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7 U.S.C. § 9013 — Base acres
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**(a) Retention or 1-time reallocation of base acres**
(1) **Election required**
(A) *Notice of election opportunity* — As soon as practicable after February 7, 2014, the Secretary shall provide notice to the owners of a farm regarding their opportunity to make an election, in the manner provided in this subsection—
(i) to retain base acres, including any generic base acres, as provided in paragraph (2); or
(ii) in lieu of retaining base acres, to reallocate base acres, other than any generic base acres, as provided in paragraph (3).
(B) *Content of notice* — The notice under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i) Information that the opportunity of an owner to make the election is being provided only once.
(ii) Information regarding the manner in which the owner must make the election and the manner of notifying the Secretary of the election.
(iii) Information regarding the deadline before which the owner must notify the Secretary of the election to be in effect beginning with the 2014 crop year.
(C) *Effect of failure to make election* — If the owner of a farm fails to make the election under this subsection, or fails to timely notify the Secretary of the election as required by subparagraph (B)(iii), the owner shall be deemed to have elected to retain base acres, including generic base acres, as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) **Retention of base acres**
(A) *Election to retain* — For the purpose of applying this subchapter to a covered commodity, the Secretary shall give an owner of a farm an opportunity to elect to retain all of the base acres for each covered commodity on the farm.
(B) *Treatment of generic base acres* — Generic base acres are automatically retained.
(3) **Reallocation of base acres**
(A) *El
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**(a) Retention or 1-time reallocation of base acres**
(1) **Election required**
(A) *Notice of election opportunity* — As soon as practicable after February 7, 2014, the Secretary shall provide notice to the owners of a farm regarding their opportunity to make an election, in the manner provided in this subsection—
(i) to retain base acres, including any generic base acres, as provided in paragraph (2); or
(ii) in lieu of retaining base acres, to reallocate base acres, other than any generic base acres, as provided in paragraph (3).
(B) *Content of notice* — The notice under subparagraph (A) shall include the following:
(i) Information that the opportunity of an owner to make the election is being provided only once.
(ii) Information regarding the manner in which the owner must make the election and the manner of notifying the Secretary of the election.
(iii) Information regarding the deadline before which the owner must notify the Secretary of the election to be in effect beginning with the 2014 crop year.
(C) *Effect of failure to make election* — If the owner of a farm fails to make the election under this subsection, or fails to timely notify the Secretary of the election as required by subparagraph (B)(iii), the owner shall be deemed to have elected to retain base acres, including generic base acres, as provided in paragraph (2).
(2) **Retention of base acres**
(A) *Election to retain* — For the purpose of applying this subchapter to a covered commodity, the Secretary shall give an owner of a farm an opportunity to elect to retain all of the base acres for each covered commodity on the farm.
(B) *Treatment of generic base acres* — Generic base acres are automatically retained.
(3) **Reallocation of base acres**
(A) *Election to reallocate* — For the purpose of applying this subchapter to covered commodities, the Secretary shall give an owner of a farm an opportunity to elect to reallocate all of the base acres for covered commodities on the farm, as in effect on September 30, 2013, among those covered commodities planted on the farm at any time during the 2009 through 2012 crop years.
(B) *Reallocation formula* — The reallocation of base acres among covered commodities on a farm shall be in proportion to the ratio of—
(i) the 4-year average of—
(I) the acreage planted on the farm to each covered commodity for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 2009 through 2012 crop years; and
(II) any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 2009 through 2012 crop years to that covered commodity because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary; to
(ii) the 4-year average of—
(I) the acreage planted on the farm to all covered commodities for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for such crop years; and
(II) any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during such crop years to covered commodities because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary.
(C) *Treatment of generic base acres* — Generic base acres are retained and may not be reallocated under this paragraph.
(D) *Inclusion of all 4 years in average* — For the purpose of determining a 4-year acreage average under subparagraph (B) for a farm, the Secretary shall not exclude any crop year in which a covered commodity was not planted.
(E) *Treatment of multiple planting or prevented planting* — For the purpose of determining under subparagraph (B) the acreage on a farm that producers planted or were prevented from planting during the 2009 through 2012 crop years to covered commodities, if the acreage that was planted or prevented from being planted was devoted to another covered commodity in the same crop year (other than a covered commodity produced under an established practice of double cropping), the owner may elect the commodity to be used for that crop year in determining the 4-year average, but may not include both the initial commodity and the subsequent commodity.
