303.</enum>
<header>Repeal of coordinated program of research, extension, and education to improve viability of small and medium size dairy, livestock, and poultry operations</header>
<subsection id="H8276232943214689814CBA22CBF14579">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 407 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7627) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0C2AC62A43C3425EAE60EE6B9FB6193D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 251(f)(1)(D) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(D)), as amended by section 6212(b), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3EE18306A8144734A8DDFBE7CBE22503">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (xi) (as redesignated by section 6212(b)); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1706AF475944783B13A1DA4150A499D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (xii) (as redesignated by section 6212(b)) as clause (xi).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H28AC1353AE60490A8CC6160C77F85541">
<enum>6304.</enum>
<header>Fusarium Graminearum grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7628(e)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H15EFE25D63844AD5A6F2839F8DCF3005" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE363BBC509204B23A922C50309BA917C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H857CC1A08E2D49339EEF35C7FE9D9029">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H068B8603EE0F4BB98A36CF27066B2F1F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HAD7F92F8BBFC4EFB9D17363BB43E8CC9">
<enum>6305.</enum>
<header>Repeal of Bovine Johne's disease control program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 409 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7629) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HAF8BB50A19FE4EFB84E2809BF5929EC8">
<enum>6306.</enum>
<header>Grants for youth organizations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 410(d) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7630(d)) is amended by striking <quote>section such sums as are necessary</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFA96960A0B804A9CA0A222B5BED3B870" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="HD546C3A6B8374C5DB96590F7D1BE56D0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2471C5D9B23A4D13AEF1DB302348CEC2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H763CB53D7CF24EEBA1463A272D61389F">
<enum>6307.</enum>
<header>Specialty crop research initiative</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA3044E5C9A46409CB08220CBE1D5FD16">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5907F2B653E5493D962ED8ECEFE4EFAE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and genomics</quote> and inserting <quote>genomics, and other methods</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H69399764B904485E9F8A3B7E7CA23B15">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>handling and processing,</quote> after <quote>production efficiency,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF2FB7A4052084C048500465879F20C05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6221CAE18414D5BBA00118C29DAB126" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HE751A408FA974C53B7A07E9C4B2E5679">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Research projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall award competitive grants on the basis of—</text>
<paragraph id="H838936AAEC3C4B8C8D4E66896CFE605B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an initial scientific peer review conducted by a panel of subject matter experts from Federal agencies, non-Federal entities, and the specialty crop industry; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADA97D59BE9241D29EEEEBB66B67CE40">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a final funding determination made by the Secretary based on a review and ranking for merit, relevance, and impact conducted by a panel of specialty crop industry representatives for the specific specialty crop.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4BBBC06312D94AAD86EA19CE304EF756">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (h)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H93FB11CC8232458C81F359A0ED9BB678">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HC684190578824F71AE2110B21D516BD2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Mandatory funding for fiscal years 2008 through 2012.—</header-in-text></enum-in-header></header-in-text>Of the funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31E9882F36DD4DA29EDB90C98251242B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H82C05BF75D774D8B83E5C36A12B3CB35">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Mandatory funding</header>
<subparagraph id="H8B01C38A579A46F8834C246A02B9CCA3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years 2008 through 2012</header>
<text>Of the funds</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
<clause id="H1DED11CEF5324A8D9D1140098232EFE0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4D30155B16844199B08EDFB80FEFF42" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA2AE7C179EF243CB9C478434E1E05E93">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Subsequent funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this section—</text>
<clause id="H848CF554A4AC49AB9099712180D1C7DA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>$50,000,000 for fiscal years 2014 and 2015;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HCC88E32681A84E238AF59899A60226D4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>$55,000,000 for fiscal years 2016 and 2017; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H15586E3CD77E4D33816FBEBE4A9BCB38">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H27A7308DC5E14C68B843F2E1E5F919C1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H735B3C63E7064CC29D0888ECC7CBF897">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2008 Through 2012</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2014 Through 2018</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2A981690D8B1426CBD354A8120726BF1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H92E3CA9B5572469E9BF34BDB5073A425">
<enum>6308.</enum>
<header>Food animal residue avoidance database program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7642(e)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H3B17D8D5D2464D00BAE8837D0ABE6E9D">
<enum>6309.</enum>
<header>Repeal of national swine research center</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 612 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–185; 112 Stat. 605) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H400E3820B12C4FE29ED7DD43AF924C34">
<enum>6310.</enum>
<header>Office of pest management policy</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 614(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7653(f)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C432F90AC634C6D92BFAD03657F785B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such sums as are necessary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H186FAFEC94A84E65982644966A6DC2A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HBEBD026AC73343AE96F79F68ECCC24B2" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="H9D202990D5B34675A5E37DF147E7195D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC809181F31B4B539F13AF650A9C1E0A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HAC470B7B44444F4A98A9F75E315691F1">
<enum>6311.</enum>
<header>Repeal of studies of agricultural research, extension, and education</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, subtitle C of title VI of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7671 et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H2A2A35DC13AB41D1ACA288ECA119A566">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Other Laws</header>
<section id="H58149B9EFCA341CE8E26FBF67B5B8F32">
<enum>6401.</enum>
<header>Critical Agricultural Materials Act</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(a) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C. 178n(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H326451D879F34EE3818D5F5CD83DA991">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>such sums as are necessary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D8A37EF5B784B2FA824A33EEFB88A5D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Act</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE6A96771410E46629843B1176BA301CC" style="OLC">
<text>Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H7486C8BC266344689022AB080C2EBF1F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1991 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H459D4DF70BBB4C078743AA9912607C2D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H4A5BE3624E534D0FA092665908B303E5">
<enum>6402.</enum>
<header>Equity in Educational Land-grant Status Act of <enum-in-header>1994</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAD611BE9FDF64A7088D54B9C9EC0289C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definition of 1994 institutions</header>
<text>Section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7B1CFA9FFCC143FAB4CA2D6DFD47B6B8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>Memorial</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8BE66DE7DE5D4B988F02185E04EF6CE6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (26), by striking <quote>Community</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA2F80AAF0874F9FA91AE006763EBA01">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (5), (10), and (27);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE9FA246735474857A601A7AC6B2632B8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8), (9), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18), (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (28), (29), (30), (31), (32), (33), and (34) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (7), (8), (9), (5), (10), (15), (17), (18), (19), (20), (22), (23), (24), (25), (32), (26), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (33), (34), (35), and (14), respectively, and transferring the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE573391B96E24E5B8D05FB39FBFD597C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF207F1594D414302A418B2ECBAA3C6A7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H28CD9D1B5D9147D7B13ABBF245E45677">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aaniih Nakoda College.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF5F08D411E14A9589365F31237BD602">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H468CF34C7AFB471181E1186947745B44" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H16E385435B3648E9B5E6ED975E6E33FD">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">College of the Muscogee Nation.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5D12B361F47A42B186BAC82EC66A07B4">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after paragraph (15) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0475D4DFFFD4178B0417B17695893C4" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF66101CDE5B846A0BA731FEEA1BAB862">
<enum>(16)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5822C1959D4845FA9D40D24EAA065602">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (20) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04B7A361EE644BD18C4E22534387CA09" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD67F7FE671F546189EE073EFB9C620EF">
<enum>(21)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Navajo Technical College.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDC1DF77382F848C98AC105056E9017FC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Endowment for 1994 institutions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 533(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDCE5AD44E2FC44E284C7F39F2419259B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Institutional Capacity Building Grants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it appears in subsections (b)(1) and (c) and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4CEE3A3808CB442D8077DA86FA2E0BA1">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Research grants</header>
<paragraph id="H3D0A0EE460224CEBB4B64FBB989705A8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 536(c) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9017EA1C02054C65AA2141A87FF5247A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Research grant requirements</header>
<text>Section 536(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382) is amended by striking <quote>with at least 1 other land-grant college or university</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4A17763B09334D6BB340DDED4785AD30" style="OLC">
<text>with—</text>
<paragraph id="H672C289858B2499CA4CA6A79878A5A1C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0EE54255047A45869C74911D988CA346">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>at least 1—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6F56BD0327CA4B88B6171C173A711FE8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>other land-grant college or university (exclusive of another 1994 Institution);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDD72E3B98A3A42FFB7217B9EDD38D629">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>non-land-grant college of agriculture (as defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD2D791826F845D3B677CF3CBDAA9B9A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>cooperating forestry school (as defined in that section).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD7E6B22ACA704B14BD24122E29676FA5">
<enum>6403.</enum>
<header>Research Facilities Act</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390d(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H9BBC899820774E848E370C560C71FD27">
<enum>6404.</enum>
<header>Repeal of carbon cycle research</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 221 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 6711) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H768876230AAD47D3A1C82A223FF17962">
<enum>6405.</enum>
<header>Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act</header>
<subsection id="H7D46858FED964B6CAAAF817DDA8517D0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Extension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b)(11)(A) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(11)(A)) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDC9F79D08ED244B58AF7741D4F931219">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Priority areas</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6D4602672A1644738F0EE7EB0171D2A3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E74AE09153247B2BCD7608F4E8C07B0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (vi), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF8EB79F2FEEC44BFA8646AD16A6EC500">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA17F6F88E93141F3B9A506CB8FA7E8C5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3166A9C8A1F84EF69432588A5FEE9051" style="OLC">
<clause id="H2FBC9E58796247C69FACA6873CACA825">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">plant-based foods that are major sources of nutrients of concern (as determined by the Secretary).</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H677F9A7D64C1497188DB73872CDE7CC2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3522B59885774B409D6CC2C53665B8EF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (vii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0793036691C458F8FC5376C4EAD426B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (viii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30C5CA2650504EEF8958FADAA319A36B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new clauses:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3AF410EAB094E5683A5DEAF1D583522" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF07C4AE05622444C80E3C77D7B442C12">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the research and development of surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for pests and diseases (especially zoonotic diseases) in wildlife reservoirs presenting a potential concern to public health or domestic livestock and pests and diseases in minor species (including deer, elk, and bison); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC53F259FE1DC4936986D85355C855C4E">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the identification of animal drug needs and the generation and dissemination of data for safe and effective therapeutic applications of animal drugs for minor species and minor uses of such drugs in major species.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H728E44103E6C456CBDCDAD273A03BDCC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D15A5E848564B87910A0605D574DF49">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by inserting before the semicolon <quote>, including the effects of plant-based foods that are major sources of nutrients of concern on diet and health</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB7A1AC05DDC1427DA7AE3AAB9067DCE7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iii), by inserting before the semicolon <quote>, including plant-based foods that are major sources of nutrients of concern</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE875A837CB3544DC98241E7F2E2D90A8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv), by inserting before the semicolon <quote>, including postharvest practices conducted with respect to plant-based foods that are major sources of nutrients of concern</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H151EB4D44AAD4EE88B41DB3123CB7242">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in clause (v), by inserting before the period <quote>, including improving the functionality of plant-based foods that are major sources of nutrients of concern</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H171B461A4A924552A4AFBBAEF5C6DE01">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6B3DC826943F446987FEE472F66E3A79">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (iv), (v), and (vi) as clauses (v), (vi), and (vii), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H032A9B0EB05145A0AF0A914FB09642CA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (iii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90457FA027BF4A2AB8191DA6FC0046B7" style="OLC">
<clause id="H63B97D434C2542F1B1CF7959CD79C836">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the effectiveness of conservation practices and technologies designed to address nutrient losses and improve water quality;</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DA63EC5192442179DB1DC0679B2870B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (F)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4781918391864D26B65A013454132112">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>economics,</quote> after <quote>trade,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H03D50D07165840E78036072B88E078FF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D67AF83A3704E31B23F92FBAA47222A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (iv) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA40610672FA7499AB04CEE874891E610" style="OLC">
<clause id="H8E8AD3CCD8A8478D940CBAEA7FE90AF3">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the economic costs, benefits, and viability of producers adopting conservation practices and technologies designed to improve water quality;</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H65DD604060674AAAA698AF8AB65A0E9E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>General administration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b)(4) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA25795F001A44C3D834F03F715A3399A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0ED2CC78686A4DC480D981C12D2BFC99">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47361407DFE045D7BE1E803BBB29585C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08F11391509241EA904EBAB02ABDF6E9" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H09E51EC6A38B41F4AD3428E17987041A">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish procedures under which a commodity board established under a commodity promotion law (as such term is defined under section 501(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401(a))) or a State commodity board (or other equivalent State entity) may directly submit to the Secretary proposals for requests for applications to specifically address particular issues related to the priority areas specified in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H02932B60FA284B899EA95E09F5A13B67">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Special considerations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b)(6) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(6)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA7271960664A4EBD9624E595A0C87F2A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57C739064B244AC5AE5FCC14B20A4B63">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1407375226B34EFBA110ED73673C9B12">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40E366F97FB24D59ADA1745A44DC18DC" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H489E32041AF34844AE900D07D119E9C4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to eligible entities to carry out the specific research proposals submitted under procedures established under paragraph (4)(F).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE76D2189DA344B3DAA739F6F19E7019B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Eligible entities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b)(7)(G) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(7)(G)) is amended by striking <quote>or corporations</quote> and inserting <quote>, foundations, or corporations </quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1F3B844B85804CCBB679217EA08560E9">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (e) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1594AB71F58D471C94B24021D50FF1E9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>minor use pesticides</quote> and inserting <quote>pesticides for minor agricultural use and for use on specialty crops (as defined in section 3 of the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note)),</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1517A1647B7C41ACBA30C6042098BFF9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4DF00A75797149D2AC3B5AFCC57BE26C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and for use on specialty crops</quote> after <quote>minor agricultural use</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87EED54491A7441DACD54E2FAB5A19D5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8A3EFC1F08ED4EF89BF4F2C446F21958">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H686BFD6E50384F76BA9C73079C339166">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79E4276E677B43F2ABB8036C032E6905" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H10B045AB87BD49B691C9DC0FF91CDF22">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prioritize potential pest management technology for minor agricultural use and for use on specialty crops;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6F55C5346284C94A4EEB4CDDF9034EC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>conduct research to develop the data necessary to facilitate pesticide registrations, reregistrations, and associated tolerances;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4540BF65A40A46B3A943F880FCA6AB24">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist in removing trade barriers caused by residues of pesticides registered for minor agricultural use and for use on domestically grown specialty crops;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2EF9EEF8168F40E1979EE291FCA73B57">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assist in the registration and reregistration of pest management technologies for minor agricultural use and for use on specialty crops; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD458B9AE050E4E839BBBCB58C1975E2A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Emphasis on sustainable agriculture</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i) is amended by striking subsection (k).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H3AB9FEBBA95242EB9684AE9123C18B08">
<enum>6406.</enum>
<header>Renewable Resources Extension Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection id="H4D16BD81D1D84F3B817CC180352C9C80">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1675) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2AFF70EAC256441994F9A7F99CA389D0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Termination date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 note; Public Law 95–306) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE4912BFFBB024C2CA38A02937F342AC9">
<enum>6407.</enum>
<header>National Aquaculture Act of <enum-in-header>1980</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2809) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H74221707BBBE44C9A39F984AAB83D37D">
<enum>6408.</enum>
<header>Repeal of use of remote sensing data</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 892 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 5935) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H55D6B212D92649F7A508F351E4EE25B3">
<enum>6409.</enum>
<header>Repeal of reports under Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of <enum-in-header>2002</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection id="HD8B229BCF28A40D0B301B8ADFDB71FBD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal of report on producers and handlers for organic products</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7409 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5925b note; Public Law 107–171) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE0C7EE8844DD47A3A4EC58EB5A1C3CC1">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repeal of report on genetically modified pest-Protected plants</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7410 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171; 116 Stat. 462) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H28FB595B38FA4582B638C635416F44DA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeal of study on nutrient banking</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7411 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5925a note; Public Law 107–171) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA18920671BF54AA38ECE343726C75A94">
<enum>6410.</enum>
<header>Beginning farmer and rancher development program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H69B20E0C60F34AD18F25F280EB460BA9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD1204A428FF4D439064CA3CDF66D5A4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (R) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6463382701134AB890303A488DCD1E2B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H48BBA3E418F34150A168C406C3899A46">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>basic livestock, forest management, and crop farming practices;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF27B14FA78A44C088D22828978ACDB9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>innovative farm, ranch, and private, nonindustrial forest land transfer strategies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H08912DFCA0EF4814AF8B9FB3D82DA15D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>entrepreneurship and business training;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2557DBB1C79047A997F1DD3328304BDC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">financial and risk management training (including the acquisition and management of agricultural credit);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA1C7977253541AAA2266FEAAC7633BC">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>natural resource management and planning;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8FAE02D0AF554C08AF7BA1D3218FCBEE">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>diversification and marketing strategies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC9EA0CA649AA429CB701A64469985B3A">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>curriculum development;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFFB8600873264543B69C2A182EDDD4BD">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>mentoring, apprenticeships, and internships;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB912A6DEF9A04EC588CDA9FBA4F11411">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>resources and referral;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE613A5A16AB44E0A8208961C28B1AF31">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>farm financial benchmarking;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD82FB6B553F4D4C969DE0492B8C50AA">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>assisting beginning farmers or ranchers in acquiring land from retiring farmers and ranchers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA3988DDF3A764366B64E07E74C15245B">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text>agricultural rehabilitation and vocational training for veterans; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF197B45FFB3248FFB65FDC5270FD59AB">
<enum>(M)</enum>
<text>other similar subject areas of use to beginning farmers or ranchers.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCD264405FAF24ACE931FB69CEB83B500">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and community-based organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>, community-based organizations, and school-based agricultural educational organizations</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE737A21181C4025945C6B4356A8883F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1336ADCCECBC4FF88539E6E46EBC4CA2" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69844AA6B464484E8884E30AC3DF2153">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Military veteran beginning farmers and ranchers</header>
<subparagraph id="HC1887956E128466DA3A694CB8B8D3ED9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not less than 5 percent of the funds used to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be used to support programs and services that address the needs of military veteran beginning farmers and ranchers.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1D9640260EA4253B81FF906A2DC1353">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Coordination permitted</header>
<text>A recipient of a grant under this section using the grant as described in subparagraph (A) may coordinate with a recipient of a grant under section 1680 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933) in addressing the needs of military veteran beginning farmers and ranchers with disabilities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E86AF367DB8414699E1448D3EF814AC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99834FCC493B458DB86479B721FEFCF5" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFFF6D43033BD49A098BB1FF379BBF0DB">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<header>Limitation on indirect costs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient of a grant under this section may not use more than 10 percent of the funds provided by the grant for the indirect costs of carrying out the initiatives described in paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06DECA096E0249359311DADF3A661432">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H63D886DC92784A6DBB032463C766D2B6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2012</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCFE5D9CA60C64956B329BCB99AE3F932">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6542A0D86754F40A567A91BAD14AB1B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8330466E40154A73BE17368E977F7F84">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5FE035FD256249D4A0660EDAB3074751" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6A65244A75BA4A2BAE3BFA9D7398246A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7DCD420C56264B058013CA0B36E5699D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (h)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1D717AD56D3745D4BBD4D477C062936C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2008 through 2012</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3BF30FE01A846B4A97B9AB6413FCE92">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HC38B6482BA864713B227996BC58C28F1">
<enum>6411.</enum>
<header>Inclusion of American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, and Northern Mariana Islands as a State under McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8 of Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a–7) is amended by striking <quote>and Guam</quote> and inserting <quote>Guam, American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</quote>.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HE62743C798F849B28D6914062EB92258">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of <enum-in-header>2008</enum-in-header></header>
<part id="H4C9F44B08F46418C88924D713ADE4E13">
<enum>1</enum>
<header>Agricultural Security</header>
<section id="H0C925032BA9D4857B57800C192823837">
<enum>6501.</enum>
<header>Agricultural biosecurity communication center</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14112(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8912(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6ADA75360E74519A868CE92B435BEEB" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1C7B0CF24E07407B80D82372A5EF04A0">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H39E8FF78CE9C4AC18BFBE77C5A86B9D8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB60F6727B1434A9886385E3206A572D9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H9F8E4F9BACEA4197A955C1BBE16DD934">
<enum>6502.</enum>
<header>Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparation, and response</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14113 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8913) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD469301104B9411A8246E85EFF9158C5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2F514B2AFB7344248FBF59BBB4E60EA6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>such sums as may be necessary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H964DDD2C34DE42EB845F92869C0C2D50">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subsection</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1CC08E97B53845FDB8950EAC84D755C0" style="OLC">
<text>subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC00BBA3A541A4400B075DF28F1397A9D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD24B3F618A96431798F667DDADD7B8DF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H50A0F0F2CFA548FEB78330CAC3D32911">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2), by striking <quote>is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H458F401E94CA4CEB96A0605907D7FE4C" style="OLC">
<text>are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H927E7AA247884E8F8512F55D4940D53C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D23FC5E54B8442DBEBE34AE06E5BC8E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H471C44C182004CD59D7BCC8DD941C88B">
<enum>6503.</enum>
<header>Research and development of agricultural countermeasures</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14121(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8921(b)) is amended by striking <quote>is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H625CE9530B10480C89DCB5C37B83688A" style="OLC">
<text>are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H4A4968B8A6AB47DDBDC67D12D8B25670">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD33F320F484449581363F0591746BE5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H7CAA3AEB8D504DA8B5BB8A141C239197">
<enum>6504.</enum>
<header>Agricultural biosecurity grant program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14122(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8922(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA7A68BFAE6664CD3B40559212693656F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>sums as are necessary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H46A7124829E446AB99509921B719FF3E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>section</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE44D0F55544142159A9D29FE69A1AEF6" style="OLC">
<text>section—</text>
<paragraph id="HD78637E679D947D6AD5508F6B906D836">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013, to remain available until expended; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H243B7A4B9FE2495D83C1CFE480DA25A0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
</part>
<part id="H9DBAE81A49EB4FFF8CF77927E9BFBD2E">
<enum>2</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H8DC091E80CD54C51BC0B683194F47222">
<enum>6511.</enum>
<header>Enhanced use lease authority pilot program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 308 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 3125a) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C2C78FB30E440E09406166591BCF2C5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(6)(A), by striking <quote>5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>10 years</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H96C4B7C5ABB648A39F3B8B8F792A9323">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)(2), by striking <quote>1, 3, and 5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>6, 8, and 10 years</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H025E237383F34F0891338E5C9F9801B7">
<enum>6512.</enum>
<header>Grazinglands research laboratory</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2019) is amended by striking <quote>5-year period</quote> and inserting <quote>10-year period</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HAA45BB78A1004BB897F15C8E7C8BC927">
<enum>6513.</enum>
<header>Budget submission and funding</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7506 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7614c) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6F8B93DDF01943198223DC1A3E96CC1C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A6CA104C22D407E93DE6D6D1A342E4E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HAC9119344D2347338CECD3E7650DA7A8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HA993B70658AD4858BB2F719B0A2EC5F9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Covered program</header>
<text>The term <term>covered program</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FCECDEA6CAB4957AB6B66736C5D563C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>each research program carried out by the Agricultural Research Service or the Economic Research Service for which annual appropriations are requested in the annual budget submission of the President; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1E522EE2EF4468C85AD4818756BE294">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each competitive program carried out by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture for which annual appropriations are requested in the annual budget submission of the President.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09603F6189454A0797364B1E263A099F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Request for awards</header>
<text>The term <term>request for awards</term> means a funding announcement published by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that provides detailed information on funding opportunities at the Institute, including the purpose, eligibility, restriction, focus areas, evaluation criteria, regulatory information, and instructions on how to apply for such opportunities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD7FDA96D4434738A28C2A1AD185157F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0E9D91CAA3A42A1B4D16164C4F4E814" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H08A88B7EAF5842CF88DF95A5BF8FF019">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Additional Presidential budget submission requirement</header>
<paragraph id="H3045E64D0EA54AEEAD0A45E5639CB0D2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each year, the President shall submit to Congress, together with the annual budget submission of the President, the information described in paragraph (2) for each funding request for a covered program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H006F957F711D40878461C2523900B7AF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Information described</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The information described in this paragraph includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9AF3B5738F5C46BF9EBA02F578C98CBE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">baseline information, including with respect to each covered program—</text>
<clause id="HBFCAD4E385DE4EDE817907444E6733A3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the funding level for the program for the fiscal year preceding the year the annual budget submission of the President is submitted;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB9C5A169F0D942C6ADA4DE8348663DEF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the funding level requested in the annual budget submission of the President, including any increase or decrease in the funding level; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAA43FCA2A32B4BC994CBF984A8FF7B07">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an explanation justifying any change from the funding level specified in clause (i) to the level specified in clause (ii);</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF3809601034497BA2CB2456BACFE76D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to each covered program that is carried out by the Economic Research Service or the Agricultural Research Service, the location and staff years of the program;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2D83FC11DF684A83AEF46D3970AF8105">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the proposed funding levels to be allocated to, and the expected publication date, scope, and allocation level for, each request for awards to be published under or associated with—</text>
<clause id="H1AB6777C3F694CE0AF17CEC9B14DD782">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>each priority area specified in subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(2));</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0EB352A5DD9D424CA72B0A3126C19C7C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>each research and extension project carried out under section 1621(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5811(a));</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H980D95A690934D7DA1EE890A00F750C0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each grant to be awarded under section 1672B(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b(a));</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H786088BAE22143A5B00B1BF01A83644C">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>each grant awarded under section 412(d) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632(d)); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1D7796D693274870A48E2CD054E6A113">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>each grant awarded under 7405(c)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f(c)(1)); or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H782282E0BD364C928B35FDD3B344AC7A">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any other information the Secretary determines will increase congressional oversight with respect to covered programs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98F6D11228484A5D919FDF50B90AFF7F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Unless the President submits the information described in paragraph (2)(C) for a fiscal year, the President may not carry out any program during the fiscal year that is authorized under—</text>
<subparagraph id="H44F9E992A6B14921B8DD830023F5C469">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b));</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H805852F6505B40C0886ECCD80543966A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 1621 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5811);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4F8976A86E604DBFA3B0ABF893419BF5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3ED487F317374409BE060EACC38F2592">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HED6805EAC3C04F6BA01B372E8C21BFFE">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H53DCC0A6A9414AF19D9C4DE0C20588E3">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Report of the Secretary of Agriculture</header>
<text>Each year on a date that is not later than the date on which the President submits the annual budget, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing a description of the agricultural research, extension, and education activities carried out by the Federal Government during the fiscal year that immediately precedes the year for which the report is submitted, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H48D39A482F96436B8D162E0D11DFC4C0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>a review of the extent to which those activities—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CE34951AADC4496B5598937DBB5A9D4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>are duplicative or overlap within the Department of Agriculture; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC2D95DA2A13D4547BF7FFEAF9E5C40A4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>are similar to activities carried out by—</text>
<clause id="H581D7453483D4B42A506FC166F17F605">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>other Federal agencies;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H679A1C5C209241668B71543EF263AB0A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the States (including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other territories or possessions of the United States);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HEA4074ACFD444CEAAB54E182B8C298E9">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2B2DAE2ADFE64D99A9D8FDB5410D45D4">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the private sector; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08C98EC82B474C53AA20DA16D3ECBCCB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for each report submitted under this section on or after January 1, 2013, a 5-year projection of national priorities with respect to agricultural research, extension, and education, taking into account domestic needs.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H29D874D671F2421683064C821BF192D7">
<enum>6514.</enum>
<header>Research and education grants for the study of antibiotic-resistant bacteria</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7521(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 3202(c)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>. </text>
</section>
<section id="HB50BB6ED188C4833AF5005B370C7FF3C">
<enum>6515.</enum>
<header>Repeal of farm and ranch stress assistance network</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="H4BF2E92505B347D1AA2E69E3C3B21618">
<enum>6516.</enum>
<header>Repeal of seed distribution</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7523 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 415–1) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HFB6E2332C7E149C6BCCD0110EDCFE520">
<enum>6517.</enum>
<header>Natural products research program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7525(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5937(e)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H514EB1B061834059AAD368B67F8E420C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1D8E58D2E2DE49AA811363DFD512F294">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H957317260E8D417CBDC8EA17C864CF32">
<enum>6518.</enum>
<header>Sun grant program</header>
<subsection id="H72164781AB4547D99A21E2D3D435E4F9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 7526 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8114) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2CA2B7A7B59A4FEA9A8C3FAED8AB24E3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)(4)(B), by striking <quote>the Department of Energy</quote> and inserting <quote>other appropriate Federal agencies (as determined by the Secretary)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB8FE33AE08C6469AB6E9E31E1B04F941">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB560A94DEFC143399865E8EAC3240356">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>multistate</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting <quote>integrated, multistate research, extension, and education programs on technology development and technology implementation.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H636BFD2DB10B4A689C2402898D058C90">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF96860B1B564EC18EBFB48E16A1D8E6">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD90F091525004E898FBE96AF447A54CC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0D67FD5D64E04BE4AEB397C004C1E1D6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HFAD6AB9E13EE4801B0119D6C9D51B592">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>in accordance with paragraph (2)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8BFC0F7BFA3D4C508F1B95299C578949">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>gasification</quote> and inserting <quote>bioproducts</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H751E9E957E8045D68A4EDC4DE6FDA874">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the Department of Energy</quote> and inserting <quote>other appropriate Federal agencies</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEFACE79A494B494A84C36F7CDB80678E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5E945DF951445BB81F2CC9943AA53C1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AF0CA5B1A2C483498C6ACEF75B11D0E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H541215C5F2E5441280E80D455D750418">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7526(f)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8114(f)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (c)(1)(D)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)(1)(C)(i)</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H71AC8DA2EEFA4ECA88CB1DF19E1D7006">
