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7 U.S.C. § 1308–3 — Payment limitations
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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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**(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 a qualified pass-through entity) for any crop year under sections 1116 and 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ([7 U.S.C. 9016](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9016&num=0&edition=prelim), 9017) (other than for peanuts) may not exceed $155,000.
**(c) Limitation on payments for peanuts** Subject to subsection (i), the total amount of payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity (except a qualified pass-through entity) for any crop year under sections 1116 and 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ([7 U.S.C. 9016](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9016&num=0&edition=prelim), 9017) for peanuts may not exceed $155,000.
**(d) Limitation on applicability** Nothing in this section authorizes any limitation on any benefit associated with the forfeiture of a commodity pledged as collateral for a loan made available under title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [[7 U.S.C. 9001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
**(e) Attribution of payments**
(1) **In general** — In implementing subsections (b) and (c) and a program described in paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of section 1308–3a(b) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title, the Secretary shall issue such regulations as are necessary to ensure that the total amount of payments are attributed to a person by taking into account the direct and indirect ownership interests of the person in a legal entity that is eligible to receive the payments.
(2) **Payments to a person** — Each payment made directly to a person shall be combined with the pro rata interest of the person in payments received by a legal entity in which the person has a direct or indirect ownership interest unless the payments of the legal entity have been reduced by the pro rata share of the person.
(3) **Payments to a legal entity**
(A) *In general* — Each payment made to a legal entity shall be attributed to those persons who have a direct or indirect ownership interest in the legal entity unless the payment to the legal entity has been reduced by the pro rata share of the person.
(B) *Attribution of payments*
(i) *Payment limits* — Except as provided in clause (ii), payments made to a legal entity shall not exceed the amounts specified in subsections (b) and (c).
(ii) *Exception for qualified pass-through entities* — Payments made to a qualified pass-through entity shall not exceed, for each payment specified in subsections (b) and (c), the amount determined by multiplying the maximum payment amount specified in subsections (b) and (c) by the number of persons and legal entities (other than qualified pass-through entities) that comprise the ownership of the qualified pass-through entity.
(iii) *Reduction* — Payments made to a legal entity shall be reduced proportionately by an amount that represents the direct or indirect ownership in the legal entity by any person or legal entity that has otherwise exceeded the applicable maximum payment limitation.
(4) **4 levels of attribution for embedded legal entities**
(A) *In general* — Attribution of payments made to legal entities shall be traced through 4 levels of ownership in legal entities.
(B) *First level* — Any payments made to a legal entity (a first-tier legal entity) that is owned in whole or in part by a person shall be attributed to the person in an amount that represents the direct ownership in the first-tier legal entity by the person.
(C) *Second level*
(i) *In general* — Any payments made to a first-tier legal entity that is owned (in whole or in part) by another legal entity (a second-tier legal entity) shall be attributed to the second-tier legal entity in proportion to the ownership of the second-tier legal entity in the first-tier legal entity.
(ii) *Ownership by a person* — If the second-tier legal entity is owned (in whole or in part) by a person, the amount of the payment made to the first-tier legal entity shall be attributed to the person in the amount that represents the indirect ownership in the first-tier legal entity by the person.
(D) *Third and fourth levels*
(i) *In general* — Except as provided in clause (ii), the Secretary shall attribute payments at the third and fourth tiers of ownership in the same manner as specified in subparagraph (C).
(ii) *Fourth-tier ownership* — If the fourth-tier of ownership is that of a fourth-tier legal entity and not that of a person, the Secretary shall reduce the amount of the payment to be made to the first-tier legal entity in the amount that represents the indirect ownership in the first-tier legal entity by the fourth-tier legal entity.
**(f) Special rules**
(1) **Minor children**
(A) *In general* — Except as provided in subparagraph (B), payments received by a child under the age of 18 shall be attributed to the parents of the child.
(B) *Regulations* — The Secretary shall issue regulations specifying the conditions under which payments received by a child under the age of 18 will not be attributed to the parents of the child.
(2) **Marketing cooperatives** — Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to a cooperative association of producers with respect to commodities produced by the members of the association that are marketed by the association on behalf of the members of the association but shall apply to the producers as persons.