(F) *Limitation* — The reallocation of base acres among covered commodities on a farm under this paragraph may not result in a total number of base acres (including generic base acres) for the farm in excess of the number of base acres in effect for the farm on September 30, 2013.
(4) **Application of election to all covered commodities** — The election made under this subsection, or deemed to be made under paragraph (1)(C), with respect to a farm shall apply to all of the covered commodities on the farm.
**(b) Adjustment of base acres**
(1) **In general** — Notwithstanding the election made under subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres for covered commodities for a farm and any generic base acres for the farm whenever any of the following circumstances occur:
(A) A conservation reserve contract entered into under section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3831](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3831&num=0&edition=prelim)) with respect to the farm expires or is voluntarily terminated.
(B) Cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract by the Secretary.
(C) The producer has eligible oilseed acreage as the result of the Secretary designating additional oilseeds, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under [section 8711(a)(1)(D) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8711/a/1/D&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Special conservation reserve acreage payment rules** — For the crop year in which a base acres adjustment under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) is first made, the owner of the farm shall elect to receive price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage with respect to the acreage added to the farm under this subsection or a prorated payment under the conservation reserve contract, but not both.
**(c) Prevention of excess base acres**
(1) **Required reduction** — Notwithstanding the election made under subsection (a), if the sum of the base acres for a farm, including generic base acres, and the acreage described in paragraph (2) exceeds the actual cropland acreage of the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the base acres for 1 or more covered commodities or generic base acres for the farm so that the sum of the base acres, including generic base acres, and the acreage described in paragraph (2) does not exceed the actual cropland acreage of the farm.
(2) **Other acreage** — For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:
(A) Any acreage on the farm enrolled in—
(i) 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](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3831&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); or
(ii) a wetland reserve easement under section 1265C of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3865c](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3865c&num=0&edition=prelim)).
(B) 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.
(C) If the Secretary designates additional oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under subsection (b)(1)(C).
(3) **Selection of acres** — The Secretary shall give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select the base acres for a covered commodity or generic base acres for the farm against which the reduction required by paragraph (1) will be made.
(4) **Exception for double-cropped acreage** — In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make an exception in the case of double cropping, as determined by the Secretary.
**(d) Reduction in base acres**
(1) **Reduction at option of owner**
(A) *In general* — The owner of a farm may reduce, at any time, the base acres for any covered commodity or generic base acres for the farm.
(B) *Effect of reduction* — A reduction under subparagraph (A) shall be permanent and made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.
(2) **Required action by Secretary**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary shall proportionately reduce base acres, including any generic base acres, on a farm for land that has been subdivided and developed for multiple residential units or other nonfarming uses if the size of the tracts and the density of the subdivision is such that the land is unlikely to return to the previous agricultural use, unless the producers on the farm demonstrate that the land—
(i) remains devoted to commercial agricultural production; or
(ii) is likely to be returned to the previous agricultural use.
(B) *Requirement* — The Secretary shall establish procedures to identify land described in subparagraph (A).
(3) **Treatment of base acres on farms entirely planted to grass or pasture**
(A) *In general* — In the case of a farm on which all of the cropland was planted to grass or pasture (including cropland that was idle or fallow), as determined by the Secretary, during the period beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2017, the Secretary shall maintain all base acres and payment yields for the covered commodities on the farm, except that no payment shall be made with respect to those base acres under section 9016 or 9017 of this title for the 2019 through 2031 crop years.
(B) *Ineligibility* — The producers on a farm for which all of the base acres are maintained under subparagraph (A) shall be ineligible for the option to change the election applicable to the producers on the farm under [section 9015(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9015/h&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Prohibition on reconstitution of farm** — The Secretary shall ensure that producers on a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void or change the treatment of base acres under this section.
**(e) Additional base acres**
(1) **In general** — As soon as practicable after July 4, 2025, and notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall provide notice to owners of eligible farms pursuant to paragraph (3) and allocate to those eligible farms a total of not more than an additional 30,000,000 base acres in the manner provided in this subsection. An owner of a farm that is eligible to receive an allocation of base acres may elect to not receive that allocation by notifying the Secretary not later than 90 days after receipt of the notice provided by the Secretary under this paragraph.