<enum>6519.</enum>
<header>Repeal of study and report on food deserts</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7527 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2039) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C881C1D8091430EACDB9389092A0327" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>6520.</enum>
<header>Repeal of agricultural and rural transportation research and education</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 7529 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5938) is repealed.</text>
</section>
</part>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="H99BA60120B0B4EDEAA4F024FB34E9F97">
<enum>F</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous provisions</header>
<section id="HF00D1EA71DB84D62A722601E2D8F26C1">
<enum>6601.</enum>
<header>Agreements with nonprofit organizations for National Arboretum</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Act of March 4, 1927 (20 U.S.C. 196), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE6A8BBDD65F247DC9F217332360C1240">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19C7407971154D888A1C9AAEF2A9B99C" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H52539A976E694D9D89A2B69C1C6CD98F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">negotiate agreements for the National Arboretum with nonprofit scientific or educational organizations, the interests of which are complementary to the mission of the National Arboretum, or nonprofit organizations that support the purpose of the National Arboretum, except that the net proceeds of the organizations from the agreements shall be used exclusively for research and educational work for the benefit of the National Arboretum and the operation and maintenance of the facilities of the National Arboretum, including enhancements, upgrades, restoration, and conservation;</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EC70C0F2132429095E6C781B52884AF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0A3D3AB39D240C69CD392BCE6F79896" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6BFD9D42F54E4EC2A54CA5DD7DCE60C7">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Recognition of donors</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A non-profit organization that entered into an agreement under subsection (a)(1) may recognize donors if that recognition is approved in advance by the Secretary. In considering whether to approve such recognition, the Secretary shall broadly exercise the discretion of the Secretary to the fullest extent allowed under Federal law in effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H6DA652E35156441BAD5BB2A6C050AA97">
<enum>6602.</enum>
<header>Cotton Disease Research Report</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the fungus fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum race 4 (referred to in this section as <quote>FOV Race 4</quote>) and the impact of such fungus on cotton, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H0E3486C785734B989C538C5F8E7000D7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an overview of the threat FOV Race 4 poses to the cotton industry in the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FCA76D99E1441428E7143E5B97F4D17">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status and progress of Federal research initiatives to detect, contain, or eradicate FOV Race 4, including current FOV Race 4-specific research projects; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB82BD2275F07448A8F9FEC423C2FBA21">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comprehensive strategy to combat FOV Race 4 that establishes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H98F6B2AC76B04AB9B77403D064602DBE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">detection and identification goals;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E73E2A818BB4600965685DAEFBB9230">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">containment goals;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5F98B10F8D9C4A4C9F9089A37852321C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>eradication goals; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H654AD1B415CB4E43A692686511B9E109">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>a plan to partner with the cotton industry in the United States to maximize resources, information sharing, and research responsiveness and effectiveness.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HA32EE9D81BBD41BFA6FB244688DDF8B1">
<enum>6603.</enum>
<header>Acceptance of facility for Agricultural Research Service</header>
<subsection id="H41469D826EE442B298C7E58F6A728920">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Construction authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize a non-Federal entity to construct, at no cost and without obligation to the Federal Government, a facility for use by the Agricultural Research Service on land owned by the Agricultural Research Service and managed by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H66052FBB44394A329EC6E88F496B2009">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Acceptance of gift</header>
<paragraph id="H856F224059ED4B69BF3ED2C57474842C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), upon the completion of the construction of the facility by the non-Federal entity under subsection (a), the Secretary shall accept the facility as a gift in accordance with Public Law 95–442 (7 U.S.C. 2269).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08BEC2EE5BBA4DD69AF5EE9DFF9F08B8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Certification</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall certify in advance that the acceptance under paragraph (1) complies with the limitations specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1AEBD5A6E804499C97A9D9958E9217D9">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H9A73058D2E8A4E07A5BBB0659A9A85B9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Value</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not accept a facility as a gift under this section if the fair market value of the facility is more than $5,000,000.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H47693E7C1D794CD9B6E73AAB0D9EB54D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>No Federal cost</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not enter into any acquisitions, demonstrations, exchanges, grants, contracts, incentives, leases, procurements, sales, or other transaction authorities or arrangements that would obligate future appropriations with respect to the facility constructed under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD085A02EE02943CCA51943F8185A1C33">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Termination of authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No facility may be accepted by the Secretary for use by the Agricultural Research Service under this section after September 30, 2018.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE9DA0B38EFF6452095500DBA2666C8C2">
<enum>6604.</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous technical corrections</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Sections 7408 and 7409 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2013) are both amended by striking <quote>Title III of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994</quote> and inserting <quote>Title III of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HABE3D1F9CF0C4DABA8A0212B202132CA">
<enum>6605.</enum>
<header>Legitimacy of industrial hemp research</header>
<subsection id="H3999473BF2004FB988A51FFDD9974E33">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 (41 U.S.C. 8101 et seq.), the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), or any other Federal law, an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)) may grow or cultivate industrial hemp if—</text>
<paragraph id="H99D540E0A97F44258011A7C11AE96DFD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the industrial hemp is grown or cultivated for purposes of agricultural research or other academic research; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB134F5CA37FD4A469B306FA90C2954DB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the growing or cultivating of industrial hemp is allowed under the laws of the State in which such institution of higher education is located and such research occurs.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE484EE0B58134EF8AD79078E3A09712C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Industrial hemp defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>industrial hemp</term> means the plant <italic>Cannabis sativa L.</italic> and any part of such plant, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>VII</enum>
<header>Forestry</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H5A98ED21E9F944D0AB1BF0B924DC7521">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs</header>
<section commented="no" id="H8613819CF9754AD894E7507B9E95373D" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7001.</enum>
<header>Forest land enhancement program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H895DABEDA8DC43B99ADAB06F67C5F89F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HFD5DB01A28DB482AADEBFD6AB3570F2A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171; 16 U.S.C. 2103 note) is amended by striking subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1D1F61F197344F28BC15E844D8F4EB8C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H06F32D2E873349ACBA31546C0A3E3C68" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7002.</enum>
<header>Watershed forestry assistance program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE41960FEDFBA4D3E92D12D387325F38D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103b) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7D5A8CE13B0E4A21815E48888F5FB661">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H2CD35C66943947388E00DA9A28818745" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7003.</enum>
<header>Expired cooperative national forest products marketing program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 18 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2112) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H07410656C6C449C4960A425069A1D91F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7004.</enum>
<header>Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national resources leadership program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H03AC82E51940468D88D45AD7BA445110">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8402 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (16 U.S.C. 1649a) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H305AA8C71A374DFE8A2D297054956303">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H08BD718699CE4B0FA82EB05067B8FCDB" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7005.</enum>
<header>Tribal watershed forestry assistance program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H86B989D5D1B74E698EC6DA2C76A28073">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6542) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC9FA2F079F094BC3A05E078E2247E9D7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H787AABD3BF644B38A13F2C80F3BCAF0A">
<enum>7006.</enum>
<header>Separate Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals process</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 322 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–381; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note) is repealed. Section 428 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74; 125 Stat. 1046; 16 U.S.C. 6515 note) shall not apply to any project or activity implementing a land and resource management plan developed under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) that is categorically excluded from documentation in an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HBA1048C10FDC4FED8C8F991FEF901E50">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Programs</header>
<section commented="no" id="HB7EF997D5C97481285C80F9D8628C6C3">
<enum>7101.</enum>
<header>State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2A(c) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101a(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB5A503DEAD3E4933A56D6F4D3643DB10">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8DC81FF44FB14BFA9D7569EB3029628C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H200C9F3BD2C146C3B2A1DDF889892124">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H852BA8C3961D42C8AE6B4CCC78A3C834" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB3BDBC5BB01747B0BC94D039ABB18106">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as feasible, appropriate military installations where the voluntary participation and management of private or State-owned or other public forestland is able to support, promote, and contribute to the missions of such installations; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H8CA95B843E4E4EE5B0A926E5ABC36D5E" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7102.</enum>
<header>Forest Legacy Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (m) of section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4526DC376C444ED934A216057E7655F" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H30760FC9286447F096331342BAD03EE3">
<enum>(m)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6D574B1511C247C7BAA3548F4C15DEAD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3B3ECA1F82384FAE87E2BC4BA3C0DA8B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HFAB7ACB95E3344328A79946FB368A8FD" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7103.</enum>
<header>Community forest and open space conservation program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 7A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103d) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47D8ED5B300348C28BA34366DB7DABD0" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H78CDCD02EA3845E89C1EFDAC28A7D665">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDCB820601E8C46D29E206B05DFEE5C8F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA71651D24D4F4216B835975AE0F6BC23">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HD2774D5B2D0F4723B8980CCFE4A72FA4">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws</header>
<section commented="no" id="HF80ABE370BDA4FBA9B17B6E45065F704" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7201.</enum>
<header>Rural revitalization technologies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2371(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6601(d)(2)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H9B50AF27B0614FD0BD33B076193B15DC" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7202.</enum>
<header>Office of International Forestry</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 2405 of the Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6704) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD58CD78D87B40F8BDAAE722921C98B2" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H8FDD5F5B84C6414D90351F0EE9476A71">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCE9F85C65B204367828D4ABD7E2FD921">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H87FD7278D89E4988B3384D91732E587E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H07E0D40D0D1E40B1806E0446882C41F1" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7203.</enum>
<header>Change in funding source for healthy forests reserve program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6578) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF21ECE725CBC4C019C79B7F76C3C575B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fiscal years 2009 through 2013</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9D0ECB0D8F0847D286F9F159146B6AA5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H84551E4BA3094B02BA6DBE832E149D6D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after subsection (a) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E32C630B0224EDB8F8EFD5A98E52462" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H9A8E850FF91845009F0735C973FEEC10">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years 2014 through 2018</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this section $9,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H64BA21041AF247C29661B0EFAEDF7C2F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Additional source of funds</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use such amount of the funds appropriated for that fiscal year to carry out the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.) as the Secretary determines necessary to cover the cost of technical assistance, management, and enforcement responsibilities for land enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of section 504.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HA424061CC039441D81704416958C1B9F" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7204.</enum>
<header>Stewardship end result contracting project authority</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of division A of Public Law 105–277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8D6B580B0ACC40A08A449E812CA8B972">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4C54670018F7410BBC877C07247D3552">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E2AD7F268674303A7D2B5A910837C85" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2D20B8ACE620490CAD7F30479A2F8351">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Contract for sale of property</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, a contract entered into by the Forest Service under this section may be considered a contract for the sale of property under such terms as the Secretary may prescribe without regard to any other provision of law.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H515EE9FE5EA34A63B9C6D5E776BF0B55">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Fire liability provisions</header>
<text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Chief and the Director shall issue for use in all contracts and agreements under this section fire liability provisions that are in substantially the same form as the fire liability provisions contained in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H51DDB2253B924E8BA2478CA2ED31047D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>integrated resource timber contracts, as described in the Forest Service contract numbered 2400–13, part H, section H.4; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H526C450A5F2540748FC62FE566E86096">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>timber sale contracts conducted pursuant to section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HED963BA9A52B4B1A9DE758B4206F24D5">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>National Forest Critical Area Response</header>
<section commented="no" id="H76C0D10CC25B44A484C09DD77F989069">
<enum>7301.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H07CE68B12919443D9DD8CC7DBBE1E095">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Critical area</header>
<text>The term <term>critical area</term> means an area of the National Forest System designated by the Secretary under section 7302.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB2D54D3936964DD1A61A2BEB0447B0B1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>National forest system</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Forest System</term> has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7BF4C1C53B844C619A29C043A61E1DA8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H094A5EDA84EA405E863205A1B978CD28">
<enum>7302.</enum>
<header>Designation of critical areas</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H723B94B76C01464481B204545FB6B2CC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Designation requirements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall designate critical areas within the National Forest System for the purposes of addressing—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1D26713D4CBD467D9844A9825181024D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>deteriorating forest health conditions in existence as of the date of the enactment of this Act due to insect infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H25C0EC2237624CE0AE56758838B30E4B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the future risk of insect infestations or disease outbreaks through preventative treatments.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3C4CAD51049142E3A3C1836CB07B08DC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Designation method</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In considering National Forest System land for designation as a critical area, the Secretary shall use—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC5E179269E20461DBECFE20456BC7BDF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for purposes of subsection (a)(1), the most recent annual forest health aerial surveys of mortality and defoliation; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE3E12924B4D54F0E8DB5360914E009B3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for purposes of subsection (a)(2), the National Insect and Disease Risk Map.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF3BC716397674235AA3A8416CEAD8AFE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Time for initial designations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The first critical areas shall be designated by the Secretary not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H6637027C3EF8420BB1376254C26B4E3B">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Duration of designation</header>
<text>The designation of a critical area shall expire not later than 10 years after the date of the designation.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HE3693798061040428CC584EECE7DF2D7" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7303.</enum>
<header>Application of expedited procedures and activities of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to critical areas</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HAB1D8740A01441EE9E53F09DDEBB24BC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Applicability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsections (b) through (e), title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.) (including the environmental analysis requirements of section 104 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 6514), the special administrative review process under section 105 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 6515), and the judicial review process under section 106 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 6516)), shall apply to all Forest Service projects and activities carried out in a critical area.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7BF62C1EC5C3405084EF20A8EF9BDD32">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application of other law</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 322 of Public Law 102–381 (16 U.S.C. 1612 note; 106 Stat. 1419) shall not apply to projects conducted in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA07A0BD390DF42999B0812E52B4A2F9A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Required modifications</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In applying title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.) to Forest Service projects and activities in a critical area, the Secretary shall make the following modifications:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H115074CF35B2491C8E829CF92B75C174">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority shall apply to the entire critical area, including land that is outside of a wildland-urban interface area or that does not satisfy any of the other eligibility criteria specified in section 102(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C. 6512(a)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2CB199F3BFCC41E387E884857468C9D1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All projects and activities of the Forest Service, including necessary connected actions (as described in section 1508.25(a)(1) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)), shall be considered to be authorized hazardous fuel reduction projects for purposes of applying the title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H49FBF368FCAF4A6CB7D652F87C53D5A0">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Smaller projects</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H194BD5F803C1458798DDCD4DA57A8B7F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a project conducted in a critical area in accordance with this section that comprises less than 10,000 acres shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB32F94EC9D134DAB8103218BD96D9728">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>considered an action categorically excluded from the requirements for an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H806069F13F5F4AF093FDADF1723452E8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">exempt from the special administrative review process under section 105 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6515).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H55B3CECCC4A945FB8FF579E87348D703">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exclusion of certain areas</header>
<text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H12DD6D5AF55B4267AE6A51846C349C60">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE513ABB1EA1455B871E2FD5CE2AF8E4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any Federal land on which, by Act of Congress or Presidential proclamation, the removal of vegetation is restricted or prohibited;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBFDDBF80445A4C979F5C90AA3ACBB2DE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>a congressionally designated wilderness study area; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC77E281DD94244759F0ADD055459486C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>an area in which activities under paragraph (1) would be inconsistent with the applicable land and resource management plan.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H210F68CBFE8D49D4AA84755900BA33F1">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Forest Management Plans</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All projects and activities carried out in a critical area pursuant to this subtitle shall be consistent with the land and resource management plan established under section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604) for the unit of the National Forest System containing the critical area.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HC5D9BA41BF0248CA812A3278316B673E">
<enum>7304.</enum>
<header>Good neighbor authority</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB59C0BEA37BB4368B67407A07078459C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD7DCB20610644D76B3DEBF9D70217500">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Eligible State</header>
<text>The term <term>eligible State</term> means a State that contains National Forest System land.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5FC812C686AD4E288A37AC862B9DB7D1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H675A728195DC4A5CAB48CDBCD624FFF0">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>State forester</header>
<text>The term <term>State forester</term> means the head of a State agency with jurisdiction over State forestry programs in an eligible State.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H66166E7EC1C742F4981081FE117866A2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Cooperative agreements and contracts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3434F3DDF874435780F0674BC8C65F42">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement or contract (including a sole source contract) with a State forester to authorize the State forester to provide the forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services described in paragraph (2) on National Forest System land in the eligible State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3D56AF3A11944F67B03550BF0DBDAEE9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Authorized services</header>
<text>The forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration, management, and protection services referred to in paragraph (1) include the conduct of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0083E2B655E249D8BCB6A60BEE392339">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>activities to treat insect infected forests;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF360A1FA3C594778A3D17BAA78A5FB96">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>activities to reduce hazardous fuels;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF29810F0C60449678EA57BD2261B6E01">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities involving commercial harvesting or other mechanical vegetative treatments; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7DEA2A74C7C4B7CB5CCF2F1E7A71D03">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any other activities to restore or improve forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish and wildlife habitat.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFA4432205E1D4809B6F179EBE99C4823">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>State as agent</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (6), a cooperative agreement or contract entered into under paragraph (1) may authorize the State forester to serve as the agent for the Secretary in providing the restoration, management, and protection services authorized under that paragraph.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD99C7BE1B0F24C2E867784A523064E6E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Subcontracts</header>
<text>In accordance with applicable contract procedures for the eligible State, a State forester may enter into subcontracts to provide the restoration, management, and protection services authorized under a cooperative agreement or contract entered into under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5B3C937001BE4AB8BE9EDCC6B0FFA8A1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Timber sales</header>
<text>Subsections (d) and (g) of section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) shall not apply to services performed under a cooperative agreement or contract entered into under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9DD501C03A174FB1938EFAEBF3E6BD5A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Retention of NEPA responsibilities</header>
<text>Any decision required to be made under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to any restoration, management, and protection services to be provided under this section by a State forester on National Forest System land shall not be delegated to a State forester or any other officer or employee of the eligible State.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDF1EC726AD7E4B4CB8D8C22550E9770F">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Applicable law</header>
<text>The restoration, management, and protection services to be provided under this section shall be carried out on a project-to-project basis under existing authorities of the Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle commented="no" id="H3044D7C100C74D9692B0A3FD7BC1BB5E">
<enum>E</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="HAB8A1A5C18C94EB8AFACA20988CC8EAA" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>7401.</enum>
<header>Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7FDC0FEDCDFE4B7682D970E8C6A29AD3">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Revision required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis initially prepared pursuant to section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) to address the requirements imposed by subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4B7C3CE56B80454EB08F0C7767A2FD14">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Elements of revised strategic plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In revising the strategic plan, the Secretary of Agriculture shall describe in detail the organization, procedures, and funding needed to achieve each of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6393A3C150C8458BA9ECAE4A4139F944">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Complete the transition to a fully annualized forest inventory program and include inventory and analysis of interior Alaska.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6F044D1E15D44E44BBD78A6FA601E41E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Implement an annualized inventory of trees in urban settings, including the status and trends of trees and forests, and assessments of their ecosystem services, values, health, and risk to pests and diseases.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDD06F28CA32A40C39BDD3913DD9F015C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Report information on renewable biomass supplies and carbon stocks at the local, State, regional, and national level, including by ownership type.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H40FD12F5F9A44E8D8D84C3DAE440D2D8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Engage State foresters and other users of information from the forest inventory and analysis in reevaluating the list of core data variables collected on forest inventory and analysis plots with an emphasis on demonstrated need.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0D67B4CEC76446BDAC19B7D4E8B48A55">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Improve the timeliness of the timber product output program and accessibility of the annualized information on that database.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA6AEC064E567489CB82422DB758418DB">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Foster greater cooperation among the forest inventory and analysis program, research station leaders, and State foresters and other users of information from the forest inventory and analysis.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF641C333F0EE43EF955087E695807A52">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Promote availability of and access to non-Federal resources to improve information analysis and information management.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H041226A2BC8442B89D4DE04C1D93D0D1">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaborate with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and United States Geological Survey to integrate remote sensing, spatial analysis techniques, and other new technologies in the forest inventory and analysis program.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC4673A5F5E804ED493B248200848F1BE">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Understand and report on changes in land cover and use.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7F261C884302476FAC99D09F1B979B06">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expand existing programs to promote sustainable forest stewardship through increased understanding, in partnership with other Federal agencies, of the over 10 million family forest owners, their demographics, and the barriers to forest stewardship.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HA0AF8B28D69F4029A0D54F7952478DAF">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Implement procedures to improve the statistical precision of estimates at the sub-State level.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H565012F654034456AD5F14C3C7D95C5D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Submission of revised strategic plan</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall submit the revised strategic plan to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H0C9392F6FC0C4BCA998C91C5D9B6F6ED">
<enum>7402.</enum>
<header>Forest Service participation in ACES Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may use funds derived from conservation-related programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program established pursuant to section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851) to provide technical services for conservation-related programs and authorities carried out by the Secretary on National Forest System lands.</text>
</section>
<section id="H8A7E3A595E114732ABA4827818DF6FE8">
<enum>7403.</enum>
<header>Green science and technology transfer research under Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978</header>
<subsection id="HB8CE6D19415840F28C32FE0B1CFFDB6F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Additional Forestry and Rangeland Research and Education High Priority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(d)(2) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(d)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F5247163CA94F9D8047FEDCFD074AA2" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H11583AE355D042BD962EFC05DE42FBE0">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Science and technology transfer, through the Forest Products Laboratory, to demonstrate the beneficial characteristics of wood as a green building material, including investments in life cycle assessment for wood products.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H410DA4D4D3594DC6A33A5B11B93493A2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Research facilities and cooperation</header>
<text>Section 4 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1643) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4163DA24881248E89E0E69D97A698D17" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HFE667BCB455A4E5997BAC52963F50FD5">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate an annual report describing, for the period covered by the report—</text>
<paragraph id="H6177F446B1FC4436A02A522B47D94335">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the research conducted in furtherance of the research and education priority specified in section 3(d)(2)(F);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF059081CBFC4002B63C2EE73D61011C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the number of buildings the Forest Service has built with wood as the primary structural material; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD568F7EEE0744CAEBA49C4E70C0334EC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the investments made by the Forest Service in green building wood promotion.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H703FB8971D934BA685965A4960783A87">
<enum>7404.</enum>
<header>Extension of stewardship contracts authority regarding use of designation by prescription to all thinning sales under National Forest Management Act of 1976</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81733E35AE55493F9C9DD44DECBD5EA7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA8E74D89CD8B4E69AB29A2ACA0132C22">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation, including but not limited to, marking when necessary, designation by description, or designation by prescription, and supervision of harvesting of trees, portions of trees, or forest products shall be conducted by persons employed by the Secretary of Agriculture. Such persons shall have no personal interest in the purchase or harvest of such products and shall not be directly or indirectly in the employment of the purchaser thereof. Designation by prescription and designation by prescription shall be considered valid methods for designation, and may be supervised by use of post-harvest cruise, sample weight scaling, or other methods determined by the Secretary to be appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HF7CB65BB0EDE45509F93B2DA676E1A78">
<enum>7405.</enum>
<header>Reimbursement of fire funds expended by a State for management and suppression of certain wildfires</header>
<subsection id="HE17A22026A62452B8403D4CF81CBCCBE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definition of State</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>State</term> includes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF2170228097542F4A491406FC71CC986">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Reimbursement authority</header>
<text>If a State seeks reimbursement for amounts expended for resources and services provided to another State for the management and suppression of a wildfire, the Secretary of Agriculture, subject to subsections (c) and (d)—</text>
<paragraph id="HFF6386EDE0514D45A4427C852B22D572">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>may accept the reimbursement amounts from the other State; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H21F5EC10E0F94E61A49CAC107F7A9E1C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>shall pay those amounts to the State seeking reimbursement.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF54B6CFFD50143ABAE7DA3BD76E6ACD1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Mutual assistance agreement</header>
<text>As a condition of seeking and providing reimbursement under subsection (b), the State seeking reimbursement and the State providing reimbursement must each have a mutual assistance agreement with the Forest Service or an agency of the Department of the Interior for providing and receiving wildfire management and suppression resources and services.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAA4993C273954F2285B65CBBF7A7EF6E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Terms and conditions</header>
<text>The Secretary of Agriculture may prescribe the terms and conditions determined to be necessary to carry out subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H87389EDCC14C4F02A3980F4E1D5DF49D">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effect on prior reimbursements</header>
<text>Any acceptance of funds or reimbursements made by the Secretary of Agriculture before the date of enactment of this Act that otherwise would have been authorized under this section shall be considered to have been made in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8A460027DD9B41699439AD458B07CB1E">
<enum>7406.</enum>
<header>Ability of National Forest System lands to meet needs of local wood producing facilities for raw materials</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="H52EEA74B0EBF4F699063040E5927858D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the raw material needs of wood producing facilities located within the boundaries of each unit of the National Forest System or located outside of the unit, but within 100 miles of such boundaries;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43F645F3171845AFAE8671A1DE82DC05">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the volume of timber which would be available if the unit of the National Forest System annually sold its Allowable Sale Quantity in the current Forest Plan;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEAE4BAE752E4C2397EA43C9BA9FCFD9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the volume of timber actually sold and harvested from each unit of the National Forest System for the previous decade;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H27032B1D9BBB47E5B4187AE094896063">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a comparison of the volume actually sold and harvested from the previous decade to the Allowable Sale Quantity calculated in that decade by preceding or current forest plans; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD17563B59084CBA839D202F52287227">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assessment of the ability of each unit of National Forest System to meet the needs of these facilities for raw materials.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H9A08F63BC32A4B53941B4BC782B2FFAC">
<enum>7407.</enum>
<header>Report on the National Forest System roads</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H764F223A1CA44987836B7AAC0BCC5724">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total mileage of National Forest System roads and trails not meeting forest plan standards and guidelines.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H663CED5941614C2E863586B525F9671E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The total amount, in dollars, of Capital Improvement & Maintenance deferred maintenance needs for National Forest System roads, including a five-year analysis in the trend in total deferred maintenance costs.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCE4D84F12B4E410C94EAAA96DBD4005F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>The sources of funds used for capital improvement & maintenance roads, including appropriated funds, mandatory funds, and receipts from activities on National Forest System lands.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7C34B609A77C4F32809559FD7C9B003D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>The impact of road closures on recreational activities and timber harvesting.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3A952DC08ECA42AD8E7A455DD8E265C7">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>The impact on land acquisitions, whether through fee acquisition, donation, or easement, on the maintenance backlog.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H50C6938F35FB43A389B3189728B535CA">
<enum>7408.</enum>
<header>Forest Service large airtanker and aerial asset firefighting recapitalization pilot program</header>
<subsection id="HC32AB8090EE44A25A7E980B66C004A06">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, may establish a large airtanker and aerial asset lease program in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1C2C23A033A34C34BD43C1F9CC467544">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Aircraft requirements</header>
<text>In carrying out the program described in subsection (a), the Secretary may enter into a multiyear lease contract for up to five aircraft that meet the criteria—</text>
<paragraph id="HB10BC6FAD6434A59AAE1DBD8108D4675">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>described in the Forest Service document entitled <quote>Large Airtanker Modernization Strategy</quote> and dated February 10, 2012, for large airtankers; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2F28804058CD4F00A1E5CEE8452C7B54">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>determined by the Secretary, for other aerial assets.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9F3812CF31D445E7A25647350D609103">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Lease terms</header>
<text>The term of any individual lease agreement into which the Secretary enters under this section shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H3169514056F44703B61CFE2CEA3E9839">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>up to five years, inclusive of any options to renew or extend the initial lease term; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99E7BF2535ED466D81016130123195B3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in accordance with section 3903 of title 41, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H315D4DFCF6EF4F649A8F5E4059B2F3A2">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text>No lease entered into under this section shall provide for the purchase of the aircraft by, or the transfer of ownership to, the Forest Service.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H61EB6AAEE6B5460FB4EFF91EE99083F7">
<enum>7409.</enum>
<header>Land conveyance, Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia</header>
<subsection id="H3951DE16863140398D588A156CFF9CD7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Conveyance required</header>
<text>Upon payment by the Association of the consideration under subsection (b) and the costs under subsection (d), the Secretary shall, subject to valid existing rights, convey to the Association all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a parcel of National Forest System land in the Jefferson National Forest in Wise County, Virginia, consisting of approximately 0.70 acres and containing the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery and an easement to provide access to the parcel, as generally depicted on the map.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDDB7732624324DDF983901C69C437947">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Consideration</header>