(3) **Trusts and estates**
(A) *In general* — With respect to irrevocable trusts and estates, the Secretary shall administer 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) in such manner as the Secretary determines will ensure the fair and equitable treatment of the beneficiaries of the trusts and estates.
(B) *Irrevocable trust*
(i) *In general* — In order for a trust to be considered an irrevocable trust, the terms of the trust agreement shall not—
(I) allow for modification or termination of the trust by the grantor;
(II) allow for the grantor to have any future, contingent, or remainder interest in the corpus of the trust; or
(III) except as provided in clause (ii), provide for the transfer of the corpus of the trust to the remainder beneficiary in less than 20 years beginning on the date the trust is established.
(ii) *Exception* — Clause (i)(III) shall not apply in a case in which the transfer is—
(I) contingent on the remainder beneficiary achieving at least the age of majority; or
(II) contingent on the death of the grantor or income beneficiary.
(C) *Revocable trust* — For the purposes of 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), a revocable trust shall be considered to be the same person as the grantor of the trust.
(4) **Cash rent tenants**
(A) *Definition* — In this paragraph, the term “cash rent tenant” means a person or legal entity that rents land—
(i) for cash; or
(ii) for a crop share guaranteed as to the amount of the commodity to be paid in rent.
(B) *Restriction* — A cash rent tenant who makes a significant contribution of active personal management, but not of personal labor, with respect to a farming operation shall be eligible to receive a payment described in subsection (b) or (c) only if the tenant makes a significant contribution of equipment to the farming operation.
(5) **Federal agencies**
(A) *In general* — Notwithstanding subsection (d), a Federal agency shall not be eligible to receive any payment, benefit, or loan under title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 [[7 U.S.C. 8701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [[7 U.S.C. 9001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or title XII of this Act [[16 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
(B) *Land rental* — A lessee of land owned by a Federal agency may receive a payment described in subsection (b), (c), or (d) if the lessee otherwise meets all applicable criteria.
(6) **State and local governments**
(A) *In general* — Notwithstanding subsection (d), except as provided in subsection (g), a State or local government, or political subdivision or agency of the government, shall not be eligible to receive any payment, benefit, or loan under title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 [[7 U.S.C. 8701](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8701&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [[7 U.S.C. 9001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or title XII of this Act [[16 U.S.C. 3801](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3801&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.].
(B) *Tenants* — A lessee of land owned by a State or local government, or political subdivision or agency of the government, may receive payments described in subsections (b), (c), and (d) if the lessee otherwise meets all applicable criteria.
(7) **Changes in farming operations**
(A) *In general* — In the administration of 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), the Secretary may not approve any change in a farming operation that otherwise will increase the number of persons to which the limitations under this section are applied unless the Secretary determines that the change is bona fide and substantive.
(B) *Family members* — The addition of a family member to a farming operation under the criteria set out in [section 1308–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1308-1&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be considered a bona fide and substantive change in the farming operation.
(8) **Death of owner**
(A) *In general* — If any ownership interest in land or a commodity is transferred as the result of the death of a program participant, the new owner of the land or commodity may, if the person is otherwise eligible to participate in the applicable program, succeed to the contract of the prior owner and receive payments subject to this section without regard to the amount of payments received by the new owner.
(B) *Limitations on prior owner* — Payments made under this paragraph shall not exceed the amount to which the previous owner was entitled to receive under the terms of the contract at the time of the death of the prior owner.
(9) **Administration of reduction** — The Secretary shall apply any order described in section 1614(d)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ([7 U.S.C. 9097(d)(1)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9097/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim)) to payments under sections 1116 and 1117 of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 9016](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9016&num=0&edition=prelim), 9017) prior to applying payment limitations under this section.
**(g) Public schools**
(1) **In general** — Notwithstanding subsection (f)(6)(A), a State or local government, or political subdivision or agency of the government, shall be eligible, subject to the limitation in paragraph (2), to receive a payment described in subsection (b) or (c) for land owned by the State or local government, or political subdivision or agency of the government, that is used to maintain a public school.
(2) **Limitation**
(A) *In general* — For each State, the total amount of payments described in subsections (b) and (c) that are received collectively by the State and local government and all political subdivisions or agencies of those governments shall not exceed $500,000.
(B) *Exception* — The limitation in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to States with a population of less than 1,500,000.
