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7 U.S.C. § 9001 — Implementation
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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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**(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 the Farm Service Agency shall implement a consistent method for determining crop acreage, acreage yields, farm acreage, property descriptions, and other common informational requirements, including measures of common land units;
(D) except in the case of misrepresentation, fraud, or scheme and device, no crop insurance agent, approved insurance provider, or employee or contractor of a crop insurance agency or approved insurance provider bears responsibility or liability under the Acreage Crop Reporting and Streamlining Initiative (or any successor or similar initiative) for the eligibility of a producer for a program administered by the Department of Agriculture, not including a policy or plan of insurance offered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act ([7 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(E) on request of a crop insurance agent or approved insurance provider required to deliver policies and plans of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act ([7 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) the crop insurance agent or approved insurance provider receives, in a timely manner, any information held by the Farm Service Agency that is necessary to ensure effective crop insurance coverage for farmer customers;
(2) continue to improve coordination, information sharing, and administrative work among the Farm Service Agency, Risk Management Agency, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and other agencies, as determined by the Secretary;
(3) continue to take advantage of new technologies to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of Department of Agriculture programs to producers, including by developing and making publicly available data standards and security procedures to allow third-party providers to develop applications that use or feed data (including geospatial and precision agriculture data) into the datasets and analyses of the Department of Agriculture; and
(4) reduce administrative burdens on producers participating in price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage by offering—
(A) those producers an option to remotely and electronically sign annual contracts for that coverage; and
(B) to the maximum extent practicable, an option to sign a multiyear contract for that coverage.
**(c) Implementation**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this chapter $100,000,000.
(2) **Additional funds**
(A) *Initial determination* — If, by September 30, 2014, the Secretary notifies the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that the Farm Service Agency has made substantial progress toward implementing the requirements of subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this chapter $10,000,000 on October 1, 2014. The amount made available under this subparagraph is in addition to the amount made available under paragraph (1).
(B) *Subsequent determination* — If, by September 30, 2015, the Secretary notifies the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that the requirements of subsection (b)(1) have been fully implemented and those Committees provide written concurrence to the Secretary, the Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this chapter $10,000,000 on the date the written concurrence is provided or October 1, 2015, whichever is later. The amount made available under this subparagraph is in addition to the amount made available under paragraph (1) and any amount made available under subparagraph (A).
(3) **Producer education**
(A) *In general* — Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide $3,000,000 to State extension services for the purpose of educating farmers and ranchers on the options made available under subchapters I, III, and IV of this chapter and under [section 7333 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7333&num=0&edition=prelim).
(B) *Web-based decision aids*
(i) *Use of qualified universities* — Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use $3,000,000 to support qualified universities (or university-based organizations) that represent a diversity of regions and commodities (including dairy), possess expertise regarding the programs authorized by this Act, have a history in the development of decision aids and producer outreach initiatives regarding farm risk management programs, and are able to meet the deadline established pursuant to clause (ii) to develop web-based decision aids to assist producers in understanding available options described in subparagraph (A) and to train producers to use these decision aids.
(ii) *Deadlines* — To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall—
(I) obligate the funds made available under clause (i) within 30 days after February 7, 2014; and
(II) require the products described in clause (i) to be made available to producers on the internet within a reasonable period of time, as determined by the Secretary, after the implementation of the first rule implementing programs required under subchapter I of this chapter.
(4) **Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018** — The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out title I of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and the amendments made by that title $15,500,000.
(5) **Further funding** — The Secretary shall make available to carry out subtitle C of title I of the Act entitled “An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14” (119th Congress) and the amendments made by that subtitle $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which—
(A) not less than $5,000,000 shall be used to carry out paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (b);
(B) $3,000,000 shall be used for activities described in paragraph (3)(A);
(C) $3,000,000 shall be used for activities described in paragraph (3)(B);
(D) $9,000,000 shall be used—
(i) to carry out mandatory surveys of dairy production cost and product yield information to be reported by manufacturers required to report under [section 1637b of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1637b&num=0&edition=prelim), for all products processed in the same facility or facilities; and
(ii) to publish the results of such surveys biennially; and
(E) $1,000,000 shall be used to conduct the study under subsection (d) of 1359kk of this title.
**(d) Loan implementation**
(1) **In general** — In any crop year in which an order is issued pursuant 22 So in original. Probably should be followed by “to”. [section 901(a) of title 2](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title2-section901/a&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary shall use such sums as necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for such crop year to fully restore the support, loan, or assistance that is otherwise required under subtitle B or C, under the amendments made by subtitle B or C, or under the amendments made by subtitle B or C of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018,1 except with respect to the assistance provided under sections 9037(c) and 9038 of this title.
(2) **Repayment** — In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall ensure that when a producer repays a loan at a rate equal to the loan rate plus interest in accordance with the repayment provisions of subtitles 33 So in original. Probably should be “subtitle”. B or C that the repayment amount shall include the portion of the loan amount provided under paragraph (1), except that this paragraph shall not affect or reduce marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, or forfeiture benefits provided for under subtitles 3 B or C and as supplemented in accordance with paragraph (1).
