115 HR 2 RH: Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
U.S. House of Representatives
2018-04-12
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018
. (b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary of Agriculture.
Title I—Commodities
Subtitle A—Commodity Policy
Sec. 1111. Definitions.
Sec. 1112. Base acres.
Sec. 1113. Payment yields.
Sec. 1114. Payment acres.
Sec. 1115. Producer election.
Sec. 1116. Price loss coverage.
Sec. 1117. Agriculture risk coverage.
Sec. 1118. Producer agreements.
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans
Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities.
Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans.
Sec. 1203. Term of loans.
Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans.
Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments.
Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage.
Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton.
Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton.
Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans.
Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans.
Subtitle C—Sugar
Sec. 1301. Sugar policy.
Subtitle D—Dairy Risk Management Program and Other Dairy Programs
Sec. 1401. Dairy risk management program for dairy producers.
Sec. 1402. Class I skim milk price.
Sec. 1403. Extension of dairy forward pricing program.
Sec. 1404. Extension of dairy indemnity program.
Sec. 1405. Extension of dairy promotion and research program.
Sec. 1406. Repeal of dairy product donation program.
Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs
Sec. 1501. Modification of supplemental agricultural disaster assistance.
Subtitle F—Administration
Sec. 1601. Administration generally.
Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority.
Sec. 1603. Payment limitations.
Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation.
Sec. 1605. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs.
Sec. 1606. Assignment of payments.
Sec. 1607. Tracking of benefits.
Sec. 1608. Signature authority.
Sec. 1609. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies.
Sec. 1610. Implementation.
Sec. 1611. Exemption from certain reporting requirements for certain producers.
Title II—Conservation
Subtitle A—Wetland Conservation
Sec. 2101. Program ineligibility.
Sec. 2102. Minimal effect regulations.
Subtitle B—Conservation Reserve Program
Sec. 2201. Conservation reserve.
Sec. 2202. Farmable wetland program.
Sec. 2203. Duties of owners and operators.
Sec. 2204. Duties of the Secretary.
Sec. 2205. Payments.
Sec. 2206. Contracts.
Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program
Sec. 2301. Definitions.
Sec. 2302. Establishment and administration.
Sec. 2303. Limitation on payments.
Sec. 2304. Conservation innovation grants and payments.
Subtitle D—Other Conservation Programs
Sec. 2401. Conservation of private grazing land.
Sec. 2402. Grassroots source water protection program.
Sec. 2403. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.
Sec. 2404. Watershed protection and flood prevention.
Sec. 2405. Feral swine eradication and control pilot program.
Sec. 2406. Emergency conservation program.
Subtitle E—Funding and Administration
Sec. 2501. Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sec. 2502. Delivery of technical assistance.
Sec. 2503. Administrative requirements for conservation programs.
Sec. 2504. Establishment of State technical committees.
Subtitle F—Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
Sec. 2601. Establishment and purposes.
Sec. 2602. Definitions.
Sec. 2603. Agricultural land easements.
Sec. 2604. Wetland reserve easements.
Sec. 2605. Administration.
Subtitle G—Regional Conservation Partnership Program
Sec. 2701. Definitions.
Sec. 2702. Regional conservation partnerships.
Sec. 2703. Assistance to producers.
Sec. 2704. Funding.
Sec. 2705. Administration.
Sec. 2706. Critical conservation areas.
Subtitle H—Repeals and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments
Sec. 2801. Repeal of conservation security and conservation stewardship programs.
Sec. 2802. Repeal of terminal lakes assistance.
Sec. 2803. Technical amendments.
Title III—Trade
Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act
Sec. 3001. Findings.
Sec. 3002. Labeling requirements.
Sec. 3003. Food aid quality assurance.
Sec. 3004. Local sale and barter of commodities.
Sec. 3005. Minimum levels of assistance.
Sec. 3006. Extension of termination date of Food Aid Consultative Group.
Sec. 3007. Issuance of regulations.
Sec. 3008. Funding for program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation.
Sec. 3009. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of
shelf-stable prepackaged foods.
Sec. 3010. Consideration of impact of provision of agricultural commodities and other assistance on
local farmers and economy.
Sec. 3011. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities.
Sec. 3012. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities.
Sec. 3013. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance.
Sec. 3014. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance.
Sec. 3015. Termination date for micronutrient fortification programs.
Sec. 3016. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program.
Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978
Sec. 3101. Findings.
Sec. 3102. Consolidation of current programs as new International Market Development Program.
Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws
Sec. 3201. Local and regional food aid procurement projects.
Sec. 3202. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets.
Sec. 3203. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act.
Sec. 3204. Food for Progress Act of 1985.
Sec. 3205. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program.
Sec. 3206. Cochran fellowship program.
Sec. 3207. Borlaug fellowship program.
Sec. 3208. Global Crop Diversity Trust.
Sec. 3209. Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018.
Title IV—Nutrition
Subtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Sec. 4001. Duplicative enrollment database.
Sec. 4002. Retailer-funded incentives pilot.
Sec. 4003. Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive program.
Sec. 4004. Re-evaluation of thrifty food plan.
Sec. 4005. Food distribution programs on Indian reservations.
Sec. 4006. Update to categorical eligibility.
Sec. 4007. Basic allowance for housing.
Sec. 4008. Earned income deduction.
Sec. 4009. Simplified homeless housing costs.
Sec. 4010. Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of energy assistance.
Sec. 4011. Child support; cooperation with child support agencies.
Sec. 4012. Adjustment to asset limitations.
Sec. 4013. Updated vehicle allowance.
Sec. 4014. Savings excluded from assets.
Sec. 4015. Workforce solutions.
Sec. 4016. Modernization of electronic benefit transfer regulations.
Sec. 4017. Mobile technologies.
Sec. 4018. Processing fees.
Sec. 4019. Replacement of EBT cards.
Sec. 4020. Benefit recovery.
Sec. 4021. Requirements for online acceptance of benefits.
Sec. 4022. National gateway.
Sec. 4023. Access to State systems.
Sec. 4024. Transitional benefits.
Sec. 4025. Incentivizing technology modernization.
Sec. 4026. Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit transfer transaction data report.
Sec. 4027. Adjustment to percentage of recovered funds retained by States.
Sec. 4028. Tolerance level for payment errors.
Sec. 4029. State performance indicators.
Sec. 4030. Public-private partnerships.
Sec. 4031. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 4032. Emergency food assistance.
Sec. 4033. Nutrition education.
Sec. 4034. Retail food store and recipient trafficking.
Sec. 4035. Technical corrections.
Sec. 4036. Implementation funds.
Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Programs
Sec. 4101. Commodity distribution program.
Sec. 4102. Commodity supplemental food program.
Sec. 4103. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous
Sec. 4201. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service
institutions.
Sec. 4202. Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program.
Sec. 4203. Healthy food financing initiative.
Sec. 4204. Amendments to the fruit and vegetable program.
Title V—Credit
Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans
Sec. 5101. Modification of the 3-year experience eligibility requirement for farm ownership loans.
Sec. 5102. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program.
Sec. 5103. Farm ownership loan limits.
Subtitle B—Operating Loans
Sec. 5201. Limitations on amount of operating loans.
Sec. 5202. Microloans.
Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions
Sec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program.
Sec. 5302. Loan authorization levels.
Sec. 5303. Loan fund set-asides.
Subtitle D—Technical corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
Sec. 5401. Technical corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Subtitle E—Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of 1971
Sec. 5501. Elimination of obsolete references.
Sec. 5502. Conforming repeals.
Sec. 5503. Facility headquarters.
Sec. 5504. Sharing privileged and confidential information.
Sec. 5505. Scope of jurisdiction.
Sec. 5506. Definition.
Sec. 5507. Expansion of acreage exception to loan amount limitation.
Sec. 5508. Compensation of bank directors.
Sec. 5509. Prohibition on use of funds.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous
Sec. 5601. State agricultural mediation programs.
Sec. 5602. Study on loan risk.
Title VI—Rural infrastructure and economic development
Subtitle A—Improving Health Outcomes in Rural Communities
Sec. 6001. Prioritizing projects to meet health crises in rural America.
Sec. 6002. Distance learning and telemedicine.
Sec. 6003. Reauthorization of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.
Sec. 6004. Supporting agricultural association health plans.
Subtitle B—Connecting Rural Americans to High Speed Broadband
Sec. 6101. Establishing forward-looking broadband standards.
Sec. 6102. Incentives for hard to reach communities.
Sec. 6103. Requiring guaranteed broadband lending.
Sec. 6104. Smart utility authority for broadband.
Sec. 6105. Modifications to the Rural Gigabit Program.
Sec. 6106. Unified broadband reporting requirements.
Sec. 6107. Improving access by providing certainty to broadband borrowers.
Sec. 6108. Simplified application window.
Sec. 6109. Elimination of requirement to give priority to certain applicants.
Sec. 6110. Modification of buildout requirement.
Sec. 6111. Improving borrower refinancing options.
Sec. 6112. Elimination of unnecessary reporting requirements.
Sec. 6113. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.
Sec. 6114. Middle mile broadband infrastructure.
Sec. 6115. Outdated broadband systems.
Sec. 6116. Effective date.
Subtitle C—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
Sec. 6201. Strengthening regional economic development incentives.
Sec. 6202. Expanding access to credit for rural communities.
Sec. 6203. Providing for additional fees for guaranteed loans.
Sec. 6204. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.
Sec. 6205. Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training programs.
Sec. 6206. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.
Sec. 6207. Tribal college and university essential community facilities.
Sec. 6208. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program.
Sec. 6209. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska.
Sec. 6210. Household water well systems.
Sec. 6211. Solid waste management grants.
Sec. 6212. Rural business development grants.
Sec. 6213. Rural cooperative development grants.
Sec. 6214. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products.
Sec. 6215. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program.
Sec. 6216. Rural economic area partnership zones.
Sec. 6217. Intermediary relending program.
Sec. 6218. Exclusion of prison populations from definition of rural area.
Sec. 6219. National Rural Development Partnership.
Sec. 6220. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters.
Sec. 6221. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program.
Sec. 6222. Health care services.
Sec. 6223. Delta Regional Authority.
Sec. 6224. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
Sec. 6225. Rural business investment program.
Subtitle D—Rural Electrification Act of 1936
Sec. 6301. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes.
Sec. 6302. Expansion of 911 access.
Sec. 6303. Improvements to the guaranteed underwriter program.
Sec. 6304. Extension of the rural economic development loan and grant program.
Subtitle E—Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
Sec. 6401. Rural energy savings program.
Sec. 6402. Biobased markets program.
Sec. 6403. Biorefinery, renewable, chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance.
Sec. 6404. Repowering assistance program.
Sec. 6405. Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels.
Sec. 6406. Biodiesel fuel education program.
Sec. 6407. Rural Energy for America Program.
Sec. 6408. Categorical exclusion for grants and financial assistance made under the Rural Energy
for America Program.
Sec. 6409. Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative.
Sec. 6410. Feedstock flexibility.
Sec. 6411. Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
Subtitle F—Miscellaneous
Sec. 6501. Value-added agricultural product market development grants.
Sec. 6502. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program.
Sec. 6503. Regional economic and infrastructure development commissions.
Sec. 6504. Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949.
Subtitle G—Program Repeals
Sec. 6601. Elimination of unfunded programs.
Sec. 6602. Repeal of Rural Telephone Bank.
Sec. 6603. Amendments to LOCAL TV Act.
Subtitle H—Technical corrections
Sec. 6701. Corrections relating to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Sec. 6702. Corrections relating to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.
Title VII—Research, Extension, and Related Matters
Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977
Sec. 7101. International agriculture research.
Sec. 7102. Matters related to certain school designations and declarations.
Sec. 7103. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
Sec. 7104. Specialty crop committee.
Sec. 7105. Renewable energy committee discontinued.
Sec. 7106. Report on allocations and matching funds for 1890 institutions.
Sec. 7107. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education.
Sec. 7108. Agricultural and food policy research centers.
Sec. 7109. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving
institutions.
Sec. 7110. Repeal of nutrition education program.
Sec. 7111. Continuing animal health and disease research programs.
Sec. 7112. Extension carryover at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.
Sec. 7113. Scholarships for students at 1890 institutions.
Sec. 7114. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges,
including Tuskegee University.
Sec. 7115. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment at insular area
land-grant institutions.
Sec. 7116. Hispanic-serving institutions.
Sec. 7117. Land-grant designation.
Sec. 7118. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs.
Sec. 7119. Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension
programs.
Sec. 7120. Research equipment grants.
Sec. 7121. University research.
Sec. 7122. Extension service.
Sec. 7123. Supplemental and alternative crops.
Sec. 7124. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions.
Sec. 7125. Aquaculture assistance programs.
Sec. 7126. Rangeland research programs.
Sec. 7127. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response.
Sec. 7128. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions
of higher education.
Sec. 7129. Removal of matching funds requirement for certain grants.
Subtitle B—Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
Sec. 7201. Best utilization of biological applications.
Sec. 7202. Integrated management systems.
Sec. 7203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program.
Sec. 7204. National training program.
Sec. 7205. National Genetics Resources Program.
Sec. 7206. National Agricultural Weather Information System.
Sec. 7207. Agricultural genome to phenome initiative.
Sec. 7208. High-priority research and extension initiatives.
Sec. 7209. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative.
Sec. 7210. Farm business management.
Sec. 7211. Clarification of veteran eligibility for assistive technology program for farmers with
disabilities.
Sec. 7212. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse.
Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998
Sec. 7300. Ending limitation on funding under national food safety training, education, extension,
outreach, and technical assistance program.
Sec. 7301. National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance
program.
Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program.
Sec. 7303. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by
Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica.
Sec. 7304. Grants for youth organizations.
Sec. 7305. Specialty crop research initiative.
Sec. 7306. Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program.
Sec. 7307. Office of Pest Management Policy.
Sec. 7308. Forestry products advanced utilization research.
Subtitle D—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
Part I—Agricultural Security
Sec. 7401. Agricultural biosecurity communication center.
Sec. 7402. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparation,
and response.
Sec. 7403. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures.
Sec. 7404. Agricultural biosecurity grant program.
Part II—Miscellaneous
Sec. 7411. Grazinglands research laboratory.
Sec. 7412. Natural products research program.
Sec. 7413. Sun grant program.
Subtitle E—Amendments to Other Laws
Sec. 7501. Critical Agricultural Materials Act.
Sec. 7502. Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994.
Sec. 7503. Research Facilities Act.
Sec. 7504. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act.
Sec. 7505. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978.
Sec. 7506. National Aquaculture Act of 1980.
Sec. 7507. Beginning farmer and rancher development program.
Sec. 7508. Federal agriculture research facilities.
Sec. 7509. Biomass research and development.
Subtitle F—Other Matters
Sec. 7601. Enhanced use lease authority program.
Sec. 7602. Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary.
Sec. 7603. Reinstatement of District of Columbia matching requirement for certain land-grant
university assistance.
Sec. 7604. Farmland tenure, transition, and entry data initiative.
Sec. 7605. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, portion of Henry A. Wallace Beltsville
Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland.
Sec. 7606. Simplified plan of work.
Sec. 7607. Time and effort reporting exemption.
Sec. 7608. Public education on biotechnology in food and agriculture sectors.
Title VIII—Forestry
Subtitle A—Reauthorization and Modification of Certain Forestry Programs
Sec. 8101. Support for State assessments and strategies for forest resources.
Sec. 8102. Forest legacy program.
Sec. 8103. Community forest and open space conservation program.
Sec. 8104. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program.
Sec. 8105. Rural revitalization technologies.
Sec. 8106. Community wood energy and wood innovation program.
Sec. 8107. Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 amendments.
Sec. 8108. National Forest Foundation Act authorities.
Subtitle B—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 Amendments
Sec. 8201. Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain non-Federal
land.
Sec. 8202. Resource advisory committees.
Sec. 8203. Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects.
Subtitle C—Availability of Categorical Exclusions To Expedite Forest Management Activities
Part I—General Provisions
Sec. 8301. Definitions.
Sec. 8302. Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public lands.
Sec. 8303. Consultation under the Endangered Species Act.
Sec. 8304. Secretarial discretion in the case of two or more categorical exclusions.
Part II—Categorical Exclusions
Sec. 8311. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions.
Sec. 8312. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events.
Sec. 8313. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests.
Sec. 8314. Categorical exclusion for hazard trees.
Sec. 8315. Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System lands or public land
or reduce the risk of wildfire.
Sec. 8316. Categorical exclusion for forest restoration.
Sec. 8317. Categorical exclusion for infrastructure forest management activities.
Sec. 8318. Categorical exclusion for developed recreation sites.
Sec. 8319. Categorical exclusion for administrative sites.
Sec. 8320. Categorical exclusion for special use authorizations.
Sec. 8321. Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease
infestation.
Part III—Miscellaneous Forest Management Activities
Sec. 8331. Good neighbor agreements.
Sec. 8332. Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation.
Sec. 8333. Regulations regarding designation of dead or dying trees of certain tree species on
National Forest System lands in California as exempt from prohibition on
export of unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands.
Subtitle D—Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection
Sec. 8401. Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and
other authorities.
Sec. 8402. Tribal forest management demonstration project.
Subtitle E—Other Matters
Sec. 8501. Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction.
Sec. 8502. Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot program.
Sec. 8503. Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations.
Sec. 8504. No loss of funds for wildfire suppression.
Sec. 8505. Technical corrections.
Title IX—Horticulture
Subtitle A—Horticulture marketing and information
Sec. 9001. Specialty crops market news allocation.
Sec. 9002. Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program.
Sec. 9003. Food safety education initiatives.
Sec. 9004. Specialty crop block grants.
Sec. 9005. Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Act.
Sec. 9006. Organic programs.
Subtitle B—Regulatory Reform
Part I—State lead agencies under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
Sec. 9101. Recognition and role of State lead agencies.
Part II—Pesticide registration and use
Sec. 9111. Registration of pesticides.
Sec. 9112. Experimental use permits.
Sec. 9113. Administrative review; suspension.
Sec. 9114. Unlawful acts.
Sec. 9115. Authority of States.
Sec. 9116. Regulations.
Sec. 9117. Use of authorized pesticides.
Sec. 9118. Discharges of pesticides.
Sec. 9119. Enactment of Pesticide Registration Improvement Enhancement Act of 2017.
Part III—Amendments to the Plant Protection Act
Sec. 9121. Methyl bromide.
Part IV—Amendments to other laws
Sec. 9131. Definition of retail facilities.
Subtitle C—Other Matters
Sec. 9201. Report on regulation of plant biostimulants.
Sec. 9202. Pecan marketing orders.
Sec. 9203. Report on honey and maple syrup.
Title X—Crop Insurance
Sec. 10001. Treatment of forage and grazing.
Sec. 10002. Administrative basic fee.
Sec. 10003. Prevention of duplicative coverage.
Sec. 10004. Repeal of unused authority.
Sec. 10005. Continued authority.
Sec. 10006. Program administration.
Sec. 10007. Maintenance of policies.
Sec. 10008. Research and development priorities.
Sec. 10009. Extension of funding for research and development.
Sec. 10010. Education and risk management assistance.
Title XI—Miscellaneous
Subtitle A—Livestock
Sec. 11101. Animal Disease Preparedness and Response.
Sec. 11102. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan.
Sec. 11103. Veterinary training.
Sec. 11104. Report on FSIS guidance and outreach to small meat processors.
Subtitle B—Beginning, Socially Disadvantaged, and Veteran Producers
Sec. 11201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran
farmers and ranchers.
Sec. 11202. Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement.
Sec. 11203. Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050.
Sec. 11204. Agricultural youth organization coordinator.
Subtitle C—Textiles
Sec. 11301. Repeal of Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund.
Sec. 11302. Repeal of Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund.
Sec. 11303. Repeal of wool research and promotion grants funding.
Sec. 11304. Textile Trust Fund.
Subtitle D—United States Grain Standards Act
Sec. 11401. Restoring certain exceptions to United States Grain Standards Act.
Subtitle E—Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program
Sec. 11501. Eligible crops.
Sec. 11502. Service fee.
Sec. 11503. Payments equivalent to additional coverage.
Subtitle F—Other Matters
Sec. 11601. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation.
Sec. 11602. Authority of Secretary to carry out certain programs under Department of Agriculture
Reorganization Act of 1994.
Sec. 11603. Conference report requirement threshold.
Sec. 11604. National agriculture imagery program.
Sec. 11605. Report on inclusion of natural stone products in Commodity Promotion, Research, and
Information Act of 1996.
Sec. 11606. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region.
Sec. 11607. Establishment of Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison.
Sec. 11608. Cotton classification services.
Sec. 11609. Century farms program.
Sec. 11610. Report on agricultural innovation.
Sec. 11611. Report on dog importation.
Sec. 11612. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption.
Subtitle G—Protecting interstate commerce
Sec. 11701. Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with production or
manufacture of items in other States.
Sec. 11702. Federal cause of action to challenge State regulation of interstate commerce.
2.Definition of Secretary of AgricultureIn this Act, the term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture. <enum>I</enum><header>Commodities</header> <subtitle id="H9E466B60DCD14CB2A042B1901BDA2163"><enum>A</enum><header>Commodity Policy</header> <section id="H9DB9E4900B464FEBAC0E4A9F52FC399A"><enum>1111.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle and subtitle B:</text>
<paragraph id="HCDDB9D9638054D3E84E3FCB583847F92"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Actual crop revenue</header><text>The term <term>actual crop revenue</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 1117(b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H87479F65D4F249AB83B4105C3CBD6FA8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agriculture risk coverage</header><text>The term <term>agriculture risk coverage</term> means coverage provided under section 1117.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4D478AB85681455F972AD4E004D6DD63"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agriculture risk coverage guarantee</header><text>The term <term>agriculture risk coverage guarantee</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined by the Secretary under section 1117(c).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9FC8E589887A4A409EAE5AFE671ADEA2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Base acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base acres</term> has the meaning given the term in section 1111(4)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9011">7 U.S.C. 9011(4)(A)</external-xref>), subject to any reallocation, adjustment, or reduction under section 1112.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A4B9D5633044CC99266D092349414D1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Covered commodity</header><text>The term <term>covered commodity</term> means wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and barley used for haying and grazing), corn, grain sorghum, long grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other oilseeds, seed cotton, and peanuts.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14B7816AFDBB4E9FA7999E6D688C7FE9"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Effective price</header><text>The term <term>effective price</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the price calculated by the Secretary under section 1116(b) to determine whether price loss coverage payments are required to be provided for that crop year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H302FEF91EBFE445B839AA7C4572B1CD0"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effective reference price</header><text>The term <term>effective reference price</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the lesser of the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H51E119618A7C4AF18FC1BD046A8844A2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>An amount equal to 115 percent of the reference price for such covered commodity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9569259713D54CB1B57BFFD5B0D8C100"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An amount equal to the greater of—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HEE1D03CA7C4149DBAFFF7F533C3046BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the reference price for such covered commodity; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE3C46A25F92F420CA90F0D45DBDCE4F9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>85 percent of the average of the marketing year average price of the covered commodity for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest marketing year average price.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8F5F7F570BD449D491358761B3006E4A"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Extra long staple cotton</header><text>The term <term>extra long staple cotton</term> means cotton that—</text> <subparagraph id="HB404AAA913BE44189DFF29145169D62C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is produced from pure strain varieties of the <italic>barbadense</italic> species or any hybrid of the species, or other similar types of extra long staple cotton, designated by the Secretary, having characteristics needed for various end uses for which United States upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated cotton-growing regions of the United States designated by the Secretary or other areas designated by the Secretary as suitable for the production of the varieties or types; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1C4CB6B82EF4E70AC87BAA36E323FF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if authorized by the Secretary, ginned on another type gin for experimental purposes.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BC8CBC5B4AD4845A80DAE34C93973D5"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Marketing year average price</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>marketing year average price</term> means the national average market price received by producers during the 12-month marketing year for a covered commodity, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3F94DAF30C844A318ED81619C14CD00B"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Medium grain rice</header><text>The term <term>medium grain rice</term> includes short grain rice and temperate japonica rice.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4829480469F7470FBE254AA1CEA33034"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Other oilseed</header><text>The term <term>other oilseed</term> means a crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA38E19092843475C97CD59505D9F2967"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Payment acres</header><text>The term <term>payment acres</term>, with respect to the provision of price loss coverage payments and agriculture risk coverage payments, means the number of acres determined for a farm under section 1114.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BF6A47A1FA343D980B291EA7895A31C"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Payment yield</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>payment yield</term>, for a farm for a covered commodity—</text> <subparagraph id="HBAD95D5AD9824DC098519B411E805B71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means the yield used to make payments pursuant to section 1116 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9016">7 U.S.C. 9016</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE284227ECA954A99BD9856FE30AA450E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means the yield established under section 1113.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC5A12F46B0ED43AB835F08B25BB519EA"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Price loss coverage</header><text>The term <term>price loss coverage</term> means coverage provided under section 1116.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85DAC439D928409588ECE07DFBDB6D5E"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Producer</header>
<subparagraph id="H5738587943AB492D9A87805920237EBC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>producer</term> means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEF465DF7E3944BE4A8A764444870BC10"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Hybrid seed</header><text>In determining whether a grower of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H0EF6E2A36BB14355BBEA8A9F91B497BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not take into consideration the existence of a hybrid seed contract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H9AD6B25AAB0A477FA5EE98BA01426EBA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>ensure that program requirements do not adversely affect the ability of the grower to receive a payment under this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCA150DC987534F7E836A60549E7D5693"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Pulse crop</header><text>The term <term>pulse crop</term> means dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9C1C3822C6154566BA50A79C191EE2C8"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Reference price</header><text>The term <term>reference price</term>, with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFBD2F776BBA49CBBC38347CFDBA2329"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For wheat, $5.50 per bushel.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8870258D31B04CCD93F9DCB1DEAC6CE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For corn, $3.70 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF961E8592B88495E9AE5DD04E467C2EA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H219175A01F7943D3AFF7A2C526C8DD97"><enum>(D)</enum><text>For barley, $4.95 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H16FE473B93F64AA0AC6EE4EB4C285294"><enum>(E)</enum><text>For oats, $2.40 per bushel.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDC4F414EE654059942489AA60601CEC"><enum>(F)</enum><text>For long grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DE3B61E0F6C423FBD0FDC6DE49A6ACF"><enum>(G)</enum><text>For medium grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H81AB260C8A224DA58B6DFE5B36B52167"><enum>(H)</enum><text>For soybeans, $8.40 per bushel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDECB4A785AF4C209F8C1D2A48E6DE12"><enum>(I)</enum><text>For other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundredweight.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A2C07B980D84A6A81EC47E3716F2BD1"><enum>(J)</enum><text>For peanuts, $535.00 per ton.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA7240E9F13824208B14D5967E1A4737A"><enum>(K)</enum><text>For dry peas, $11.00 per hundredweight.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H590CA6C31FFD42239A230A2610510C77"><enum>(L)</enum><text>For lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H34D3DB313A7C4AF29FEE8B598A1C1C3B"><enum>(M)</enum><text>For small chickpeas, $19.04 per hundredweight.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8269F667453D4E77B5B7D541664A5D30"><enum>(N)</enum><text>For large chickpeas, $21.54 per hundredweight.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H23EBDB4EA1B043F0890FF906FF5583EC"><enum>(O)</enum><text>For seed cotton, $0.367 per pound.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE0B95BBD7A014B6AB23C947A3698E5F7"><enum>(18)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77C7F7DD730B4FB38BD5139CA00612F7"><enum>(19)</enum><header>Seed cotton</header><text>The term <term>seed cotton</term> means unginned upland cotton that includes both lint and seed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAC3A522A448A41649E6631BFB2DC9479"><enum>(20)</enum><header>State</header><text>The term <term>State</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H552171A557264CFBB526E9F5E68CB02D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE882BA6ADE1F4C7E8A99EB9E8F9FC171"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the District of Columbia;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65EA92D92FEE42EDB0FEB792C3CBC1B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB363D2A555FA4F269F5117CB1D4F2C6E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>any other territory or possession of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H69DFD193871248E4ADF330A304E4F233"><enum>(21)</enum><header>Temperate japonica rice</header><text>The term <term>temperate japonica rice</term> means rice that is grown in high altitudes or temperate regions of high latitudes with cooler climate conditions, in the Western United States, as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29317CF1C6C642B3B6B0A5FC0BF04792"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the establishment of a reference price (as required under section 1116(g)) and an effective price pursuant to section 1116; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H064BA4CC39484168A218072915C799E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the determination of the actual crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee pursuant to section 1117.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E2E6C1EA35746BD8BE5A29C55C8B4FD"><enum>(22)</enum><header>Transitional yield</header><text>The term <term>transitional yield</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1502">7 U.S.C. 1502(b)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AC6499E91D84998BDB287BA492BF5B1"><enum>(23)</enum><header>United states</header><text>The term <term>United States</term>, when used in a geographical sense, means all of the States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9EAEEF4079FE4399AB3DAD180A539CD9"><enum>(24)</enum><header>United states premium factor</header><text>The term <term>United States Premium Factor</term> means the percentage by which the difference in the United States loan schedule premiums for Strict Middling (SM) 1<fraction>1/8</fraction>-inch upland cotton and for Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the applicable premiums for comparable international qualities.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0564D5DDA79D4BEA9614638D5558D4D7"><enum>1112.</enum><header>Base acres</header>
<subsection id="H4D3432A89CBE41B8B9E8DFB42044ACF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustment of Base Acres</header>
<paragraph id="H87A264549A3449A287D50C58233EED2F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for an adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres for covered commodities for a farm whenever any of the following circumstances occur:</text>
<subparagraph id="H14B6F81CE6EA4152ACE13A78E570DDE4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A conservation reserve contract entered into under section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831</external-xref>) with respect to the farm expires or is voluntarily terminated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB1A47AFB18B4DA4BE4575366AF827BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Cropland is released from coverage under a conservation reserve contract by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF64EE308C166454B931870DD6077BA51"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The producer has eligible oilseed acreage as the result of the Secretary designating additional oilseeds, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under section 1101(a)(1)(D) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8711">7 U.S.C. 8711(a)(1)(D)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA32881CB00DE41809D34DEAC48CCAE80"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special conservation reserve acreage payment rules</header><text>For the crop year in which a base acres adjustment under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) is first made, the owner of the farm shall elect to receive price loss coverage or agriculture risk coverage with respect to the acreage added to the farm under this subsection or a prorated payment under the conservation reserve contract, but not both.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE65331954CE047B39E5052EA22FB9210"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Prevention of Excess Base Acres</header>
<paragraph id="H9F92DDFA3697411394F43251997DEA53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required reduction</header><text>If the sum of the base acres for a farm and the acreage described in paragraph (2) exceeds the actual cropland acreage of the farm, the Secretary shall reduce the base acres for 1 or more covered commodities for the farm so that the sum of the base acres and the acreage described in paragraph (2) does not exceed the actual cropland acreage of the farm.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A372D8E98E541C29B3B4A1EA99EFA84"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other acreage</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H75616BA26A8C4170810864305D2B00FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any acreage on the farm enrolled in the conservation reserve program or wetlands reserve program (or successor programs) under title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3801">16 U.S.C. 3801</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H330BF507925F4C60BE154D1AF37298C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any other acreage on the farm enrolled in a Federal conservation program for which payments are made in exchange for not producing an agricultural commodity on the acreage.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3B0A16049E44CFFB4CFBF4CFED3D75C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>If the Secretary designates additional oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall be determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed acreage under subsection (a)(1)(C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H970224D6F70048659A7D8DAB84C58F4B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Selection of acres</header><text>The Secretary shall give the owner of the farm the opportunity to select the base acres for a covered commodity for the farm against which the reduction required by paragraph (1) will be made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3409CF0552D34431A657F55C243128FB"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exception for double-cropped acreage</header><text>In applying paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make an exception in the case of double cropping, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBE592C6CD0AA43B38E4E885B292B7483"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reduction in Base Acres</header>
<paragraph id="HAD632569EA3248F6A69288CB7F0E81B8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduction at option of owner</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDC8EB16986884C56B3104D152F67FD6E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The owner of a farm may reduce, at any time, the base acres for any covered commodity for the farm.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BB6A44A8B5C4AA9934E6A03F2E85805"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of reduction</header><text>A reduction under subparagraph (A) shall be permanent and made in a manner prescribed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF233F83F293437FA288BD19D2CD7C6B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Required action by Secretary</header>
<subparagraph id="HD27285EA736E4A0BB3F47AEA6CB723BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall proportionately reduce base acres on a farm for land that has been subdivided and developed for multiple residential units or other nonfarming uses if the size of the tracts and the density of the subdivision is such that the land is unlikely to return to the previous agricultural use, unless the producers on the farm demonstrate that the land—</text>
<clause id="H0C4ABE6407BB4F3087752718FE6FD612"><enum>(i)</enum><text>remains devoted to commercial agricultural production; or</text> </clause><clause id="H873E8BAE93DB410DB388AFD6C8FE1354"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is likely to be returned to the previous agricultural use.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H805E19CDF27E4F509E3329073C6F0CFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall establish procedures to identify land described in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB45C76B6C9CD47A28A337592E4ADF651"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of unplanted base</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a farm on which no covered commodities (including seed cotton) were planted or prevented from being planted during the period beginning on January 1, 2009, and ending on December 31, 2017, the Secretary shall allocate all base acres on the farm to unassigned crop base for which no payment shall be made under section 1116 or 1117.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19153D49A61C45A9B12267FF8D4FCA00"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prohibition on reconstitution of farm</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall ensure that producers on a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void or change the treatment of base acres under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE9B6BB7356724B9DBC2D0BE06A931FBA"><enum>1113.</enum><header>Payment yields</header>
<subsection id="H7DFA7BA18ED34DB181F7F4B87DBD4853"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Treatment of designated oilseeds</header>
<paragraph id="H31A287BCFA0B469CBCF31CD1E39EBB99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purpose of making price loss coverage payments under section 1116, the Secretary shall provide for the establishment of a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for which a payment yield was not established under section 1113 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9013">7 U.S.C. 9013</external-xref>) in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H61B110B36A314F718DA1F3531D0B6494"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment Yields for Designated Oilseeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of designated oilseeds, the payment yield shall be equal to 90 percent of the average of the yield per planted acre for the most recent five crop years, as determined by the Secretary, excluding any crop year in which the acreage planted to the covered commodity was zero.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBCC815FA30564488AD950CDCFA07AD3E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Application</header><text>This subsection shall apply to oilseeds designated after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB3E0B2A23B9C40589986DCEAC3FD2002"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of Lack of Payment Yield</header> <paragraph id="H279F5D6638B14C63B5A803BA8D880D3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment by secretary</header><text>In the case of a covered commodity on a farm for which base acres have been established, if no payment yield is otherwise established for the covered commodity on the farm, the Secretary shall establish an appropriate payment yield for the covered commodity on the farm under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC709410F3BB4499981E8B1F3D862B96F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of similarly situated farms</header><text>To establish an appropriate payment yield for a covered commodity on a farm as required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration the farm program payment yields applicable to that covered commodity for similarly situated farms. The use of such data in an appeal, by the Secretary or by the producer, shall not be subject to any other provision of law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4F78AA4295D4407BB72F0DF722A98FF9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Single opportunity to update yields in counties affected by drought</header>
<paragraph id="H0C831A50975F495DB942B0834A0C15A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Election to update</header><text>In the case of a farm that is physically located in a county in which any area of the county was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity for 20 or more consecutive weeks during the period beginning January 1, 2008 and ending December 31, 2012, at the sole discretion of the owner of such farm, the owner of a farm shall have a 1-time opportunity to update, on a covered commodity-by covered-commodity basis, the payment yield that would otherwise be used in calculating any price loss coverage payment for each covered commodity on the farm for which the election is made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEB13882EE4549E0A6F9BBB22B6B9AFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Method of updating yields for covered commodities</header><text>If the owner of a farm elects to update yields under paragraph (1), the payment yield for covered commodities on the farm, for the purpose of calculating price loss coverage payments only, shall be equal to 90 percent of the average of the yield per planted acre for the crop of covered commodities on the farm for the 2013 through 2017 crop years, as determined by the Secretary, excluding any crop year in which the acreage planted to the covered commodity was zero.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H832AC076CC36413AAEC321A994AF5A3D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of county average yield</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the purposes of determining the average yield under paragraph (2), if the yield per planted acre for a crop of a covered commodity for a farm for any of the crop years specified in paragraph (2) was less than 75 percent of the average of county yields for those same years for that commodity, the Secretary shall assign a yield for that crop year equal to 75 percent of the average of the 2013 though 2017 county yield for the covered commodity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD7558FC9F2264F188578D87BC55EB017"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Upland cotton conversion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of seed cotton, for purposes of determining the average of the yield per planted acre under paragraph (2), the average yield for seed cotton per planted acre shall be equal to 2.4 times the average yield for upland cotton per planted acre.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9162AF9D03B2478BAA020E117BCACE8B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Time for Election</header><text>An election under this subsection shall be made at a time and manner so as to be in effect beginning with the 2019 crop year, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6792D733C35848A7B462248B0A435309"><enum>1114.</enum><header>Payment acres</header>
<subsection id="HFB09E90609C74715BFCA8DB621F394BB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determination of Payment Acres</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), for the purpose of price loss coverage and agriculture risk coverage, the payment acres for each covered commodity on a farm shall be equal to 85 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on the farm.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA9DB32F24F454FC6B51E32256F9D029C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of Minimal Payment Acres</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H69087BBBD74F4D74B38B6B65D9635DB4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Prohibition on payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, a producer on a farm may not receive price loss coverage payments or agriculture risk coverage payments if the sum of the base acres on the farm is 10 acres or less, as determined by the Secretary, unless the sum of the base acres on the farm, when combined with the base acres of other farms in which the producer has an interest, is more than 10 acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA0053230FA59418EBF90DA3A8C4E659C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph (1) does not apply to a producer that is—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H2218BC63DB32472F8E244647F6A73248"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2003">7 U.S.C. 2003(e)</external-xref>)); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H248E8C7CDF5F4FBA90527839FF4DB505"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a limited resource farmer or rancher, as defined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6816FE9D7AD4F3E9D13547BD8D44E99"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effect of Planting Fruits and Vegetables</header> <paragraph id="HE568729EB1A5451CB46BAEBCAE594E71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reduction required</header><text>In the manner provided in this subsection, payment acres on a farm shall be reduced in any crop year in which fruits, vegetables (other than mung beans and pulse crops), or wild rice have been planted on base acres on a farm.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF0C5A53AC5543E182534346259E266F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Price loss coverage and agricultural risk coverage</header><text>In the case of price loss coverage payments and agricultural risk coverage payments, the reduction under paragraph (1) shall be the amount equal to the base acres planted to crops referred to in such paragraph in excess of 15 percent of base acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBF3BAD32EF5B4FF490EF52C5A9A4BD9A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reduction exceptions</header><text>No reduction to payment acres shall be made under this subsection if—</text> <subparagraph id="HFEF468C55A654D828AEF2BF949536DCB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cover crops or crops referred to in paragraph (1) are grown solely for conservation purposes and not harvested for use or sale, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE84F2FD6F5A4484887632DA9A1B8B52B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any region in which there is a history of double-cropping covered commodities with crops referred to in paragraph (1) and such crops were so double-cropped on the base acres, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0ECB32BE5A74BC7BDD199FFBC5E3F54"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect of reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each crop year for which fruits, vegetables (other than mung beans and pulse crops), or wild rice are planted to base acres on a farm for which a reduction in payment acres is made under this subsection, the Secretary shall consider such base acres to be planted, or prevented from planting, to a covered commodity for purposes of any adjustment or reduction of base acres for the farm under section 1112.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H29D02BB2263B4FE289639EE11ECF5173"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Unassigned crop base</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain information on base acres allocated as unassigned crop base pursuant to—</text>
<paragraph id="H67ED3FEEDD014EA09D85F24F8AF7EE2D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>section 1112(c)(3); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6B3BB98DD8FD4E7E9F4DBDF376B477CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>section 1112(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9012">7 U.S.C. 9012(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6A49131BE74E4CE8B9FCD64027C64971"><enum>1115.</enum><header>Producer election</header>
<subsection id="HA09B1E24CF46446C91B205AEA8A36FAF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Election required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the 2019 through 2023 crop years, all of the producers on a farm shall make a 1-time, irrevocable election to obtain on a covered-commodity-by-covered-commodity basis—</text>
<paragraph id="HFEEDC8150800410193C3C79D7C823DB5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>price loss coverage under section 1116; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3F73EAF602EB4B029AC44F5BC0BBA41F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>agriculture risk coverage under section 1117.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0A62D2FDED0F46808E4A70B233E2B7E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effect of failure to make unanimous election</header><text>If all the producers on a farm fail to make a unanimous election under subsection (a) for the 2019 crop year—</text>
<paragraph id="H64281A2BC7AD43059596E20EA53B400E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary shall not make any payments with respect to the farm for the 2019 crop year under section 1116 or 1117; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF742FD9AE5540F39EB4E8F185DD4810"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the producers on the farm shall be deemed to have elected price loss coverage under section 1116 for all covered commodities on the farm for the 2020 through 2023 crop years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HACAF2807B9184C7887B8D5BCD08A6EFE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on Reconstitution</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that producers on a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void or change an election made under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H74BD8323257547D0BC684EA0F14CEC33"><enum>1116.</enum><header>Price loss coverage</header>
<subsection id="H11505EB103594F20A948AA64E48BF229"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Price Loss Coverage Payments</header><text>If all of the producers on a farm make the election under subsection (a) of section 1115 to obtain price loss coverage or, subject to subsection (b)(1) of such section, are deemed to have made such election under subsection (b)(2) of such section, the Secretary shall make price loss coverage payments to producers on the farm on a covered-commodity-by-covered-commodity basis if the Secretary determines that, for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years—</text>
<paragraph id="H222D0FCFAEB549D480AB26433BB83E43"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effective price for the covered commodity for the crop year; is less than</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72BEB4D614834B27BA21C1A1A6536CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effective reference price for the covered commodity for the crop year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12D36FA2041A4E6782FC06D72280E9F6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Price</header><text>The effective price for a covered commodity for a crop year shall be the higher of—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H39C92A0764BA466BB27F70371C969528"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the marketing year average price; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69E2D0646B414D788620BBA093CAF56B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the national average loan rate for a marketing assistance loan for the covered commodity in effect for such crop year under subtitle B.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0518B7A561514345B2DC99166F8A57C0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment Rate</header><text>The payment rate shall be equal to the difference between—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H49AA298F247543F5ACA27B194A363074"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the effective reference price for the covered commodity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H578547F096514F68882E5B89374BEB51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the effective price determined under subsection (b) for the covered commodity.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEADE33A8360428A8266A51FF3EF35BB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment Amount</header><text>If price loss coverage payments are required to be provided under this section for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years for a covered commodity, the amount of the price loss coverage payment to be paid to the producers on a farm for the crop year shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<paragraph id="H4255D9BF9BD04F54B057DB37047CAA49"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the payment rate for the covered commodity under subsection (c);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF165120C1705460FB52B8A944F09030F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the payment yield for the covered commodity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EFB4C01A02E43D28A1B37E0F3405EA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the payment acres for the covered commodity determined under section 1114.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18BB3B4BED1645BA9D5A83FF62377658"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Time for Payments</header><text>If the Secretary determines under this section that price loss coverage payments are required to be provided for the covered commodity, the payments shall be made beginning October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, after the end of the applicable marketing year for the covered commodity.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2B37E0C9FB32448EB6CEF5C6248F9867"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective price for Barley</header><text>In determining the effective price for barley under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use the all-barley price.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7ECBA740C46E4B0E8B7E12301D518D07"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reference Price for Temperate Japonica Rice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In order to reflect price premiums, the Secretary shall provide a reference price with respect to temperate japonica rice in an amount equal to the amount established under subparagraph (F) of section 1111(17), as adjusted by paragraph (7) of such section, multiplied by the ratio obtained by dividing—</text>
<paragraph id="H87CEB660118A420798D35CFB00935518"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the simple average of the marketing year average price of medium grain rice from the 2012 through 2016 crop years; by</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF93109D9A671444DB332038C846AFEF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the simple average of the marketing year average price of all rice from the 2012 through 2016 crop years.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAE53A89343104A09A015560A68921029"><enum>1117.</enum><header>Agriculture risk coverage</header>
<subsection id="HA0564637628B4B2589CC580B0B80656C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agriculture Risk Coverage Payments</header><text>If all of the producers on a farm make the election under section 1115(a) to obtain agriculture risk coverage, the Secretary shall make agriculture risk coverage payments to producers on the farm if the Secretary determines that, for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years—</text>
<paragraph id="H7481853D4C28409793A97359A546851C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the actual crop revenue determined under subsection (b) for the crop year; is less than</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA005859CDC6F4A7789812C82D75E2D90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the agriculture risk coverage guarantee determined under subsection (c) for the crop year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEE6C3E242CE840B98B3F5F7861A5461F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Actual crop revenue</header><text>The amount of the actual crop revenue for a county for a crop year of a covered commodity shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF03BD298CC841E58661FE8DE07F7C6C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the actual average county yield per planted acre for the covered commodity, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDACD1A95649F462C852F55E7D6DE9951"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the higher of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H4CE6DAA3F44A44D9AD7220B6D73B6C5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the marketing year average price; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89930A6B913B40879605D02573CEF371"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the national average loan rate for a marketing assistance loan for the covered commodity in effect for such crop year under subtitle B.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H48C25850CDA744FC849AA634C4E278A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agriculture Risk Coverage Guarantee</header>
<paragraph id="H6D3C33E6A7C74D3CA20251D861593D60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The agriculture risk coverage guarantee for a crop year for a covered commodity shall equal 86 percent of the benchmark revenue.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD606EB649D6640208F503F2BB22EDF33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Benchmark revenue</header><text>The benchmark revenue shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="HD04F5C1AC69D4D28A3CAFE425FF071A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (3), the average historical county yield as determined by the Secretary for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest yields; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDE03965C9AF460AB80584DA36F0348A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (4), the marketing year average price for the most recent 5 crop years, excluding each of the crop years with the highest and lowest prices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5CD03940AC7149BFAB8D43112E227FD3"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Yield conditions</header><text>If the yield per planted acre for the covered commodity or historical county yield per planted acre for the covered commodity for any of the 5 most recent crop years, as determined by the Secretary, is less than 70 percent of the transitional yield, as determined by the Secretary, the amounts used for any of those years in paragraph (2)(A) shall be 70 percent of the transitional yield.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCB7C5F78E2154E558A0529C2571292C9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reference price</header><text>If the marketing year average price for any of the 5 most recent crop years is lower than the reference price for the covered commodity, the Secretary shall use the reference price for any of those years for the amounts in paragraph (2)(B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC2A5098C96F741FEA7A432EDE48FBCA9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment Rate</header><text>The payment rate for a covered commodity in a county shall be equal to the lesser of—</text> <paragraph id="H1F9D85E60544454ABBAEBAE0FB8A2420"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the amount that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2B58425BDA7042CC992F084C3F17F2D3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the agriculture risk coverage guarantee for the crop year applicable under subsection (c); exceeds</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69F9B3F509134CD99367A6BA5A6EF964"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the actual crop revenue for the crop year applicable under subsection (b); or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8473046601604E2286A4666628C2BA62"><enum>(2)</enum><text>10 percent of the benchmark revenue for the crop year applicable under subsection (c).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98E95BCC33294FDFB4FC4BC5E6753C1C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment Amount</header><text>If agriculture risk coverage payments are required to be paid for any of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the amount of the agriculture risk coverage payment for the crop year shall be determined by multiplying—</text>
<paragraph id="H330BACBBEA414952B45E11FD747DD05C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the payment rate for the covered commodity determined under subsection (d); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H74B2BAAC0BF443158CE90847E368861C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the payment acres for the covered commodity determined under section 1114.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB390B3D4554043E5A422552449F720B9"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Time for Payments</header><text>If the Secretary determines that agriculture risk coverage payments are required to be provided for the covered commodity, payments shall be made beginning October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter, after the end of the applicable marketing year for the covered commodity.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H43258532E7E64D8BAA9AC19329EC9197"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Additional Duties of the Secretary</header><text>In providing agriculture risk coverage, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8027CDA28AEB4A09B51B773DBF222967"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, use all available information and analysis, including data mining, to check for anomalies in the determination of agriculture risk coverage payments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3ABF7B1D0C7B4CBE8AC7DFB1EF61058F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>calculate a separate actual crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee for irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFA1CD8ABA7664E788B2CF522486983E1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assign an actual or benchmark county yield for each planted acre for the crop year for the covered commodity—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA37E56568414A4D85F4CD087B62C388"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for a county for which county data collected by the Risk Management Agency is sufficient for the Secretary to offer a county-wide insurance product using the actual average county yield determined by the Risk Management Agency; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HEFADAC362EE748FAA531F2357557A831"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for a county not described in subparagraph (A) using—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HF7186F1D0B5B4FA7978BC10327E92F61"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other sources of yield information, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD4ADF7C4FD4C4152B2C0F175C9929BA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the yield history of representative farms in the State, region, or crop reporting district, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2405C62E2FE046A8B5F0788B853EAE17"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make payments, as applicable, to producers using the payment rate of the county of the physical location of the base acres of a farm.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H38703C218E8342CD98E37883BD97460C"><enum>1118.</enum><header>Producer agreements</header>
<subsection id="H81BABCD83ED5476F98A966B2B0A2B49C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Compliance With Certain Requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HA3FAF12334DB4EAEBBAA2DE50D11CCED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>Before the producers on a farm may receive payments under this subtitle 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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2DAE35CF252D4B20ABCD4A5E727E5451"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3210BDD01B974A65BFAA13F3EC2159D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821</external-xref> et seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59E894A38E224CD3B9071324FA3F13E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF337330DED734ADA8906A784744824C8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to use the land on the farm, in a quantity equal to the attributable base acres for the farm and any base acres for an agricultural or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural commercial, industrial, or residential use, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H897A1AB221C34E9FACB22A6FAD45ECF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Compliance</header><text>The Secretary may issue such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9044415A60174896A1126999D80CDD68"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Modification</header><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3A5022DDC52143C1887345DD4C1265B3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transfer or Change of Interest in Farm</header>
<paragraph id="H949BD2F252F546A78E0B1FCAA6F40D13"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Termination</header>
<subparagraph id="H590F1C53322C47249FFC64BBC45ACC5A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), a transfer of (or change in) the interest of the producers on a farm for which payments under this subtitle are provided shall result in the termination of the payments, unless the transferee or owner of the acreage agrees to assume all obligations under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6AE617ABDF14B71BB1E068C39538F26"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The termination shall take effect on the date determined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6A76A4FDA29D4AB9B9B192C6ECE0FBFA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>If a producer entitled to a payment under this subtitle 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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H63B31C9087C34B06BED069FC240BC260"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acreage Reports</header><text>As a condition on the receipt of any benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B, the Secretary shall require producers on a farm to submit to the Secretary annual acreage reports with respect to all cropland on the farm.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H54B1E1B67BCC443282B03A0D40A8A5A5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effect of Inaccurate Reports</header><text>No penalty with respect to benefits under this subtitle or subtitle B shall be assessed against a producer on a farm for an inaccurate acreage report unless the Secretary determines that the producer on the farm knowingly and willfully falsified the acreage report.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6F579E3184C743CD8AFAB80B2ACCFBA2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tenants and Sharecroppers</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDB315CE0E791472094C3AFB8D79CEAC0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Sharing of Payments</header><text>The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this subtitle among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable basis.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H8E2E1889EE0740C583D50820397A6392" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Marketing Loans</header>
<section id="H655E50ACF11B42E79DAEAAEB91BB9101"><enum>1201.</enum><header>Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities</header>
<subsection id="HBF70E87F1DFB4618820972A5DB19A482"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of loan commodity</header><text>In this subtitle, the term <term>loan commodity</term> means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soybeans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9E677AE9E9A4805AF353E9C8C9534F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonrecourse loans available</header>
<paragraph id="HB379F0ED5389409C86AC1204BBB0E588"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For each of the 2019 through 2023 crops of each loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available to producers on a farm nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for loan commodities produced on the farm.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1851124E4CCB41F7A12E374E7BA4F5C4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The marketing assistance loans shall be made under terms and conditions that are prescribed by the Secretary and at the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA5D7B494765D481287B9F65D6D9A43CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible production</header><text>The producers on a farm shall be eligible for a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b) for any quantity of a loan commodity produced on the farm.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE015038EBF394F509416BBB02D58F6A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compliance with conservation and wetlands requirements</header><text>As a condition of the receipt of a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b), the producer shall comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811</external-xref> et seq.) and applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821</external-xref> et seq.) during the term of the loan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6E1DAD0CF61643BEA02CC78486F3112A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Special rules for peanuts</header>
<paragraph id="H30B35D4A66394F388FD111EC502EA316"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>This subsection shall apply only to producers of peanuts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0991865730F0410A84C1317F79C8453F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Options for obtaining loan</header><text>A marketing assistance loan under this section, and loan deficiency payments under section 1205, may be obtained at the option of the producers on a farm through—</text>
<subparagraph id="H14DE10E335BD495297F76BEDCBA5BFC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a designated marketing association or marketing cooperative of producers that is approved by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD93F1C4953224A09A5E77530BDE86F9C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Farm Service Agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H726E7D46C7944DAA8A7745DA54E948EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Storage of loan peanuts</header><text>As a condition on the approval by the Secretary of an individual or entity to provide storage for peanuts for which a marketing assistance loan is made under this section, the individual or entity shall agree—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB1DE8602EE74EC0AE14204D5379DB35"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide the storage on a nondiscriminatory basis; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC8B74EFF07D4B1C947D565849C529C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to comply with such additional requirements as the Secretary considers appropriate to accomplish the purposes of this section and promote fairness in the administration of the benefits of this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4918BA31364B4FD098B2D5832983F35C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Storage, handling, and associated costs</header>