<paragraph id="HD4BB6E52CFBA42079FE2020004B38211">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Fair market value</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As consideration for the land conveyed under subsection (a), the Association shall pay to the Secretary cash in an amount equal to the market value of the land, as determined by an appraisal approved by the Secretary and conducted in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions and section 206 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1716).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE2E106C507E5477A899E5867ED019EFF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Deposit</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The consideration received by the Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the general fund of the Treasury of the United States for the purposes of deficit reduction.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA37A3B0A0DEE4A7792187F5479C9877D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Description of property</header>
<text>The exact acreage and legal description of the land to be conveyed under subsection (a) shall be determined by a survey satisfactory to the Secretary.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFEB5822338F0427CBE619C99BF7ACA0E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Costs</header>
<text>The Association shall pay to the Secretary at closing the reasonable costs of the survey, the appraisal, and any administrative and environmental analyses required by law.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5EE245EFD935459DA6F354DEA10DC9EA">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H88B62885B9CD401783680F21FFC23240">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Association</header>
<text>The term <term>Association</term> means the Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery Association of Pound, Virginia.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1465926433644EDEA7C7FAC53690AC1A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Map</header>
<text>The term <term>map</term> means the map titled <quote>Mullins and Sturgill Cemetery</quote> dated March 1, 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H83FCA12F8F974B76A75B67AC2D4FE508">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Secretary</header>
<text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H42AD1A0ADE2D4458986E5E10AF6E74B6">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Additional terms and conditions</header>
<text> The Secretary may require such additional terms and conditions in connection with the conveyance under subsection (a) as the Secretary considers appropriate to protect the interests of the United States.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC78075DED0174ED68DE2F67A45B1F326">
<enum>7410.</enum>
<header>Categorical exclusion for forest projects in response to emergencies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In the case of National Forest System land damaged by a natural disaster regarding which the President declares a disaster or emergency pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), any forest project carried out to clean up or restore the damaged National Forest System land during the two-year period beginning on the date of the declaration shall be categorically excluded from the requirements relating to environmental assessments or environmental impact statements under section 1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<enum>VIII</enum>
<header>Energy</header>
<section commented="no" id="H9C28740A846141A7B0EBC19D59A95FED" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8001.</enum>
<header>Definition of renewable energy system</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H80986CD4FE19415C9FC73E7B3B5AD58F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C4A89E819464F778942E128113238CF" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H70EB013CADB34507B3710C8E23C6C0B8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Biobased product</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDECAA2C099424B0798A27596EC408CE9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>biobased product</term> means a product determined by the Secretary to be a commercial or industrial product (other than food or feed) that is—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H15BA7BCC76BD4ECABCA0C4107F5C89AE">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>composed, in whole or in significant part, of biological products, including renewable domestic agricultural materials and forestry materials; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H7DD94DBD5F1A47A395E4724244A45955">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an intermediate ingredient or feedstock.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H75A46A0BCB2740FDA4C41C637800BA78">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusion</header>
<text>The term <term>biobased product</term>, with respect to forestry materials, includes forest products that meet biobased content requirements, notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the age of the product, or whether the market for the product is new or emerging.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C233124835C47998704629665E59A26">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), (13), and (14) as paragraphs (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), and (16);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0D3A78DEBFEA49DABB87844FEDE8DDB4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>inserting after paragraph (8), the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7758376A7A1B40F7B58FA1E20B2FBB39" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69C767823D1340A6A84FF236C71D038A">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<header>Forest product</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E91AE1117404000B7BAD58EE0D35756">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The term <term>forest product</term> means a product made from materials derived from the practice of forestry or the management of growing timber.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAC02200D469D44DD9F9104A0079E4D35">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Inclusions</header>
<text>The term <term>forest product</term> includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4ABA845BB7324DE8A61B84D6CC6EC36E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, lumber, and other wood products; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HCE2F592C71974C8EA60AA5E79B0857CB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>any recycled products derived from forest materials.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H87289F607D894368B9381602EA6D40DB">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>inserting after paragraph (14) (as so redesignated), the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE952E54EB21413EB87A83EDD9AA0CB7" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C458DD62ECB4322A5956D568C870A51">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<header>Renewable energy system</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H825EC412024F4C8D809F29E5948EFF26">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the term <term>renewable energy system</term> means a system that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2B5331AC86FB49C6BE94E87F2C5234E2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>produces usable energy from a renewable energy source; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H63A3EF6421CC4EA7969BEA68CA91A784">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include distribution components necessary to move energy produced by such system to the initial point of sale.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H57A46B1DF4CE44EC82A924956229BC60">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A system described in subparagraph (A) may not include a mechanism for dispensing energy at retail.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BBCBFBB2A6945249911C31C51C5B48D" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8002.</enum>
<header>Biobased markets program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9002(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102(h)) is amended by—</text>
<paragraph id="HBABA62DD56B54773AE2E39ECB00B2079">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(h) </enum-in-header>Funding.—</header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(h)</enum-in-header> Funding.—</header-in-text>There</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19E0EE02237846C9A3F1DE990F61EE7C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H4B3D53631E5B47A8B5A9D1F9708B676B" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8003.</enum>
<header>Biorefinery assistance</header>
<subsection id="HE212740A907F4972A1A2D80D51C15694">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Program adjustments</header>
<text>Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDB66C3A9B1AB4732AAB9A50AB2AE0675">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>to eligible entities</quote> and all that follows through <quote>guarantees for loans</quote> and inserting <quote>to eligible entities guarantees for loans</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD739B8808F0742E3BBFD904E190B8535">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1318D9CB00A940928FF718E05F33F0DC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H8C487BADF72442439DC9E42644C82D80">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4500DB7678294F3EB27FC31632D6565D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subsection (c)(2)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2964D5CAA1D44D7EACB2DC2C6406834C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(C), by striking <quote>subsection (h)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (g)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7C2EC7BE392843FEAD6D8B3853899CAE">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>Section 9003(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, as redesignated by subsection (a)(3), is amended—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41B8C7D40FD445ABB90E01197067709A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H22534B628E15471D93B2940842F53C3B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC4AF26D0F1ED4F74B2CEA7FA2B9AF94A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA240D891D08E44E786239C7A94F0F11D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Discretionary funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62190A05B7AF4337A6EC742AD1ECC677">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In addition to any other funds made available to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting <quote>There</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0774AFF3F0A74710B04C49BB089647F0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC49A1BA2319E4526816F4196BE28C6A9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H73AE1CC514EC4769BED22FB58B4F73C7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0D5164A3BC84703AE9110455899EF44" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8004.</enum>
<header>Repowering assistance program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9004(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF72999402CA34223BE7D4C682489FFED">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CBD5E9ABC51402A8627BAF3EAE56772">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H137D92EF6423429EB2B6B025ACEF1926">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFE2D689FBDE74B8A8E791F44723B9378">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Discretionary funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5A94747DECF142F7BC7F087A56ACBB7A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In addition to any other funds made available to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting <quote>There</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1BF4A057C7684CF385F6C0D00F0C7FC2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA1D7278F0AEE40D7ACFFFC80C5946FEB" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H59C64128682E48A6A7EBCB7E7AEB820E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H42DF0F2D720C4C8EAB8FE63AA51EE548" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8005.</enum>
<header>Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9005(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HEED2AC4D7C3246E7B4310C70BE1B4997">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A06D982D30A41799942A18AF5B0EFF7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7E07B14BC4EF40BD8622B85530325758">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41BF6474DF244CFEB39BC48A38E3DC0D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Discretionary funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H79C69B1C3FFC4D8688A26C58011C0262">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In addition to any other funds made available to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting <quote>There</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F9950280A39474C86AA1E2F268BD063">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) (as so redesignated) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1331AB81B1A14157A020C47B5285CA8F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H7B06995F0D2F45AF8CF91DFB16D0DD95">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF99660FE428D4ED4A8FA82C57B0B081B">
<enum>8006.</enum>
<header>Biodiesel Fuel Education Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9006(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAFBEDD36F16D47CAA5C53D673472A730">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AC8A4A5B5804EEDB2C0ACFFED8711E9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1C175545FA9F4656A8649F4CC4BA76E1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in the heading of paragraph (1) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Authorization of appropriations</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal year <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2599D7AE4BBB4E8C8F609D4FA3C4DF97">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31B43134EB2D4A99BAD387C21B5FCBFF" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H933A495A58F4474F82AD3A0445F8E873">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HF10CA55664554FB4BCBE64E759B67DF2" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8007.</enum>
<header>Rural Energy for America Program</header>
<subsection id="H4EE0FDE3B7FB4332BECFC004256D5EB2" commented="no">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Tiered application process</header>
<text>Section 9007(c) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B9A92CB6F0440359D2982564F9417F5" commented="no">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H659DF60156FF4D0CA33A193B19F4F923" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H50F1B5B25292430D8D452CA8C5DDBE85" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAE237E35F341453AA30BF32EF90E4610">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Tiered application process</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a three-tiered application, evaluation, and oversight process that varies based on the cost of the proposed project with the process most simplified for projects referred to in subparagraph (A), more comprehensive for projects referred to in subparagraph (B), and most comprehensive for projects referred to in subparagraph (C). The three tiers for such process shall be as follows:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H94A46B5ADABF4BBAAABEF577D4FFA122">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Tier 1</header>
<text>Projects for which the cost of the project funded under this subsection is not more than $80,000.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H3AAB12A7D98D4A1186EDFAC784285422">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Tier 2</header>
<text>Projects for which the cost of the project funded under this subsection is more than $80,000 but less than $200,000.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB449712DBA3948248670E092D275B1B0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Tier 3</header>
<text>Projects for which the cost of the project funded under this subsection is $200,000 or more.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0F33548A7FF64B5FA686266B2F93AD20">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 9007(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107(g)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB14C8BB2BF004D20BE95D62B1B6C1FA5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H094F6E40AE224766BDA82A450E563807">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1EA6CF40DAF141EDAF2C5DC5FADEA09B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H737792B0DB284BB2A1002AF0A13A1FFA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Discretionary funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9B1F3D9651564DBF809DABB9C4B4DD30">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In addition to any other funds made available to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting <quote>There</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF6DE5E08CB554F1BA6331DBE4F36DEF1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A1771D878D340508E9403A38F31A4E7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6609957DE0D34C0890CDA52273AD626A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $45,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H483061DC3D044DBFA6C0DB622271EA9C" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8008.</enum>
<header>Biomass Research and Development</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9008(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8108(h)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H08DDB4B222D64388825F63E17E0F5605">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60F78E35124C4629B31CB66EE7212EAD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF9D9B84E65D4088A7699D34C2F0B3B5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0963AA5AAA1447DEB99325F5D0576CEB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Discretionary funding</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2009</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H98585BF284644230B05980F631FCA879">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>In addition to any other funds made available to carry out this section, there</quote> and inserting <quote>There</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CABA4D3CCC44E0194735088EF8C29B0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H21557ABD4A6F44DF9294F78767E086A9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5928E3FE2F8F4713BC6DA96A3A60465C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014</enum-in-header> through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H537B0E1F665549E3B13A4A1904EE4CC3" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8009.</enum>
<header>Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9010(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8110(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C5146D172ED40C598907C6C43203ECE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43D78ED6F6644EC08C514D20005CB1D4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H7F8FD9B854C64CD08D34B01B214BC349">
<enum>8010.</enum>
<header>Biomass Crop Assistance Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8111) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HC2911C6C225643DE99E95CE7841D8F78">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H34FFC83AC9F04A5482540A49AFE1C463">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3563B17E3F7C4D95A4EADD71F72831B5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2AFE13683A51474CB17146E654DE74D7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2542934F67C14B52BC8B21E97031AE6B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Program to</quote> and all that follows through <quote>support the establishment</quote> and inserting <quote>Program to support the establishment</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D858C5E06C049159FBFEB6453CE748D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA28E880C74EF47CFA142C2A3C5E8871D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C990BA6416E4E8BA24D99DD47128401">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8950E3E2F9C74C0DBE14E905A8691D3E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text>
<clause id="H8DDE11BA3D3D474AA30235C779D0AF70">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (viii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B1DCF0F9B564288A7CFD3619FF2D795">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3F0678430D974662B3852F2E29EC19DD">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by inserting after clause (viii) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE88652DB168E4FC9A41D009A75262244" style="OLC">
<clause id="H022B01F77D5648E5BC96FCCA5876F817">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">existing project areas that have received funding under this section and the continuation of funding of such project areas to advance the maturity of such project areas; and</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB212ECCD2124D758A7B572AC35CF1F8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5)(C)(ii)—</text>
<clause id="H4472CFB187AF4F64B83DE0E92B3048C8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking subclause (III); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7A8C19E5E86A43B692E6DD35EBAE29F5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subclauses (IV) and (V) as subclauses (III) and (IV), respectively;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA199A94753F64C7DB5064087B5B9D2A9">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H272E283132604536829F5E69D9B8AF52">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF2C3F95C364041E6BFD96EC759086C98">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H99B96A86C9014D4C8281262D76DC639D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1584FFC2493F4ABD91615D7A6E822922">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (1);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24038C231FBD4E3EBE3A95BA6698F26E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so redesignated)—</text>
<clause id="H591BEC3B54134ADC90ABF0472092214F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal year <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and all that follows through <quote>There is authorized</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Fiscal year <enum-in-header>2013</enum-in-header>.—</header-in-text>There is authorized</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7F968AE1BA0D4174925D700B2DC60A0D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (3) and moving the margin of such paragraph (as so redesignated) two ems to the left;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H04706269E1F84EBB87F3B5D711349423">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1), the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9BD579AEBD44D1FAEC86E334F911D02" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H36F1FF07157943338083782281B7C634">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Fiscal years <enum-in-header>2014 </enum-in-header>through <enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA836B9609712497FB5B26DEB8D10AAE1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by subparagraph (C)(ii) of this paragraph), by striking <quote>this paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HA377165198D34B4781E22B961FE1BCA8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8011.</enum>
<header>Community wood energy program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9013(e) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113(e)) is amended by striking <quote>carry out this section</quote> and all that follows and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H745483A64CB541029B512B3CC02E6C31" style="OLC">
<text>carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H32217379775245F5875E812579AA7D33">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H549673F42C444AFB955B2692673E7DF3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HD5348ED7AF8B4E50A1E0408492395AD6" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8012.</enum>
<header>Repeal of biofuels infrastructure study</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2095) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FCAD039412E49018E1E016E0533DC51" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>8013.</enum>
<header>Repeal of renewable fertilizer study</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9003 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2096) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section id="HF885B7165DC948E5A4807413D46A797F">
<enum>8014.</enum>
<header>Energy efficiency report for USDA facilities</header>
<subsection id="H2D2A6A20AA4140F7B7BE0E1DC10DC23D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on energy use and energy efficiency projects at Department of Agriculture facilities.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAC5501AC485C48D78880EA1FC1FCB6CB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report required by subsection (a) shall include the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HEAE8CF5C3AC447BBA7B7A7F93A2DA5C8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>An analysis of energy use by Department of Agriculture facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H680678D34A4546A2A8846A8FF379E55D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>A list of energy audits that have been conducted at such facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC8A0BFD0F6F0407FAE2F0386D0F3F3AE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>A list of energy efficiency projects that have been conducted at such facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4C0D21E423534C2AA3EBF41D9DFA2DA1">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>A list of energy savings projects that could be achieved with enacting a consistent, timely, and proper mechanical insulation maintenance program and upgrading mechanical insulation at such facilities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>IX</enum>
<header>Horticulture</header>
<section id="H68C3BBC152A54DCAA213023E4C79F5A2">
<enum>9001.</enum>
<header>Specialty crops market news allocation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10107(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 1622b(b)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H5B0AF1BB2258466A8B744A68F41A51BE">
<enum>9002.</enum>
<header>Repeal of grant program to improve movement of specialty crops</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 10403 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 1622c) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H0A244D85334B419890F9C95011A1F393">
<enum>9003.</enum>
<header>Farmers market and local food promotion program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 3005) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H824A225E05214A0CB2A3B0A20F278A68">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the heading of such section, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and Local Food</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Farmers’ Market</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8EAA7FC623074C0B90C2433CF39F2C82">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3D3E2AB8BD3E4705AD64C90DD3B852B2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and Local Food</quote> after <quote>Farmers’ Market</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B7576CEFDCD4B959666AF270411F5C3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>farmers’ markets and to promote</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0D48DDE4BA144B57975FCB8CFFA25974">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking the period and inserting <quote>and assist in the development of local food business enterprises.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE24324CCD6CF4F9299E2E25F6AC0067F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03CFDC4A073F407EB71C3F8D6BF50B52" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H76A790B2243C44BCAA50B1F23C8E57CD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Program purposes</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purposes of the Program are to increase domestic consumption of, and consumer access to, locally and regionally produced agricultural products by assisting in the development, improvement, and expansion of—</text>
<paragraph id="H273C071C3FCD42E2919B59C46CC028C0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>domestic farmers’ markets, roadside stands, community-supported agriculture programs, agritourism activities, and other direct producer-to-consumer market opportunities; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HED22316B7A314D01AA004CBC9F10AB6D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">local and regional food business enterprises that process, distribute, aggregate, and store locally or regionally produced food products.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE96B4728CB5476E900DDE5CC3ACFEDC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD945D69336D64535A8B5429751EBEC88">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>or other agricultural business entity</quote> after <quote>cooperative</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6702EA85CF534E71813ED1BFF1B3D57D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>, including a community supported agriculture network or association</quote> after <quote>association</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H138F9920D89D4607A64A0D3570A13AC4">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1D75CD7F9AA4457BBF4D6B6E7AD5E5AF">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA85433849F0844ADAD63F090E2297920" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H41F3C9AF0C544A0C8C6CCCE945912816">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Funds requirements for eligible entities</header>
<paragraph id="HE96889C580C341E3B744533B05652C1E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Matching funds</header>
<text>An entity receiving a grant under this section for a project to carry out a purpose described in subsection (b)(2) shall provide matching funds in the form of cash or an in-kind contribution in an amount equal to 25 percent of the total cost of such project.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2B47AB0C756240D58EA4B09819E0CB7F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation on use of funds</header>
<text>An eligible entity may not use a grant or other assistance provided under this section for the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of a building or structure.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC93F14E8F9214E9AB474A53CCC9C3A5D">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>
<italic />in subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (5))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9B2FB127B42744FE8908ADFB709BBF96">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H085F1C4A7D1D4784B6DE2A7C74DA0C2B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFFF316FE77E3428B909681C72C790450">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7726E3CF2DEC4024B0E6AA4A1FF02A9A">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5617A504DA94C429B28C909696DBE5F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1E49EA7A363248B499D2A4ACBBD312CA">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE314626B417F4E49855347E9DF6EE5ED">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (5);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE7A8F715072C47F3A9D1B428E4CCD9F8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD72598846DDD4C7D9BFE8DE5942FCDD9">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0837B059806041B596345BC17F9180B3" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBED437C237514D79B248BEEB7AD4DFFC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB461AE31CA794D9CA78137F75668D0DC">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Use of funds</header>
<text>Of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year, 50 percent of such funds shall be used for the purposes described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) and 50 percent of such funds shall be used for the purposes described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE4FF629168B0482CB75D5A401481BE6C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 3 percent of the total amount made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year may be used for administrative expenses.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE86FEE96C284F4DB3743C4367E38720">
<enum>9004.</enum>
<header>Organic agriculture</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H00C62728139341B6B69FCF0B1274C11C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Organic production and market data initiatives</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<italic />Section 7407(d)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5925c(d)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1784DF76605043DD83A78D2B4C3771B8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the heading of such paragraph, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2008 through 2012</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC7D9C041B1A4436D8E6ACFDA6E64351C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2014 through 2018</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7F881A3C39CA41AE9F41E907430FD592">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Modernization and technology upgrade for national organic program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2122 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6521) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84A109FB629F409CBF184E54A687FC38" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5ED9A60D4D1D497C9B1121AF38AF73C3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Modernization and technology upgrade for national organic program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall modernize database and technology systems of the national organic program.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H346F9EFC02CF4963A16CB7D84BF24BFA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations for national organic program</header>
<text>Effective October 1, 2013, section 2123(b)(6) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6522(b)(6)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B17654FD9534A6D9C7E8FA7B4A1E621" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H077AF0D518724E4EA502212BBE051E6A">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HEAB460661164426E8C9B4AEC07102422">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>National organic certification cost-Share program</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<italic />Effective October 1, 2013, section 10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 6523) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2A398D386861473795DBB6C6F39400D0">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Exemption of certified organic products from promotion order assessments</header>
<text>Subsection (e) of section 501 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block id="H08AE3975B6884C1BB864684DCF19607E">
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H292FD788808C400AA4B75A569890604C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Exemption of certified organic products from promotion order assessments</header>
<paragraph id="H9837D83FDECC41F2911E8D25365BE19F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any provision of a commodity promotion law, a person that produces, handles, markets, or imports organic products may be exempt from the payment of an assessment under a commodity promotion law with respect to any agricultural commodity that is certified as <quote>organic</quote> or <quote>100 percent organic</quote> (as defined in part 205 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations or a successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F1918F4910A41BFA76098F77530B0E9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Split operations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The exemption described in paragraph (1) shall apply to the certified <quote>organic</quote> or ‘100 percent organic’ (as defined in part 205 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) products of a producer, handler, or marketer regardless of whether the agricultural commodity subject to the exemption is produced, handled, or marketed by a person that also produces, handles, or markets conventional or nonorganic agricultural products, including conventional or nonorganic agricultural products of the same agricultural commodity as that for which the exemption is claimed.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBC431FAD4DAC41F699C1AA29AC482B19">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Approval</header>
<text>The Secretary shall approve the exemption of a person under this subsection if the person maintains a valid organic certificate issued under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6501 et seq.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C092E17CD314A679C9BF2B2EE2BE042">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Termination of effectiveness</header>
<text>This subsection shall be effective until the date on which the Secretary issues an organic commodity promotion order in accordance with subsection (f).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H27B66685266345AC90BCDC2E6730331F">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate regulations concerning eligibility and compliance for an exemption under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDCED3AAB3ADC4896A56D745EA2082716">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Organic commodity promotion order</header>
<text>Section 501 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7401) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block id="H9A35930FD2F6429399E0BF47F3EAE0E2" style="OLC">
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56E045A56FCD4935B6B6EC191F5B817C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Organic commodity promotion order</header>
<paragraph id="H52276BA0F91942AAB523CB717E4D94D6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H10A155E2CD574C278B56BC0941DC2020">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Certified organic farm</header>
<text>The term <term>certified organic farm</term> has the meaning given the term in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBB2D4AAF94074F20B3F9892A6E7D4695">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Covered person</header>
<text>The term <term>covered person</term> means a producer, handler, marketer, or importer of an organic agricultural commodity.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAEEBCB01821A4E7E9A953DFC2FAC902F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Dual-covered agricultural commodity</header>
<text>The term <term>dual-covered agricultural commodity</term> means an agricultural commodity that—</text>
<clause id="HB4D7F8D87ADE4B99BBFD52ABAE5BEFFC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>is produced on a certified organic farm; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE0EE7ED8413B4DA3BFCC119EC1489B83">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>is covered under both—</text>
<subclause id="HBC47E6D0C4E4442FAFE9E449B1E8AD0A">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>an organic commodity promotion order issued pursuant to paragraph (2); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB826F83938D1448C816CA676A93E1C8F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other agricultural commodity promotion order issued under section 514.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4023FE8E2C414EABAE2F362A6B15A242">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may issue an organic commodity promotion order under section 514 that includes any agricultural commodity that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF46265B2A8B54ADA8409B29EFCEDB962">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is produced or handled (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)) and that is certified to be sold or labeled as <quote>organic</quote> or <quote>100 percent organic</quote> (as defined in part 205 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations or a successor regulation)); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC778E717D7F3453C80080D2946AB1D43">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is imported with a valid organic certificate (as defined in such part).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFED2346CBFC4F72810C393C9E8D1813">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Election</header>
<text>If the Secretary issues an organic commodity promotion order described in paragraph (2), a covered person may elect, for applicable dual-covered agricultural commodities and in the sole discretion of the covered person, whether to be assessed under the organic commodity promotion order or another applicable agricultural commodity promotion order.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3855E81544BB4983BA21F50AA7E8E4BB">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall promulgate regulations concerning eligibility and compliance for an exemption under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9FA5814985924613A83105FECA2C828A">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Definition of agricultural commodity</header>
<text>Section 513(1) of the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7412(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0D2295454BDC4BA285EFE37EAC86D82E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C0171A6922E441EBED86D0D19A2A478">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HEE1C881188884E9DB352886577C80011" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H069CC8C34C164BA8BE67EE47FE832942">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>products, as a class, that are produced on a certified organic farm (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6502)) and that are certified to be sold or labeled as <quote>organic</quote> or <quote>100 percent organic</quote> (as defined in part 205 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations or a successor regulation);</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H294357E8B29045B09CF627804B1F76E6">
<enum>9005.</enum>
<header>Investigations and enforcement of the Organic Foods Production Act of <enum-in-header>1990</enum-in-header></header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 is amended by inserting after section 2122 (7 U.S.C. 6521) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA199A2CD8C0545DAB8BB2DB260465E21" style="OLC">
<section id="H008C91BD4426497792AFE51BF694FC95">
<enum>2122A.</enum>
<header>Investigation and enforcement</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HE99EA721E5614033A349E83F735B02B8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Expedited administrative hearing</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an expedited administrative hearing procedure under which the Secretary may suspend or revoke the organic certification of a producer or handler or the accreditation of a certifying agent in accordance with subsection (d). Such a hearing may be conducted in addition to a hearing conducted pursuant to section 2120.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5F259B2CE07D4801A8F3F5D4FB62F04F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Investigation</header>
<paragraph id="H1836E5B297154E2C85D9EEBE766BE858">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary may take such investigative actions as the Secretary considers to be necessary to carry out this title—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06596A822C2440B89D6BB8A841C82121">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to verify the accuracy of any information reported or made available under this title; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE006933D00E042E19AE11D8EBD20CE5C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to determine, with regard to actions, practices, or information required under this title, whether a person covered by this title has committed a violation of this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5082376BFB94151B6290ED745A875EB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Investigative powers</header>
<text>The Secretary may administer oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel attendance of witnesses, take evidence, and require the production of any records required to be maintained under section 2112(d) or 2116(c) that are relevant to the investigation.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEF6A166AB72A49318FA89073DB392109">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Unlawful Act</header>
<text>It shall be unlawful and a violation of this title for any person covered by this title—</text>
<paragraph id="H71F094EE59174080AAA5F1CF0389093B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>to refuse to provide information required by the Secretary under this title; or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A581F3FDE784FAF9939F76D18B2B4AD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to violate—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD97A883BA11E4C22AB4079BE141ABF2F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a suspension or revocation of the organic certification of a producer or handler; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCF28616C2DA649F3BAEF4342CBFD2BC4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>a suspension or revocation of the accreditation of a certifying agent.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1F88C68E561C4027BC23F30665AD1E17">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="H691E862FCB7D485CBC0D3CAE7F70024B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Suspension</header>
<subparagraph id="H530A7C6B6AB0404F98A980772558779A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for an expedited administrative hearing, suspend the organic certification of a producer, handler or the accreditation of a certifying agent if—</text>
<clause id="H9D8AB31A5C3446B982AFF329F97DD94C">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary, during such expedited administrative hearing, proved that—</text>
<subclause id="H80FFA0E75A944C5DB8627CF7C1FC5B99">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a producer or handler, the producer or handler—</text>
<item id="H85EF2473A3BD4F32A3F018167344326B">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>has recklessly committed a violation of a term, condition, or requirement of the organic plan to which the producer or handler is subject; or</text>
</item>
<item id="H80B0FE41877A4A03B6D653EC7A19C19D">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has recklessly committed, or is recklessly committing, a violation of this title; or</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H0454114F2EC24C90B5C6343AF83FB001">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a certifying agent, the agent has recklessly committed, or is recklessly committing, a violation of this title; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H97DCA15FC8114BEBB5F82193FFA3E47E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the producer, handler, or certifying agent has waived such expedited administrative hearing.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7A1F2ACBA8434DCCAC801FA678D7C691">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Issuance of suspension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A suspension issued under this paragraph shall be issued not later than five days after the date on which—</text>
<clause id="H0CF5D5A8A3524E7B978AB5B21ABB6C56">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expedited administrative hearing referred to in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) concludes; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H383ED0F953CD4E06A3CB25796C596FEF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Secretary receives notice of the waiver referred to in clause (ii) of such subparagraph.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H28433487D9C748B395F2FAEB32C610CE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Duration of suspension</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The period of a suspension issued under this paragraph shall be not more than 90 days, beginning on the date on which the Secretary issues the suspension.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC8260624B2864EBCAF27F88255A7B749">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Curing of violations</header>
<clause id="H257808C857FF403F86F230601768F458">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not issue a suspension of a certification or accreditation under this paragraph if the producer, handler, or certifying agent subject to such suspension—</text>
<subclause id="H0411A3DE7A6840AF8FDE0CA77ED74487">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>before the date on which the suspension would otherwise have been issued, cures, or corrects the deficiency giving rise to, the violation for which the certification or accreditation would have been suspended; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB10BBC8E2ADD4B0DBFFC4F69E060616D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">within a reasonable timeframe (as determined by the Secretary), enters into a settlement with the Secretary regarding a deficiency referred to in subclause (I).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HB73AC52FD711480D9DA95652D180B495">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>During suspension</header>