(2) **Content of notice** — The notice under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
(A) Information that the allocation is occurring.
(B) Information regarding the eligibility of the farm for an allocation of base acres under paragraph (3).
(C) Information regarding how an owner may appeal a determination of ineligibility for an allocation of base acres under paragraph (3) through an appeals process established by the Secretary.
(3) **Eligibility**
(A) *In general* — Subject to subparagraph (D), effective beginning with the 2026 crop year, a farm is eligible to receive an allocation of base acres if, with respect to the farm, the amount described in subparagraph (B) exceeds the amount described in subparagraph (C).
(B) *5-year average sum* — The amount described in this subparagraph, with respect to a farm, is the sum of—
(i) the 5-year average of—
(I) the acreage planted on the farm to all covered commodities for harvest, grazing, haying, silage or other similar purposes for the 2019 through 2023 crop years; and
(II) any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 2019 through 2023 crop years to covered commodities because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary; plus
(ii) the lesser of—
(I) 15 percent of the total acres on the farm; and
(II) the 5-year average of—
(aa) the acreage planted on the farm to eligible noncovered commodities for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 2019 through 2023 crop years; and
(bb) any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 2019 through 2023 crop years to eligible noncovered commodities because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary.
(C) *Total number of base acres for covered commodities* — The amount described in this subparagraph, with respect to a farm, is the total number of base acres for covered commodities on the farm (excluding unassigned crop base), as in effect on September 30, 2024.
(D) *Effect of no recent plantings of covered commodities* — In the case of a farm for which the amount determined under clause (i) of subparagraph (B) is equal to zero, that farm shall be ineligible to receive an allocation of base acres under this subsection.
(E) *Acreage planted on the farm to eligible noncovered commodities defined* — In this paragraph, the term “acreage planted on the farm to eligible noncovered commodities” means acreage planted on a farm to commodities other than covered commodities, trees, bushes, vines, grass, or pasture (including cropland that was idle or fallow), as determined by the Secretary.
(4) **Number of base acres** — Subject to paragraphs (3) and (8), the number of base acres allocated to an eligible farm shall—
(A) be equal to the difference obtained by subtracting the amount determined under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (3) from the amount determined under subparagraph (B) of that paragraph; and
(B) include unassigned crop base.
(5) **Allocation of acres**
(A) *Allocation* — The Secretary shall allocate the number of base acres under paragraph (4) among those covered commodities planted on the farm at any time during the 2019 through 2023 crop years.
(B) *Allocation formula* — The allocation of additional base acres for covered commodities shall be in proportion to the ratio of—
(i) the 5-year average of—
(I) the acreage planted on the farm to each covered commodity for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 2019 through 2023 crop years; and
(II) any acreage on the farm that the producers were prevented from planting during the 2019 through 2023 crop years to that covered commodity because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary; to
(ii) the 5-year average determined under paragraph (3)(B)(i).
(C) *Inclusion of all 5 years in average* — For the purpose of determining a 5-year acreage average under subparagraph (B) for a farm, the Secretary shall not exclude any crop year in which a covered commodity was not planted.
(D) *Treatment of multiple planting or prevented planting* — For the purpose of determining under subparagraph (B) the acreage on a farm that producers planted or were prevented from planting during the 2019 through 2023 crop years to covered commodities, if the acreage that was planted or prevented from being planted was devoted to another covered commodity in the same crop year (other than a covered commodity produced under an established practice of double cropping), the owner may elect the covered commodity to be used for that crop year in determining the 5-year average, but may not include both the initial covered commodity and the subsequent covered commodity.
(E) *Limitation* — The allocation of additional base acres among covered commodities on a farm under this paragraph may not result in a total number of base acres for the farm in excess of the total number of acres on the farm.
(6) **Reduction by the Secretary** — In carrying out this subsection, if the total number of eligible acres allocated to base acres across all farms in the United States under this subsection would exceed 30,000,000 acres, the Secretary shall apply an across-the-board, pro-rata reduction to the number of eligible acres to ensure the number of allocated base acres under this subsection is equal to 30,000,000 acres.