<subparagraph id="H2FA341DAB0FE4D26BE21501CAC9024E0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>To ensure proper storage of peanuts for which a loan is made under this section, the Secretary shall pay handling and other associated costs (other than storage costs) incurred at the time at which the peanuts are placed under loan, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85D06E3BCC0C44AC811E8A8A537635B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Redemption and forfeiture</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <clause id="H91BDCC331B5746F99287DC56328C7729"><enum>(i)</enum><text>require the repayment of handling and other associated costs paid under subparagraph (A) for all peanuts pledged as collateral for a loan that is redeemed under this section; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H68C990EDEFF7467C93654A0489C6DA23"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>pay storage, handling, and other associated costs for all peanuts pledged as collateral that are forfeited under this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H24A23AA6EDFE40AF9F43C1CE71EDA223"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marketing</header><text>A marketing association or cooperative may market peanuts for which a loan is made under this section in any manner that conforms to consumer needs, including the separation of peanuts by type and quality.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H07E43CBECA234D77B8E98EAA4F12C283"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Reimbursable agreements and payment of administrative expenses</header><text>The Secretary may implement any reimbursable agreements or provide for the payment of administrative expenses under this subsection only in a manner that is consistent with those activities in regard to other loan commodities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE83A5F1C829142B48A052BB9D61FADCA"><enum>1202.</enum><header>Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCF7CAAEA2DFA4C6FBB8AB8F839A4E9EB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>For purposes of each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3C8810699E61405E942BFF929BDF158F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCF7974D3151B40679CC1BF6469F8B360"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEDCA4495DAC04EABB5EE86CE1E84D885"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per bushel.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2154AF34DD474122B3CF4E4A96C5E992"><enum>(4)</enum><text>In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA2D3DBC3F6B2453585FFFF855B67D546"><enum>(5)</enum><text>In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H09693A11FE724F40A6C009A63C911972"><enum>(6)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H01B88F1B5A0D4C6DADC9B4D04CB3F631"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C), in the case of base quality of upland cotton, 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 planting.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAG00" id="H995897E6F91D4E87AC99A65FCE7C37BF" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the loan rate determined under subparagraph (A) may not equal less than an amount equal to 98 percent of the loan rate for base quality of upland cotton for the preceding year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" commented="no" committee-id="HAG00" id="H4B108BF363E241E19269F5860E7E4CA5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The loan rate determined under subparagraph (A) may not be equal to an amount—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H40C70FCF29674C7A997626EB0DA4C9B3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>less than $0.45 per pound; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H802BCB2149F0413884BCCC61F44AA100"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>more than $0.52 per pound.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5B8DF017812046D9B06E8415B2DADB48"><enum>(7)</enum><text>In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.95 per pound.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1CAF39D5AB7C44E6A632B75E6DBEDAB0"><enum>(8)</enum><text>In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H090C8F57B28D40CF9E19DB4111CF0229"><enum>(9)</enum><text>In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H70F7DD24C6A44A4DA8A4B34A5D982089"><enum>(10)</enum><text>In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H555D3D94EB1B4031AF84A98FAA06C353"><enum>(11)</enum><text>In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per hundredweight for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H73C5094743B64283917BD4B79C0DFF3B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sunflower seed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H09617178161546EA88ABE51745AEE17F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Rapeseed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF03D209728640F8B02DB8D2CFB803D7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Canola.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9082110788D3463BA0491D169A6AEF46"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Safflower.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA401F51BEFB24F67893A7FABDD097093"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Flaxseed.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H467AB8E4615D481099F1DE942A141AAD"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Mustard seed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H66B313AC1F404AF6B69566F5A452A737"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Crambe.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6431D75FE00C463B94222D064D47A386"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Sesame seed.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H20B083B15AA54FA886607F2868B7AD5C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H56439EAD1BA64459AEE8BA3833BCB062"><enum>(12)</enum><text>In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H42096A00D4234588971B5B57102D31D9"><enum>(13)</enum><text>In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundredweight.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HED3C23CA2D254E2D9F0F76F553A670AD"><enum>(14)</enum><text>In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per hundredweight.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H202991FA3CBC400C881C5BE32F90B3DB"><enum>(15)</enum><text>In the case of large chickpeas, $11.28 per hundredweight.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H64B106BD124A48D4A4AC5B6495725D08"><enum>(16)</enum><text>In the case of graded wool, $1.15 per pound.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5CF9A4D431D64212A1BFFF501F223C67"><enum>(17)</enum><text>In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per pound.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HED5745D07E97467FB1175C2320A86F1E"><enum>(18)</enum><text>In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H67B64B30A9A0442BB343C0FE02707C60"><enum>(19)</enum><text>In the case of honey, $0.69 per pound.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3C4D742B07344BDC94FFC2C7CE746F4F"><enum>(20)</enum><text>In the case of peanuts, $355 per ton.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD52C8DE2127C4B02B044D026A5E5755A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Single County Loan Rate for Other Oilseeds</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a single loan rate in each county for each kind of other oilseeds described in subsection (a)(11).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H14C4C7EE6E384B65B5772E3AA681C553"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule for seed cotton</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD217FC2D944740ACAA9895AE4D1E35D8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of sections 1116(b)(2) and 1117(b)(2)(B) only, seed cotton shall be deemed to have a loan rate equal to $0.25 per pound.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0CECB44D415B4296BE3458A052C4AAEB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to authorize nonrecourse marketing assistance loans under this subtitle for seed cotton.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H192C3AD53F6E43AAB960C1EFEB918419"><enum>1203.</enum><header>Term of loans</header>
<subsection id="HF573CCD138024476B970EC04A70AF3DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Term of Loan</header><text>In the case of each loan commodity, a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H121EF1C010444A75B46BA6F9636AB0B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Extensions Prohibited</header><text>The Secretary may not extend the term of a marketing assistance loan for any loan commodity.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H2976D7F33447409395FB643E99E30BDC"><enum>1204.</enum><header>Repayment of loans</header> <subsection id="H7977E2DB4CE2406E868C8A5A3A59C923"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General Rule</header><text>The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 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—</text>
<paragraph id="H98365F89D1E44232AD7024E95C3AACEB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>));</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5949AF4259A94017A997D9974F83D34B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a rate (as determined by the Secretary) that—</text> <subparagraph id="HFA726501D37045D3AC893ACBD5ECA98C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is calculated based on average market prices for the loan commodity during the preceding 30-day period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H14E1E4D3373E4E7A812D04B784BA453E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H206C722D01EB44E8B17040527B6DD891"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a rate that the Secretary may develop using alternative methods for calculating a repayment rate for a loan commodity that the Secretary determines will—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0EB939FF2AB74AD298090FBBBC19C400"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AB17F1BB58E4046994396F178991FFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize the accumulation of stocks of the commodity by the Federal Government;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7029FA7329A84291907257573CA2F97A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize the cost incurred by the Federal Government in storing the commodity;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H427C0FF0D6E0452E933314B9664A8A85"><enum>(D)</enum><text>allow the commodity produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6AF888C6146F417A88C0157DF9143E32"><enum>(E)</enum><text>minimize discrepancies in marketing loan benefits across State boundaries and across county boundaries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59452540784A41FF8D218DEBD08F6E54"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayment Rates for Upland Cotton, Long Grain Rice, and Medium Grain Rice</header><text>The Secretary shall permit producers to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium grain rice at a rate that is the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C82E6D6ED134A2583144FED97823FF7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8BA7679F97AF4FBDB9269A69040DC6D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the prevailing world market price for the commodity, as determined and adjusted by the Secretary in accordance with this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8311E7E727434D51BB4A490E3A235913"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repayment Rates for Extra Long Staple Cotton</header><text>Repayment of a marketing assistance loan for extra long staple cotton shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDA181CDA407F479884AAE1504F418C21"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prevailing World Market Price</header><text>For purposes of this section and section 1207, the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation—</text> <paragraph id="H712367024CA944C48055B0BA0BCE4ED6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a formula to determine the prevailing world market price for each of upland cotton, long grain rice and medium grain rice; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0FBEB513B34F1DA6CE8C002254523C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a mechanism by which the Secretary shall announce periodically those prevailing world market prices.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2ACD01E1DF324971A15DC5166E49113C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjustment of Prevailing World Market Price for Upland Cotton, Long Grain Rice, and Medium Grain
Rice</header>
<paragraph id="H2A184639FE15473981F5BF8028A778CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rice</header><text>The prevailing world market price for long grain rice and medium grain rice determined under subsection (d) shall be adjusted to United States quality and location.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C703CD91D7844CEB77ECE65CA25DB9B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cotton</header><text>The prevailing world market price for upland cotton determined under subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCFCCBECFF5D84EDA98B9C711D087D404"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be adjusted to United States quality and location, with the adjustment to include—</text>
<clause id="H8BE9FACA18BC4871927C8561D0AB8879"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a reduction equal to any United States Premium Factor for upland cotton of a quality higher than Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H565A5AE677474162BD13D5EE0BE51887"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the average costs to market the commodity, including average transportation costs, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D8AAE3D21E040C6AE2B811E478D05BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be further adjusted, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on July 31, 2024, if the Secretary determines the adjustment is necessary—</text>
<clause id="H8E2A61943D3B4A5DA677F1AC46D1912B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text> </clause><clause id="H8DD2972B85914539B934A3BB82F684C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to minimize the accumulation of stocks of upland cotton by the Federal Government;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F45EB1DA72B41C98BCE3B73CEEA9291"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to ensure that upland cotton produced in the United States can be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF89162F61DF44EA09CDAF2AA53D469F1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>to ensure an appropriate transition between current-crop and forward-crop price quotations, except that the Secretary may use forward-crop price quotations prior to July 31 of a marketing year only if—</text>
<subclause id="H9C94781C5E304C518CE8F3F68EF3995E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>there are insufficient current-crop price quotations; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H83955AE1B11F40E980EDB9F90D154B57"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the forward-crop price quotation is the lowest such quotation available.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3093FF05B4A44B5196B4BC51C5014616"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Guidelines for additional adjustments</header><text>In making adjustments under this subsection, the Secretary shall establish a mechanism for determining and announcing the adjustments in order to avoid undue disruption in the United States market.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1FA9020D9887449C89C72C97B1013D9E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repayment Rates for Confectionery and Other Kinds of Sunflower Seeds</header><text>The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph id="H7C7B6EDBB6E248EE8484FE9AFCAF9771"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51C2625F242F44D98432C3BAA5E87F39"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the repayment rate established for oil sunflower seed.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB11D2EB92724520B752C8C9816B77D5"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Payment of Cotton Storage Costs</header><text>Effective for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, the Secretary shall make cotton storage payments available in the same manner, and at the same rates as the Secretary provided storage payments for the 2006 crop of cotton, except that the rates shall be reduced by 10 percent.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C94DD7A96B0413396F5FDC74B3F8B79"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Repayment Rate for Peanuts</header><text>The Secretary shall permit producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan for peanuts under section 1201 at a rate that is the lesser of—</text>
<paragraph id="HDD5E0BFA53EB4344BD158846443BC1A7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the loan rate established for peanuts under section 1202(a)(20), plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7FF9DFA48094B9F9DE37E8FABE82C21"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a rate that the Secretary determines will—</text> <subparagraph id="H691A23EE63E3429EB0D9ADBF801AAC9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize potential loan forfeitures;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B79309FA4A34C7883BCD8F3DBE94583"><enum>(B)</enum><text>minimize the accumulation of stocks of peanuts by the Federal Government;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H099AACAE58874AD282CBEFC286910CC3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize the cost incurred by the Federal Government in storing peanuts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC7C5B64834DB481FA4A58B9CBE5B941C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>allow peanuts produced in the United States to be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically and internationally.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD9258898AE094A01AF959CEB662CD277"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authority To Temporarily Adjust Repayment Rates</header>
<paragraph id="H29147CD68CDF497A99E2B2A9B9239448"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Adjustment authority</header><text>In the event of a severe disruption to marketing, transportation, or related infrastructure, the Secretary may modify the repayment rate otherwise applicable under this section for marketing assistance loans under section 1201 for a loan commodity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C93F23799E24FA69B6D66C0DC20ED33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration</header><text>Any adjustment made under paragraph (1) in the repayment rate for marketing assistance loans for a loan commodity shall be in effect on a short-term and temporary basis, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC4704FCC3A704A4B8B3ACFB59339E8DB"><enum>1205.</enum><header>Loan deficiency payments</header>
<subsection id="H9712360CA85347EE8A2D729234EAD366"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of Loan Deficiency Payments</header>
<paragraph id="HEFFACAAC341E45798E59897462645812"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>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 1201 with respect to a loan commodity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the commodity in return for loan deficiency payments under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB778732D261E463FBAA2650F8D6353AD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unshorn pelts, hay, and silage</header>
<subparagraph id="H1DDB0051AEBD4B4493EF2C5274B42C4C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Marketing assistance loans</header><text>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 1201.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FD78DBDE4A64EAF8B024CD9D0081599"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Loan deficiency payment</header><text>Effective for each of the 2019 through 2023 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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE329A83C585547ABAEC39B1AE6A3DC55"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Computation</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="H4685979FB23A45A494EA3BEAB8884F9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the payment rate determined under subsection (c) for the commodity; by</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAA580480F1CE4096808EB2D19E83D18F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the quantity of the commodity produced by the eligible producers, excluding any quantity for which the producers obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 1201.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BFC01A9C4104874A0D0A35A263876DC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment Rate</header>
<paragraph id="HC978A3C9E8274E728D69B0F7BED31088"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In the case of a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text> <subparagraph id="H37A38033CC234E52BACA0A9E9190CE99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF1CCEDFDF48463D8CEB78479DB1F780"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid under section 1204.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2273FD9718F24D93A33E32DB5AEF4A27"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unshorn pelts</header><text>In the case of unshorn pelts, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text> <subparagraph id="HBBC617678B234D07B61126C940150798"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for ungraded wool; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C4B182D51604C2285A994FF81AF1F29"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for ungraded wool may be repaid under section 1204.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HECE3AF63D6744962A8E0506BC02EEAFF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Hay and silage</header><text>In the case of hay or silage derived from a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H89731B93D3BB4AFFA818D859292D5C91"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan rate established under section 1202 for the loan commodity from which the hay or silage is derived; exceeds</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D264190AF474D6CB5132E8AF968CF78"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the rate at which a marketing assistance loan for the loan commodity may be repaid under section 1204.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD4F94C657B004FD391FEE974F03353CB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception for Extra Long Staple Cotton</header><text>This section shall not apply with respect to extra long staple cotton.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD93D9C390D8748A3919FD2156C014C58"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective Date for Payment Rate Determination</header><text>The Secretary shall determine the amount of the loan deficiency payment to be made under this section to the producers on a farm with respect to a quantity of a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection (a)(2) using the payment rate in effect under subsection (c) as of the date the producers request the payment.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H501C1A2E96D64624816D6AE14F6F8157"><enum>1206.</enum><header>Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed acreage</header>
<subsection id="H150F0EB6B99049E48C4146004A99D23C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligible Producers</header>
<paragraph id="H360ECA26EA8D4B7587BAA9B405B778C2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, in the case of a producer that would be eligible for a loan deficiency payment under section 1205 for wheat, barley, or oats, but that elects to use acreage planted to the wheat, barley, or oats for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on that acreage.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D0880B782E84D3BBC1A31C863FCD577"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grazing of triticale acreage</header><text>Effective for each of the 2019 through 2023 crop years, with respect to a producer on a farm that uses acreage planted to triticale for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of triticale on that acreage.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA8D56ED4B2EE402B8C2076D93D6913CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment Amount</header>
<paragraph id="H6C42A010B6FA4E6DAC5A3E6162E03203"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amount of a payment made under this section to a producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the amount determined by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H918EDF27E1984B0EB54F093A204669E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan deficiency payment rate determined under section 1205(c) in effect, as of the date of the agreement, for the county in which the farm is located; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64FAB32AEA15467E852654DF1F5D16D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment quantity determined by multiplying—</text> <clause id="H398F2F2B5B6541A892E4DA035C1BD8B2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of wheat, barley, or oats; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8FA24EC9115B4AB3A1FA0EE741C491DA"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD6EF65280E824551BE356DBF4EC4B866"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the payment yield in effect for the calculation of price loss coverage under section 1116 with respect to that loan commodity on the farm;</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HACB41B4FED9A457E888899425FE4BDAC" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a farm for which agriculture risk coverage is elected under section 1117, the payment yield that would otherwise be in effect with respect to that loan commodity on the farm in the absence of such election; or</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H72A390875D534A51ABB0B0B9D68E8B27" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of a farm for which no payment yield is otherwise established for that loan commodity on the farm, an appropriate yield established by the Secretary in a manner consistent with section 1113(b).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D23CB7DBB7143CCB02F4B3E2D581A3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grazing of triticale acreage</header><text>The amount of a payment made under this section to a producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the amount determined by multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5A284D2913454B0EB8B727F9F9B9337D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the loan deficiency payment rate determined under section 1205(c) in effect for wheat, as of the date of the agreement, for the county in which the farm is located; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDB5C69855C344B1BBA8B9AC85DF0C9F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment quantity determined by multiplying—</text> <clause id="H45893D654EBE416E9958BE33AC05D45A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of triticale; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFC3B65D9AEC74AE3AF2A92B05D173ED7"><enum>(ii)</enum>
<subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCDA012217ACF494BB47A59BC603069A1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the payment yield in effect for the calculation of price loss coverage under subtitle A with respect to wheat on the farm;</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HAE1E1B2EC0804B83BE0D37E2BDE739B5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in the case of a farm for which agriculture risk coverage is elected under section 1117, the payment yield that would otherwise be in effect for wheat on the farm in the absence of such election; or</text>
</subclause><subclause changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H4415C47BFAD34879B9AF147F840BDEDE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in the case of a farm for which no payment yield is otherwise established for wheat on the farm, an appropriate yield established by the Secretary in a manner consistent with section 1113(b).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H882A4B1E74144BB5AA525C151D03879D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Time, Manner, and Availability of Payment</header>
<paragraph id="H6F796F4D43C8469F9A233CA53E76AC38"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Time and manner</header><text>A payment under this section shall be made at the same time and in the same manner as loan deficiency payments are made under section 1205.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE63153044B0F41C0B1C53FAA33E5E97C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability</header>
<subparagraph id="H283D746C34174F8CABB36FB19311A92B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish an availability period for the payments authorized by this section.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD4F94BFA371C4E72A3D7F354E4142628"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certain commodities</header><text>In the case of wheat, barley, and oats, the availability period shall be consistent with the availability period for the commodity established by the Secretary for marketing assistance loans authorized by this subtitle.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8FC1E9A82DED494D9BFDD3412F5FF768"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prohibition on crop insurance indemnity or noninsured crop assistance</header><text>A 2019 through 2023 crop of wheat, barley, oats, or triticale planted on acreage that a producer elects, in the agreement required by subsection (a), to use for the grazing of livestock in lieu of any other harvesting of the crop shall not be eligible for an indemnity under a policy or plan of insurance authorized under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et seq.) or noninsured crop assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H482E7DFA85104C7AAC3B114BE4F0910F"><enum>1207.</enum><header>Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton</header>
<subsection id="H967116066BE74C96A87794480B099A36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Special import quota</header>
<paragraph id="H7CE2CBDFD2704D659EC50E824A95243B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of special import quota</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>special import quota</term> means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7E5E40A427F491FB37EF2245628046B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subparagraph id="H00B53D550628430BB6ACC1C8AF2EF231"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The President shall carry out an import quota program beginning on August 1, 2019, as provided in this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF173DE85D4F4C138E6F610465BFDF67"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Program requirements</header><text>Whenever the Secretary determines and announces that for any consecutive 4-week period, the Friday through Thursday average price quotation for the lowest priced United States growth, as quoted for Middling (M) 1<fraction>3/32</fraction>-inch upland cotton, delivered to a definable and significant international market, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds the prevailing world market price, there shall immediately be in effect a special import quota.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7A4D5911A690416F8D61E5913CC9AC55"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Quantity</header><text>The quota shall be equal to the consumption during a 1-week period of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE124F2531B3E4BBC8B35A9BC4BF6A714"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The quota shall apply to upland cotton purchased not later than 90 days after the date of the Secretary’s announcement under paragraph (2) and entered into the United States not later than 180 days after that date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC81FBCC5C724C63A2E29DA982A0F4F9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Overlap</header><text>A special quota period may be established that overlaps any existing quota period if required by paragraph (2), except that a special quota period may not be established under this subsection if a quota period has been established under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB65E2371A2D8445789CED3A5F4F3CDD8"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Preferential tariff treatment</header><text>The quantity under a special import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20D35C9B6DE341D78541EA5398549BBB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2703">19 U.S.C. 2703(d)</external-xref>);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9C1F257EB304608912A8FAE3A045C48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3203">19 U.S.C. 3203</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FCFDAC4441745CDBA3CF77DB465DE8B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2463">19 U.S.C. 2463(d)</external-xref>); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H073BC888A9B045BCA9520E6AF95BB307"><enum>(D)</enum><text>General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1441A0DF6114434A823C217D72331C8"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The quantity of cotton entered into the United States during any marketing year under the special import quota established under this subsection may not exceed the equivalent of 10 weeks’ consumption of upland cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3 months immediately preceding the first special import quota established in any marketing year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF597E6268D0E456EA15580004889E661"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limited global import quota for upland cotton</header>
<paragraph id="H3CEAB03DC0FB4DAF9DA997D1E6D1BF2D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H6A223800F6034D8ABC56A9E26B00636B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Demand</header><text>The term <term>demand</term> means—</text>
<clause id="H2B7472FA5DCC4F2D8A8D190818E9C673"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the average seasonally adjusted annual rate of domestic mill consumption of cotton during the most recent 3 months for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF4ABFDE96B64A7BB6F45E9F87C4AAE2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the larger of—</text> <subclause id="H9FB56622438F4A3FA6B25ADFCDD8AAAF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>average exports of upland cotton during the preceding 6 marketing years; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H19F5DA55936B410196031FE3A07EA929"><enum>(II)</enum><text>cumulative exports of upland cotton plus outstanding export sales for the marketing year in which the quota is established.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB96093B15F524CC4905C68EF6A9BE558"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limited global import quota</header><text>The term <term>limited global import quota</term> means a quantity of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of a tariff-rate quota.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE88D32C576FE48C4BBC093F056DB129E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Supply</header><text>The term <term>supply</term> means, using the latest official data of the Department of Agriculture—</text> <clause id="HE36E5FF66CC54A2698297178964040DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the carry-over of upland cotton at the beginning of the marketing year (adjusted to 480-pound bales) in which the quota is established;</text>
</clause><clause id="HB58C5F216CCB4B0DADE093F78FC15673"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>production of the current crop; and</text> </clause><clause id="H5CA5E72BDF8C46508D5515969A520071"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>imports to the latest date available during the marketing year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0350C8217F143D196F3ADED79C59E1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Program</header><text>The President shall carry out an import quota program that provides that whenever the Secretary determines and announces that the average price of the base quality of upland cotton, as determined by the Secretary, in the designated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 percent of the average price of the quality of cotton in the markets for the preceding 36 months, notwithstanding any other provision of law, there shall immediately be in effect a limited global import quota subject to the following conditions:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BB24AFDADAD42E2938109AF859C3759"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Quantity</header><text>The quantity of the quota shall be equal to 21 days of domestic mill consumption of upland cotton at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H69563B42732C418AB782A17010D8A55C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Quantity of prior quota</header><text>If a quota has been established under this subsection during the preceding 12 months, the quantity of the quota next established under this subsection shall be the smaller of 21 days of domestic mill consumption calculated under subparagraph (A) or the quantity required to increase the supply to 130 percent of the demand.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H411D50EAAD1F481ABFD1A845617AA4B8"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Preferential tariff treatment</header><text>The quantity under a limited global import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of—</text>
<clause id="HF60CF857FB044F89B8725FF7AE4AA606"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2703">19 U.S.C. 2703(d)</external-xref>);</text> </clause><clause id="H5969D9AA402342F2A473CFC28317CB59"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3203">19 U.S.C. 3203</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H04A08EB2A1324F70A4ED2CDA1A4B17DA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2463">19 U.S.C. 2463(d)</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><clause id="HFEE07AF91E9D4BD9B21F84033C896807"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9425093A04DF44DF8A5BFBA8555D63EA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Quota entry period</header><text>When a quota is established under this subsection, cotton may be entered under the quota during the 90-day period beginning on the date the quota is established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F95BD863E004E069D187B1F9531F34B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>No overlap</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a quota period may not be established that overlaps an existing quota period or a special quota period established under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2D080B2839084E1E9E1564366D897A77"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Economic adjustment assistance for textile mills</header>
<paragraph id="H4765C785E0F34AB98F94672687B7AE0C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall, on a monthly basis, make economic adjustment assistance available to domestic users of upland cotton in the form of payments for all documented use of that upland cotton during the previous monthly period regardless of the origin of the upland cotton.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H133644E77D68489DB0209390AA6D3473"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Value of assistance</header><text>The value of the assistance provided under paragraph (1) shall be 3.15 cents per pound.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0E63D1B064DC40D69CBFF48FC96124C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allowable purposes</header><text>Economic adjustment assistance under this subsection shall be made available only to domestic users of upland cotton that certify that the assistance shall be used only to acquire, construct, install, modernize, develop, convert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment, facilities, or machinery.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4B60EADF52F4F1DA400B7EE77AD2CE2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review or audit</header><text>The Secretary may conduct such review or audit of the records of a domestic user under this subsection as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89758FA08CC04836B7AA4583D4022A4D"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Improper use of assistance</header><text>If the Secretary determines, after a review or audit of the records of the domestic user, that economic adjustment assistance under this subsection was not used for the purposes specified in paragraph (3), the domestic user shall be—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B2EB9F01A364E18AAAFC04D258ADD4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>liable for the repayment of the assistance to the Secretary, plus interest, as determined by the Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94102FF3A7804BF38632A55878E2DC25"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ineligible to receive assistance under this subsection for a period of 1 year following the determination of the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8675983DC88449C684787F6B1C0FFC61"><enum>1208.</enum><header>Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton</header>
<subsection id="H95B8141480D542A580065C40A82F4FE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitiveness Program</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through July 31, 2024, the Secretary shall carry out a program—</text>
<paragraph id="HDF24126666224583891682F087A23F7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to maintain and expand the domestic use of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB6D66EB134BA49289BAF3E8BE898A700"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to increase exports of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3BA2B3F1E3064AFB994FACCB3128D86F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to ensure that extra long staple cotton produced in the United States remains competitive in world markets.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBA2637784DA04A63BE16E8C5070798B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payments under program; trigger</header><text>Under the program, the Secretary shall make payments available under this section whenever—</text> <paragraph id="H3EB06B80ABB64F06852BFAC0889EFBEF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a consecutive 4-week period, the world market price for the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing United States price for a competing growth of extra long staple cotton; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6434DC6270D94FB3995F9D3C357C48ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as determined by the Secretary, is less than 113 percent of the loan rate for extra long staple cotton.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4BC0B6DE6DFB4D32A0B47DA3F7DDB7E0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible Recipients</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments available under this section to domestic users of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States and exporters of extra long staple cotton produced in the United States that enter into an agreement with the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the program under this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9478552CB51B4B6585CBE79D2D10DF39"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment Amount</header><text>Payments under this section shall be based on the amount of the difference in the prices referred to in subsection (b)(1) during the fourth week of the consecutive 4-week period multiplied by the amount of documented purchases by domestic users and sales for export by exporters made in the week following such a consecutive 4-week period.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H97A7F8912E724EF5A96B6BC408511869"><enum>1209.</enum><header>Availability of recourse loans</header>
<subsection id="HB5FF6E1C6074408C906032DF0CDB6425"><enum>(a)</enum><header>High moisture feed grains</header>
<paragraph id="H25D08FBB27714FADA6DC6EFA62DE6240"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of high moisture state</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>high moisture state</term> 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 1201.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD69199B7099D4CAD8A5827918877D044"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recourse loans available</header><text>For each of the 2019 through 2023 crops of corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make available recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, to producers on a farm that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E207B35595442C3A2DCF4E6004F2BEB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>normally harvest all or a portion of their crop of corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE88CD4AA4E34F05958347CF50848B60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>present—</text>
<clause id="H7064ECC68FC34ABD8263B1ECFE6BF2A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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</text>
</clause><clause id="H650BBF483D834006B7107700ECA554CC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>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;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5E2878DF8E6422BB9C98669235A375F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79299591F614491EAC41A06853750986"><enum>(D)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9864EC97D9045999F21C55C868C8337"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligibility of acquired feed grains</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2D909BD7110409E965FEEE54018EB41"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the acreage of the corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state harvested on the farm of the producer; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01A4CBBD60D543B7989705B37181889A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the lower of—</text> <clause id="HF16B014906DF4080BF79A9ECD37E5127"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the payment yield in effect for the calculation of price loss coverage under section 1116, or the payment yield deemed to be in effect or established under subclause (II) or (III) of section 1206(b)(1)(B)(ii), with respect to corn or grain sorghum on a field that is similar to the field from which the corn or grain sorghum referred to in subparagraph (A) was obtained; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H910D542D116F40BDAD7A620965213F82"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the actual yield of corn or grain sorghum on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that is similar to the field from which the corn or grain sorghum referred to in subparagraph (A) was obtained.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB11AAAAECC814D3F9E01039B60FC9ECD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Recourse loans available for seed cotton</header><text>For each of the 2019 through 2023 crops of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, the Secretary shall make available recourse seed cotton loans, as determined by the Secretary, on any production.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H52FB39099F124BFFBCF092ECD91E3A0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recourse loans available for contaminated commodities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a loan commodity that is ineligible for 100 percent of the nonrecourse marketing loan rate in the county due to a determination that the commodity is contaminated yet still merchantable, for each of the 2019 through 2023 crops of such loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available recourse commodity loans, at the rate provided under section 1202, on any production.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H224B4448233243939AAC815D187430B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Repayment Rates</header><text>Repayment of a recourse loan made under this section shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity by the Secretary, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7283">7 U.S.C. 7283</external-xref>)).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H04D54E6326A548CEA34CD9811F858A35"><enum>1210.</enum><header>Adjustments of loans</header>
<subsection id="H03B175404F414CEAB98D306E25C3B4D3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Adjustment authority</header><text>Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rates for any loan commodity (other than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, location, and other factors.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF9C71E50008F4BBD99BFC2B265328E58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Manner of adjustment</header><text>The adjustments under subsection (a) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be made in such a manner that the average loan level for the commodity will, on the basis of the anticipated incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle C.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDD3ADA058D0543BFB69F9A83DDC54BA2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost saving option</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this title, the Secretary shall consider methods to enhance the support, loan, or assistance provided under this title in a manner that further minimizes the potential for forfeitures.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC1DFF6DA52A46C79A6F6697D23F4C57"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment on county basis</header>
<paragraph id="HC5C486A0656C4BC39AD776070135E946"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may establish loan rates for a crop for producers in individual counties in a manner that results in the lowest loan rate being 95 percent of the national average loan rate, if those loan rates do not result in an increase in outlays.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BBDF1DA24B14711A1585C837C9A55EE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text>Adjustments under this subsection shall not result in an increase in the national average loan rate for any year.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF68E642DADE24998A0F282151D9D7F6C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Adjustment in loan rate for cotton</header>
<paragraph id="H26592BF2FAD84139A884D6556EC700BB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rate for cotton for differences in quality factors.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3AFE340AEAB94C548415500E344137EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of adjustments</header><text>Loan rate adjustments under paragraph (1) may include—</text> <subparagraph id="H202255E54E874FC0AF286145776184A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the use of non-spot market price data, in addition to spot market price data, that would enhance the accuracy of the price information used in determining quality adjustments under this subsection;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA48CCD584354435A6F0333813E82508"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adjustments in the premiums or discounts associated with upland cotton with a staple length of 33 or above due to micronaire with the goal of eliminating any unnecessary artificial splits in the calculations of the premiums or discounts; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H31A5912AEEE546C2B8F968C882DBDC53"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other adjustments as the Secretary determines appropriate, after consultations conducted in accordance with paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA5F3E8110864D0F9F9A64DFF05AA3DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation with private sector</header>
<subparagraph id="H530754AB0A3E460C89904C62EB82977B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Prior to revision</header><text>In making adjustments to the loan rate for cotton (including any review of the adjustments) as provided in this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with representatives of the United States cotton industry.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA0333E3778640FD9D2C1EA927029368"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inapplicability of Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to consultations under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC57BD5D132540BE997DA952BB449A33"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Review of adjustments</header><text>The Secretary may review the operation of the upland cotton quality adjustments implemented pursuant to this subsection and may make further adjustments to the administration of the loan program for upland cotton, by revoking or revising any adjustment taken under paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4687BADAD48E4BEE936DD9050C287582"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Rice</header><text>The Secretary shall not make adjustments in the loan rates for long grain rice and medium grain rice, except for differences in grade and quality (including milling yields).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCB1752BFCE86455CB32ED78F67A4CCF2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Continuation of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 166 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7286">7 U.S.C. 7286</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and Subtitle B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subtitle B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014, and subtitle B of title I of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H30F0C99A21CD41DCA15295AA1B743A52" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Sugar</header>
<section id="H8CFF319D87BB440CA2A2B9BB23079DFB"><enum>1301.</enum><header>Sugar policy</header>
<subsection id="H4031FB8F508C4A66A307A1D3B213A8F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Continuation of Current Program and Loan Rates</header>
<paragraph id="HC0C06B4C4D0C47FE9DDBDE88310C56EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sugarcane</header><text>Section 156(a)(4) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85322A168C0F48348E64B8643AD9A0A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sugar beets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 156(b)(2) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0EFF9F8DAE274091A742E47461BE71D4"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective period</header><text>Section 156(i) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B6DD367224247C69EB79063F5E853AF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Flexible Marketing Allotments for Sugar</header>
<paragraph id="HEF870A772B5647159F70E9B28E4F0A78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Sugar estimates</header><text>Section 359b(a)(1) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359bb">7 U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F58ADD093764CFC81A41FE76B373DD9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective period</header><text>Section 359l(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1359ll">7 U.S.C. 1359ll(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H19980B7838634C339C37D322F6AE902E"><enum>D</enum><header>Dairy Risk Management Program and Other Dairy Programs</header>
<section id="H7A2EA511C1EB41F9AABAA977CE023542" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1401.</enum><header>Dairy risk management program for dairy producers</header>
<subsection id="H36E535DCD0F041F7BAF685171429DBE1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Review of data used in calculation of average feed cost</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 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 evaluating the extent to which the average cost of feed used by a dairy operation to produce a hundredweight of milk calculated by the Secretary as required by section 1402(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9052">7 U.S.C. 9052(a)</external-xref>) is representative of actual dairy feed costs.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H826681E3D8314F519CC668B33BD0D85B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Corn silage report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 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 detailing the costs incurred by dairy operations in the use of corn silage as feed, and the difference between the feed cost of corn silage and the feed cost of corn.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA9B074C5F0684DAAB74309BEEAD98020"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collection of alfalfa hay data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the National Agricultural Statistics Service, shall revise monthly price survey reports to include prices for high-quality alfalfa hay in the top five milk producing States, as measured by volume of milk produced during the previous month.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0A564236C73F41838F8DE65AACE85104"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Registration of multiproducer dairy operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1404(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9054">7 U.S.C. 9054(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC356971883F440D996FBC14AF70F7D01"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>If</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (5), if</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H709BC53AAE544761B1129C2EA066B069"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70F973D8FD554407977618C2BFEEABF7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDC1EDED089F347EE9A507A16910661E0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Certain multiproducer dairy operation exclusions</header> <subparagraph id="HF2A59621A9C54C178BA1D0DC8499BF10"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exclusion of low-percentage owners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To promote administrative efficiency in the dairy risk management program, a multiproducer dairy operation covered by paragraph (3) may elect, at the option of the multiproducer dairy operation, to exclude information from the registration process regarding any individual owner of the multiproducer dairy operation that—</text>
<clause id="H06A9AFD9DD9C4C8682F3B4D09908DE68"><enum>(i)</enum><text>holds less than a five percent ownership interest in the multiproducer dairy operation; or</text> </clause><clause id="HF8FE2FDC7FB54F9D9BCEF43D38C01B44"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is entitled to less than five percent of the income, revenue, profit, gain, loss, expenditure, deduction, or credit of the multiproducer dairy operation for any given year.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD83C28781A1405890279EA418D62F57"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of exclusion on dairy risk management payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent that an individual owner of a multiproducer dairy operation is excluded under subparagraph (A) from the registration of the multiproducer dairy operation, any dairy risk management payment made to the multiproducer dairy operation shall be reduced by an amount equal to the greater of the following:</text>
<clause id="H7DE4CBEDDF7E49348D39BE3136848925"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount determined by multiplying the dairy risk management payment otherwise determined under section 1406 by the total percentage of ownership interests represented by the excluded owners.</text>
</clause><clause id="H2AD81C3D701F4134833494B64D550FAE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount determined by multiplying the dairy risk management payment otherwise determined under section 1406 by the total percentage of the income, revenue, profit, gain, loss, expenditure, deduction, or credit of the multiproducer dairy operation represented by the excluded owners.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF00700A774174D728C5609D732F7A30A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Relation to livestock gross margin for dairy program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1404(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9054">7 U.S.C. 9054(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H91DB3DCCCAEC400DBE6F55934A59B5E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>but not both</quote> and inserting <quote>but not on the same production</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8F353C30E97E477AAB1BE0BA0AE9B32A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or the</quote> and inserting <quote>and the</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCCED08144DC94894930EDB98EDC576FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk management program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9EE62CD1C3B94C94A49488E7D0491BD0"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Production history of participating dairy operators</header>
<paragraph id="H9A19B7764F6B49C9901DA320168FA597"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Continued use of prior dairy operation production history</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1405(a)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9055">7 U.S.C. 9055(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>The production history of a participating dairy operation shall continue to be based on annual milk marketings during the 2011, 2012, or 2013 calendar year notwithstanding the operation of the dairy risk management program through 2023.</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD26E8C14C60473A9F6979BA26A93B8E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1405(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9055">7 U.S.C. 9055(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC82F33D721994CD4917B6F025AD02A94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>In subsequent years</quote> and inserting <quote>In the subsequent calendar years ending before January 1, 2019</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H239A7104CCD44D74B407A935A7624339"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>, as applicable</quote> after <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA002C3B12066417799EB6FFB14F29EB0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on changes to business structure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1405 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9055">7 U.S.C. 9055</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA60AC96687EF4003842304F37C352F26" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H4614FF7F813D43A4B6D4832DA072C22A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitation on changes to business structure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not make dairy risk management payments to a participating dairy operation if the Secretary determines that the participating dairy operation has reorganized the structure of such operation solely for the purpose of qualifying as a new operation under subsection (b).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H52D199A0373649B0B113EEA983A3382A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Dairy risk management payments</header>
<paragraph id="H83B494D3BE054F0893DD0A454D7669A7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Election of coverage level threshold and coverage percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1406 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9056">7 U.S.C. 9056</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H69D757EF42E3481097E621886322B8F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>annually</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87344B9960A74872B8D9A99EC15A25DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9CB332E0B4A44032A7E4C285F3D30ADF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF8BE67DE408140BD82739EFD4D19285F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deadline for election; duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, each participating dairy operation shall elect a coverage level threshold under subsection (a)(1) and a coverage percentage under subsection (a)(2) to be used to determine dairy risk management payments. This election shall remain in effect for the participating dairy operation for the duration of the dairy risk management program, as specified in section 1409.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H93F56C7FE4B6468BB622FB7E1E5D8DFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional coverage level thresholds for certain producers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1406(a)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9056">7 U.S.C. 9056(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>or $8.00</quote> the following: <quote>(and in the case of production subject to premiums under section 1407(b), also $8.50 or $9.00)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5DBF1BC3156F4E2FA40975AE72698855"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election of production history coverage percentage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1406(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9056">7 U.S.C. 9056(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>beginning with 25 percent and not exceeding</quote> and inserting <quote>but not to exceed</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDFCB7530ABC74AE5B3BBB7A829320F24"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Premiums for participation in dairy risk management program</header> <paragraph id="H77772A069A9D41CF8DBDC2DF7BD33608"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Premium per hundredweight for first 5 million pounds of production</header><text>Section 1407(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9057">7 U.S.C. 9057(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF2C51B5F24074BFC9718487164DC0259"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H09F1950289754B828A89D9B6FB6716BE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H10C44CFA05484A369FBD9470AD8A777B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Producer premiums</header><text>The following annual premiums apply:</text>
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<tgroup cols="2" no-carding="1" thead-tbody-ldg-size="10.10.12" ttitle-size="0"><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="col1" min-data-value="19"></colspec><colspec align="center" coldef="txt" colname="col2" min-data-value="19"></colspec><thead>
<row><entry align="center" colname="col1">Coverage Level</entry><entry align="center" colname="col2">Premium per Cwt.</entry></row></thead>
<tbody>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$4.00</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">None</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$4.50</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.002</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$5.00</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.005</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$5.50</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.008</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$6.00</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.010</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$6.50</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.017</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$7.00</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.041</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$7.50</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.057</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$8.00</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.090</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$8.50</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.120</entry></row>
<row><entry colname="col1" leader-modify="clr-ldr" stub-definition="txt-ldr" stub-hierarchy="1">$9.00</entry><entry colname="col2" leader-modify="clr-ldr">$0.170</entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H116D7557FCF44434B293C0871E55CF1A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE7641ED3460D477DB22542F98768F9FE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1407(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9057">7 U.S.C. 9057(d)</external-xref>) is amended in the subsection heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Time for</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Method of</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H508D82EEA59D4E6C9197E3FDA71622E7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Conforming amendments related to program name</header>
<paragraph id="H10EFC9A692964D13BC78E942FB3BB281"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of part I of subtitle D of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 688) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8ECE3E7087B44B4BAB5263E9ADA7A33" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<part id="H5B595711DA7D475085B01314A7C6C6B5"><enum>I</enum><header>Dairy Risk Management Program for Dairy Producers</header></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8EF93CF450B45559BBC91D2B87974D2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9051">7 U.S.C. 9051</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H01251A1F5BC44255B42195EAEFF5D9BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (5) and (6) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC13489B481CC4F22B48CA652593C0B57" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HB07281803BB44379A9621BF0EC9DFA0F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Dairy risk management program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>dairy risk management program</term> and <term>program</term> mean the dairy risk management program required by section 1403.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C09FB57C0AD483984B65DA59039F63C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Dairy risk management payment</header><text>The term <term>dairy risk management payment</term> means a payment made to a participating dairy operation under the program pursuant to section 1406.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4214F9AA7B5A4B29ABF2BBA15F5C5074"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraphs (7) and (8), by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> both places it appears.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H56CDD907D2B942CBB8345DD2D2FC8114"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Calculation of Actual Dairy Production Margin</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1402(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9052">7 U.S.C. 9052(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk management</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89FBD057E8534440A48F18DC3DF17D4A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program operation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1403 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9053">7 U.S.C. 9053</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HCF9483D835554B3083009654C37D1147"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">ESTABLISHMENT OF MARGIN PROTECTION</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FD5FFD940D44245803ED77814F259D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Not later than September 1, 2014, the Secretary shall establish and administer a margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary shall continue to administer a dairy risk management program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4349527848E7458D9BB3503B2F5CC0E7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection payment</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk management payment</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H990FEF075DDF4C60A4D6E698AE54D7D8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1404 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9054">7 U.S.C. 9054</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF48F6D483E874F328F2F220DCB28B15E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">MARGIN PROTECTION</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10F735BC299048AD811EEA668336014D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>margin protection program to receive margin protection payments</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk management program to receive dairy risk management payments</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H813C62B687194E2FB75D0126DC68335A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (b) and (c), by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> each place it appears.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0ED759C8DA924A89B65F10E1674517AC"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Production history</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1405 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9055">7 U.S.C. 9055</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE68FFC0F7A4A4AEA835F904128A74B5A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text> <clause id="HBD4F5300CBB742D2BEADF81509015BBB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection program</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk management program</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7BA0B1DD37C5430EBDAA39E2F1C7DDBF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> the second place it appears; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01DD6D937772472BA5E385BCEBDDB2F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c), by striking <quote>margin protection</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34739F70394E4A408C0A5669A032A49C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1406 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9056">7 U.S.C. 9056</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H8D2F4CBE19FC45C4936241B74A6BE29D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">MARGIN PROTECTION</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D94A99E1F514A838E02DA5F41193F35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk management</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8CE4AE30528415694F23863A2B6A2B7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the heading of subsection (c), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Margin Protection</header-in-text></quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4C5AF1B02634C6BAF4658EB0F062851"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1407 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9057">7 U.S.C. 9057</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HB431C727E8D448959A333D7E241E6A8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">MARGIN PROTECTION</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">DAIRY RISK MANAGEMENT</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3385549945294C7EACA719EF521403FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>margin protection program</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk management program</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19453543E7224400810040EAABD827BE"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e), by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> both places it appears.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB943A78B99BA42BDA39D4B84967B9781"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Penalties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1408 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9058">7 U.S.C. 9058</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk management</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H19660E30BC874DA2BF399530357CF9A0"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Administration and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1410 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9060">7 U.S.C. 9060</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>dairy risk management</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H19A77CA67DD6463AAF756E9FA076BD0E"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H368B179A07DD43D8B58D84F7A6341E61"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1409 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9059">7 U.S.C. 9059</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFC9FC469F88B4411B9BBE735570ED8F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>margin protection</quote> and inserting <quote>dairy risk management</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19DE28F2B59D4908B838245B9B7C955A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1405374E8F594C2AA1B5376B7B537E65"><enum>1402.</enum><header>Class I skim milk price</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H8D5918418FE94AD5A93CC8AE29FCCCE0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Class I skim milk price</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8c(5)(A) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(5)(A)</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, is amended by striking <quote>Throughout the 2-year period</quote> and all that follows through <quote>such handlers.</quote> and inserting the following new sentence: <quote>Throughout the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of this sentence (and subsequent to such 2-year period unless modified by amendment to the order involved), for purposes of determining prices for milk of the highest use classification, the Class I skim milk price per hundredweight specified in section 1000.50(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulation), shall be the sum of the adjusted Class I differential specified in section 1000.52 of such title 7, plus the adjustment to Class I prices specified in sections 1005.51(b), 1006.51(b), and 1007.51(b) of such title 7 (or successor regulation), plus the simple average of the advanced pricing factors computed in sections 1000.50(q)(1) and 1000.50(q)(2) of such title 7 (or successor regulation), plus $0.74.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC9BCF432C2AA442189FA7FD02F38FC57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date and implementation</header>
<paragraph id="HA949D88C707145EE83DD6152D868B377"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the first day of the first month beginning more than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H042261132D1F49E9B257C5891E9785F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a) is not subject to any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H0695D9BA2ACA4CACA68AD252876FBB2E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B7FF98A93AF4611B83D23C7EB9BC5FC"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The notice and hearing requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 8c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c</external-xref>), reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC6BF1804D854EB9AC0532C431F1EA72"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The order amendment requirements of section 8c(17) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(17)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H348C36913AEF4FCF84FB2AC29857F9EB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A referendum under section 8c(19) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608c">7 U.S.C. 608c(19)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5C1E22043C343318BC53EA60F2A82A2"><enum>1403.</enum><header>Extension of dairy forward pricing program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8772">7 U.S.C. 8772(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H756E12307B634DC88CDFBDAAC0647512"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB763BD64AF3945E68E0CFCEB86C61093"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>2021</quote> and inserting <quote>2026</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H248FBFB015BA4F77B169AD77EE078A24"><enum>1404.</enum><header>Extension of dairy indemnity program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/90/484">Public Law 90–484</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/450">7 U.S.C. 450</external-xref><italic>l</italic>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AE3A92D35614238AEF3B9C014B67C17"><enum>1405.</enum><header>Extension of dairy promotion and research program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/4504">7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H68ECC048F3C249E2AD525E193A8A6AE9"><enum>1406.</enum><header>Repeal of dairy product donation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1431 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9071">7 U.S.C. 9071</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H2328B8D636C04D04B6C2B1073479408F" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs</header> <section id="HCC66DA18022947B6911D948C9D34C63E"><enum>1501.</enum><header>Modification of supplemental agricultural disaster assistance</header> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H004FA8DB45C94A589F16628155D8CD11"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Covered livestock losses for livestock indemnity payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H241F26EC7D094F61AB4D1CA5D52BE16B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3E140DA2D219455D8D7BDD59CFDF02AC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDD9DFD8E757A409DAC1A302640CF8088"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H503FA08E9B4E4CBC8D1C14FC95D7E901"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7CCA68A58F64421098B0CCA95603B6D4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEFDC64FE7FA047B6853EB6A6C7E7A154"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">disease that, as determined by the Secretary—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H9419BAE0D21D45DD8EAEAF7B108FDC5A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is caused or transmitted by a vector; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4807313281784C5F9361AED5D8BD574F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is not susceptible to control by vaccination or acceptable management practices.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H885D119AEFB24529A43BFDE3966C0941"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>A payment</quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Payment reductions.</header-in-text>—A payment</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE516518A477341BD86541DC28F408616"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Payment limitations and exclusion of gross income limitation</header><text>Section 1501(f) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H26E19450F7954B5688405313BEBBC81E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H37DFB0E4E1AE4B5C95D6FB2EC63AF54E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>this section (excluding payments received under subsections (b) and (e))</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (c)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H318147BE7F6849158E07523A96288931"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>joint venture or general partnership</quote> and inserting <quote>qualified pass through entity (as such term is defined in paragraph (5) of section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308(a)</external-xref>))</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB16FA174829C45B1A1F8D8E1BB307ACA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C1A0E37A0D642E9A51C12CC2B92FDE8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3C955F13CB7C48B2ADC28E2EB2BD0F48"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Exclusion of gross income limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section only, subsection (b) of section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>) shall not apply to a person or legal entity if 75 percent or greater of the average adjusted gross income (as such term is defined in subsection (a) of such section) of such person or legal entity derives from farming, ranching, or silviculture activities.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H96E0C164B5BD495899C67F40CEA9DAC0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Application of amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1501 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081</external-xref>), as amended by this section, shall apply with respect to losses described in such section 1501 incurred on or after January 1, 2017.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HFB735A3CE3934A85B7B739C1AB3667E7" style="OLC"><enum>F</enum><header>Administration</header>
<section id="H652CF94714C3431FACC5494AC6238A9B"><enum>1601.</enum><header>Administration generally</header>
<subsection id="HF33531B001B9400088D7EBFCE60C1EE5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Use of Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4457C7E161F44817A4DAEAB47C65E1EE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Determinations by Secretary</header><text>A determination made by the Secretary under this title shall be final and conclusive.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H216F76D87B24429EA0919A73DBE65081"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Regulations</header> <paragraph id="HFB526697228A49C7BCB68E81F034DD02"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this title and the amendments made by this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H920397511E474FB1A7D9C87B1DBBBB18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this title and the amendments made by this title shall be made without regard to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB97BE2024A484A6BB18531206286FC4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8096ADE3925F4150A4C737C35DEBB33D"><enum>(B)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9AC59C9480844FB8809D8314750BF381"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Congressional review of agency rulemaking</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6A9AF7E8B4B4AB6BED714B62EC32020"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Adjustment Authority Related to Trade Agreements Compliance</header>
<paragraph id="HE74138B1237A48A884CB5BB60AAC7FBA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Required determination; adjustment</header><text>If the Secretary determines that expenditures under this title that are subject to the total allowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/3501">19 U.S.C. 3501</external-xref>)) will exceed such allowable levels for any applicable reporting period, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make adjustments in the amount of such expenditures during that period to ensure that such expenditures do not exceed the allowable levels.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA80850BB4BAF4967BAAE74E87CC09A3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional notification</header><text>Before making any adjustment under paragraph (1), 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 describing the determination made under that paragraph and the extent of the adjustment to be made.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H163C7F7700BE496D9C3A3467707D96F6"><enum>1602.</enum><header>Suspension of permanent price support authority</header>