<text>The Secretary shall terminate the suspension of an organic certification or accreditation issued under this paragraph if the producer, handler, or certifying agent subject to such suspension cures the violation for which the certification or accreditation was suspended under this paragraph before the date on which the period of the suspension ends.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC526D3CAB70645AF98A8C809B7C5E676">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Revocation</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9F428A19454B43698432AF2C697254C5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may, after notice and opportunity for an expedited administrative hearing under this section and an expedited administrative appeal under section 2121, revoke the organic certification of a producer or handler, or the accreditation of a certifying agent if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H47E80FA8A1304D0D8A8B4EFD4049857E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary, during such hearing, proved that—</text>
<subclause id="H4BB8F40203FE407286896909D82B05A6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the case of a producer or handler, the producer or handler—</text>
<item id="HB682B77ED4AA4BCC9112DE2A05BF978F">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has knowingly committed an egregious violation of a term, condition, or requirement of the organic plan to which the producer or handler is subject; or</text>
</item>
<item id="H7E6CFF9F0AE24BA68DE0FB2DDA3FAAFC">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has knowingly committed, or is knowingly committing, an egregious violation of this title; or</text>
</item>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H14B92330CCB94C6EB7FCE6F60D3D628E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a certifying agent, the agent has knowingly committed, or is knowingly committing, an egregious violation of this title; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="HDCB1854BD01A4BAB8FD126EF9C4B3A64">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the producer, handler, or certifying agent has waived such expedited administrative hearing and such an expedited administrative appeal.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5F59E7C0704F435CB6E186071E9DC53D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Initiation of revocation proceedings</header>
<clause id="H19A4C31DAF2B4148BD3527F8A92A9EB4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If the Secretary finds, during an investigation or during the period of a suspension under paragraph (1), that a producer, handler, or certifying agent has knowingly committed an egregious violation of this title, the Secretary shall initiate revocation proceedings with respect to such violation not later than 30 days after the date on which the producer, handler, or certifying agent receives notice of such finding in accordance with clause (ii). The Secretary may not initiate revocation proceedings with respect to such violation after the date on which that 30-day period ends.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0991289EC73C44AC9EE70BFD92D250E8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Notice</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than five days after the date on which the Secretary makes the finding described in clause (i), the Secretary shall provide to the producer, handler, or certifying agent notice of such finding.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE88665F26F6641CE8262D7AC857FED1E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Appeal</header>
<paragraph id="H71A89890F2194DDE88BBC3DC3E47098A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Suspensions</header>
<subparagraph id="H2A0E8213DCD24468989C5C5F2BF4E482">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The suspension of a certification or accreditation under subsection (d)(1) by the Secretary may be appealed to a United States district court in accordance with section 2121(b) not later than 30 business days after the date on which the person subject to such suspension receives notice of the suspension.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC0E6300B6FE647ACB85B10BA2405A907">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Suspension final and conclusive</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A suspension of a certification or accreditation under subsection (d)(1) by the Secretary shall be final and conclusive—</text>
<clause id="H4A87D6DD049C400F9EDD31B067432D5A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a suspension that is appealed under subparagraph (A) within the 30-day period specified in such subparagraph, on the date on which judicial review of such suspension is complete; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA42488C967C34E389691CC1E64A1969C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of a suspension that is not so appealed, the date on which such 30-day period ends.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CA6524B897B49F79A7200B0B0B303BF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Revocations</header>
<subparagraph id="H782887051E0F40FDB7259F2949B09376">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The revocation of a certification or an accreditation under subsection (d)(2) by the Secretary may be appealed to a United States district court in accordance with section 2121(b) not later than 30 business days after the date on which the person subject to such revocation receives notice of the revocation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7CD6B590EABC4B328FAD0956960659F3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Revocation final and conclusive</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A revocation of a certification or an accreditation under subsection (d)(2) by the Secretary shall be final and conclusive—</text>
<clause id="HFB9D855F8CC04E5EA8CABD04C3163A2E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in the case of a revocation that is appealed under subparagraph (A) within the 30-day period specified in such subparagraph, on the date on which judicial review of such revocation is complete; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9FA5578CB0364AB6B09946AED6C51F18">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in the case of a revocation that is not so appealed, the date on which such 30-day period ends.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H31B6EDD53DB94FD1BA5A4FAD64E8EA63">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Standards for review of suspensions and revocations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A suspension or revocation of a certification or an accreditation under subsection (d) shall be reviewed in accordance with the standards of review specified in section 706(2) of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H35C2835DA8DC402DA477EE05C8343182">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Noncompliance</header>
<paragraph id="H75DC483490364331B46FD87705B3597C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>If a person covered by this title fails to obey a revocation of a certification or an accreditation under subsection (d)(2) after such revocation has become final and conclusive or after the appropriate United States district court has entered a final judgment in favor of the Secretary, the United States may apply to the appropriate United States district court for enforcement of such revocation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD609E71C11A408B98DBDB84D3E71CD5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Enforcement</header>
<text>If the court determines that the revocation was lawfully made and duly served and that the person violated the revocation, the court shall enforce the revocation.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H425C34378EEA47FBAC645E084CD39859">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Civil penalty</header>
<text>If the court finds that the person violated the revocation of a certification or an accreditation under subsection (d)(2), the person shall be subject to one or more of the penalties provided in subsections (a) and (b) of section 2120.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2608693594064BBFAB7D5961474AB3BC">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Violation of this title defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>violation of this title</term> means a violation specified in section 2120.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H54C8E2CFA11141B7A3F016D366CD37B3">
<enum>9006.</enum>
<header>Food safety education initiatives</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10105 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7655) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H85A4657DD5EC48D283C413C2D137D03F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7CB64727D12C4636968DE91C607681F1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, including farm workers</quote> after <quote>industry</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H849FFB3237A7446EB66BDD17E3D8F5F7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6CA74E26516E474F91F921915E10B0B5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB701A7C827ED4D8DB754EE1A6BD83E15">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H5E642908DB7E4DDA8DEF06261C178AD4" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H43BB76288BEC487797F5CC7094BE8287">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, how to identify sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination. </text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D6BE48632DF4F6F8A78D38E08B1156C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H036667F2CC844CE9AA233B644857ACB6">
<enum>9007.</enum>
<header>Specialty crop block grants</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCBAF1DB693DC4B4FB0D7788B1A0B7A07">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7011F1967904F4885C54BECC455561A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>subsection (j)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (l)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H56FACBE6A2C8495CBF243D4CC9742447">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFC8DECFC48084D2A91445C16CDE8C122">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6E202CFCA92F49EDB69095E21910195C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H245F7E75AC4848D182D5F07EE933F5D0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Grants based on value and acreage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (c), for each State whose application for a grant for a fiscal year that is accepted by the Secretary under subsection (f), the amount of the grant for such fiscal year to the State under this section shall bear the same ratio to the total amount made available under subsection (l)(1) for such fiscal year as—</text>
<paragraph id="H1CC73EB7D9A043B1A9F9A99DDEFCB257">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the average of the most recent available value of specialty crop production in the State and the acreage of specialty crop production in the State, as demonstrated in the most recent Census of Agriculture data; bears to</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDF9C0AF5452A41CE96131310209450C6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the average of the most recent available value of specialty crop production in all States and the acreage of specialty crop production in all States, as demonstrated in the most recent Census of Agriculture data.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9136A856BACD4FE2B87682939E0A7001">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD74F26B87D274103993C3F842FA17031">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF1C05A4E1A9A40D0A5367A431406F7D3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H62C5E3A995A94E0198787E353AE10493">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEF913F43D00E46208B722DCF54B49783" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEAE8041BC29645A9B002087F5033C95D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an assurance that any grant funds received under this section that are used for equipment or capital-related research costs determined to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops—</text>
<subparagraph id="H893AC1F631134708BC369A671CB5B1F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be supplemented by the expenditure of State funds in an amount that is not less than 50 percent of such costs during the fiscal year in which such costs were incurred; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H19D788A10E6747928CD99E80CBB3BF27">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>shall be completely replaced by State funds on the day after the date on which such fiscal year ends.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H6ABCA4ACBEA74B7C97C01148244189B3">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (l);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBCA053C30EC246DA8F89444D39B21C27">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (i) the following new subsections:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94DA8782B101479391C3FCCDF33148FA" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4469337A84E24019A5F33A54F401B488">
<enum>(j)</enum>
<header>Multistate projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the effective date of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue guidance for the purpose of making grants to multistate projects under this section for projects involving—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H53D2184EA5BF4747BE4E23D80E85D4A4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>food safety;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDD9F433156944604BC9CB3807901D29F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>plant pests and disease;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H06E3F359DE3146DBA225535EEFF5A8BE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>research;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFACCD13705894B3594C4414B427B24E2">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>crop-specific projects addressing common issues; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC641A479756149519C9236A7E0C1A19A">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>any other area that furthers the purposes of this section, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H24E2BDE0A23544E9A095C31706A5C0A6">
<enum>(k)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCDF089A2D019433D9ECA7D9471366C0A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Department</header>
<text>The Secretary of Agriculture may not use more than 3 percent of the funds made available to carry out this section for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE33BB78B0AC7462D8C1D91E2714F7686">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>States</header>
<text>A State receiving a grant under this section may not use more than 8 percent of the funds received under the grant for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D2E786B027B40A1AC965931A17E4206">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>in subsection (l) (as redesignated by paragraph (4))—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4B5E6476E1294B64A680C55BF63354EA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and moving the margins of such subparagraphs two ems to the right;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB568DF92961348798C04565E6F3AB56C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Of the funds</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H205B2853CCDA4D73B92A56637DCE7B2D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE0D415FB638A40A891A47B45FEDA3860">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD697004D62CC42B195ABFF7FAB73718D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1) (as so designated)—</text>
<clause id="H257B14380DAC439492379DC5ABC7DCF4">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H155A031E26884BA3B994FA872BE2F1B2">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by subparagraph (A)), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H08F587C557AA4E859142269997D58249">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E53A9C5419C407CADEAC604FDD5E99F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H873A76D04CE849C78D9BDF65BCFF084C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$72,500,000 for fiscal years 2014 through 2017; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H21AA61439E7B4747A6E7DC6121262BD2">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>$85,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H75AF1851CA5E42F9BEB805D116342DA2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA313AA9FAFAD4EF9B2355BE6113D8C63" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H048981A368D44081ADEED2DEA3A5B9BD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Multistate projects</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary may use to carry out subsection (j), to remain available until expended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3F29A94975C14E1FBF100D4F416CD2B8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2014;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F121D07FD3A47DA8C7D523DDFC37CFE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11836B691AA9403580AD2900A2A04C44">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H663CC7564EF04D79BADFAC2CBAF3D629">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$4,000,000 for fiscal year 2017; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8E8198BE8B9E4866A544DC9FC0ECF2D1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HAB03ABA52F0649848B25BE6801C3D6F4">
<enum>9008.</enum>
<header>Department of Agriculture consultation regarding enforcement of certain labor law provisions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall consult with the Secretary of Labor regarding the restraining of shipments of agricultural commodities, or the confiscation of such commodities, by the Department of Labor for actual or suspected labor law violations in order to consider—</text>
<paragraph id="HC0717B865C9E4F519101FC5B995942C1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the perishable nature of such commodities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H05E3739C10D84CB3A453191633D03D07">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the impact of such restraining or confiscation on the economic viability of farming operations; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD1F3AB72BAD943A298171D392EC04949">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the competitiveness of specialty crops through grants awarded to States under section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H58CAF815325C40A682F4807286E55E99">
<enum>9009.</enum>
<header>Report on honey</header>
<subsection id="HB32FC5229DFF47608D82C7E65542812E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with persons affected by the potential establishment of a Federal standard for the identity of honey, shall submit to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs a report describing how an appropriate Federal standard for the identity of honey would be in the interest of consumers, the honey industry, and United States agriculture.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H20C819165E71408BAF359BE3723A36F4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Considerations</header>
<text>In preparing the report required under subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the March 2006, Standard of Identity citizens petition filed with the Food and Drug Administration, including any current industry amendments or clarifications necessary to update such petition.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H50775553C11544F1A82C0134D9FAD6EC">
<enum>9010.</enum>
<header>Bulk shipments of apples to Canada</header>
<subsection id="H200DA3F63F83401D968E3E397E1BB5DF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Bulk shipment of apples to Canada</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4 of the Export Apple Act (7 U.S.C. 584) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5CCC0F6AB0594CF6BAE35AB2D5BB6C9D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Apples in</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(a)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> Apples in</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13C72E87D2014E4AB4F3E75091597799">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3ABD55BA3C9A4A73B57A45055DC04C17" style="traditional">
<subsection id="HFB0665C1F0734AFD96876D78AD113FCA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text>Apples may be shipped to Canada in bulk bins without complying with the provisions of this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5899876E6C444F939E725AD4EF326AD0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition of bulk bin</header>
<text>Section 9 of the Export Apple Act (7 U.S.C. 589) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD30BDCD8F95C4176BE5A138322B026DC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFB659F06969C4CD58A8DBC713652E8A2" indent="up1">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>bulk bin</term> means a bin that contains a quantity of apples weighing more than 100 pounds.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H67ABCDF1BAF74DBC8A77E7498A45F200">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations to carry out the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD08904D02F1A494E8CDF19B3A5E3A1DE">
<enum>9011.</enum>
<header>Consolidation of plant pest and disease management and disaster prevention programs</header>
<subsection id="HEF99AA87E57848D7B6CDB5E59DFFBAF1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Relocation of legislative language relating to national clean plant network</header>
<text>Section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE7ECC913F8BA42B190C350AEE72E8FE3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3182360C70A446C89337614BF85E482E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (d) the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H224FAAC694CE4820BF642EEE215E61AD" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF5BDC9C77AF94DA4A9DF04D6DF3EEFE8">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>National clean plant network</header>
<paragraph id="H42FE41D7658E4B7E97A68048140C4BA9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a program to be known as the <quote>National Clean Plant Network</quote> (referred to in this subsection as the <quote>Program</quote>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEC60A4C4F12346D3B2E3194BE6E52F89">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>Under the Program, the Secretary shall establish a network of clean plant centers for diagnostic and pathogen elimination services—</text>
<subparagraph id="H516E8A985E8040CB8D80AE11364384F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to produce clean propagative plant material; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFEC0933A862F429697CBA35CD3808ABB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to maintain blocks of pathogen-tested plant material in sites located throughout the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAB9672D77D94947B2F5E01FC2244B26">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Availability of clean plant source material</header>
<text>Clean plant source material may be made available to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22A86B1BB6354E5FAD484D0C5184048B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a State for a certified plant program of the State; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H30DA163983B34190A16E93BE91FC3A6B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>private nurseries and producers.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H889E9F6E41E543FBB05165B7189515B3">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Consultation and collaboration</header>
<text>In carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFC80A7C4C32D45F88E7F5888ED352CF0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>consult with—</text>
<clause id="HDB9C9963454A48BD9D997B200E7EC8B3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>State departments of agriculture; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB714BDE3999340138B5594F629EC7B7C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>land-grant colleges and universities and NLGCA Institutions (as those terms are defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H643337E81EE7474FAD6056FCCD1F9E77">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to the extent practicable and with input from the appropriate State officials and industry representatives, use existing Federal or State facilities to serve as clean plant centers.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB833F040FA040A9B17FD5E52FE62467">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Funding for fiscal year 2013</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2013.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC672AA34447C40DBB3035197FF90F832">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (f) of section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) (as so redesignated) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H96262E6CD4034F23B408ED23C8370200">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H95D9DBA927544C4C92003A738D415A5C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>and each fiscal year thereafter.</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD3EF1D1735B74447ACAD5C9E244D664E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H952203B61DD64E2CBDB2DC4B89DEE273" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H534E6441D31F4433B83D60624A5C0575">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>$62,500,000 for fiscal years 2014 through 2017; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F4F6DC18D344335AF053C68EDBFCDF3">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>$75,000,000 for fiscal year 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H24375F9E2EB74068809B6BD2C7050BF4">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeal of existing provision</header>
<text>Section 10202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7761) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9AA17BDA90034BF8B263DF0B6B40F5F5">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Clarification of use of funds for technical assistance</header>
<text>Section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H60BD23927BA74DA9BEBF76A5B796AF41" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H5A75420990F04D2489E6B35434BDF097">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Relationship to other law</header>
<text>The use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds under this section to provide technical assistance shall not be considered an allotment or fund transfer from the Commodity Credit Corporation for purposes of the limit on expenditures for technical assistance imposed by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i).</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9458F40202D1419E94471F1E20633BF2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Use of funds for clean plant network</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721), as amended by subsections (a) and (d), is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6FD78CF81594D77BF87E6A3ED626F2C" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H4977FF6498DF4241A5C09E2376904DB4">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Use of funds for clean plant network</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under subsection (f) to carry out this section for a fiscal year, not less than $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the national clean plant network under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H9AAA1AFCBBEB403FA091F6AA64167862" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>9012.</enum>
<header>Modification, cancellation, or suspension on basis of a biological opinion</header>
<subsection id="H88CD87A43D6243599F2E8536818E3B86">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except in the case of a voluntary request from a pesticide registrant to amend a registration under section 3 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a), a registration of a pesticide may be modified, canceled, or suspended on the basis of the implementation of a Biological Opinion issued by the National Marine Fisheries Service or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service prior to the date of completion of the study referred to in subsection (b), or January 1, 2015, whichever is earlier, only if—</text>
<paragraph id="H8B1E32CFA5BC45D9A196218277D30E9C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the modification, cancellation, or suspension is undertaken pursuant to section 6 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136d); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H893D1035AFE242E58CB7E8FBABDC3778">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the Biological Opinion complies with the recommendations contained in the study referred to in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7460025DFEEE49BA96B5053F0B0EF253">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>National Academy of Sciences Study</header>
<text>The study commissioned by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on March 10, 2011, shall include, at a minimum, each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HEA31CBF9D39A4E55BE9564FF605B161D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>A formal, independent, and external peer review, consistent with Office of Management and Budget policies, of each Biological Opinion described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6C421D19C27483FAD22C3094462E8DC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Assessment of economic impacts of measures or alternatives recommended in each such Biological Opinion.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H93075060C6A6447693E903C3D8BDF7ED">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An examination of the specific scientific and procedural questions and issues pertaining to economic feasibility contained in the June 23, 2011, letter sent to the Administrator (and other Federal officials) by the Chairmen of the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, of the House of Representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H85A14CA9CFA54280B22FBCEE68136B09" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>9013.</enum>
<header>Use and discharges of authorized pesticides</header>
<subsection id="HAA7603E959404718B444C95612EE7FE1">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text>This section may be cited as the <quote>Reducing Regulatory Burdens Act of 2013</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8C1E2B247520448AABD281B64B69F4A5">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Use of authorized pesticides</header>
<text>Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7A1C7E850EFC4363A62837E87E6D1E2D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HADD32087E8464D41B6B84FE0284DCEA3">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Use of authorized pesticides</header>
<text>Except as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD00F4D1CAF384878BF876E552BA22E6C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Discharges of pesticides</header>
<text>Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H68C6D160CCAB425F8F8DF8BB8AD2B3A5" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H9EC533A834454F0AB1E6052A99C86F59">
<enum>(s)</enum>
<header>Discharges of pesticides</header>
<paragraph id="HB81444619AE34983B64CFD67E46F5BCD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>No permit requirement</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H726DDF378FED4E6D95F4306AD78FF800">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exceptions</header>
<text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD2CC601FA2634458BB2172B99314D5A8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>A discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality, if—</text>
<clause id="H855E6A7CF2D94E67B8638B5346FCB951">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8F435D1754594E659F810E882D2EC150">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B967EBBC87E47EEA30317777BBA0322">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Stormwater discharges subject to regulation under subsection (p).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFBBCDAE7C53E49F0B5BBE9AD6863689A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The following discharges subject to regulation under this section:</text>
<clause id="HDD3EAF4C9F334C68A808A19FFCC8F411">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>Manufacturing or industrial effluent.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H29D7F13360A74D61BA2673FCB486EDC4">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Treatment works effluent.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2FF0075C1060434FA67930E2E6078FA0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>Discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC2C5F854D81C42138170D4A8BE1550C4">
<enum>9014.</enum>
<header>Seed not pesticide or device for purposes of importation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136o(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences: <quote>Solely for purposes of notifications of arrival upon importation, for purposes of this subsection, seed, including treated seed, shall not be considered a pesticide or device. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as precluding or limiting the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to the importation or movement of plants, plant products, or seeds, under the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et seq.) or the Federal Seed Act (7 U.S.C. 1551 et seq.).</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H4E51759941264C7C97929F35893390F2">
<enum>9015.</enum>
<header>Stay of regulations related to Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall lift the administrative stay that was imposed by the rule entitled <quote>Christmas Tree Promotion, Research, and Information Order; Stay of Regulations</quote> and published by the Department of Agriculture on November 17, 2011 (76 Fed. Reg. 71241), on the regulations in subpart A of part 214 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, establishing an industry-funded promotion, research, and information program for fresh cut Christmas trees.</text>
</section>
<section id="HB3ADDD56E07D41C48B18B8FD691DD138">
<enum>9016.</enum>
<header>Study on proposed order pertaining to sulfuryl fluoride</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, in conjunction with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the potential economic and public health effects that would result from finalization of the proposed order published in the January 19, 2011, Federal Register (76 Fed. Reg. 3422) pertaining to the pesticide sulfuryl fluoride, including the anticipated impacts of such finalization on the production of an adequate, wholesome, and economical food supply and on farmers and related agricultural sectors.</text>
</section>
<section id="HACA1BE96565E49AF853FEF8B9ADF01C5">
<enum>9017.</enum>
<header>Study on local and regional food production and program evaluation</header>
<subsection id="H1E19ABB25C9B4DAEB4A06D8A47F84034">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC3C15403B4B84550890856EAE0B0AD8A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect data on the production and marketing of locally or regionally produced agricultural food products;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE73CE3D1637B4395882EB6E5B98C1CD2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>facilitate interagency collaboration and data sharing on programs related to local and regional food systems; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFDCBFCD81C354CA7846F33F24BD0EBB1">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>monitor the effectiveness of programs designed to expand or facilitate local food systems.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H176A055C20FD4C7EB6335BD45233BB4A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirements</header>
<text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC9073CEC34964E099A400795C469C38F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>collect and distribute comprehensive reporting of prices of locally or regionally produced agricultural food products;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF490E03FD506487C956F45AB61422D56">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>conduct surveys and analysis and publish reports relating to the production, handling, distribution, and retail sales of, and trend studies (including consumer purchasing patterns) on, locally or regionally produced agricultural food products;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9C26FFAA9FB94037A7274787BCBAD729">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs in growing local and regional food systems, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE5184381166C4884BB7694882F13D4EF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the impact of local food systems on job creation and economic development;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8F4D564541A147BA878777A3CFE2D5A0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the level of participation in the Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program established under section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (7 U.S.C. 3005), including the percentage of projects funded in comparison to applicants and the types of eligible entities receiving funds;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFF98BEAB19B84509988ED20F02263DF0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the ability for participants to leverage private capital and a synopsis of the places from which non-Federal funds are derived; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF0E0AA64FD0343E688F68B1EC0C6E189">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>any additional resources required to aid in the development or expansion of local and regional food systems;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCD903EC6FF8D441498445D13C6B28756">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>expand the Agricultural Resource Management Survey to include questions on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H15D981D929FB49DC84D4176A90111196">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>seek to establish or expand private-public partnerships to facilitate, to the maximum extent practicable, the collection of data on locally or regionally produced agricultural food products, including the development of a nationally coordinated and regionally balanced evaluation of the redevelopment of locally or regionally produced food systems.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7050E44148ED48B9A2C1D656BD163472">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until September 30, 2018, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report describing the progress that has been made in implementing this section and identifying any additional needs related to developing local and regional food systems.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0FB402B267CA4121AEB46D37DA599AFB">
<enum>9018.</enum>
<header>Annual report on invasive species</header>
<subsection id="H69561713E97347EAB13D00B9D107431B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Initial report</header>
<paragraph id="HC05A3C4A47584C56869C0E14B47DD9BE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on invasive species.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H94F5EB30A5E645D59BBD2A00A68B0335">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Matters included</header>
<text>The report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE6E67AAD4B34B2A9C18F251E4182EDA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list of each invasive species that is in the United States as of the date of the report.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6FA5D128BBFC4A689032A9B0475B9AE0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>For each invasive species listed under subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H00F79C33668846AAB49109ACFA975C18">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the country from which the species originated;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0683256E3DCA4C06A83F1F98E2F8EB0A">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the means in which the species entered the United States;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC01D69E30B80493D9DCDA08888D13F24">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the year in which the species entered the United States;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HAAE8720E2DEE457699E6A00378C2AB78">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the rate by which the entry of the species is increasing or decreasing;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H8F3F61B6988F4C64AE3D068B1C203CF3">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>cost estimates, covering both the date of the report and future periods, of the cost of such species to the public and private sectors;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBD50C2167C204B57A43E20101B96D60E">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>if cost estimates cannot be conducted under clause (v), a detailed explanation of why;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBD04AA9B8AF141338E240AC472109B89">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">environmental impact estimates, covering both the date of the report and future periods, of the environmental impact of the species;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6B50367105E24C95899A68C654DE1F4F">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>if environmental impact estimates cannot be conducted under clause (vii), a detailed explanation of why;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H16512EDA22644BDAA2A8DBB3425928D9">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>recommendations as to what steps are needed to combat the species;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H1A9F7E61E3B64610805890053D9A2806">
<enum>(x)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the ongoing research occurring to combat the species; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA12E0C086B8E411B8E11B69F53FB92D8">
<enum>(xi)</enum>
<text>a description of any legal recourse available to people affected by the species.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDC19E6B9B2AA4D979CC927F861CFC398">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Any other matter the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE179F95FFCB043939A41B0ED0BC83A2E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Period covered</header>
<text>The report under paragraph (1) shall cover the period beginning in 1980 and ending on the date on which the report is submitted.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3E561AB033694338A03E2864BAA95AF9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Annual updated reports</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than October 1 of each fiscal year beginning after the date on which the report under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) is submitted, the Secretary shall submit annually to Congress an updated report, including an update to each of the matters described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H926E59FE04694E578F73971B8456AEB1">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Public availability</header>
<text>The Secretary shall make each report under this section available to the public.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>X</enum>
<header>Crop Insurance</header>
<section commented="no" id="HF174D87101B943C6A6D6F82A62644694">
<enum>10001.</enum>
<header>Information sharing</header>
<subsection id="H7365DB9E67924585B2CED2A6E74CCB48">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In General</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BAAAE75036B429B890E43DD75E5EFDC" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFB3F35E6AB5342728EC9EA157499251A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Information</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A5BD7FCAF7749B5831B3AE559D2905F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Request</header>
<text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the Farm Service Agency shall, in a timely manner, provide to an agent or an approved insurance provider authorized by the producer any information (including Farm Service Agency Form 578s (or any successor form) or maps (or any corrections to those forms or maps) that may assist the agent or approved insurance provider in insuring the producer under a policy or plan of insurance under this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF0A46DCD4015425585D243983C20CC3F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Privacy</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), an agent or approved insurance provider that receives the information of a producer pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall treat the information in accordance with paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1A68743D69BB4192B7A2D7B4B4CD1701">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Sharing</header>
<text>Nothing in this section prohibits the sharing of the information of a producer pursuant to subparagraph (A) between the agent and the approved insurance provider of the producer.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H740C19FA63C84C0DA90C3844EE7BF6D4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Disclosure of crop insurance premium subsidies made on behalf of Members of Congress and certain other individuals and entities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(c)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(c)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H52CAF1C5DD5F48C88CD76534DB611222">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (D) and (E) respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3352C7B296FB42E698B111474327242B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting before subparagraph (C) (as so redesignated) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1474A68135014EBCA1F1002CE1A0902F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H6CFD61F6163B455E9FC5B28D5BD72053">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Disclosure in the public interest</header>
<text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1) or any other provision of law, except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall on an annual basis make available to the public—</text>
<clause id="HBEF6805FBCE04816928CAADDF638A851">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA6FA36AB3FB949AAA884D705CB000D11">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the name of each individual or entity specified in subparagraph (C) who obtained a federally subsidized crop insurance, livestock, or forage policy or plan of insurance during the previous fiscal year;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB4735E40CF094D27B437ACC8ED307256" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the amount of premium subsidy received by that individual or entity from the Corporation; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HDD603579A039415885B8DB208146EDAC" indent="up1">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the amount of any Federal portion of indemnities paid in the event of a loss during that fiscal year for each policy associated with that individual or entity; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HF2BDC60D8F3845E9B1E62B73C3FC795B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>for each private insurance provider, by name—</text>
<subclause id="H75DEDD8CA5B5449FB23AF19EDCD02DE4">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the underwriting gains earned through participation in the federally subsidized crop insurance program; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB585365D6A664ABDB6FBA4F41C0FCCCA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the amount paid under this subtitle for—</text>
<item id="HB61617DD5C95445E9725AF347940920B">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>administrative and operating expenses;</text>
</item>
<item id="H2DC8FF8BA93647879DAC2CED60CF6F10">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text>any Federal portion of indemnities and reinsurance; and</text>
</item>
<item id="HCD3C30B854794496B7F05B6A9C0BF580">
<enum>(cc)</enum>
<text>any other purpose.</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D8B1CDAB0774A87B9890A9293798F47">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text>The Secretary shall not disclose information pertaining to individuals and entities covered by a catastrophic risk protection plan offered under section 508(b).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H058A49EFCD9045E5BEC1F96825E9EAD9">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Covered individuals and entities</header>
