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7 U.S.C. § 9031 — Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1108, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4508
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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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### 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**
(1) **Average adjusted gross income** — In this section, the term “average adjusted gross income”, with respect to a person or legal entity, means the average of the adjusted gross income or comparable measure of the person or legal entity over the 3 taxable years preceding the most immediately preceding complete taxable year, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) **Special rules for certain persons and legal entities** — In the case of a legal entity that is not required to file a Federal income tax return or a person or legal entity that did not have taxable income in 1 or more of the taxable years used to determine the average under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide, by regulation, a method for determining the average adjusted gross income of the person or legal entity for purposes of this section.
(3) **Allocation of income** — On the request of any person filing a joint tax return, the Secretary shall provide for the allocation of average adjusted gross income among the persons filing the return if—
(A) the person provides a certified statement by a certified public accountant or attorney that specifies the method by which the average adjusted gross income would have been declared and reported had the persons filed 2 separate returns; and
(B) the Secretary determines that the method described in the statement is consistent with the information supporting the filed joint tax return.
**(b) Limitations on commodity and conservation programs**
(1) **Limitation** — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a person or legal entity shall not be eligible to receive any benefit described in paragraph (2) during a crop, fiscal, or program year, as appropriate, if the average adjusted gross income of
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**(a) In general** In making in-kind payments under subchapter III of this chapter, title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 [[7 U.S.C. 7901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], 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.], and Subtitle 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 [[7 U.S.C. 9031](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the Commodity Credit Corporation may—
(1) acquire and use commodities that have been pledged to the Commodity Credit Corporation as collateral for loans made by the Corporation;
(2) use other commodities owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation; and
(3) redeem negotiable marketing certificates for cash under terms and conditions established by the Secretary.
**(b) Methods of payment** The Commodity Credit Corporation may make in-kind payments—
(1) by delivery of the commodity at a warehouse or other similar facility;
(2) by the transfer of negotiable warehouse receipts;
(3) by the issuance of negotiable certificates, which the Commodity Credit Corporation shall exchange for a commodity owned or controlled by the Corporation in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Corporation; or
(4) by such other methods as the Commodity Credit Corporation determines appropriate to promote the efficient, equitable, and expeditious receipt of the in-kind payments so that a person receiving the payments receives the same total return as if the payments had been made in cash.
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In this Act, the term “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
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**(a) 2014 through 2018 crop years** For purposes of each of the 2014 through 2018 crop years, the loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim) for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:
(1) In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel.
(2) In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel.
(3) In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per bushel.
(4) In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel.
(5) In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel.
(6) In the case of base quality of upland cotton, for each of the 2014 through 2018 crop years, the simple average of the adjusted prevailing world price for the 2 immediately preceding marketing years, as determined by the Secretary and announced October 1 preceding the next domestic plantings, but in no case less than $0.45 per pound or more than $0.52 per pound.
(7) In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.7977 per pound.
(8) In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.
(9) In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.
(10) In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.
(11) In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per hundredweight for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
(A) Sunflower seed.
(B) Rapeseed.
(C) Canola.
(D) Safflower.
(E) Flaxseed.
(F) Mustard seed.
(G) Crambe.
(H) Sesame seed.
(I) Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.
(12) In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hundredweight.
(13) In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundredweight.
(14) In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per hundredweight.
(15) In the case of large chickpeas, $11.28 per hundredweight.
(16) In the case of graded wool, $1.15 per pound.
(17) In the case of nongraded wo
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**(a) Term of loan** In the case of each loan commodity, a marketing assistance loan under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim) shall have a term of 9 months beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which the loan is made.
**(b) Extensions prohibited** The Secretary may not extend the term of a marketing assistance loan for any loan commodity.
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**(a) General rule** The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim) for a loan commodity (other than upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, extra long staple cotton, peanuts and confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)) at a rate that is the lesser of—
(1) the loan rate established for the commodity under [section 9032 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9032&num=0&edition=prelim), plus interest (determined in accordance with [section 7283 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7283&num=0&edition=prelim));
(2) a rate (as determined by the Secretary) that—
(A) is calculated based on average market prices for the loan commodity during the preceding 30-day period; and
(B) will minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries; or
(3) a rate that the Secretary may develop using alternative methods for calculating a repayment rate for a loan commodity that the Secretary determines will—
(A) minimize potential loan forfeitures;
(B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of the commodity by the Federal Government;
(C) minimize the cost incurred by the Federal Government in storing the commodity;
(D) allow the commodity produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally; and
(E) minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries.
**(b) Repayment rates for upland co
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**(a) Availability of loan deficiency payments**
(1) **In general** — Except as provided in subsection (d), the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available to producers on a farm that, although eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim) with respect to a loan commodity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the commodity in return for loan deficiency payments under this section.
(2) **Unshorn pelts, hay, and silage**
(A) *Marketing assistance loans* — Subject to subparagraph (B), nongraded wool in the form of unshorn pelts and hay and silage derived from a loan commodity are not eligible for a marketing assistance loan under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Loan deficiency payment* — Effective for each of the 2014 through 2031 crop years, the Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available under this section to producers on a farm that produce unshorn pelts or hay and silage derived from a loan commodity.
**(b) Computation** A loan deficiency payment for a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—
(1) the payment rate determined under subsection (c) for the commodity; by
(2) the quantity of the commodity produced by the eligible producers, excluding any quantity for which the producers obtain a marketing assistance loan under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Payment rate**
(1) **In general** — In the case of a loan commodity,
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**(a) High moisture feed grains**
(1) **Definition of high moisture state** — In this subsection, the term “high moisture state” means corn or grain sorghum having a moisture content in excess of Commodity Credit Corporation standards for marketing assistance loans made by the Secretary under [section 9031 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section9031&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) **Recourse loans available** — For each of the 2014 through 2031 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 the producers on the farm were the owners of the feed grain at the time of delivery to, and that the quantity to be placed under loan under this subsection was in fact harvested on the farm and delivered to, a feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or on-farm high-moisture storage facility, or to a facility maintained by the users of corn and grain sorghum in a high moisture state; and
(D) comply with deadlines established by the Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain sorgh
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TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 9031
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This subchapter, referred to in subsecs. (a)(1),
(b)(1)(A), (2), (c), and (e) to (g), was in the original ‘‘this
subtitle’’, meaning subtitle A (§§ 1101–1109) of title I of
Pub. L. 113–79, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 658, which is classi-
fied principally to this subchapter. For complete classi-
fication of subtitle A to the Code, see Tables.
The Food Security Act of 1985, referred to in subsec.
(a)(1)(A), (B), is Pub. L. 99–198, Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat.
1354. Subtitles B and C of title XII of the Act are classi-
fied generally to subchapters II (§ 3811 et seq.) and III
(§ 3821 et seq.), respectively, 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.
§ 9019. Repealed. Pub. L. 115–334, title I, § 1108,
Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4508
Section, Pub. L. 113–79, title I, § 1119, Feb. 7, 2014, 128
Stat. 673, related to transition assistance for producers
of upland cotton.
SUBCHAPTER II—MARKETING LOANS
§ 9031. Availability of nonrecourse marketing as-
sistance loans for loan commodities
(a) Definition of loan commodity
In this subchapter, the term ‘‘loan com-
modity’’ means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, bar-
ley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cot-
ton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts,
soybeans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded
wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small
chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
(b) Nonrecourse loans available
(1) In general
For each of the 2014 through 2023 crops of
each loan commodity, the Secretary shall
make available to producers on a farm non-
recourse marketing assistance loans for loan
commoditi
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