<subsection id="H6863A19655C14262B5C218A3CD4EF996"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938</header><text>The following provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 shall not be applicable to the 2019 through 2023 crops of covered commodities (as defined in section 1111), cotton, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2023:</text>
<paragraph id="H19E99C806BBB4DB9BA047C44429FEA1C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1326">7 U.S.C. 1326</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H51754BC765234A529C2F3AF7CD11AFE5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>In the case of upland cotton, section 377 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1377">7 U.S.C. 1377</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC82B0816290480BAEFDF7251D2B0FE5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Subtitle D of title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1379a">7 U.S.C. 1379a</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBD9FF6DCCA444BA3935B20CC94886BA3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1401">7 U.S.C. 1401</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7046A8EC86CB4902A7C48CBAB3F39187"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agricultural Act of 1949</header>
<paragraph id="H5D8B3BE0C5784CCDBA072A0A5FBFA79D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The following provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be applicable to the 2019 through 2023 crops of covered commodities (as defined in section 1111), cotton, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act through December 31, 2023:</text>
<subparagraph id="H345D3B2E83124C85A6993D1CF810F809"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 101 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1441">7 U.S.C. 1441</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F4D8D9ECECF48DEB2612BC1BECBBF6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 103(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1444">7 U.S.C. 1444(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H03C868B50C0F45B89C8C0F4BCFD76705"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 105 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1444b">7 U.S.C. 1444b</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA1A40EDDB054F1A9C33EDFA99E54ED1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 107 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445a">7 U.S.C. 1445a</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C71C627C405429683D4F3DB754A991F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 110 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445e">7 U.S.C. 1445e</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H366FB41BD81D49CAB35CA534F157A537"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 112 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445g">7 U.S.C. 1445g</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC2E93275A6D47B891AB8B646B59F0D9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Section 115 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1445k">7 U.S.C. 1445k</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8F8D2F2509841D9B0A77AB01B893973"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Section 201 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1446">7 U.S.C. 1446</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA33CD15127784EA8BBAA06DCECA014EC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Title III (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1447">7 U.S.C. 1447</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB58F8A65E0434794A22B1050040C2932"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1421">7 U.S.C. 1421</external-xref> et seq.), other than sections 404, 412, and 416 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1424">7 U.S.C. 1424</external-xref>, 1429, and 1431).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H57CFCF55C8724581A7A5C87B038CC1D9"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Title V (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1461">7 U.S.C. 1461</external-xref> et seq.).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25D43AB524A74732865CA30BFEC7807F"><enum>(L)</enum><text>Title VI (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1471">7 U.S.C. 1471</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H472F6F8048C543C8A70A3E86A6E3EAB4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clarifying amendments</header><text>Section 201(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1446">7 U.S.C. 1446(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H505495D349594F519BE95595905B9B71"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, crambe, cottonseed, sesame seed</quote> after <quote>mustard seed</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA3897CED1E04410393C19D4DC453E919"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, large chickpeas, graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, peanuts,</quote> after <quote>honey,</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7249AEADA1F4859B8C30AF8919D6205"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>in accordance with this title</quote> and inserting <quote>consistent with the percentage levels of support provided under subsection (c), except as otherwise provided for under subsection (b)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA74087AD1024EA39BA73AD64CA2FFCD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Suspension of Certain Quota Provisions</header><text>The joint resolution entitled <quote>A joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended</quote>, approved May 26, 1941 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1330">7 U.S.C. 1330</external-xref> and 1340), shall not be applicable to the crops of wheat planted for harvest in the calendar years 2019 through 2023.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HEF0C81795E434575AB40662D771C9910"><enum>1603.</enum><header>Payment limitations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HF06B57B43CE94759B07EDF78EBEAD2A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HCE928F1BEE7C4983881FF6BA9A61B384"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1942664E868845F8A74FB3377C19C0F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>section 1001 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1111 of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB6398E4D2304F589B62AAC1607899A8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>first cousin, niece, nephew,</quote> after <quote>sibling,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H39EBFE57371140B7A4A66792211B76A2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as (6); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26AC7C4DCECB4630BC5B5AA680531BC3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H1E306608356C4A409F12B35250CE97A2"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Qualified pass through entity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified pass through entity</term> means a partnership (within the meaning of subchapter K of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/26/1">chapter 1</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and including a limited liability company that does not affirmatively elect to be treated as a corporation), an S corporation (as defined in section 1361 of such Code), or a joint venture.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBC208907CC42445BA75EE6367584957A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsections (b) and (c) by striking <quote>entity</quote> through <quote>Agricultural Act of 2014</quote> in each place it appears and inserting <quote>entity (except a qualified pass through entity) for any crop year under sections 1116 and 1117 of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H04153AC3C44E4B7D8D6BB2784F4A8408"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by striking <quote>associated</quote> and all that follows through the end of the sentence and inserting <quote>associated with subtitle B of title I of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HEB92046F7B1E48BD86C14546125B61DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by adding the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H967825E005B7407E8E773EA6F2E2F87A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Administration of reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall apply any order described in section 1614(d)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9097">7 U.S.C. 9097(d)(1)</external-xref>) to payments under sections 1116 and 1117 of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title> prior to applying payment limitations under this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8A8F8C1FC92F4399A927BE90351653B4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Treatment of qualified pass through entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001(e)(3)(B)(ii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308(e)(3)(B)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H9008039940064E60AA8F8E5F1CDEE198"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">joint ventures and general partnerships</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">qualified pass through entities</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6109896287A042049742FD1EAC7B4FD6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>joint venture or a general partnership</quote> and inserting <quote>qualified pass through entity</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7BDCA773905E482685751D97879CF114"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>joint ventures and general partnerships</quote> and inserting <quote>qualified pass through entities</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H519B7EAC8C154A779914C983C2A856A1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>joint venture or general partnership</quote> and inserting <quote>qualified pass through entity</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5CE442BC00924AF3A81F7289465DD7FF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming Amendments</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HC36EFC295B694A6F8C96F38821A0BEA9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment of Federal agencies and State and local governments</header><text>Section 1001(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA1A781ED3474F2B931BD9C8EC249F99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A), by striking <quote>or title XII</quote> and inserting <quote>title I of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>, or title XII</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB2262708D6B7420090E3274C37585F7D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(A), by striking <quote>or title XII</quote> and inserting <quote>title I of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>, or title XII</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9EC9E99CE60342528834FB3060A9C74A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign persons ineligible</header><text>Section 1001C(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3">7 U.S.C. 1308–3(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>title I of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018,</quote> after <quote>2014,</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF3388ACE392143AE9F07DA84F26FC28A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply beginning with the 2019 crop year.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8A2ADB51D32C44B5AE98D9EA2B9BD7C9"><enum>1604.</enum><header>Adjusted gross income limitation</header>
<subsection id="HF5B6EF87039948FDB3AFEC3874234A01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HED2FB0BF9E1E43AEACB91AB1A773E392"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>title I of the <short-title>Agricultural Act of 2014</short-title></quote> and inserting <quote>title I of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H536C6550E15741D2B07C812890E0B4BB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF786E5C79487445C9D8E45CAEDFEC791"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>title II of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>,</quote> after <quote>under</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8EC8A46236CC4501BE3A7FD201AD3488"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Starting with fiscal year 2015, a</quote> and inserting <quote>A</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H27FB91BA1FF94049B91739B102D9EE17"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subparagraphs (B) and (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40188A04CED344BEBE63BAF0C316BA74"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC2F673C60A364D32A732788AB04C27D1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header> <paragraph id="H8FC39CB3CDFE4C579026EAF29EB1CCF1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 1001D(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HFF830AB3FD9F40AEB1FB236CCD199D41"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exceptions</header>
<subparagraph id="H23C1F1F9931541BAA093A400E3576265"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exception for qualified pass through entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a qualified pass through entity (as such term is defined in section 1001(a)(5)).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0A6F7452CCC457997FAB6EB4B78D916"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive the limitation established by paragraph (1) with respect to a payment pursuant to a covered benefit described in paragraph (2)(B), on a case-by-case basis, if the Secretary determines that environmentally sensitive land of special significance would be protected as a result of such waiver.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0621D03BC760450BBA4FD21012A68B81"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C18E70EE91E4AA586F9E5B5DEE29077"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1), by inserting <quote>subject to paragraph (3),</quote> after <quote>of law,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C06E3B6868B43A383C0DB576F913582"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>, general partnership, or joint venture</quote> both places it appears.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H816CF2280CCD417D9BC393DD4F2B0772"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall apply with respect to the 2018 crop, fiscal, or program year, as appropriate, for each program described in subsection (b)(2) of that section (as so in effect on that day).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H1457C033CB174643B0BC7C701C469B8B"><enum>1605.</enum><header>Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs</header>
<subsection id="HAFE9A980C62942468015106DF77DDFF1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reconciliation</header><text>At least twice each year, the Secretary shall reconcile Social Security numbers of all individuals who receive payments under this title, whether directly or indirectly, with the Commissioner of Social Security to determine if the individuals are alive.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEBAB97F5B0124265860BF7FE4E0FFB8D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preclusion</header><text>The Secretary shall preclude the issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individuals that were not eligible for payments.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4EDBF71D80214DC28B600A75443DE6B3"><enum>1606.</enum><header>Assignment of payments</header>
<subsection id="HBF92163152EC4859A6552F2120CA7D1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text>The provisions of section 8(g) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590h">16 U.S.C. 590h(g)</external-xref>), relating to assignment of payments, shall apply to payments made under this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6D82209C42E846788BD73AD499E24AD4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>The producer making the assignment, or the assignee, shall provide the Secretary with notice, in such manner as the Secretary may require, of any assignment made under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H279547ABF45148FC91F9CDF228FF128B"><enum>1607.</enum><header>Tracking of benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary may track the benefits provided, directly or indirectly, to individuals and entities under titles I and II and the amendments made by those titles.</text>
</section><section id="HEC30E026805445018AC32B1855118403"><enum>1608.</enum><header>Signature authority</header>
<subsection id="HB3E859FDD8934EFFAA225A9F5D1D6C44"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this title and title II and amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently determine the document is inadequate or invalid because of the lack of authority of any person signing the document on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, entity, or qualified pass through entity (as such term is defined in paragraph (5) of section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308">7 U.S.C. 1308(a)</external-xref>)) or the documents relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, unless the person signing the program document knowingly and willfully falsified the evidence of signature authority or a signature.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8FCE56DEE08E457FB2A5EB0EF2E1C183"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Affirmation</header>
<paragraph id="H431DA38388A54D348B8584E037F6FE6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Nothing in this section prohibits the Secretary from asking a proper party to affirm any document that otherwise would be considered approved under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H825866925D6C4BA5A26F27D88DA11633"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No retroactive effect</header><text>A denial of benefits based on a lack of affirmation under paragraph (1) shall not be retroactive with respect to third-party producers who were not the subject of the erroneous representation of authority, if the third-party producers—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4512CA7BEC3C42C68D099AE739F2A54E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>relied on the prior approval by the Secretary of the documents in good faith; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3487DFFEC8334BC59BE7E00290090007"><enum>(B)</enum><text>substantively complied with all program requirements.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H7029B96496304957BA9456E569B0EE12"><enum>1609.</enum><header>Personal liability of producers for deficiencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 164(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7284">7 U.S.C. 7284(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>this title</quote> and all that follows through <quote>unless</quote> and inserting <quote>this title, title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8702">7 U.S.C. 8702</external-xref> et seq.), title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014, or <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF67DBE00B42B42009D03DE8FC9047A94" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>1610.</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H03C7304A01FC49C1890497EFB754EAD1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Maintenance of base acres and payment yields</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under sections 1001 and 1301 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8702">7 U.S.C. 8702</external-xref>, 8751), as adjusted pursuant to sections 1101, 1102, 1108, and 1302 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8711">7 U.S.C. 8711</external-xref>, 8712, 8718, 8752), as in effect on September 30, 2013, and as adjusted pursuant to sections 1112 and 1113 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9012">7 U.S.C. 9012</external-xref>, 9013).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H062BBC6897A5428C81FC3FDFDDC41493"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Streamlining</header><text>In implementing this title and amendments made by this title, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H6DE3A3EC0EB8488EBB39FAA1BCB71136"><enum>(1)</enum><text>continue to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements, including through the continuation of the Acreage Crop Reporting and Streamlining Initiative that, in part, shall ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB22E4711F3114C5ABCBECE6673C9ADC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a producer (or an agent of a producer) may report information, electronically (including geospatial data) or conventionally, to the Department;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3ACB7465C13A41BEB02F4A6C654BCAE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>upon the request of the producer (or agent thereof), 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, and other information of the producer; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D4A100E157C4893932AC7B38EDDABAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no agent, approved insurance provider, or employee or contractor of an agency or approved insurance provider, bears responsibility or liability under the Acreage Crop Reporting and Streamlining Initiative for the eligibility of a producer for programs administered by the Department of Agriculture that are not policies or plans of insurance offered under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501</external-xref> et. seq.) except in cases of misrepresentation, fraud, or scheme and device;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8BE6A746C9634C3FB658C2DAC528E668"><enum>(2)</enum><text>continue to improve coordination, information sharing, and administrative work with the Farm Service Agency, Risk Management Agency, and the Natural Resources Conservation Service;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55D008264CCA4E1CBCE968CEF3F07573"><enum>(3)</enum><text>continue to take advantage of new technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of program delivery to producers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E29A7699C1546F2BE992C636B5BFAF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reduce administrative burdens on producers by offering such producers an option to remotely and electronically sign annual contracts for participation in coverage under sections 1116 and 1117.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C699D6B398D4394989590DA69940AD4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text>The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title and amendments made by this title, $25,000,000.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2E8F6CF4F1B2491CA0BBD40ADC870A6B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loan implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H119FB2C497D749758CEB7EC084C34F81"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1614(d)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9097">7 U.S.C. 9097(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H43F3295AB95E4C3194D4F9329AEA01C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or subtitles B and C of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote> after <quote>this title</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE634ECCCC06844CA97885A47FDAABBF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>made by subtitles B or C</quote> and inserting <quote>made by such subtitles</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD960406C212A4B879FB384D6110DF8F0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>of this title, and sections 1207(c) and 1208 of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote> after <quote>1208</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H56EED36858C545A29FD13EB5CABA8773"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Repayment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1614(d)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9097">7 U.S.C. 9097(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H95B20E31D42C48DFA6B4C04A1F16D11B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>of subtitles B or C</quote> and inserting <quote>of subtitle B or C of this title, or subtitle B or C of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EF2372359FD4055ACFA1E4C7D9B65D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under subtitles B or C</quote> and inserting <quote>of subtitle B or C of this title, or subtitle B or C of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H9CC5DEC425F74F75BFD62B6FED206CA6"><enum>1611.</enum><header>Exemption from certain reporting requirements for certain producers</header> <subsection id="H95104534AD6F434D876069319972689C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of exempted producer</header><text>In this section, the term <term>exempted producer</term> means a producer or landowner eligible to participate in any conservation or commodity program administered by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCA9B7A363BC64404AD1E830850F62153"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note), the requirements of parts 25 and 170 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (and any successor regulations), shall not apply with respect to assistance received by an exempted producer from the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service or the Farm Service Agency.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Conservation</header>
<subtitle id="HDD4B2D0EEB944319AC71BA40FCB000D6"><enum>A</enum><header>Wetland Conservation</header>
<section id="H9F0A04856AAD4DE89E53AC813DF6B24A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2101.</enum><header>Program ineligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1221(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HCA4AAF9A00BA4B59B1EC91A631722AA4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H04B47365988C4C26B9E907F98A553712"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA91DFB9129A94A89BD0468D3F4F73565"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HDFE8A6133D344EE7B7717BF9D6113A8F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duty of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before determining that a person is ineligible for program benefits under this subsection, the Secretary shall determine that no exemption under section 1222 applies.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H2C251D6DC1B84A369E60821B66C5716E"><enum>2102.</enum><header>Minimal effect regulations</header>
<subsection id="H065E002789004508ACE4E524C4F8F2CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Identification of minimal effect exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1222(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3822">16 U.S.C. 3822(d)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>,</quote> before <quote>the Secretary shall identify</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFBB2E4D75D7D42C581344141A345818E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Mitigation banking</header><text>Section 1222(k)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3822">16 U.S.C. 3822(k)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H34A1F53D6E6942CD870FED8023377DFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H294FCA77450A4ED5A58AF01672BE9C38"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Funds of Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out this paragraph, the Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation beginning in fiscal year 2019, which funds shall remain available until expended.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7C74AD70320041128D21852A6928888E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>In addition to amounts made available under clause (i), there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this paragraph $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H95E6063762BE44BB82865833CEE5269A" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Conservation Reserve Program</header>
<section id="HE084ADDEC7DA4D54BD1502726B029B02"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Conservation reserve</header>
<subsection id="HCA7C6C6B8FBA49DF8146B764FF221AFC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE3965C40C57745BA91F6C32B8662EF44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB104CED9D6E04F359AA1B341E37C7ED6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H31F992653E694BB09C117CD6B2425BE0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB16E8D778A8D49A6A9DAF5E2006307B1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H85316614B9724AF386E23FC08300B42A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H78093D4CC51C49C2AC8C7F0A86D8188A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>fiscal year 2019, no more than 25,000,000 acres;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDAFD2D3E0F2949E8B41469E72D239DB9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>fiscal year 2020, no more than 26,000,000 acres;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBEEF9FAF21644A1DBF1CCFB76A489281"><enum>(H)</enum><text>fiscal year 2021, no more than 27,000,000 acres;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H662768341B2E439DB7A244821D32A2E1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fiscal year 2022, no more than 28,000,000 acres; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2CFBBC7D77284032A113BA0155AB938A"><enum>(J)</enum><text>fiscal year 2023, no more than 29,000,000 acres.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H04EE1DC594EA4E4B895BD26BFE65E422"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H613D6780811542979D70A2728F539B92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47A2CF911BD6491A9C7A71AAF90AFFD3" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H940D24FD1EBA437E8DCF2EE9C14F611A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of applying the limitations in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0A4F8869C3734BD89C430F059EA53B8E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">no more than 2,000,000 acres of the land described in subsection (b)(3) may be enrolled in the program at any one time during the 2014 through 2018 fiscal years;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0ED83F5FAB094415831323193F597650"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall enroll and maintain in the conservation reserve not fewer than 3,000,000 acres of the land described in subsection (b)(3) by September 30, 2023; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H755AA0AF72D24A8991530823677364C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in carrying out clause (ii), to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall maintain in the conservation reserve at any one time during—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H5249B0209634472CB62D85A0024E2FAB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>fiscal year 2019, 1,000,000 acres;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HEAAA3B68FC0B4148A5AB0348CD01C5E5"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2020, 1,500,000 acres;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HB15766B285E843099F17D2513EDAD6E8"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2021, 2,000,000 acres;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H4559417D2E8243E5A00A73D719848ED0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2022, 2,500,000 acres; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HD5A675BEA29E48859D2B1DD78C304AB7"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2023, 3,000,000 acres.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DACE3B091D5405594034D63EA0CF958"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB7BCAE14C0F442188A055C531FE7042F"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reservation of unenrolled acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary is unable in a fiscal year to enroll enough acres of land described in subsection (b)(3) to meet the number of acres described in clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A) for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve the remaining number of acres for that fiscal year for the enrollment of land described in subsection (b)(3), and that number of acres shall not be available for the enrollment of any other type of eligible land.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6BE42CBA9CA040DF95A219DA794CEE73"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5D52A286ECB40B8B1B329831522CB95" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HBE6AA8142B3F4081925553086FA0DBAE"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State enrollment rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall carry out this subchapter in such a manner as to enroll and maintain acreage in the conservation reserve in accordance with historical State enrollment rates, considering—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA05AE46DBBD40E481C688F4098318EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average number of acres of all lands enrolled in the conservation reserve in each State during each of fiscal years 2007 through 2016;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1916AFF4FCC54292B1C73AFF99B43252"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the average number of acres of all lands enrolled in the conservation reserve nationally during each of fiscal years 2007 through 2016; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDAA3A23D14BA439CBFF65BFE8969DA37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the acres available for enrollment during each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, excluding acres described in paragraph (2).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H61993329820D4B659205006A28312B3F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Frequency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subchapter, for contracts that are not available on a continuous enrollment basis, the Secretary shall hold a signup not less often than once every other year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA16C5D0B9F714C93BA738AD374C9FD57"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Duration of contract</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(e)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82E6657EFD5C4D81BE96E568502BFDDD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="H9B6FD4C653F64F04A9164BB778CF187D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duration of contract</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="H7B54ED315C2D4922841AC52D10E811B7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), for the purpose of carrying out this subchapter, the Secretary shall enter into contracts of not less than 10, nor more than 15, years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H693A51E6122F4CD0952DE952C06FF75F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain continuous contracts</header><text>With respect to contracts under this subchapter for the enrollment of land described in paragraph (4) or (5) of subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter into contracts of a period of 15 or 30 years.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H6A24234C42C846418DF727A327A0780F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility for consideration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831">16 U.S.C. 3831(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H8C6151155D01489784FE4689DD73C221"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>On the expiration</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HCEEAF9F000C747A9A71E5FC566294D71"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On the expiration</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H70757226DB4F418FBF9BE7262E832726"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HCA3D2E3E87094BA39975432FD6091938"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reenrollment limitation for certain land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land subject to a contract entered into under this subchapter shall be eligible for only one reenrollment in the conservation reserve under paragraph (1) if the land is devoted to hardwood trees.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC52B567A68BC40419B3C939D48F8ADC5"><enum>2202.</enum><header>Farmable wetland program</header>
<subsection id="HA4A95E939BFC4649BE0DC5FB872F66C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H053E3212B0F9426FA4DD66CDF14E83C1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible acreage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H8261C7C32AFE49D49CE3AAB745CEE4CD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Buffer acreage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsections (c) and (d), an owner or operator may enroll in the conservation reserve, pursuant to the program established under this section, buffer acreage that, with respect to land described in subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H41226977C6634ADFBB4B609F5889B489"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is contiguous to such land;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC44E783EEA7B49F19881E1DD3E3433CD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is used to protect such land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H526F355712EB4873839113B31D35E800"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is of such width as the Secretary determines is necessary to protect such land, taking into consideration and accommodating the farming practices (including the straightening of boundaries to accommodate machinery) used with respect to the cropland that surrounds such land.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H97EF106E5D2F44B790AB8E197027C592"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Program limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFD06A5CC32B149A9A2237C1D8C9A3583"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>750,000</quote> and inserting <quote>500,000</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9D900AC51124196840B54B66F67AEAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>Subject to paragraph (3), any acreage</quote> and inserting <quote>Any acreage</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDBBDB5D456234AAA9F63C6332AE1F419"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C46B835CD224D3AA39C40525DA40CB7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties of owners and operators</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4B2334824AF247F989956BD0529B62C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H83ED6D6572BC4E83B4AE2AAB0438218B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6490891A1C1A47EEB8F7248386260585"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82C5E5FCD40D402E986C12B38B8CFC2B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1231B(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3831b">16 U.S.C. 3831b(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H89ECEE1BDF024870B544D1A274BDA518"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraphs (2) and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (2)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2C5AEFF04C764B90A4EDAFB40675C1DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 1234(d)(2)(A)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H373AE9649F814701BC5D88001C5397F0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HDBEA7BF82F9E41F78F0E14EF5508D20D"><enum>2203.</enum><header>Duties of owners and operators</header>
<subsection id="H397B74B9B96D4172813B416DECA2EF5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1232(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3832">16 U.S.C. 3832(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC50B650D4F5B45BFB7D65206D4E68137"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>, which may include the use of grazing in accordance with paragraph (8),</quote> after <quote>management on the land</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF18B1596382047B2BB5ADE1F2601E907"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (10) and (11) as paragraphs (11) and (12), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (9) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9E589D729F4B4307A9711E7096764B04"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on land devoted to hardwood or other trees, excluding windbreaks and shelterbelts, to carry out proper thinning and other practices to improve the condition of resources, promote forest management, and enhance wildlife habitat on the land;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCCD2B2BA546B4414B02B3F295AE0F94E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conservation plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1232(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3832">16 U.S.C. 3832(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, if any,</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HC1E92523DDC04272A73650541089574C"><enum>2204.</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header> <subsection id="H467662F4122C431BB7163CF4F9152C16"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost-Share and rental payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1233(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3833">16 U.S.C. 3833(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>pay an annual rental payment in an amount necessary to compensate for</quote> and inserting <quote>pay an annual rental payment, in accordance with section 1234(d), for</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H60C303FF92E6463E9541E5DEADDC0216"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specified activities permitted</header><text>Section 1233(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3833">16 U.S.C. 3833(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HA15CCEB6127A43F2A6746991C04DD260"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H86E6533F26B44486AA02028BB8DA495D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HF596F713EEE2486B81032C597D3DE827"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not less than 25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H43596EC534B9494BA5CE8FAD9C929F7A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(except that vegetative cover may not be harvested for seed)</quote> after <quote>managed harvesting</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5FAE5D7F4BCB4BC28FE82EB45F8FA8D9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD7DCDD4313534AEEB2D29B99BACFB1EC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>is at least every 5 but not more than once every 3 years;</quote> and inserting <quote>contributes to the health and vigor of the established cover, and is not more than once every 3 years; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H13A0D92CED0E4119ADC03ECB591962D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFACC2BE97C82419D8B7B0563AC968A85" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H483D3A8F22674635B72A0873EB8FC67D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall ensure that 25 percent of the acres covered by the contract are not harvested, in accordance with an approved plan that provides for wildlife cover and shelter;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC0114E16107542009B6667A4CDD6E3FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H1682EC8E5D534505A71EFDA352178D8D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>not less than 25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>25 percent</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F9A598039424B05BC7712DB14042BE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HC4BFC62AB9854C82A62C278AEE681CCE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>routine grazing, except that in permitting such routine grazing</quote> and inserting <quote>grazing, except that in permitting such grazing</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H99D6B1D322E84B749FFBBE18DA9FC9F4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>continued routine grazing; and</quote> and inserting <quote>grazing;</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H56E9A84E2A714C0DB2EA9587BB414F1E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H6BA380550B6B4D92BADF154AC6151781"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking <quote>routine grazing may be conducted, such that the frequency is not more than once every 2 years</quote> and inserting <quote>grazing may be conducted, such that the frequency contributes to the health and vigor of the established cover</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE41A470BB1B646CA9CC050B0ED44EB75"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by striking <quote>the number of years that should be required between routine</quote> and inserting <quote>the appropriate frequency and duration of</quote>; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H828CA01D86A74F6F9E95B38F319E0D19"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>routine</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H28054261B2AE4140978C8EAEAD144793"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCE70C3B45344BFEADC2A16D9F63616D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="H784BF475B2B7445EB428CEEAEC97649C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall ensure that the grazing is conducted in accordance with an approved plan that does not restrict grazing during the primary nesting season and will reduce the stocking rate determined under clause (i) by 50 percent; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC212A0C6EF664D869B5094FAD37F6B95"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H217C0CADBC0A47FFB000A77A5A9FA1E1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H0D69AAFF7B7E48CD898DC0EB246583C4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD24709388524448F80E749AF8DE8DBCE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>grazing during the applicable normal grazing period determined under subclause (I) of section 1501(c)(3)(D)(i) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/9081">7 U.S.C. 9081(c)(3)(D)(i)</external-xref>), without any restriction on grazing during the primary nesting period, subject to the condition that the grazing shall be at 50 percent of the normal carrying capacity determined under that subclause.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H89C3FCACB8A04B8A91EFDC6DC480189A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting <quote>and retains suitable vegetative structure for wildlife cover and shelter;</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E5BE3394FF1498EA0A326EC22D0A13B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(C), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5C6ED1FB92E44CDCA0F6C06F307DD78F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AC18FF492C243E9A721C26C87B7DDDA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H8B2A3677608C4D78A4F31CD2B6E3B5BA"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">grazing pursuant to section 1232(a)(5), without any reduction in the rental rate, if the grazing is consistent with the conservation of soil, water quality, and wildlife habitat.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD46184008C38476CB99E11F5AB853B1D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Natural disaster or adverse weather as mid-contract management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1233 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3833">16 U.S.C. 3833</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H47D645D3A3E544A2BAD53615F2C90D67" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HD036C725BB524A909CC7D5B1BB9F317A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Natural disaster or adverse weather as mid-contract management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a natural disaster or adverse weather event that has the effect of a management practice consistent with the conservation plan, the Secretary shall not require further management practices pursuant to section 1232(a)(5) that are intended to achieve the same effect.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H0587E481DDE848E79692EA97F5E29C30"><enum>2205.</enum><header>Payments</header>
<subsection id="HB31F1BB9BC3644399A4FD82C22C59355"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost sharing payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H26DAC411580C4643A5FE83A4B3C79908"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>50 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>not more than 40 percent</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1D7A9B62B746499D97A8AECB6D73200C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H280C55091A704C7EAACF7FB7E8504E5F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6450EB3018614E1CBE3E33AC4D4F177E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <subparagraph id="HE403E35EB7DB4379ACF9D86E9B28757A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Exception for seed costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of seed costs related to the establishment of cover, cost share shall not exceed 25 percent of the total cost of the seed mixture.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H768CF2E8106546AB93A9CB215EE5618E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Additional incentive payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (c), the Secretary may not make additional incentive payments beyond the actual cost of installing measures and practices described in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA68B420D63E44A57B35C5FD6E87DD731"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Mid-contract management grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not make any cost sharing payment to an owner or operator under this subchapter pursuant to section 1232(a)(5).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC6715AABA37046639F550A732E90D915"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraphs (3) and (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0B50DB54B31F42B6BA74CDE137012D9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HB003FC812B56496F9AA2C02EA6D00564"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Incentive</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Forest management payment</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE0BD4885DAFF4AD283FDC60ED54832D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>Using funds made available under section 1241(a)(1)(A), the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCAF61E4C74FC40E3AB2EC30BB856E3CE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>150 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>100 percent</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC55FD5C162BE4FF6B7F3A3A393B28B6D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual rental payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HFBC01C29DA18403E82A19B4D0807BF50"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA386C9C8278E4AF6B24AF028786CBD45"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>less intensive use, the Secretary may consider</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEC3AE7853D654FEEB58B8CCD4CD2DF12" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<text>less intensive use—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9846AD777E784FEC8C73B7FD6E6DDE67"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary may consider</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7587432D595249E0AE19CCDA3AA6F61D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H60E81DE792C7443ABE4E9C3D9FEAE08A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H868FE7C72D704D3DBA75C5FD2F5794FE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1618247DA094564B620BFADD95BD937"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall consider the impact on the local farmland rental market.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H36196BA05C824B1BB50300AD0BA461B2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H641B09279A40451A8D2ACE39097E771E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC2BCEBBA3DC14BA39C00BE3AAFA55C28" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H909FF2EEFA844F2C82799C89C2508ACA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H8565D3E826364988B4E6BD166174F97A"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Initial enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amounts payable to an owner or operator in the form of annual rental payments under a contract entered into under this subchapter with respect to land that has not previously been subject to such a contract shall be not more than 80 percent of the applicable estimated average county rental rate published pursuant to paragraph (4) for the year in which the contract is entered into.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HBE495C8FE21B4B639CA12EEB364678F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Multiple enrollments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If land subject to a contract entered into under this subchapter is reenrolled in the conservation reserve under section 1231(h)(1)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HD19137084EBC4A5888B0D2FFB107F32B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the first such reenrollment, the annual rental payment shall be in an amount that is not more than 65 percent of the applicable estimated average county rental rate published pursuant to paragraph (4) for the year in which the reenrollment occurs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2982BA25781E4A5187CEC99C66378141"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the second such reenrollment, the annual rental payment shall be in an amount that is not more than 55 percent of the applicable estimated average county rental rate published pursuant to paragraph (4) for the year in which the reenrollment occurs;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H9BCA8F9A9C57423998D7597809809DEE"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the third such reenrollment, the annual rental payment shall be in an amount that is not more than 45 percent of the applicable estimated average county rental rate published pursuant to paragraph (4) for the year in which the reenrollment occurs; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H503D4306BC0F46649A835C20B4FD3130"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the fourth such reenrollment, the annual rental payment shall be in an amount that is not more than 35 percent of the applicable estimated average county rental rate published pursuant to paragraph (4) for the year in which the reenrollment occurs.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H739C9DAC9E75459D968E18DA423AC453"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>In the case</quote> and inserting <quote>Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H118DC65522C04435BB0FB35F55116FD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD64C4BE11DDE4DD6A89D856CDE34B245"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C1B726756B94F1A8C6474E013552DB5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>cash</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A794975D3FC490A90F86CE249B74B21"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H377A2FB8EA31417DB069E400EB842A50"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, not less frequently than once every other year,</quote> and inserting <quote>annually</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0A9E685910AC469CA4FA8266981C2F92"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and shall publish the estimates derived from such survey not later than September 15 of each year</quote> before the period at the end; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE4808136A7843978975C3BA0E488D48"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="H87874A7EF8B845629C90EF541E7A84A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H35EDA88E4DAF4281B665B72C699C5AE3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as a factor in determining</quote> and inserting <quote>to determine</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H423BEE68891D4C57926CD2B6D47CFE61"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment limitation for rental payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1234(g)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3834">16 U.S.C. 3834(g)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H221643AC38A149C4A12149EEAAD1540F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H02A2C79F251A4B62A1099028B7831925"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments under subparagraph (B) shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of activities carried out under the applicable agreement entered into under such subparagraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H6CF65C9562B8434FAED9437E1049ECE6"><enum>2206.</enum><header>Contracts</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H605AD8B6A26D4FBAAD7AA49CE09E4298"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Early termination by owner or operator</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1235(e)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3835">16 U.S.C. 3835(e)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCDCF06AA99E84B708BB87356DFDCC361"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transition option for certain farmers or ranchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3835">16 U.S.C. 3835(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H731916DDF39E4F3487EF5B41D7AB0B45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HA732F64669494C71A38699036CAB0B66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94DC1F98E9E4045BF0A991E0EFA2CB1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H87BBE5E1D60F46AAA663C402180F9954"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning on the date that is 1 year before the date of termination of the contract, allow the covered farmer or rancher, in conjunction with the retired or retiring owner or operator, to make conservation and land improvements, including preparing to plant an agricultural crop;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H86B4C546ECC04738BAEE2099ADD36043"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (B) through (E) as subparagraphs (C) through (F), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9B9E1066C0944911B892E8872F07A8D2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H632A8D38E8564F7694341CAD2424B7D6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">beginning on the date that is 3 years before the date of termination of the contract, allow the covered farmer or rancher to begin the certification process under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6501">7 U.S.C. 6501</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6A223F1B5E049CC9DE64954D01ECA6F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by inserting <quote>, and provide to such farmer or rancher technical and financial assistance to carry out the requirements of the plan, if any</quote> before the semicolon at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B0584F2CC6D4609B8FBA3FD6F0204ED"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>the conservation stewardship program or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFF4C32C0C6BB48F4BC5713D8C27F8FC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C66AA05BC6240CC88469ECA94EE4CB7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>To the extent the maximum number of acres permitted to be enrolled under the program has not been met, the Secretary</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H546E3D0C5F69435188349AA62BD40DE0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>eligible for enrollment under the continuous signup option pursuant to section 1234(d)(2)(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>is carried out on land described in paragraph (4) or (5) of section 1231(b)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H54136CF3ACDD4B59BFE9474AF053A434"><enum>(c)</enum><header>End of contract considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1235(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3835">16 U.S.C. 3835(g)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H9AE7680ACEE746AF8D1FEF9CDCA38530"><enum>(g)</enum><header>End of contract considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not consider an owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the conservation reserve contract if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H396DEB01C44E49FC886F3D32022F1722"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the year prior to expiration of the contract, the owner or operator—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A60C5815CC14295AD3494D5096D6D50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enters into an environmental quality incentives program contract; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0572A561273448F09A21F07573B2701D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>begins the establishment of an environmental quality incentives practice; or</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H043F6CC71EB843488C4E423D8FE29702"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">during the three years prior to the expiration of the contract, the owner or operator begins the certification process under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HEB61EF2E9AB84D48B7A4B5A168ED5FD5" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Environmental Quality Incentives Program</header>
<section id="H7A0A594828374A48841D5421F7828174"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HCB268C61975E4916B9AA21EE543BAE99"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240A(4)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H6804C0A8375249848BB6A3FA84E9DBB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3CCF6EAF1F1A4E71965AEBBCF64A4986"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iv) and inserting after clause (i) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB468618B441B4E298FDFC810554ADA3E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="H12E64C23E46E4ED59B5AF2EBB7892D9B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">precision conservation management planning;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H14C02D247AC040E6984CA059004F6551"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the use of cover crops and resource conserving crop rotations; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H16FD2C3070474CF0AA936FBE9BD4B521"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Priority resource concern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6) and inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HB5C9FB94C5D9479D978AB6F17F859106"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Priority resource concern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>priority resource concern</term> means a natural resource concern or problem, as determined by the Secretary, that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE88694A2B5804696B1201AD7E3AF365B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is identified at the national, State, or local level as a priority for a particular area of a State; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H479C04AB1F5F43E8A91F3B4F0F3A2071"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represents a significant concern in a State or region.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H63A41D61957E4122A8BD0B2D948063EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Stewardship practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-1">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–1</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H0399220B7FE14115A87E679B88A6A82D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Stewardship practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>stewardship practice</term> means a practice or set of practices approved by the Secretary that, when implemented and maintained on eligible land, address 1 or more priority resource concerns.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HE1C45E283D59478080737130C97AFB44"><enum>2302.</enum><header>Establishment and administration</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7AAF7CC3C7154B45BBBEB5D9FA82327D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>Section 1240B(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA3A801EDAFCC4D51B02FB9589ECC2B1F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation of funding</header><text>Section 1240B(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HDDDFC3C934854AFE94F3A443D373512F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Allocation of funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023, at least 5 percent of the funds made available for payments under the program shall be targeted at practices benefitting wildlife habitat under subsection (g).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H799F4110D35D4A5A81E74CCECEFA2C0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Water conservation or irrigation efficiency practice</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H60A7EF6937744904989D993DC45038B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HCB251494683E41389A851F7BB8FA25DF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide water conservation and system efficiency payments under this subsection to a producer for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H55744209FB10401A9F3C7965FAAA3631"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a water conservation scheduling technology or water conservation scheduling management;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H70912ED4EAEA4D32BB82B0D1754B5A53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>irrigation-related structural practices; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C61891B69F54D93B7F8839FC2284494"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a transition to water-conserving crops or water-conserving crop rotations.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9A7F8BE9A2494489A954A91B226C6342"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H98D03C7E20DA430B8F9A9F543B9FFFBC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limited eligibility of irrigation districts, irrigation associations, and acequias</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HCB7278477B96435FAE5FCD069AD69AAF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 1001(f)(6), the Secretary may enter into a contract under this subsection with an irrigation district, irrigation association, or acequia to implement water conservation or irrigation practices pursuant to a watershed-wide project that will effectively conserve water, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7FD2FAEAE174439964BBE598F4867FA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Water conservation or irrigation practices that are the subject of a contract entered into under this paragraph shall be implemented on—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H0B48DF82DDE348B6B0E0D96351515AA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>eligible land of a producer; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HDA75F076F5724E6994CC306FEA492458"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>land that is under the control of the irrigation district, irrigation association, or acequia, and adjacent to such eligible land, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0FA46B4D32F24926A6BA76D89934FD41"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitations in section 1001D(b)(2) or section 1240G of this Act for a payment made under a contract entered into under this paragraph if the Secretary determines that such a waiver is necessary to fulfill the objectives of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H675E7BF3C6F743B1B8B0877EFD010594"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Contract limitations</header><text>If the Secretary grants a waiver under subparagraph (C), the Secretary may impose a separate payment limitation for the contract with respect to which the waiver applies.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5D787680BB64478CA900F0537357B1E8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H99D702EB1DFF4A45BEACD4D01047F32A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>to a producer</quote> and inserting <quote>under this subsection</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E8F67C306A34D369FE713884E0CCCDD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the eligible land of the producer is located, there is a reduction in water use in the operation of the producer</quote> and inserting <quote>the land on which the practices will be implemented is located, there is a reduction in water use in the operation on such land</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE430B299171A48D7881CC8FADF1E4D98"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>with respect to an application under paragraph (1),</quote> before <quote>the producer agrees</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HEE3D995A5630494D98C7852CDE608716"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Stewardship contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-2">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H90FA5386051C497EB524D516CC73A786"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Stewardship contracts</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H03EB9919AA9D49EDA2DC89468F422652"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Identification of eligible priority resource concerns for States</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A82B193CC904234811E3CCBD09578D2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the State technical committee, shall identify priority resource concerns within a State that are eligible to be the subject of a stewardship contract under this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D5AC25E128C42D4B9B4C324C3CF53C1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall identify not more than 3 eligible priority resource concerns under subparagraph (A) within each area of a State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4DA128E1F8EE4A5098BB838BEE1A3FC3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H5874B677A8B54335AC32938862E69A76"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall enter into contracts with producers under this subsection that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H9ADF03F4760C4390882C9E6830650A19"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provide incentives, through annual payments, to producers to attain increased conservation stewardship on eligible land;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HB354667500B045D994EF5CBBBF6BE0BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>adopt and install a stewardship practice to effectively address a priority resource concern identified as eligible under paragraph (1); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1C3839AC67554D3898AE05A53E9CED1D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>require management and maintenance of such stewardship practice for the term of the contract.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H143731A167D74E2CA08C0CEF5D72FFB7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A contract under this subsection shall have a term of not less than 5, nor more than 10, years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB91C48342F73425787C81642C9B6D136"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240C(b) shall not apply to applications for contracts under this subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB2E7F8F2247A496783BB0F2A20FCC681"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Stewardship payments</header> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC68FE995BE19488E8F3FE6E07337264E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall provide payments to producers through contracts entered into under paragraph (2) for—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H7C0D320062954069A78DD055CB51EB38"><enum>(i)</enum><text>adopting and installing stewardship practices; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HE3E862C6F4634ACA8C5A30D167F14E2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>managing, maintaining, and improving the stewardship practices for the duration of the contract, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H93CEAB40268A441889D4512A6E8C5B8B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Payment amounts</header><text>In determining the amount of payments under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall consider, to the extent practicable—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF347E68F6BCF48259EC6369D1BC82B5B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the level and extent of the stewardship practice to be installed, adopted, completed, maintained, managed, or improved;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA51B022BFB5E49D189CC4343DB09A720"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the cost of the installation, adoption, completion, management, maintenance, or improvement of the stewardship practice;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4EFBCAA3343E4AC29B988C757771B70F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>income foregone by the producer; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H7BE78BEF52A644BFB716F0E7DD9F86DF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the extent to which compensation would ensure long-term continued maintenance, management, and improvement of the stewardship practice.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H964203FC153B4B869BB13CB78EC6BFEF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The total amount of payments a person or legal entity receives pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall not exceed $50,000 for any fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8E47C07B492749DF9C15909778519D5E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 50 percent of the funds made available under section 1241 to carry out this chapter for payments made pursuant to this subsection.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HBD538F319AC0428A959F007D5E7F7C0E"><enum>2303.</enum><header>Limitation on payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-7">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–7</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023,</quote> after <quote>2018,</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="H4B321102EFA44ECFB57466693E85A4E3"><enum>2304.</enum><header>Conservation innovation grants and payments</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HAE95EA67B2A94D8CA06FB1D2EEF7A725"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Competitive grants for innovative conservation approaches</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H89679A81376C4C8280DF6B0EC070BA9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>use not more than $25,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to</quote> after <quote>the Secretary may</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE03044499BA14A68BCFFC8587CD37D0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting <quote>or persons participating in an educational activity through an institution of higher education, including by carrying out demonstration projects on lands of the institution</quote> before the semicolon at the end.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6BEC0C12BD8A4478BCCB154A47FF84F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Air quality concerns from agricultural operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, and $37,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote> after <quote>2018</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4E276880F84D4761873DA87921007E8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>On-Farm conservation innovation trials; reporting and database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839aa-8">16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HDC14C8727BCE42DC87EE911BE69C6A35"><enum>(c)</enum><header>On-Farm conservation innovation trials</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H91D1908B01AE4F66A8E963425FE269FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using not more than $25,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out this chapter in each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall carry out on-farm conservation innovation trials, on eligible land of producers, to test new or innovative conservation approaches—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H056861A7C70C40DD8FCDA95D2A12ED99"><enum>(A)</enum><text>directly with producers; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0D9FCF7507AA4817B4D45784AADA6917"><enum>(B)</enum><text>through eligible entities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9AFEC11E727542E2910FAB91C07CB818"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Incentive payments</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0AC67EC21C2345CD89F60DCB9B876FEE"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Agreements</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall enter into agreements with producers on whose land an on-farm conservation innovation trial is being carried out to provide payments (including payments to compensate for foregone income, as appropriate to address the increased economic risk potentially associated with new or innovative conservation approaches) to the producers to assist with adopting and evaluating new or innovative conservation approaches.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2D0963E44A02448FBD1DBA9ABDF9DC35"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Length of incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An agreement entered into under subparagraph (A) shall be for a period determined by the Secretary that is—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H4BA2C0C6FBB24523B4D1750CF54C29B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 3 years; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H5D4C17A89B6749A0B8118280C3EC1894"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>if appropriate, more than 3 years, including if such a period is appropriate to support—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H47D74524D89C470CB3BEBDAB03F38212"><enum>(I)</enum><text>adaptive management over multiple crop years; and</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HE7DAA54FCE2F4595B6B8A0FE9A7F9511"><enum>(II)</enum><text>adequate data collection and analysis to report the natural resource and agricultural production benefits of the new or innovative conservation approaches.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCB53E35E08424EFA9BBF9B68E5B5898D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Flexible adoption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A producer or eligible entity participating in an on-farm conservation innovation trial under paragraph (1) may determine the scale of adoption of the new or innovative conservation approaches in the on-farm conservation innovation trial, which may include multiple scales on an operation, including whole farm, field-level, or sub-field scales.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HADED2E8FE77D4179BF361F0ACCA56C9E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide technical assistance—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C8CADE39CBA4066A957A8AA81E36034"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to a producer or eligible entity participating in an on-farm conservation innovation trial under paragraph (1), with respect to the design, installation, and management of the new or innovative conservation approaches; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDBC5289D12CA45ECB1F758D0828CDC4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to an eligible entity participating in an on-farm conservation innovation trial under paragraph (1), with respect to data analyses of the on-farm conservation innovation trial.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE8F16821925B47E7AC4095F6AFDC3F2E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H0FDAD5B5F18348D897CA45550FDD10E1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible entity</header><text>The term <term>eligible entity</term> means a third-party private entity the primary business of which is related to agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H87A9A29583AA4D89A84B0054BB794DF1"><enum>(B)</enum><header>New or innovative conservation approaches</header><text>The term <term>new or innovative conservation approaches</term> means—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H544D5F104DC846FEAA85095EB413A1E4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>new or innovative—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H531CEC769D6D43C2AB2F10D56CB1EDB9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>precision agriculture technologies;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H5E9B55B881454A95BD8AFDBB4F6B0214"><enum>(II)</enum><text>enhanced nutrient management plans, nutrient recovery systems, and fertilization systems;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H172FF73C6F0949898AB2D9148763E74B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>soil health management systems;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H52A3093B70CB4DD895F2417B57DF1FE1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>water management systems;</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HC3BB2D1EBF464757A05BDAC3B49F3728"><enum>(V)</enum><text>resource-conserving crop rotations;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HCD50B5C7E95C49338640A4DA762C3A7D"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>cover crops; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H03FE8EB903B547779E476703E31E5AA6"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>irrigation systems; and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H15CF8B0119EB47D2996691A4A68F4612"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any other conservation approach approved by the Secretary as new or innovative.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H18C9638ACA50494D898B9EEF0B386335"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reporting and database</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H85B49EC8137A402FB26D523BE19A4FAA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Report required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2014, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the status of activities funded under this section, including—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H763576FD63014A8CBA701FF9CCB9F5E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>funding awarded;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H29083CAFAE324C93A413598027AC662A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>results of the activities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7381A6D6C0624306A3C5B68514058DE2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incorporation of findings from the activities, such as new technology and innovative approaches, into the conservation efforts implemented by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H26BEE7B624384D0C9131070AD216A149"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conservation practice database</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8C8189B7C88640CBB702065314C1D94B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use the data reported under paragraph (1) to establish and maintain a publicly available conservation practice database that provides—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H082B65E454204515B308B410C1E4902F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a compilation and analysis of effective conservation practices for soil health, nutrient management, and source water protection in varying soil compositions, cropping systems, slopes, and landscapes; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H48EBC09299ED4565A7D743679E5B7D39"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a list of recommended new and effective conservation practices.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF19E4C1A43E44133AE594A25B994B4FF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Privacy</header><text>Information provided under subparagraph (A) shall be transformed into a statistical or aggregate form so as to not include any identifiable or personal information of individual producers.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H32EAC64F7AF840E98039664D80982F0D" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>Other Conservation Programs</header>