<text>Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to the following:</text>
<clause id="HCF786E98E0A8438DB928D150403F126D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Members of Congress and their immediate families.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2AADCBE4A63D4FB789B1C56334259ABD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>Cabinet Secretaries and their immediate families.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC439729ADC6E48E79E7D4AC93B3ABF64">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>Entities of which any individual described in clause (i) or (ii), or combination of such individuals, is a majority shareholder.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HB59B5014018040B4B85B2500B0F04009">
<enum>10002.</enum>
<header>Publication of information on violations of prohibition on premium adjustments</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(a)(9) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4CA8D11F33E44BF8B43345DB6055863F" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HECF5D37C85414BB29F15A8D0A1A0E0E8">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Publication of violations</header>
<clause id="HBFC21EEE5F9C4C5EB7EBEFAD19B47818">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Publication required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to clause (ii), the Corporation shall publish in a timely manner on the website of the Risk Management Agency information regarding each violation of this paragraph, including any sanctions imposed in response to the violation, in sufficient detail so that the information may serve as effective guidance to approved insurance providers, agents, and producers.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3B3569245EB145DFB408FDFF8B2D21A6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Protection of privacy</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing information under clause (i) regarding violations of this paragraph, the Corporation shall redact the identity of the persons and entities committing the violations in order to protect their privacy.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HA5C226824CA94D63948E005F0A8A8C81">
<enum>10003.</enum>
<header>Supplemental coverage option</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H8536FCD64080496E968D83B5A0A32A55">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of supplemental coverage option</header>
<text>Paragraph (3) of section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7CEB0D3F0BE4E549861549FEBD2575E" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4FD1F8EA019D4976AB0A47EC77B66021">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Yield and loss basis options</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A producer shall have the option of purchasing additional coverage based on—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCEC565BD3644475684213BC80637AC5B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4E1713145049440BB06ECC95DB6E118F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>an individual yield and loss basis; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H59673F00660F4663A74EB7321CE595D0" indent="up1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an area yield and loss basis;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1D08519194A74294ADE41F04AE686B91">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>an individual yield and loss basis, supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss basis to cover a part of the deductible under the individual yield and loss policy, as described in paragraph (4)(C); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8CB97EB12CC346178F80CE6637555ADD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a margin basis alone or in combination with the coverages available in subparagraph (A) or (B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HB6AB6CC0130641F1A36E6AFE987090B8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Level of coverage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3437B06CBA0743908CEA91B67E46B7AC" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE243800280304151AF0F7BCC99FFD525">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Level of coverage</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE4958B19972446E5949B4205D5C2A5A6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Dollar denomination and percentage of yield</header>
<text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the level of coverage—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF3505A87A5874164BEC522DE7AE594D6">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall be dollar denominated; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H26F561E2B6694484BCD4733C7B74E334">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>may be purchased at any level not to exceed 85 percent of the individual yield or 95 percent of the area yield (as determined by the Corporation).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HADD310EB873B48E4A1C19BB564C13E20">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Information</header>
<text>The Corporation shall provide producers with information on catastrophic risk and additional coverage in terms of dollar coverage (within the allowable limits of coverage provided in this paragraph).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2296ED1E5614E11A185A179F05E8781">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Supplemental coverage option</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HE1B952BED40A4BC995AB0CB4C94B4EEF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of the supplemental coverage option described in paragraph (3)(B), the Corporation shall offer producers the opportunity to purchase coverage in combination with a policy or plan of insurance offered under this subtitle that would allow indemnities to be paid to a producer equal to a part of the deductible under the policy or plan of insurance—</text>
<subclause id="H5A3B252F887B4E029FD1B9C1E5C1EBBB">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at a county-wide level to the fullest extent practicable; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H8C308471BB874F7C8F85D13E52D1C49D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in counties that lack sufficient data, on the basis of such larger geographical area as the Corporation determines to provide sufficient data for purposes of providing the coverage.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H08638249FA3B429780E9F15F281E8EFC">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Trigger</header>
<text>Coverage offered under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall be triggered only if the losses in the area exceed 10 percent of normal levels (as determined by the Corporation).</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HFD46F24DD551474C85D1D4531D5CF0E3">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Coverage</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the trigger described in clause (ii), coverage offered under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall not exceed the difference between—</text>
<subclause id="H07EF79DBD76C495BAB8370AE3D1247F7">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>90 percent; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC0B9F11D7F824239A488FA0E97085B4D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the coverage level selected by the producer for the underlying policy or plan of insurance.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HA29F2E889BEF455ABB494D01AD63B7F4">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<header>Ineligible crops and acres</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crops for which the producer has elected under section 1107(c)(1) of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title> to receive revenue loss coverage and acres that are enrolled in the stacked income protection plan under section 508B shall not be eligible for supplemental coverage under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB9EC3E64970941338A92FE174203F443">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<header>Calculation of premium</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsection (d), the premium for coverage offered under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall—</text>
<subclause id="HE4A200F093554C7DBA881D9843965AC0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a reasonable reserve; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HB35DFBDC051D4E67B59A1BEFAEB1C77D">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>include an amount for operating and administrative expenses established in accordance with subsection (k)(4)(F).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4BD16EEECA2643959F1C037BE6DDEDC7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Payment of portion of premium by Corporation</header>
<text>Section 508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29D68ADFB6784E428147E9C26BBF477A" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H7693E1FE75AB4165A5570174E5FBECBB">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>In the case of the supplemental coverage option authorized in subsection (c)(4)(C), the amount shall be equal to the sum of—</text>
<clause id="HE0D22A3DD97747EA98DCFD598E4A31E7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>65 percent of the additional premium associated with the coverage; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2768C430CC7747E89F107D2625B942E8">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount determined under subsection (c)(4)(C)(vi)(II), subject to subsection (k)(4)(F), for the coverage to cover operating and administrative expenses.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9F85823D523F4E13A88394E673599014">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall begin to provide additional coverage based on an individual yield and loss basis, supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss basis, not later than for the 2014 crop year.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC8D97697BDD34C9C828A7A1662A02300">
<enum>10004.</enum>
<header>Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of section 508(d)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB9156A649594235AC6A83A160A6EFDF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF7015BFF49C74B2EAFF7AB6F6DF289FC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of catastrophic risk protection, the amount of the premium established by the Corporation for each crop for which catastrophic risk protection is available shall be reduced by the percentage equal to the difference between the average loss ratio for the crop and 100 percent, plus a reasonable reserve.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H9060332E22E94DF091002FC0B17A9A92">
<enum>10005.</enum>
<header>Repeal of performance-based discount</header>
<subsection id="H5DDE6360766F423A9D10C9636C8995A9">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4708574EB124D30852C56C51B5836A9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84828D52774B476885E0423F3462C3FD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1E2FC94F45E64C83BCD8036C8E08ABF9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(a)(9)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)(B)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9941346D150450684624442358E01EB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCCC1AFEFF304C45A9B919DA934BC5C0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (ii); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5035953322F4464B9AD73516DC6031C9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H8C07E757BA7548B58F6C2CB1BEF1D3A1">
<enum>10006.</enum>
<header>Permanent enterprise unit subsidy</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (A) of section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99A8F06C438A4E7E8E0C0C3CEE820FC6" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2E863E9AA1D04CA5846065A5535FEE5A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Corporation may pay a portion of the premiums for plans or policies of insurance for which the insurable unit is defined on a whole farm or enterprise unit basis that is higher than would otherwise be paid in accordance with paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H3DB73E6B59464045BACCC5AE9545F62B">
<enum>10007.</enum>
<header>Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2A5F7402B7C240D18119B72FCCC32BBE" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1AE4C9AA3F474981B6A5A47DE599263C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Nonirrigated crops</header>
<text>Beginning with the 2014 crop year, the Corporation shall make available separate enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated acreage of crops in counties.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H468D65B2791A4FF989534EAE1E45312F">
<enum>10008.</enum>
<header>Data collection</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(g)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5C4B934AEEA48E4985580E8A6AB7A91" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2D21FE12FC5B4A00846F352A68E15826">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Sources of yield data</header>
<text>To determine yields under this paragraph, the Corporation—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7C394A55BE864D2887CF59E78EE958A0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>shall use county data collected by the Risk Management Agency or the National Agricultural Statistics Service, or both; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H2B8918F2BA42407A8F3F6E442D718427">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>if sufficient county data is not available, may use other data considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H66E033AA582A4E2A803F34138280948B">
<enum>10009.</enum>
<header>Adjustment in actual production history to establish insurable yields</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(g)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(g)(4)(B)) is amended by striking <quote>60</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>70</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H8850A01ED5AC4FA3AED47A82D174CEDF">
<enum>10010.</enum>
<header>Submission and review of policies</header>
<subsection id="HDD7070DB77DD43BEB741DCBFD1C754CE">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1BCE8A2E99DF41588485BBBE6C3B283A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9B85778688747489174CEE7E5D16C19">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2638604796ED41509E44C8A23C047573">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—In addition</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A975F1A9EEC432EBCB757E551D0CAB3" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1407EC29DFCB4207ABC0C8297A07459E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authority to submit</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB97201BB9F8D4214B2315D01203AED64">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In addition</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE2F7E735A054E438FE3A38180661F59">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22A9CE7748994F5E99323CFA6D9A0159" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E36C59C0B844516984EC836F06D3CFD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Review and submission by Corporation</header>
<text>The Corporation shall review any policy developed under section 522(c) or any pilot program developed under section 523 and submit the policy or program to the Board under this subsection if the Corporation, at the sole discretion of the Corporation, finds that the policy or program—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H16D8B121251C43E29F9AAECF658D0F63">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>will likely result in a viable and marketable policy consistent with this subsection;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H42881561C56E439BA69AF95DB56A403F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>would provide crop insurance coverage in a significantly improved form; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H90488E5C6CE440E29F09309B47C292D0">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>adequately protects the interests of producers.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD05AED8348FB4E1FBC3C61114DE800F1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E259C8117DF49608682703FA0A4F7C1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>A policy</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C45C4BA9E9844F29310C0A442151EEB" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H079B80A975E94C0D84101E8D3E8AEE05">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A policy</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H181996C0C022464093C936553B89A524">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB055833D08E848338FE30AC5696ED301" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HDE89F97CA049481FAAEBD710B824A131">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Specified review and approval priorities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In reviewing policies and other materials submitted to the Board under this subsection for approval, the Board—</text>
<clause id="HFF8CB7DFD9CA464794039303670424B7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall make the development and approval of a revenue policy for peanut producers a priority so that a revenue policy is available to peanut producers in time for the 2014 crop year;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H03295EA0C7B34B5D888F66953E4F51D7">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>shall make the development and approval of a margin coverage policy for rice producers a priority so that a margin coverage policy is available to rice producers in time for the 2014 crop year; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HD0687FDFB9FC4214ADE81BC242F67D1C">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may approve a submission that is made pursuant to this subsection that would, beginning with the 2014 crop year, allow producers that purchase policies in accordance with subsection (e)(5)(A) to separate enterprise units by risk rating for acreage of crops in counties.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4DBA91D71D364528820E7E7214772BBB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Advance payments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 522(b)(2)(E) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(b)(2)(E)) is amended by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>75 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H51FF73FB9BCF4A7C996C252229CD8C11">
<enum>10011.</enum>
<header>Equitable relief for specialty crop policies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(k)(8)(E) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)(E)) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD668B939BD554653978C951D2B6324BE" style="OLC">
<clause id="HB4BB9E8669D14A27BBF221AC6C798637">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<header>Equitable relief for specialty crop policies</header>
<subclause id="H041412DBAD0C4A21BCD375D52CF80AF8">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of the 2011 through 2015 reinsurance years, in addition to the total amount of funding for reimbursement of administrative and operating costs that is otherwise required to be made available in each such reinsurance year pursuant to an agreement entered into by the Corporation, the Corporation shall use $41,000,000 to provide additional reimbursement with respect to eligible insurance contracts for any agricultural commodity that is not eligible for a benefit under subtitles A, B or C of title I of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H15663E8C6C9B4D5B91870E7970981FFA">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<header>Treatment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Additional reimbursements made under this clause shall be included as part of the base level of administrative and operating expense reimbursement to which any limit on compensation to persons involved in the direct sale and service of any eligible crop insurance contract required under an agreement entered into by the Corporation is applied.</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HFD1D75169A2C4474A919F2E9BD13D698">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this clause shall be construed as statutory assent to the limit described in subclause (II).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H5E0C3B337129407192D599BA9E4D47F5">
<enum>10012.</enum>
<header>Budget limitations on renegotiation of the standard reinsurance agreement</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(k)(8) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF06B445DF0424996A8510DAECA6B19A1" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H1AAFDE257FA74392B135FC410DD679D2">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<header>Budget</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HE7C2E69A6D924362A17A80981BF81232">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Board shall ensure that any Standard Reinsurance Agreement negotiated under subparagraph (A)(ii), as compared to the previous Standard Reinsurance Agreement—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6192567383B64932BBAF103425EAFB1E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>to the maximum extent practicable, shall be budget neutral; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H8A9E3CF02E5544A198273C81DB42005F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in no event, may significantly depart from budget neutrality.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HAF292D8EC44D4C93B1BFB903B56DE42B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Use of savings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that any budget savings is realized in the renegotiation of a Standard Reinsurance Agreement under subparagraph (A)(ii), and the savings are determined not to be a significant departure from budget neutrality under clause (i), the savings shall be used to increase the obligations of the Corporation under subsections (e)(2) or (k)(4) or section 523.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HB2DE3170F7CE4DC08C72AB0CB6486A94">
<enum>10013.</enum>
<header>Crop production on native sod</header>
<subsection id="H61F8E5491DE24FBE90ACBB91D4D52D4E">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Federal crop insurance</header>
<text>Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC8B009130E147A09ACDCC7A32F53DEC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting <quote>, or the producer cannot substantiate that the ground has ever been tilled,</quote> after <quote>tilled</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB0154BA880CA4F0F86E5636D8BB76D92">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H894F280073E84E8EA23F4E450D8C8178">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Ineligibility for</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Reduction in</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BDDA3C9EF4447E9A00FF29C059E2610">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for benefits under—</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE9323265B7D94245A08C86B89EFBE86B" style="OLC">
<text>for—</text>
<clause id="H8121758B1F0D44D8AB4A1D52C43DA8C3">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a portion of crop insurance premium subsidies under this subtitle in accordance with paragraph (3);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9E24C612FE824171B3F736256AD3BD90">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>benefits under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4FB1B8D9BE8642A8B5BFE2998B77AA43">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">payments described in subsection (b) or (c) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38DEE3BEACB54E3AABE66B23C8BD06E4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="HCE1A6AC4A8CB4EB395966D7E52B0C96A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H05F77D53A5D545A8A3325714D9C1C1B4">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<subparagraph id="HA92E47E125614D54AC58917905055896">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>During the first 4 crop years of planting on native sod acreage by a producer described in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H40DF9FE5C76E4EA4980C901711A09629">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>paragraph (2) shall apply to 65 percent of the transitional yield of the producer; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H25BAD9FE05E74D85B59D39FF9131A87C">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the crop insurance premium subsidy provided for the producer under this subtitle shall be 50 percentage points less than the premium subsidy that would otherwise apply.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFD87DBFEE2CD4B26982EF2AE97B67894">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Yield substitution</header>
<text>During the period native sod acreage is covered by this subsection, a producer may not substitute yields for the native sod acreage.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF67D967FA9324B299A3339E8AABF741C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall only apply to native sod in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HECB63506A7564193A49039CB4F12FCF3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Noninsured crop disaster assistance</header>
<text>Section 196(a)(4) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(4)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAE3E6252DB634932BF2DB95A7E4E2FFB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">ineligibility</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">benefit reduction</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDEC7ED68A9C455D9966E4399AB9DAEA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting <quote>, or the producer cannot substantiate that the ground has ever been tilled,</quote> after <quote>tilled</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCCEE25926A13442E90FF13E0B2F1D7CB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC7619514D998475F86F0A14C3E885885">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the subparagraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Ineligibility</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Reduction in</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H76C1A1E01C4B434591B96F727668EEC2">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>for benefits under—</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0D8C5A3A46F1431FAD7BC7018AC9C743" style="OLC">
<text>for—</text>
<subclause id="H2A845E63EDC741AA8657E7F2D171149D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>benefits under this section;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEB781CD2A257474898B0323AAC7EA7DD">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a portion of crop insurance premium subsidies under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) in accordance with subparagraph (C); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H4D2ECDDC66ED4D12986EBD4E43DA8EBC">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>payments described in subsection (b) or (c) of section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).</text>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFEFB0CC439C347CF85D12B65CA804480">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE1711204D4FD4901974EFE7624E20B3D" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H29E80FD816A541A18125DC9C6AE4F013">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<clause id="H1E15CCA6A3144B64A9CF8D3330BA1FBC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>During the first 4 crop years of planting on native sod acreage by a producer described in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subclause id="H962A740F130E455DB77C69BB5FCA7DF3">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>subparagraph (B) shall apply to 65 percent of the transitional yield of the producer; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEA10565304D74339AEBB05DA4A6C9ACE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the crop insurance premium subsidy provided for the producer under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall be 50 percentage points less than the premium subsidy that would otherwise apply.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H4B0F275B095D4FE4A127130CC294DAC0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Yield substitution</header>
<text>During the period native sod acreage is covered by this paragraph, a producer may not substitute yields for the native sod acreage.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA40239A816614BBCB20E99CCBC010846">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This paragraph shall only apply to native sod in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD8AEE18F11414DD38B7A5876AD8E5CCE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Cropland report</header>
<paragraph id="HAB969BB173F34025AAB296063470B525">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Baseline</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the cropland acreage in each applicable county and State, and the change in cropland acreage from the preceding year in each applicable county and State, beginning with calendar year 2000 and including that information for the most recent year for which that information is available.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1745D7F49137444C86EF9AFBB8556CA1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Annual updates</header>
<text>Not later than January 1, 2015, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2018, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7DEF7945580943368B163F4B06ED8D9E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the cropland acreage in each applicable county and State as of the date of submission of the report; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5BBF788763CD447CB6B119B337CFC7E1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the change in cropland acreage from the preceding year in each applicable county and State.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H74EB2A25CD19407AA8CF5B3BFAFD11F1">
<enum>10014.</enum>
<header>Coverage levels by practice</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE042B6676A0B4BE783E40E1A4676E491" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H7C3B23FB00494E87B5FAB9460BC3A58D">
<enum>(p)</enum>
<header>Coverage levels by practice</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the 2015 crop year, a producer that produces an agricultural commodity on both dry land and irrigated land may elect a different coverage level for each production practice.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="HB9C5C071A12941338AA7BB23D8A4E2A5">
<enum>10015.</enum>
<header>Beginning farmer and rancher provisions</header>
<subsection id="H35405F85B09F4FFFAB605C6663E31902">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text>Section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE24BE5E0746A42FAB81C674DAD386387">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA338D57CB51D433984DC312640654FF2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97728C39D1EB4D0286A760D3B1FF2FA8" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H502AC28A5DD54DB0AC2DABCB49774FC8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Beginning farmer or rancher</header>
<text>The term <term>beginning farmer or rancher</term> means a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 5 crop years, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1D9A0FD145BF4C809B11AB9FEE106235">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Premium adjustments</header>
<text>Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H255A9F68E1F74A85A6A9D3AC5CC1A534">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(5)(E), by inserting <quote>and beginning farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>limited resource farmers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H865A3DAEDD854F529CD441064094A539">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BC865825BB54DA989BE8ECE26CC0674" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5A904C3703534F58B3F978763DF17C4D">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Premium for beginning farmers or ranchers</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection regarding payment of a portion of premiums, a beginning farmer or rancher shall receive premium assistance that is 10 percentage points greater than premium assistance that would otherwise be available under paragraphs (2) (except for subparagraph (A) of that paragraph), (5), (6), and (7) for the applicable policy, plan of insurance, and coverage level selected by the beginning farmer or rancher.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H92008AEDD3FA4210BC490058C100868F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCDD5147007B24DE08094836A31C69F4B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B)—</text>
<clause id="HA7102AD171234AFCA44461F6B48C2C9D">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA3559CCCFBCE4DDAAA723DAD864EE2B5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii)(III), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7F8A61A0DB8A450B81720B7224FE72F5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7E1B7BAD822C4D6E9AA2CC18CFB82D20" style="OLC">
<clause id="HE51F29217584488A863A72B601639703">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>if the producer is a beginning farmer or rancher who was previously involved in a farming or ranching operation, including involvement in the decisionmaking or physical involvement in the production of the crop or livestock on the farm, for any acreage obtained by the beginning farmer or rancher, a yield that is the higher of—</text>
<subclause id="HFDE7B42DB8114C63A101FDCB6DCE9EC6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the actual production history of the previous producer of the crop or livestock on the acreage determined under subparagraph (A); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HE1D2FDD61B2A41D3B4D5A3EE248CD0D9">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>a yield of the producer, as determined in clause (i).</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H699EF0796BAF47B981A60836F62011FE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)(B)(ii) (as amended by section 10009)—</text>
<clause id="HD2DA1C0EAEC04D4291A228FE768B035B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>(I)</quote> after <quote>(ii)</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC1581A21451D49798AABA096A03A0EEB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4627A0C4CA7E4D3DAFA35A4A27614A85">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FDE287E7EA74556A58189EF664FD214" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H03F4B40C11294253AC88C840077D6A6C" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in the case of beginning farmers or ranchers, replace each excluded yield with a yield equal to 80 percent of the applicable transitional yield.</text>
</subclause>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HAA8A2AD0B8C04578AADDE53DF4F9C8FB" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>10016.</enum>
<header>Stacked income protection plan for producers of upland cotton</header>
<subsection id="H61D481DFA2624A089D0BA4B89540CBC5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability of Stacked Income Protection Plan for Producers of Upland Cotton</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting after section 508A (7 U.S.C. 1508a) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2E8B86729EAB426B9F70601729656825" style="OLC">
<section id="H6E8AAEEFFE6F4FF0B5C51A925BAB9B74">
<enum>508B.</enum>
<header>Stacked income protection plan for producers of upland cotton</header>
<subsection id="H5337258474A34333B6E8D1D53471F5B5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Availability</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than the 2014 crop of upland cotton, the Corporation shall make available to producers of upland cotton an additional policy (to be known as the <quote>Stacked Income Protection Plan</quote>), which shall provide coverage consistent with the Group Risk Income Protection Plan (and the associated Harvest Revenue Option Endorsement) offered by the Corporation for the 2011 crop year.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE25CDBEDCD7B48EB9D25B9686A720156">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Required terms</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation may modify the Stacked Income Protection Plan on a program-wide basis, except that the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall comply with the following requirements:</text>
<paragraph id="H9D52CD61942745E5AF47E98A786ABBE1">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Provide coverage for revenue loss of not less than 10 percent and not more than 30 percent of expected county revenue, specified in increments of 5 percent. The deductible is the minimum percent of revenue loss at which indemnities are triggered under the plan, not to be less than 10 percent of the expected county revenue.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H823B3F0A6CC54955AF62947A7784646E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Be offered to producers of upland cotton in all counties with upland cotton production—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2EA623DC1D5446FAA447EDAC50470C75">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>at a county-wide level to the fullest extent practicable; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7EA89859F31D4FABA1276712731B5D70">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in counties that lack sufficient data, on the basis of such larger geographical area as the Corporation determines to provide sufficient data for purposes of providing the coverage.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE660A9CA32B444DEA27FE01524E83247">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Be purchased in addition to any other individual or area coverage in effect on the producer’s acreage or as a stand-alone policy, except that if a producer has an individual or area coverage for the same acreage, the maximum coverage available under the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall not exceed the deductible for the individual or area coverage.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F8D4CF64DD5484CB26E3ACD63F849AD">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Establish coverage based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC4B9D949B1734E5FBCA2196DF6CC66A7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the expected price established under existing Group Risk Income Protection or area wide policy offered by the Corporation for the applicable county (or area) and crop year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9E72BB3819954F01ADD113380878DF8B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an expected county yield that is the higher of—</text>
<clause id="H4A3A61EBEEC2407DB0E67E1B9E992561">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the expected county yield established for the existing area-wide plans offered by the Corporation for the applicable county (or area) and crop year (or, in geographic areas where area-wide plans are not offered, an expected yield determined in a manner consistent with those of area-wide plans); or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9E7D15CF92F943A1B2B25B0A972A35DD">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the average of the applicable yield data for the county (or area) for the most recent 5 years, excluding the highest and lowest observations, from the Risk Management Agency or the National Agricultural Statistics Service (or both) or, if sufficient county data is not available, such other data considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAE98003CA6A4477ADACC52060198602">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Use a multiplier factor to establish maximum protection per acre (referred to as a <quote>protection factor</quote>) of not less than the higher of the level established on a program wide basis or 120 percent.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H97EDFBA514144BFF8EA6510AF3249164">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pay an indemnity based on the amount that the expected county revenue exceeds the actual county revenue, as applied to the individual coverage of the producer. Indemnities under the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall not include or overlap the amount of the deductible selected under paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H343061155B314B2E9FFCB012F1B19EEC">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>In all counties for which data are available, establish separate coverage levels for irrigated and non-irrigated practices.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1E61CDB52B2C453980320E0D5F9BA760">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Premium</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 508(d), the premium for the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC23F29A05D2941C795F387A0E4DA0E60">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a reasonable reserve; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD6F4F07845640C79653BCCACA307F10">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>include an amount for operating and administrative expenses established in accordance with section 508(k)(4)(F).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4C25B11E84FB4297865487E0DC0E980E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Payment of portion of premium by Corporation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to section 508(e)(4), the amount of premium paid by the Corporation for all qualifying coverage levels of the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A476532EFA345C7B3A5FB4FBBEB8DF3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>80 percent of the amount of the premium established under subsection (c) for the coverage level selected; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC651576BB0364BDC86FA606F5095154E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount determined under subsection (c)(2), subject to section 508(k)(4)(F), for the coverage to cover administrative and operating expenses.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC957AC3754BE4ED2ACF1E433AD76AA86">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Relation to other coverages</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Stacked Income Protection Plan is in addition to all other coverages available to producers of upland cotton.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0B8DDC9F94B14121A521D36E843146D2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 508(k)(4)(F) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)(F)) is amended by inserting <quote>or authorized under subsection (c)(4)(C) or section 508B</quote> after <quote>of this subparagraph</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HD95D3151D63E48E297FDF91C0F21F548">
<enum>10017.</enum>
<header>Peanut revenue crop insurance</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting after section 508B, as added by the previous section, the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1795A74B35E4255B688E1CA0358BD3A" style="OLC">
<section commented="no" id="HE5C84C02A3A84D4AAA59B5EEC9FB9416">
<enum>508C.</enum>
<header>Peanut revenue crop insurance</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H35375246E09A4FF4806A594371BC6504">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective beginning with the 2014 crop year, the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation shall make available to producers of peanuts a revenue crop insurance program for peanuts.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD06BF0B47B8445958A83462B7989374E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective price</header>
<text>Subject to subsection (c), for purposes of the revenue crop insurance program and the multiperil crop insurance program under this Act, the effective price for peanuts shall be equal to the Rotterdam price index for peanuts, as adjusted to reflect the farmer stock price of peanuts in the United States.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H017CC299625D4907A93AF7B5A4A8C40C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Adjustments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H5C8914A522314A448EEBF0BE7A65A690">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The effective price for peanuts established under subsection (b) may be adjusted by the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation to correct distortions.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H44731DF292C74F8E805E34878CF4C99C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Administration</header>
<text>If an adjustment is made under paragraph (1), the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE3AB2AB376DC43AEA0142C2B7BB6415F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>make the adjustment in an open and transparent manner; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H121D54C503214CB89F59564636C3B593">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the reasons for the adjustment.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H8EB40F254A4E4810B3291BCDBE295EA6">
<enum>10018.</enum>
<header>Authority to correct errors</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1515(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H82515125C7D946739D72ACC0BCDE616E">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the first sentence, by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2DBBAE45BB6A42F0842C56BBBD2EA424" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HAE2A06C952074B73B753BAA120B699C6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H09FFBAD68BBB44FEB36F71FBBB153B97">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>Beginning with</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4DC29D2664340EC91B9712EF4C27DB3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H8D314BF21F25488A8FA40167AEDFCFB4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Frequency</header>
<text>Beginning with</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEE3CE6320E4A4E329BF5BB69BE4A2FF3">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1FD7E4248E4B49E89DCE7C260CEAC48D" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H206B80FF302646B89C9E8502231E6240">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Corrections</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB37C0F7A01634257B581F2C7490D8EA5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the corrections permitted by the Corporation as of the date of enactment of the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, the Corporation shall allow an agent or an approved insurance provider, subject to subparagraph (B)—</text>
<clause id="H215866E6340E4BE9AB001F6EFC5C76E2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>within a reasonable amount of time following the applicable sales closing date, to correct unintentional errors in information that is provided by a producer for the purpose of obtaining coverage under any policy or plan of insurance made available under this subtitle to ensure that the eligibility information is correct;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6FCAB7CB96D7469A908FE2496DC3522E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>within a reasonable amount of time following—</text>
<subclause id="H5FE26585E4524018801621F7CEEA6BB6">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the acreage reporting date, to correct unintentional errors in factual information that is provided by a producer after the sales closing date to reconcile the information with the information reported by the producer to the Farm Service Agency; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H374A53CC4D4341CC81E9C4081A4FC01E">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the date of any subsequent correction of data by the Farm Service Agency made as a result of the verification of information; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HDAAAA1A5164E4401BB7C93D7A3E2BA87">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at any time, to correct unintentional errors that were made by the Farm Service Agency or an agent or approved insurance provider in transmitting the information provided by the producer to the approved insurance provider or the Corporation.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDF63C5783BF94F3F927C7355850FFFE9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In accordance with the procedures of the Corporation, correction to the information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of subparagraph (A) may only be made if the corrections do not allow the producer—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HABEB0671B71A4E45A32365997C9B4136">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>to avoid ineligibility requirements for insurance;</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H3373828BA82F4E6A9EC4FD7C673ACAAA">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to obtain, enhance, or increase an insurance guarantee or indemnity, or avoid premium owed, if a cause of loss exists or has occurred before any correction has been made; or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H3DF379B846404BF199037F57076F1EB4">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>to avoid an obligation or requirement under any Federal or State law.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEA70DFE214794C39B0F60363D13AEDB1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Exception to late filing sanctions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any corrections made pursuant to this paragraph shall not be subject to any late filing sanctions authorized in the reinsurance agreement with the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H5F92FF91196F4A7394F516A295263430">