(7) **Payment yield** — Beginning with crop year 2026, for the purpose of making price loss coverage payments under [section 9016 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9016&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall establish payment yields to base acres allocated under this subsection equal to—
(A) the payment yield established on the farm for the applicable covered commodity; and
(B) if no such payment yield for the applicable covered commodity exists, a payment yield—
(i) equal to the average payment yield for the covered commodity for the county in which the farm is situated; or
(ii) determined pursuant to [section 9013(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9013/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(8) **Treatment of new owners** — In the case of a farm for which the owner on July 4, 2025 was not the owner for the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the Secretary shall use the planting history of the prior owner or owners of that farm for purposes of determining—
(A) eligibility under paragraph (3);
(B) eligible acres under paragraph (4); and
(C) the allocation of acres under paragraph (5).
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**(a) Election required** For the 2014 through 2018 crop years (except as provided in subsection (g)) and for the 2019 through 2031 crop years (subject to subsection (h)), all of the producers on a farm shall make a 1-time, irrevocable election to obtain—
(1) price loss coverage under [section 9016 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9016&num=0&edition=prelim) on a covered commodity-by-covered-commodity basis; or
(2) agriculture risk coverage under [section 9017 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9017&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Coverage options** In the election under subsection (a) or (h), as applicable, the producers on a farm that elect to obtain agriculture risk coverage shall unanimously select whether to receive agriculture risk coverage payments based on—
(1) county coverage applicable on a covered commodity-by-covered-commodity basis; or
(2) individual coverage applicable to all of the covered commodities on the farm.
**(c) Effect of failure to make unanimous election** If all the producers on a farm fail to make a unanimous election under subsection (a) for the 2014 crop year, the 2019 crop year, or the 2026 crop year, as applicable—
(1) the Secretary shall not make any payments with respect to the farm for the 2014 crop year, the 2019 crop year, or the 2026 crop year, as applicable, under section 9016 or 9017 of this title; and
(2) subject to subsection (h), the producers on the farm shall be deemed to have elected, as applicable—
(A) price loss coverage for all covered commodities on the farm for the 2015 through 2018 crop years;
(B) the same coverage for each covered commodity on the farm for the 2020 through 2023 crop years as was app
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### Statutory Notes
Section, Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1230, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1431(2), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3576; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title I, § 1402(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 332; Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 331, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2006(b), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 237, related to comprehensive conservation enhancement program.
#### Conservation Assistance
Pub. L. 106–224, title II, § 211, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 406, as amended by Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(1)(B), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 269, authorized Secretary to use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide financial assistance to farmers and ranchers to address threats to soil, water, and related natural resources, including grazing land, wetland, and wildlife habitat; comply with Federal and State environmental laws; and make beneficial, cost-effective changes to cropping systems, grazing management, manure, nutrient, pest, or irrigation management, land uses, or other measures needed to conserve and improve soil, water, and related natural resources.
#### Farmland Protection Program
Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 388, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 1020, directed Secretary of Agriculture to establish and carry out a farmland protection program, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(1)(A), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 269.
[Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(2), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 269, provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1)(A) [repealing section 388 of Pub. L. 104–127, formerly set out above] shall have no effect on any contract entered into under section 388 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 [Pub. L. 104–127] ([16 U.S.C. 3830](https://uscode.ho
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**(a) In general** Through the 2023 fiscal year, the Secretary shall formulate and carry out a conservation reserve program under which land is enrolled through the use of contracts to assist owners and operators of land specified in subsection (b) to conserve and improve the soil, water, and wildlife resources of such land and to address issues raised by State, regional, and national conservation initiatives.
**(b) Eligible land** The Secretary may include in the program established under this subpart—
(1) highly erodible cropland that—
(A)
(i) if permitted to remain untreated could substantially reduce the agricultural production capability for future generations; or
(ii) cannot be farmed in accordance with a plan that complies with the requirements of subchapter II; and
(B) the Secretary determines had a cropping history or was considered to be planted for 4 of the 6 years preceding December 20, 2018, on the condition that the Secretary shall consider to be planted cropland enrolled in the conservation reserve program;
(2) marginal pasture land to be devoted to appropriate vegetation, including trees, in or near riparian areas, or devoted to similar water quality purposes (including marginal pastureland converted to wetland or established as wildlife habitat);
(3) grasslands that—
(A) contain forbs or shrubland (including improved rangeland and pastureland) for which grazing is the predominant use;
(B) are located in an area historically dominated by grasslands; and
(C) 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;
(4) cropland, marginal pasture land, and grasslands that will have a positive impact on water quality and
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**(a) Availability of assistance** The Secretary shall provide assistance to owners of eligible land to restore, protect, and enhance wetlands through—
(1) wetland reserve easements and related wetland reserve easement plans; and
(2) technical assistance.