<section id="H895C4A503FAA4CDA89D3A3311F889759"><enum>2401.</enum><header>Conservation of private grazing land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb">16 U.S.C. 3839bb(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H3410E90ED0B44BA0B005E03C096334A0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2402.</enum><header>Grassroots source water protection program</header> <subsection id="H11F889897BED4F7EB019CFD8B5DB92C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240O(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8D9C5F9C9C024F9EAB78E043DB74EF6F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1240O(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-2">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–2(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H3031FB3A2330489AB207378E0D233BD7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other funds made available under this subsection, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000 beginning in fiscal year 2019, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HD22408BDE1B947B2AC48A525E34E7D75"><enum>2403.</enum><header>Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1240R(f)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-5">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–5(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H76A9F61FE9E046DF94E4776FB2101C35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2012 and</quote> and inserting <quote>2012,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB8E217DB051E4107B17404E1B46D05DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote> before the period at the end.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H8EDC7ED578CA427594ED2303D75363E0"><enum>2404.</enum><header>Watershed protection and flood prevention</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HDCB79A903242477CA4722A8A4180C09F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 14(h)(2)(E) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAF6A20324F574FE28271FB120CD7125B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funds of Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text>The Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1001">16 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H5799852A4840410B8F849C52841EC614"><enum>15.</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In addition to any other funds made available by this Act, of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out this Act $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HAA7E8A679B204059B1E354F315FBB59E"><enum>2405.</enum><header>Feral swine eradication and control pilot program</header>
<subsection id="H408A268DE8CC41D092B93CB212F3B7F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish a feral swine eradication and control pilot program to respond to the threat feral swine pose to agriculture, native ecosystems, and human and animal health.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H24D60F4061144BEFA3B7A00D8F9022D6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><text>In carrying out the pilot program, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HB6B61358B98049C2A58A0B5C1EB47BDB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>study and assess the nature and extent of damage to the pilot areas caused by feral swine;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H378A414D3E154896B91B50635BF516FF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop methods to eradicate or control feral swine in the pilot areas;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7F287FC2FBA48F29755B415D7395DD1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>develop methods to restore damage caused by feral swine; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H33F63014AD914426BD5AA49E4E034D01"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide financial assistance to agricultural producers in pilot areas.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAE1219AD2F86440E95302AD0F2E2ED21"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide financial assistance to agricultural producers under the pilot program to implement methods to—</text>
<paragraph id="H99A05A9B8B8745348F3A49CDE6D75F30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>eradicate or control feral swine in the pilot areas; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H78E58371B94B485F81EEA326631DC38D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>restore damage caused by feral swine.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB8A2152413EF455D9EFEC10FEF6C25BF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service coordinate for purposes of this section through State technical committees established under section 1261 of the Food Security Act of 1985.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBC065C8CE72A44AD85F6316524413042"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Pilot areas</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out the pilot program in areas of States in which feral swine have been identified as a threat to agriculture, native ecosystems, or human or animal health, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H304EBDC953414DE7AD9AAE6F9C28563F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Cost sharing</header>
<paragraph id="HFC96F3EE331A47058F0B567BA4E7E319"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Federal share</header><text>The Federal share of the costs activities under the pilot program may not exceed 75 percent of the total costs of such activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H866615C3310C446F8203AA4182A1F68C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In-Kind contributions</header><text>The non-Federal share of the costs of activities under the pilot program may be provided in the form of in-kind contributions of materials or services.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0CF6F989F9234AF8B9869ECBD431B623"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H81F529D8373441BEBA49093E2C042ADD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header><text>Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8456DD02025D4B8A8AEAF273E07A6CB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><text>Of the funds made available under paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HAA158E4AD194425BAFA7273E75870650"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent shall be allocated to the Natural Resources Conservation Service to carry out the pilot program, including the provision of financial assistance to producers for on-farm trapping and technology related to capturing and confining feral swine; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40E9924440564578951C65D462B04AFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent shall be allocated to the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to carry out the pilot program, including the use of established, and testing of innovative, population reduction methods.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4ED33C4DD5A749F8A600F8BFEB9F2B09"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on administrative expenses</header><text>Not more than 10 percent of funds made available under this section may be used for administrative expenses of the pilot program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6957A8E1A2AB4026BA4EB72B0704F7EE"><enum>2406.</enum><header>Emergency conservation program</header>
<subsection id="HB6B8F29EF26A47E48DB86295EBB86915"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repair or replacement of fencing</header>
<paragraph id="H06AC5CDA09E34FB09664DB6EEC8B475C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HC6D60492F39B45809D9EC92D6DB640B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the section designation and all that follows through <quote>The Secretary of Agriculture</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="H4467D73FF95941918991C85BD3CA7D28"><enum>401.</enum><header>Payments to producers</header>
<subsection id="H549DF1D6DFF04EC2AA0EC61CD9245351"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as the <quote>Secretary</quote>)</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA773DCC5BBE94BE89A89D4248DFF01CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (a), as so designated, by inserting <quote>wildfires,</quote> after <quote>hurricanes,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1E875B1CC364A33AF8150AEBD5967EB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HF06A11F295DD41EFACDC59CFD47207E2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H4E6377BB1A6D4BC689AB15CEB65848F2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repair or replacement of fencing</header><text>With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving the payment, determined based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, as determined by the Secretary, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC7FE3CA84DCB4FD39EA8A4DEC184F92F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="H9B75EEE6FC1949D398718AA4A7C6DD17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2202">16 U.S.C. 2202</external-xref>, 2203, 2204, 2205) are amended by striking <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1EB3DA3FCDED4327B0F7C4468CF226AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 407(a) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2206">16 U.S.C. 2206(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6B8C4F62082042AE9593FE72FEEDF374"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost share payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 402 the following:</text>
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<section id="H990C97BAFB8A4DCEB362CB7EC98C1487"><enum>402A.</enum><header>Cost share requirement</header>
<subsection id="H226AB2AE56274CB7A14B936C2EBCF6B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cost-share rate</header><text>The maximum cost-share payment under section 401 and section 402 shall not exceed 75 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5619EE6E8B6242A38B57B3AD51F76122"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>Not withstanding subsection (a), a qualified limited resource, socially disadvantaged, or beginning farmer or rancher payment under section 401 and 402 shall not exceed 90 percent of the total allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA1469B05E39E4E7780A54AF02010547B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>In no case shall the total payment under section 401 and 402 for a single event exceed 50 percent of what the Secretary has determined to be the agriculture value of the land.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HF7ED33E072DF4D2D8FF3082EA16639E6" style="OLC"><enum>E</enum><header>Funding and Administration</header>
<section id="HF6B2534B7F76458AA646ACE0B0F58F33"><enum>2501.</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header>
<subsection id="H610A51002AC543188169B20414A19119"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Annual funding</header><text>Section 1241(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H23635AD014BD49219BDAE3BED6E37B71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in paragraph (5))</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H8B3E9AED06A44CACB5F369C9EF644B58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H534BF799D7EA493DB9538A2F7B8C7E5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC92F337F077843E5A2E029EBDCCAE6C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EB50DCC04734080B2EEB5C4BC5CF3D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0285A554F7EB432B8207A427E78DEE43"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B658F0B9436456381580042C0675ED5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H52389E41C02E438F89F453BB6FE3EA91"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD46BCF8D3034FE7A117E9B35772E74B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA7EB9C1EA1944385B7FC670A41EECBA4"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated), by inserting <quote>, as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, using such sums as are necessary to administer contracts entered into before the earlier of September 30, 2018, or such date of enactment</quote> before the period at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE80E405C465A47879FDC8E95E2AEECAE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1361EC0ED8BD43A5BF61743E2D3D9DD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1666FA2355004B2AB67F6819CAA2F34B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by striking <quote>each of fiscal years 2018 through 2019.</quote> and inserting <quote>fiscal year 2018;</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E5C6AD676C04014B44B3F113FF3EDE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H1A45B4FA8948409CADAA6F825372DE97"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4068898588BF4C3BA03AC742C71A4590"><enum>(G)</enum><text>$2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB3FE10435CB49858F007EF539B57376"><enum>(H)</enum><text>$2,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8802F0F915894873B7F213706AB88FF0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>$2,935,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91010DA34A9D4525AF9CF3C9406AC8F4"><enum>(J)</enum><text>$3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2FB446CE314E4D29B1D5C927301C2CED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018 (and fiscal year 2019 in the case of the program specified in subsection (a)(5))</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H370A916D37A84288896D47478FCDC97F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF29DFFD84DA2495185AC12CEDA4AFE99"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HA87571E222314C1FA30EB63E960A4EE7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the delivery of technical assistance under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590a">16 U.S.C. 590a</external-xref> et seq.), the Secretary shall give priority to producers who request technical assistance from the Secretary in order to comply for the first time with the requirements of subtitle B and subtitle C of this title as a result of the amendments made by section 2611 of the <short-title>Agricultural Act of 2014</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1A6BC386D8934FCA9F86245412DCB328"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H561AD08C5A1D44909FD4029DABEC522C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Regional equity</header> <paragraph commented="no" id="HE4385164EDB5489F91C671D1A6A40656"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3841">16 U.S.C. 3841</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) through (i) as subsections (e) through (h), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H23443199043141CDBFF9E9AA2266BD82"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1221(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1241(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>1241(e)</quote> each place it appears.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB11A04CC16CA44BB88714AFD744B8478"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reservation of funds To provide assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access</header><text>Section 1241(g) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA5A9DC5E9CE44BD99E42E668AEF4E5C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>2018 to carry out the environmental quality incentives program and the acres made available for each of such fiscal years to carry out the conservation stewardship program</quote> and inserting <quote>2023 to carry out the environmental quality incentives program</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8E0B03CA7C64E6DABB9E9FC02B549DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCC90DCE29DE947F9B431A0E5D4CB58B4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report on program enrollments and assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1241(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (as redesignated by subsection (d) of this section) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H1AE8577230EB41B3A7C5CF3A01C3C2A3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report on program enrollments and assistance</header><text>Not later than December 15 of each of calendar years 2018 through 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 an annual report containing statistics by State related to enrollments in conservation programs under this subtitle, as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HED2AA68E45224AA99E7333BF90D36B37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The annual and current cumulative activity reflecting active agreement and contract enrollment statistics.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H943CC550E9B8448BA721659080C41979"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Secretarial exceptions, waivers, and significant payments, including—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H82C85144848D435092437823D19674B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>payments made under the agricultural conservation easement program for easements valued at $250,000 or greater;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFF1BE0FDB9DC4D67BC7AD4E94A52F57B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>payments made under the regional conservation partnership program subject to the waiver of adjusted gross income limitations pursuant to section 1271C(c)(3);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB4685A03D2D241CE918FA88303181A65"><enum>(C)</enum><text>waivers granted by the Secretary under section 1001D(b)(3) of this Act;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD322A61D35C442DCB73773BDB24EFD1A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>exceptions and activity associated with section 1240B(h)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F9E1A4247A74E9D992E0BD69F42247E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>exceptions provided by the Secretary under section 1265B(b)(2)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section id="HF8733E0C48D843B4BCCF04ABB781839E"><enum>2502.</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header> <subsection id="H122A5FC337C44C8CA8E8F38ABF37044D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1242(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H8EE8A63AC11F4152B6F6043798F9A03A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H3C9CAEDC7D2B4FAEBBF52CBF35AB681B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible participant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible participant</term> means a producer, landowner, or entity that is participating in, or seeking to participate in, programs in which the producer, landowner, or entity is otherwise eligible to participate under this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9B0154E33FE745559AC9592B39110B86"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Third-party provider</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>third-party provider</term> means a commercial entity (including a farmer cooperative, agriculture retailer, or other commercial entity (as defined by the Secretary)), a nonprofit entity, a State or local government (including a conservation district), or a Federal agency, that has expertise in the technical aspect of conservation planning, including nutrient management planning, watershed planning, or environmental engineering.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H366C974580EB40F0B8488FB404E93855"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Certification of third-Party providers</header><text>Section 1242(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842(e)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD930B566D7A04836AF087E492A98F34C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Alternative certification</header>
<subparagraph id="H3165E53802BD4A7591A2FBB2FBBA85A1"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall approve any qualified certification that the Secretary determines meets or exceeds the national criteria provided under paragraph (3)(B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08B271B32129474BBC20B390A6258091"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Qualified certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>qualified certification</term> means a professional certification that is established by the Secretary, an agriculture retailer, a farmer cooperative, the American Society of Agronomy, or the National Alliance of Independent Crop Consultants, including certification—</text>
<clause id="H8EA95049755F4BCCBE81BD5BE6C03D82"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">as a Certified Crop Advisor by the American Society of Agronomy;</text> </clause><clause id="H6D08B29A032343E98C6C5E650749DFBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as a Certified Professional Agronomist by the American Society of Agronomy; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HF02173BF81C8429BB10A7A52221A02A0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>as a Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan Specialist by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H26AA4EEA2DDE469ABEF08EDD6156E728"><enum>2503.</enum><header>Administrative requirements for conservation programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0753E04BF3ED43E4B809A737E4449C54"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (m);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0E617AB33B0D4589B3361361E0ED923C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (i) through (<italic>l</italic>) as subsections (j) through (m), respectively, and inserting after subsection (h) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HEBB54B37C905485F9930A5461133C381"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Source water protection through targeting of agricultural practices</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1EE06F3D444C4B14BF5F65EA4C214E22"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out any conservation program administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall encourage practices that relate to water quality and water quantity that protect source waters for drinking water (including protecting against public health threats) while also benefitting agricultural producers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3CBD23C5D68241A9BA0CB479454CD380"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Collaboration with water systems and increased incentives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In encouraging practices under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HA898B20D5C2F45C89BE9B0D607359362"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">work collaboratively with community water systems and State technical committees established under section 1261 to identify, in each State, local priority areas for the protection of source waters for drinking water; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H23B4C0A0C5DF4223B33C6417037F121E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>offer to producers increased incentives and higher payment rates than are otherwise statutorily authorized through conservation programs administered by the Secretary for practices that result in significant environmental benefits that the Secretary determines—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2C13C7641BE541459E721A1B62F8F5C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>relate to water quality or water quantity; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H81E2CDFD161B4072B7C9390068C33A68"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>occur primarily outside of the land on which the practices are implemented.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H47292328E1084E84BEDD1AC64B48EB0F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the Secretary shall use, to carry out this subsection, not less than 10 percent of any funds available with respect to each conservation program administered by the Secretary under this title except the conservation reserve program.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDD88F53DA47C420CAE8FA28D1082C1FF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (m), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>the conservation stewardship program under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D and</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H3B73F979C3AF4E4A851086E7E8C4E44B"><enum>2504.</enum><header>Establishment of State technical committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1261(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3861">16 U.S.C. 3861(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HAE3D9341A7D743A8ACF7F8B8A4E6629E"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State 1862 Institution (as defined in section 2(1) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HB2543D3121BE47138045BE7F36B5D833"><enum>F</enum><header>Agricultural Conservation Easement Program</header>
<section id="H9F3F280B84C34BDCA9CFA79D800F22AC"><enum>2601.</enum><header>Establishment and purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1265(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865">16 U.S.C. 3865(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2D381060B9CA48C7875775ECBF2FE24E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>that negatively affect the agricultural uses and conservation values</quote> after <quote>that land</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A86C19871034906B19C4B28F26E8D3E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>restoring and</quote> and inserting <quote>restoring or</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H244E2ACF3A8F4D009BCDDA05FC5B5515"><enum>2602.</enum><header>Definitions</header> <subsection id="HE434368AA1984F1FAAFEE010CF32125E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agricultural land easement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265A(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865a">16 U.S.C. 3865a(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subject to an agricultural land easement plan, as approved by the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H093101692C744529937097AE4B8B718E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265A(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865a">16 U.S.C. 3865a(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB4CF8E703D7443B5A115FC26643C725B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A)(iii)(VI) to read as follows:</text>
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<subclause commented="no" id="H8A7B9421EF7B4A25883B749E35A1DA14"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">nonindustrial private forest land that contributes to the economic viability of an offered parcel, or serves as a buffer to protect such land from development, which may include up to 100 percent of the parcel if the Secretary determines enrolling the land is important to protect a forest to provide significant conservation benefits;</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1AA8D87A2A3A459094316028C6D22609"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by striking <quote>, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior at the local level</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1AE0693E5A5048F4A37E322AD8636880"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Monitoring report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865a">16 U.S.C. 3865a</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H1E3A7D0D39214343BD2945B17FAB135F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Monitoring report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>monitoring report</term> means a report, the contents of which are formulated and prepared by the holder of an agricultural land easement, that documents whether the land subject to the agricultural land easement is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the agricultural land easement.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H04D68902A0374645AB9790161477B6E2"><enum>2603.</enum><header>Agricultural land easements</header>
<subsection id="H125CD0F3AC434394B38EDF99C9CC82FD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265B(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>provide for the conservation of natural resources pursuant to an agricultural land easement plan</quote> and inserting <quote>implement the program</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA24936E054B748A9A1F2DF69E8ADD9C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cost-Share assistance</header> <paragraph id="H6F42E0508DA04CBEA37CF230EA44E123"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Scope of assistance available</header><text>Section 1265B(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraphs (B) and (C) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H97067294FC1C4069A5939708249503EA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Non-Federal share</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity may use for any part of its share—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H0FA437C5FCE44666859C23CFEAE28B61"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a cash contribution;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE4AC900D5AC146DD91D54B7A6279BF96"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a charitable donation or qualified conservation contribution (as defined by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/170">section 170(h)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from the landowner from which the agricultural land easement will be purchased; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H491B0B74F7C343F4ADFEAF6D519D6843"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funding from a Federal source other than the Department of Agriculture.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE42F30544DA34E1EB1DCE3DD0A86AF36"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Grasslands exception</header><text>In the case of grassland of special environmental significance, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary may provide an amount not to exceed 75 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural land easement.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8647716B5F294C148D411A5601F53B64"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Evaluation and ranking of applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265B(b)(3) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (D) and inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HDCD1CF3A94B04B9BA451F91D490127AC"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Accounting for geographic differences</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall, in coordination with State technical committees, adjust the criteria established under subparagraph (A) to account for geographic differences among States, if such adjustments—</text>
<clause id="H9E37F6907FB840E494D6F3C9CB48F3AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meet the purposes of the program; and</text> </clause><clause id="HEC1F55CF97E14F13AED6D6E3BCE84C99"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>continue to maximize the benefit of the Federal investment under the program.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H315B0D70619D46C98BB465C361C9D8D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreements with eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265B(b)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD244BBBE367145BBAF0EF69A4FA188BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HB4D5AAAA026F41A68006B48A311E997A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>and the agricultural use of the land that is subject to the agricultural land easement</quote> after <quote>the program</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H9A2D0711780F4631B0CFFE6EB61DCF01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clauses (iii) and (iv) and inserting the following:</text>
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<clause id="HF9F118E82ACA4DDFA0742152990248B6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a right of enforcement for the Secretary that—</text> <subclause id="HCD571825372140CDA32F59FA989237D3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may be used only if the terms and conditions of the easement are not enforced by the eligible entity; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H206A1F917517432998C5BCDB5E1C22AC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">does not extend to a right of inspection unless the holder of the easement fails to provide monitoring reports in a timely manner;</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H24B4D43708A843C99103F4D2D22D4F4D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include a conservation plan only for any portion of the land subject to the agricultural land easement that is highly erodible cropland; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC26AD00BD0E5459682B8F1A6E829E3B3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E)(ii), by inserting <quote>in the case of fraud or gross negligence,</quote> before <quote>the Secretary may require</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H949A8B33904C4E50871406E0CFEFA9D3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB1E36AE4AA14316AF2DB61BD54C59EB"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Mineral development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request by an eligible entity, the Secretary shall allow, under an agreement under this subsection, mineral development on land subject to the agricultural land easement, if the Secretary determines that the mineral development—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H6E3B3A8DC531413EB2490D209A3734E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has limited and localized effects;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H04E8BB5F9FDD4FE18BB60003D8EC051A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is not irremediably destructive of significant conservation interests; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H484D15791F9E4DA3A2C59361B92FBC62"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>would not alter or affect the topography or landscape.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H545D53B2375A42C3A3C54C85D4F2E6F4"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Environmental services markets</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may not prohibit, through an agreement under this subsection, an owner of land subject to the agricultural land easement from participating in, and receiving compensation from, an environmental services market if a purpose of the market is the facilitation of additional conservation benefits that are consistent with the purposes of the program.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H14DAD53DB55E4181BBEC3A54D472F930"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Certification of eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265B(b)(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H4A86A2477B494844A5FA0F100752057B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HA9B8E2D94A3248918D17396306A37FC5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text> </clause><clause id="H04115E5FCEE043D88551BB820361739A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD84C5B5DB591445E86C8253D4406507C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H999B33814FF44CA29BA7F509B8F868F8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H82DFB9E42201460D9ABABBFE3732FDB0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allow a certified eligible entity to use its own terms and conditions, notwithstanding paragraph (4)(C), as long as the terms and conditions are consistent with the purposes of the program.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEC40A0EF1454F3F8D5F96271406E3C2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95C645F0C3394E7991D1E9299D0D3FCD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H75A0B31D80E9475AA867BE12DF135F28"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Certification criteria</header><text>In order to be certified, an eligible entity shall demonstrate to the Secretary that the entity—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD1DA5B6D41FE475981C9A5483D239FE8"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a land trust that has—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="HBC2F932E9DD04F8CB05D049ACB4F18A3"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">been accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, or by an equivalent accrediting body (as determined by the Secretary); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H7BBB0AA594524318989FEE1D13B68669"><enum>(II)</enum><text>acquired not fewer than five agricultural land easements under the program; or</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HE4464AFC4CF944EB8EB67B9B916D5646"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>will maintain, at a minimum, for the duration of the agreement—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H336A63B55E0742A48D2732B0495FA018"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a plan for administering easements that is consistent with the purpose of the program;</text> </subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H287824EB4BEB48F2A0CA795C3F34E913"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the capacity and resources to monitor and enforce agricultural land easements; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H66334B9D902B41C19CAA31832172D606"><enum>(III)</enum><text>policies and procedures to ensure—</text> <item commented="no" id="H072357386E034B0CBE3000DAC5E37292"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the long-term integrity of agricultural land easements on land subject to such easements;</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="HAB37453806EF4D7083A3E8BA4AF87459"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>timely completion of acquisitions of such easements; and</text> </item><item commented="no" id="HD06614FFA2C748798B42A66499E206C2"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>timely and complete evaluation and reporting to the Secretary on the use of funds provided under the program.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2FC0DEF179DB475CB6C84A65268AD661"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265B(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865b">16 U.S.C. 3865b(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H21316AEA3BAB4FD086FBF4A2D409AAA3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide technical assistance, if requested, to assist in compliance with the terms and conditions of easements.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H2E27C23BFD1B4F01A51FE8DFC12C46D5"><enum>2604.</enum><header>Wetland reserve easements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1265C(b)(5)(D)(i)(III) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865c">16 U.S.C. 3865c(b)(5)(D)(i)(III)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>under subsection (f)</quote> the following: <quote>or a grazing management plan that is consistent with the wetland reserve easement plan and has been reviewed, and modified as necessary, at least every five years</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HCA83FCE044D940E68991C678D56ACD13"><enum>2605.</enum><header>Administration</header>
<subsection id="HDC20E760A2474E3D9BB8FCDD501C1167"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Ineligible land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265D(a)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865d">16 U.S.C. 3865d(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7800356191C540A78B8838E703EB0AF3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or off-site</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H055577331B94407C8305E96FAA5FCB70"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>proposed or</quote> and inserting <quote>permitted or</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9033101673094780B32B6039173A6073"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Subordination, exchange, modification, and termination</header> <paragraph id="HC0A4C689945043A7BAC746EF1D97EC34"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Subordination and exchange</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265D(c)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865d">16 U.S.C. 3865d(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0C6820B4CD3D4B82B634ED3F2A4D2DC2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Subordination and exchange</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FB1164280FD4D2E9C079223646E28E9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subordinate, exchange, modify, or terminate</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subordinate or exchange</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H472F5838EB66429EA7613014FC5D7E46"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subordination, exchange, modification, or termination</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>subordination or exchange</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F41D892F0EA4FD297EFA2750A7007D5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification; termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265D(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865d">16 U.S.C. 3865d(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5427D46421D943FABA48B306F554EACD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB730BDD020BD4620BF042D3F5260B6D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H54404C1B33B4417F9486A66D148889DF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification</header>
<subparagraph id="H9283EA69292D4B8F881BAFA8ACDE9BB5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary may modify any interest in land, or portion of such interest, administered by the Secretary, either directly or on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation under the program if the modification—</text>
<clause id="H418DF83F6C834B2B8C182137544B1E83"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has a neutral effect on, or increases, the conservation values;</text> </clause><clause id="H6C855B26D0D340898F2B00AF26C35A70"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is consistent with the original intent of the easement; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H94381B352A4C4C3F9EC9CCFA2D592438"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>is consistent with the purposes of the program.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H78ABE23173FA45A292177E783F95A5CA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In modifying an interest in land, or portion of such interest, under this paragraph, the Secretary may not increase any payment to an eligible entity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91FBF12897944F36AABF2B1B2FB10397"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Termination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may terminate any interest in land, or portion of such interest, administered by the Secretary, either directly or on behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation under the program if—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEBFE86DBCFDD408F9AA7908388121FCA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the current owner of the land that is subject to the easement and the holder of the easement agree to the termination; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2DAA02BE16D4FEC8D53B1882B0634E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the termination would be in the public interest.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7135038C05024D148B6333A3F9B8FFD4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF03CD354071041699842F5E199048E08"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Landowner eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1265D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3865d">16 U.S.C. 3865d</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H0BF581ED596A41BB8A07EDA494BBC817"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Landowner eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation described in paragraph (1) of section 1001D(b) shall not apply to a landowner from which an easement under the program is to be purchased with respect to any benefit described in paragraph (2)(B) of such section related to the purchase of such easement.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC28B1492C8A441D4913749235706C344"><enum>G</enum><header>Regional Conservation Partnership Program</header>
<section commented="no" id="H4D9DB9DD98B24DBBAC9DE46B076EFED9"><enum>2701.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H7BDE22359BB54DAEB4981BC4286F464F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Covered program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271A(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871a">16 U.S.C. 3871a(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB51BC304242B42AE9285CE75F19E7F09"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE83CDD14E165489A814CE18E9996DD77"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B73613825E842E08D30C66345C325C8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA11D2E9108D43A88CCAD6BA5B74C477"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The conservation reserve program established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C65AD8999424139AE10BAA318796AD4"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Programs provided for in the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1001">16 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref> et seq.), other than section 14 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1012">16 U.S.C. 1012</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCA735AAAD071431D96EAAD599B064149"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible activity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271A(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871a">16 U.S.C. 3871a(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFE5D4CB1CA2A4917907BC03759804FE4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>resource-conserving crop rotations,</quote> before <quote>or dryland farming</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE44A59C19FC7429A9E3C2AA19F207491"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (J) as subparagraphs (D) through (K), respectively, and inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H775E3722A3574BE09F496B982184B28A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Protection of source waters for drinking water.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H23B26B0DE15F4887B1C93890BAA2ADDC"><enum>2702.</enum><header>Regional conservation partnerships</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H794111610C15402DA68157BB0C88767B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Length</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271B(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871b">16 U.S.C. 3871b(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H633C82790178497A82C3815DDEF1425E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Length</header><text>A partnership agreement, including a renewal of a partnership agreement under subsection (d)(5), shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="H546B21976A9E426285ACACBEF89EBA9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>for a period not to exceed 5 years, which period the Secretary may extend one time for up to 12 months; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0BC1C8D896D54F3EA758375963E305B7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for a period that is longer than 5 years, if such longer period is necessary to meet the objectives of the program, as determined by the Secretary.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDBD1028324AD4D3CA8BB3F657D84E1D2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of partners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271B(c)(1)(E) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871b">16 U.S.C. 3871b(c)(1)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, including quantification of the project’s environmental outcomes</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2396E71E3685445C9CE1979542B221B0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1271B(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871b">16 U.S.C. 3871b(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1BE19A0D56FC49708A1E5B2BC4633E41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>simplified</quote> before <quote>competitive process to select</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA71203E1A6C04EA8A5D7F4B5561518A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66DFBECF2D9C4343B614E33836E4EB8D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5198BC32B4724E9D9F2531560EA534E7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Renewals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a project that is the subject of a partnership agreement has met or exceeded the objectives of the project, as determined by the Secretary, the eligible partners may submit, through an expedited program application process, an application to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8815A37FFF4742D5A5DDDC5EA0AC489B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>continue to implement the project under a renewal of the partnership agreement; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H88364D7DD4B4443C96A244C351343EE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">expand the scope of the project under a renewal of the partnership agreement.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H75FE312D80C84683B6F5729512F03364"><enum>2703.</enum><header>Assistance to producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1271C(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871c">16 U.S.C. 3871c(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H834A13689A8C4CB399FE8AC49AB31849"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>a period of 5 years</quote> and inserting <quote>the applicable period under section 1271B(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC1BD20B153B847578AF18AFE10DBD952"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>the Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitation in section 1001D(b)(2) of this Act for participating producers</quote> and inserting <quote>notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (3) of section 1001D(b), the Secretary may waive the applicability of the limitation in paragraph (2) of such section, and any limitation on the maximum amount of payments related to the covered programs, for participating producers</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H4A0E715FF4974F32BF568CA89CF83732"><enum>2704.</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1271D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871d">16 U.S.C. 3871d(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H6E032B270BA74B1D88B9CA3527C4A288"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use, to carry out the program—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAE67FD3EE7804BD5976F53F4BE44F70A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA6621C49D76149EAA3112C6878680898"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HB0D96012F1E34A23AA1FC3367D398D40"><enum>2705.</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1271E of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871e">16 U.S.C. 3871e</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H68617DBC5DD74195A5C369DEC28A18C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and inserting after subsection (a) the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H583A2980CB2443D3B0727FFCA36E7526"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide eligible partners and producers participating in the partnership agreements with guidance on how to quantify and report on environmental outcomes associated with the adoption of conservation practices under the program.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF72D07CD396B44D19E46BB073EA9C166"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c), as so redesignated—</text> <subparagraph id="H1F1EAA6BBCB94910BEAFB472B5B9CBF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB50C8CE54A5C4BD8B38B4C1772FE4C27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(C), by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6B9BB430DC54F12B75AA4FA4DA42364"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD9B5600D41434A588BD8641D02DDB66E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the progress that eligible partners and producers participating in the partnership agreements are making in quantifying and reporting on environmental outcomes associated with the adoption of conservation practices under the program.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1B0432DD372F42FBA3EBDBC1C42707EE"><enum>2706.</enum><header>Critical conservation areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1271F(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3871f">16 U.S.C. 3871f(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (3).<italic></italic></text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H38D44E720AC742F2B4849C264DB1C398"><enum>H</enum><header>Repeals and Transitional Provisions; Technical Amendments</header>
<section id="HD4CC5322B4494898BE764F17DEB810CC"><enum>2801.</enum><header>Repeal of conservation security and conservation stewardship programs</header>
<subsection id="HF29FD44C12424498AFCA5A4E5ED65E5E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subsection (b), chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838d">16 U.S.C. 3838d</external-xref> et seq.) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBDA17B7BB3D242458EEC5903611E3341"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Transitional provisions for conservation stewardship program</header>
<paragraph id="H7B4FD3D5C9824BEA8CD1677D4E8224F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effect on existing contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter B of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3838d">16 U.S.C. 3838d</external-xref> et seq.) before the date of enactment of this Act, or any payments required to be made in connection with the contract.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H300B4F161B6842999EAF290E1F28F712"><enum>(2)</enum><header>No renewals</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Secretary may not renew a contract described in such paragraph.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H0C39CBD038874A24A38CBC302D6CFB5A"><enum>2802.</enum><header>Repeal of terminal lakes assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2507 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3839bb-6">16 U.S.C. 3839bb–6</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HFF899ED8468947AD8AF949C81A0DBEDF"><enum>2803.</enum><header>Technical amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H32BDBA6A71654686ACD17775B992DA66"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Delineation of wetlands; exemptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1222(j) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3822">16 U.S.C. 3822(j)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>National Resources Conservation Service</quote> and inserting <quote>Natural Resources Conservation Service</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6EAE0CDC1C084450A579814BA7D58399"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Delivery of technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>third party</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>third-party</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H116749D7D83140A1BB1AA9207466B252"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative requirements for conservation programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1244(b)(4)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3844">16 U.S.C. 3844(b)(4)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>General Accounting Office</quote> and inserting <quote>General Accountability Office</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8F95F761D5C1425A94CAEA80E9093C23"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(4) of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1005">16 U.S.C. 1005(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H12DA962D21324658BA28A05ED80D3979"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>goodwater</quote> and inserting <quote>floodwater</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF4EB659F874A43B58BADB34F91980FBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Secretary of Health and Human Services</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Trade</header> <subtitle id="HA3C2862366EF4C23896845C432109F89"><enum>A</enum><header>Food for Peace Act</header> <section commented="no" id="HA6C16F3E529743F1B93ED2265E3A8049"><enum>3001.</enum><header>Findings</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H5BD05E44B27B4D5494A9D29A3C633A2E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEBDAC193CF9E42BEAC895AFBEBAE0954"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States has long been the world’s largest donor of international food assistance.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6D8FB33078884F4586D39B8FA761414C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>American farmers have been instrumental in the success of United States international food assistance programs by providing an affordable, safe, and reliable source of nutritious agricultural commodities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB2980D05F0B4E7B98FA4766079EE2FE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Through the efforts of the United States maritime industry and private voluntary organizations, agricultural commodities grown in the United States have been delivered to millions of people in need around the globe.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0DAEB31A2CC846E0A190E0FD79634B1A"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The United States should continue to use its abundant agricultural productivity to promote the foreign policy of the United States by enhancing the food security of the developing world through the timely provision of agricultural commodities.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H7CCD08B391FF438295DD2B96FC37E255"><enum>3002.</enum><header>Labeling requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 202 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1722">7 U.S.C. 1722</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H489E7AA5FF3F476BB86C529535F2621C"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Labeling of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural commodities and other assistance provided under this title shall, to the extent practicable, be clearly identified with appropriate markings on the package or container of such commodities and food procured outside of the United States, or on printed material that accompanies other assistance, in the language of the locality in which such commodities and other assistance are distributed, as being furnished by the people of the United States of America.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD979AF7B2BB241D784FA091C9AEC9746"><enum>3003.</enum><header>Food aid quality assurance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(h)(3) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1722">7 U.S.C. 1722(h)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H5311B2F7E43A4E3B8EE3DEE6A2669843"><enum>3004.</enum><header>Local sale and barter of commodities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1723">7 U.S.C. 1723</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA961769689D34BDCBE75F85B8CC1982F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>to generate proceeds to be used as provided in this section</quote> before the period at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H833A232FBC0A4C9EA1FF1C3759E34DC5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D4030992B1E487EA40C0DD27DF028F9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (b) and (c), respectively.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HFE84D517E58E402E8928E80839A1365A"><enum>3005.</enum><header>Minimum levels of assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(a) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1724">7 U.S.C. 1724(a)</external-xref>) is amended in paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking <quote>2018</quote> both places it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9C7B5C9656344C5182055A3C4E843A5E"><enum>3006.</enum><header>Extension of termination date of Food Aid Consultative Group</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 205(f) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1725">7 U.S.C. 1725(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section id="HDD6CE831E6DF4644AE934EA3E19151E2"><enum>3007.</enum><header>Issuance of regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(c)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726a">7 U.S.C. 1726a(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Agricultural Act of 2014</quote>and inserting <quote>the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H823228E80BCE4831B96ABE9523AF38C0"><enum>3008.</enum><header>Funding for program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 207(f)(4) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726a">7 U.S.C. 1726a(f)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC88395BC60B149339AD4958D79EF8B1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2A0E2B4B335B48A7B1AC438C2272D576"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$17,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>1.5 percent</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F31EDC095ED4F90B59D666398772F2B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D6736F02F6C46A29E1F4267FC65EAA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> the second place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5C75E89B83146798087246F4C3ADF25"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D35E08FB19D43CBAD0E240CA7C7C016"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E80FADFE2554E2D91DAE37D3C2525FD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>chapter 1 of part I of</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HBE762D110DBE41E394BFB101D7AC4781"><enum>3009.</enum><header>Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable
prepackaged foods</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 208 the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726b">7 U.S.C. 1726b</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HA26C2955E6A84D57AE9AF56F2CBFE6C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending the section heading to read as follows: <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">International Food Relief Partnership</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85AA2F6153204D5BB3F00C837F10070A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (f), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H34889134530A48949C4C536E59F37A6F"><enum>3010.</enum><header>Consideration of impact of provision of agricultural commodities and other assistance on local farmers and economy</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H500D30654B9A4ECC9AFE417F3631A41C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion of all modalities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(a) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1733">7 U.S.C. 1733(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H68B99DCEBD2244BFA289D618D5AD73B5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, food procured outside of the United States, food voucher, or cash transfer for food,</quote> after <quote>agricultural commodity</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H341B9A0FEE214059A8141DDB208C02A1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>in the case of the provision of an agricultural commodity,</quote> before <quote>adequate</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDF5D1C1DBCC6473F97F6CEBEF4CE4AB5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>commodity</quote> and inserting <quote>agricultural commodity or use of the food procured outside of the United States, food vouchers, or cash transfers for food</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC31320737F4E4A40A59CA1135B9A58A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Avoidance of disruptive impact</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(b) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1733">7 U.S.C. 1733(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H376123A8A1464027957848D2DEB1037D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, food procured outside of the United States, food vouchers, and cash transfers for food</quote> after <quote>agricultural commodities</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BE4976A016C4CC78F3C92E583BFD217"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the second sentence, by striking <quote>of sales of agricultural commodities</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB2E3861BC8D04AAEA6EA0AADC0B73329"><enum>3011.</enum><header>Prepositioning of agricultural commodities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 407(c)(4)(A) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H4105A434A2D4481EBA9998755E83D241"><enum>3012.</enum><header>Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities</header>
<subsection id="HE5E166A74EE1428F9F093E1448FA9BAE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 407(f) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736a">7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DF4AEB197214C6AAB9398D0FD797F89" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H2A4F7963986E4CBF84A04F888FDC0810"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities</header> <paragraph id="H0FF875C3A7B9431EA6D3ECA7DDD63F60"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than April 1 of each fiscal year, the Administrator and the Secretary shall prepare, either jointly or separately, a report regarding each program and activity carried out under this Act during the prior fiscal year. If the report for a fiscal year will not be submitted to the appropriate committees of Congress by the date specified in this subparagraph, the Administrator and the Secretary shall promptly notify such committees about the delay, including the reasons for the delay, the steps being taken to complete the report, and an estimated submission date.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA161A1FC14FD47A1B258B75020D29F93"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contents</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An annual report described in paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the prior fiscal year, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HEF54721FC7BC4771A5BEDCCE6DBF8D27"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A list that contains a description of each country and organization that receives food and other assistance under this Act (including the quantity of food and assistance provided to each country and organization).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF54683285C04640AC33D3197D8BA6C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A general description of each project and activity implemented under this Act (including each activity funded through the use of local currencies) and the total number of beneficiaries of the project.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF1B72EC210847EC8134E50ED44A267A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement describing the quantity of agricultural commodities made available to, and the total number of beneficiaries in, each country pursuant to—</text>
<clause id="H5D9D7B6E901A40DA95A819B0D55313C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>this Act;</text> </clause><clause id="HECC637EB2AB346338E888C85060B0B9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1431">7 U.S.C. 1431(b)</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H75916F5E943144C493146B41E5F21A6D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o">7 U.S.C. 1736o</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><clause id="H2DCCB9D9314241A4A79B856A8E3BA2E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program established by section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o-1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1</external-xref>).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF549EB37A3A844DFBE28C9C2226F83CE"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the progress made through programs under this Act towards reducing food insecurity in the populations receiving food assistance from the United States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD8001043AB9241DBB5D7843BF65D2C37"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of efforts undertaken by the Food Aid Consultative Group under section 205 to achieve an integrated and effective food assistance program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6533DA66D068431DB45D593E26F58005"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An assessment of—</text> <clause id="HF7F7FAF876134E82AA20E4D021F15F6F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation system implemented under section 207(f); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H200953B30A7F4256AD04CB7682535999"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of each program oversight, monitoring, and evaluation system on the effectiveness and efficiency of assistance provided under this title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF214DACACB1F441DBBF0CF5787AC1882"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An assessment of the progress made by the Administrator in addressing issues relating to quality with respect to the provision of food assistance.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEB42D528247142F5B821D052D430BE3D"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A statement of the amount of funds (including funds for administrative costs, indirect cost recovery, internal transportation, storage and handling, and associated distribution costs) provided to each eligible organization that received assistance under this Act, that further describes the following:</text>
<clause id="H443CF641180E46A28E102AC6CF0985E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>How such funds were used by the eligible organization.</text> </clause><clause id="HEB80C31E8D8B4029851B24BBAC798A27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The actual rate of return for each commodity made available under this Act, including factors that influenced the rate of return, and, for the commodity, the costs of bagging or further processing, ocean transportation, inland transportation in the recipient country, storage costs, and any other information that the Administrator and the Secretary determine to be necessary.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA8EB4CF05CB44C0384D38DB66F949AE4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>For each instance in which a commodity was made available under this Act at a rate of return less than 70 percent, the reasons for the rate of return realized.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3125012840C24093A6B5418925E41ACE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For funds expended for the purposes of section 202(e), 406(b)(6), and 407(c)(1)(B), a detailed accounting of the expenditures and purposes of such expenditures with respect to each section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BEFFE7A2F834385B8DE5235B9532CE5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rate of return described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of applying subparagraph (H), the rate of return for a commodity shall be equal to the proportion that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H23B5C96551FD4A109DA6BF0E931B3FEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the proceeds the implementing partners generate through monetization; bears to</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7CADA2D24A6A49F488182A06F066625F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the cost to the Federal Government to procure and ship the commodity to a recipient country for monetization.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFE54E6721E8942D491A6DC5C96CA0C8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (m) of section 403 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1733">7 U.S.C. 1733</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HC3E0FF54B774415BB973BDB0FB6E8E93"><enum>3013.</enum><header>Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736b">7 U.S.C. 1736b</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H7BC5286C473F4D589CF67625E73E8564"><enum>3014.</enum><header>Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (e) of section 412 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f">7 U.S.C. 1736f</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H089743B83FF044EF9E2823D0C44172E1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H39A4617F45CD499297F6E939881629BE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3E76AA51A570461E995CD9C219F875A9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, not less than $365,000,000 of the amounts made available to carry out emergency and nonemergency food assistance programs under title II, nor more than 30 percent of such amounts, shall be expended for nonemergency food assistance programs under such title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA20C10AA00044AA686EC5D619451B9DE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Community development funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated each year to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2151">22 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref> et seq.) that are made available through grants or cooperative agreements to strengthen food security in developing countries and that are consistent with section 202(e)(1)(C) may be deemed to be expended on nonemergency food assistance programs for purposes of this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="HC4027540BAA24883811013D586DD207E"><enum>3015.</enum><header>Termination date for micronutrient fortification programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 415(c) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736g-2">7 U.S.C. 1736g–2(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" id="H370F330AF81A46EA9B0F96857CD731F7"><enum>3016.</enum><header>John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program</header> <subsection id="H324E5453C94044DB8FED680DA95DF631"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Clarification of nature of assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(b)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>technical</quote> before <quote>assistance</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4CFDDBB97088401BAD88754B66E4D32C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(b)(2) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>retired extension staff of the Department of Agriculture,</quote> after <quote>private corporations,</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H6E13939B92BC46C9BD20B93B1F8E1B9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(b) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H44F2A9E01D75490082CF32ED142E2F9F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5F7ED5099C504E9AA676EDD4BEFB47D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71A2CD0158FC4B3D8C90C61F50696466"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5F2D544851A54B10B8CDFBDC376E8D91" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6F1513180E364D0A888EFA2080EBBB41"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">foster appropriate investments in institutional capacity-building and allow longer-term and sequenced assignments and partnerships to provide deeper engagement and greater continuity on such projects; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H95AAC9E49551400C88434BBB1469FC09"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (d) of section 501 of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5DA9EF7F56A47599AB77F0FEABFDF25" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H77B2C7DF87A94C3C8104E902FB05C53F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Minimum Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HBCD926F34E674E8294E670A43CA39340"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in addition to any funds that may be specifically appropriated to carry out this section, not less than the greater of $15,000,000 or 0.6 percent of the amounts made available for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023, to carry out this Act shall be used to carry out programs under this section, of which—</text>
<subparagraph id="H227F58EECAF44A1EB7D0BC3FA74F2F17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not less than 0.2 percent to be used for programs in developing countries; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H268CA9C340874AE698793541BC4BCDDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than 0.1 percent to be used for programs in sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD546128797F94D9287EE1F497F5F7E66"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Treatment of expenditures</header><text>Funds used to carry out programs under this section shall be counted towards the minimum level of nonemergency food assistance specified in section 412(e).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE04AA16E857A4D4798C502456DCFEFF7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1737">7 U.S.C. 1737(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H26E6FC8C24684F7C996B2090E4AB99FD"><enum>B</enum><header>Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</header> <section id="HBB200EF3882043318577BD6319B23EBE"><enum>3101.</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Congress finds the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H4178B6C4F4864126ABE61689E53ED9DA"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States export development programs significantly increase demand for United States agriculture products within foreign markets, boosting agricultural export volume and overall farm income, and generating a net return of $28 in added export revenue for each invested program dollar.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H66B1029142F74CA09B30999DA327CBAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Our global competitors provide substantially more public support for export promotion than is provided to United States agricultural exporters. The Market Access Program and Foreign Market Development Program receive combined annual funding of approximately $234,500,000. In comparison, the European Union allocates $255,000,000 annually for the international promotion of wine alone.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF5E76218C3744FD8F2C509BC0F73EF1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The preservation and streamlining of United States export market development programs complements the recent reorganization within the Department of Agriculture by ensuring the newly established Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs has the tools necessary to enhance the competitiveness of the United States agricultural industry on the global stage.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H5D2C72D21FE44228BA658FFCAA859D30"><enum>3102.</enum><header>Consolidation of current programs as new International Market Development Program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5EA0238A746B469B8DACBC73C7191A80"><enum>(a)</enum><header>International Market Development Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5625">7 U.S.C. 5625</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BEA29FF216948C3A1AD3AA3513249BF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" id="HD9412451942B4BB2AE7C4ABACC5C9DCE"><enum>205.</enum><header>International Market Development Program</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HD755566852E34CA09AC534B4EA264E03"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation shall establish and carry out a program, to be known as the <quote>International Market Development Program</quote>, to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for United States agricultural commodities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE96A2AEF9A7D4A7BB7030ABDE8D85FEF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Market access program component</header>
<paragraph id="H18C25BEA28904287889E6A48A6DF00E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As one of the components of the International Market Development Program, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall carry out a program to encourage the development, maintenance, and expansion of commercial export markets for United States agricultural commodities through cost-share assistance to eligible trade organizations that implement a foreign market development program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF815482442954227B9FA95513F6CACB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Types of assistance</header><text>Assistance under this subsection may be provided in the form of funds of, or commodities owned by, the Commodity Credit Corporation, as determined appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6DA93F98A7A14D8BAADFAF46F7EC1261"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Participation requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H82772CBBC36649C2AE4130F50E28AC7E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Marketing plan and other requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for cost-share assistance under this subsection, an eligible trade organization shall—</text>
