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7 U.S.C. § 7956 — Producer agreement required as condition on provision of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments
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**(a) Compliance with certain requirements**
(1) **Requirements** — Before the producers on a farm may receive direct payments or counter-cyclical payments under this subchapter with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, during the crop year for which the payments are made and in exchange for the payments—
(A) to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(B) to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act ([16 U.S.C. 3821](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3821&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(C) to comply with the planting flexibility requirements of [section 7956 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7956&num=0&edition=prelim);
(D) to use the land on the farm, in a quantity equal to the attributable base acres for peanuts and any base acres for the farm under subchapter I, for an agricultural or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural commercial or industrial use, as determined by the Secretary; and
(E) to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary, if the agricultural or conserving use involves the noncultivation of any portion of the land referred to in subparagraph (D).
(2) **Compliance** — The Secretary may issue such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1).
(3) **Modification** — At the request of the transferee or ow
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**(a) Compliance with certain requirements**
(1) **Requirements** — Before the producers on a farm may receive direct payments or counter-cyclical payments under this subchapter with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, during the crop year for which the payments are made and in exchange for the payments—
(A) to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ([16 U.S.C. 3811](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3811&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(B) to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act ([16 U.S.C. 3821](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3821&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.);
(C) to comply with the planting flexibility requirements of [section 7956 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7956&num=0&edition=prelim);
(D) to use the land on the farm, in a quantity equal to the attributable base acres for peanuts and any base acres for the farm under subchapter I, for an agricultural or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural commercial or industrial use, as determined by the Secretary; and
(E) to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary, if the agricultural or conserving use involves the noncultivation of any portion of the land referred to in subparagraph (D).
(2) **Compliance** — The Secretary may issue such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1).
(3) **Modification** — 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.
**(b) Transfer or change of interest in farm**
(1) **Termination** — Except as provided in paragraph (2), a transfer of (or change in) the interest of the producers on a farm in the base acres for peanuts for which direct payments or counter-cyclical payments are made shall result in the termination of the payments with respect to those acres, unless the transferee or owner of the acreage agrees to assume all obligations under subsection (a). The termination shall take effect on the date determined by the Secretary.
(2) **Exception** — If a producer entitled to a direct payment or counter-cyclical payment 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.
**(c) Acreage reports** As a condition on the receipt of direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, marketing assistance loans, or loan deficiency payments under this subchapter, the Secretary shall require the producers on a farm to which a payment yield and base acres for peanuts are assigned under [section 7952 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7952&num=0&edition=prelim) to submit to the Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all cropland on the farm.
**(d) Tenants and sharecroppers** In carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers.
**(e) Sharing of payments** The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of direct payments and counter-cyclical payments among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable basis.
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**(a) Production on converted wetland** Except as provided in this subchapter and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who in any crop year produces an agricultural commodity on converted wetland, as determined by the Secretary, shall be—
(1) in violation of this section; and
(2) ineligible for loans or payments in an amount determined by the Secretary to be proportionate to the severity of the violation.
**(b) Ineligibility for certain loans and payments** If a person is determined to have committed a violation under subsection (a) during a crop year, the Secretary shall determine which of, and the amount of, the following loans and payments for which the person shall be ineligible:
(1) Contract payments under a production flexibility contract, marketing assistance loans, and any type of price support or payment made available under the Agricultural Market Transition Act [[7 U.S.C. 7201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act ([15 U.S.C. 714](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), or any other Act.
(2) A loan made or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or any other provision of law administered by the Consolidated Farm Service Agency,11 See Change of Name note below. if the Secretary determines that the proceeds of the loan will be used for a purpose that will contribute to conversion of a wetland (other than as provided in this subchapter) to produce an agricultural commodity.
(3) During the crop year:
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**(a) High moisture feed grains**
(1) **Recourse loans available** — For each of the 2002 through 2007 crops of corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers on a farm that—
(A) normally harvest all or a portion of their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state;
(B) present—
(i) 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
(ii) 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;
(C) certify that they 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
(D) 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.
(2) **Eligibility of acquired feed grains** — 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—
(A) the acreage of the corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state harvested on
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**(a) In general** Except as provided in [section 3812 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section3812&num=0&edition=prelim), and notwithstanding any other provision of law, any person who in any crop year produces an agricultural commodity on a field on which highly erodible land is predominant, or designates land on which highly erodible land is predominant to be set aside, diverted, devoted to conservation uses, or otherwise not cultivated under a program administered by the Secretary to reduce production of an agricultural commodity, as determined by the Secretary shall be ineligible for—
(1) as to any commodity produced during that crop year by such person—
(A) contract payments under a production flexibility contract, marketing assistance loans, and any type of price support or payment made available under the Agricultural Market Transition Act [[7 U.S.C. 7201](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7201&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act ([15 U.S.C. 714](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), or any other Act;
(B) a farm storage facility loan made under section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act ([15 U.S.C. 714b(h)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section714b/h&num=0&edition=prelim));
(C) a disaster payment;
(D) a loan made, insured, or guaranteed under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act ([7 U.S.C. 1921](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1921&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or any other provision of law administered by the Consolidated Farm Service
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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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In this subchapter:
(1) **Base acres for peanuts** — The term “base acres for peanuts” means the number of acres assigned to a farm by historic peanut producers pursuant to [section 7952(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7952/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Counter-cyclical payment** — The term “counter-cyclical payment” means a payment made under [section 7954 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7954&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Effective price** — The term “effective price” means the price calculated by the Secretary under [section 7954 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7954&num=0&edition=prelim) for peanuts to determine whether counter-cyclical payments are required to be made under that section for a crop year.