<enum>10019.</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1515) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H205E80D5ABD64143B3BDFF70166951C8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FDA6389501743368A0AF17329CB3FB1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBECE939719AE4C258487EFB067E72594">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Systems maintenance and upgrades</header>
<subparagraph id="HDE5AA03CE325403E9BF209828DC68326">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary shall maintain and upgrade the information management systems of the Corporation used in the administration and enforcement of this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H253FF583C29A46B2AE432C6186623438">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<clause id="HE48FD9C40CB04AB494EB657937CC5663">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>In maintaining and upgrading the systems, the Secretary shall ensure that new hardware and software are compatible with the hardware and software used by other agencies of the Department to maximize data sharing and promote the purposes of this section.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H697E5C52EF0049BDB72B6CE0CF576CC5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Acreage report streamlining initiative project</header>
<text>As soon as practicable, the Secretary shall develop and implement an acreage report streamlining initiative project to allow producers to report acreage and other information directly to the Department.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE0A1635DBA3E4550974825D8A1911CA1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5462367E7F854B43B2FDB25F4FCE311A" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H858B7A1FCCD04D16B7C38D86161978CB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Information technology</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0CC2BD3DE04C43A799AC87C9804AA9DD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For purposes of subsection (j)(1), the Corporation may use, from amounts made available from the insurance fund established under section 516(c), not more than—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HFEC89640F08046BF99B047C065A4EEB9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0390B0001A924FF88E87D3751BBDBC44">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>for fiscal year 2014, $25,000,000; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" id="H795994DE08C74FEBA19FD51E11A84732" indent="up1">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2018, $10,000,000; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" id="H50AE6C53CF91419E91C16BB68D277399">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>if the Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project is substantially completed by September 30, 2015, not more than $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2015 through 2018.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF80F48E1995F439D9D53C8CEB79CD0D0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>The Secretary shall notify the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate of the substantial completion of the Acreage Crop Reporting Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project not later than July 1, 2015.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H8F34906E13A3486FBA2B2DE5B503BB42">
<enum>10020.</enum>
<header>Research and development priorities</header>
<subsection id="H38B7C06A47FE40B7B06020D12E207B1A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authority to conduct research and development, priorities</header>
<text>Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6751E1F4266C4E52B6E3EAED9B353702">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">contracting</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE204B363C5DA4A319D52BB477635B0DF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>may enter into contracts to carry out research and development to</quote> and inserting <quote>may conduct activities or enter into contracts to carry out research and development to maintain or improve existing policies or develop new policies to</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FB4B80BE70D45D4BD2118EEEF1075DD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE45C3040F76C4B1CB5730E30D4CE29F4">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>conduct research and development or</quote> after <quote>The Corporation may</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAB3FA6A656D843B7B445E70C43C4BFB9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>conducting research and development or</quote> after <quote>Before</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H55FD04AD04FD428AA93528FC3420A60D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>after expert review in accordance with section 505(e)</quote> after <quote>approved by the Board</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8D6BDA6F7C146B5B5DC293862CAD463">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>a pasture, range, and forage program</quote> and inserting <quote>policies that increase participation by producers of underserved agricultural commodities, including sweet sorghum, biomass sorghum, rice, peanuts, sugarcane, alfalfa, pennycress, and specialty crops</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H94F34ADD26264BF0A89DA21E3A092BE0">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Funding</header>
<text>Section 522(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H099243FF10984FFD9D5C7BC13B690B97">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H22A04DCAF1134C948031219EEE0C7C97">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Authority</header-in-text>.—</quote> and inserting <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Conducting and contracting for research and development</header-in-text>.—</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB062C05F78C41FBBDA10C77E1720A1E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>conduct research and development and</quote> after <quote>the Corporation may use to</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA9D328B3BEE4024A9CCA842C8460E12">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>conduct research and development and</quote> after <quote>for the fiscal year to</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C7726418A20465CB45ECB205E9CE807">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>to provide either reimbursement payments or contract payments</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7FA355DA5C2547FCBC6BD4BFAF9FAE80">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (4).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H91FE789C596F48458D886C8992C70ED2">
<enum>10021.</enum>
<header>Additional research and development contracting requirements</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HABEE540609FA4423AD0942EB40A1F66B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (24); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3DA0230FDA8247C2A2C677691C10BCA4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (16), the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC80EEF11DEEF448A85389770F71C7CFC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFB8EC1B1147E406487556BD7FD6D01E3">
<enum>(17)</enum>
<header>Margin coverage for catfish</header>
<subparagraph id="HBDD26FA663664E3FA52D2E1A05065E6F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract with a qualified entity to conduct research and development regarding a policy to insure producers against reduction in the margin between the market value of catfish and selected costs incurred in the production of catfish.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7AF3391AFD074DAA84D1C088239988B5">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text>Eligibility for the policy described in subparagraph (A) shall be limited to freshwater species of catfish that are propagated and reared in controlled or selected environments.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3E84B9C37777464A8802699ADE01DA47">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>The Board shall review the policy described in subparagraph (B) under subsection 508(h) and approve the policy if the Board finds that the policy—</text>
<clause id="H9FA62C0B340146B3AB1E7E735B3F1A9B">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>will likely result in a viable and marketable policy consistent with this subsection;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H50A86D7D5F07496881AF39297C6EC6C6">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>would provide crop insurance coverage in a significantly improved form;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H64786ACF884F46EC8716529080376062">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>adequately protects the interests of producers; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H71993A2184684317963665DAA4FFE549">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the proposed policy meets other requirements of this subtitle determined appropriate by the Board.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0DFF5D53EA8349DEAC804CCD26927D83">
<enum>(18)</enum>
<header>Biomass and sweet sorghum energy crop insurance policies</header>
<subparagraph id="H9DE22672409942FEB2817BAE779FB6CB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with qualified entities to carry out research and development regarding—</text>
<clause id="HF89FE2162917464D83C5B6635891A534">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>a policy to insure biomass sorghum that is grown expressly for the purpose of producing a feedstock for renewable biofuel, renewable electricity, or biobased products; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0E5FD6257A574F488CE389BC2F8851BF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>a policy to insure sweet sorghum that is grown for a purpose described in clause (i).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1828C555C2B242339C41B019D8299A47">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Research and development</header>
<text>Research and development with respect to each of the policies required in subparagraph (A) shall evaluate the effectiveness of risk management tools for the production of biomass sorghum or sweet sorghum, including policies and plans of insurance that—</text>
<clause id="H95C7D4EEE5284B8E97ABD098506647D9">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>are based on market prices and yields;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H37E33B17D4AF416FA904A2339F4F837E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>to the extent that insufficient data exist to develop a policy based on market prices and yields, evaluate the policies and plans of insurance based on the use of weather indices, including excessive or inadequate rainfall, to protect the interest of crop producers; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB557EC24E3094AEAB9599338753B8B3B">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>provide protection for production or revenue losses, or both.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F63DF3E77A64A2AA4486430BDDA18F7">
<enum>(19)</enum>
<header>Study on swine catastrophic disease program</header>
<subparagraph id="H4521900C833647AE8281E0038E6832F1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall contract with a qualified person to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of insuring swine producers for a catastrophic event.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F67456018904B56A0B1427DAB0FCBF6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E14BD61BF80476E80AFB62F22F67E46">
<enum>(20)</enum>
<header>Whole farm diversified risk management insurance plan</header>
<subparagraph id="HDBFFB88863C844A49EB3BEBF0DAA91E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Corporation shall conduct activities or enter into contracts to carry out research and development to develop a whole farm risk management insurance plan, with a liability limitation of $1,250,000, that allows a diversified crop or livestock producer the option to qualify for an indemnity if actual gross farm revenue is below 85 percent of the average gross farm revenue or the expected gross farm revenue that can reasonably be expected of the producer, as determined by the Corporation.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H692C8E0783D340D09BC7AB0B68705807">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Eligible producers</header>
<text>The Corporation shall permit producers (including direct-to-consumer marketers and producers servicing local and regional and farm identity-preserved markets) who produce multiple agricultural commodities, including specialty crops, industrial crops, livestock, and aquaculture products, to participate in the plan in lieu of any other plan under this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72035A9F57704511B736F8DD08AC497C">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Diversification</header>
<text>The Corporation may provide diversification-based additional coverage payment rates, premium discounts, or other enhanced benefits in recognition of the risk management benefits of crop and livestock diversification strategies for producers that grow multiple crops or that may have income from the production of livestock that uses a crop grown on the farm.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AED3D146CB7464C942761C47D3F9DE7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Market readiness</header>
<text>The Corporation may include coverage for the value of any packing, packaging, or any other similar on-farm activity the Corporation determines to be the minimum required in order to remove the commodity from the field.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H884E1FA4912845709544FE9D62946A63">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results and feasibility of the research and development conducted under this paragraph, including an analysis of potential adverse market distortions.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5336DE1744B404EAAF54BE4DC1A1580">
<enum>(21)</enum>
<header>Study on poultry catastrophic disease program</header>
<subparagraph id="HCECB4AC88C444A75A3639D7F1D362953">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall contract with a qualified person to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of insuring poultry producers for a catastrophic event.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDCBA229DB8C6492AB168445F0CF1F631">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3225614F7BB4435684F14060B6BE45A5">
<enum>(22)</enum>
<header>Poultry business interruption insurance policy</header>
<subparagraph id="H2F4A3A4E7D1A4EA48CB5F2BC8256546A">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Authority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with a university or other legal entity to carry out research and development regarding a policy to insure the commercial production of poultry against business interruptions caused by integrator bankruptcy.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H655BD692FE0747FDA7DB7409A229E5F0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Research and development</header>
<text>As part of the research and development conducted pursuant to a contract or cooperative agreement entered into under subparagraph (A), the entity shall—</text>
<clause id="H9A4F45E580354E66A9838908DC22109F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluate the market place for business interruption insurance that is available to poultry growers;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4278DA92B30F4049AF93998E08934C7F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine what statutory authority would be necessary to implement a business interruption insurance through the Corporation;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H744967946EEA407693212811479D6A30">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess the feasibility of a policy or plan of insurance offered under this subtitle to insure against losses due to the bankruptcy of an business integrator; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5858A74A3A754B3CB029472449830DBD">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>analyze the costs to the Federal Government of a Federal business interruption insurance program for poultry growers.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD28B0673BB8463F9B42FD8C3CA1E1AE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the terms <term>poultry</term> and <term>poultry grower</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 182(a)).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6377B32B31CC4FC387F8B24B75979634">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Deadline for contract or cooperative agreement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall enter into the contract or cooperative agreement required by subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4148B0FA1E734F55B408CA804DE9783C">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Deadline for completion of research and development</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the research and development conducted pursuant to the contract or cooperative agreement entered into under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AE39E349C974525832701C045AB451A">
<enum>(23)</enum>
<header>Study of food safety insurance</header>
<subparagraph id="HB6F88182672040C18A8F34BC515958F2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract with 1 or more qualified entities to conduct a study to determine whether offering policies that provide coverage for specialty crops from food safety and contamination issues would benefit agricultural producers.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9709595EA8824ABFB3E1005DA4FE69DF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Subject</header>
<text>The study described in subparagraph (A) shall evaluate policies and plans of insurance coverage that provide protection for production or revenue impacted by food safety concerns including, at a minimum, government, retail, or national consumer group announcements of a health advisory, removal, or recall related to a contamination concern.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEB846939186749E69666B506B0CC618A">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H2DA806A9F00541018D332843E2AB6EDC">
<enum>10022.</enum>
<header>Program compliance partnerships</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of section 522(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD30989CC03C1455A9BF42E45C124EDCC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1513D867384C4D5DB10866DE2E75AD28">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this subsection is to authorize the Corporation to enter into partnerships with public and private entities for the purpose of either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D981F7B58394013B9D1217CD74B4EAC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>increasing the availability of loss mitigation, financial, and other risk management tools for producers, with a priority given to risk management tools for producers of agricultural commodities covered by section 196 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7333), specialty crops, and underserved agricultural commodities; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE36099154AF4B2682FB6B124BCF01B7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>improving analysis tools and technology regarding compliance or identifying and using innovative compliance strategies.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H37039E91F2544DC598C7348F74A1B429">
<enum>10023.</enum>
<header>Pilot programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 523(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1523(a)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0FB9AABA4F7F4F4D8359F265677F937F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, at the sole discretion of the Corporation,</quote> after <quote>may</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBD7EF0F790E54DB2819734CD7F4639A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (5).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HE7150F4E11F24297AB1DC1FB1DEA30C0">
<enum>10024.</enum>
<header>Technical amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H55A09FB8071F42BCA2C242785D7E0685">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Eligibility for department programs</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF4093D3948B344EAAE07DDC512B530BA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (7); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H31971E4DA2F74BD49AD46D767F22BEF0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H4102EF92A69243C18A821EE509E5B9A9">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Exclusions to assistance for losses due to drought conditions</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C4E6F7E7BB749AA8AE5D1CF3984FE3F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Section 531(d)(3)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(d)(3)(A)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9FAEC7C31B3344FFB82063E4CA6304E8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Eligible losses</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>An eligible</quote> in clause (i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BAF3EACDB114286863F56CE9B13CE6B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2AE96B499C7434D9C5CC31D7236CC30">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Eligible losses</header>
<text>An eligible</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F3A3818DA3C497390BC4A92E006779B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (ii); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H77A79E0B21B1427BB7BB14305B26DD22">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9C3BAEFBF3D54508A753D07F0BA00CED">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 901(d)(3)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(d)(3)(A)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA89AC06F78B44F4985783807C1380FB0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Eligible losses</header-in-text>.—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>An eligible</quote> in clause (i) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7C4211AFAC14E9ABF412787FFE2F806" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2D6166FD560E4BCCAE3303A8E9C959F3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Eligible losses</header>
<text>An eligible</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HE0D930D94BB442A28B5DBDAE5D8FB98B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking clause (ii); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEB24BD4B7AA744F1AF1BA8D39B12DA84">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting appropriately.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H4FB1496A15444CAFBF8634BD831D3988">
<enum>10025.</enum>
<header>Advance public notice of crop insurance policy and plan changes</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 505(e) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1505(e)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H96615DC0A3A94408B7E850F3F1156D8F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7); respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B5EB1B713BA43049E0081264A6687FA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph (5):</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HF8C1DB586DD54712A4751D27F3513E6C" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H86CB3B44DD134B1EA716801276B0BF0A">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Advance notice of modification before implementation</header>
<subparagraph id="H1BF9CCBAF05C40CCA3825F5E6DFE489F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any modification to be made in the terms or conditions of any policy or plan of insurance offered under this subtitle shall not take effect for a crop year unless the Secretary publishes the modification in the Federal Register and on the website of the Corporation and provides for a subsequent period of public comment—</text>
<clause id="HB27E89C5D2874BDD92F1DC32DED8C1F7">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>with respect to fall-planted crops, not later than 60 days before June 30 during the preceding crop year; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HE8F6953FF3B8411581DCDF30BC5DE6B5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>with respect to spring-planted crops, not later than 60 days before November 30 during the preceding crop year.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7BE539C14A9B4D5B8FDAA0E3838571DC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Waiver</header>
<text>The Secretary may waive the application of subparagraph (A) in an emergency situation declared by the Secretary upon notice to Congress of the nature of the emergency and the need for immediate implementation of the policy or plan modification referred to in such subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<enum>XI</enum>
<header>Miscellaneous</header>
<subtitle id="H87A226524D904B6DA63D50D037CB2E1E">
<enum>A</enum>
<header>Livestock</header>
<section id="H1C0830F5865D4EED8E2A1C8D44A1A4C9">
<enum>11101.</enum>
<header>Repeal of the National Sheep Industry Improvement Center</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective October 1, 2013, section 375 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j) is repealed.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="HF83498E4C5C041E0B4963DAFA36DF6A7">
<enum>11102.</enum>
<header>Repeal of certain regulations under the Packers and Stockyards Act, <enum-in-header>1921</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H383F195322F34E9EA78E141A4F0BF568">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal of certain regulation requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11006 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2120) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HDAA2780FB0084E5AB6A6048C5C82CF0D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Repeal of certain existing regulation</header>
<text>Subsection (n) of section 201.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="HD9930A5B7EBA4CD0ADC62F75F5B19654">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on enforcement of certain regulations or issuance of similar regulations</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC4507F1E3DE1458FA473808E89EFC37C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enforce subsection (n) of section 201.2 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAA8F252163804A4EBDE09D2006C038A5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">finalize or implement sections 201.2(l), 201.2(t), 201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, and 201.214 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, as proposed to be added by the proposed rule entitled <quote>Implementation of Regulations Required Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act</quote> published by the Department of Agriculture on June 22, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 35338); or</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3C216B1A5B0F4CC781441E62EFBEB376">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>issue regulations or adopt a policy similar to the provisions—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDD516D0E3D914332BB24DA91853AA5AC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>referred to in paragraph (1) or (2); or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF500806218BB415F8839E68C8ADC3D68">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rescinded by the Secretary pursuant to section 742 of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public Law 113–6).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H37695EC71C6B45A09B5D740866BD15E2" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11103.</enum>
<header>Trichinae certification program</header>
<subsection id="H02BD42AA25A948ED849549327EF5D736">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Alternative certification process</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall amend the rule made under paragraph (2) of section 11010(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8304(a)) to implement the voluntary trichinae certification program established under paragraph (1) of such section, to include a requirement to establish an alternative trichinae certification process based on surveillance or other methods consistent with international standards for categorizing compartments as having negligible risk for trichinae.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H93CA216FE84C4A17AF0933D4D220F1D2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Final regulations</header>
<text>Not later than one year after the date on which the international standards referred to in subsection (a) are adopted, the Secretary shall finalize the rule amended under such subsection.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H92102E6138E641AE8C6F655169F8FC72">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reauthorization</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10405(d)(1) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 8304(d)(1)) is amended in subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking <quote>2012</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA7AACA44604943BF9838CCC63717F069">
<enum>11104.</enum>
<header>National Aquatic Animal Health Plan</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11013(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8322(d)) is amended by striking <quote>2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HC165F489BB6B4A11ADFDFD4D943E19CE" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11105.</enum>
<header>Country of origin labeling</header>
<subsection id="H2D224C0AE4EB4FCE971AD7B90172B533">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, shall conduct an economic analysis of the proposed rule entitled <quote>Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling of Beef, Pork, Lamb, Chicken, Goat Meat, Wild and Farm-raised Fish and Shellfish, Perishable Agricultural Commodities, Peanuts, Pecans, Ginseng and Macadamia Nuts</quote> published by the Department of Agriculture on March 12, 2013 (76 Fed. Reg. 15645).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0EA6ECDBC8DF4F239D660013E9ADBFE7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The economic analysis described in subsection (a) shall include, with respect to the labeling of beef, pork, and chicken, an analysis of the impact on consumers, producers, and packers in the United States of—</text>
<paragraph id="H5D87DA8E03064CCF96BF31F33F112039">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the implementation of subtitle D of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1638 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3FCABC0EE475459EB693EFF5E9FA1592">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the proposed rule referred to in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA9F18D6A3A154F84B73CE45B0DDC4B92" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11106.</enum>
<header>National animal health laboratory network</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle E of title X of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended by inserting after section 10409 (7 U.S.C. 8308) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F80A5B2C31242AC807B63BF03C02BF4" style="OLC">
<section id="HA85133B602A14CD7932995780B43A095">
<enum>10409A.</enum>
<header>National animal health laboratory network</header>
<subsection id="H1725D9F99061460497AD6D557F455EC5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or other legal instruments with eligible laboratories for any of the following purposes:</text>
<paragraph id="H04D3FB257DD34A8788706B9A6E14A9A7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To enhance the capability of the Secretary to detect, and respond in a timely manner to, emerging or existing threats to animal health and to support the protection of public health, the environment, and the agricultural economy of the United States.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H02440DF5C6EC460E82C8B5836B033175">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To provide the capacity and capability for standardized—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC05998816EB64DD38880EBA1CC8F1671">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">test procedures, reference materials, and equipment;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3CFF43087634319ADDF6178D995F681">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">laboratory biosafety and biosecurity levels;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E913925068A431FBB49F149CCF94922">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quality management system requirements;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91313AFB30C24C9F94BBA64D7DA7B01F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">interconnected electronic reporting and transmission of data; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H096C3421BBE64E3DB8642858ABAADB4B">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">evaluation for emergency preparedness.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6DF4BCDE418C46A5BFA42F01F538A03E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To coordinate the development, implementation, and enhancement of national veterinary diagnostic laboratory capabilities, with special emphasis on surveillance planning and vulnerability analysis, technology development and validation, training, and outreach.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H803F3EE8ABDF4291B638C0966A7D6756">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Eligibility</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible laboratory under this section is a diagnostic laboratory meeting specific criteria developed by the Secretary, in consultation with State animal health officials and State and university veterinary diagnostic laboratories.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB59BA734BBB9483F9364A015985B710C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Priority</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent practicable and to the extent capacity and specialized expertise may be necessary, the Secretary shall give priority to existing Federal, State, and university facilities.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H1AF921C2A3364258991E01416D915DDE">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H23DB14ADBC744E589DEE5F86FD285903">
<enum>11107.</enum>
<header>Repeal of duplicative catfish inspection program</header>
<subsection id="H866BDB79D10A4D4B95789CA666B2EDAD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on the date of the enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.), section 11016 of such Act (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2130) and the amendments made by such section are repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CA846E49AA34B738DD423E0BDBA6707">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) and the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) shall be applied and administered as if section 11016 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 2130) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8701 et seq.) and the amendments made by such section had not been enacted.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H35044CCA37EE41828CC5F50383566EAA">
<enum>11108.</enum>
<header>National Poultry Improvement Program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall ensure that the Department of Agriculture continues to administer the diagnostic surveillance program for H5/H7 low pathogenic avian influenza with respect to commercial poultry under section 146.14 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation) without amending the regulations in section 147.43 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation) with respect to the governance of the General Conference Committee established under such section. The Secretary of Agriculture shall maintain—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5B2903CCBC64DC487F411DD1B3E15BF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the operations of the General Conference Committee—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5784DA3FEBE845549EEE3C838304B8D1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in the physical location at which the Committee was located on the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H11646255DEFD401984488F1B1CE02260">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>with the organizational structure within the Department of Agriculture in effect as of such date; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB04F248E4C5141C187CA94DADC387D8F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the funding levels for the National Poultry Improvement Plan for Commercial Poultry (established under part 146 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations or a successor regulation) at the fiscal year 2013 funding levels for the Plan.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H8CE220E74BCF4A1B81827BE6FB4B41AF">
<enum>11109.</enum>
<header>Report on bovine tuberculosis in Texas</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in cattle in Texas. The report shall cover the period beginning on January 1, 1997, and ending on December 31, 2013.</text>
</section>
<section id="H18540787B52647049E08D4604A47C830">
<enum>11110.</enum>
<header>Economic fraud in wild and farm-raised seafood</header>
<subsection id="H7AFB955ED3C74080BCCC898A17D864DD">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Office of the Chief Economist, shall submit to Congress a report on the economic implications for consumers, fishermen, and aquaculturists of fraud and mislabeling in wild and farm-raised seafood.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H381D558F29D04104B4A5B98D8796C84C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report required under subsection (a) shall include, with respect to fraud and mislabeling in wild and farm-raised seafood, an analysis of the impact on consumers and producers in the United States of—</text>
<paragraph id="H4DAF2114EC214D459A89E2C97D221F9F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>sales of imported seafood that is misrepresented as domestic product;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3E8F0B9648A44F5FA292162089EFA843">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>country of origin labeling that allows seafood harvested outside the United States to be labeled as a product of the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70FA4E039C1A459CA547A9BEFF5495AE">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the lack of seafood product traceability through the supply chain; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6A963024B82F44BCA6776C449AFCD25B">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>the inadequate use of DNA testing and other technology to address seafood safety and fraud, including traceability.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HEA6A3FE2F3DB45CB8CCDE9AA5CB48FB5">
<enum>B</enum>
<header>Socially disadvantaged producers and limited resource producers</header>
<section id="HE15A44E0DE34406289BE1AAE8002F2CB">
<enum>11201.</enum>
<header>Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers</header>
<subsection id="H0FC0FDDA65294ED380E26EE08913D976">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers</header>
<text>Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2F498242220D45B59765C8F4B6F1312D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">and veteran farmers and ranchers</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">ranchers</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BCDD9151B4B4064A223C1FCDD2A26F4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC62D423B6DAC475486DCB1A15BE0DA3E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and veteran farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>ranchers</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H056855776F9D4C4596ABFF55A7B890B1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting <quote>and veteran farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>ranchers</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA26F6451DEC4431FBA5D9B743E8751E4">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<clause id="H85D15959223B4B2493368BB1279996FA">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H47831080AE764D7AA324EBB16746365B">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in the heading of such subparagraph, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2012</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HEB7DB97D31924C4C827D6769FB3F2F91">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF69BEDCC2CF34625BA17FE892B17F3F1">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H506ECC6B4E484919819599DE67617B58">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBECDBBEB85BD4F92A72FC287B601A508" style="OLC">
<clause id="H96DDAE783EEE4C369906517495A4F7D5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HA47A861F8D9141739154C4CAA507B7E5">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01E67BCB869F46728F2CA49BBEF29119" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H2175D6E1E0D74269A334C6D35B640D0A">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9FD194A0EBE748B588D4F736CB31A52E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b)(2), by inserting <quote>or veteran farmers and ranchers</quote> after <quote>socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA0C34FC035504681B5A76E088DA7BB63">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB4F15D62C794E70813126F5F5E06630">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>veteran farmers or ranchers and</quote> before <quote>members</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD4AA053BCDE84D91872DC6DF9C8C74BC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>veteran farmers or ranchers and</quote> before <quote>members</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60F0BDA75ADD4F678119DF56B2B87C93">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(5)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H41E7080ACE324AEDB08D87470BD7BF3D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and veteran farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>ranchers</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD68A42DFEA9A41E98B89D9588AED42C4">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by inserting <quote>and veteran farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>ranchers</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC12C6A1FA7884C28B505E2D4E91B6759">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Definition of veteran farmer or rancher</header>
<text>Section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34004BFAFA7E4480A662CD4FEAD030BC" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H53B856E5DACD44FCAAA8B72B2CF78543">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>Veteran farmer or rancher</header>
<text>The term <term>veteran farmer or rancher</term> means a farmer or rancher who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released from the service under conditions other than dishonorable.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC5D6E07D6CFF4549AAEC05C783D0816C" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11202.</enum>
<header>Office of Advocacy and Outreach</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Paragraph (3) of section 226B(f) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6934(f)) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE29A8D7F0A6F4C38BF324B803A739D7D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H97CD6CC4837043A0A69CE472A9B70AE7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6BF159CBADA64D57BF68006C5A0ADE14">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2009 through 2013; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8ADD9FA1C4024C629A255CABCF180BB8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H0EB9DDD2F7EA4267B77D6754254213F6">
<enum>11203.</enum>
<header>Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279), as amended by section 11201, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3BBAC4FC9024E618205942DFF3B1744" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD850CD80494241D180B7B5E063A48C1F">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers policy research center</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall award a grant to a college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University, to establish a policy research center to be known as the <quote>Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Policy Research Center</quote> for the purpose of developing policy recommendations for the protection and promotion of the interests of socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H81AADAB81A95449BB7B57100FBF1F264">
<enum>11204.</enum>
<header>Receipt for service or denial of service from certain department of agriculture agencies</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2501A(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279–1(e)) is amended by striking <quote>and, at the time of the request, also requests a receipt</quote>. </text>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HFA5105D38847407B9AAC63758A0C9E82">
<enum>C</enum>
<header>Other miscellaneous provisions</header>
<section id="H105FA078B0B64DFF97FDCE1D828BE486">
<enum>11301.</enum>
<header>Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 14204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2008q–1) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H931858326702491D87679FF6EE268CC3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC9021F513B13497C92ADBB7CB9ED1DEA">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—</text>
<paragraph id="H88728EF58B7642ED96B6D505B583FA93">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2013; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0F948FF808874796A81A85042E2C94A3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H9F210DC835714788BD73095C66FF3201">
<enum>11302.</enum>
<header>Program benefit eligibility status for participants in high plains water study</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2901 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1818) is amended by striking <quote>this Act or an amendment made by this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>this Act, an amendment made by this Act, the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title>, or an amendment made by the <short-title>Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H628F0697692D47258CB0E27EC6A73DE0">
<enum>11303.</enum>
<header>Office of Tribal Relations</header>
<subsection id="H82399EF26D3749ABB60D63420540C963">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title III of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by adding after section 308 (7 U.S.C. 3125a note; Public Law 103–354) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block id="H1EE611DEDF48464ABE68D52B99E69F88" style="OLC">
<section id="HBA53C5EEA29242FA9F1C7AAF9EDF3DC7">
<enum>309.</enum>
<header>Office of Tribal Relations</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish in the Office of the Secretary an Office of Tribal Relations to advise the Secretary on policies related to Indian tribes.</text>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H52F87E32CA0E412FA1EB0543DFBF83A3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (8), as added by section 3207, the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HA57249CD293A43CBB438ECDA5BADF7E1" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H80E4B1F69A454E6D89B1361F5EFFF2E6">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>the authority of the Secretary to establish in the Office of the Secretary the Office of Tribal Relations in accordance with section 309; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HFECC8FD1A8B14DE5800837CC99BF400A">
<enum>11304.</enum>
<header>Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison</header>
<subsection id="H5BE2900B4374476894C9F9F840FED043">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 218 (7 U.S.C. 6918) the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C0550EC50D54120AC35CD2CB5204E63" style="OLC">
<section id="H9F53B570BF764DA1921AF86EE7A36FB6">