<clause id="H648B8E5540BB40A7AED5B550B3C50D98"><enum>(i)</enum><text>prepare and submit a marketing plan to the Secretary that meets the guidelines governing such a marketing plan specified in this paragraph or otherwise established by the Secretary;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBD39B439B58A4C28BAA6A0FC5FB6AB01"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>meet any other requirements established by the Secretary; and</text> </clause><clause id="H4A99E1F88C104F1A9D61A83999BE8770"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>enter into an agreement with the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H801D81E1F98D477E97E82ADA02D3E165"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Purpose of marketing plan</header><text>A marketing plan submitted under this paragraph shall describe the advertising or other market oriented export promotion activities to be carried out by the eligible trade organization with respect to which assistance under this subsection is being requested.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0A041AED51B447AF98C5400C0F42E944"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Specific elements</header><text>To be approved by the Secretary, a marketing plan submitted under this paragraph shall—</text> <clause id="HE503382C320F430F844659DA8E257BDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>specifically describe the manner in which assistance received by the eligible trade organization, in conjunction with funds and services provided by the eligible trade organization, will be expended in implementing the marketing plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="H50A68F90F491441C89FAD24C6F036AF4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>establish specific market goals to be achieved under the marketing plan; and</text> </clause><clause id="HBE6D0003565545D5ABA007E3B3025682"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>contain whatever additional requirements are determined by the Secretary to be necessary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE51B471B96BB438ABFA5FD7405FC17A9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Branded promotion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A marketing plan approved by the Secretary may provide for the use of branded advertising to promote the sale of United States agricultural commodities in a foreign country under such terms and conditions as may be established by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F036A746F764C1A9C10E011B5648338"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>An approved marketing plan may be amended by the eligible trade organization at any time, subject to the approval by the Secretary of the amendments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H34F80EB4AE1B4643904815B83D501FC4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Level of assistance and cost-share requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H5539185EEC25497391D3866760AA6855"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall justify in writing the level of assistance to be provided to an eligible trade organization under this subsection and the level of cost sharing required of the organization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFA7B30296A2E4B29A7D45323028E3331"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on branded promotion</header><text>Assistance provided under this subsection for activities described in paragraph (3)(D) shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of implementing the marketing plan, except that the Secretary may determine not to apply such limitation in the case of United States agricultural commodities with respect to which there has been a favorable decision by the United States Trade Representative under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2411">19 U.S.C. 2411</external-xref>). Criteria used by the Secretary for determining that the limitation shall not apply shall be consistent and documented.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H49E3D4AD63A447339254A25C48EC2229"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Other terms and conditions</header>
<subparagraph id="HC20C39DB2ED345ED966CE058F8AFF051"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Multi-year basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide assistance under this subsection on a multi-year basis, subject to annual review by the Secretary for compliance with the approved marketing plan.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC28EDFC841145459BAE1F94EAA5129C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Termination of assistance</header><text>The Secretary may terminate any assistance made, or to be made, available under this subsection if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<clause id="H373E488FFDA04EDFAC0BE41DDD62D28F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the eligible trade organization is not adhering to the terms and conditions applicable to the provision of the assistance;</text>
</clause><clause id="H70F98C7D71684B248C2E5A833DB9E851"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the eligible trade organization is not implementing the approved marketing plan or is not adequately meeting the established goals of the plan;</text>
</clause><clause id="H34C93F0A3CFF4E98AE50A1A5B269BA3C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the eligible trade organization is not adequately contributing its own resources to the implementation of the plan; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H6C73FC6D304545F9B42222AE718AD2E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that termination of assistance in a particular instance is in the best interests of the program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38E99E2B711E4343AB04FB1E03C5AF89"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Evaluations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning not later than 15 months after the initial provision of assistance under this subsection to an eligible trade organization, the Secretary shall monitor the expenditures by the eligible trade organization of such assistance, including the following:</text>
<clause id="H087A3211630E484C9B9F781236A8D941"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An evaluation of the effectiveness of the marketing plan of the eligible trade organization in developing or maintaining markets for United States agricultural commodities.</text>
</clause><clause id="H06F7A33029814A3B8160E247C3E6697E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An evaluation of whether assistance provided under this subsection is necessary to maintain such markets.</text>
</clause><clause id="H657196D67FAE4E85A53C4FE3B38EEE52"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A thorough accounting of the expenditure by the eligible trade organization of the assistance provided under this subsection.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2C1D0C7A612D405E8C86DD5F04E0A837"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Restrictions on use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance provided under this subsection to an eligible trade organization shall not be used—</text> <subparagraph id="H36DB1F8786CF49D6B257582CCD6FA8F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to provide direct assistance to any foreign for-profit corporation for the corporation’s use in promoting foreign-produced products; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6D66F390E5824B93A9839EB8BD30B845"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide direct assistance to any for-profit corporation that is not recognized as a small business concern, excluding a cooperative, an association described in the first section of the Act entitled <quote>An Act To authorize association of producers of agricultural products</quote>, approved February 18, 1922 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/291">7 U.S.C. 291</external-xref>), or a nonprofit trade association.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF7890D4189B4428F9A104CB4CAB5334C"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Permissive use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance provided under this subsection to a United States agricultural trade association, cooperative, or small business may be used for individual branded promotional activity related to a United States branded product, if the beneficiaries of the activity have provided funds for the activity in an amount that is at least equivalent to the amount of assistance provided under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3923E94D5C894F4C8A713F15A968CF90"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Program considerations and priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H892A2973041E4601AD89CF82B999D9D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>give equal consideration to—</text> <clause id="HD31F78FA6745400B9A1204F737711CB7"><enum>(i)</enum><text>proposals submitted by organizations that were participating organizations in prior fiscal years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F01858DF2914A82A7434B09B4E8EFB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>proposals submitted by eligible trade organizations that have not previously participated in the program established under this title;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F531CFC4A6F4D82A905BF9E296D4C80"><enum>(B)</enum><text>give equal consideration to—</text> <clause id="H25463DC6A0B8476DBC7BE449B02419B4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>proposals submitted for activities in emerging markets; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4F79767AC3C94E08BC631818346CD707"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>proposals submitted for activities in markets other than emerging markets.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H90733DA21DCD4D57BF43AB9D20FE0B2F"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance for branded promotion, the Secretary should give priority to small-sized entities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5087DDE2EA044BF8B59DE4F8547E3C1D"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Contribution level</header>
<subparagraph id="HEE9A78C610814A028A71A60481E282DF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary should require a minimum contribution level of 10 percent from an eligible trade organization that receives assistance for nonbranded promotion.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77F2915AC0CA4E87A933337FEB6A18CE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Increases in contribution level</header><text>The Secretary may increase the contribution level in any subsequent year that an eligible trade organization receives assistance for nonbranded promotion.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2A02DDCE6ED04870AFA8F3E9A3785F64"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Additionality</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary should require each participant in the program to certify that any Federal funds received supplement, but do not supplant, private or third party participant funds or other contributions to program activities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H869BA52BA0C14D38A070FEEF9C25FACC"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Independent audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If as a result of an evaluation or audit of activities of a participant under the program, the Secretary determines that a further review is justified in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the program, the Secretary should require the participant to contract for an independent audit of the program activities, including activities of any subcontractor.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE71C798C6C24DF3A121DDC40FD57C7B"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Tobacco</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds made available under the market promotion program may be used for activities to develop, maintain, or expand foreign markets for tobacco.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BE84A3EA750456F9FBC345AE6B42830"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Foreign Market Development Cooperator component</header>
<paragraph id="H723C574C20BE4D50930DF461164D80C3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As one of the components of the International Market Development Program, the Secretary shall carry out a foreign market development cooperator program to maintain and develop foreign markets for United States agricultural commodities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFEC318C456C345949DCD90506E3A6A29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out the foreign market development cooperator program in cooperation with eligible trade organizations.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49B9A036BF63401391AADBE00542CD27"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available to carry out the foreign market development cooperator program shall be used only to provide—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC305B95D0E314B12A45AC4C349D811F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cost-share assistance to an eligible trade organization under a contract or agreement with the organization; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFFEA8D7FC1774B81B64277B6B94E84D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>assistance for other costs that are necessary or appropriate to carry out the foreign market development cooperator program, including contingent liabilities that are not otherwise funded.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7929E9EE06BA41479A91745EB2F625C6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In providing assistance under this subsection, the Secretary, to the maximum extent practicable, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC8564414E43442398870CE0C3BC015FA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>give equal consideration to—</text> <clause id="HCDEE7C33533847148B6BD53C44D62F05"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proposals submitted by eligible trade organizations that were participating organizations in the foreign market development cooperator program in prior fiscal years; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCB10B8DF4012454BBE2FDD5E23F63FA3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proposals submitted by eligible trade organizations that have not previously participated in the foreign market development cooperator program; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H26801564AC4C425A884B92BCD68B070E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>give equal consideration to—</text> <clause id="H1E24D49BA8C449C4806BBEC18E482AEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>proposals submitted for activities in emerging markets; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4931861F1E82468A8E723578CA52926D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>proposals submitted for activities in markets other than emerging markets.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66DDCE3B098B49EDB0D8956E7E506730"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical assistance for specialty crops component</header> <paragraph id="H3B6A0E02F6D942AAA00718FA2A93DA78"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As one of the components of the International Market Development Program, the Secretary shall carry out an export assistance program to address existing or potential barriers that prohibit or threaten the export of United States specialty crops.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1CCBEB6CE4FC413DAC36C6C9E0B304D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The export assistance program required by this subsection shall provide direct assistance through public and private sector projects and technical assistance to remove, resolve, or mitigate existing or potential sanitary and phytosanitary and technical barriers to trade.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E153CC399ED4D39AD5A50DC43C08AE5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The export assistance program required by this subsection shall address time sensitive and strategic market access projects based on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8DA0E6868A134EF3B24CD365C98DD6F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>trade effect on market retention, market access, and market expansion; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAA0C40347F44A7CA6FA5CA96690595D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>trade impact.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5AC2BF2CAEDA40A8BB06FDFF639D739D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress an annual report that contains, for the period covered by the report, a description of each factor that affects the export of specialty crops, including each factor relating to any significant sanitary or phytosanitary issue or trade barrier.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1834B11EFB6D4AA094E0D2C7E06699C9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>E. (Kika) de la Garza Emerging Markets Program component</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC44DAD99B8D246B0A4EE04737C6D3484"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H8A0D70BB6A0841638455AE9AA8554B4A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Establishment of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in order to develop, maintain, or expand export markets for United States agricultural commodities, is directed—</text>
<clause id="H759CDB8D350F4B1282BD31E82634E49C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to make available to emerging markets the expertise of the United States to make assessments of the food and rural business systems needs of such emerging markets;</text>
</clause><clause id="H30C8FF77D84D40A1B7C05011743CC5B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to make recommendations on measures necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the systems, including potential reductions in trade barriers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H75F928BD5A494937B38553B7E2700B63"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to identify and carry out specific opportunities and projects to enhance the effectiveness of those systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H131A4AE23C804D9B8E7FEC44285A64AA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Extent of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall implement this paragraph with respect to at least 3 emerging markets in each fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4AE462185F4C48D1BECF235D9E548955"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may implement the requirements of paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB55E7A354F1C43B7B27B760D04CBD020"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by providing assistance to teams consisting primarily of agricultural consultants, farmers, other persons from the private sector and government officials expert in assessing the food and rural business systems of other countries to enable such teams to conduct the assessments, make the recommendations, and identify the opportunities and projects specified in such paragraph in emerging markets; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H640D22947E4A4C769953695B36AA0742"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by providing for necessary subsistence and transportation expenses of—</text> <clause id="H341776B83965480A95AF901879D4423C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United States food and rural business system experts, including United States agricultural producers and other United States individuals knowledgeable in agricultural and agribusiness matters, to enable such United States food and rural business system experts to assist in transferring knowledge and expertise to entities in emerging markets; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H415D11E77299429F9FFC145488EA54BB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">individuals designated by emerging markets to enable such designated individuals to consult with such United States experts to enhance food and rural business systems of such emerging markets and to transfer knowledge and expertise to such emerging markets.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0ACD9FF75A3F417B8656DDA4BB8878D6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cost-sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall encourage the nongovernmental experts described in paragraph (2) to share the costs of, and otherwise assist in, the participation of such experts in the program under this paragraph.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H02A27D0A479D4F07AC15B79C25DF5C8A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary is authorized to provide, or pay the necessary costs for, technical assistance (including the establishment of extension services) necessary to enhance the effectiveness of food and rural business systems needs of emerging markets, including potential reductions in trade barriers.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDA51A38136C4A8EAB96E3890C76CE36"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports to Secretary</header><text>A team that receives assistance under paragraph (2) shall prepare such reports with respect to the use of such assistance as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7DABCE25492D44EF9C69C04304B18AF2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB9D8B2E3D41D42CFB277FCCE8FCEB775"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible Trade Organization</header> <subparagraph id="HD34E4DD041754831BC5A1303DCF2BA52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Market access program component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subsection (b), the term <term>eligible trade organization</term> means—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HD055446DD82A40B48EC34DF632D60BF5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a United States agricultural trade organization or regional State-related organization that promotes the export and sale of United States agricultural commodities and that does not stand to profit directly from specific sales of United States agricultural commodities;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H8880DA4A1F5F4C1F9BF927E5017106B0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a cooperative organization or State agency that promotes the sale of United States agricultural commodities; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H276246B084D94695A3AC428AD60D8E58"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a private organization that promotes the export and sale of United States agricultural commodities if the Secretary determines that such organization would significantly contribute to United States export market development.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H00D9DE8A887449CD9F90C2E96266B6F3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Foreign market development cooperator component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In subsection (c), the term <term>eligible trade organization’</term> means a United States trade organization that—</text> <clause id="H947C0DEA96D24E8D90852977AC2CFD7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promotes the export of one or more United States agricultural commodities; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HE4932DEC282946DCABEEB19A6316D27D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not have a business interest in or receive remuneration from specific sales of United States agricultural commodities.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA31E0FB755364FE1B9267C34BD129CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Emerging market</header><text>The term <term>emerging market</term> means any country that the Secretary determines—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HE81E168FC84F453AAF3F96E3F1C69AF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is taking steps toward a market-oriented economy through the food, agriculture, or rural business sectors of the economy of the country; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA725C88AA6A404284A2BAB1B5616EE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has the potential to provide a viable and significant market for United States agricultural commodities.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5AA9EF003D3B48E58DC5C1899F88EE57"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Small-business concern</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>small-business concern</term> has the meaning given that term in section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/632">15 U.S.C. 632(a)</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC547D1DE443744B18E5FC91EC41F8E68"><enum>(4)</enum><header>United States agricultural commodity</header><text>The term <term>United States agricultural commodity</term> has the meaning given the term in section 102 of the Agriculture Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5602">7 U.S.C. 5602</external-xref>) and includes commodities that are organically produced (as defined in section 2103 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6502">7 U.S.C. 6502</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H25E39CED6F374579BAB7009B7D677F0B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funding provision</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 211 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5641">7 U.S.C. 5641</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H877BFD0F5C214757BA98B75807D11DEE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>International Market Development Program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD39F1E86A0894F0D95364EFB28107E75"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available for the International Market Development Program under section 205 $255,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023. Such amounts shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF4F0AC591A96401A90FC018CD1F858C3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Set-asides</header>
<subparagraph id="H21A79A2EAEE94B6FB0AF7AE7A28A4C7F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Market Access Program Component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not less than $200,000,000 shall be used for the market access program component of the International Market Development Program under subsection (b) of section 205.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42D0CF54BE5642818F5B1185569A8B6A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Foreign Market Development Cooperator component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not less than $34,500,000 shall be used for the foreign market development cooperator component of the International Market Development Program under subsection (c) of section 205.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5EC766D625004A8986D7BC251ED54E1B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Technical assistance for specialty crops component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not more than $9,000,000, shall be used for the specialty crops component of the International Market Development Program under subsection (d) of section 205.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H51114EC8E489482099C1A28949027DD8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Agricultural exports to emerging markets component</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year, not more than $10,000,000 shall be used to promote agricultural exports to emerging markets under the International Market Development Program under subsection (e) of section 205.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H86A91BFD3E154CD7B1D5F60BE424E63E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of superseded programs</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H12E83D2013C84D8EBFCD00124550525C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Market access program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA2542D67F26040BAA84F52AF44075C77"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Promotional assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1302 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H118EE50801F74DEEB7C29FB531BCF016"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foreign market development cooperator program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VII of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5721">7 U.S.C. 5721–5723</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H53C6F055D34F4E318BA7971FD1CC94B9"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Export assistance program for specialty crops</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3205 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5680">7 U.S.C. 5680</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC1ED0F4ADCEC4A55AF082574026FD539"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Emerging markets program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1542 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and by redesignating subsection (e) and (f) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H319132D6C004485383AC6E3748A62CDB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H7CB51EB4F1E14EEA9B5BE36AFF7B85D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</header><text>The Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HB2CEC36D00164A1498C5E7C402CFCDB8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 202 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref>), by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HAFAE75760F304810B68C04697C1988E3"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Combination of programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commodity Credit Corporation may carry out a program under which commercial export credit guarantees available under this section are combined with direct credits from the Commodity Credit Corporation under section 201 to reduce the effective rate of interest on export sales of United States agricultural commodities.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC3F8CBD6C45E412BB05748C716FB0614"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 402(a)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5662">7 U.S.C. 5662(a)(1)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>203</quote> and inserting <quote>205(b)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1D8ECD5B52C54CECA1BA2F1D823905A6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 282(f)(2)(C) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1638a">7 U.S.C. 1638a(f)(2)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>section 203 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5623">7 U.S.C. 5623</external-xref>)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 205 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB26236C8FE443639D4FC0D19C7E7813"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1543(b)(5) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3293">7 U.S.C. 3293(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1542(f)</quote> and inserting <quote>1542(e)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H43CE538506074FA7BEE89598A0B24906"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Agricultural Trade Laws</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2755E981D6474FEB8775950A1DA74E35" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Local and regional food aid procurement projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3206(e)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1726c">7 U.S.C. 1726c(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H255B249CB30A41CE938427A883C2B59D"><enum>3202.</enum><header>Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1542(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5622">7 U.S.C. 5622</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/101/624">Public Law 101–624</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3360752047146FEA87903F418E4E3AE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3203.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736f-1">7 U.S.C. 1736f–1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AF3146EE3F24A61924E0BD8B44AC65E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B)(i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8D82737473264041951AEF6E9360B7B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB0C46CBDDA9440A9A6EE5CB5D88AF32D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3204.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food for Progress Act of 1985</header> <subsection id="H14022B43E79041EBA9E625513C15CBE4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1110 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (also known as the Food for Progress Act of 1985; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o">7 U.S.C. 1736o</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2C6268FBEE44406F82E3B94BABE8CEF4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H90A03F2142354D9591C9D23C31EB4148"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA324F943A9FF4B42B533CB87F92480AA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD3A7C58780FB45AC80C0DD81F563D64F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C565E122DF6433594BD7139B3518A21"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1110(b)(5) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (also known as the Food for Progress Act of 1985; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o">7 U.S.C. 1736o(b)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9DBD61FA36BC4FD19AFC435587983E57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (E);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H979004F0474242DB91199E69600E6762"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (G); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72AE5A12595B4F479D666E558F5A3FC1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF19D7E118EC04960A684029F12396E1F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H9AAD8BEFF1184F8F87429E78F6094D7C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a college or university (as such terms are defined in section 1404(4) of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(4)</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H72CD965F38FA4774A361641B314AFECD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Private voluntary organizations and other private entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1110(o) of the Food Security Act of 1985 is amended in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>(F)</quote> and inserting <quote>(G)</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02DDC58045E54EE99105C39B9FE00850" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3205.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program</header> <subsection id="HFC2ABEAF143A41219AB30695199DCEBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consideration of Proposals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3107(f)(1)(B) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o-1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(f)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>and, to the extent practicable, that assistance will be provided on a timely basis so as to coincide with the beginning of and when needed during the relevant school year</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A3A85114F3A4CA88BDD3C59DCA493CF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3107(l)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1736o-1">7 U.S.C. 1736o–1(l)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H5A3DDBBF7CC84CC992FEDE06EF81FA4D"><enum>3206.</enum><header>Cochran fellowship program</header>
<subsection id="HEE2C162EF76D47AEB4AEAD9EE18F7456"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorized locations for training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1543(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3293">7 U.S.C. 3293(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for study in the United States.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<text>for study—</text><paragraph id="HAAC1E08C5AD74B20BD56F476180749BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the United States; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF31EE75B78014969A3EED064D578EBBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at a college or university located in an eligible country that the Secretary determines—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2C7DD128BE974BC5976D4FBCC125D493"><enum>(A)</enum><text>has sufficient scientific and technical facilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H82C16F315D2A42768FE2E6F93DF945A5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has established a partnership with at least one college or university in the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H419CA50DABE44C2CAFAFC965581630F5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>has substantial participation by faculty members of the United States college or university in the design of the fellowship curriculum and classroom instruction under the fellowship.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H85171644B41C42B38ED1173B93DE627A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Fellowship purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1543(c)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3293">7 U.S.C. 3293(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, including trade linkages involving regulatory systems governing sanitary and phyto-sanitary standards for agricultural products</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2BF2FD8D87A14BA089EEB99C531BB829"><enum>3207.</enum><header>Borlaug fellowship program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473G of the <short-title>National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</short-title> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319j">7 U.S.C. 3319j</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9C5371793B946A58A31E32CDF6C7889" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <section id="H3AE25F3C02014B9A864732473FD5D759"><enum>1473G.</enum><header>Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program</header> <subsection id="H36324B21661C4F2EAAFC22279FA00510"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Fellowship program</header> <paragraph id="H2B365F7428684DB7B53A31684C8A6AA5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a fellowship program, to be known as the <quote>Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9EEB481DA4A44E0C88FEACFCD8175663"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fellowships to individuals from eligible countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the fellowship program, the Secretary shall provide fellowships to individuals from eligible countries as described in subsection (b) who specialize in agricultural education, research, and extension for scientific training and study designed to assist individual fellowship recipients, including the following 3 programs:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FD5581C097548628291C556A582C259"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A graduate studies program in agriculture to assist individuals who participate in graduate agricultural degree training at a United States institution.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB661ADC895B84D76A5E766E1C730921F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An individual career improvement program to assist agricultural scientists from developing countries in upgrading skills and understanding in agricultural science and technology.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F3AB34383D74D409DAE2811AE50DC4D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A Borlaug agricultural policy executive leadership course to assist senior agricultural policy makers from eligible countries, with an initial focus on individuals from sub-Saharan Africa and the independent states of the former Soviet Union.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3D0F331C09E14366AFDE5A40467F396A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Fellowships to United States citizens</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the fellowship program, the Secretary shall provide fellowships to citizens of the United States to assist eligible countries in developing school-based agricultural education and youth extension programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CD14C3C44494713885549B6DCFF5191"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible country described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this section, an eligible country is a developing country, as determined by the Secretary using a gross national income per capita test selected by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H18A692987DB74E528355AEB18B819A13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Purpose of fellowships</header>
<paragraph id="HDF4D8060FFA243CF9F5044837543EB53"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fellowships to individuals from eligible countries</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A fellowship provided under subsection (a)(2) shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H4FE126D24507453B9E898EF609381DBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>promote food security and economic growth in eligible countries by—</text>
<clause id="H4560C7917FCD4E21887FEBDAFEFB35AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>educating a new generation of agricultural scientists;</text> </clause><clause id="HA97F5544EF204FBD869DA181CA118EE1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>increasing scientific knowledge and collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H92D2E5F108BE47868A98212A31D81B28"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>extending that knowledge to users and intermediaries in the marketplace; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3E023D44C3B49A6A8A3043046E37779"><enum>(B)</enum><text>support—</text>
<clause id="H619414EC03234F0DB074DD5A9F3C9C1B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>training and collaborative research opportunities through exchanges for entry level international agricultural research scientists, faculty, and policymakers from eligible countries;</text>
</clause><clause id="H38F3DB454DE44044807708851B4CB2E5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collaborative research to improve agricultural productivity;</text> </clause><clause id="H151A4FE54E6145588A92177DEEDA363D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the transfer of new science and agricultural technologies to strengthen agricultural practice; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HCD32A3A45473422FB994FC2D4A773B02"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the reduction of barriers to technology adoption.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3B8DB3F5995F4A06B8B8C6D9F35B3CC5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fellowships to United States citizens</header><text>A fellowship provided under subsection (a)(3) shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4E1A89FB81D84B8FB50E3EC92152484C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop globally minded United States agriculturists with experience living abroad;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6C9B354754F432E84A8677A43CB73D3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">focus on meeting the food and fiber needs of the domestic population of eligible countries; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0103990626044DD1A4229FBE8CE849E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strengthen and enhance trade linkages between eligible countries and the United States agricultural industry.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H880D2840F32D49B1998324D8434B86B4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Fellowship recipients</header>
<paragraph id="HD13694CD7E394B99A3AEC8A7D8D70EAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Fellowships to individuals from eligible countries</header>
<subparagraph id="H9081DC8C04614C71A5EE033E6796A4A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible candidates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide fellowships under subsection (a)(2) to individuals from eligible countries who specialize or have experience in agricultural education, research, extension, or related fields, including—</text>
<clause id="H40E18FED0DB14319B0CA6182E8B54B6D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>individuals from the public and private sectors; and</text> </clause><clause id="HFF833CCA21BF4D0E8CB513B7CA5CA8DC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>private agricultural producers.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6C377392163484FA8679882EA98F407"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Candidate identification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fellowships under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall use the expertise of United States land-grant colleges and universities and similar universities, international organizations working in agricultural research and outreach, and national agricultural research organizations to help identify program candidates for fellowships from the public and private sectors of eligible countries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59208E5981464A39AD744D1F4F970524"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Location of training</header><text>The scientific training or study of fellowship recipients under subsection (a)(2) shall occur—</text> <clause id="H18E02D4E340D4713804D158E7DA7CCCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the United States; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H9DF822C8900347B7B060176C416C11C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at a college or university located in an eligible country that the Secretary determines—</text> <subclause id="HD5D8C84421374A4098E81CDE52BA095B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has sufficient scientific and technical facilities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA5D46925B6814155AFA6957BBB5F6284"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has established a partnership with at least one college or university in the United States; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H56D3EC5E4E284A47B4EF1614BCA02725"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has substantial participation by faculty members of the United States college or university in the design of the fellowship curriculum and classroom instruction under the fellowship.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF6192EC237BF42AF92B6EE536311ADA8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Fellowships to United States citizens</header>
<subparagraph id="H1C9436896016426FA3EC8A49DAE8B382"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Eligible candidates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may provide fellowships under subsection (a)(3) to citizens of the United States who—</text> <clause id="HDF6C1E3C2F1449DEA2C3C09EC4D7AE82"><enum>(i)</enum><text>hold at least a bachelors degree in an agricultural related field of study; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6311F896763F4D399519E7D059824D48"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have an understanding of United States school-based agricultural education and youth extension programs, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8A1E45CFCAC40E28E77F938E9DD774E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Candidate identification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fellowships under subsection (a)(3), the Secretary shall consult with the National FFA Organization, the National 4–H Council, and other entities as the Secretary deems appropriate to identify candidates for fellowships.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H07B4ECA4714B471CB36CE5AFFE4C47FE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Program implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide for the management, coordination, evaluation, and monitoring of the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program and for the individual programs described in subsection (a), except that—</text>
<paragraph id="HEBBF502D0FBF4DE5BAEB30D15675F300"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Secretary may contract out to 1 or more collaborating universities the management of 1 or more of the fellowship programs under subsection (a)(2); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CD507EC3EA44071B89FCB13066D3697"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Secretary may contract out the management of the fellowship program under subsection (a)(3) to an outside organization with experience in implementing fellowship programs focused on building capacity for school-based agricultural education and youth extension programs in developing countries.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCD14EB18E3C84ADF81A657D0B4E58030"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H93D35CF26CEE479D90A6E1D6052CF8E8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $6,000,000 to carry out this section.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB5889C339F68477A93133A3AEE18C021"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Set-asides</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of any funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), not less than $2,800,000 shall be used to carry out the fellowship program for individuals from eligible countries under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A12BE291E334C088744B756BECA2673"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FFD6D2301484108986DA7C395C6E4C4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3208.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Global Crop Diversity Trust</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H1337F2C0107F41EA9DED392B68351413"><enum>(a)</enum><header>United States Contribution Limit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3202(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2220a">22 U.S.C. 2220a</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>(b)) is amended by striking <quote>25 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>33 percent</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9C3B9799FDAA4A2E8B3A398B254A17A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3202(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/2220a">22 U.S.C. 2220a</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>for the period of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD8A6B25A23754359810F9A5FC5A9EA45"><enum>3209.</enum><header>Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1543A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5679">7 U.S.C. 5679</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HC7D927760A0F4DA6A9FD96F767598509"><enum>1543A.</enum><header>Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program</header>
<subsection id="H5002F6499A0E485F98A323552399D06C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Department of Agriculture a program to be known as the <quote>Biotechnology and Agricultural Trade Program</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H569B18ADD3FE4C71902BFA2434C7F765"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of the program established under this section shall be to remove, resolve, or mitigate significant regulatory nontariff barriers to the export of United States agricultural commodities into foreign markets through policy advocacy and targeted projects that address—</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD366E6D5354E4DD0AF07F6DCBD648B8E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">issues relating to United States agricultural commodities produced with the use of biotechnology or new agricultural production technologies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4FE8FC50AA3E46D2AA84128318DBD3AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">advocacy for science-based regulation in foreign markets of biotechnology or new agricultural production technologies; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A8E22E1573C48F38C30263FE50FD358"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quick-response intervention regarding non-tariff barriers to United States exports produced through biotechnology or new agricultural production technologies.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF41653576A9649D88D5A4837CEACD578"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligible programs</header><text>Depending on need, as determined by the Secretary, activities authorized under this section may be carried out through—</text>
<paragraph id="HB57C84B610E642038BB41E677F279357"><enum>(1)</enum><text>this section;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2585245C457C4533B6CFE9F2D4276634"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the emerging markets program under section 1542; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H070B33926A1B4FE8BF7DE5D775CA3A68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Cochran Fellowship Program under section 1543.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Nutrition</header> <subtitle id="H2A455E665A1E46479384F1BCFDCE6ECD"><enum>A</enum><header>Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</header> <section id="H23A632E9E0394C43AFCB040D4C2234B1"><enum>4001.</enum><header>Duplicative enrollment database</header> <subsection id="H32EF68F9EF794AB6B8CCF9CF8CCD48E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Expansion of the duplicative enrollment database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H4C86A5B26E8B411FB00B9E61A9AE3EB7"><enum>30.</enum><header>Duplicative enrollment database</header>
<subsection id="HF023549F2A6746658A282CD5FC6076D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an interstate database, or system of databases, of supplemental nutrition assistance program information to be known as the Duplicative Enrollment Database that shall include the data submitted by each State pursuant to section 11(e)(26) and that shall meet security standards as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9D9EF2D96C1D41C08D7CBC2D5C7464C2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any database, or system of databases, established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be used by States when making eligibility determinations to prevent supplemental nutrition assistance program participants from receiving duplicative benefits in multiple States.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2044795F2C0742A7A66BC2AA272AEAD6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Implementation</header>
<paragraph id="HD06AF6E45A74463E83E109D64ED18B84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Issuance of interim final regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the effective date of this section, the Secretary shall issue interim final regulations to carry out this section that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H100FFDC554EC431F9638C69E441FD786"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate best practices and lessons learned from the regional pilot project referenced in section 4032(c) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036c">7 U.S.C. 2036c(c)</external-xref>);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H08AC00CEFB754539BB65487D8BEEF609"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">protect the privacy of supplemental nutrition assistance program participants and applicants consistent with section 11(e)(8); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H136BE7D7592C4127BCB118A47D2A15C4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>detail the process States will be required to follow for—</text> <clause id="H645AC58628E245A8AB6CC1B91C096615"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducting initial and ongoing matches of participant and applicant data;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3197FDBCE995448498A38FF1FC0AC0EB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>identifying and acting on all apparent instances of duplicative participation by participants or applicants in multiple States;</text>
</clause><clause id="H6FB5AF70725C43CBA0989D7D5DA624F0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>disenrolling an individual who has applied to participate in another State in a manner sufficient to allow the State in which the individual is currently applying to comply with sections 11(e)(3) and (9); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA8330B00548545AF803BC5CC93352D73"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">complying with such other rules and standards the Secretary determines appropriate to carry out this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H63F96AA9458840029428D298D9CF83EC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The initial match and corresponding actions required by paragraph (1)(C) shall occur within 3 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBF035989B0BC4E64A026ADAB49664821"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using the data submitted to the Duplicative Enrollment Database, the Secretary shall publish an annual report analyzing supplemental nutrition assistance program participant characteristics, including participant tenure on the program. The report shall be made available to the public in a manner that prevents identification of participants that receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H3F2271B9ED6C4D919ED086D7FA1E7D0F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State data collection and submission requirements</header><text>Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HDD557D111E2642E3B7C6785776450D9C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (24) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB20A79D5F79D4B2AAD0F333615575BCE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (25) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB2A145914EC04FB0991792FB133E30CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H71EF2B6017714370A197CA4F9F8EE8C3"><enum>(26)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the State agency shall collect and submit supplemental nutrition assistance program data to the Duplicative Enrollment Database established in section 30, in accordance with guidance or rules issued by the Secretary establishing a uniform method and format for the collection and submission of data, including for each member of a participating household—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H239C3B591E1E41F4B7D9A242CCE80F31"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the social security number or the social security number substitute;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5B70A69127044CEA67EA3D367B80FFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the employment status of such member;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3748C48CA2F42B696F43E9FB0F193CD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the amount of income and whether that income is earned or unearned;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0BFACEA35244B25823FC40AEC03D5BB"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that member’s portion of the household monthly allotment, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A503C7BAE6E4EFD9A0631807434182F"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the portion of the aggregate value of household assets attributed to that member.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H398F610C18E345F5ABABCBA16E409EC0"><enum>4002.</enum><header>Retailer-funded incentives pilot</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by section 4001, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H67C6010DABF04A978B30F653F966683E"><enum>31.</enum><header>Retailer-funded incentives pilot</header>
<subsection id="H9EE87473962C46B3BC7A4ACB5BB25F56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a pilot project in accordance with subsection (d) through which participating retail food stores provide bonuses to participating households based on household purchases of fruits, vegetables, and fluid milk.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD5D443D5472F439685FDD04894B0FBBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text> <paragraph id="H014F4A24CC854697BB5571B749AD3811"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The term <term>bonus</term> means a financial incentive provided at the point of sale to a participating household that expends a portion of its allotment for the purchase of fruits, vegetables, or fluid milk.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA8B6F3372694287877F8D61013E516C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>fluid milk</term> means cow milk without flavoring or sweeteners and packaged in liquid form.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2427DB08F0804031801A47CED50005FC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term <term>fruits</term> means minimally processed fruits.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H073212BCB34940EAA760A74D4B93E983"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The term <term>retail food store</term> means a retail food store as defined in section 3(o)(1) that is authorized to accept and redeem benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H55178806958941F79C5A89E16C273596"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>vegetables</term> means minimally processed vegetables.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H12A06A7E2C60405CAE6CD9223297AFA6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Project participant plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To participate in the pilot project established under subsection (a), a retail food store shall submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H02A8F44C3D0849418CDF99C79EF8DB38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a method of quantifying the cost of fruits, vegetables, and fluid milk, that will earn households a bonus;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32ED7A3C0668403AA5D4842C5AC9D5B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a method of providing bonuses to participating households and adequately testing such method;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H83ED66289E4544368DE30D3E22B5D522"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a method of ensuring bonuses earned by households may be used only to purchase food eligible for purchase under the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HABE750EB7669493C9DEDB47ACFE2A704"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a method of educating participating households about the availability and use of a bonus;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H01FF12D3D4BF4B3DB44E179FB7E715DB"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a method of providing data and reports, as requested by the Secretary, for purposes of analyzing the impact of the pilot project established under subsection (a) on household access, ease of bonus use, and program integrity; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H77C5221CA1A2478EB43ABB5E239ED2A8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>such other criteria, including security criteria, as established by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7CF845C451C64A43A080EB34ED97E754"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Pilot project requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Retail food stores with plans approved under subsection (c) to participate in the pilot project established under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H0ABB416D3169473798CD7F784E335DC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide a bonus in a dollar amount not to exceed 10 percent of the price of the purchased fruits, vegetables, and fluid milk;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD972DB7783D744EEAD8819F598595FAF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fund the dollar amount of bonuses used by households, and pay for administrative costs, such as fees and system costs, associated with providing such bonuses;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF2091A436C7F4984B0E623EE7D6E8DA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that bonuses earned by households may be used only to purchase food eligible for purchase under the supplemental nutrition assistance program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D4B6485CBC141E899B4EF1FA923F2EB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>provide data and reports as requested by the Secretary for purposes of analyzing the impact of the pilot project established under subsection (a) on household access, ease of bonus use, and program integrity.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H98F3F097B8B64745A05CA18CA4B777FB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>A retail food store participating in a project under section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7517">7 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>) shall not be eligible to participate in the pilot project established under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA75BA5A25E9042C0AB23300D44C88261"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall solicit and approve plans submitted under subsection (c) that satisfy the requirements of such subsection.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9F9ADD5D661B47FE8CB9C68ECCF6C317"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Reimbursements</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H7255A31759C94C6AA97A41E383E006CF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Rate of reimbursement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Secretary shall reimburse retail food stores with plans approved under subsection (f) in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the dollar value of bonuses earned by households and used to purchase food eligible for purchase under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H318B915605824DF797473E0F2F97C28F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aggregate amount of reimbursements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate amount of reimbursements paid in a fiscal year to all retail food stores that participate in the pilot project established under subsection (a) in such fiscal year shall not exceed $120,000,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE6D48807C16748208977FF71D2EFDC74"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements</header>
<subparagraph id="H7CDEE6B124454F6DAC4E07136526242C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>, the Secretary shall establish requirements to implement this section, including criteria for prioritizing reimbursements to such stores within the limit established in paragraph (2) and subject to subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4104363AF464593A3EA4B5C8AC098B0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Distribution of reimbursements</header>
<clause id="H025262ED1EB44F68AF06D0CD5C9C13D7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Monthly payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reimbursements payable under this subsection shall be paid on a monthly basis.</text> </clause><clause id="H09FAAE6E90DC425C80B3AB38B361FC4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Prorated payments</header><text>If funds made available under subsection (h) are insufficient to pay in full reimbursements payable for a month because of the operation of paragraph (2), such reimbursements shall be paid on a pro rata basis to the extent funds remain available for payment.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9FB1C9D978554E409F59875CF4576545"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds made available under section 18(a)(1) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate not to exceed $120,000,000 for reimbursements payable under this section for such fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8083083B7EFF46AF8A7073BCFE7440E9"><enum>4003.</enum><header>Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive program</header>
<subsection id="H6A22C961783C493B9847F835B313271E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4405 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7517">7 U.S.C. 7517</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4538586C76C941FFB609E17AEDDF3D20"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive program</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB239A3028AC7407A8AD4195AF154B7F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7C0EBD7E99D4CA68E5375C89DEB26E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H1F07C391F2334A8F9FF1D89B6F7B1888"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text> <subclause id="H6A41E914B0F84308BBFAE11B76608453"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subclause (II) by inserting <quote>financial</quote> after <quote>providing</quote>,</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H4F03C7DE27114CB68E77ABDD3A57FB7D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subclause (III) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB9E4109AD2849B681EFAAB6ABBBC3DD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause id="H9DFE79C3C97B48E8A51805086032972D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>has adequate plans to collect data for reporting and agrees to participate in a program evaluation; and</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subclause><subclause id="HAED6D447A45042C097D1D3085A368A43"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subclause (IV) by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a period, and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H307F5AAD2C0B409B9CA2A99D5B580D27"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>by striking subclause (V), and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HD8AE4CEC001048BBBB255BB280415641"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H66E57607769043F8AB675AFAED62BD20" reported-display-style="italic"> <subparagraph id="H653A07E4256C4A59B5EB8649AEEDBB0A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>In awarding grants under this section—</text>
<clause id="HA4489C30E40F4F178DCD6774FFCD885E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the Secretary shall give priority to projects that—</text> <subclause id="HFEE7CCAD25454A85BBAD46FF19BBF39B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>maximize the share of funds used for direct incentives to participants;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1E71E629F478467CBD69DAC90408AD4D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>include coordination with multiple stakeholders, such as farm organizations, nutrition education programs, cooperative extension service programs, public health departments, health providers, private and public health insurance agencies, cooperative grocers, grocery associations, and community-based and non-governmental organizations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H64B575DA9E2E4A5C9E67BF8977DEF65D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>have the capacity to generate sufficient data and analysis to demonstrate effectiveness of program incentives; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HCB45DCCE8AE149A09FD5198E76758E89"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary may also give priority to projects that—</text> <subclause id="H2A79FA4DC0A0475C8C7C00FF51CA9A96"><enum>(I)</enum><text>are located in underserved communities;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2B8B8D02DE7148D5922605DD084FD164"><enum>(II)</enum><text>use direct-to-consumer sales marketing;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HC5F09309BE194A9A811A43B7C41CE362"><enum>(III)</enum><text>demonstrate a track record of designing and implementing successful nutrition incentive programs that connect low-income consumers and agricultural producers;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0D3D634AA4AF408788EA92F4CD319E0E"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>provide locally or regionally produced fruits and vegetables;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HDFD2CE4E99BB45218F6AB53DBA7AD7C7"><enum>(V)</enum><text>offer supplemental services in high-need communities, including online ordering, transportation between home and store, and delivery services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H64276A93D3234ECA8587536B2453715A"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>provide year-round access to program incentives; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HDDCEEB5D6D5D419EA84C86E3A1452A27"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>address other criteria as established by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H771BDD0FC4C6486CAD57F81DDC5733E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA2C5B9B37EBA460CA66CCA8977B7B74B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HAF113DE562E544439300D42DDD518BD2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Training, evaluation, and information center</header> <subparagraph id="H96597205868C447C8E88A97FF131CE52"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall establish a Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive Program Training, Evaluation, and Information Center capable of providing services related to grants under subsection (b), including—</text>
<clause id="H9A5065D926B54D868DE00F9CB8DEAD06"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offering incentive program training and technical assistance to applicants and grantees to the extent practicable;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BF2723D415748FEB3F6D6AEED9E4721"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>collecting, evaluating, and sharing information on best practices on common incentive activities;</text> </clause><clause id="H225D02E5487C4D66941C98442B3BA61A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>assisting with collaboration among grantee projects, State agencies, and nutrition education programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5A78FF079B614A02BEDF07AE0EFC3F01"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>facilitating communication between grantees and the Department of Agriculture; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDAAA42DCA01A473FAE1374EB40761B08"><enum>(v)</enum><text>compiling program data from grantees and generating an annual report to Congress on grant outcomes.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCF44A6D71924AB68A1087C095761B9A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Cooperative agreement</header><text>To carry out subparagraph (A), the Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with an organization with expertise in the supplemental nutrition assistance program incentive programs, including—</text>
<clause id="H4DDAEA61B16E47C68F84FE41ED5A3500"><enum>(i)</enum><text>nongovernmental organizations;</text> </clause><clause id="H24326FB66AEF4BBBAC58DBAACB5E4572"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>State cooperative extension services;</text>
</clause><clause id="H46885AB12E2A456586F740D37B4CB14D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>regional food system centers;</text> </clause><clause id="H5E32B112AC3F4D2D927704A54E1D769F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Federal and State agencies;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDBC816DC77A24F36BA7DA2EA4CEE5D6F"><enum>(v)</enum><text>public, private, and land-grant colleges and universities; and</text> </clause><clause id="HDF534B6980D0411E8D59CE53F425B7D7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>other appropriate entities as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H65149DD446AA46D5BAB3BF540CF7CC20"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Funding limitation</header><text>Of the funds made available under subsection (c), the Secretary may use to carry out this paragraph not more than—</text>
<clause id="HE92CF33863E145AC89A3779566E6BC16"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$2,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 and 2020, and</text> </clause><clause id="H9B3DB78D6C6248FBB4CD8BE7AC8F0B36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$1,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF16CE06119AB424799FBD0F1DB3AABEC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBAABA327E02645A99E07C5D5E08CF95F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE63711770CB546BD9F502AE1EE0B046D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HB9BACBF223454EAA9A44FFF4B2735DCF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1DE2CE101C214155A24B8DE63A3981FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>;</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause id="H088487C7A918488A9AAEAD1A65CB6510"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76FE76CF69DE453F8E9464DE97B02704" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HC5E3109CC1914B2B9937884164DAAD70"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$45,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2D7517A7795444039827F6FD58B752CE"><enum>(E)</enum><text>$50,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDDE17C3907EA4361A6C6768EEFF5A974"><enum>(F)</enum><text>$55,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H704E56285EC84AB7BAC6023D2B369CC4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3359080A025D4C52B64D2DFF68064DFA"><enum>(H)</enum><text>$65,000,000 for fiscal year 2023 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H973643BAC64C4A51A1E4E25CF287D963"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of contents of Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 is amended by striking the item relating to section 4405 by inserting the following:</text>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 4405. Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive program.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC4FE5DCCEA5E4C6A8537E7BD93AAE843"><enum>4004.</enum><header>Re-evaluation of thrifty food plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(u) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(u)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the 1st sentence the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC6C9FF1A807E452198EFEFD99739CBD2" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">By 2022 and at 5-year intervals thereafter, the Secretary shall re-evaluate and publish the market
baskets of the thrifty food plan based on current food prices, food
composition data, and consumption patterns.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H14EBA64BBE5542EF89CE218B2AC59A71"><enum>4005.</enum><header>Food distribution programs on Indian reservations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2013">7 U.S.C. 2013(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCB307129C572465D89FEA5986F6BC0B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3AF0B2D01BC040EA8E2F0CDC7D21B293"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">locally-grown</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">locally- and regionally-grown</header-in-text></quote>,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H403941857E0C4994A479082300F1AE53"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>locally-grown</quote> and inserting <quote>locally- and regionally-grown</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92AB6E2FBF3D45A3B88DA45A1F87233A"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text> <clause id="H8672E8BB95D74E26A2DF62F963A2CEAC"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">locally grown</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">locally- and regionally-grown</header-in-text></quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H82CD2D31E442487EAE5F6D0374269EE6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>locally-grown</quote> and inserting <quote>locally- and regionally-grown</quote>,</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2EABABA9BF44DD982E1F0AE8839FC98"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H75EE4C8E7BB34D1EA750019D2C27FADE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9F433DF019504E099E25E6AC37C36B20"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Purchase of foods</header><text>In carrying out this paragraph, the Secretary shall purchase or offer to purchase those traditional foods that may be procured cost-effectively.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8C9CBF7B78A3481890238165D56000E3"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (E), and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H21042FA9C823427E940579740C4B3154"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text>
<clause id="H0341CE8B7A814C70B73196134C92719B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(F)</quote> and inserting <quote>(E)</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause id="HD0F27EAD8BE44D6C84D620EC6E663AA6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>, and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBEA14563B1E9443D95D7B449D4E62D9F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96CCF8CEDAAC4C30947DD94269EC13CE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HF6639589673F40A688815D91B2EEBF36"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Funds availability</header><text>Funds made available for a fiscal year to carry out this subsection shall remain available for obligation for a period of 2 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDF5943CF86B449C08D86BBDC4C1BFCB9"><enum>4006.</enum><header>Update to categorical eligibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H774555F91B9A4A5F871DE3EC583CD136"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the 2d sentence of subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF04EAE70F9744679759A2488DA9DCE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>receives benefits</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) receives cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services</quote>,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CB9A81C948A44158C01F158AE777556"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>supplemental security</quote> and inserting <quote>with an income eligibility limit of not more than 130 percent of the poverty line as defined in section 5(c)(1), (2) is elderly or disabled and receives cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) with an income eligibility limit of not more than 200 percent of the poverty line as defined in section 5(c)(1), (3) receives supplemental security</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H64512DF2D3DA48DA9817ECE7E7955650"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or aid</quote> and inserting <quote>or (4) receives aid </quote>, and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5138D21DEDD24DCAB18D78906D7A003B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCD9742B8F62A42D697DDBD56E8FB61ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or who receives benefits</quote> and inserting <quote>cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services</quote> and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H932F52CFDC8340BEB626B5DEC743D6A4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>to have</quote> and inserting <quote>with an income eligibility limit of not more than 130 percent of the poverty line as defined in section 5(c)(1), or who is elderly or disabled and receives cash assistance or ongoing and substantial services under a State program funded under part A of title IV of the Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/601">42 U.S.C. 601</external-xref> et seq.) with an income eligibility limit of not more than 200 percent of the poverty line as defined in section 5(c)(1), to have</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H7890449ACFA3449CBDEEAFF881E5FF41"><enum>4007.</enum><header>Basic allowance for housing</header>