**(h) Time limits; reliance** Regulations of the Secretary shall establish time limits for the various steps involved with notice, hearing, decision, and the appeals procedure in order to ensure expeditious handling and settlement of payment limitation disputes. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, actions taken by an individual or other entity in good faith on action or advice of an authorized representative of the Secretary may be accepted as meeting the requirement under this section or [section 1308–1 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1308-1&num=0&edition=prelim), to the extent the Secretary deems it desirable in order to provide fair and equitable treatment.
**(i) Adjustment** For the 2025 crop year and each crop year thereafter, the Secretary shall annually adjust the amounts described in subsections (b) and (c) for inflation based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, upon the request of any agency of any State charged with the administration of the public lands of the State, may permit the transfer of acreage allotments or feed grain bases together with relevant production histories which have been determined pursuant to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended [[7 U.S.C. 1281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], or [section 590p of title 16](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590p&num=0&edition=prelim), from any farm composed of public lands to any other farm or farms in the same county composed of public lands: Provided, That as a condition for the transfer of any allotment or base an acreage equal to or greater than the allotment or base transferred prior to adjustment, if any, shall be devoted to and maintained in permanent vegetative cover on the farm from which the transfer is made. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations which he deems necessary for the administration of this section, which may provide for adjusting downward the size of the allotment or base transferred if the farm to which the allotment or base is transferred normally has a higher yield per acre for the commodity for which the allotment or base is determined, for reasonable limitations on the size of the resulting allotments and bases on farms to which transfers are made, taking into account the size of the allotments and bases on farms of similar size in the community, and for retransferring allotments or bases and relevant histories if the conditions of the transfers are not fulfilled.
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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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In this Act, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
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A partnership as such shall not be subject to the income tax imposed by this chapter. Persons carrying on business as partners shall be liable for income tax only in their separate or individual capacities.
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The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this chapter $50,000,000.
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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) Source** The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means available to him.
**(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered** Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in the cost of producing such cotton.
**(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres** Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of eligibility for price support. In admi
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Agricultural commodity** — The term “agricultural commodity” has the meaning given the term in [section 5602 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section5602&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher** — The term “geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in section 10906(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 ([7 U.S.C. 2204](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section2204&num=0&edition=prelim) note; Public Law 107–171).
**(b) Authorization** Subject to the availability of funds under subsection (d), the Secretary may provide geographically disadvantaged farmers or ranchers direct reimbursement payments for activities described in subsection (c).
**(c) Transportation**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary may provide direct reimbursement payments to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher to transport an agricultural commodity, or inputs used to produce an agricultural commodity, during a fiscal year.
(2) **Proof of eligibility** — To be eligible to receive assistance under paragraph (1), a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher shall demonstrate to the Secretary that transportation of the agricultural commodity or inputs occurred over a distance of more than 30 miles, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) **Amount**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of direct reimbursement payments made to a geographically disadvantaged farmer or rancher under this section for a fiscal year shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—
(i) the amount of costs incurred by the geographically di
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**(a)** For purposes of subchapters I through VIII:
(1) The term “agricultural commodity” means—
(A) any agricultural commodity planted and produced in a State by annual tilling of the soil, including tilling by one-trip planters; or
(B) sugarcane planted and produced in a State.
(2) **Beginning farmer or rancher.—** — The term “beginning farmer or rancher” has the meaning given the term in [section 1991(a)(8) of title 7](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1991/a/8&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Conservation plan.—** — The term “conservation plan” means the document that—
(A) applies to highly erodible cropland;
(B) describes the conservation system applicable to the highly erodible cropland and describes the decisions of the person with respect to location, land use, tillage systems, and conservation treatment measures and schedule; and
(C) is approved by the local soil conservation district, in consultation with the local committees established under [section 590h(b)(5) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section590h/b/5&num=0&edition=prelim) and the Secretary, or by the Secretary.
(4) **Conservation system.—** — The term “conservation system” means a combination of 1 or more conservation measures or management practices that—
(A) are based on local resource conditions, available conservation technology, and the standards and guidelines contained in the Natural Resources Conservation Service field office technical guides; and
(B) are designed to achieve, in a cost effective and technically practicable manner, a substantial reduction in soil erosion or a substantial improvement in soil conditions on a field or group of fields containing highly erodible croplan
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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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