<enum>219.</enum>
<header>Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison</header>
<subsection id="H80ABB433CC074D2EA638F11799C6280C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department the position of Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3F1142F388F24A0D86E674D9BCD71719">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HF3F732630F5C4B6B9D173301439AC8CA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>provide information to returning veterans about, and connect returning veterans with, beginning farmer training and agricultural vocational and rehabilitation programs appropriate to the needs and interests of returning veterans, including assisting veterans in using Federal veterans educational benefits for purposes relating to beginning a farming or ranching career;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H192828DA413943FF9E745DB9E01B4BD3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>provide information to veterans concerning the availability of and eligibility requirements for participation in agricultural programs, with particular emphasis on beginning farmer and rancher programs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6E34CEB42DC40148DCC5F4723181B8A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>serve as a resource for assisting veteran farmers and ranchers, and potential farmers and ranchers, in applying for participation in agricultural programs; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD5B21FD7B02349E9B0B4AC47CE6C1263">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>advocate on behalf of veterans in interactions with employees of the Department.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H71C045D8EB324D08A83B37525AD97942">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 296(b) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (9), as added by section 11303, the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0BD97B54B614B8888B1004C5EBD4E5D" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H3E40B06BD46F4B15AADEC278D2AE1069">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>the authority of the Secretary to establish in the Department the position of Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison in accordance with section 219.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section commented="no" id="H590AC185476C46E7AC7ED0A37D6304C4">
<enum>11305.</enum>
<header>Prohibition on keeping GSA leased cars overnight</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective immediately, a Federal employee of a State office of the Farm Service Agency in the field and non-Federal employees of county and area committees established under section 8(b)(5) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(b)(5)) shall keep leased interagency motor pool vehicles at a location listed on the General Services Administration inventory of owned and leased properties or a location owned or leased by the Department of Agriculture overnight unless the employee assigned the vehicle is on overnight, approved travel status involving per diem.</text>
</section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H30CE9D245FE149DC995481C317110D1A" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11306.</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Noninsured crop assistance program</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), as amended by section 10013(b), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75ADFF9F87CB414E99C9939A95B1E0E2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H73709A746D0E42EBB03F1DA188D656A5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2BA5EAB2DAF542C5BF976CEBD5FC7C58" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B2D82C2FAC940C5A1CBCB88BE9E89D2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18232B6FD24D439E8C0E5828745080A6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coverages</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an eligible crop described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall operate a noninsured crop disaster assistance program to provide coverages based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) equivalent to—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7133E93F8124CC89345E886BD6F4B93">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">catastrophic risk protection available under section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)); or</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E4D66CC03DB464088438E91B7D1174E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">additional coverage available under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 65 percent.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C48248AC64E478FA235CDBF7DCBDE4A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Administration</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out this section through the Farm Service Agency (referred to in this section as the <quote>Agency</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4EBCD99B3B6E45E6A5F33A12AC9BE551">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4C11E9975B8494D8CBDE99724BE1167">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H21F0DE586F9F4B7BA497AD6FF427BD0E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon at the end;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3E123D9EDDD64BE2AB3314D8BFD74AF5">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C28E061C17F46CFA5F9FDBD5BF14AC7">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting after clause (i) the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD8DA4C4880EF44178CF4B28DD08FCAF7" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H05E533EA235A4763A4BE0CEE46AC33AE">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for which additional coverage under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is not available; and</text>
</clause>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H08CDA1FF5AF549D287536EC1D41A4C6F">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>sweet sorghum, biomass sorghum,</quote> before <quote>and industrial crops</quote>;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2C97D0A377D409D9DB5E53A5B02EBFF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subsection (l), the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H16FE0379470E44EA99050D5E82C028AD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BBBAAAEFFCC48278F8D23093B4AC942" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF66F44D6C80D48B39C545DA0E50B2BC8">
<enum>(l)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payment equivalent to additional coverage</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6ECDA828C28D41B5A3AA295F613D3BF9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make available to a producer eligible for noninsured assistance under this section a payment equivalent to an indemnity for additional coverage under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 65 percent of the established yield for the eligible crop on the farm, computed by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C1AFA5AB86445E2BD3ABA5944A5BCA1">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quantity that is not greater than 65 percent of the established yield for the crop, as determined by the Secretary, specified in increments of 5 percent;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5CCFADB572B94CCD83184DEE4DC42C9A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 percent of the average market price for the crop, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA816F8B9AF74D32A94FB63632F9DD43">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a payment rate for the type of crop, as determined by the Secretary, that reflects—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H746DD5BD61E74953B62F9BC10FBEA49A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a crop that is produced with a significant and variable harvesting expense, the decreasing cost incurred in the production cycle for the crop that is, as applicable—</text>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H741202D83567426BAAEFF751DC407D49">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">harvested;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H823BCD134991420794C185822AA7636F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planted but not harvested; or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91509F66B5354E229376BF61A8978872">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prevented from being planted because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB01FAF4BCD6945109ADF581571657271">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a crop that is produced without a significant and variable harvesting expense, such rate as shall be determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1CC9A6734B64F36ADA83EC3E37C7CA3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Premium</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to receive a payment under this subsection, a producer shall pay—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3888E03D1A874AAC9B6AB4DEEC543F58">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the service fee required by subsection (k); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F0128EB737E403982AEC6C525075E4E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a premium for the applicable crop year that is equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<clause id="H6284FF61AE9547F183F08F90F10AC84E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the number of acres devoted to the eligible crop;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H5B8582B6F1344AD2B3286DED84E39020">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the established yield for the eligible crop, as determined by the Secretary under subsection (e);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3981C40D265B40F2BD8763786D5F96F7">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the coverage level elected by the producer;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H95FE2BEC497C47EBBD3CD99AA167352A">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>the average market price, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H31FFA29938A041E19F1E66873178CA35">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">.0525.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12CC9D87E0234B069F0A37EF755C109B">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The additional coverage made available under this subsection shall be available to limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged producers, as determined by the Secretary, in exchange for a premium that is 50 percent of the premium determined for a producer under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD482F44772FE465FA66538263710CF6C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Premium Payment and Application Deadline</header>
<subparagraph id="HE38AF875D7C84B318899B682CCEE9073">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Premium payment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A producer electing additional coverage under this subsection shall pay the premium amount owed for the additional coverage by September 30 of the crop year for which the additional coverage is purchased.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H207F8D1E703E4462BDB733F5A790565F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Application Deadline</header>
<text>The latest date on which additional coverage under this subsection may be elected shall be the application closing date described in subsection (b)(1).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF141D9A55FF24385BDAF6F9E8D003A82">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>Additional coverage under this subsection shall be available beginning with the 2015 crop.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HE4EE83BB91524696B9A1ECFF8CAF7214" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11307.</enum>
<header>Ensuring high standards for agency use of scientific information</header>
<subsection id="HA952B77C33BD45EF86E7E9308D47B9AB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement for final guidelines</header>
<text>Not later than January 1, 2014, each Federal agency shall have in effect guidelines for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of scientific information relied upon by such agency.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H874D8B54365A4E53B8DD9AD2AD8F143B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Content of guidelines</header>
<text>The guidelines described in subsection (a), with respect to a Federal agency, shall ensure that—</text>
<paragraph id="H044DF27C61E94209A77C474B1376CB30">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>when scientific information is considered by the agency in policy decisions—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8C0141D7C683493E93AAA14D2C4FA041">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the information is subject to well-established scientific processes, including peer review where appropriate;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H99F9781B1C0647698AA8505AA69B6A39">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the agency appropriately applies the scientific information to the policy decision;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AA8E9360FD946849CAF5CB61ADE3957">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>except for information that is protected from disclosure by law or administrative practice, the agency makes available to the public the scientific information considered by the agency;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6203EF2C9D0F412FA18B8BC36A096FD8">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the agency gives greatest weight to information that is based on experimental, empirical, quantifiable, and reproducible data that is developed in accordance with well-established scientific processes; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEE68591BC7CA4F9CAC4BF2F8D6729B7F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>with respect to any proposed rule issued by the agency, such agency follows procedures that include, to the extent feasible and permitted by law, an opportunity for public comment on all relevant scientific findings;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0A62DF663D744E8681B777FC55FA23EA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the agency has procedures in place to make policy decisions only on the basis of the best reasonably obtainable scientific, technical, economic, and other evidence and information concerning the need for, consequences of, and alternatives to the decision; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB47D6248F8C4E159689052DF6F69BF7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the agency has in place procedures to identify and address instances in which the integrity of scientific information considered by the agency may have been compromised, including instances in which such information may have been the product of a scientific process that was compromised.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H11F902A1DB894215BF270ED4A2182D56">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Approval needed for policy decisions To take effect</header>
<text>No policy decision issued after January 1, 2014, by an agency subject to this section may take effect prior to such date that the agency has in effect guidelines under subsection (a) that have been approved by the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA07FF953B9D44133B0D754E0CFBF9333">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Policy decisions not in compliance</header>
<paragraph id="H904637DCF174487BAC307E760692234F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Subject to paragraph (2), a policy decision of an agency that does not comply with guidelines approved under subsection (c) shall be deemed to be arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise not in accordance with law.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1DC0D3836CEE4B6F8A79EDF92B6E233B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Exception</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall not apply to policy decisions that are deemed to be necessary because of an imminent threat to health or safety or because of another emergency.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC459858C8F5F4BE8BAD1A9CCF1277A7F">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H07C93E9643EE46B9B4C1A9B0CE901F57">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Agency</header>
<text>The term <term>agency</term> has the meaning given such term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9CB488D9177F4950832E4110BBF4177B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Policy decision</header>
<text>The term <term>policy decision</term> means, with respect to an agency, an agency action as defined in section 551(13) of title 5, United States Code, (other than an adjudication, as defined in section 551(7) of such title), and includes—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6AE97F79C8234DBE9B8A77BEACC4221D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the listing, labeling, or other identification of a substance, product, or activity as hazardous or creating risk to human health, safety, or the environment; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB3EE9BED3CEC47A2B10F2E30E79CD746">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>agency guidance.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD59BEA6E83804F5BB5570D138787F0AF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Agency guidance</header>
<text>The term <term>agency guidance</term> means an agency statement of general applicability and future effect, other than a regulatory action, that sets forth a policy on a statutory, regulatory, or technical issue or on an interpretation of a statutory or regulatory issue.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA2662CA60B0B4D02AE6652D5530B29EA">
<enum>11308.</enum>
<header>Evaluation required for purposes of prohibition on closure or relocation of county offices for the Farm Service Agency</header>
<subsection id="HBEFF5418D42C4CADB5B7B82D8CC4F24F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on closure or relocation of offices with high workload volume</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14212 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 6932a) is amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H266CFA8F37DB4714B763E0B4E8C24B33" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HDE039D307489435693CFA65AC26CCB5D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Prohibition on closure or relocation of offices with high workload volume</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may not close or relocate a county or field office of the Farm Service Agency in a State if the Secretary determines, after conducting the evaluation required under subsection (b)(1)(B), that the office has a high workload volume compared with other county offices in the State.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0FF61A2872E044B4BD20D88A0C7B068D">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Workload evaluation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14212(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 6932a(b)(1)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB2E76B69D25407793ADDF0D2A3AE8A5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving the margins of such clauses two ems to the right;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAF661EFC6E7C4C4EB0AAE8F1C1E40E71">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>the Farm Service Agency, to the maximum extent practicable</quote> and inserting</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE6112E822AE44CE98A9537388E14AB66" style="OLC">
<text>the Farm Service Agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="H91034A643BE24FFDBB7C2BC60B400CA9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the maximum extent practicable</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB1BCE47807424282A92344B1CD7B1BA6">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEC9E244F7484D13944F230060364E6B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>as of the date of the enactment of this Act</quote> after <quote>employees</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4481D91486CC47E9B797103AB557D7FF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D61896CF9DE4E7CA21E7B07DE1C186C">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H377F9F0B9C8D4D8F99153CFEDA96D081" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HA00E9EA435244646A2EAA7488C7C4CDD">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct and complete an evaluation of all workload assessments for Farm Service Agency county offices that were open and operational as of January 1, 2012, during the period that begins on a date that is not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 and ends on the date that is 18 months after such date of enactment.</text>
</subparagraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB329FFAAC32E4946878B0542FFBA307A">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Notice required</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14212(b)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 6932a(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF398F5CFB2842B8A053209B064D96DF">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>After the period referred to in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary of Agriculture may not close a county or field office of the Farm Service Agency unless—</quote> and inserting <quote>After carrying out each of the activities required under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Agriculture shall, before closing a county or field office of the Farm Service Agency—</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCEC77671D0C442538FCCFF8A60026A3C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the Secretary holds</quote> and inserting <quote>hold</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC01AFF7F4254432BA1859959723E317F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the Secretary notifies</quote> and inserting <quote>notify</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD0FBD510152346A29F12A3BD06A53F95">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14212(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 6932a(b)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>After the period referred to in subsection (a)(1), the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary</quote>.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HF95E2CD3CE36409191C3122AA59BAD7D">
<enum>11309.</enum>
<header>Acer access and development program</header>
<subsection id="H642164AE754D477CAB5ADED4B1FB0687">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Grants authorized</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may make competitive grants to States, tribal governments, and research institutions to support the efforts of such States, tribal governments, and research institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through the following activities:</text>
<paragraph id="H66BAA5F2027A422D83AEBD0A91654843">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promotion of research and education related to maple syrup production.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FFEEC216B7C4581957783BCE193ED1E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promotion of natural resource sustainability in the maple syrup industry.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67DEDD2CC84E411EB75DE75F302A3D17">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Market promotion for maple syrup and maple-sap products.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5E096430E57D4F85A947957CDDE4687D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Encouragement of owners and operators of privately-held land containing species of trees in the genus Acer—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2456BE5D8E22408D9D7BE0A706DC0C99">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities on the land; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6951B157C89241FC971FFD5A1D260BB6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to voluntarily make the land available, including by lease or other means, for access by the public for maple-sugaring activities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5C1204C289114D488E8F5E780C18857C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Application</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In submitting an application for a competitive grant under this section, a State, tribal government, or research institution shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HF550AB4ECB1B4A2E9DD1D79BB358D7AA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the activities to be supported using the grant funds;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE49EB360F17F41E384D97CBC03392F63">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the benefits that the State, tribal government, or research institution intends to achieve as a result of engaging in such activities; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42841D36AC634AC18C51D6B93455F721">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an estimate of the increase in maple-sugaring activities or maple syrup production that the State, tribal government, or research institution anticipates will occur as a result of engaging in such activities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB82936965D2C4DE9B7272BCB414A8ABA">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed so as to preempt a State or tribal government law, including a State or tribal government liability law.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAAC62D06609F41B991695BDD3CD09E13">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Definition of maple-sugaring</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>maple-sugaring</term> means the collection of sap from any species of tree in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC50B57D367BE48A888AB4B25F258453C">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H912927C0B4D448EDBF076E37B6BFC226">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H82E67B1875574CCF9AEE2C1BE0D2BB81" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11310.</enum>
<header>Regulatory review by the Secretary of Agriculture</header>
<subsection id="H2D1A7E07762C4DF487E1C9298D49BC1A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Review of regulatory agenda</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall review publications that may give notice that the Environmental Protection Agency is preparing or plans to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H9C499F8ADA564E7D8C6D32828A9A0CBD">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>any regulatory agenda of the Environmental Protection Agency published pursuant to section 602 of title 5, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAB5E3FFD3FA14CCCBED84B708242570C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any regulatory plan or agenda published by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to an Executive order, including Executive Order 12866; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9068EB31F0174273805E1316DFB45D71">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>any other publication issued by the Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Management and Budget that may reasonably be foreseen to contain notice of plans by the Environmental Protection Agency to prepare any guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect that may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H036EB51159F1408C89151C08C2E87885">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Information gathering</header>
<text>For a publication item reviewed under subsection (a) that the Secretary determines may have a significant impact on a substantial number of agricultural entities, the Secretary shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H31A5199F5A4B496486C0487E5B743917">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>solicit from the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency any information the Administrator may provide to facilitate a review of the publication item;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H00C42C6CA97E4BAEBC4D027E09FBC463">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">utilize the Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture to produce an economic impact statement for the publication item that contains a detailed estimate of potential costs to agricultural entities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6BBE50A7CFC4C6993EE1C2DD884ED54">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>identify individuals representative of potentially affected agricultural entities for the purpose of obtaining advice and recommendations from such individuals about the potential impacts of the publication item; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEAA263CDBE9F406686958FB6A403CC4A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">convene a review panel for analysis of the publication item that includes the Secretary, any full-time Federal employee of the Department of Agriculture appointed to the panel by the Secretary, and any employee of the Environmental Protection Agency or the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs within the Office of Management and Budget that accepts an invitation from the Secretary to participate in the panel.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0F9FA910748F48AA931EEF622EF86F55">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Duties of the review panel</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review panel convened for a publication item under subsection (b)(4) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A3E343E21A746A9ABD7DC8A12FF107B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review any information or material obtained by the Secretary and prepared in connection with the publication item, including any draft proposed guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4EB2BBF469484324BD45B8EB06A704FA">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>collect advice and recommendations from agricultural entity representatives identified by the Administrator after consultation with the Secretary;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA06970A1C2214592ACCAB55EA9E5F535">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>compile and analyze such advice and recommendations; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H30B4891B3697433B9770A513D92D3CA7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>make recommendations to the Secretary based on the information gathered by the review panel or provided by agricultural entity representatives.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6569A9D789074EB1A49B4FE7F338068F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Comments</header>
<paragraph id="HDC5583A9B3864B4DB7DAD0472BDDBC12">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date the Secretary convenes a review panel pursuant to subsection (b)(4), the Secretary shall submit to the Administrator comments on the planned or proposed guidance, policy, memorandum, regulation, or statement of general applicability and future effect for consideration and inclusion in any related administrative record, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00F5F265BBA84694A647DDE7B9A1D65D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a report by the Secretary on the concerns of agricultural entities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF764F1A43DD749BBBE37DECE50FEA34C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the findings of the review panel;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF51CF5385F3142F196B639F6C28B1929">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the findings of the Secretary, including any adopted findings of the review panel; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H61B01E52F95E428492007418BEC48C8B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>recommendations of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDD4DF4209D1A4CF1B3299C57DE93A0BC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Publication</header>
<text>The Secretary shall publish the comments in the Federal Register and make the comments available to the public on the public Internet website of the Department of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H42495EAF1CAE4300B52CF058418FC8D8">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Waivers</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive initiation of the review panel under subsection (b)(4) as the Secretary determines appropriate.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3DCC9E63229C41109358648AC60741BB">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Definition of agricultural entity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>agricultural entity</term> means any entity involved in or related to agricultural enterprise, including enterprises that are engaged in the business of production of food and fiber, ranching and raising of livestock, aquaculture, and all other farming and agricultural related industries.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HDB640BE6053C46B1851B687565549FB0">
<enum>11311.</enum>
<header>Prohibition on attending an animal fighting venture or causing a minor to attend an animal fighting venture</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 26(a)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156(a)(1)) is amended by striking the period and inserting <quote>or to knowingly attend or knowingly cause a minor to attend an animal fighting venture.</quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="H362CF2A4D1C54968AE6491854F792D08">
<enum>11312.</enum>
<header>Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with production or manufacture of items in other States</header>
<subsection id="HE90F2A6CB83E4C8188BF8BF5FAEC38B4">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with Article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, the government of a State or locality therein shall not impose a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of any agricultural product sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if—</text>
<paragraph id="H41596A98A4B34C4088C7A00B857102CC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>such production or manufacture occurs in another State; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56E46BFDC82E4F76A377C27E131B0AE4">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the standard or condition is in addition to the standards and conditions applicable to such production or manufacture pursuant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE6D2D572DC940929C3052E3582E1E88">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Federal law; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26FF723817044AF58CFA8F922ED1DF80">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the laws of the State and locality in which such production or manufacture occurs.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H27CAC164EABB4EF3AF595DCA7FAFC393">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Agricultural product defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>agricultural product</term> has the meaning given such term in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2B4A53D530564A999A64CF68835E19D3">
<enum>11313.</enum>
<header>Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Missouri River Basin</header>
<subsection id="HDB53AEA053064DE589C5CCC09D819A54">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text>Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H02A9AD3DF2344EC38E3E241841E8F271">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Record runoff occurred in the Missouri River basin during 2011 as a result of historic rainfall over portions of the upper basin coupled with heavy plains and mountain snowpack.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3F7D60373FFE4BAA9DC589BD1D5851F6">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, during the 5-month period of March through July totaled an estimated 48.4 million acre-feet (referred to in this section as <quote>MAF</quote>). This runoff volume was more than 20 percent greater than the design storm for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System (referred to in this section as the <quote>System</quote>), which was based on the 1881 runoff of 40.0 MAF during the same 5-month period.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H292C0BC001B4405FA257E4E96D80EA74">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>During the 2011 runoff season, nearly 61 million acre-feet of water entered the Missouri River system, far surpassing the previous record of 49 MAF in runoff that was set during the flood of 1997.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H35E428B369ED486895C70DF894AD8EA0">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Given the incredible amount of water entering the System, the summer months were spent working to evacuate as much water from the System as possible, ultimately leading to record high water releases from Gavins Point Dam of 160,000 cubic feet per second, a rate that more than doubled the previous release record of 70,000 cubic feet per second set in 1997.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64DF72199C18496DBC11ECF899BC881B">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>For nearly four months, those extremely high releases from Gavins Point were maintained, resulting in severe and sustained flooding, with much of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska as well as portions of South Dakota, Kansas, and Missouri inundated by a flooding river three to five feet deep, up to 11 miles wide, and flowing at a rate of 4 to 11 miles per hour.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD4ECB105F0A145B59EAC3CC08ABAFD47">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage was done to roads and other public infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45AC607DF8084DBFB6A35A1EF14AD512">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>In addition to the homes, businesses, and infrastructure impacted by the flooding, hundreds of thousands of acres of cropland were affected.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6014FDE2A1D5494A8241608454218FDA">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>The Department of Agriculture has estimated that 400,000 to 500,000 acres of some of the most productive crop land in the world was flooded in 2011.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0819615F9E3E4F43975895F8A0828F06">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Local Farm Services Agency representatives have estimated that $82,100,000 was lost in 2011 alone due to damaged or lost crops and unplanted acres.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0C27E2915DA740CFAACC73C37CE68336">
<enum>(10)</enum>
<text>Not only did the flooding eliminate the 2011 crop, but it is highly unlikely that many farmers will be able to put that land back into production at any point in the near future.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0021ED22514347469BF05B02673A6E1A">
<enum>(11)</enum>
<text>Producers will have to contend with large piles of sand, silt, and other debris that have been deposited in their fields, meaning the impact of the 2011 flood will be felt in the agricultural communities up and down the Missouri River for many years to come.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5CD2D70041A34161BB6BBE50EAC602D2">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<text>Currently, the amount of storage capacity in the System that is set aside for flood control is based upon the vacated space required to control the 1881 flood, because prior to the 2011 flood, the 1881 flood was seen as the <quote>high water mark</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8DE9D582AA1D40FC93809A763437076A">
<enum>(13)</enum>
<text>Given the historic flooding that took place in 2011, it is clear that year’s flooding now represents a new <quote>high water mark</quote>, surpassing the flooding of even the 1881 flood.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H173E4362976F4EC89DA54FA8FC7E8EA6">
<enum>(14)</enum>
<text>It is important that the flood control related functions of the System management be adjusted to reflect the reality of the 2011 flood as the new <quote>worst case scenario</quote> for flooding along the Missouri River.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDB9E5A40D0DF4AFB9662A1756E94036A">
<enum>(15)</enum>
<text>System management may begin to be adjusted to account for the 2011 flood through a recalculation of the amount of storage space within the System that is allocated to flood control, using the model not of the 1881 flood, but of the greatest flood experienced—the flood of 2011.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2501BF6F4D1444C9BA497991214FBE7">
<enum>(16)</enum>
<text>As a result of the flooding in 2011, many States received disaster declarations from the Department of Agriculture to help farmers and producers recover from the damage done by the high water.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF77ECEB6087E4F88AAB9A9CCDCA1AAE2">
<enum>(17)</enum>
<text>Though helpful, even the assistance provided by the Department of Agriculture will not provide many in the agriculture community with the resources to put their land back into production any time soon.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99C5D17F4A064F4BB1E5053A2872CB1F">
<enum>(18)</enum>
<text>Without the protection that will come from a fundamental change in the System’s flood control storage allocations, farmers, producers, and other agricultural interests who may be in a position to restart their operations will find it difficult to justify doing so, given the fact that they will not be protected from similar flooding in the future.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE8D8ABC2D1094F8481C6FAF6A7DFDB10">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Updated management of the Missouri river To protect agricultural interests</header>
<text>In order to strengthen the agricultural economy, revitalize the rural communities, and conserve the natural resources of the Missouri River basin, the Congress directs that the Secretary of Agriculture take action to promote immediate increased flood protection to farmers, producers, and other agricultural interests in the Missouri River basin by working within its jurisdiction to support efforts—</text>
<paragraph id="HE519A6191981475DB0494BDA30096B67">
<enum>(1) </enum>
<text>to recalculate the amount of space within the System that is allocated to flood control storage using the 2011 flood as the model; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H316F102C90FD4C469FC892FCE7ECF353">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>to increase the Missouri River’s channel capacity between the reservoirs and below Gavins Point.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H1373EDF22BF647D2BD6333BFAE1C3857">
<enum>11314.</enum>
<header>Increased protection for agricultural interests in the Black Dirt region</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In order to strengthen the agricultural economy, revitalize the rural communities, and conserve the natural resources of the Black Dirt region, the Congress directs that the Secretary of Agriculture take action to promote immediate increased flood protection to farmers, producers, and other agricultural interests around the Wallkill River and in the Black Dirt region.</text>
</section>
<section id="H194983729B1143E590F573AD86568019">
<enum>11315.</enum>
<header>Protection of honey bees and other pollinators</header>
<subsection id="H73754AEE2CB3411EA497F5D6150A1155">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall carry out such activities as the Secretary determines to be appropriate to protect and ensure the long-term viability of populations of honey bees, wild bees, and other beneficial insects of agricultural crops, horticultural plants, wild plants, and other plants, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H4D2E32ED3559410AB7C69ADD39C2BAF7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>providing technical expertise relating to proposed agency actions that may threaten pollinator health or jeopardize the long-term viability of populations of pollinators;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD816210B397A4C4CA15FCE8304407549">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>providing formal guidance on national policies relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6F91912C068140F5B3C55E004F5C23EB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permitting managed honey bees to forage on National Forest Service lands where compatible with other natural resource management priorities; and </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A60CA1ECB8D4F56AE73EC3922113026">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">planting and maintaining managed honey bee and native pollinator forage on National Forest Service lands where compatible with other natural resource management priorities;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD76C4356B297441F98D95AAB87167AC8">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>making use of the best available peer-reviewed science regarding environmental and chemical stressors on pollinator health; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD6B25579FEA44227BAC1F5F86967E9C8">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>regularly monitoring and reporting on the health and population status of managed and native pollinators including bees, birds, bats, and other species.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8427C5BD3CD3430F93259E97A714F7C4">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Task force on bee health and commercial beekeeping</header>
<paragraph id="H4EF3539834C94F349071F387A10AB63A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Secretary shall establish a task force—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF524AE6952BE4E3A811334E8D98DD088">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>to coordinate Federal efforts carried out on or after the date of enactment of this Act to address the serious worldwide decline in bee health, especially honey bees and declining native bees; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5209CA2E96540E195F895DA57D92C43">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>to assess Federal efforts to mitigate pollinator losses and threats to the United States commercial beekeeping industry.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38BBDB0A00A846BFAD18F29657F2DD80">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Agency consultation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The task force established under this subsection shall seek ongoing consultation from any Federal agency carrying out activities important to bee health and commercial beekeeping, including officials from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H74712D47F5B540688E74192D9ADBEC23">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the Department of Agriculture;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDED4A401408F469C993970327BFADA91">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the Department of the Interior;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB0DA9ED58B0C41B7AE6C86CCCD9999C3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the Environmental Protection Agency;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C97FD70EF4A45908F2F190064F56BC7">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>the Food and Drug Administration;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8AC561D4F32949AFB07E0A8DB9D3122D">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>the Department of Commerce; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9D90A4EA6D9445B0AB83086EBFD3330F">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>U.S. Customs and Border Protection.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H57B36A1E9BC64AEFB5D1CDB49293406F">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Stakeholder consultation</header>
<text>The task force established under this subsection shall consult with beekeeper, conservation, scientist, and agricultural stakeholders.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEF724C616422482FA03899EC6F549085">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the task force established under subsection (b) shall submit to Congress a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H8777749CC34647EB8422EEBBF18CBEC6">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>summarizes Federal activities carried out pursuant to subsection (f) of section of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) (as redesignated by section 7209) or any other provision of law (including regulations) to address bee decline; </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF311F88BE754F4192C2B03A04924B22">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>summarizes international efforts to address the decline of managed honey bees and native pollinators; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9F359C1E2A954E399CC9F4EB6F607302">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides recommendations to Congress regarding how to better coordinate Federal agency efforts to address the decline of managed honey bees and native pollinators.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA3B950EC96334263B369892BE98571DD">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Pollinator research lab feasibility study</header>