<subsection id="HA5EE2564CEF84D0BAF6260C7D4C4A7CE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exclusion of basic allowance for housing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7420471D985E408382582E657E7B9E37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (18) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4BFF224F2FB6422FB4B0838C7F55E00D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (19)(B) by striking the period and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4771A3D527154BF685BEDE1ED4732D41"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HF934D37ECB29454CB41BE0F2C7EF76CC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBCBE53A9FA9545D4A0D7B9F4CD8E19A9"><enum>(20)</enum><text>the value of an allowance received under section 403 of title 37 of the United States Code that does not exceed $500 monthly.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC50FDEFADC8C4B20A1F216BBE0894DF9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Update to excess shelter expense deduction</header><text>Section 5(e)(6)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5CA02895D534662B1EEA15A3F69A543" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">, except that for a household that receives the allowance under section 403 of title 37, United
States Code, only the expenses in excess of that allowance shall be
counted towards a household’s expenses for the calculation of the excess
shelter deduction</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H1CF6414CB3F449CDBD1C8A31374465B1"><enum>4008.</enum><header>Earned income deduction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(e)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>20</quote> and inserting <quote>22</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA33719B2BF12493ABB285EF848CC8B20" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4009.</enum><header>Simplified homeless housing costs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(e)(6)(D) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(D)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H042736B5ADBF42FFB732711F885E2FDC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFD2789681E44936874EAD64DE970F91"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA951B84ABE9F4140AA4E9C0047D2FFA6" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HD68547F3EF234583BA2406CBBAF8BC13"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Alternative deduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State agency shall allow a deduction of $143 a month for households—</text>
<subclause id="H1B301A87EA6348A6A608C19611649378"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in which all members are homeless individuals;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0F347C1375094417939292F3DB8A33FA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>that are not receiving free shelter throughout the month; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCD83D2B9BD8746A49BD2A127D0DE29BA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>that do not opt to claim an excess shelter expense deduction under subparagraph (A).</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H5D2DDA9FB5194AA5B325E23822B2BF63"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For fiscal year 2019 and each subsequent fiscal year the amount of the homeless shelter deduction specified in clause (i) shall be adjusted to reflect changes for the 12-month period ending the preceding November 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HEB07200F5D5A4F9591E7B4A6E2213D5F"><enum>4010.</enum><header>Availability of standard utility allowances based on receipt of energy assistance</header>
<subsection id="HB199BB503E7A4D65BF3915E90B06DF14"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance to recipients of energy assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H29339E80E78748D797DE37672EF9D5AB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standard utility allowance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of the of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting “with an elderly member” after “households”.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCC618032B54F42419C7E13581836FB55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act is amended by inserting <quote>received by a household with an elderly member</quote> before <quote>, consistent with section 5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF9EEE03F12AD44C99BC8E05F6A3AC68C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Third-party energy assistance payments</header><text>Section 5(k)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(k)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H90A84733BED94848B7047C7DD14EFD7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>without an elderly member</quote> after <quote>household</quote> the 1st place it appears; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD55F65FE8886465798A2EF5573C76FA9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by inserting <quote>with an elderly member</quote> after <quote>household</quote> the 1st place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H489A51CCBB5646AFBA87535BE3260177"><enum>4011.</enum><header>Child support; cooperation with child support agencies</header>
<subsection id="H0741848349E04D10A9BBDAC1EDD7988B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Deductions for child support payments</header>
<paragraph id="HDD46FCC2D98341FFAA479D8382A84D35"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 5(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HD736C8EC26FB4EE6B386536DC70435AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4), and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H309DE8E99F5748AD92ED9907DE921691"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD18DA6BD36345E09B7A8F54C5D26DE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA6D2C746085C4AE8AF98E72AD70AA889"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(4)(B) by striking <quote>(e)(6)</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(5)</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88CE117FF3824857B9D6E08E447A19BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (n) by striking <quote>Regardless of whether a State agency elects to provide a deduction under subsection (e)(4), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF4B01A7EB964F6E8484331B6AA1061C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Cooperation With Child Support Agencies</header>
<paragraph id="HE67CB855FF1A41129701E9BCB3A37236"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C503BE430CE43BD8E6933025E53B504"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(1) by striking <quote>At the option of a State agency, subject</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4D78ADDCB84148D0B99788A3D550F1B0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (m)(1) by striking <quote>At the option of a State agency, subject</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DD950E2C08842ACADBBB3F9878B98D2"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (n).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H671F80D7EF6348CBAFE67B537FBA5F25"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and (r)</quote> and inserting <quote>and (p)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HC21BD61E211E4C579600DB9F680CF96A"><enum>4012.</enum><header>Adjustment to asset limitations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(g)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF98B1DFDC5644318881CB97B0956EE10"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC1D636E1D2EE4567AA2D7E749DC86983"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$2,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$7,000</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55C52B8B54B64E0F8334E152A200C715"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>$3,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$12,000</quote>, and—</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC01C458835E64353818B771500DB58C1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>2008</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7760EBEC8EF04DE28157C4D6675D9D64" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4013.</enum><header>Updated vehicle allowance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6D657C545A7A4AF2B06EB7882C9D0E30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4B2017D0EC240B6B2F4D5DB40A56934"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(i) <header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">In general.—</header-in-text>Beginning</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD2A5829BD23B4C12895B38AE5000D513" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H27D248E46F354546A0A3EEDDA77A3E6D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header> <subclause id="HECFAE5488FD14913A837606F2F335F7A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAFAB08B3C7D34DCDB8D8EDBB705AA85B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0A88CF9808841FAA853B29A6982D40E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause id="HD40AE0D3AB0B44E7B9AB8D8528F3F1EE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on October 1, 2019, and each October 1 thereafter, the amount specified in paragraph (2)(B)(iv) shall be adjusted in the manner described in subclause (I).</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H779AEC56191B4546A10215BC5268DE02"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF75D5D56BC614C18938C028FC899741B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B)(iv) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C668CBA4AEB4D819D56A3407B606ECD" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="H9407AB6FA7004C138743F3EEB4D82EBA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>subject to subparagraph (C), with respect to any licensed vehicle that is used for household transportation or to obtain or continue employment—</text>
<subclause id="HC81FC50B26FE4C93870C169F39514353"><enum>(I)</enum><text>1 vehicle for each licensed driver who is a member of such household to the extent that the fair market value of the vehicle exceeds $12,000; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF2C4D732483D462481E992FAD0E02D64"><enum>(II)</enum><text>each additional vehicle; and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H12B1E08557624F5D906D9C1E4DCDB1CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H1ED0730C671B47B78EE2BE035EE3FC95"><enum>4014.</enum><header>Savings excluded from assets</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(g) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(g)</external-xref>), as amended by section 4013, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H86AFDD3207C4408EA42BDFF8BFE84A37"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(i) by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4AE055CF84B43DCAA1A4284AE7867FC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause id="H968C13100A324C3B8F2073F56A6E1AB1"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on October 1, 2019, and each October 1 thereafter, the amount specified in paragraph (2)(B)(v) shall be adjusted in the manner described in subclause (I).</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A62B142CBC6448085BAEA23340A6D13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B)(v) by inserting <quote>to the extent that the value exceeds $2,000</quote> after <quote>account</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81110418FA3F47CC8C72718CDB1711F0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4015.</enum><header>Workforce solutions</header> <subsection id="HDB0587755F0B4F1DB1563D170A8C5CF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Conditions of participation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE9894B6BB9C54E7986F653A22BCA6636"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H31C4DE38899A483A90AA3C4AE964BE6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="H05CFA9E021BB44E48700DA8F01E3FFDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>No</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to subparagraph (C), no</quote>,</text> </clause><clause id="HBFB3D754C14C41CEB728921CD5506DB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>over the age of 15 and under the age of 60</quote> and inserting <quote>at least 18 years of age and less than 60 years of age</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="H2C5AE181804E4067A441A262F0E5B7C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H449316152EBF415293E54F7F43C5CE4D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H338BE4CB7B9D49C58B571E88EFC99C24"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">without good cause, fails to work or refuses to participate in either an employment and training program established in paragraph (4), a work program, or any combination of work, an employment and training program, or work program—</text>
<subclause id="H7FE43AF46616475DB54641ACEE13467C"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a minimum of 20 hours per week, averaged monthly in fiscal years 2021 through 2025; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA2AA2341138741B683462102B65F664E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a minimum of 25 hours per week, averaged monthly in fiscal years 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter;</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H71622D7703014C50827A77AED3A15FDD"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking clauses (ii) and (vi),</text> </clause><clause id="HD6C24C04319A46F59FB0BA44556C379D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in clause (iv) by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end,</text>
</clause><clause id="H014F81C0FC704841B746DE6A4CBA0998"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in clause (v)(II) by striking <quote>30 hours per week; or</quote> and inserting <quote>the hourly requirements applicable under paragraph (1)(B)(i).</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause id="HD9AAFA93E8064609BE43901C144C4321"><enum>(vii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating clauses (iii), (iv), and (v) as clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv), respectively,</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC462C12E4B5405DABE5EDD1C198D006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B),</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91C9340DAD7B4780874FD3FE6856C861"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE36C84E2A01744E4AB33F9925DC235B4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4F9B0B736E894D318E3F802EDCFD5390"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) shall not apply to an individual during the first month that individual would otherwise become subject to subparagraph (B) and be found in noncompliance with such subparagraph.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7DAB2F44A864C8FA9A1149325606C84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text> <clause id="HEFAF9AFDDD6242C38445E4D3D2DBE560"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii)(I) by striking <quote>(A)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>(B)</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="HED2CAB53925B4184960AD6EAB5BA546F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iv) by striking <quote>(A)(v)</quote>and inserting <quote>(B)(iv)</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause id="H6E15F57816D2420399CD16ACD7A39BFD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking clauses (v) and (vi),</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5F919A571D204ABAB656E04D25894A1D"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (I), respectively,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7548040D7E8F47C9B2752B8202BBE432"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting before subparagraph (B), as so redesignated, the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H531DE5317EA1494D9D82369B7A0B7085" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H12355409B7FA4B5DA30292AE9D6C0CF5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of work program</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>work program</term> means—</text> <clause id="HB6B681C819DD42119A61DE16C588B046"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a program under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="H84F3C9EDBBE74241AC9C03F57A075CAF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a program under section 236 of the Trade Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/19/2296">19 U.S.C. 2296</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><clause id="H33B46F5C40664C668F80C82AB90FC5EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a program of employment and training operated or supervised by a State or political subdivision of a State that meets standards approved by the chief executive officer of the State and the Secretary, other than a program under paragraph (4).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6CECF3123EC468D896CCABA7E4083F8"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H934F37A2C3FB4B99980E939A5B5C9991" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H9588F8FB72E74C0DB410A272062D78C8"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Transition period</header><text>During each of the fiscal years 2019 and 2020, States shall continue to implement and enforce the work and employment and training program requirements consistent with this subsection, subsection (e), subsection (o) excluding paragraph (6)(F), section 7(i), section 11(e)(19), and section 16 (excluding subparagraphs (A), (B), (D), and (C) of subsection (h)(1)) as those provisions were in effect on the day before the effective date of this subparagraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9EADF374BAED46828B1CDB3FC5D107AD"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Ineligibility</header>
<clause id="HE67091C19F4643A6B4858928AF05F2FB"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Notification of failure to meet work requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The State agency shall issue a notice of adverse action to an individual not later than 10 days after the State agency determines that the individual has failed to meet the requirements applicable under subparagraph (B).</text>
</clause><clause id="H6DE803A1F8D64E8792D3F723033B332E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>First violation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1st time an individual receives a notice of adverse action issued under clause (i), the individual shall remain ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program until—</text>
<subclause id="HA30891E44942463FABE88D2347A736B8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the date that is 12 months after the date the individual became ineligible;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HADF83619938141C8872FECC1A108ADBC"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date the individual obtains employment sufficient to meet the hourly requirements applicable under subparagraph (B)(i); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBD9CEE14256646649F7FD456E2FAABFE"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the date that the individual is no longer subject to the requirements of subparagraph (B);</text> </subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">whichever is earliest.</continuation-text></clause><clause id="H87D7C081D6E445998C4B20471361D310"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Second or subsequent violation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 2d or subsequent time an individual receives a notice of adverse action issued under clause (i), the individual shall remain ineligible to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program until—</text>
<subclause id="H3452D0ACADA54423A1758431A9AA2549"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the date that is 36 months after the date the individual became ineligible;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H111E6906399A42A789741EC5DB2F7A80"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the date the individual obtains employment sufficient to meet the hourly requirements applicable under subparagraph (B)(i); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA516768E439A4D379989DCA698BBB036"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the date the individual is no longer subject to the requirements of subparagraph (B);</text> </subclause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="clause">whichever is earliest.</continuation-text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9B3C41A53094826A7441B351FF1929B"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Waiver</header> <clause id="HF90545582F6643D4B5FEB6F1700DC9A0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>On the request of a State agency, the Secretary may waive the applicability of subparagraph (B) to individuals in the State if the Secretary makes a determination that the area in which the individuals reside—</text>
<subclause id="H1D58EFFE113D42F2B8A00C51B9BE9BEF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has an unemployment rate of over 10 percent;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5EABF699242B4C3A9268D00291125922"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is designated as a Labor Surplus Area by the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor for the current fiscal year based on the criteria for exceptional circumstances as described in section 654.5 of title 20 of the Code of Federal Regulations;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6952B2B075144630880E22AF87D1592D"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has a 24-month average unemployment rate 20 percent or higher than the national average for the same 24-month period unless the 24-month average unemployment rate of the area is less than 6 percent, except that the 24-month period shall begin no earlier than the 24-month period the Employment and Training Administration of the Department of Labor uses to designate Labor Surplus Areas for the current fiscal year; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H71EA4202B8B44E62A2DD42EEE31EDA87"><enum>(IV)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is in a State—</text> <item id="HA6AC8050930C4E13BF03C05E29EF7222"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is in an extended benefit period (within the meaning of section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970); or</text>
</item><item id="H8B70C893FD5E4F7497CCE08BC6F9FEB4"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in which temporary or emergency unemployment compensation is being provided under any Federal law.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause id="H7729803839C5421C8EE3B00037688E41"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Jurisdictions with limited data</header><text>In carrying out clause (i), in the case of a jurisdiction for which Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment data is limited or unavailable, such as an Indian Reservation or a territory of the United States, a State may support its request based on other economic indicators as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="H1CE6091B52114EB9A0B72FD75A71850D"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limit on combining jurisdictions</header><text>In carrying out clause (i), the Secretary may waive the applicability of subparagraph (B) only to a State or individual jurisdictions within a State, except in the case of combined jurisdictions that are designated as Labor Market Areas by the Department of Labor.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE18B5AF681444207AE6C07E0584A51ED"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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, and shall make available to the public, an annual report on the basis for granting a waiver under clause (i).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DFFB63100194CABA04D3DCF75988F33"><enum>(G)</enum><header>15-percent exemption</header>
<clause id="HB3C3FA62D26B48228B0A3B97A0E9949F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subparagraph:</text> <subclause id="H1709ABE30D2B41E9ABA43DBAE6080EDE"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Caseload</header><text>The term <term>caseload</term> means the average monthly number of individuals receiving supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits during the 12-month period ending the preceding June 30.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8934B845AE184118871AEF169A889037"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Covered individual</header><text>The term <term>covered individual</term> means a member of a household that receives supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, or an individual denied eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits solely due to the applicability of subparagraph (B), who—</text>
<item id="H61369041134F43A6807E99EE115AF205"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>is not eligible for an exception under paragraph (2);</text> </item><item id="H2D94BB3A9A714B9183B9D1358F5ADAFF"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>does not reside in an area covered by a waiver granted under subparagraph (F); and</text>
</item><item id="H6AB792670B2548598A0C663062363D70"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not complying with subparagraph (B).</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause id="H7348E933025842A2A42B8B179C890AFE"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>General rule</header><text>Subject to clauses (iii) through (v), a State agency may provide an exemption from the requirements of subparagraph (B) for covered individuals.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0C971A901A8148AF9B29636BFA571B2B"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2021 and thereafter</header><text>Subject to clauses (iv) and (v), for fiscal year 2021 and each subsequent fiscal year, a State agency may provide a number of exemptions such that the average monthly number of the exemptions in effect during the fiscal year does not exceed 15 percent of the number of covered individuals in the State in fiscal year 2019, as estimated by the Secretary, based on the survey conducted to carry out section 16(c) for the most recent fiscal year and such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate due to the timing and limitations of the survey.</text>
</clause><clause id="H809417250D6F4B51804FAD8CEADE3168"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Caseload adjustments</header><text>The Secretary shall adjust the number of individuals estimated for a State under clause (iii) during a fiscal year if the number of members of households that receive supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in the State varies from the State’s caseload by more than 10 percent, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</clause><clause id="HEAF250EA4F854D2E807A050EB09C67B9"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header>
<subclause id="H6FA91694E1D64A6E841DD3440CC22437"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Reports by State agencies</header><text>A State agency shall submit such reports to the Secretary as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure compliance with this paragraph.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H929CBB3CD37F466995C7E9BCB002D745"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Annual report by the Secretary</header><text>The Secretary shall annually compile and submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, and shall make available to the public, an annual report that contains the reports submitted under subclause (I) by State agencies.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F9F027900544E458FD16A3C663216A5"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Other program rules</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection shall make an individual eligible for benefits under this Act if the individual is not otherwise eligible for benefits under the other provisions of this Act.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H15205B010F6543D59569D7384D7AF424"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H03DA0D3DF46A449CB31B4E2F44B64C66"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence—</text>
<clause id="H182CF52898114083BC428A1423E9539D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (1)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)(B)</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause id="H2E166B831AA846D8B2C2E35B3B73C2AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>(E)</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end, and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC52499BDF084E17BDD3E34573184635" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">(E) receiving weekly earnings which equal the minimum hourly rate under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)</external-xref>), multiplied by the
hourly requirement as specified in subparagraph (B); (F) medically
certified as mentally or physically unfit for employment; or (G) a
pregnant woman.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFEC9F4E1B0974389AC152AE77C3EACE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the last sentence,</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3DC7ACA43D264FADAE94E217D243E875"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>registration requirements</quote> and inserting <quote>requirement</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0205AEBFEC04B36AA29C3B34812B1A3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C441FB6EDF14A2D8BAB69D9164D638D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<clause id="HB427EDE9E01643DA83C4CD4215CE3EA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii), and</text> </clause><clause id="HB88A38DEA1514764A75383AD6BA45074"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (i) the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A10D8F69C274A338030962238FB90B9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="HD70C03AB687D43F98B22A85E2D0DBA6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Mandatory minimum services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State agency shall offer employment and training program services sufficient for all individuals subject to the requirements of paragraph (1)(B)(i) who are not currently ineligible pursuant to paragraph (1)(E), exempt pursuant to subparagraphs (F) and (G) or paragraph (2) of subsection (d), and for all individuals covered by paragraph (1)(C), to meet the hourly requirements specified in paragraph (1)(B)(i) to the extent that such requirements will not be satisfied by hours of work or participation in a work program.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0505EC7C42CF44A48C5B613028AE8EEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="HDE48BCAB03FA485BBDE920609ADC9166"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting after <quote>contains</quote> the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6AF40EA8FF13416881DB2C16A5C09013" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<quoted-block-continuation-text indent="up2" quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">case management services consisting of comprehensive intake assessments, individualized service
plans, progress monitoring, and coordination with service providers, and</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H2F2AD272EA324EE3B8E80DDF0E0142A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3E5750CE70D44BB84EC31B120CB4653" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HE9C3DB2C9A0C40B6BC1D13A3FFE32AD0" indent="up2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supervised job search programs that occur at State-approved locations in which the activities of participants shall be directly supervised and the timing and activities of participants tracked in accordance with guidelines set forth by the State.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HF3210898EC814D74A8F962F1358438EE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii) by striking <quote>jobs skills assessments, job finding clubs, training in techniques for</quote> and inserting <quote>employability assessments, training in techniques to increase</quote>,</text> </clause><clause id="H8B5FD5D39A254F1BB09BB10C764D84A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking clause (iii),</text>
</clause><clause id="H523314F132064346A368C696B18C873B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>in clause (iv) in the 1st sentence by inserting <quote>, including subsidized employment, apprenticeships, and unpaid or volunteer work that is limited to 6 months out of a 12-month period</quote> before the period at the end,</text>
</clause><clause id="H7AD68D25E7A44E72B70C28F721A9435B"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>in clause (v) by inserting <quote>, including family literacy and financial literacy,</quote> after <quote>literacy</quote>,</text> </clause><clause id="H3AB97906DBA346528C2AD0325498FE8A"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>in clause (vii) by striking <quote>not more than</quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5EB39D80F9C74B91BE882A3AB807A6FD"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iv) through (viii) as clauses (iii) through (vii), respectively,</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46249FC2A28C478F901E44C08C062395"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (D), (E), and (F), and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD403B6BF6AE54CB4B86E78FD1B00F0FC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H817D022E2E5247ECA7EECA0435EFADD3" indent="up2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State agency shall establish requirements for participation by non-exempt individuals in the employment and training program components listed in clauses (i) through (vii) of subparagraph (B). Such requirements may vary among participants.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDC81EFCDA19A45D59AE6F14546194BF8"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subparagraph (H) by striking <quote>(B)(v)</quote> and inserting <quote>(B)(iv)</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H514BF08AF59549EC9DFA477BB104A090"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (G) through (M) as subparagraphs (E) through (K), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7210BBE0864443F39579855A0B5A6824"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H68F6D1BBC9C4430BA49300D74F71278D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments to the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5(d)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(d)(14)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>6(d)(4)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(4)(G)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD947EF0504B1436C873B1F1227FACB9A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendment to other laws</header>
<subparagraph id="HE9BBC5DCB117464EB056BB30FED43779"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Internal Revenue Code of 1986</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/51">Section 51(d)(8)(A)(ii)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/51">26 U.S.C. 51(d)(8)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H8954193D32134AD9B592563009790098"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (I) by striking <quote>, or</quote> and inserting a period,</text> </clause><clause id="H52ABF55699BC43D1ADD0FEC0CB462925"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>family—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(I) receiving</quote> and inserting <quote>family receiving</quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAC9FA314D80645E88C580EE28416047E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subclause (II).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H415D2DCCAD4E4E4C81D48E413E50130A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/128">Public Law 113–128</external-xref>; 128 Stat. 1425) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H2297013A67B9403C85AE055FE6B5D5C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in section 103(a)(2) by striking subparagraph (D), and</text> </clause><clause id="H8AAA5A22105B46FB9DE0194FC16ED793"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in section 121(b)(2)(B) by striking clause (iv).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3BEB8B8A3FFA42388FE513F20309CF43"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Related requirements</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H44E468126AA04F0BACF83B7F5A82FCC6"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)(5)(A) by inserting <quote>or of an incapacitated person</quote> after <quote>6</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BD7E91F74AE43EC8E32BA360974D258"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (o).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H67112EE4378F49C5BD9B830DE4E9739C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0317C551D2764B38A257DBD91E5D4742"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 6, as amended by section 4011 and subsection (c), by redesignating subsections (p) through (s) as subparagraphs (n) through (q), respectively, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD22AC7E019E844918718B666A85E8480"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 7(i)(1) by striking <quote>6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(d)(1)(B)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0C872D5172594134A283B8436144591F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>State plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11(e)(19) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(19)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>geographic areas and households to be covered under such program, and the basis, including any cost information,</quote> and inserting <quote>extent to which such programs will be carried out in coordination with the activities carried out under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the plan for meeting the minimum services requirement under section 6(d)(4)(A)(ii) including any cost information, and the basis</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26660C802B4A45738FD16629945CD75B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding of Employment and Training Programs</header><text>Section 16(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF5BEF1659AFD485AA178B150AB51F3A2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF19F0C1703854C3A9389FD8EA29E757D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>$90,000,000</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CEA428E181743B1A00087CF60787D35" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text indent="subparagraph" quoted-block-continuation-text-level="subparagraph">under section 18(a)(1)—</quoted-block-continuation-text><clause id="H1B64B6A0EDDB488DA9A2720A4F2E9DCA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>$90,000,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text>
</clause><clause id="H10B2986EF7D5497691EBA2FF7C0B2084"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$250,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and</text> </clause><clause id="HBF9EDABF898542AD99FE030322629A70"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>$1,000,000,000 for each fiscal year thereafter.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H702F649749F24961A1D8C7BC85720A0A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (B)(ii) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57546CF75CA144DA8154549FA650346D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H516921CF4FEA47D78502F55EB04CD5D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>takes into account—</text>
<subclause id="HF0744DE294254600AFCC119C85F1FBBC"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for fiscal years 2019 and 2020, the number of individuals who are not exempt from the work requirement under section 6(o) as that section existed on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HB4D21A91C570485AA1677182B7306513"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for fiscal years 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the number of individuals who are not exempt from the requirements under section 6(d)(1)(B).</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA74B9682BDF94F0986D884C468DC3E75"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D) by striking <quote>$50,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$100,000</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2F28FDE9563C419A834599D345D9D385"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (E) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF27F050FD8714C389FE09FAEE376F3D4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H3C58C07E1F724BDC8DFB73D98EB3098B"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under this paragraph for fiscal year 2021 and for each fiscal year thereafter, not more than $150,000,000 shall be reserved for allocation to States to provide training services by eligible providers identified under section 122 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act for participants in the supplemental nutrition assistance program to meet the hourly requirements under section 6(d)(1)(B) of this Act.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEBF4FADF7BC34E748C0897A39FF5027B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(C)—</text> <subparagraph id="H019C5CEE31F2481DB7FE396F1B2EA87B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii) by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A270EF7873C4D05AF8392CCD49E84CC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii) by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a period, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38B7C1CB3DF04B33B3EEF8593E8EC1D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0406BCDE71FE488DB9567147F1A7D656"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Work supplementation or work support program</header>
<paragraph id="HC84198881A054C95B02A0D5942DBD046"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repealer</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(b)</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5B4B959BF27141F2A1A3CABA1D67565C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 5(e)(2)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04BFBD537E444053A92DB97FA41B96A7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H16659EAE5C0D49BCA6D18DA5F423A2E5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definition of earned income</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term ‘‘earned income’’ does not include income excluded by subsection (d).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB83DE0F776EE447B8E5B23D900D8CA8D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Workfare</header> <paragraph id="H7895C09AC5B14BD0B0706CB9C5837B70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repealer</header><text>Section 20 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2029">7 U.S.C. 2029</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H038C3D17D0E041F0AB0A708E65CF8323"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC06CA23918574DFC80D744A25F4FA059"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 16(h)—</text>
<clause id="HCE72BB8E7F0946D7B89FE4394191F8F9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(F)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H457865AEAD68479B9A6496B6141D4E1B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in clause (i)—</text>
<item commented="no" id="HCF3EE6B08E544564BEE100CF95664AE3"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (I) by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>this Act</quote>, and</text> </item><item commented="no" id="H47E6E69AA2A04A6A897D13EBBEA40244"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (II)(bb) by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>)</quote> before the period at the end,</text>
</item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H1D7AE7FAC5414619B3BA2F27374878A4"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text> <item commented="no" id="H9615E233B6A745959182C1B37A4AE43E"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in subclause (II)(cc) by inserting <quote>(as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>)</quote> after <quote>20</quote>, and</text>
</item><item commented="no" id="H1020062CD86340CDAEF49E5A578F1A35"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (III)(ee)(AA) by inserting <quote>as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote> after <quote>6(o)</quote>, and</text> </item></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H5DA08D68BF6E48B6B3B537601FCF1E05"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (vi)(I) by inserting <quote>as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote> after <quote>6(d)</quote>, and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H095F8BB95B6743BCA4973BCE8D1A14C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3) by striking <quote>under section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)</quote> and inserting <quote>for dependent care expenses under section 6(d)(4)</quote>, and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H55528598AE484FD3A8B78A59FB7E4909"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 17(b)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H2E99D4360F564EB8AE212367EDA27FDE"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III)(jj) by inserting <quote>as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote> after <quote>20</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HF172DF5AB70C4F999E63FB995EEB5153"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE0A2A5C1E1654B1089EB0EF3AB653AE1"><enum>4016.</enum><header>Modernization of electronic benefit transfer regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(h)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H98CC4BD633CB4FB4BFED8E183BF72732"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence by inserting <quote>and shall periodically review such regulations and modify such regulations to take into account evolving technology and comparable industry standards</quote> before the period at the end, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6AE10419089743D586F493C48E77689A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0A5BB6B2379448E3B69626115CA3FF1D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(C)(i)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>abuse; and</quote>, by inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H41BE1BEDEBD442D5A628F2B55D732BF1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H454E31B86B934085B27CA7741623AF30" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0B4488350782441D9450B72B79689F8B"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">risk-based measures to maximize the security of a system using the most effective technology available that the State agency considers appropriate and cost effective including consideration of recipient access and ease of use and which may include personal identification numbers, photographic identification on electronic benefit transfer cards, alternatives for securing transactions, and other measures to protect against fraud and abuse; and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDBF93B1AAD014DF4B065B23EB4548B4C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by moving the left margin of clause (ii) 4 ems to the left.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H5F981C81505641FFA0B97D258ECDF3D3"><enum>4017.</enum><header>Mobile technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(h)(14) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14)</external-xref> is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7700FCA1077B41A88732D7AA26C076BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H910E075F0ACB482889A3446E28F50751" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HEE5BCC988CCB4CD3B7CAF67641BFCFCF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall authorize the use of mobile technologies for the purpose of accessing supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCD40F753225C4431BE843C6648BAE4BF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H1822450817464BF08F63936DF7DB68CF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">Demonstration projects on access of benefits through mobile technologies</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22C5BF3E13894DA78870FDEEB7B06DF7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H02F4587D806E4710B4C20D76EBB2615E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H7237E351747745F0866F718511C9DD64"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Demonstration Projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before authorizing implementation of subparagraph (A) in all States, the Secretary shall approve not more than 5 demonstration project proposals submitted by State agencies that will pilot the use of mobile technologies for supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits access.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98F2822B12AF4D8D912C9970B3BC3FA9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <clause id="HF588FBE5990448239FBA1F875792B9CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Demonstration projects</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC">Project Requirements</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="HCBB013C1EBFB4049916117B5F4D02428"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>retail food store</quote> the first place it appears and inserting <quote>State agency</quote>,</text> </clause><clause id="HBB6D750DCA484B9D80B7E102442E8F34"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>includes</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="HFEB0EA27492D4BCAA32E91A4FEF4E9E8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking subclauses (I), (II), (III), and (IV), and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC695DCA9A2A449C882068E13CCE639F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause id="HF0B2E103CECB4B2FB1F5718117BEAEB3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>provides recipient protections regarding privacy, ease of use, household access to benefits, and support similar to the protections provided under existing methods;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0DA3D168F2BD4E66967FF2616AE2E13B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures that all recipients, including those without access to mobile payment technology and those who shop across State borders, have a means of benefit access;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H6075E212D4164ED49D0459B460A458F0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>requires retail food stores, unless exempt under section 7(f)(2)(B), to bear the costs of acquiring and arranging for the implementation of point-of-sale equipment and supplies for the redemption of benefits that are accessed through mobile technologies, including any fees not described in paragraph (13);</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC622EA1D5E074DA3B069D87FF65B4069"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>requires that foods purchased with benefits issued under this section through mobile technologies are purchased at a price not higher than the price of the same food purchased by other methods used by the retail food store, as determined by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCEEF975FEF6C434A99BD553925A6239E"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensures adequate documentation for each authorized transaction, adequate security measures to deter fraud, and adequate access to retail food stores that accept benefits accessed through mobile technologies, as determined by the Secretary;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7ED48D3935004799B3816B119FA6D0FC"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides for an evaluation of the demonstration project, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of household access to benefits; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HA9B10B2B17164122B75713D3130CDF75"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>meets other criteria as established by the Secretary.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FBBBD9EE4574BD3AE06770721721E43"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F2CFAC16A274989B0AA368A9739BAF5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="HF224B38062A24DF6A35CAE9576141FAF"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Date of project approval</header><text>The Secretary shall solicit and approve the qualifying demonstration projects required under subparagraph (B)(i) not later than January 1, 2020.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H209340EE5BD64BB6BF8700898A00BC64"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H956240A7A2B14B64AC8888232EC38DF7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H1740F58CA0894157B4F6DC716E2BE4D8"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>The Secretary may prioritize demonstration project proposals that would—</text>
<subclause id="H8600397DDD534DECA557B8818C0A2FAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>reduce fraud;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H93A6E86F238C45ADB7D9D2E0875C9C27"><enum>(II)</enum><text>encourage positive nutritional outcomes; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H47D6C1ADEBF0466B9E4A245B30525CEC"><enum>(III)</enum><text>meet such other criteria as determined by the Secretary.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB796C7E5D5D41A8BF572936234A0017"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(i)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5C677CF24E4943979E9EF3EEBC5ED8F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2022</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF41AEE9D90F54C819A01DBDA37DAF5A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>requires further study by way of an extended pilot period or</quote> after <quote>States</quote> the 2d place it appears .</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H71F419BB25FB4B5E9F4CD8F11F2843C2"><enum>4018.</enum><header>Processing fees</header>
<subsection id="HAC17F07A8E824D3E877D3BB78A54EDAB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(h)(13) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(13)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C0C073882554ADCB63B4E43E3EFB5F4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H09488DBD56D14F04AF10EF3CC009902C"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No interchange fees shall apply to electronic benefit transfer transactions under this subsection. Neither a State, nor any agent, contractor, or subcontractor of a State who facilitates the provision of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits in such State may impose a fee for switching or routing such benefits.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF488C012229A45F4849644364F9734FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(j)(1)(H) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H20D358E5450B4C51BE70E9D037629EEF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HF7A4F2F6CC8741FC807C2FEC7B76A1FD"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Switching</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘’switching’’ means the routing of an intrastate or interstate transaction that consists of transmitting the details of a transaction electronically recorded through the use of an electronic benefit transfer card in one State to the issuer of the card that may be in the same or different State.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HBDE374C08EF24A97B79B2F6687448F09"><enum>4019.</enum><header>Replacement of EBT cards</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(h)(8)(B)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(8)(B)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>an excessive number of lost cards</quote> and inserting <quote>2 lost cards in a 12-month period</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF7EF4690B99543768043107F15E184DC"><enum>4020.</enum><header>Benefit recovery</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(h)(12) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(12)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC51716D76D44417B956C96F46B7067FE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A) by inserting <quote>, or due to the death of all members of the household</quote> after <quote>inactivity</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H578FE89AF011466FB35AFC8CA602BA36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>6</quote> and inserting <quote>3</quote>, and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD17A9005E9714A249DA5332CAE658B65"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>12 months</quote> and inserting <quote>6 months, or upon verification that all members of the household are deceased</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H79B30DF850C8420D8F4799DC27FBDE4F"><enum>4021.</enum><header>Requirements for online acceptance of benefits</header>
<subsection id="HCFE7F5D958434656B7BD38DB421CE4F1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(o)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(o)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or house-to-house trade route</quote> and inserting <quote>, house-to-house trade route, or online entity</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H50DBC6F901C14FBBBFC79ED2D6DE5083"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Acceptance of benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016(k)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD44FDA1F24574B1F8F49C7FD75E9830C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Acceptance of program benefits through online transactions</header-in-text></quote>,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC3A719240C1149539882EBFE93E431D8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by striking subparagraph (C), and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBFFC74D09D78419F83CD804971C3F5BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (5).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8061DB7783C040369618B3FBAAC97230"><enum>4022.</enum><header>National gateway</header> <subsection id="H5243B8F083864D9A9FEC53763BD5B16A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issuance of benefits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2016">7 U.S.C. 2016</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3D4360F7039B48298C9B1300B481DBB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d) by striking <quote>benefits by benefit issuers</quote> and inserting <quote>benefit issuers and other independent sales organizations, third-party processors, and web service providers that provide electronic benefit transfer services or equipment to retail food stores and wholesale food concerns,</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H027DF5DAE9AD40FEB57DF3F9F5AA1E36"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FA0390A8D3948B5826051D99008CD5A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF10C3AF391AA4B8A9D6F50C2BCC4AF5B"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Requirement to route all supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit transfer transactions through a national gateway</header> <paragraph id="HDFE39745FD9B4ADF92D69F9C92B33A77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this section:</text>
<subparagraph id="HB3615C0576AB4D0980056A66797D9B50"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>independent sales organization </term> means a person or entity that—</text> <clause id="H3754DF71DB494EE98AD87CDE8E40D351"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is not a third-party processor; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEFD70C7ABF2C40EC8E95D478A307FF14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>engages in sales or service to retail food stores with respect to point-of-sale equipment necessary for electronic benefit transfer transaction processing.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1470F5E28A6E4AF693353B0A2C2A3E47"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>third-party processor</term> means an entity, including a retail food store operating its own point-of-sale terminals, that is capable of routing electronic transfer benefit transactions for authorization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6584FA6C0B5749C7A43E56C622ED5A04"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>web service provider</term> means an entity that operates a generic online purchasing website that can be customized for online electronic benefit transfer transactions for authorized retail food stores.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F834A120AF04BF7BB4C683F5FEEAD55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (5), the Secretary shall establish a national gateway for the purpose of routing all supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit transfer transactions (in this subsection referred to as <quote>transactions</quote> unless the context specifies otherwise) to the appropriate benefit issuers for purposes of transaction validation and settlement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE01EB3C150014186A8340F3711F40F71"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirements to route transactions</header><text>The Secretary shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HC08A828E730D4D9C9C7680E9DE2ECEC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that protections regarding privacy, security, ease of use, and access relating to supplemental nutrition assistance benefits are maintained for benefit recipients and retail food stores;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D22D55750BD479D927A9508776066E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensure redundancy for processing of transactions;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H038836CA9DF9469DA7822EAB103C3745"><enum>(C)</enum><text>ensure real-time monitoring of transactions;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5CE1758437EC4B66BF3D033D97FB233F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>ensure that all entities that connect to such gateway, and all others that connect to such entities, meet and follow transaction messaging standards, and other requirements, established by the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53A070AEE76840589A37732E087D37A6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>ensure the security of transactions by using the most effective technology available that the Secretary considers to be appropriate and cost-effective; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58AE287FC89A4E25B349C00B52ED03A4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>ensure that all transactions are routed through such gateway.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC76CAAC28AAF4A4897A3FA3157DFD76D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State agency action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each State agency shall ensure that all of its benefit issuers connect to such gateway. A State agency may opt to require its benefit issuer to route cash transactions through such gateway, subject to terms established by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6B488F80ED484597851990A0B16A678A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Routing of transactions through a national gateway</header>
<subparagraph id="HF764C062C33C42B699922668E3A2A8BC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before the Secretary implements in all the States a national gateway established under paragraph (2), the Secretary shall conduct a feasibility study to assess the feasibility of routing transactions through such gateway.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DA062B2D3C846358C42CA5CDCBA2281"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Feasibility study</header><text>The feasibility study conducted under subparagraph (A) shall provide, at a minimum, all of the following:</text>
<clause id="H7C61FDA46C884A53BC8F38D725A81DDD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>A comprehensive analysis of opportunities and challenges presented by implementation of such gateway.</text>
</clause><clause id="H04A5CC16D909421C81B2352852EE2D2A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>One or more options for carrying forward each of such opportunities and for mitigating each of such challenges.</text>
</clause><clause id="H089007F48EF14C5ABF4391FB796F8875"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Data for purposes of analyzing the implementation of, and on-going cost of managing, such gateway.</text> </clause><clause id="H1D2EF625B62745C7A8EBE71231F043D1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>One or more models for cost-neutral on-going operation of a national gateway.</text>
</clause><clause id="H97CDE38E7CA64D1697AE782FBC1A74E3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Other criteria, including security criteria, established by the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07FA5C9902F84A63812C266926FEB1E4"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Date of completion of study</header><text>The Secretary shall complete the feasibility study required by subparagraph (B) not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FA2A5F293AC4CF8B7AE28436D1EFF26"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Implementation of a national gateway</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the completion of such study, the Secretary shall complete the nationwide implementation of a national gateway established under paragraph (2) unless the Secretary determines, based on such study, that more time is needed to implement such gateway nationwide or that nationwide implementation of such gateway is not in the best interest of the operation of the supplemental nutrition assistance program.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DC39B3EE27A4CA78F994B4A0234A991"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Report to congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary makes a determination described in subparagraph (D), 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 includes the basis of such determination.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1D415534C0847FF91277D20C12BBF1D"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Nondisclosure of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any information collected through such gateway about a specific retail food store, wholesale food concern, person, or other entity, and any investigative methodology or criteria used for program integrity purposes that operates at or in conjunction with such gateway, shall be exempt from the disclosure requirements of section 552(a) of title 5 of the United States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5 of the United States Code. The Secretary shall limit the use or disclosure of information obtained under this subsection in a manner consistent with section 9(c).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H766188DDF31F4522AE16EB4012D3112A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated $10,500,000 for fiscal year 2019, and $9,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 2020 through 2023, to carry out this subsection. Not more than $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this paragraph may be used for the feasibility study under paragraph (5)(B).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF9283F25778F44DCAFD36E5F36D3EAAB"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Gateway sustainability</header><text>Benefit issuers and third-party processors shall pay fees to the gateway operator, in a manner prescribed by the Secretary, to directly access and route transactions through the national gateway.</text>
<subparagraph id="H7FD2DCE783EB4670BF1772C649FEEF42"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure that fees are collected and used solely for the operation of the gateway.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88643E7E494742A28BB63BA332CF0ED8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>Fees shall be established by the Secretary in amounts proportionate to the number of transactions routed through the gateway by each benefit issuer and third-party processor, and based on the cost of operating the gateway in a fiscal year.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H444517E7D50E4FBFBB636B23216E8FE1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The Secretary shall evaluate annually the cost of operating such gateway and shall adjust the fee in effect for a fiscal year to reflect the cost of operating such gateway, except that an adjustment under this subparagraph for any fiscal year may not exceed 10 percent of the fee charged under this paragraph in the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H18CE1BA0096642F295AA42E60B77C3DF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Approval of Retail Food Stores and Wholesale Food Concerns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The 1st sentence of section 9(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018(c)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>contracts for electronic benefit transfer services and equipment, records necessary to validate the FNS authorization number to accept and redeem benefits,</quote> after <quote>invoices,</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HB1147643A7AF4EA4B09873605DCCA612"><enum>4023.</enum><header>Access to State systems</header>
<subsection id="H09E52D84EC8E4C4F98A8ED368A2F7913"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 11(a)(3)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(a)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H156534719AEE441BA4ECD2B137F791C2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Records described</quote> and inserting <quote>All records, and the entire information systems in which records are contained, that are covered</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF67A609F4DD84FD79272A96A9D18E561"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending clause (i) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H758A1917115745739D1FF7F297879E48" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HB070ECD822D4485A975AF6C776A3CEB0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be made available for inspection and audit by the Secretary, subject to data and security protocols agreed to by the State agency and Secretary;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA24105C59DE441848984D063C54C29AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reporting requirements</header><text>Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H47D753B2245A450B9F03F9E220338CA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the last sentence of subsection (c)(4) by inserting <quote>including providing access to applicable State records and the entire information systems in which the records are contained,</quote> after <quote>Secretary,</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCED157375EA64A79BE8AE38538849D3B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD09C444D41BC458BA0BA1BC7428E9F52"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0528CA44A6154E31B05205B731D540F4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6844660C72564F218A7EACB4DDEA489D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H66689759324D4ADA988AFC1CCC363A48" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H53A26F2465A3404B8DABC4F03E9B9425"><enum>(G)</enum><text>would be accessible by the Secretary for the purposes of program oversight and would be used by the State agency to make available all records required by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C92EDF216504452B301DA14D6F4B363"><enum>4024.</enum><header>Transitional benefits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(s)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HEF01BEBDD53440F3B57C1487DBD708C7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Transitional Benefits</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF33A2ADD8A4443792645D85AA45C004"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6818EAB8E79A44218E5CE72B85ED3D0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F4F9E578D0F4E20BA8F1F4600222434"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>at the option of the State,</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4EBBB842AD1D4AE7A929EFF74BDA7BC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H23F31BEA70004153BC1B03ED72A4721A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>may</quote> and inserting <quote>shall</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8377480EC3BE452EA2E7A275E24159E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not more than</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H56122A64361D4DA08B10E4D1791F5506"><enum>4025.</enum><header>Incentivizing technology modernization</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(t)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE350FF9CFC394520AD13E4FE2B344AA0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Grants for simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program application and eligibility determination systems</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE0709BF6404E4F81B76F4005507D1B01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>implement—</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end, and inserting <quote>implement simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program application and eligibility determination systems.</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6F933EEC1C294A91AF8C9C067A82E86A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H04823F94F0B54DD9B91DD9F1A2796705"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H36E13F09DB8D4A43A609A81079B4E48B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H4090582C32FA4F159EA768C564B06380"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establishing enhanced technological methods for applying for benefits and determining eligibility that improve the administrative infrastructure used in processing applications and determining eligibility; or</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2FAFF4E485704F95AA0642688AE54185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (C) and (D), and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC1404C68FBEC4CB4BD3DE69FFFEC26A1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (C).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC232A3CD0E44BC7AAC44AFB1B2A48B4"><enum>4026.</enum><header>Supplemental nutrition assistance program benefit transfer transaction data report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2018">7 U.S.C. 2018</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6C341DE28340495590AACD944635EABB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9EAD845996044E5FA3FF54A846355A08"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B0CFEFD576546F9BC41C31DA51988EF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB39340D19A0A44BF85E810B011DD02E3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAB801C0AE8C42CCA3B31C163075618F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H8B3F18B623334CEDA2F848BB7C4F2BD9" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">parameters for retail food store cooperation with the Secretary sufficient to carry out subsection (i).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2536D9C637704A0788736610F87948A4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2EB2635E8EE440E4A02FCBD5BC591894" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HED5759C3D0B54BE781DDD2C8C931C241"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Data Collection for Retail Food Store Transactions</header> <paragraph id="H52FE3D776BB04DE3A9624FFAB0D8F904"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collection of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To assist in making improvements to supplemental nutrition assistance program design, for each interval not greater than a 2-year period, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF2BFFE4E77B9495D8753687FF2A1FDDB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect a statistically significant sample of retail food store transaction data, including the cost and description of items purchased with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits, to the extent practicable and without affecting retail food store document retention practices; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA62D5DA857984FBC875532B2320A1B52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make a summarized report of aggregated data collected under subparagraph (A) available to the public in a manner that prevents identification of individual retail food stores, individual retail food store chains, and individual members of households that use such benefits.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0CD23AF0E5874617B14A5913EB240F44"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nondisclosure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any transaction data that contains information specific to a retail food store, a retail food store location, a person, or other entity shall be exempt from the disclosure requirements of Section 552(a) of title 5 of the United States Code pursuant to section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5 of the United States Code. The Secretary shall limit the use or disclosure of information obtained under this subsection in a manner consistent with sections 9(c) and 11(e)(8).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H978D705151554EBAA2F5E941DAA86529"><enum>4027.</enum><header>Adjustment to percentage of recovered funds retained by States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(a)</external-xref> is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5413002E4B78467B99475A6FB4816EB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence by striking <quote>35 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>50 percent</quote>, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H40F9A1C1A985425C82C3A4D7C7ACDBA5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after the 1st sentence the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD251B2B5663547DC8EAB540F6BD03C3A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">A State agency may use such funds retained only to carry out the supplemental nutrition assistance program, including investments in technology, improvements in administration and distribution, and actions to prevent fraud.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC17875A930745209A894379B336E58B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>4028.</enum><header>Tolerance level for payment errors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H89516C092C1B43F4A5189DCA48499C5B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii)—</text> <subparagraph id="HB77B51E98B7E44818436B9DB4B7A3EDF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0518786195444B2FB4017359E42F5DFE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subclause (II)—</text> <clause id="HB1ACFEEE78744AA8B470A688B3EEC302"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>of the fiscal years 2015 through 2017</quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC8A3D424D9FE4E06B62149F982642286"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>, and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB36EFF69CD724C01852DEEE206D0565F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0D3CBC22F864DEC9B859F40FFBF8801" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subclause id="H14CD2D33571842AAA6805DCD8D49BF46"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for each fiscal year thereafter, $0.</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H81066D14FA5E4FE6B52A772BB2C534DD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>fiscal year 2004</quote> and all that follows through <quote>second</quote>, and inserting <quote>any of the fiscal years 2004 through 2018 for which the Secretary determines that for the second or subsequent consecutive fiscal year, and with respect to fiscal year 2019 and any fiscal year thereafter for which the Secretary determines that for the third</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCBA71E5EED8F4AC7A17AD594CC1D7148"><enum>4029.</enum><header>State performance indicators</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5049A2148B0540A1B6BA313FDE62AC3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the heading and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">State Performance Indicators</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H13D3282FD1914A4E83A308FC850DD2A7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBD5886203C964D848C8534D4017FEB37"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">and thereafter</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">through 2017</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF6E71F10EB54EC3B034BE9AAB2045AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>through fiscal year 2017</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4DC796F84042482F84633B69FD232972"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>through fiscal year 2017</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H00613FA9668A443BB556DA07CCA5366D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEE4A883B355E4A4283B052C54352B8EC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H03578B81726A4D1F9654A5548BC20D4E"><enum>(6)</enum><header> Fiscal year 2018 and fiscal years thereafter</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to fiscal year 2018 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall establish, by regulation, performance criteria relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H708C2613DAAB4B258EF8A29569D3394C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>actions taken to correct errors, reduce rates of error, and improve eligibility determinations; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3CF9622C19F4024ACE4D1B4C87B0BF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other indicators of effective administration determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HF72E069B2C9243B6A63B26DDC40498B1"><enum>4030.</enum><header>Public-private partnerships</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED223D959AD24DCEB73FB0E9B3E3FF5C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H68357C562F68450AB43C7FE3E2FA96DF"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Pilot projects to encourage the use of public-private partnerships committed to addressing food
insecurity</header>