**(e) Deobligation of unliquidated obligations**
(1) **In general** — Subject to paragraph (3), any payment obligated or otherwise made available by the Secretary under this chapter on or after December 20, 2018, that is not disbursed to the recipient by the date that is 5 years after the date on which the payment is obligated or otherwise made available shall—
(A) be deobligated; and
(B) revert to the Treasury.
(2) **Outstanding payments**
(A) *In general* — Subject to paragraph (3), any payment obligated or otherwise made available by the Farm Service Agency (or any predecessor agency of the Department of Agriculture) under the laws described in subparagraph (B) before December 20, 2018, that is not disbursed by the date that is 5 years after the date on which the payment is obligated or otherwise made available shall—
(i) be deobligated; and
(ii) revert to the Treasury.
(B) *Laws described* — The laws referred to in subparagraph (A) are any of the following:
(i) This chapter.
(ii) Title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ([7 U.S.C. 8702](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section8702&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
(iii) 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.).
(iv) 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.).
(v) Titles I through XI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 3374) and the amendments made by those titles.
(vi) Titles I through X of the Food Security Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–198; 99 Stat. 1362) and the amendments made by those titles.
(vii) Titles I through XI of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Public Law 97–98; 95 Stat. 1218) and the amendments made by those titles.
(viii) Titles I through X of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (Public Law 95–113; 91 Stat. 917) and the amendments made by those titles.
(3) **Waiver** — The Secretary may delay the date of the deobligation and reversion under paragraph (1) or (2) of any payment—
(A) that is the subject of—
(i) ongoing administrative review or appeal;
(ii) litigation; or
(iii) the settlement of an estate; or
(B) for which the Secretary otherwise determines that the circumstances are such that the delay is equitable.
**(f) Report** Not later than January 1, 2020, and each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the tilled native sod acreage that was subject to a reduction in benefits under [section 7333(a)(4)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section7333/a/4/B&num=0&edition=prelim) and section 508(o)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ([7 U.S.C. 1508](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508&num=0&edition=prelim)(o)(2))—
(1) as of the date of submission of the report; and
(2) by State and county, relative to the total acres of cropland in the State or county.
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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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**(a) Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a program of mandatory dairy product information reporting that will—
(1) provide timely, accurate, and reliable market information;
(2) facilitate more informed marketing decisions; and
(3) promote competition in the dairy product manufacturing industry.
**(b) Requirements**
(1) **In general** — In establishing the program, the Secretary shall only—
(A)
(i) subject to the conditions described in paragraph (2), require each manufacturer to report to the Secretary information concerning the price, quantity, and moisture content of dairy products sold by the manufacturer; and
(ii) modify the format used to provide the information on the day before November 22, 2000, to ensure that the information can be readily understood by market participants; and
(B) require each manufacturer and other person storing dairy products to report to the Secretary, at a periodic interval determined by the Secretary, information on the quantity of dairy products stored.
(2) **Conditions** — The conditions referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) are that—
(A) the information referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) is required only with respect to those package sizes actually used to establish minimum prices for Class III or Class IV milk under a Federal milk marketing order;
(B) the information referred to in paragraph (1)(A)(i) is required only to the extent that the information is actually used to establish minimum prices for Class III or Class IV milk under a Federal milk marketing order;
(C) the frequency of the required reporting under paragraph (1)(A)(i) does not exceed the frequency used to establish minimum prices for Class III or Class IV milk under a Federal milk marketing order; and
(D) the Secretary may exe
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In this chapter—
(1) “administering office” means the lowest unit of an agency responsible for managing a domestic assistance program.
(2) “agency” has the same meaning given that term in [section 551(1) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section551/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) “assistance”—
(A) means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, including—
(i) financial assistance;
(ii) United States Government facilities, services, and property; and
(iii) expert and technical information; and
(B) does not include conventional public information services or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Government.
(4) “domestic assistance program”—
(A) means assistance from an agency for—
(i) a State;
(ii) the District of Columbia;
(iii) a territory or possession of the United States;
(iv) a county;
(v) a city;
(vi) a political subdivision or instrumentality of a governmental authority listed in subclauses (i)–(v) of this clause (A);
(vii) a domestic corporation;
(viii) a domestic institution; and
(ix) an individual of the United States; and
(B) does not include assistance from an agency for an agency.
(5) “Director” means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
(6) “Administrator” means the Administrator of General Services.
(7) “formula” means any prescribed method employing objective data or statistical estimates for making individual determinations among recipients of Federal funds, either in terms of eligibility or actual funding allocations, that can be written in the form of either—
(A) a closed mathematical statement; or
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**(a) Authority to offer insurance**
(1) **In general** — If sufficient actuarial data are available (as determined by the Corporation), the Corporation may insure, or provide reinsurance for insurers of, producers of agricultural commodities grown in the United States under 1 or more plans of insurance determined by the Corporation to be adapted to the agricultural commodity concerned. To qualify for coverage under a plan of insurance, the losses of the insured commodity must be due to drought, flood, or other natural disaster (as determined by the Secretary).