**(b) Easements**
(1) **Method of enrollment** — The Secretary shall enroll eligible land under this section through the use of—
(A) 30-year easements;
(B) permanent easements;
(C) easements for the maximum duration allowed under applicable State laws; or
(D) as an option for Indian tribes only, 30-year contracts.
(2) **Limitations**
(A) *Ineligible land* — The Secretary may not acquire easements on—
(i) land established to trees under the conservation reserve program, except in cases where the Secretary determines it would further the purposes of this section; and
(ii) farmed wetlands or converted wetlands where the conversion was not commenced prior to December 23, 1985.
(B) *Changes in ownership* — No wetland reserve easement shall be created on land that has changed ownership during the preceding 24-month period unless—
(i) the new ownership was acquired by will or succession as a result of the death of the previous owner;
(ii)
(I) the ownership change occurred because of foreclosure on the land; and
(II) immediately before the foreclosure, the owner of the land exercises a right of redemption from the mortgage holder in accordance with State law; or
(iii) 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.
(3) **Evaluation and ranking of offers**
(A) *Criteria* — The Secretary shall establish evaluation and ranking criteri
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**(a)** The Secretary is authorized and directed to make such expenditures as he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, including personal services and rents in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; traveling expenses; supplies and equipment; lawbooks, books of reference, directories, periodicals, and newspapers; and the preparation and display of exhibits, including such displays at community, county, State, interstate, and international fairs within the United States. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed upon the request of the Secretary to establish one or more separate appropriation accounts into which there shall be transferred from the respective funds available for the purposes of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16, in connection with which personnel or other facilities of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration are utilized, proportionate amounts estimated by the Secretary to be required by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration for administrative expenses in carrying out or cooperating in carrying out any of the provisions of this chapter and chapter 3B of title 16.
**(b)** In the administration of this subchapter and sections 590g, 590h, 590i, and 590j to 590q of title 16, the aggregate amount expended in any fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942, for administrative expenses in the District of Columbia, including regional offices, and in the several States (not including the expenses of county and local committees) shall not exceed 3 per centum of the total amount available for such fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this subchapter and chapter 3B of title 16, unless otherwise provided by appropriation or oth
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**(a) Maintenance of base acres and payment yields** The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8712, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 9012 and 9013 of this title.
**(b) Streamlining** In implementing this chapter and the amendments made by this title,11 See References in Text note below. the Secretary shall—
(1) continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, to ensure that—
(A) a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department of Agriculture, subject to the Secretary—
(i) establishing reasonable levels of tolerance that reflect the differences in accuracy between measures of common land units and geospatial data; and
(ii) ensuring that discrepancies that occur within the levels of tolerance established under clause (i) shall not be used to penalize a producer (or an agent of a producer) under any program administered by the Department of Agriculture;
(B) on the request of a producer (or an agent of a producer), the Department of Agriculture electronically shares with the producer (or agent) in real time and without cost to the producer (or agent) the common land unit data, related farm level data, conservation practices, and other information of the producer through a single Department of Agriculture-wide login;
(C) not later than September 30, 2020, the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency and the Administrator of
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In this subchapter and subchapter II:
(1) **Actual crop revenue** — The term “actual crop revenue”, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under [section 9017(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9017/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Agriculture risk coverage** — The term “agriculture risk coverage” means coverage provided under [section 9017 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9017&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Agriculture risk coverage guarantee** — The term “agriculture risk coverage guarantee”, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under [section 9017(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9017/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Base acres**
(A) *In general* — The term “base acres”, with respect to a covered commodity on a farm, means the number of acres in effect under sections 8702 and 8751 of this title, as adjusted pursuant to sections 8711, 8718, and 8752 of this title, as in effect on September 30, 2013, subject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction under [section 9012 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9012&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Inclusion of generic base acres* — The term “base acres” includes any generic base acres planted to a covered commodity as determined in [section 9014(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9014/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **County coverage** — The term “county coverage” means agriculture risk coverage selected under [section 9015(
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3830a
3576; amended Pub. L. 103–66, title I, § 1402(a), Aug. 10,
1993, 107 Stat. 332; Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 331, Apr. 4,
1996, 110 Stat. 992; Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2006(b), May
13, 2002, 116 Stat. 237, related to comprehensive con-
servation enhancement program.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE
Pub. L. 106–224, title II, § 211, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat.