<paragraph id="H637C71B552C64DB58309522FED73E369">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Agricultural Research Service, may conduct feasibility studies regarding—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF43A5554585423EB41471E52ECF2969">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">re-locating existing honey bee and native pollinator research from Federal laboratories to a cooperator-run facility in a location most geographically appropriate for pollinator research; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF51B319305294F3FBF2FBED46CECD78D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>modernizing existing honey bee research laboratories identified by the Agricultural Research Service in the capital investment strategy document dated 2012.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5DB0F3A4143E4530A1EB45279668890F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Consultation</header>
<text>In conducting the feasibility studies under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consult with—</text>
<subparagraph id="H07FDF692FB9A41C3A15848C25F1BD830">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>beekeeper, native bee, agricultural, research institution, and bee conservation stakeholders regarding new research laboratory needs under paragraph (1)(A); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DD490CDDB834BF79F2D4884984189D6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>commercial beekeepers regarding the modernizing of existing honey bee laboratories under paragraph (1)(B).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H49C94AB66EFF43C1AF72A4E09925EC20">
<enum>11316.</enum>
<header>Produce represented as grown in the United States when it is not in fact grown in the United States</header>
<subsection id="HB9780AF0A7934859AAF28B475AE11285">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Technical assistance to CBP</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall make available to U.S. Customs and Border Protection technical assistance related to the identification of produce represented as grown in the United States when it is not in fact grown in the United States.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC73F4CA9B84C455D9DA78EF1ABED1931">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on produce represented as grown in the United States when it is not in fact grown in the United States.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6EBD7F28C0E54710BAE1065F96AA44EF">
<enum>11317.</enum>
<header>Urban agriculture coordination</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall coordinate opportunities for urban agriculture, by—</text>
<paragraph id="HFFB219D0744D4200984E294F106EC64A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">compiling a list of all programs administered by the Secretary or by the head of any other department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States to which urban farmers can apply for assistance or participation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0FAFA6559BBF4CFE8037CFEF967F919A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>examining and implementing opportunities to adjust the regulations governing the programs to enable urban farmers to participate in more of the programs;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2D0A516235E749319645DDAA64A6C7BD">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>developing a process for streamlining the process by which urban farmers may apply for assistance from, or for participation in, the programs, including through the use of a single, harmonized application for multiple programs; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDDB062CF986142AF976FB7D56741A9A4">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>such other methods as the Secretary deems appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H7220FB47AFCD4F0CA32AC38B8EC17F83">
<enum>11318.</enum>
<header>Sense of Congress on increased business opportunities for black farmers, women, minorities, and small businesses</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should increase the number of contracts the Federal Government awards to black farmers, businesses owned and controlled by women, businesses owned and controlled by minorities, and small business concerns.</text>
</section>
<section id="HBDD7FED3E4FC4A6399E8B00DF483E7E5">
<enum>11319.</enum>
<header>Sense of Congress regarding agriculture security programs</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="HE07620ABF5194903A42D87F9A3E21487">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">agricultural nutrients and other agricultural chemicals are essential to ensuring the most efficient production of food, fuel, and fiber;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H60A03E70E1A64DDA97C84BA9DD88276A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>these products must be properly stored, handled, transported, and used to ensure that they are not misused or cause harm either accidentally or intentionally;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8AE94FED9DBE461CBDC472A59D546D93">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the Department of Agriculture is the Federal agency with the staffing and technical expertise to understand the important role these products play in agriculture;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H13172B5F67464364AC63E802351B1227">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>other Federal departments and agencies have been given lead responsibility to develop and implement security programs affecting the availability, storage, transportation, and use of a variety of chemicals and products used in agriculture;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE562B1ED83924E0A80E9C0756314BCE0">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>it is critical that the Department of Agriculture participates fully in the development of any such security programs to ensure that they do not unnecessarily restrict the availability of the most efficient and beneficial products needed to sustain agriculture in the United States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D84EF96EE774399BE41F0A06C87486F">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>the Secretary of Agriculture should review staffing at the Department to ensure that the agency has senior employees within the Department at the Senior Executive Service level or higher, who have responsibility for coordinating with other Federal, State, and international agencies in the development of regulations, guidance, and procedures for the secure handling of agricultural chemicals; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A88C2934EEE446F8116902B04DFF048">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>such employees shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4AC2CB8164BC468D8A7AA75C088F24E8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>work with manufacturers, retailers, and the general farm community to review existing and proposed Federal, State, and international agricultural chemical security regulations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3703F74DE3740C0894F4B8F8434BE5F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>coordinate with manufacturers, retailers, transporters, and farmers to evaluate how existing and proposed security regulations, including systems to track the sale, transportation, delivery, and use of agricultural products, can be designed to minimize any adverse impact on agricultural productivity;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA7607F0B73074C428AC80DC855F369A5">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>evaluate how existing and proposed security regulations will affect the ability of agricultural producers to have timely access to nutrients, chemicals, and other products that are affordable and best suited to the producers’ operations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE8BD23E1BF08426987D9BD318162520C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>develop recommendations on best practices, policies, and regulatory mechanisms relating to existing and proposed security programs to ensure that there is minimal adverse impact on agricultural productivity; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H524821D5F0F34199AB1AE1E85B3A5B0F">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>engage with Federal agencies with responsibility for establishing security programs to ensure that they have the information needed to develop procedures for effective security administration and enforcement that minimize any adverse impact on domestic or international agricultural productivity.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H13AF6427E1374239B357D7783F2A6A40">
<enum>11320.</enum>
<header>Report on water sharing</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a report on—</text>
<paragraph id="H4E513A39EE2047ADB5B5C6C846EA53D0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>efforts by Mexico to meet its treaty deliveries of water to the Rio Grande in accordance with the Treaty between the United States and Mexico Respecting Utilization of waters of the Colorado and Tijuana Rivers and of the Rio Grande (done at Washington, February 3, 1944); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5F3CF154A9E74E4DB869439C17F974EB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the benefits to the United States of the Interim International Cooperative Measures in the Colorado River Basin through 2017 and Extension of Minute 318 Cooperative Measures to Address the Continued Effects of the April 2010 Earthquake in the Mexicali Valley, Baja, California (done at Coronado, California, November 20, 2012; commonly referred to as <quote>Minute No. 319</quote>).</text>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H40D59F43E84A497AA475D306F0155A0F">
<enum>11321.</enum>
<header>Scientific and economic analysis of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act</header>
<subsection id="H54A1984E71A7401A914A5D9340658C67">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in this section as the <quote>Secretary</quote>) may not enforce any regulations promulgated under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (Public Law 111–353) until the Secretary publishes in the Federal Register the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H6DDF73E8CBBC4115AD5F04F909A7F528">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>An analysis of the scientific information used in the final rule to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act with a particular focus on—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDA2BDDC923864F14B88A74EB169E3D2D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>agricultural businesses of a variety of sizes;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3361FE9FEABA4664BD141626B3F9DBDF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>regional differences of agriculture production, processing, marketing, and value added production;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5C32691C801B436F801F36211E063756">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>agricultural businesses that are diverse livestock and produce producers; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22C22EAAB4CE4A85A38F8BAD06AC318F">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>what, if any, negative impact on the agricultural businesses would be created, or exacerbated, by implementation of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HADFED997E9AA45F19439ABDA3FD9F228">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>An analysis of the economic impact of the proposed final rule to implement the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act with a particular focus on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4227DA780C3C44F2969E1816A948654F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>agricultural businesses of a variety of sizes; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A7BF0039D4D481686F77B29111376AE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>small and mid-sized value added food processors.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB16EA6D7742A45A18B8AF7AF4029917E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>A plan to systematically evaluate the regulations by surveying farmers and processors and developing an ongoing process to evaluate and address business concerns.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H452EA0D22DF34E798060C4869CEA6FAA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Annual report</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the impact of implementation of the regulations promulgated under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCA9038AE43FE427C819B536AB0C17A59">
<enum>11322.</enum>
<header>Improved Department of Agriculture consideration of economic impact of regulations on small business</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall complete procedures consistent with the requirements of subsection (b) of section 609 of title 5, United States Code, whenever the Department of Agriculture promulgates any rule which will have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities.</text>
</section>
<section id="HF69132B13EE04D72900F99B0DA7F444B">
<enum>11323.</enum>
<header>Silvicultural activities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402(l) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342(l)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E33B17792724C3E9E839E8413338DA3" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0BCFFF4EE26F4937BF37B98E896704CC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Silvicultural activities</header>
<subparagraph id="H3C971B7C8CEA41BCBACC67A8ADCCE208">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>NPDES permit requirements for silvicultural activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall not require a permit or otherwise promulgate regulations under this section or directly or indirectly require any State to require a permit under this section for a discharge of stormwater runoff resulting from the conduct of the following silviculture activities: nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation and subsequent cultural treatment, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, harvesting operations, surface drainage, and road use, construction, and maintenance.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3F0E8B194E6340228C6F9CB140BECC37">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Permits for dredged or fill material</header>
<text>Nothing in this paragraph exempts a silvicultural activity resulting in the discharge of dredged or fill material from any permitting requirement under section 404.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H93AB57A4587748BF911143FD650FB326" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11324.</enum>
<header>Applicability of Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule</header>
<subsection id="HABD3DBDF796241C99408727D8CEE1B97">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator, in implementing the Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with respect to any farm, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HE06B9BA526744B8C941AE2EEE0C1B0D7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>require certification of compliance with such rule by—</text>
<subparagraph id="H72DB9039DE7848C188D093BC0E4D6D53">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a professional engineer for a farm with—</text>
<clause id="H882B5765D5CC484EB9D35D86FE46E9AF">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>an individual tank with an aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H071E2E5C39B647388418F5EB59125DAF">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than or equal to 42,000 gallons; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H751D66B7D81740DEA7503BF4FD221CBE">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>a history that includes a spill, as determined by the Administrator; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E10766DCFC84B0096724B75DA0D4625">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the owner or operator of the farm (via self-certification) for a farm with—</text>
<clause id="HED067F362FE54A778813AD93859E4CEC">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an aggregate aboveground storage capacity greater than 10,000 gallons but less than 42,000 gallons; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HF0CEA3DB869C4AB3B3839CB4C910DBA0">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no history of spills, as determined by the Administrator; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1B1B7B549F2F487385AD87C0B5E32479">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>exempt from all requirements of such rule any farm—</text>
<subparagraph id="H62BA25041DD04310A227FCA797C74AA8">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with an aggregate aboveground storage capacity of less than or equal to 10,000 gallons; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA91AA350A54F41EDAB10A706F70DD93C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no history of spills, as determined by the Administrator.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFD57CACF498A4477A52C84D8B79AD4FF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Calculation of aggregate aboveground storage capacity</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of subsection (a), the aggregate aboveground storage capacity of a farm excludes—</text>
<paragraph id="H784AD9FF26C04031A9400202D3C59154">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>all containers on separate parcels that have a capacity that is less than 1,320 gallons; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H252A4FD92A03476D979D292337180A5E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all storage containers holding animal feed ingredients approved for use in livestock feed by the Food and Drug Administration.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF4EA6992B42C452AB7B869FD199B231F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H63F317F774B448BA8B435D0212BD1F28">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Administrator</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E221684E1AD4837A0D8D720F361A076">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Farm</header>
<text>The term <term>farm</term> has the meaning given such term in section 112.2 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE6358E0932954AD5B3C455CA72CD2EEF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Gallon</header>
<text>The term <term>gallon</term> refers to a United States liquid gallon.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC1CD8CBE607F49ACBC7FE99BC2905458">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>History of spills</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>history of spills</term> has the meaning used to describe the term <term>reportable discharge history</term> in section 112.7(k)(1) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFD14D0B9E41841E79903936C71C7BA3E">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule</header>
<text>The term <term>Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule</term> means the regulation promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency under part 112 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H7E30F5B3E06C400F917934659CC7E2C5">
<enum>11325.</enum>
<header>Agricultural producer information disclosure</header>
<subsection id="HAA9647CE54EA4526B235843E945FB2BB">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H3B114117DC1F410B9E0119BA154019DC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Administrator</header>
<text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA97F94C53CAA4FC2AEFD35F09ED107F8">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Agency</header>
<text>The term <term>Agency</term> means the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2315E2705A5C458CB240F98DEE894DA9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Agricultural operation</header>
<text>The term <term>agricultural operation</term> includes any operation where an agricultural commodity crop is raised, including livestock operations.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D30FB4125BA4A278B167D0805637317">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Livestock operation</header>
<text>The term <term>livestock operation</term> includes any operation involved in the raising or finishing of livestock or poultry.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEDD0C38F13F4481891B39940B8C69DA3">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Disclosure of information</header>
<paragraph id="HFAE659AC06794DF2B760F51D4DBBE273">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Prohibition</header>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Administrator, any officer or employee of the Agency, or any contractor of the Agency, shall not make public the information of any owner, operator, or employee of an agricultural operation provided to the Agency by a farmer, rancher, or livestock producer or a State agency that has been obtained in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) or any other law, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6183543A5B441C0AA71F4E0033CF8A5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>names;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAC3A12CA8C7D4C55A31CDBD185C8B1BA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>telephone numbers;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEF621EE09B4C4233B2379A1543A15A30">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>email addresses;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9DCB9FB0BC14401AA795BA27BF0DBA0C">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>physical addresses;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24D56B764EAC4BE9A1AF24FD4F4EA395">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Global Positioning System coordinates; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D473935ED2043859D2DA6FDEBA1EF6D">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>other identifying location information.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA477F3D2B8344DE8C82E52278A10090">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Effect</header>
<text>Nothing in paragraph (1) affects—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D22286381D4420F9E7F2AA5FB553F97">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the disclosure of information described in paragraph (1) if—</text>
<clause id="HC1AD0B4602224C9AA65725BE7685D5F0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>the information has been transformed into a statistical or aggregate form at the county level or higher without any information that identifies the agricultural operation or agricultural producer; or</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H6EF34E262D674789A68574A4B2967A29">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the producer consents to the disclosure; or</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCDDE3E286AC34E2091BB24AE20DC972B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the authority of any State agency to collect information on livestock operations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AD41B9A71954501897C155A94F76100">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Condition of permit or other programs</header>
<text>The approval of any permit, practice, or program administered by the Administrator shall not be conditioned on the consent of the agricultural producer or livestock producer under paragraph (2)(A)(ii).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H600B88A854254D8A914D4274F78846BE">
<enum>11326.</enum>
<header>Report on National Ocean Policy</header>
<subsection id="H26B5D8F35A614057BA67A1205A5582F8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Findings</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HB039CC459B77445E94BFAE0B8153132B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Executive Order 13547, issued on July 19, 2010, established the national policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Our Coasts, and the Great Lakes and requires—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDE728072F03247AA98E14B4223ABA600">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Federal implementation of <quote>ecosystem-based management</quote> to achieve a <quote>fundamental shift</quote> in how the United States manages ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18EA50EB30274DD681D5BD9D89853BC1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the establishment of nine new governmental <quote>Regional Planning Bodies</quote> and <quote>Coastal and Marine Spatial Plans</quote> in every region of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2104D783B590411CB408B3A86108D06C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Executive Order 13547 created a 54-member National Ocean Council led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy that includes 54 principal and deputy-level representatives from Federal entities, including the Department of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC30B519D96FF4C9FA983EF99036AFACC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Executive Order 13547 requires National Ocean Council members, including the Department of Agriculture, to take action to implement the Policy and participate in coastal and marine spatial planning to the maximum extent possible.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA6D75474D5BB43D880B97D100ACD557A">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Final Recommendations of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force that were adopted by Executive Order 13547 state that <quote>effective</quote> implementation of the National Ocean Policy will <quote>require clear and easily understood requirements and regulations, where appropriate, that include enforcement as a critical component</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H76BC7088AF3E49BB9EFCA58B150EAAA6">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>Despite repeated Congressional requests, the National Ocean Council, which is charged with overseeing implementation of the policy, has still not provided a complete accounting of Federal activities under the policy and resources expended and allocated in furtherance of implementation of the policy.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H823387056AB14D098071A0CDE17C558D">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>The continued economic and budgetary challenges of the United States underscore the necessity for sound, transparent, and practical Federal policies.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H261DEA6E13B646A4A558BFAF989230CD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report detailing—</text>
<paragraph id="H20B3621EA4994BC9B677C3CE4B399632">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>all activities engaged in and resources expended in furtherance of Executive Order 13547 since July 19, 2010; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6AA26D80525B4B66BDE5C17E1C8B2404">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>any budget requests for fiscal year 2014 for support of implementation of Executive Order 13547.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HADA16A5827034FE1B95101C7156FB86C">
<enum>11327.</enum>
<header>Sunsetting of programs</header>
<subsection id="H0C9FADF129D745CEB221D1A9027D97A2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (b), each fiscal year the Secretary of Agriculture may not carry out any program—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E510120F3344D35A46B2E8D3B95E006">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for which an authorization of appropriations is established or extended under this Act; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CEBD9D3C2E04ABC9F620915D63D50AE">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is funded by discretionary appropriations (as defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCDBE16CF82E349B88EC568F83C39B23F">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall take effect with respect to a program referred to in such subsection on the date on which the authorization of appropriations under this Act for such program expires.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAA6DC1B9F38A438C85D8E5DCB2054A70">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Existing obligations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) does not affect the ability of the Secretary to carry out responsibilities with regard to loans, grants, or other obligations made or in existence before an applicable effective date under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subtitle>
<subtitle id="HA9818028FF394CB4AF893959B8AC86F9">
<enum>D</enum>
<header>Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery</header>
<section id="H781DD839B7454869A61D157196263984" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11401.</enum>
<header>Short title</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2013</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section>
<section id="HDA6459B8DACB4270A421FEC84AA4ABE5" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>11402.</enum>
<header>Chesapeake Bay Crosscut Budget</header>
<subsection id="H9A5EA904768E4191A08416D42E1224E8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Crosscut Budget</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director, in consultation with the Chesapeake Executive Council, the chief executive of each Chesapeake Bay State, and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, shall submit to Congress a financial report containing—</text>
<paragraph id="HD712E929F0224B6F8E49BCD597B9CB79">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>an interagency crosscut budget that displays—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE53FA7904A10473E947BDC3A096F7360">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the proposed funding for any Federal restoration activity to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year, including any planned interagency or intra-agency transfer, for each of the Federal agencies that carry out restoration activities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E69D16ADE35453A8FEE13B7BD27974B">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to the extent that information is available, the estimated funding for any State restoration activity to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6392F8291D74061B7D3A2FFFCDC2D94">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures for Federal restoration activities from the preceding 2 fiscal years, the current fiscal year, and the succeeding fiscal year; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H167F8068D7504C40ABA0954890882FB2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">all expenditures, to the extent that information is available, for State restoration activities during the equivalent time period described in <internal-xref idref="HB6392F8291D74061B7D3A2FFFCDC2D94" legis-path="2.(a)(1)(C)">subparagraph (C)</internal-xref>;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H548D0AB426F64BCE99A8FE5B48D2F76A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a detailed accounting of all funds received and obligated by all Federal agencies for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years, including the identification of funds which were transferred to a Chesapeake Bay State for restoration activities;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB978E362F6C4573B006C0046CFE5EC9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>to the extent that information is available, a detailed accounting from each State of all funds received and obligated from a Federal agency for restoration activities during the current and preceding fiscal years; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4FD8E0CE56B4438AAFDC4A761907F554">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>a description of each of the proposed Federal and State restoration activities to be carried out in the succeeding fiscal year (corresponding to those activities listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1)), including the—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7567AEE8350C4A8BAD7112CE0A600871">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>project description;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HACDED440D2004618B251DC3376F90876">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>current status of the project;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H26C91D31B8F6491A9747377C58585184">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal or State statutory or regulatory authority, programs, or responsible agencies;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD8EAD2994FEC4951803579DA36A0AFB0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>authorization level for appropriations;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5AB2FED6B1A0475A9A7070351DE74252">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>project timeline, including benchmarks;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAF94F88F876C427CA235BA46F7D44122">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>references to project documents;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB8167EB0340A46C0A9531A0C90262370">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>descriptions of risks and uncertainties of project implementation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H155E47C7D5504DE4A28C69896ADCC238">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>adaptive management actions or framework;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H64D43C8A4B7441F89BE3156A387D0DCC">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>coordinating entities;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E92CDD4E4ED4196BF4C013E835AB8FB">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>funding history;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0F1FC81789CD4635ADAB466395262693">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>cost sharing; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0189790A461549B9A4ADE144D96853D7">
<enum>(L)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alignment with existing Chesapeake Bay Agreement and Chesapeake Executive Council goals and priorities.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H78AFBD5B39EC4BAAB46F6736857D59FA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Minimum funding levels</header>
<text>The Director shall only describe restoration activities in the report required under <internal-xref idref="H9A5EA904768E4191A08416D42E1224E8" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> that—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA4D46329693473C92DD69F891DD49B7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>for Federal restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $100,000; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B818E7CA79A46D38362C5F952296098">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>for State restoration activities, have funding amounts greater than or equal to $50,000.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H29CE53FE757D47889A66C8AE96F25391">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Deadline</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall submit to Congress the report required by <internal-xref idref="H9A5EA904768E4191A08416D42E1224E8" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> not later than 30 days after the submission by the President of the President’s annual budget to Congress.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H47CC1D735FE24C048474130A9BBB14EA">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report</header>
<text>Copies of the financial report required by <internal-xref idref="H9A5EA904768E4191A08416D42E1224E8" legis-path="2.(a)">subsection (a)</internal-xref> shall be submitted to the Committees on Appropriations, Natural Resources, Energy and Commerce, and Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Appropriations, Environment and Public Works, and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7694C600C7E04CE5937FEFA01CA53A3B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Effective Date</header>
<text>This section shall apply beginning with the first fiscal year after the date of enactment of this Act for which the President submits a budget to Congress.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE10D984C34854757B8BEAD5A98D626BF">
<enum>11403.</enum>
<header>Restoration through adaptive management</header>
<subsection id="HC46E2C05CE5A4C389F9E0108E10C32EC">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with other Federal and State agencies, and with the participation of stakeholders, shall develop a plan to provide technical and financial assistance to Chesapeake Bay States to employ adaptive management in carrying out restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H7F0E6DC891084D4FB3EE35A65FF2CAAF">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Plan development</header>
<text>The plan referred to in subsection (a) shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HB5CC6527DC98452CA40860A588D06862">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries identified by Chesapeake Bay States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75B5DB6EBF2249748178D1A964C7AD36">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>a process for stakeholder participation;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5617373A05D8413C97F577BACBE4F64C">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation technical assistance requested by Chesapeake Bay States;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07A0EB0E820D45D8AB3B5DC5D45AB723">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>identification of State restoration activities planned by Chesapeake Bay States to attain the State’s objectives under paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB94F193C0FB24A34BD92764565AC91EE">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>identification of Federal restoration activities that could help a Chesapeake Bay State to attain the State’s objectives under paragraph (1);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H07A27C6EA17C497F86027F7754AE0363">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>recommendations for a process for modification of State and Federal restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain the specific and measurable objectives set forth under paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF57832653C94D07BC133EEC82BC0F18">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>recommendations for a process for integrating and prioritizing State and Federal restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management can be applied.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDA735F379E5541E58F6D91F573493142">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text>In addition to carrying out Federal restoration activities under existing authorities and funding, the Administrator shall implement the plan developed under subsection (a) by providing technical and financial assistance to Chesapeake Bay States using resources available for such purposes that are identified by the Director under section 11402.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAE9B66798AAA4D819BCE7898D3B97AA7">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Updates</header>
<text>The Administrator shall update the plan developed under subsection (a) every 2 years.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0F5442D28B134A6EADCE4EB0791789A2">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Report to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="H8CCB3D778CF146E7B02D1885365B5685">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Not later than 60 days after the end of a fiscal year, the Administrator shall transmit to Congress an annual report on the implementation of the plan required under this section for such fiscal year.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCDE23D6E459E47D59118CDC17B343198">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contents</header>
<text>The report required under paragraph (1) shall contain information about the application of adaptive management to restoration activities and programs, including level changes implemented through the process of adaptive management.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF8293C45AF7C4CEE9C12DA6BF6B3158E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text>Paragraph (1) shall apply to the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H859E7F341677437FB525CFD8627995FA">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Inclusion of plan in annual action plan and annual progress report</header>
<text>The Administrator shall ensure that the Annual Action Plan and Annual Progress Report required by section 205 of Executive Order 13508 includes the adaptive management plan outlined in subsection (a).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2B2564FD52C2421FBDA85A6A376AF071">
<enum>11404.</enum>
<header>Independent Evaluator for the Chesapeake Bay Program</header>
<subsection id="HFF60942F8D6C4A8BAECD5122A9FF6B87">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be an Independent Evaluator for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, who shall review and report on restoration activities and the use of adaptive management in restoration activities, including on such related topics as are suggested by the Chesapeake Executive Council.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H30C4AF21BEBF4228BD6EE374A792C242">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Appointment</header>
<paragraph id="H2656B4FD3793412DA8BC6BCC7958FBA8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Independent Evaluator shall be appointed by the Administrator from among nominees submitted by the Chesapeake Executive Council.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD214EB5F191B48E6843EEEED312B1A59">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Nominations</header>
<text>The Chesapeake Executive Council may submit to the Administrator 4 nominees for appointment to any vacancy in the office of the Independent Evaluator.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0D463BD8CE51458BAA50FD561BCD85BF">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<text>The Independent Evaluator shall submit a report to the Congress every 2 years in the findings and recommendations of reviews under this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD51971F25FEE4EABB10F936822C8DA6D">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Chesapeake Executive Council</header>
<text>In this section, the term <term>Chesapeake Executive Council</term> has the meaning given that term by section 307 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Authorization Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–567; 15 U.S.C. 1511d).</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HE2F8D3F3CF9843779D2476FE4395409A">
<enum>11405.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle, the following definitions apply:</text>
<paragraph id="H8A1561F99DF24ADA91B8C2092D682CB9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Adaptive management</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>adaptive management</term> means a type of natural resource management in which project and program decisions are made as part of an ongoing science-based process. Adaptive management involves testing, monitoring, and evaluating applied strategies and incorporating new knowledge into programs and restoration activities that are based on scientific findings and the needs of society. Results are used to modify management policy, strategies, practices, programs, and restoration activities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC24E6C365BB840D4829F604C7FF34655">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Administrator</header>
<text>The term <term>Administrator</term> means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H51BAB47EEF6E4721A2496DAA3BE0AE7A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Chesapeake Bay State</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Chesapeake Bay State</term> or <term>State</term> means the States of Maryland, West Virginia, Delaware, and New York, the Commonwealths of Virginia and Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE3358D498B4A4CB582C50538C50E949F">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Chesapeake Bay Watershed</header>
<text>The term <term>Chesapeake Bay watershed</term> means the Chesapeake Bay and the geographic area, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, consisting of 36 tributary basins, within the Chesapeake Bay States, through which precipitation drains into the Chesapeake Bay.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3387D6D5A9A0491DB84A4BA5130A9538">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Chief Executive</header>
<text>The term <term>chief executive</term> means, in the case of a State or Commonwealth, the Governor of each such State or Commonwealth and, in the case of the District of Columbia, the Mayor of the District of Columbia.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H86EC715E14A945AC99273DC2CC908DD8">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Director</header>
<text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE83BBF0DC8DE4B369150EDED3634D1E0">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<header>State restoration activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State restoration activities</term> means any State programs or projects carried out under State authority that directly or indirectly protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including programs or projects that promote responsible land use, stewardship, and community engagement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities may be categorized as follows:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEC5D593CADD24AEE97FC9BE1023BE1D0">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Physical restoration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1289EEF543F247EB8DA1D5C3FAFB485D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Planning.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0E742C8222034CA4A2D80B574C737BDE">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Feasibility studies.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HEBE32C7BB39742E58E61DD2EBB13CBFC">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Scientific research.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFAE1FD41A55E41BD9712A7957725833E">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Monitoring.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA099BCF052034411AE38AD08FD19C297">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Education.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6E19A83AD9E746A0964A2ACC631A13BB">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Infrastructure development.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16590D7A621E4928A4AAB1955AD8510F">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<header>Federal restoration activities</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal restoration activities</term> means any Federal programs or projects carried out under existing Federal authority that directly or indirectly protect, conserve, or restore living resources, habitat, water resources, or water quality in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, including programs or projects that provide financial and technical assistance to promote responsible land use, stewardship, and community engagement in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Restoration activities may be categorized as follows: </text>
<subparagraph id="H8F7C86F739A44BB2B9BBA2FB6C81C1AC">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Physical restoration.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7B5729C7044B4633BC270E4AAEFE5D86">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Planning.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72479DD8B029491DA8B2043BCF30C698">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Feasibility studies.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H31D715E2284E4DBA96475341B77EBBF0">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Scientific research.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D710B251C144936B51B839A8948F9C5">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>Monitoring.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C792B55A05E4393B2D45F9239E19E83">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>Education.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEDCAE3789204203B72BA0D471314ABE">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>Infrastructure development.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
</subtitle>