(2) **Period** — Except in the cases of tobacco, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and hemp, insurance shall not extend beyond the period during which the insured commodity is in the field. As used in the preceding sentence, in the case of an aquacultural species, the term “field” means the environment in which the commodity is produced.
(3) **Exclusion of losses due to certain actions of producer**
(A) *Exclusions* — Insurance provided under this subsection shall not cover losses due to—
(i) the neglect or malfeasance of the producer;
(ii) the failure of the producer to reseed to the same crop in such areas and under such circumstances as it is customary to reseed; or
(iii) the failure of the producer to follow good farming practices, including scientifically sound sustainable and organic farming practices.
(B) *Good farming practices determination review*
(i) *Informal administrative process* — A producer shall have the right to a review of a determination regarding good farming practices made under subparagraph (A)(iii) in accordance with an informal administrative process to be established by the Corporation.
(ii) *Administrative review*
(I) *No adverse decision* — The determi
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**(a) Additional funds for administrative costs**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Farm Service Agency, may use not more than $55,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to cover administrative costs associated with the implementation of title I and the amendments made by that title.
(2) **Availability** — The funds referred to in paragraph (1) shall remain available to the Secretary until expended.
(3) **Set-aside** — Of the amount specified in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use not less than $5,000,000, but not more than $8,000,000, to carry out subsection (b).
**(b) Information management**
(1) **Development of system** — The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop a comprehensive information management system, using appropriate technologies, to be used in implementing the programs administered by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Farm Service Agency.
(2) **Elements** — The information management system developed under this subsection shall be designed to—
(A) improve access by agricultural producers to programs described in paragraph (1);
(B) improve and protect the integrity of the information collected;
(C) meet the needs of the agencies that require the data in the administration of their programs;
(D) improve the timeliness of the collection of the information;
(E) contribute to the elimination of duplication of information collection;
(F) lower the overall cost to the Department of Agriculture for information collection; and
(G) achieve such other goals as the Secretary considers appropriate.
(3) **Reconciliation of current information management** — The Secretary shall ensure that all current information of the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and the Farm Service A
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**(a) Operation and administration of program**
(1) **In general**
(A) *Coverages* — In the case of an eligible crop described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall operate a noninsured crop disaster assistance program to provide coverages based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) equivalent to—
(i) catastrophic risk protection available under section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act ([7 U.S.C. 1508(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508/b&num=0&edition=prelim)); or
(ii) except in the case of crops and grasses used for grazing, additional coverage available under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of that Act ([7 U.S.C. 1508](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1508&num=0&edition=prelim)) that does not exceed 65 percent, as described in subsection (l).
(B) *Administration* — The Secretary shall carry out this section through the Farm Service Agency (referred to in this section as the “Agency”).
(C) *Data collection and sharing* — The Secretary shall coordinate with the Administrator of the Risk Management Agency on the type and format of data received under the noninsured crop disaster assistance program that—
(i) best facilitates the use of that data in developing policies or plans of insurance offered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act ([7 U.S.C. 1501](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1501&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.); and
(ii) ensures the availability of that data on a regular basis.
(D) *Coordination* — The Secretary shall coordinate between the agencies of the Department that provide programs or services to farmers and ranchers that are potentially eligible fo
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**(a) In general** The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to address administrative and enforcement issues involved in carrying out dairy margin coverage.
**(b) Reconstitution** The Secretary shall promulgate regulations to prohibit a dairy producer from reconstituting a dairy operation for the purpose of the dairy producer receiving dairy margin coverage payments.
**(c) Administrative appeals** Using authorities under [section 1308(h) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section1308/h&num=0&edition=prelim) and subtitle H of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act ([7 U.S.C. 6991](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title7-section6991&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.), the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to provide for administrative appeals of decisions of the Secretary that are adverse to participants of dairy margin coverage.
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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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This subchapter may be cited as the “Federal Crop Insurance Act”. Except as otherwise expressly provided the provisions in titles I to IV, inclusive, shall not apply with respect to this subchapter, and the term “Act” wherever it appears in such titles shall not be construed to include this subchapter.
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**(a) Short title** This chapter may be cited as the “Agricultural Market Transition Act”.
**(b) Purpose** It is the purpose of this chapter—
(1) to authorize the use of binding production flexibility contracts between the United States and agricultural producers to support farming certainty and flexibility while ensuring continued compliance with farm conservation and wetland protection requirements;
(2) to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments available for certain crops;
(3) to improve the operation of farm programs for milk, peanuts, and sugar; and
(4) to establish a commission to undertake a comprehensive review of past and future production agriculture in the United States.
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