406,
as
amended
by
Pub.
L.
107–171,
title
II,
§ 2503(b)(1)(B), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 269, authorized
Secretary to use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide financial assistance to
farmers and ranchers to address threats to soil, water,
and related natural resources, including grazing land,
wetland, and wildlife habitat; comply with Federal and
State environmental laws; and make beneficial, cost-ef-
fective changes to cropping systems, grazing manage-
ment, manure, nutrient, pest, or irrigation manage-
ment, land uses, or other measures needed to conserve
and improve soil, water, and related natural resources.
FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM
Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 388, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat.
1020, directed Secretary of Agriculture to establish and
carry out a farmland protection program, prior to re-
peal by Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(1)(A), May 13,
2002, 116 Stat. 269.
[Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2503(b)(2), May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 269, provided that: ‘‘The amendment made by
paragraph (1)(A) [repealing section 388 of Pub. L.
104–127, formerly set out above] shall have no effect on
any contract entered into under section 388 of the Fed-
eral Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
[Pub. L. 104–127] (16 U.S.C. 3830 note) that is in effect as
of the date of
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3865c
to agricultural land easements that the
eligible entity has acquired under the
program or any predecessor program.
(C) Review and revision
(i) Review
The Secretary shall conduct a review of
eligible entities certified under subpara-
graph (A) every three years to ensure that
such entities are meeting the criteria es-
tablished under subparagraph (B).
(ii) Revocation
If the Secretary finds that a certified eli-
gible entity no longer meets the criteria
established under subparagraph (B), the
Secretary may—
(I) 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
(II) revoke the certification of the eli-
gible entity, if, after the specified period
of time, the certified eligible entity does
not meet such criteria.
(c) Method of enrollment
The Secretary shall enroll eligible land under
this section through the use of—
(1) permanent easements; or
(2) easements for the maximum duration al-
lowed under applicable State laws.
(d) Technical assistance
The Secretary may provide technical assist-
ance, if requested, to assist in compliance with
the terms and conditions of easements.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1265B, as added Pub.
L. 113–79, title II, § 2301(a), Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat.
734; amended Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2603, Dec.
20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4586.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, § 2603(a)(2), sub-
stituted ‘‘technical assistance to implement the pro-
gram, including technical assistance for the develop-
ment
of
a
conservation
plan
under
subsection
(b)(4)(C)(iv); and’’ for ‘‘technical assistance to provide
for the conservation of natural reso
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 9013
spect to those base acres under section 9016
or 9017 of this title for the 2019 through 2023
crop years.
(B) Ineligibility
The producers on a farm for which all of
the base acres are maintained under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be ineligible for the op-
tion to change the election applicable to the
producers on the farm under section 9015(h)
of this title.
(4) Prohibition on reconstitution of farm
The Secretary shall ensure that producers
on a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void
or change the treatment of base acres under
this section.
(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1112, Feb. 7, 2014, 128
Stat. 661; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1102, Dec. 20,
2018, 132 Stat. 4501.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec.
(c)(2)(A)(i), is Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1354.
Subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of
the Act is classified generally to subpart B (§ 3831 et
seq.) of part I of subchapter IV of chapter 58 of Title 16,
Conservation. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title of 1985 Amendment note set
out under section 1281 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION
Provisions of law applicable to a covered commodity
for the 2023 crop year pursuant to title I of Pub. L.
113–79 applicable to the 2024 crop year for that covered
commodity, see section 102(c)(1) of Pub. L. 118–22, set
out in an Extension of Agricultural Programs note
under section 9001 of this title.
AMENDMENTS
2018—Subsec. (c)(2)(A). Pub. L. 115–334, § 1102(a), added
subpar. (A) and struck out former subpar. (A) which
read as follows: ‘‘Any acreage on the farm enrolled in
the conservation reserve program or wetlands reserve
program (or successor pr
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