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In this Act, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
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**(a) Findings** Congress finds that— (1) sheep and sheep products are important goods; (2) the production of sheep and sheep products play a significant role in the economy of the United States in that sheep and sheep products are produced throughout the United States and used by millions of people throughout the United States and foreign countries; (3) sheep and sheep products must be high quality, readily available, handled properly, and marketed efficiently to ensure that consumers have an adequate supply of sheep products; (4) the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and development of new markets for sheep and sheep products are vital to the welfare of sheep producers and persons concerned with marketing, using, and producing sheep and sheep products, as well as to the general economy of the United States, and necessary to ensure the ready availability and efficient marketing of sheep and sheep products; (5) there exist established State organizations conducting sheep and sheep product promotion, research, and industry and consumer education programs that are invaluable to the efforts of promoting the consumption of sheep and sheep products; (6) the cooperative development, financing, and implementation of a coordinated national program of sheep and sheep product promotion, research, consumer information, education, and industry information are necessary to maintain and expand existing markets and develop new markets for sheep and sheep products; and (7) sheep and sheep products move in interstate and foreign commerce, and sheep and sheep products that do not move in such channels of commerce directly burden or affect interstate commerce in sheep and sheep products. **(b) Policy** It is the policy of Congress that it is in the public interest to a
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Cotton is the basic natural fiber of the Nation. It is produced by many individual cottongrowers throughout the various cotton-producing States of the Nation and also outside the United States. Cotton moves in the channels of interstate and foreign commerce and such cotton which does not move in such channels directly burdens or affects interstate commerce in cotton and cotton products. The efficient production of cotton and the maintenance and expansion of existing markets and the development of new or improved markets and uses is vital to the welfare of cottongrowers and those concerned with marketing, using, and processing cotton as well as the general economy of the Nation. The great inroads on the market and uses for cotton which have been made by manmade fibers have been largely the result of extensive research and promotion which have not been effectively matched by cotton research and promotion. The production and marketing of cotton by numerous individual farmers have prevented the development and carrying out of adequate and coordinated programs of research and promotion necessary to the maintenance and improvement of the competitive position of, and markets for, cotton. Without an effective and coordinated method for assuring cooperative and collective action in providing for, and financing such programs, individual cotton farmers are unable adequately to provide or obtain the research and promotion necessary to maintain and improve markets for cotton.
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**(a) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation** The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this chapter. **(b) Determinations by Secretary** A determination made by the Secretary under this chapter shall be final and conclusive. **(c) Regulations** (1) **In general** — Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, not later than 90 days after February 7, 2014, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this chapter and the amendments made by this chapter. (2) **Procedure** — The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this chapter and the amendments made by this chapter, sections 11003 and 11017, title I of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and the amendments made by that title, and section 10109 of that Act shall be made without regard to— (A) the notice and comment provisions of [section 553 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section553&num=0&edition=prelim); and (B) chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly known as the “Paperwork Reduction Act”). (3) **Congressional review of agency rulemaking** — In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under [section 808 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section808&num=0&edition=prelim). **(d) Adjustment authority related to trade agreements compliance** (1) **Required determination; adjustment** — If the Secretary determines that expenditures under this chapter that are subject to the total allowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in [section 3501 of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/
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Not including payments made under [section 3839aa–2(j) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa–2/j&num=0&edition=prelim), a person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly, cost-share or incentive payments under this subpart that, in aggregate, exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this subpart by the person or legal entity during the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018, or the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, regardless of the number of contracts entered into under this subpart by the person or legal entity.
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**(a) In general** The Secretary of Agriculture may conduct a program of wildlife services with respect to injurious animal species and take any action the Secretary considers necessary in conducting the program. **(b) Administration** The Secretary shall administer the program in a manner consistent with all of the wildlife services authorities in effect on the day before October 28, 2000. **(c) Action by FWS** The Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall use the most expeditious procedure practicable to process and administer permits for take of— (1) a depredating eagle under the Act of June 8, 1940 (commonly known as the “Bald Eagle Protection Act”) (54 Stat. 250, chapter 278; [16 U.S.C. 668](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section668&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), or sections 22.11 through 22.32 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) (including depredation of livestock, wildlife, and species protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ([16 U.S.C. 1531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or any other Federal management program); or (2) a migratory bird included on the list under section 10.13 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations) that is posing a conflict.