<paragraph id="H7A3019E5CC15477599A6F29351358C98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may, on application, permit not more than 10 eligible entities to carry out pilot projects to support public-private partnerships that address food insecurity and poverty.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFC7848109681482E9A569E55EF75F82B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, an <quote>eligible entity</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HF0EC57F16E8740FEB40FE1978BCC59E4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H259B40D8131145A8AC75F5D64B6F0372"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a unit of local government;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3BA53539057E45B88CB05A2D2A91A7DA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a nonprofit organization;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF0EDF7C7B4E04E44B7E2F4BA8D6F388C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>a community-based organization; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA98F2C6D45FE4678861CEF0D7847D69F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>an institution of higher education.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H90449B30468946B087691C2D9411F599"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Project requirements</header><text>Projects approved under this subsection shall be limited to 2 years in length and evaluate the impact of the ability of eligible entities to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H29529DCE2EF445ADA9068363E07F1954"><enum>(A)</enum><text>improve the effectiveness and impact of the supplemental nutrition assistance program;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H91906B2B6ED14196A7D3761E9742802B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>develop food security solutions that are contextualized to the needs of a community or region; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9BEC7D0BE1594A78A83C901E9A5436B3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>strengthen the capacity of communities to address food insecurity and poverty.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA99F34C6F28E4725B0A98BB5791DEC0A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Reporting</header><text>Participating entities shall report annually to the Secretary who shall submit a final report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. Such report shall include—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA47C4BED76B246F1B1FF6BC3E5CA4B13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a summary of the activities conducted under the pilot projects;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H502436D82260471B8BC56DAFFB00C98C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB7681478D154C0FABEC45F5CC95857B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>best practices regarding the use of public-private partnerships to improve the effectiveness of public benefit programs to address food insecurity and poverty.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H099012845B3C4EA5820126C4171422B7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Authorization and advance availability of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph id="H8322000D21F0406095A73E7881CE8788"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection $5,000,000 to remain available until expended.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H103DD8F0A0E347B88BD54A1EF6818EC6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appropriation in advance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Only funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in advance specifically to carry out this subsection shall be available to carry out this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA0E49862735F4506B113C0A39F079948"><enum>4031.</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The 1st sentence of section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H88A09E16D8D04A64A22105BCEF4676E6"><enum>4032.</enum><header>Emergency food assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H787C7BF9BBDF46CF9C6BD59C0BBF7BC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H84CD7687A7934160AC86539A51B499B3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H11E3EBBBE3A94CA8B098AF2085945FAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECA5D4C501A74D26A84A74207572381F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text> <clause id="H0BEA4B8D9FF64021AFFFD2F1CABBE3A1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>2018</quote> the 1st place it appears and inserting <quote>2019</quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="H584E73D37649412BAEB9A8EBC662B2AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end, and</text> </clause><clause id="H1D428C9A50024E1580F5A60FB79C4440"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H346E95FA38124D1A90099402294733A8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause id="HD401C5E592524D9AA2613522C630DF98"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for fiscal year 2019, $60,000,000; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0218D156EBCE4E70885AFADA02DE3407"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (E)—</text>
<clause id="HC9AD4023A2744940A4E2737B101C91D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2019</quote> and inserting <quote>2020</quote>,</text> </clause><clause id="H85156B3FAB9A428E817125D7B4EA3EB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(D)(iv)</quote> and inserting <quote>(D)(v)</quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H7E79FF217D6D436CB6F33541B5211EDB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2017</quote> and inserting <quote>2018</quote>, and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H89F23436A4F345A297C181070C6DA4E0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H773E879789DC4ED3BF9B1E08558D60A5"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Farm-to-food-bank fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts made available under subparagraphs (D) and (E) of paragraph (2), the Secretary shall distribute $20,000,000 in accordance with section 214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7515">7 U.S.C. 7515</external-xref>) that States shall use to procure or enter into agreements with a food bank to procure excess fresh fruits and vegetables grown in the State, or surrounding regions in the United States, to be provided to eligible recipient agencies as defined in section 201A(3) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7501">7 U.S.C. 7501(3)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H981CE1CD062546729B189DEBD9F12444"><enum>4033.</enum><header>Nutrition education</header>
<subsection id="H65F3A7DE23814E3ABBFD4C0E39D1CCB3"><enum>(a)</enum><header> Nutrition education and obesity prevention grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 28 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036a">7 U.S.C. 2036a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEF5327CA389A450B837FEDE03E4A68FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="H0A9D1799E88544E9A6A64B7A4043B623"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>As used in this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H924EE7B4FCC14E8D8B35467495004467"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible individual</header><text>The term <term>eligible individual</term> means an individual who is eligible to receive benefits under a nutrition education and obesity prevention program under this section as a result of being—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H852CA73396A64E1395AF53C879A15D8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an individual eligible for benefits under—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H181B64A506604DC89FE4EC229709802A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>this Act;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H9587DDD78D174080BF06AE1B5BD98622"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>sections 9(b)(1)(A) and 17(c)(4) of the Richard B Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1758">42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>, 1766(c)(4)); or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HC4F436E240344496A2FA4FE6F9F59671"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>section 4(e)(1)(A) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1773">42 U.S.C. 1773(e)(1)(A)</external-xref>);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H45CFA77A53D447B2B8D411C05A56BDC8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an individual who resides in a community with a significant low-income population, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE7C9993052E547F2B72B45D9600C53C5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such other low-income individual as is determined to be eligible by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6CF3C26C8C454A749646352B7CF69427"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible Institution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible institution</term> includes any <quote>1862 Institution</quote> or <quote>1890 Institution</quote>, as defined in section 2 of the Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7601">7 U.S.C. 7601</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H92916AF6732F4005BB36A5A2F1E7FBF1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b) by striking <quote>Consistent with the terms and conditions of grants awarded under this section, State agencies may</quote> and inserting <quote>The Secretary, acting through the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, in consultation with the Administrator of the Food and Nutrition Service, shall</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD4C86F7728C244D38FC481B0E5E8AA68"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HEE9491D8BD2C4EE39FC7663F65260E6B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H759E8611E84D49C78A5330CEA315C09F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the terms and conditions of grants awarded under this section, eligible institutions shall deliver nutrition education and obesity prevention services under a program described in subsection (b) that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0268C1C392A84B1487B0717A55441308"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to the extent practicable, provide for the employment and training of professional and paraprofessional aides from the target population to engage in direct nutrition education; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H75BA327AFF4F435E9F5330144BE3D209"><enum>(B)</enum><text>partner with other public and private entities as appropriate to optimize program delivery.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2E9D7D2588264BA4A41CAB195ECA6217"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="HD88AE561DA384BF88A4C34F6977B27F2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA47D7FB43D5947FF85E81984BDE7B5BF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H043DE476B6CA4C6BBC41584415BA8700"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A State agency, in consultation with eligible institutions that provide nutrition education and obesity prevention services under this subsection, shall submit to the Secretary for approval a nutrition education State plan.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H5EE1130354A84C469344096833542A54"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B) by striking <quote>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), a</quote> and inserting <quote>A</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H4048EDB49A294D9590AAA7F60FAA7387"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C),</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H718469A2FC994E11A42D997E269F9BE3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HBEE3870835CC4CFDA2B122C61B000B18"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause id="H7D9F9FCB1B7A40058F49F4B13C3C4BAA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>A State agency</quote> and inserting <quote>An eligible institution</quote>, and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9C2E12F955634B6A95DE7C60B30F7422"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and</quote> after <quote>by</quote>, and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H6B89963976EF40B9830C86A43FC9296B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B) by inserting <quote>the Director of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and</quote> after <quote>education,</quote>, and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB490D6DC67234B13B4B9659CA5ADEF69"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by inserting <quote>and eligible institutions</quote> after <quote>agencies</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE565D2079DF5454EB17C14D04BAE60AD"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) by striking <quote>State agency</quote> and inserting <quote>eligible institutions</quote>,</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCB48222AA02F4776B6B5D29542E7BE8D"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF5682C0A2F74437BA2B68A7E7D900977"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H45450174A5F845F5A50FC637F706D6C8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Basic funding</header-in-text></quote>,</text>
</clause><clause id="H2DC2C750ABD9445B9D28BAAD9D4CFBD9"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>to State agencies</quote>,</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HF5668310388745D08C76F240030BDC74"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E) by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end,</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE679521F9E8B4EE3B2E91E1A101F457F"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H989A71E2B8214F12BFE0EE3DA3AD9954"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>year 2016 and each subsequent fiscal year</quote> and inserting <quote>years 2016 through 2018</quote>, and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="HFBDFF26D17C343C79F5C0678CBFAF530"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon, and</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H69AA8FA6BA5A4D119A99BE3E939EC88B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFD63DD1E37A42A7A2DE060D1378FEAA"><enum>(G)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2019, $485,000,000; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4966F8BDC1624E1889A9BF92D7F953C3"><enum>(H)</enum><text>for fiscal year 2020 and each subsequent fiscal year, the applicable amount during the preceding fiscal year, as adjusted to reflect any increases for the 12-month period ending the preceding June 30 in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9FC28A9170C414289ACA0799853319C" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="H3D4167D1D6464F3BA73312330BD9B9E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H00CD0B373C90467388A10291227F15D5"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and appropriated under the authority of paragraph (2)</quote> after <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>, and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9AEF5E3F1DA04A5694BE41E90E6C84C8"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii)—</text>
<item id="H255D9DB529124B2C8DE5547298E0732F"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(as that section existed on the day before the date of the enactment of the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018)</quote> after <quote>(B)</quote> and</text>
</item><item id="HEFC43DA4DB6B4D1482090E16974373A7"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>in subclause (V) by striking <quote>and each fiscal year thereafter</quote>, and</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HD254BBBB729D42F988A1814BB364257A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H3F89D4C20EB24BF983EBD050B8EDDB38"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Reallocation</header><text>If the Secretary determines that an eligible institution will not expend all of the funds allocated to the eligible institution for a fiscal year under paragraph (1) or in the case of an eligible institution that elects not to receive the entire amount of funds allocated to the eligible institution for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reallocate the unexpended funds to other eligible institutions during the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year (as determined by the Secretary) that have approved State plans under which the eligible institutions may expend the reallocated funds.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HD96B880AD77F40DC94E1D9DAB79ABAE5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26A098E224F54885BF196B07CEBB2727" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HBE25B089B33C484BA30BF08B361B5CBE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent allocation</header><text>Of the funds set aside under paragraph (1) and appropriated under the authority of paragraph (2) for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter, 100 percent shall be allocated to eligible institutions pro rata based on the respective share of each State of the number of individuals participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program during the 12-month period ending the preceding January 31, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>,</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HBB080640A1AB47058788C42F08041417"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE1582CEFD09C45FB97229019570F392C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4DC6ED1632342DEA9E36E35E94E2D7B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorization and advance availability of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph id="HF7C0DDAAC2CD40CEABB2DBA88ADF6EF2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $65,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE35471D0CC0A47FBAB20341375B1174C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Appropriation in advance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (C), only funds appropriated under subparagraph (A) in advance specifically to carry out this section shall be available to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD156D8AAB6C4D31A580240D2B84CBC2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds appropriated under this paragraph shall be in addition to funds made available under paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33A594506939401D89B30DCF8802237F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4), as so redesignated, the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HE39F5CEF8BA349BD853908A4B543F52C" reported-display-style="italic"> <paragraph id="H59B9FE1AEBB04CEA8E18C4C60F0E6155"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 10 percent of the funds allocated to eligible institutions may be used by the eligible institutions for administrative costs.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>, and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE556676248B44497ABB83014F511DCD6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e) by striking <quote>January 1, 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>18 months after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0371E292DF4C44C1A95BC28F571D7C35"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Related amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 18(a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(a)(3)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, such as the expanded food and nutrition education program</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF40F63FAB27F47FC9CB4D323371A50CB"><enum>4034.</enum><header>Retail food store and recipient trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 29(c)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036b">7 U.S.C. 2036b(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE6971456B65E44C3BEA7D5129ED8C49C"><enum>4035.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2011">7 U.S.C. 2011</external-xref> et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC894551A81B545E98CF4BF1295B96C04"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCAC3A1E3C363489997259D775E4BDD2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsections (d) and (i) by striking <quote>7(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>7(h)</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E4BD2AC04324037A8DAF11AE1DF8D7A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (o)(1)(A) by striking <quote>(r)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(q)(1)</quote>,</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCF5BB62A22744363841D4FDAC2006156"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 5(a) by striking <quote>and section</quote> each place it appears and all that follows through <quote>households</quote> the respective next place it appears, and inserting <quote>and section 3(m)(4), households</quote>,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H416E9E9D5CB649A7AF2170238CFEA9ED"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsections (e)(1) and (f)(1)(A)(i) of section 8 by striking <quote>3(n)(5)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(m)(5)</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C51F9950BA4406B88BEEE20936AF508"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence of section 10—</text> <subparagraph id="H2EC8DF1E86E74E1C910FC179D64D375E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation</quote> each place it appears, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4524DC97430C49D2ADB93371C0361EE8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3(p)(4)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(o)(4)</quote>,</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H36A05C420A46400FB474B8E66ACB3DA9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 11—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4A774BF1178748EEA0D976C65242FCF8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2) by striking <quote>3(t)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(s)(1)</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB7796DAAEBB4F77BE626C9EC9FE1FE5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)—</text>
<clause id="H47F3642CB7BA425BB7DF701B36A9DBA8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3(t)(1)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3(s)(1)</quote>, and</text> </clause><clause id="HEB7654D0CB714222B3DFF0A4B4BE9F67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3(t)(2)</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3(s)(2)</quote>,</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H195FE41D3AA04D45AFDD2B5E5CF3F1DD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (e)—</text> <clause id="H805EC42F78D94114BADB14B9A46E179B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (17) by striking <quote>3(t)(1)</quote> inserting <quote>3(s)(1)</quote>, and</text>
</clause><clause id="H6F35D2AF5F10407FBA9DFB681B7A24C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (23) by striking <quote>Simplified Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program</quote> and inserting <quote>simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program</quote>,</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H943A744FB817485DB9C5D2B8E9C6FFF8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 15(e) by striking <quote>exchange</quote> and all that follows through <quote>anything</quote>, and inserting <quote>exchange for benefits, or anything</quote>,</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H54102E65D744472084C0FA4EB14E2ED9"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 17(b)(1)(B)(iv)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF17B57BBD4BA4D1783A824DF781D9231"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (III)(aa) by striking <quote>3(n)</quote> and inserting <quote>3(m)</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H677556F645404B00A4CB87F66F1374FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclause (VII) by striking <quote>7(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>7(h)</quote>,</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD1606DFAE66F4E43B901FB1A06EFCBAB"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 25(a)(1)(B)(i)(I) by striking the 2d semicolon at the end, and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16584A89644D495D963562F4CADFD6E4"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in section 26(b) by striking <quote>out</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(referred</quote>, and inserting <quote>out a simplified supplemental nutrition assistance program (referred</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HC2D078014296401BA3415100479F191D"><enum>4036.</enum><header>Implementation funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Out of any funds made available under section 18(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2027">7 U.S.C. 2027(a)</external-xref>) for fiscal year 2019, the Secretary shall use to carry out the amendments made by this subtitle $150,000,000, to remain available until expended.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H5E4AC12B8D024B069D8A6472AB21F16D"><enum>B</enum><header>Commodity Distribution Programs</header>
<section id="H72CF90E22EDF434689A87CE78DF18D44"><enum>4101.</enum><header>Commodity distribution program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The 1st sentence of section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>2018 </quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H67047B83BD314284BF47A2D59FC8B8DC"><enum>4102.</enum><header>Commodity supplemental food program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c">7 U.S.C. 612c</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H228D028A7BF8437E957003A01DF20C41"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3FFD22EDE88542B0B761C28E124A7E9D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1) by striking <quote>2018 </quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF9C0A998977F44939563E0670DE12647"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2) by striking <quote>2018 </quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>, and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9290032529374542920F143785F94B1E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H57DB3FFB50174B5ABE55945AB369031E"><enum>4103.</enum><header>Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1431e">7 U.S.C. 1431e(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018 </quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HD32B76FE2B294A32A153A38090F3486D"><enum>C</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H474274C5DA5D44C4ABD60B49FFD66C2C"><enum>4201.</enum><header>Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10603(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/612c-4">7 U.S.C. 612c-4(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018 </quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HE4C1C8BCB1394574A98205D11DD2EC84"><enum>4202.</enum><header>Seniors farmers’ market nutrition program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4402(a) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3007">7 U.S.C. 3007(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018 </quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H5B30F36301A943A8B7AB2C2A39FFA7A5"><enum>4203.</enum><header>Healthy food financing initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 243(d) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6953">7 U.S.C. 6953</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>until expended</quote> and inserting <quote>until October 1, 2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H5D0B6E0617114E2595D593F256C756E3"><enum>4204.</enum><header>Amendments to the fruit and vegetable program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1769a">42 U.S.C. 1769a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5498E9C74BDD414D83535E9674E50DB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">fresh</header-in-text></quote> ;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC35F4EF8FACF432F9CB17B069C4B2D9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>, canned, dried, frozen, or pureed</quote> after <quote>fresh</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02B647C6839D45AEBE1246561715E2EB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by inserting <quote>, canned, dried, frozen, or pureed</quote> after <quote>fresh</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1353EF73A81421B93E8792C09CE79DE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>, canned, dried, frozen, or pureed</quote> after <quote>fresh</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><enum>V</enum><header>Credit</header> <subtitle id="H6F3071CB08DF41BDA975491C3AAA6540"><enum>A</enum><header>Farm Ownership Loans</header> <section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DC811A7339A452C8E108CC0E53D2D5F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>5101.</enum><header>Modification of the 3-year experience eligibility requirement for farm ownership loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 302(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1922">7 U.S.C. 1922(b)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2485BFD85FED481389165C7A5CFCE73F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBBFAE13559E64411B01919F0DAEE8B18"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Waiver authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a qualified beginning farmer or rancher, the Secretary may—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C620DE81D2D4FA28A48984D1ADFD763"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reduce the 3-year requirement in paragraph (1) to—</text>
<clause id="H8C32BFCAA7BC402585A77EA95324394A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>2 years, if the farmer or rancher has—</text> <subclause id="H04AAD1347B7E4F61993F76FF92D0FFAE"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">16 credit hours of post-secondary education in a field related to agriculture;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDA42B2AF410F4B589C171784A09EAB0F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>at least 1 year of direct substantive management experience in a business;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0A6906E35A17494A955E49A22CAB849D"><enum>(III)</enum><text>been honorably discharged from the armed forces of the United States;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H886ADEA716D8458E83561A620E12AB8C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>successfully repaid a youth loan made under section 311(b); or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA82716E01B094AFDA5414F74E4F90982"><enum>(V)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an established relationship with an individual participating as a counselor in a Service Corps of Retired Executives program authorized under section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/637">15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)</external-xref>), or with a local farm or ranch operator or organization, approved by the Secretary, that is committed to mentoring the farmer or rancher; or</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H88BB8A066B5941EAA55D110F01546C76"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 year, if the farmer or rancher has military leadership or management experience from having completed an acceptable military leadership course; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBB4C2C8282EE47D3B91BD536F400858E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>waive the 3-year requirement in paragraph (1) if the farmer or rancher—</text> <clause id="HB217DE7E383C468A8649A94CAFDD1A2F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>meets a requirement of subparagraph (A)(i) (other than subclause (V) thereof) and meets the requirement of subparagraph (A)(ii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H1C91B3B254FF4F78B38FFB715014E3D6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meets the requirement of subparagraph (A)(i)(V).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H1BE46FE29A414C02985685A86D0A52D9"><enum>5102.</enum><header>Conservation loan and loan guarantee program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 304(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1924">7 U.S.C. 1924(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE0A237DC96CD45BE9EDD09E0FB62DDAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$150,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6336B077A5D34916875C7CD730A7B712"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H1FEBEF5137E84D309600DA5452CE47BC"><enum>5103.</enum><header>Farm ownership loan limits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 305(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1925">7 U.S.C. 1925(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HC2F6671FF24C416584F5A3EB80A5A52F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$700,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,750,000</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H579E53D07A37429A8A1017ECF8561E23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2000</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA3D23F1AF49E443CBA0534CE4D827390"><enum>B</enum><header>Operating Loans</header> <section id="H28757C7503804679A7742470F7177C9A"><enum>5201.</enum><header>Limitations on amount of operating loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313(a)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1943">7 U.S.C. 1943(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8724AD4EF9904A1599AB26ACCE03782F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$700,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,750,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4FBDD2C9649C4E95BDF5691C689569A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2000</quote> and inserting <quote>2019</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H139A89C9214844E29DAEC28A1AED6FD5"><enum>5202.</enum><header>Microloans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1943">7 U.S.C. 1943(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>title</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H200206C9AC2443BC8C6FE4FD5065D8B4"><enum>C</enum><header>Administrative Provisions</header>
<section id="HD9F5D1741EF54909A58B544F2A179C04"><enum>5301.</enum><header>Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 333B(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983b">7 U.S.C. 1983b(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H9D62039C5A924A9CB7C5ED6DAEB79842"><enum>5302.</enum><header>Loan authorization levels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H8021CEBDB93847CE8377FA3C54AFB8C5"><enum>5303.</enum><header>Loan fund set-asides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 346(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1994">7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H335881CF7A1141A19C53EA6EF57A4C1F"><enum>D</enum><header>Technical corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header>
<section id="HDD5A1AB6BB2A4C62AE44FCC78007FE7C"><enum>5401.</enum><header>Technical corrections to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header>
<subsection id="H95D6D4C7B95345D9801C71DBAB91276D"><enum>(a)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H12115AF98BAD4B3D959B1734697E8BB0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1935">7 U.S.C. 1935(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers</quote> after <quote>ranchers</quote> the second place it appears.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H4C683A8B5E0A47D3BA2D1D0A59289B7F" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5004(4)(A)(i) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>) in lieu of the amendment made by such section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD02DC49E84C45CC96ACFCB9DCCA4474"><enum>(b)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HD01DEB99510745C88A49449BAD75A892"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1961">7 U.S.C. 1961(a)</external-xref>) is amended in the second sentence by striking <quote>and limited liability companies</quote> and inserting <quote>limited liability companies, and such other legal entities</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H2F21093A99314DA3AC2D50998B4EDE21" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5201 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) in lieu of the amendment made by such section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA962DF0DF9E447FA23427CFDFADB75C"><enum>(c)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H334CCE4AB83E48F1B05FBF98647DCDE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 331D(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981d">7 U.S.C. 1981d(e)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>within 60 days after receipt of the notice required in this section</quote> the following: <quote>or, in extraordinary circumstances as determined by the applicable State director, after the 60-day period</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H9888F4E0C985402D88D8C4721A7D418B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 10 of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/554">Public Law 102–554</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H04652BA359DB4A669D467A060E1143EE"><enum>(d)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC9FCD2DE3FC944F299EA7581AC85D02C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 333A(f)(1)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983a">7 U.S.C. 1983a(f)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>114</quote> and inserting <quote>339</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H04E5F9636A9748BEA31F9C89CA9845D6" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 14 of the Agricultural Credit Improvement Act of 1992 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/554">Public Law 102–554</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H08ECA1DFFABC4B92988B1CDE3C110731"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 339(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1989(d)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>preferred certified lender</quote> and inserting <quote>Preferred Certified Lender</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0BC7EACE50114E7EA872BE585E1B405E"><enum>(f)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE39408BDBA0041B69421A664880864D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 343(a)(11)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or joint operators</quote> and inserting <quote>joint operator, or owners</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HDD8D455B28B646D5B048B91C14A94D5E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as of the effective date of section 5303(a)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 2014.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3CD67606F4CA4B1B99B831CDA26A517D"><enum>(g)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEFE410686D5D48339DCCB3F2EBFC619C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 343(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>307(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>307(d)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HD1D8CD62249045BEADFDF015047D7F1B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 5004 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2A30334DB98A4E3AB266DB39CC738172"><enum>(h)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 346(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.1994(a)) is amended by striking the last comma.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H392D4EE2A8714E34A0723664DE42F320"><enum>E</enum><header>Amendments to the Farm Credit Act of <enum-in-header>1971</enum-in-header></header>
<section id="H9947F89835544338AB70AED02E130F86"><enum>5501.</enum><header>Elimination of obsolete references</header>
<subsection id="H526B8EB934954B899E3023323A57717C"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1.2(a) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2002">12 U.S.C. 2002(a)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BF1FFD4B3044ED7AC4DD738BD6610DB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H757042D76A2B4C348115C57C5D4F02F4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Composition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Farm Credit System shall include the Farm Credit Banks, banks for cooperatives, Agricultural Credit Banks, the Federal land bank associations, the Federal land credit associations, the production credit associations, the Agricultural Credit Associations, the Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation, the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, service corporations established pursuant to section 4.25 of this Act, and such other institutions as may be made a part of the System, all of which shall be chartered by and subject to regulation by the Farm Credit Administration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H610BD2982E834130A3A6D044E8D969F2"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 2.4 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2075">12 U.S.C. 2075</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text> </subsection><subsection id="HCD35ED5B1D4B444BA7A3DA368C6FDCAC"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Section 3.0 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2121">12 U.S.C. 2121</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H742FEE1ABA744EDA9581D5C754E0385F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the 3rd sentence, by striking <quote>and a Central Bank for Cooperatives</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF9E2BAF00E45425ABD236D6CF5A32483"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the 5th sentence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1B9B2EEE693A4E0BB43E6339A274FA9B"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Section 3.2(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2123">12 U.S.C. 2123(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6B5DA081BD614E39855930EFE0DA9D02"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not merged into the United Bank for Cooperatives or the National Bank for Cooperatives</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0530039D620949B3A8D1D01BBA7167C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>Section 7.12(c) shall apply to the board of directors of a merged bank for cooperatives.</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8494D9E3D39E4ED3BA1EADAE40AC92CC"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Section 3.2(a)(2)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2123">12 U.S.C. 2123(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(other than the National Bank for Cooperatives)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAB8B486D05934656BB264F378805EA95"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Section 3.2 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2123">12 U.S.C. 2123</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H65B8B3D4778F4A14BFDD31D24423535F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB6BDE6E9E714F2A861566D51B3B8734"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking <quote>paragraph</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D35DA60D26B44EEBCC91EA7B9B7B6B3"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(a)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H38ADAA5003DA4173B9F79CBE27826511"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>(b)(1)</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF9C3AD05BD5043DBB82924775B35A622"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>(A)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF269AEA145143918EB92243DDB1D8E8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(B)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4C84DA6D05AC4008A8EBACD339746E54"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D2337E1C6C240BC8505E4C2A83086ED"><enum>(g)</enum><text>Section 3.5 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2126">12 U.S.C. 2126</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>district</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H872D062228B848DFA975BD60FD191012"><enum>(h)</enum><text>Section 3.7(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2128">12 U.S.C. 2128(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H51CF05FCCF254924844E385C7BB7362D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Section 3.8(b)(1)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2129">12 U.S.C. 2129(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(or successor agency)</quote> after <quote>Rural Electrification Administration</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H200FF15216E649C480DFDD7A8CD24A48"><enum>(j)</enum><text>Section 3.9(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2130">12 U.S.C. 2130(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the 3rd sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H56CB4CAEB6C34E0F9EECD34E2B27353C"><enum>(k)</enum><text>Section 3.10(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2131">12 U.S.C. 2131(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1647806D2D244E3595A66BE8C7856EFA"><enum>(l)</enum><text>Section 3.10(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2131">12 U.S.C. 2131(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0CA3E9B4C1F24339B5BAB26618CE365F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>district</quote> each place it appears; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4E46ED9A20AB41708B360E8CF4837E4C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for cooperatives or successor bank</quote> before <quote>on account of such indebtedness</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB9B05829CC824219A7656D38C2CE90DE"><enum>(m)</enum><text>Section 3.11 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2132">12 U.S.C. 2132</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H44541EFD701945D8A8E849B62413D00F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>subsections (b) and (c)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (b)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA59BB16EDC694B4189F49D50D3B372CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6112813ECB0A4406A9EFE4F295E198A8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>district</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C1672A155FE4970B6C85539186A3B03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided in subsection (c) below, all</quote> and inserting <quote>All</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF878CBB398294444BF6587155FC375A4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subsection (c) and redesignating subsections (d) through (f) as subsections (c) through (e), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H696A7E74AB7F4CB1B49CB3653AC19C62"><enum>(n)</enum><text>The heading for part B of title III of such Act is amended by striking <quote><header-in-text level="part" style="traditional">United and</header-in-text></quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H845E2FA29CE344088B0B2F0875B07EC0"><enum>(o)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3.20(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2141">12 U.S.C. 2141(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or the United Bank for Cooperatives, as the case may be</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF688CE4916E4617AB535883FECEA1C8"><enum>(p)</enum><text>Section 3.20(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2141">12 U.S.C. 2141(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the district banks for cooperatives and the Central Bank for Cooperatives</quote> and inserting <quote>all constituent banks referred to in section 413 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2ED57490E71440E59C0F3CF9903302C9"><enum>(q)</enum><text>Section 3.21 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2142">12 U.S.C. 2142</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF088853AC7114E1F91EE46AF5812A836"><enum>(r)</enum><text>Section 3.28 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2149">12 U.S.C. 2149</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a district bank for cooperatives and the Central Bank for Cooperatives</quote> and inserting <quote>its constituent banks referred to in section 413 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H94E963FD9F0A47F788D5AC51FEAE75BE"><enum>(s)</enum><text>Section 3.29 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2150">12 U.S.C. 2150</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H579345C3B1B645979C61D9C1F23DB865"><enum>(t)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0E01A6432D964EF8831A134ADCEF4D39"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 4.0 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2151">12 U.S.C. 2151</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HD423E2E5948F435391FBF0C6C3675D6E" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 5.60(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-9">12 U.S.C. 2277a-9(b)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF1C44623C3B74B5EBD1604F1D4FCE476" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HA2CFB8C018A440FFAC686EF89DC49903"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amounts in Fund</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall deposit in the Insurance Fund all premium payments received by the Corporation under this part.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9625384AB47F4C158121FDCDE384B6DE"><enum>(u)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H007D42D9514B472B883B5619AE004010"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 4.8 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2159">12 U.S.C. 2159</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HC520C6484F0048FA8FFFB824BC5ACD8C" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(a)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HD6D817B82C244A37A57B872555F7B59D" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H05B250CB4F3C437FB815CB2B4A8A4CD2" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1.1(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2001">12 U.S.C. 2001(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>including any costs of defeasance under section 4.8(b),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H22834C20163F4CDBA5C7FA274E099660"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Section 4.9(d)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2160">12 U.S.C. 2160(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD62B6B6852C4F60A0563754DCC89BAA" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H764EB67000144BE7AE226C35D96AD123"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Representation on board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation shall have no representation on the board of directors of the Corporation.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H01FD681DF2CD4B18841B7FE5BB381AE3"><enum>(w)</enum><text>Section 4.9 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2160">12 U.S.C. 2160</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD6C3729EA7CA4CA1B64020D024B82B75"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Section 4.9A(c) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2162">12 U.S.C. 2162(c)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF100941E1C36437A8F69C7ED421907A5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H6E10760B631B4D2D80056E14EFCB0765"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Inability to retire stock at par value</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an institution is unable to retire eligible borrower stock at par value due to the liquidation of the institution, the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, acting as receiver, shall retire such stock at par value as would have been retired in the ordinary course of business of the institution. The Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation shall make use of sufficient funds from the Farm Credit Insurance Fund to carry out this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9356E3381F46446BB9AE8F821CC30D1E"><enum>(y)</enum><text>Section 4.12A(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2184">12 U.S.C. 2184(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3970444E348649C68F1FC47BC7F0BB55" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H037248EADECB4A57B9B86DD22C6DAF95"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every Farm Credit System bank or association shall provide a current list of its stockholders, within 7 calendar days after receipt of a written request by a stockholder, to the requesting stockholder.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H129A18F9E78F40EC9CFFD47A467358F7"><enum>(z)</enum><text>Section 4.14A(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2202a">12 U.S.C. 2202a(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and section 4.36</quote> after <quote>As used in this part</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H3ABB6EB598E34961ACD55716C0B0913E"><enum>(aa)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEB5488BDA64E45C6B4D9BFA2C22A750B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 4.14A of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2202a">12 U.S.C. 2202a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H4F6AA38025354C6589B37F8C67152C80" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (l), by striking <quote>production credit</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H7913507F607A4299ACDEECE9E592A6BE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h) and redesignating subsections (i) through (l) as subsections (h) through (k), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HC7E2FB8413E748D7979EBEA2734B4834" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCAD1EE0E3A984BF481265783D0183288"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 5.31 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2267">12 U.S.C. 2267</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>4.14A(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>4.14A(h)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H9CABB92135B2413F98E4887532541809" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 5.32(h) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2268">12 U.S.C. 2268(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>4.14A(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>4.14A(h)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H53433D033B7748F2B82865261082C181"><enum>(bb)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5F709E4DF592460CB03127DD4DB401E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 4.14C of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2202c">12 U.S.C. 2202c</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HFFDF74BB3E2B4026A174441FE415ECAF" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE2F5BC29EF994D939ADF4E723D1B16F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 4.14A(a)(5)(B)(ii)(I) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2202a">12 U.S.C. 2202a(a)(5)(B)(ii)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>4.14C,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H9140071AFF6C4B2EA6F7576FA898A2EE" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 8.9 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-9">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–9</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>4.14C,</quote> each place it appears.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8978A0AC624C4FAE92333DF9D1BF2A4D"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>Section 4.17 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2205">12 U.S.C. 2205</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Federal intermediate credit banks and</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC5D27B80DAFD4B8C9034398E6AEB2B27"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>Section 4.19(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2207">12 U.S.C. 2207(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4C39944E4EAC4E21A50CC798B70828BF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>district</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA26A105759D4410682C9CDD8FF1EC85C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Federal land bank association and production credit</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H36B96060A7FB492FBC86B551880A4932"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>units</quote> and inserting <quote>institutions</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6AEC3E56E8FF42FCA0CBA114895624AA"><enum>(ee)</enum><text>Section 4.38 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2219c">12 U.S.C. 2219c</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>The Assistance Board established under section 6.0 and all</quote> and inserting <quote>All</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H38EE4FFF622C47DDB6CCF69964475BB0"><enum>(ff)</enum><text>Section 5.17(a)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2252">12 U.S.C. 2252(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second and 3rd sentences.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC723BC84056443B28D3BB779867552E3"><enum>(gg)</enum><text>Section 5.18 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2253">12 U.S.C. 2253</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9E847E956527410FA7A802B3D679452A"><enum>(hh)</enum><text>Section 5.19(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2254">12 U.S.C. 2254(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HA4726056A7FC4398A507CCBD6273C3F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except for Federal land bank associations, each</quote> and inserting <quote>Each</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5B55E659ADE043C4B6ADE4E2E76BFFE0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2F4B1D169EC470D9DC5A1FBA85D8F30"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Section 5.19(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2254">12 U.S.C. 2254(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H89F985B6D68C46468B174E73458F87FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking <quote>except with respect to any actions taken by any banks of the System under section 4.8(b),</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4C58B9ED9AA4256939E54C48D4ACAC6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the third sentence of paragraph (1);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H006965A953A0461F9CC3930D67438C1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF01831A787534551AEAD3228B3097467"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8497ED628C7E4970B405402892D81027"><enum>(jj)</enum><text>Section 5.35(4) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2271">12 U.S.C. 2271(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H65B70085B58D49DA82FA95422D2F346E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subparagraph id="HE6D106713584493F95DC8AA5E0B36C9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>after December 31, 1992,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6781B45492784D51BCF71799FB1964BE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>by the Farm Credit System Assistance Board under section 6.6 or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H059CBAC96C9C42FC9C0DD2EDECEA14E6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H15232A010848437196D621080A6FDA10"><enum>(kk)</enum><text>Section 5.38 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2274">12 U.S.C. 2274</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>a farm credit district board, bank board, or bank officer or employee shall not remove any director or officer of any production credit association or Federal land bank association</quote> and inserting <quote>a Farm Credit Bank board, officer, or employee shall not remove any director or officer of any association</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4951C317E09A4D4A992C477C3A289398"><enum>(ll)</enum><text>Section 5.44 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2275">12 U.S.C. 2275</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2EAA1F32E520492195623B31A2F470AA"><enum>(mm)</enum><text>Section 5.58(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-7">12 U.S.C. 2277a–7</external-xref>) is amended by striking the second sentence.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H89B8F0344A334D91A323E078E68A9633"><enum>(nn)</enum><text>Subtitle A of title VI of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2278a-2278a–11) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H5DB22400F896480486932610D64ED281"><enum>(oo)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of such Act (12 U.S.C. 2278a-2278b–11) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H01A667D84E304CB9A50955A0B6209ABC"><enum>6.32.</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The authority provided in this subtitle shall terminate on December 31, 2018.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HB96592B9E348469DBD74E5D2987F4C24"><enum>(pp)</enum><text>Section 7.9 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279c-2">12 U.S.C. 2279c–2</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6747CB06DD24404ABE080057D81CF246"><enum>(qq)</enum><text>Section 7.10(a)(4) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279d">12 U.S.C. 2279d(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2F1B9EC8ED6440D874C3E631380616F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H63197A2441A3498185C28F5F52BD32DA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the institution pays to the Farm Credit Insurance Fund the amount by which the total capital of the institution exceeds 6 percent of the assets;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H9209B99CEB164260A2648AE18FE62607"><enum>(rr)</enum><text>Section 8.0(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa">12 U.S.C. 2279aa(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D2289A2E2D541A88EBE8E5855E9A0B5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7D60BAD1D92247AFB49B6E0FAD6541A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Board</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Board</term> means the board of directors established under section 8.2.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H71546C53F9AF4A7E8C53182263C681D0"><enum>(ss)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3D557E2B1FD74B01A99D5DADA8A29F97"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 8.0 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa">12 U.S.C. 2279aa</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (6) and (8), and redesignating paragraphs (7), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (6) through (8), respectively.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H2A3E5FB1D0D7421EB84D18EAC0C30980" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0E415A34A77C4B78A980B4AD099FFC2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 4.39 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2219d">12 U.S.C. 2219d</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.0(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0(6)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HF953AADB8F0348D09A1C42DC879B83AB" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 8.6(e)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-6">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–6(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.0(9)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0(7)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H3C48B617F5B3468A9B83F433828B86F5" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 8.11(e) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-11">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–11(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.0(7)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0(6)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H278F2A3A5F4F4B1982E2C22C511CF31B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 8.32(a)(1)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-1">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–1(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.0(9)(C)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.0(7)(C)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1E1486DFA781472984303BACD286B4DD"><enum>(tt)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HCB94B460A7F4443BB945B17C0542A575"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 8.2 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-2">12 U.S.C. 2279aa-2</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H13AA1E55030A4A2FA95FF460D08E4A49" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="H8F03B121A04C415D9DFD5CF4D47EAF33"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Permanent Board</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Board of Directors</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H49400D3C73404C1EBFCBA5FD015D98AC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HD93649F8544C4D4FB167CA2F0E07F4EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall be under the management of the Board of Directors.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause><clause id="H74A01F9DB28A411EABA84BD1ECF2B22D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating paragraphs (4) through (10) as paragraphs (3) through (9), respectively; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3C50709A75D446D2BA920C1E2CED0853"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote>permanent</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (2), and (3) through (9) (as so redesignated); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H927741F90C0847569904CF2940778B67" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (a) and (b), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4A1DC6749AE14EC19814BE06E7AB48A0" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 8.4(a)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-4">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–4</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF997152D388408F95BC277B1C4A43E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking the 3rd sentence;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9533E9541DE04DBEB55BA7A10CB26520"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after the 1st sentence the following: <quote>Voting common stock shall be offered to banks, other financial entities, insurance companies, and System institutions under such terms and conditions as the Board may adopt. The voting stock shall be fairly and broadly offered to ensure that no institution or institutions acquire a disproportionate amount of the total amount of voting common stock outstanding of a class and that capital contributions and issuances of voting common stock for the contributions are fairly distributed between entities eligible to hold Class A and Class B stock, as provided under this paragraph.</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02E4B1D768DC42BA9142E350C43F05FE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>8.2(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.2(a)(2)(A)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4BCC7CC3F9D7426DA49756F413DA5553"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by striking <quote>8.2(b)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.2(a)(2)(B)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H343215987D3D4BC5B686E817BCE99DAF"><enum>(uu)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H78E834A18C6E436F939F0FE9F218A90E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 8.6 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-6">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–6</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d) and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HDD6B9B04B5B44AC1BD094DEFB926AB20" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB9EA2A65B00241F89D7157F5CAE9D7FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (7)(B)(i) of section 8.0 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa">12 U.S.C. 2279aa</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (ss)(1), is amended by striking <quote>through (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>and (c)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H1D38273688B248D7ADF1FEA276723EC1" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 8.33(b)(2)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-2">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–2(b)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>8.6(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>8.6(d)</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7A0FA40697594486AD5A327C78B21489"><enum>(vv)</enum><text>Section 8.32(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-1">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–1(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Not sooner than the expiration of the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of the Farm Credit System Reform Act of 1996, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD7A49F4618F9424085A649D043FE454C"><enum>(ww)</enum><text>Section 8.35 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-4">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–4</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (e).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H67F3EFB610E24303BFC2D894BEE9EBD1"><enum>(xx)</enum><text>Section 8.38 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279bb-7">12 U.S.C. 2279bb–7</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H54EAAA48C4834AD89FE7520BA5D7F71A"><enum>5502.</enum><header>Conforming repeals</header>
<subsection id="HBF5AA710F92B4DCF98C6B4BF2E1C2E26"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, and 15 of the Agricultural Marketing Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141b">12 U.S.C. 1141b</external-xref>, 1141c, 1141d, 1141e, 1141f, 1141i, and 1141j) are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3435984A870443CA86A0C338EB479F86"><enum>(b)</enum><text>The Act of June 22, 1939, (Chapter 239; 53 Stat. 853; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1141d-1">12 U.S.C. 1141d–1</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H592E85AD5E4743319B2BEC2D92534034"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201 of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act of 1932 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148">12 U.S.C. 1148</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC140BCF40A864BE7B561E6154F3A2562"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Section 2 of the Act of July 14, 1953, (Chapter 192; 67 Stat. 150; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148a-4">12 U.S.C. 1148a–4</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2BC7DC5A2973419C98F49F9F7D563C63"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Sections 32 through 34 of the Farm Credit Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1148b">12 U.S.C. 1148b</external-xref>, 1148c, and 1148d) are repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8BDDB4F28FBE4DDA8972C8E2D3DED62C"><enum>(f)</enum><text>Sections 1 through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1932, (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1401">12 U.S.C. 1401</external-xref> through 1404) are repealed.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HBE75A00DD1B74F24BAE1856B117F9A83"><enum>5503.</enum><header>Facility headquarters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5.16 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2251">12 U.S.C. 2251</external-xref>) is amended by striking all that precedes <quote>to the rental of quarters</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<section id="H7D1196850E4541A89D1B6442A0C4FA9C"><enum>5.16.</enum><header>Quarters and facilities for the Farm Credit Administration</header>
<subsection id="H89C7A0002B53451691BADAF5DE630BB9"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Farm Credit Administration shall maintain its principal office within the Washington D.C.-Maryland-Virginia standard metropolitan statistical area, and such other offices within the United States as in its judgment are necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD3E010F921E943E29416F780A277653F"><enum>(b)</enum><text>As an alternate</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HB923A681BFBC44A6B4EB31D0870B51A8"><enum>5504.</enum><header>Sharing privileged and confidential information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5.19 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2254">12 U.S.C. 2254</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H2E143F5CD13842BFBB0D0656388CFC61"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A System institution shall not be considered to have waived the confidentiality of a privileged communication with an attorney or accountant if the institution provides the content of the communication to the Farm Credit Administration pursuant to the supervisory or regulatory authorities of the Farm Credit Administration.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H4C3A5777070846A7A3F58926DE9C6CBD"><enum>5505.</enum><header>Scope of jurisdiction</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part C of title V of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2261">12 U.S.C. 2261–2274</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 5.31 the following:</text>
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<section id="HFC405A56B6C24A41BE15E5FEB0303C77"><enum>5.31A.</enum><header>Scope of jurisdiction</header>
<subsection id="H83E6FDB8359D4E06B42560480FBB7120"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of sections 5.25, 5.26, and 5.33, the jurisdiction of the Farm Credit Administration over parties, and the authority of the Farm Credit Administration to initiate actions, shall include enforcement authority over institution-affiliated parties.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H55D7403F8BEE45BFA6B05BF1BA3DC92C"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The resignation, termination of employment or participation, or separation of an institution-affiliated party (including a separation caused by the merger, consolidation, conservatorship, or receivership of a System institution) shall not affect the jurisdiction and authority of the Farm Credit Administration to issue any notice or order and proceed under this part against any such party, if the notice or order is served before the end of the 6-year period beginning on the date the party ceased to be such a party with respect to the System institution (whether the date occurs before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this section).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8D4AE441ABE64836B9DB45418B961326"><enum>5506.</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5.35 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2271">12 U.S.C. 2271</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4747AC3072474BBA882A52DCC06FFC11"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H60358572433244C1AC0F4FEC7026E3D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5) and inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F75B7062ECE430AA477EEAE15D6A6F8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HF4CD0B51188B4DC0A4A33DBE165EA78E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>institution-affiliated party</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H56AE4D4002A84F57B690B26E4D70C305"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any director, officer, employee, shareholder, or agent of a System institution;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF612FDBE0F80438DBB4F1395DBC69590"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any independent contractor (including any attorney, appraiser, or accountant) who knowingly or recklessly participates in—</text>
<clause id="H27A7B1C705A34CB6BA490187918B672A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any violation of law (including regulations) that is associated with the operations and activities of 1 or more institutions;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD67B0CF4BCB54C7BA1E33D6AF9931B08"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any breach of fiduciary duty; or</text> </clause><clause id="HD249995A42974851905E953EA8500E42"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>any unsafe or unsound practice, which caused or is likely to cause more than a minimal financial loss to, or a significant adverse effect on, a System institution; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCFF7C6601F72466081DF9CD5D76E6C07"><enum>(C)</enum><text>any other person, as determined by the Farm Credit Administration (by regulation or on a case-by-case basis) who participates in the conduct of the affairs of a System institution; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H288E7005BAAF45C9B7E0DA2656C0BB81"><enum>5507.</enum><header>Expansion of acreage exception to loan amount limitation</header>
<subsection id="H62C676345F9640E187540B2E3780137F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8.8(c)(2) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2279aa-8">12 U.S.C. 2279aa–8(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1,000</quote> and inserting <quote>2,000</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB84EB824631D475AAD2E8429804E7C86"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date a report submitted in accordance with section 5602 of this Act indicates that it is feasible to increase the acreage limitation in section 8.8(c)(2) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to 2,000 acres.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF1E434CED9434AB38F2FDD000F99A87B"><enum>5508.</enum><header>Compensation of bank directors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4.21 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2209">12 U.S.C. 2209</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section id="H3496F04560CB4AF7A320E116D626B5F2"><enum>5509.</enum><header>Prohibition on use of funds</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5.65 of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2277a-14">12 U.S.C. 2277a–14</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HCAF5C85BB4204479ABF8B1264C051E9F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prohibition on uses of funds related to Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No funds from administrative accounts or from the Farm Credit System Insurance Fund may be used by the Corporation to provide assistance to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation or to support any activities related to the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H11320B423DFF45F3BB6CBE3F4E38906B"><enum>F</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H928CAA5133C44FAC81DA6164BC0F30CD"><enum>5601.</enum><header>State agricultural mediation programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 506 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5106">7 U.S.C. 5106</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote>and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H94604EBA05104BB289AE2C14AD2F7385"><enum>5602.</enum><header>Study on loan risk</header> <subsection id="HAABFFB9153FE4F28BA2FAFDC770C8277"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Farm Credit Administration shall conduct a study that—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D61BF33DEA04B128D3BB271DAFD0F7C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>analyzes and compares the financial risks inherent in loans made, held, securitized, or purchased by Farm Credit banks, associations, and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation and how such risks are required to be capitalized under statute and regulations in effect as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D9EB4D893FC40C899EF27FB6E615A5A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assesses the feasibility of increasing the acreage exception provided in section 8.8(c)(2) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 to 2,000 acres.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4EAC76B1997F45C0985D49355FD4EF7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timeline</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Farm Credit Administration shall provide the results of the study required by subsection (a) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate no later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VI</enum><header>Rural infrastructure and economic development</header>
<subtitle id="HBB09235E12C84392B005D7EE286A4D46"><enum>A</enum><header>Improving Health Outcomes in Rural Communities</header>
<section id="H82601F83675D4976A10439B509596BEF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6001.</enum><header>Prioritizing projects to meet health crises in rural America</header>
<subsection id="HEE860B4B27AE42A5AC6C0BA9CA3450DC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Temporary prioritization of rural health assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title VI of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2204a-2204b">7 U.S.C. 2204a–2204b</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H87294745307146C7AE61C77D81544FCF"><enum>608.</enum><header>Temporary prioritization of rural health Assistance</header>
<subsection id="HBC9A3CFB65A347749541A5ECBC67319D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to prioritize certain rural health applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, after consultation with such public health officials as may be necessary, may announce a temporary reprioritization for certain rural development loan and grant applications to assist rural communities in responding to a specific health emergency.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE1BC1CA160E34495912604A744068A98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content of announcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the announcement, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H965CCACA96B243CA8156FDA8B875A1AD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify the nature of the emergency affecting the heath of rural Americans;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HACCCFB2A0FEE4CF99BAAFEC7851E4E1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>describe the actual and potential effects of the emergency on the rural United States;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H41C8C6D2AE5340BD8575155AF275A326"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify the services and treatments which can be used to reduce those effects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76A0494E0DCA456C9682288CEA254E71"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">publish the specific temporary changes needed to assist rural communities in responding to the emergency</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H776ECBD7A6754E89B648991AF4A06109"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Notice</header><text>Not later than 48 hours after making or extending an announcement under this section, 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, and transmit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, a written notice of the declaration or extension.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8435C3E8396A4861A0D916967D665FD4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Extension</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may extend an announcement under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the emergency will continue after the declaration would otherwise expire.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39DF7C6ECD444C45B2E2AC2F71C7F33C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Expiration</header><text>An announcement under subsection (a) shall expire on the earlier of—</text> <paragraph id="HB0F7F09DAC7E470783CA744C94973B15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the date the Secretary determines that the emergency has ended; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EEC9DE0A6E64C65B6D065F5A1D7F490"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the end of the 360-day period beginning with the later of—</text> <subparagraph id="HB98ABD91DEFC4F609EA0245D7413CF53"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the date the announcement was made; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9AFD7F4D3562426191EB9D057B6E3D95"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the date the announcement was most recently extended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H25E181188B444CEE9816E9B7A5C0DBEA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distance learning and telemedicine</header><text>Section 2333(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa-2">7 U.S.C. 950aaa–2(c)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H06E19705788443F1907709C37FE15EFF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Procedure during temporary reprioritizations</header>