(4) **Direct payment** — The term “direct payment” means a payment made under [section 7953 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7953&num=0&edition=prelim).
(5) **Historic peanut producer** — The term “historic peanut producer” means a producer on a farm in the United States that produced or was prevented from planting peanuts during any or all of the 1998 through 2001 crop years.
(6) **Payment acres** — The term “payment acres” means—
(A) for the 2002 crop of peanuts, 85 percent of the average acreage determined under [section 7952(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7952/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim) for an historic peanut producer; and
(B) for the 2003 through 2007 crops of peanuts, 85 percent of the base acres for peanuts assigned to a farm under [section 7952(b) of this
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3811
1 See Change of Name note below.
of Pub. L. 110–246, set out as a note under section 8701
of Title 7, Agriculture.]
REFORM AND ASSESSMENT OF CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Pub. L. 107–171, title II, § 2005, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat.
237, required the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a
plan to coordinate land retirement and agricultural
working land conservation programs that are adminis-
tered by the Secretary to achieve the goals of elimi-
nating redundancy, streamlining program delivery, and
improving services provided to agricultural producers
and to submit to Congress a report on this plan by Dec.
31, 2005.
CONSERVATION CORRIDOR DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
Pub. L. 110–114, title V, § 5059, Nov. 8, 2007, 121 Stat.
1215, which authorized the Secretary of the Army to
provide technical assistance to the Secretary of Agri-
culture for use in carrying out the Conservation Cor-
ridor Demonstration Program established under sub-
title G of title II of Pub. L. 107–171, formerly set out
below, was repealed by Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2811(b),
Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4602.
Pub. L. 107–171, title II, subtitle G, May 13, 2002, 116
Stat. 275, which related to a Conservation Corridor
Demonstration Program to integrate agriculture and
forestry conservation programs of the Department of
Agriculture with State and local efforts to address
farm conservation needs on the Delmarva Peninsula,
was repealed by Pub. L. 115–334, title II, § 2811(a), Dec.
20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4602.
CRANBERRY ACREAGE RESERVE PROGRAM
Pub. L. 107–171, title X, § 10608, May 13, 2002, 116 Stat.
515, which authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to
establish a program to purchase permanent easements
in wetlands or buffer strips that were used or had a his-
t
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3821
1 See Change of Name note below.
AMENDMENTS
2014—Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 113–79 added par. (4).
§ 3813. Soil surveys
The Secretary shall, as soon as is practicable
after December 23, 1985, complete soil surveys on
those private lands that do not have a soil sur-
vey suitable for use in determining the land ca-
pability class for purposes of this subchapter. In
carrying out this section, the Secretary shall,
insofar as possible, concentrate on those local-
ities where significant amounts of highly erod-
ible land are being converted to the production
of agricultural commodities.
(Pub. L. 99–198, title XII, § 1214, formerly § 1213,
Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1507; renumbered § 1214,
Pub. L. 104–127, title III, § 315(a)(1), Apr. 4, 1996,
110 Stat. 983.)
§ 3814. Notice and investigation of possible com-
pliance deficiencies
(a) In general
An employee of the Department of Agriculture
who observes a possible compliance deficiency
or other potential violation of a conservation
plan or this subchapter while providing on-site
technical assistance shall provide to the respon-
sible persons, not later than 45 days after ob-
serving the possible violation, information re-
garding actions needed to comply with the plan
and this subchapter. The employee shall provide
the information in lieu of reporting the observa-
tion as a compliance violation.
(b) Corrective action
The responsible persons shall attempt to cor-
rect the deficiencies as soon as practicable after
receiving the information.
(c) Review
If the corrective action is not fully imple-
mented not later than 1 year after the respon-
sible persons receive the information, the Sec-
retary may conduct a review of the status of
compliance of the persons with the con
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 7956
(E) to effectively control noxious weeds
and otherwise maintain the land in accord-
ance with sound agricultural practices, as
determined by the Secretary, if the agricul-
tural or conserving use involves the noncul-
tivation of any portion of the land referred
to in subparagraph (D).
(2) Compliance
The Secretary may issue such rules as the
Secretary considers necessary to ensure pro-
ducer compliance with the requirements of
paragraph (1).
(3) Modification
At the request of the transferee or owner,
the Secretary may modify the requirements of
this subsection if the modifications are con-
sistent with the objectives of this subsection,
as determined by the Secretary.
(b) Transfer or change of interest in farm
(1) Termination
Except as provided in paragraph (2), a trans-
fer of (or change in) the interest of the pro-
ducers on a farm in the base acres for peanuts
for which direct payments or counter-cyclical
payments are made shall result in the termi-
nation of the payments with respect to those
acres, unless the transferee or owner of the
acreage agrees to assume all obligations under
subsection (a). The termination shall take ef-
fect on the date determined by the Secretary.
(2) Exception
If a producer entitled to a direct payment or
counter-cyclical payment dies, becomes in-
competent, or is otherwise unable to receive
the payment, the Secretary shall make the
payment, in accordance with rules issued by
the Secretary.
(c) Acreage reports
As a condition on the receipt of direct pay-
ments, counter-cyclical payments, marketing
assistance loans, or loan deficiency payments
under this subchapter, the Secretary shall re-
quire the producers on a farm to which a pay-
ment yield and base acres for peanuts ar
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