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**(a) Eligible entity** In this section, the term “eligible entity” means— (A) an institution of higher education that offers a curriculum in agriculture or the biosciences; (B) a nonprofit organization; or (C) a consortium of for-profit institutions and agricultural research institutions. **(b) Grant program** (1) **In general** — The Secretary (acting through the Foreign Agricultural Service) shall establish and administer a program to make competitive grants to eligible entities to develop agricultural biotechnology for developing countries. (2) **Use of funds** — Funds provided to an eligible entity under this section may be used for projects that use biotechnology to— (A) enhance the nutritional content of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; (B) increase the yield and safety of agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; (C) increase the yield of agricultural products that are drought- and stress-resistant and that can be grown in developing countries; (D) extend the growing range of crops that can be grown in developing countries; (E) enhance the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables grown in developing countries; (F) develop environmentally sustainable agricultural products that can be grown in developing countries; and (G) develop vaccines to immunize against life-threatening illnesses and other medications that can be administered by consuming genetically-engineered agricultural products. **(c) Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2012.
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### Statutory Notes Section, Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1119, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 673, related to transition assistance for producers of upland cotton.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section: (1) **Eligible land** — Notwithstanding sections 3839aa–21(4) and 3839aa–22(b)(2) of this title, the term “eligible land” means cropland on a farm for which base acres have been maintained by the Secretary under [section 9012(d)(3) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9012/d/3&num=0&edition=prelim). (2) **Initiative** — The term “initiative” means the grassland conservation initiative established under subsection (b). **(b) Establishment and purpose** The Secretary shall establish within the program a grassland conservation initiative for the purpose of assisting producers in protecting grazing uses, conserving and improving soil, water, and wildlife resources, and achieving related conservation values by conserving eligible land through grassland conservation contracts under subsection (e). **(c) Election** Beginning in fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall provide a 1-time election to enroll eligible land in the initiative under a contract described in subsection (e). **(d) Method of enrollment** The Secretary shall— (1) notwithstanding subsection (b) of [section 3839aa–23 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa-23&num=0&edition=prelim), determine under subsection (c) of that section that eligible land ranks sufficiently high under the evaluation criteria described in subsection (b) of that section; and (2) enroll the eligible land in the initiative under a contract described in subsection (e). **(e) Grassland conservation contract** (1) **In general** — Notwithstanding [section 3839aa–23(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3839aa–23/a/1&num=0&edition=preli
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In this chapter— (1) “administering office” means the lowest unit of an agency responsible for managing a domestic assistance program. (2) “agency” has the same meaning given that term in [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim). (3) “assistance”— (A) means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, including— (i) financial assistance; (ii) United States Government facilities, services, and property; and (iii) expert and technical information; and (B) does not include conventional public information services or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Government. (4) “domestic assistance program”— (A) means assistance from an agency for— (i) a State; (ii) the District of Columbia; (iii) a territory or possession of the United States; (iv) a county; (v) a city; (vi) a political subdivision or instrumentality of a governmental authority listed in subclauses (i)–(v) of this clause (A); (vii) a domestic corporation; (viii) a domestic institution; and (ix) an individual of the United States; and (B) does not include assistance from an agency for an agency. (5) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (6) “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services. (7) “formula” means any prescribed method employing objective data or statistical estimates for making individual determinations among recipients of Federal funds, either in terms of eligibility or actual funding allocations, that can be written in the form of either— (A) a closed mathematical statement; or
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**(a) Definitions** In this section through [section 1308–5 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1308-5&num=0&edition=prelim): (1) **Covered commodity** — The term “covered commodity” has the meaning given that term in section 1111 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ([7 U.S.C. 9011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9011&num=0&edition=prelim)). (2) **Family member** — The term “family member” means a person to whom a member in the farming operation is related as lineal ancestor, lineal descendant, sibling, first cousin, niece, nephew, spouse, or otherwise by marriage. (3) **Legal entity** — The term “legal entity” means an entity that is created under Federal or State law and that— (A) owns land or an agricultural commodity; or (B) produces an agricultural commodity. (4) **Person** — The term “person” means a natural person, and does not include a legal entity. (5) **Qualified pass-through entity** — The term “qualified pass-through entity” means— (A) a partnership (within the meaning of subchapter K of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 [[26 U.S.C. 701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title26-section701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]); (B) an S corporation (as defined in section 1361 of that Code); (C) a limited liability company that does not affirmatively elect to be treated as a corporation; and (D) a joint venture or general partnership. (6) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture. **(b) Limitation on payments for covered commodities (other than peanuts)** Subject to subsection (i), the total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (except
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