<subparagraph id="H15CF5AC472D3422BB0D114A4D3FC015E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While a temporary reprioritization announced under section 608 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 is in effect, the Secretary shall make available not less than 10 percent of the amounts made available under section 2335A for financial assistance under this chapter, for telemedicine services to identify and treat individuals affected by the emergency, subject to subparagraph (B).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE495DC208454B83B87E9E2694796FF3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>In the case of a fiscal year for which the Secretary determines that there are not sufficient qualified applicants to receive financial assistance to reach the 10-percent requirement under subparagraph (A), the Secretary may make available less than 10 percent of the amounts made available under section 2335A for those services.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H239D0BE617754FB4AEF5721761D35860"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Community facilities direct loans and grants</header><text>Section 306(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF4C501F7495C4357A3C90CBE237F523F"><enum>(27)</enum><header>Procedure during temporary reprioritizations</header>
<subparagraph id="HBC784B900B0A4E158DC74A7D9037EFDC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Selection priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While a temporary reprioritization announced under section 608 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 is in effect, in selecting recipients of loans, loan guarantees, or grants for the development of essential community facilities under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to entities eligible for those loans or grants—</text>
<clause id="H345AA342F7D34BF49CD8DF445A18444F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop facilities to provide services related to reducing the effects of the health emergency, including—</text>
<subclause id="H4A909050049D4A33B7490AEBF866B7E7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>prevention services;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HE68E1A918B8B47CAB802F386F63498C0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>treatment services;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9949262F67DA453BB8078EA246070C60"><enum>(III)</enum><text>recovery services; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H8F3E69ADAC8E4BC297B8F0AF8E3E07A4"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>any combination of those services; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HC8EF1F0DD7364FCBB35FE4771C5715AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>that employ staff that have appropriate expertise and training in how to identify and treat individuals affected by the emergency.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BB1482B57B543DC8023FCD661D9636A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>An eligible entity described in subparagraph (A) that receives a loan or grant described in that subparagraph may use the loan or grant funds for the development of telehealth facilities and systems to provide for treatment directly related to the emergency involved.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H5F4A1169C26B455B9C3EBEA04E73EAD8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rural health and safety education programs</header>
<paragraph id="HD5C337B13DA64512AF9EC532A7633A0E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(i) of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2662">7 U.S.C. 2662(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H893DB9CFAB39402481AC56F65D8C9672"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDCFDF199A44C407BA3F578616768A56B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6A8196A78F44D018871E7D273010922" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE2FCA9E98ADF470DA22F99463397CFF1"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Procedure during temporary reprioritizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">While a temporary reprioritization announced under section 608 of the Rural Development Act of 1972 is in effect, in making grants under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to an applicant that will use the grant to address the announced emergency.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H91D8B3EE60BC412495792B6F5C14FDB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical amendments</header><text>Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2661">7 U.S.C. 2661</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9AC06E16AD064AC39CAF598CFC904940"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 502, in the matter preceding subsection (a), by inserting <quote>(referred to in this title as the <term>Secretary</term>)</quote> after <quote>Agriculture</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H107E166C2DBE40B0B4D8B2191FF34131"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Secretary of Agriculture</quote> each place it appears (other than in section 502 in the matter preceding subsection (a)) and inserting <quote>Secretary</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6BAFDA09EE77402592054E66256E00B9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6002.</enum><header>Distance learning and telemedicine</header>
<subsection id="HDFEE8A6B22ED401EBD33451C24325079"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 2335A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa-5">7 U.S.C. 950aaa–5</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$82,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HF0B3A63FC4E94B8981DF8CE18503BEAC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 1(b) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/102/551">Public Law 102–551</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950aaa">7 U.S.C. 950aaa</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5A30397FF3694BBCA6713076878DCC69" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6003.</enum><header>Reauthorization of the Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5936">7 U.S.C. 5936</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7881D2F342D74A588A145110C10C3724"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall make competitive grants to support cooperative programs between State cooperative extension services and nonprofit organizations</quote> and inserting <quote>consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall make competitive grants to State cooperative extension services and Indian Tribes to support programs with nonprofit organizations in order</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H751D6896067C4E03A36898101BD204ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7316BF853C704637A8F031ECA476D067"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>Internet</quote> before <quote>websites</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF21A0FF7E90245F1B9C321358D45D61C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC01467995162434C9E66CE42E00EDA3D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBEE285D8334D4DDFBAC40B86710ED2D1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">training for individuals who may assist farmers in crisis, including programs and workshops;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H331A3E5F1C72481E82902B5CA7B76EDF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>, including the dissemination of information and materials</quote> before the semicolon at the end;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD4987B72E43946F58F171E0F2CBC361F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>to enable the State cooperative extension services</quote> and inserting <quote>or Indian Tribes, as applicable,</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFCD93B1D3F6F4393B4BC30833E64EBEF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>fiscal years</quote> and all that follows and inserting <quote>fiscal years 2018 through 2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3B1E1BB60F1F480AA7D8952B8E6B3E3F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HECA172410B97416184FB68CA29AC581A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Oversight and evaluation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall review and evaluate the stress assistance programs carried out pursuant to this section.</text>
<paragraph id="H2CA551CFB649495CAF26CAF04B5221FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program review</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which a grant is first provided under this section, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3A1D91D962D430FA01BAAA3FC77B507"><enum>(A)</enum><text>review the programs funded under a grant made under this section to evaluate the effectiveness of the services offered through such a program, and suggest alternative services not offered by such a grant recipient that would be appropriate for behavioral health services; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE7CE1D1AD1974E67A18C30E170D66765"><enum>(B)</enum><text>submit to the Congress, and make available on the public Internet website of the Department of Agriculture, a report containing the results of the review conducted under subparagraph (A) and a description of the services provided through programs funded under such a grant.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C1D7955A1B24F3FA2B99A6D3BF690D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>In making the report under paragraph (1) publicly available, the Secretary shall take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the report does not contain any information that would identify any person who received services under a program funded under a grant made under this section.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB98B02AAADDD449ABCAB9ACA1DE19128" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6004.</enum><header>Supporting agricultural association health plans</header>
<subsection id="H81A0F5CB7E0A4CB1868DA128024145E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may establish a loan program and a grant program to assist in the establishment of agricultural association health plans, in order to help bring new health options and lower priced health care coverage to rural Americans.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8BA9E50C57CD47B5A7F95FD75352C85E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Loans</header>
<paragraph id="HA95185A931234876B0BC119DA7F49462"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to plan years 2019 through 2022, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, may make not more than 10 loans under this section, for purposes of establishing agricultural association health plans, to qualified agricultural associations that have not received a loan under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C9DC67B0FD842D98212DCF837B128A8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The proceeds of a loan made under this section may only be used to finance costs associated with establishing and carrying out an agricultural association health plan.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H107AB07F969C4782B17ACD1A18E8FD70"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loan terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A loan made under this section shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H7639CC82CCC64F7F9B4D618D58B500F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bear interest at an annual rate equivalent to the cost of borrowing to the Department of the Treasury for obligations of comparable maturities;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9A247A158E445BEB47A3CCA563FFBE3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have a term of such length, not exceeding 20 years, as the borrower may request;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H097E404FF6D9408B9291C266DBCCE33D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F86A44FA5104AFD857B6229E7AA1506"><enum>(D)</enum><text>require that the borrower submit annual audited financial statements to the Secretary; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H80F04F07AAC242979E318D9832D7C784"><enum>(E)</enum><text>include any other requirements or documentation the Secretary deems necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H975BD19375584086B471B203EDF50CB1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make grants to agricultural trade associations or industry associations which have been in existence for at least three years prior to applying for such a grant to provide for technical assistance in establishing an agricultural association health plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBA23ACBEA55E4A09952D07311285CEA4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph id="H79DD4D827A7E4878989FF00731DCC39D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $65,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2019 through 2022, to be available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2157BD9910DB4A86B4D6510736ED272A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text>Of the funds made available under paragraph (1), not more than 15 percent of such funds shall be made available to make grants under subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC767F7773F254307BB64587CD8CAE524"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HEB3E255A54D14986919477961198D825"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural association health plan</header><text>The term <term>agricultural association health plan</term> means a group health plan within the meaning of section 733(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1191b">42 U.S.C. 1191b</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE4615E96B2A94C3A8AE6BA28CB1C318A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is sponsored by a qualified agricultural association; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD61794DEA264C309A25ED324EF4BF77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to which the Secretary has received a letter from the relevant State insurance commissioner certifying that such association may offer such plan in such State.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE53BA5B4FA824796A62ADD62C2DCF4F8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified agricultural association</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified agricultural association</term> means an association—</text> <subparagraph id="HEA6C7106D3454666BB675250EF399294"><enum>(A)</enum><text>composed of members that operate a farm or ranch or operate an agribusiness;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD9851A1C2F7F4C048F07CD960D2657B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that qualifies as an association health plan within the meaning of guidance or regulation issued by the Department of Labor;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79302538B8B94955B81245D8718D3CD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that acts directly or indirectly in the interest of its members in relation to the plan;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF36F4EFE864B4E409430A232B3AA988F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>that is able to demonstrate an ability to implement and manage a group health plan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7E77C277383B46398ACD3DA076207C00"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that meets any other criteria the Secretary deems necessary to meet the intent of this section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBABA0FB76F1D4D9FAC98E9AE7EE6A5D8"><enum>B</enum><header>Connecting Rural Americans to High Speed Broadband</header> <section id="H02E1C323FFB640749767217C237B12ED"><enum>6101.</enum><header>Establishing forward-looking broadband standards</header> <subsection id="HD7A1DDAE00554B3EAC5CC6839D8E276E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4ABA23C777E8486A97FA2830F0F48AF0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H22E497663294449888C1BFDD457FAB42" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HC2A7ABB216314A69A239BDEA9FCAAB68"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">demonstrate the ability to furnish or improve service in order to meet the broadband service standards established under subsection (e)(1) in all or part of an unserved or underserved rural area;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2D40721FF104A7BB1D27B74BE832DFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7023E5C3050E49FFBA3CFD982C6D719F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H87575CA182364F789A13F69979759BE0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), for purposes of this section, the Secretary shall establish broadband service standards for rural areas which provide for—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6A30133C6DA149BB8BF8DAD6C1BD20F5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a minimum acceptable standard of service that requires the speed to be at least 25 megabits per second downstream transmission capacity and 3 megabits per second upstream transmission capacity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8533CBBF5848405D9B6D0ECB83BAC5C5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>projections of minimum acceptable standards of service for 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 years into the future.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H32BC55B961DF46CBBB5EEF43043528F1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Adjustments</header>
<subparagraph id="H496B653B97D84B2C9B1C6D990281C70B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At least once every 2 years, the Secretary shall review, and may adjust through notice published in the Federal Register, the broadband service standards in effect under paragraph (1) to encourage the delivery of high quality, cost-effective broadband service in rural areas.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9D5BF1A88A34BF18E35C96755455B91"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Considerations</header><text>In establishing and adjusting the broadband service standards in effect under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider—</text>
<clause id="H77C3F5867EEA481194508641DBD6F4EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the broadband service needs of rural families and businesses;</text> </clause><clause id="H14176D07EDC34B6084A30316E0B40252"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>broadband service available to urban and suburban areas;</text>
</clause><clause id="H02245E757DB941C7A92861807279703C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>future technology needs of rural residents;</text> </clause><clause id="HD16C854EC3824196BB720C550536B1D7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>advances in broadband technology; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H161441FC51F541A5B5B48A31E33D12DB"><enum>(v)</enum><text>other relevant factors as determined by the Secretary.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6BA764B9B8FB403CA5CF95E9420C2BF6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5D97C53495E44C57AB2AE41943E6CF1B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not provide a loan or loan guarantee under this section for a project unless the Secretary determines, at the time the agreement to provide the loan or loan guarantee is entered into, that, at any time while the loan or loan guarantee is outstanding, the project will be capable of providing broadband service at not less than the minimum acceptable standard of service established under paragraph (1)(B) for that time.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05FFC5CB96704283B7805978204D17D7"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Substitute service standards for unique service territories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an applicant shows that it would be cost prohibitive to meet the minimum acceptable level of broadband service established under paragraph (1)(B) for the entirety of a proposed service territory due to the unique characteristics of the proposed service territory, the Secretary and the applicant may agree to utilize substitute standards for any unserved portion of the project. Any substitute service standards should continue to consider the matters described in paragraph (2)(B) and reflect the best technology available to meet the needs of the residents in the unserved area.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3FFCC6AD408240E1B3E8DAB2F10606D5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB82573CEB8274A8A9F6DB7EDA74A841C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>level of broadband service established under subsection (e)</quote> and inserting <quote>standard of service established under subsection (e)(1)(A)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEC3E07D1FA6B4FA9B561087DC3869838"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE7E6A19406724B9E919C42736A35AC9F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H43FB5857CC6E41C186D2E84A4A19122A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Minimum standards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent possible, the terms and conditions under which a loan or loan guarantee is provided to an applicant for a project shall require that, at any time while the loan or loan guarantee is outstanding, the broadband network provided by the project will meet the lower of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5489FCD776F64A8392158EC947D262B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the minimum acceptable standard of service projected under subsection (e)(1)(B) for that time, as agreed to by the applicant at the time the loan or loan guarantee is provided; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71A8303B23134F46A96FC62054893D4A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the minimum acceptable standard of service in effect under subsection (e)(1)(A) for that time.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE3082924636E46BD8B46B605653B3234"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 12 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>RUS</quote>) shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a written report on the effectiveness of RUS loan and loan guarantee programs for the purpose of expanding broadband to rural areas (as defined in RUS regulations), which shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HBEAF33ED06544A7E9CC53951D0CA811E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>identify administrative and legislative options for incentivizing private investment by utilizing RUS loan guarantee programs for the purpose of expanding broadband to rural areas;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FC752F4E4694EB7B2A7D9EC39A83021"><enum>(2)</enum><text>evaluate the existing borrower and lending guidelines for RUS loan and loan guarantee applicants to incentivize participation in both programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA68CC4A4DAB94F41BEA04E2FF0BB189F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>evaluate the loan and loan guarantee application processes for lenders and borrowers by eliminating burdensome and unnecessary steps in the application process and providing a more streamlined process to decrease the complexity of the application and the timeline from application to approval or denial;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7505AC2F078428E8AEC04129430B677"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify opportunities to provide technical assistance and pre-development planning activities to assist rural counties and communities to assess current and future broadband needs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2BE9F0CACC245798E30006F0C1923AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>identify and evaluate emerging technologies, including next-generation satellite technologies, and ways to leverage the technologies to provide high-speed, low-latency internet connectivity to rural areas.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1277B9B22E9A4AC0B26D59203583228B"><enum>6102.</enum><header>Incentives for hard to reach communities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H7CEB1A0D65A04689906EE120E58FE775"><enum>604.</enum><header>Incentives for hard to reach communities</header>
<subsection id="HF1094094B4474E78AD225ED053BE3955"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HF23017EA19434354BB5D8C568B795F94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Associated loan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>associated loan</term> means a loan or loan guarantee to finance all or part of a project under title I or II or this title for which an application has been submitted under such title and for which an application has also been submitted for a grant under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D85E3344A5B4DD4962FBE6CAEBBDAF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Density</header>
<subparagraph id="H6B4F0C0367CF4034996739CCE210997B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>density</term> means service points per road mile.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AFE040C194C420F980324CC161F9C17"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Method of calculation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall further define, by rule, a method for calculating service points per road-mile, where appropriate by geography, which—</text>
<clause id="HD326AFFE0B8E4EA6AB7FC19D943C19BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>divides the total number of service points by the total number of road-miles in a proposed service territory;</text>
</clause><clause id="HDA931C0B12D449C19B79A3DF3143BA24"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>requires an applicant to count all potential service points in a proposed service territory; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2FD56B1047594F3AAA76B4D9891316A8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes any other requirements the Secretary deems necessary to protect the integrity of the program.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H958826F24E52439CB3D505F6982004A0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Eligible project</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>eligible project</term> means any project for which the applicant—</text> <subparagraph id="H2B32921B81CA4EFE8BA8A179A939FBA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has submitted an application for an associated loan; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B95001A1178431ABA38BA07F6FD5F14"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not receive any other broadband grant administered by the Rural Utilities Service; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD756E3686275413680AF3423B2D6D332"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">proposes to—</text>
<clause id="H4A72C7BCB38245279D458C2FD7E8BA53"><enum>(i)</enum><text>offer retail broadband service to rural households;</text> </clause><clause id="HBB02A820E2354D8FAAA17E1FE21DF905"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>serve an area with a density of less than 12;</text>
</clause><clause id="H68A3ABDD47B54B5480CF9186EA9059CF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide service that meets the standard that would apply under section 601(e)(4) if the associated loan had been applied for under section 601;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFAA017F2A53E4CC7AB7925F6C9F64000"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide service in an area where no incumbent provider delivers fixed terrestrial broadband service at or above the minimum broadband speed described in section 601(e)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H79C16F3A1E9D4E198504DA044F7BCF2A"><enum>(v)</enum><text>provide service in an area where no eligible borrower, other than the applicant, has outstanding Rural Utilities Service telecommunications debt or is subject to a current Rural Utilities Service telecommunications grant agreement.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H221E67A29C30417585387F66D5FE165C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Service point</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>service point</term> means a home, business, or institution in a proposed service area.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEBE18A319D834CC28762589C12B4AC96"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Road-mile</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>road-mile</term> means a mile of road in a proposed service area.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5CF68B62ACEF417B9F97DC1C679838EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Establishment of grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a competitive grant program to provide applicants funds to carry out eligible projects for the purposes of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities for the provision of broadband service in rural areas.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE484C85CC4EC4B4994FEDA6EDEB0A3C6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Applications</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish an application process for grants under this section that—</text> <paragraph id="H1876F97A1C7B49BEBA9CFEEFE889B1FF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>has 1 application window per year;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H65B6CD6BF3F7425492AFD0D5502C8312"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">permits a single application for the grant and the associated loan; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5117CCAA73CF4BA290D6F2AC7B24C21B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides a single decision to award the grant and the associated loan.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA9C7B3E1A0A04013AA18809319B377DA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants under this section, the Secretary shall prioritize applications in which the applicant proposes to—</text>
<paragraph id="H4702ECB62CFE445F8C5A94AE4A3A9DA2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide the highest quality of service as measured by—</text> <subparagraph id="H129064A742E4486B9FC7D49FAD59E4CA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">network speed;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DF9F0B51F824069A32DA1A7441F1B03"><enum>(B)</enum><text>network latency; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE454AA40FFB43159C60A0065D580EB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>data allowances;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD242BDC3530649CA819798F015AE751C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve the greatest number of service points; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF433E3D47B6D49718A8B8086E6372D1F"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use the greatest proportion of non-Federal dollars.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2BD26292220F4C4BAE7BD23B3C3E92C6"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The Secretary shall make each grant under this section in an amount that is—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H78589242137C4A929708E36211F5B02D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not greater than 75 percent of the total project cost with respect to an area with a density of less than 4;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H777EA0CB919C41029D5C89F8780B0363"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not greater than 50 percent of the total project cost with respect to an area with a density of 4 or more and not more than 9; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCB1E2CC75A1E4E8591D890A441200830"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not greater than 25 percent of the total project cost with respect to an area with a density of more than 9 and not more than 12.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF827A630344B4BE29992C25EA506195F"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>With respect to a grant provided under this section, the Secretary shall require that—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HB5F53ADC2DCE40809F1D95CA97F36D0E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the associated loan is secured by the assets purchased with funding from the grant and from the loan;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D341C9CD36343CD95828C44C21CAC1C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agreement in which the terms of the grant are established is for a period equal to the duration of the associated loan; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H459961BD32084D7091561DB7D6A325AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at any time at which the associated loan is outstanding, the broadband service provided by the project will meet the lower of the standards that would apply under section 601(g)(4) if the associated loan had been made under section 601.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD239228D6E774DF7B01CD01A802098B2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Payment assistance for certain applicants under this title</header>
<paragraph id="H883B0D394B644C13B0B5B2BFB8F87314"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As part of the grant program under this section, the Secretary, at the sole discretion of the Secretary, may provide to applicants who are eligible borrowers under this title and not eligible borrowers under title I or II all or a portion of the grant funds in the form of payment assistance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE461C845F6D5452D903D8B279ABC439F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide payment assistance under paragraph (1) by reducing a borrower’s interest rate or periodic principal payments or both.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H74FBB7BBEAC74D16B021AA51CCB36119"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agreement on milestones and objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to payment assistance provided under paragraph (1), before entering into the agreement for the grant and associated loan under which the payment assistance will be provided, the applicant and the Secretary shall agree to milestones and objectives of the project.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDF49E1CBE1FE4341B87E59D17A831F0C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Condition</header><text>The Secretary shall condition any payment assistance provided under paragraph (1) on—</text> <subparagraph id="H03109F084D074CCEBF054B77711AA03E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the applicant fulfilling the terms and conditions of the grant agreement under which the payment assistance will be provided; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62D4BCA99C774543B372C723296EB926"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">completion of the milestones and objectives agreed to under paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9F25C274A2D64986B04CD68CCC5BAC39"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Amendment of milestones and objectives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary and the applicant may jointly agree to amend the milestones and objectives agreed to under paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8890A96EA7F6430ABDA2D81B906807FC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Existing projects</header><text>The Secretary may not provide a grant under this section to an applicant for a project that was commenced before the date of the enactment of this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H046A23DF1F564EFAB3B8DBFEAA293CBC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $350,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 to 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H3FCF8383629E46419469D999DE8586D4"><enum>6103.</enum><header>Requiring guaranteed broadband lending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(c)(1) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>shall make or guarantee loans</quote> and inserting <quote>shall make loans and shall guarantee loans</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA72A6B79180742F197CAA8681EB363B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6104.</enum><header>Smart utility authority for broadband</header>
<subsection id="HE129835E0CBE4BAEA34839F680775485"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 331 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1981">7 U.S.C. 1981</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H86FE9F0FD0C2493BAD5AA160939D9E41"><enum>(e)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H96A45D393C0C440FB3BEAD54903F5A87"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary may allow a recipient of a grant, loan, or loan guarantee provided by the Office of Rural Development under this title to use not more than 10 percent of the amount so provided—</text>
<subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H5662DC4975B0482489B0F62D1584600B" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for any activity for which assistance may be provided under section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H93C4D76AD4644FE49B4C4E88B7682510" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to construct other broadband infrastructure.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H540AC3BDA6834783811030E8ECE03438" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall not apply to a recipient who is seeking to provide retail broadband service in any area where retail broadband service is available at the minimum broadband speeds, as defined under section 601(e) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H41FCEC65715E4C30B6D76DFB22EB32F7"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title I of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901–918a</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 7 the following:</text>
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<section id="HC8732E0935F540B1BDA5DC22D2205BFD"><enum>8.</enum><header>Limitations on use of assistance</header>
<subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25369DC011E44B6D973321A16D26805F"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the Secretary may allow a recipient of a grant, loan, or loan guarantee under this title to set aside not more than 10 percent of the amount so received to provide retail broadband service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCA7C41BE957843D6B3B093BEBECDD14C"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A recipient who sets aside funds under subsection (a) of this section may use the funds only in an area that is not being provided with the minimum acceptable level of broadband service established under section 601(e), unless the recipient meets the requirements of section 601(d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5366CB7DEDA643BFA92E4FFDABD0A0F5"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the ability of any borrower to finance or deploy services authorized under this title.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H99561271474443D089AC0D3398357685" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6105.</enum><header>Modifications to the Rural Gigabit Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 603 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb-2">7 U.S.C. 950bb–2</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0730E4B6986A4EE6A45A6090D58878D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Rural Gigabit Network Pilot</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Innovative Broadband Advancement</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCB2A346023F34B8DB97B229A39EB556A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCE9ECB4FB51E4D3D9396852D1450D999"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA09179B8E1543E98D043DD03316B5F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by striking subsections (a) through (c) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF45BADE50A54BD893BF56EF3965B86B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5D91B56306CD4A088798280BDE0DE464"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program to be known as the <quote>Innovative Broadband Advancement Program</quote>, under which the Secretary may provide a grant, a loan, or both to an eligible entity for the purpose of demonstrating innovative broadband technologies or methods of broadband deployment that significantly decrease the cost of broadband deployment, and provide substantially faster broadband speeds than are available, in a rural area.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFD29DE7A38DB4BEB9C95D80C831FFFCE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural area</header><text>In this section, the term <term>rural area</term> has the meaning provided in section 601(b)(3).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H929CA357C7604CF0A8E597F88EFA4FDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible to obtain assistance under this section for a project, an entity shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H531A42DB7B4247B6A34CE629A5BB80EE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>submit to the Secretary an application—</text> <subparagraph id="HA990F9D09C8847A4A777E51CB32F86AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that describes a project designed to decrease the cost of broadband deployment, and substantially increase broadband speed to not less than the 20-year broadband speed established by the Rural Utilities Service under this title, in a rural area to be served by the project; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3AEDAD1B1BBF4B59B4E4C1B13DFF5043"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at such time, in such manner, and containing such other information as the Secretary may require;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F9BC70738AA4C6FB2171E0F030BDEA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>demonstrate that the entity is able to carry out the project; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD7F332084DC424DA561E97D8D72BE67"><enum>(3)</enum><text>agree to complete the project build-out within 5 years after the date the assistance is first provided for the project.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H69491EDF20F5406C944A4B6B5249CACE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In awarding assistance under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals for projects that—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB791867716A44C7B4A99D90685F69ED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>involve partnerships between or among multiple entities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDAEB3646AD7A4570805FEFFC8999D42C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would provide broadband service to the greatest number of rural residents at or above the minimum broadband speed referred to in subsection (c)(1)(A); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E4C7B2753D3483BB3A9A153D061802A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary determines could be replicated in rural areas described in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><section id="HCC89AB941CE84211AF7F443A83394688"><enum>6106.</enum><header>Unified broadband reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H78905E243B714AE0820ECD13E852437D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (j)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCEEC8BC966B942FFB64CC2FE15B66C61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Not later than</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section</quote> and inserting <quote>Each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report that describes the extent of participation in the broadband loan, loan guarantee, and grant programs administered by the Secretary</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BC17829B7B54F28B06E6ACD3E1BF267"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>loans applied for and provided under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>loans, loan guarantees, and grants applied for and provided under the programs</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD44EF47866D4F448FC7319C071830F6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H4E1D08C4A6DE412CA261ACB3D033EA35"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>loan</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H56678E2F83F04C369AF6B5D45A7503F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>loans and loan guarantees provided under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>loans, loan guarantees, and grants provided under the programs</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0866288F38C84AB1BA5D7476D4344CE3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>loan application under this section</quote> and inserting <quote>application under the programs</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E02E8D644594CCD8C7181CDF1AD60F5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in each of paragraphs (4) and (6), by striking <quote>this section</quote> and inserting <quote>the programs</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87BDAE8935424CB9A2767AAA6AEF5806"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <clause id="H309131F65CB145799F90AEB25A7A96ED"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>service</quote> and inserting <quote>technology</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H582C9F81C2D84B62B3419BCE08E17AB6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(b)(1)</quote> and inserting <quote>(e)(1)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD19CCB96774A4C4389B01076DE774717"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k)(2), in each of subparagraphs (A)(i) and (C), by striking <quote>loans</quote> and inserting <quote>grants, loans,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5A25CF57EF2D4A67BA32C69B4C372141"><enum>6107.</enum><header>Improving access by providing certainty to broadband borrowers</header>
<subsection id="H8429D13725DF413299C6D4C28438C45C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Telephone loan program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/922">7 U.S.C. 922–928</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H6730A1C214FE4E2BBF9A483EC517C3F3"><enum>208.</enum><header>Authority to obligate, but not disburse, funds before the completion of reviews</header>
<subsection id="HD0467496D9E749D28B8574C6E6C82FC7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may obligate, but shall not disburse, funds under this title for a project before the completion of any otherwise required environmental, historical, or other review of the project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1B9D0F1993C44FA7BECC85EC34D024F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority to deobligate funds</header><text>The Secretary may deobligate funds under this title for a project if any such review will not be completed within a reasonable period of time.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HCE7BE59C2A104331B56C00E2517C71A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural broadband program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(d) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H6A241656957549C1820D4CF2850BC609"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Authority to obligate, but not disburse, funds before completion of reviews; authority to
deobligate funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may obligate, but shall not disburse, funds under this section for a project before the completion of any otherwise required environmental, historical, or other review of the project. The Secretary may deobligate funds under this section for a project if any such review will not be completed within a reasonable period of time.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H3F38FE9139314EF2B9A24863A8354D1C"><enum>6108.</enum><header>Simplified application window</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(c)(2)(A) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>not less than 2 evaluation periods</quote> and inserting <quote>1 evaluation period</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0EDA8EF4F5C24E508C4FAC2C83B2BAE1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6109.</enum><header>Elimination of requirement to give priority to certain applicants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(c)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H51C4E2D4740D4288B2331500407F2830"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (C) and inserting a period; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2A002A9CD38B4405B83AF47B70A8EB00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (D).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H807324637C04423EA63B32067AB0D850"><enum>6110.</enum><header>Modification of buildout requirement</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(d)(1)(A)(iii) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(1)(A)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H25E3052E58774F069659A332B7FC6FF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>service</quote> and inserting <quote>infrastructure</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB640308E980E4BA29B877C9AF16A77AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>3</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HE897A35E946C44F49471EFCAEA42D535"><enum>6111.</enum><header>Improving borrower refinancing options</header>
<subsection id="HD41609FC8E064D56B68B6B4E0DF8E4D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Refinancing of broadband loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/922">7 U.S.C. 922</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>including indebtedness on a loan made under section 601</quote> after <quote>furnishing telephone service in rural areas</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H93BCF5F14094491A81BA903B1F45891D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Refinancing of other loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(i) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, or on any other loan if the purpose for which such other loan was made is a telecommunications purpose for which assistance may be provided under this Act,</quote> before <quote>if the use of</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H8D2A112D41F04965884E9B91433832D1"><enum>6112.</enum><header>Elimination of unnecessary reporting requirements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601(d)(8)(A)(ii) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(8)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE5498E1B3EBF4AB6BF105190618D18AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by striking <quote>and location</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4716E46D16A64C3EA02A98057D5310C6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subclause (IV), by striking <quote>any changes in broadband service adoption rates, including</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72DA8FE868DA4028B65F4A7E3EB88B14" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D547C593DA043BEB919E064DCF2C584"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H64DFAF16CB204A20A1B65EE043D77F01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For loans and loan guarantees under this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2370636538404990BFC2285B18FCF48E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (l), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H810823FFA0824892A0992B5DCD6968C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6114.</enum><header>Middle mile broadband infrastructure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H59F61759A49B4381BF0FD1A0D04BEFE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by inserting <quote>or middle mile infrastructure</quote> before <quote>in rural areas</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9BC16B824FE347019805C2093AF2D63E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting after paragraph (1) the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H83B4BFC1D0D14CD19B1BECC83890BE5C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Middle mile infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>middle mile infrastructure</term> means any broadband infrastructure that does not connect directly to end user locations (including anchor institutions) and may include interoffice transport, backhaul, Internet connectivity, data centers, or special access transport to rural areas.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA562274B9C0E46A6B7353FE747BDD09A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H59DFC6884E8B4519B261DBEC86A6E3EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and to construct, improve, or acquire middle mile infrastructure</quote> before <quote>in rural areas</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DC8814E38744EC38A46B3103059F986"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting <quote>, or in the case of middle mile infrastructure, offer the future ability to link,</quote> before <quote>the greatest proportion</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE782AEC8BE3C424985C63B12C2FBF2B4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H05D4C238DCE3406595C4E3821040A40D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on middle mile infrastructure projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall limit loans or loan guarantees for middle mile infrastructure projects to no more than 20 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this section.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5D96A2D84C24EFFA7AF082641EE81AA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H00F4DC25197348459A1694CD68ACF7F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A)—</text>
<clause id="H12F7D755468647EFBB4A82192B59C1B1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i) (as amended by section 6101(1) of this Act), by inserting <quote>or extend middle mile infrastructure</quote> before <quote>in all</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H5DD402BEB45F4F05AA1BDE192060D704"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by inserting <quote>or middle mile infrastructure</quote> before <quote>described</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD2EB297C91A4FA8A0F53E8966B83C27"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HA821AC64A3BC4F558228BEAC78A50016"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>or install middle mile infrastructure</quote> before <quote>in the proposed</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5F1C7B18A3541B68E25A206733A78AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC398D703C4149A4A99A40ABF5D8DC19" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H427A24488F66494FB35DA3795FCE96BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause (i) shall not apply with respect to a project if the project is eligible for funding under another title of this Act.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="HE355AFC048A94BFBB72D17293A0127F5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3762FFF9120F4CAA90081ABF38E7201D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HB59F85C29046454BB9A02C8062737612"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Exception for middle mile infrastructure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Portions of a middle mile infrastructure project that ultimately meet the rural service requirements of this section may traverse an area not described in subsection (b)(4) when necessary.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD97B567D778C4874B5DD1754C6570671"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>, or construct, improve, or acquire middle mile infrastructure in,</quote> before <quote>a rural area</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D3CABC5500B443998DA4303DF0FF52B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(A)(v), by inserting <quote>or, in the case of middle mile infrastructure, connect</quote> before the semicolon; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54D8B6A19EE3400D8D641370364158DC"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)(A)(ii)—</text> <clause id="HCDE1E370B21146478E7DFF29A0429606"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subclause (I), by inserting <quote>or may</quote> before <quote>receive</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HE22C1BF91EED4E2E81BAB341A9F090A5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by inserting <quote>or capability of middle mile infrastructure</quote> before the semicolon; and</text> </clause><clause id="HCF12C8AC2CF94D0893047933C910BC26"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by inserting <quote>, if applicable</quote> before the semicolon;</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H86660586766D4FF08D6810430B0C900D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (i)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBAD74A21E4DF4E7F904787F03F447207"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or middle mile infrastructure</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">service</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFBFF80B20784B6C8E1474920C425928"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>or middle mile infrastructure</quote> before <quote>in rural areas</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8AEE9D71B10D4E5ABF6951EDC098A673"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(6), by inserting <quote>or middle mile infrastructure</quote> after <quote>service</quote> the 1st and 3rd places it appears.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB85FBD77868F41179C7F3B82A782BED7"><enum>6115.</enum><header>Outdated broadband systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title VI of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="H773B221AB24B440BA7D751A7883D0882"><enum>605.</enum><header>Outdated broadband systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Beginning October 1, 2020, the Secretary shall consider any portion of a service territory subject to an outstanding grant agreement between the Secretary and a broadband provider in which broadband service is not provided at at least 10 megabits per second download and at least 1 megabit per second upload as unserved for the purposes of all broadband loan programs under this Act, unless the broadband provider has constructed or begun to construct broadband facilities in the service territory that meet the minimum acceptable standard of service established under section 601(e)(1) for the area in which the service territory is located.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HCED4D6B4EF2C4D1D8D56D522FAC4A3E4"><enum>6116.</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<subsection id="HB59143F0A2F745DBA00E6DCD8E5C5007"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this subtitle shall not take effect until the Secretary of Agriculture has issued final regulations to implement the amendments.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8C3646BF04D24DFC8B26D5715E7C79A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for issuing regulations</header><text>Within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall prescribe final regulations to implement the amendments made by sections 6101 and 6102.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H642E396EA1554B9683E0F8E9FF8D7546"><enum>C</enum><header>Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header>
<section id="H41468E44AFE64A2B976D2603EB75D195"><enum>6201.</enum><header>Strengthening regional economic development incentives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379H of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008v">7 U.S.C. 2008v</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H6BC56CE8869C407E9DD9648717633A35"><enum>379H.</enum><header>Strategic economic and community development</header>
<subsection id="H10EF04CD35524814BF918D0CBAE4E085"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of any program as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall give priority to an application for a project that, as determined and approved by the Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H01FCF4B44B72410395AFAE2061184DB6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>meets the applicable eligibility requirements of this title or other applicable authorizing law;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H937B2A07EF8246B5A9B11AD498FA388E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>will be carried out in a rural area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H10871978523A4A1CB425713F5DFBAFE8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>supports the implementation of a strategic community investment plan described in subsection (d) on a multisectoral and multijurisdictional basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB6B2E4E8688F4F31BC157E06B15E06EC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reserve</header>
<paragraph id="H1BE519894A674F198074886CB3CA11C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall reserve a portion of the funds made available for a fiscal year for programs as determined by the Secretary, for projects that support the implementation of a strategic community investment plan described in subsection (d) on a multisectoral and multijurisdictional basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H67007E6449D14F4697494983F4B72DB9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Period</header><text>The reservation of funds described in paragraph (1) may only extend through a date of the fiscal year in which the funds were first made available, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H47BC41F544CA4C15BB097E85EC169036"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Approved applications</header>
<paragraph id="HA24161418F66434AB2E83797A2148784"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any applicant who submitted a funding application that was approved before the date of enactment of this section may amend the application to qualify for the funds reserved under subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H544CD86F7B7044CE9584ED4112493980"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural utilities</header><text>Any rural development application authorized under section 306(a)(2), 306(a)(14), 306(a)(24), 306A, or 310B(b) and approved by the Secretary before the date of enactment of this section shall be eligible for the funds reserved under subsection (b) on the same basis as the applications submitted under this section, until September 30, 2019.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB3C3591A0BDD4841A1B0475F019F0B12"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Strategic community investment plans</header>
<paragraph id="H7EFDB9E497ED48C2A4E22D5E3FFB5380"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide assistance to rural communities for developing strategic community investment plans.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8AF821291804017A8CF5045FFFEC775"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Plans</header><text>A strategic community investment plan described in paragraph (1) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HB6307C94022744418A2DC0922763A31A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a variety of activities designed to facilitate a rural community’s vision for its future;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE42F386DFA9483D856DF969D62FB652"><enum>(B)</enum><text>participation by multiple stakeholders, including local and regional partners;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0BFB88A829884006A1F9D5C16605DCC0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>leverage of applicable regional resources;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC777BF46BEAA466A8F8453B1751F6C9F"><enum>(D)</enum><text>investment from strategic partners, such as—</text> <clause id="HA1AC3930F050432D9A725DCF8DB03450"><enum>(i)</enum><text>private organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEB0D4DEBD1574B799E05CA35535A2ECD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>cooperatives;</text> </clause><clause id="H9314F8B739F74C75A43C680DAB4DB3D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>other government entities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H537D3688FCC241BAB4E7A47A256E3D35"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>tribes; and</text> </clause><clause id="HC25DB632F0694A5A944C1BAA7EE7E8EE"><enum>(v)</enum><text>philanthropic organizations;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFF94496AD399458297049F24812E7579"><enum>(E)</enum><text>clear objectives with the ability to establish measurable performance metrics;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9DD3AF44D621493694ABCD8CF5186067"><enum>(F)</enum><text>action steps for implementation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F359BF395BA47ADB3A3C3258CEC5BF2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>any other elements necessary to ensure that the plan results in a comprehensive and strategic approach to rural economic development, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA6C1CCEB04B242708452AF0F6630C5D7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Coordination</header><text>The Secretary shall coordinate with tribes and local, State, regional, and Federal partners to develop strategic community investment plans under this subsection.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C5DBA333EDC4EE88A3BA51B5B528068"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitations on authorization of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph id="HA7D0DE1CB89C42E5896143F51DFC68DB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $5,000,000 for fiscal years 2018 through 2023 to carry out this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38CFD25AD35C4993A8BAF67F8F9238D6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The amounts made available to carry out this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6CF93B20A3004FDFACB17CE2B8D2E12A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6202.</enum><header>Expanding access to credit for rural communities</header>
<subsection id="HF874B912C5654ECDAA6BFDE125AAD4F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certain programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B66D87D62AA4A35A8E914B0E742E1F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <subparagraph id="H312E88450E1441EB976139D62AD0D081"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">and guaranteed</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FED99AE04B74988AF927E9E711A1DD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the text—</text> <clause id="HC6684BB1620B41248EF681F21A3B817D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and guaranteed</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F329F5DF1CB4E7C86D3AE895563D766"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(1), (2), and (24)</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) and (2)</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H96B9E67AEE7944EF926D3083BC4D8FBB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9D9CF933C66C41AEB2198873EEE5E40A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and guaranteed</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H935A73006DFC41A09E8D6020E4635D7B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(21), and (24)</quote> and inserting <quote>and (21)</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H950CBE3E7B064DCC8BB077260FF060F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural broadband program</header><text>Paragraph (4)(A)(ii) of section 601(b) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(b)</external-xref>), as redesignated by section 6114(2), is amended by inserting <quote>in the case of a direct loan,</quote> before <quote>a city</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2B173913A04F4070B40B0416ABEFE066"><enum>6203.</enum><header>Providing for additional fees for guaranteed loans</header>
<subsection id="H18FA05111FFC49AC92DB04227C5077B1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Certain programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983">7 U.S.C. 1983</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0DF6260E5C04427FAD6C01BC6D07C837"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7FC1E25D2A748CFB809291376C5B248"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H24914E13EA2045C8A34C131E5C438E09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HF3874B12F7BD45C4A46439FC09846528"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an insured or guaranteed loan issued or modified under section 306(a), charge and collect from the recipient of the insured or guaranteed loan fees in such amounts as are necessary so that the sum of the total amount of fees so charged in each fiscal year and the total of the amounts appropriated for all such insured or guaranteed loans for the fiscal year equals the subsidy cost for the insured or guaranteed loans in the fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD3405D7CD66048CF99EBD5DDFC7DED62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural broadband program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 601(c) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb">7 U.S.C. 950bb(c)</external-xref>), as amended by section 6114, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="H9A4598AA4FC54C7A86A28A101180B495"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Fees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a loan guarantee issued or modified under this section, the Secretary shall charge and collect from the recipient of the guarantee fees in such amounts as are necessary so that the sum of the total amount of fees so charged in each fiscal year and the total of the amounts appropriated for all such loan guarantees for the fiscal year equals the subsidy cost for the loan guarantees in the fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C9920891B674A1EB5171EEFF716E791" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6204.</enum><header>Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(2)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H70F8388062F84BC9BEABAAFFB9920F34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>$100,000</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>$200,000</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFBDAFD6528F94606B012D1E827EA7430"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (vii), by striking <quote>$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H81480A8EC19F48B49F78B691673CC86E"><enum>6205.</enum><header>Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training programs</header>
<subsection id="H862E6A60F79A405591E3E2B29E810D7B"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 306(a)(14)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(14)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H446A0C90BDAF43CEB6F73938A12E3103"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3C834CC4DDB8402B8975EAEFD418B5D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H019F664C865F441FAD5AA31892574D00"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03189ED6AF9C41DFBD098009E080991D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="HA937CFE1A0954E4B87862DD060F7F664"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify options to enhance long term sustainability of rural water and waste systems to include operational practices, revenue enhancements, policy revisions, partnerships, consolidation, regionalization, or contract services.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC00E9095C5524C49BFAA8752B42261A2"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 306(a)(14)(C) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(14)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>1 nor more than 3</quote> and inserting <quote>3 nor more than 5</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HF944E2E573C44D0E85B612EB390F79DF"><enum>6206.</enum><header>Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(22)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2014</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000,000 for fiscal year 2018</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB97D2D0C5A5C4187BFDCDDB5D7611B7D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6207.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal college and university essential community facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306(a)(25)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(25)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H514F46735CEA426185A1A5469609D26F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6208.</enum><header>Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306A(i) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926a">7 U.S.C. 1926a(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3F9D46B5F17A4340AEED97C248A3A9D8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HC972485B8C794AAF8957D4CBF1165359"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Release</header>
<clause id="HAB9F9E55368A41C890D2910BFCA31351"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in clause (ii), funds reserved under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall be reserved only until July 1 of the fiscal year.</text>
</clause><clause id="H5DBE831B29FA4EE09845AA54792D34C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In response to an eligible community where the drinking water supplies are inadequate due to a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including drought or severe weather, the Secretary may provide potable water under this section for an additional period not to exceed 120 days beyond the established period otherwise provided under this section, in order to protect public health.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3317C009BB774F43819955CEDCAF8F47"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>$35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$27,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE5B7684F677D47E7A09BB51E1E9054D9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306D(d)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926d">7 U.S.C. 1926d(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCD2B18A572144158BE3BDAC1A3D5F7A7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Household water well systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926e">7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1022421533504CCFA1895A96C3C47A64" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6211.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Solid waste management grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(b)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H03DC2C14547144E29B033284DDDE2A82" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business development grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(c)(4)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HFFEB15A9E6C449AA9CD436D9D9203DB3"><enum>6213.</enum><header>Rural cooperative development grants</header>
<subsection id="H63B2F06A32CC45C4A26178C41AC9D99F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(e)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(13)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H782762918B8747D98BE97DE1CE8BE1E7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 310B(e)(11)(B)(i) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(11)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(12)</quote> and inserting <quote>(13)</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6609FAF4A2DF41A8AC47F7F38FECF41F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6214.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(g)(9)(B)(iv)(I) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)(iv)(I)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE62A1E3CD5FE43449B556DB559CC5BA7" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6215.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(i)(4) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(i)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1F3EF13A9824D98A6891195BFFAD430" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6216.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural economic area partnership zones</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310B(j) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(j)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0163E7D6E29B413F97DBC9D966B135EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6217.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Intermediary relending program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310H(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1936b">7 U.S.C. 1936b(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB7FCA2A87C534BDEB52423A59F1946A1"><enum>6218.</enum><header>Exclusion of prison populations from definition of rural area</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 343(a)(13) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)</external-xref> is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4142BC0142BD4E96ACAACF9BC21033DE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>(G)</quote> and inserting <quote>(H)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB8CF87BFC7FD4279AEE7284C4A1C7DD0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H661CC00D9C7B4FA3ADEE86AD4134DDEE"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Exclusion of populations incarcerated on a long-term basis</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Populations of individuals incarcerated on a long-term or regional basis shall not be included in determining whether an area is <quote>rural</quote> or a <quote>rural area</quote>.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8EAD67178F0646458CF65C7C2D52F2EE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6219.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Rural Development Partnership</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 378 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008m">7 U.S.C. 2008m</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H18DC9D1A89744D7E8A92801B88684ABA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (g)(1), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDA4B8B40B0CC4575B0C324D45E3EA51C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE654C5C202CE471D8F333621E3AD5F4C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6220.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379B(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008p">7 U.S.C. 2008p(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H864DF496006D40358A3EC6E9D27501BA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6221.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural microentrepreneur assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008s">7 U.S.C. 2008s(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HC86D6899B0FA41B98196870339665FD5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H791E15E43E724A69A90CB40B69B34320" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6222.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Health care services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 379G(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008u">7 U.S.C. 2008u(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E4912E442244BFE802747A2690A11D4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6223.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delta Regional Authority</header>
<subsection id="H93532CAD177444E5995346A2FD38EE51"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of Appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 382M(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 (U.S.C. 2009aa–12(a)) is amended by striking <quote>2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84D4569BDAD14764B1140A4D34039147"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Termination of authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 382N of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009aa-13">7 U.S.C. 2009aa–13</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H90EEF30738D74E26BA5465F8133BCDBD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6224.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Northern Great Plains Regional Authority</header> <subsection id="HB9ADE59BE711498898B5AED5737967B0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 383N(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-12">7 U.S.C. 2009bb–12(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCA215399188F43E5B5B30672CCA47BA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header><text>Section 383O of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009bb-13">7 U.S.C. 2009bb–13</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H55C140A65C074C0D8BBF3E45CC34CB2B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6225.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rural business investment program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 384S of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2009cc-18">7 U.S.C. 2009cc–18</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H3239C669EA224D3AA3591BF28A90337A"><enum>D</enum><header>Rural Electrification Act of <enum-in-header>1936</enum-in-header></header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE9CCD37CBC94D61AB4E9F3A1E0149C2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 313A(f) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c–1(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H019030EDDE244AE1A014F9D9FE6CCBE9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expansion of 911 access</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 315(d) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940e">7 U.S.C. 940e(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H095EFE1FDF82400E9756BFC67808BC7E"><enum>6303.</enum><header>Improvements to the guaranteed underwriter program</header> <subsection id="HD53FF7BDAD6245BC8AE33CB733418BF0"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c-1</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6E8E4E744BD247CFAB85CD9C6FB8B8DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AB5A4A4F41C45DB91D10D2518D4068A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H3DD82E120F7F49E49475BA233E94D130"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Guarantees</header> <paragraph id="H6520C79B5F9F49038BFBDA15DCE3C7F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary shall guarantee payments on bonds or notes issued by cooperative or other lenders organized on a not-for-profit basis, if the proceeds of the bonds or notes are used to make utility infrastructure loans, or refinance bonds or notes issued for such purposes, to a borrower that has at any time received, or is eligible to receive, a loan under this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H234FE9FD86E64659BD024111DFE89D69"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A bond or note guaranteed under this section shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H34C0985ED5054232807CEDD0C336DE4C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have a term of 35 years; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8F4EC6E60ECB4126A4FEF6912CD97F12"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by agreement between the Secretary and the borrower, be repaid by the borrower by—</text> <clause id="H1A0DE06A81DB4D70B732BB2C96B262DB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>periodic installments of principal and interest;</text>
</clause><clause id="H18D58558C0154E118D00C608031B4C41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>periodic installments of interest and, at the end of the term of the bond or note, by the repayment of the outstanding principal; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H050522A6E3DE42FD869479052C77DA8E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a combination of the methods for repayment provided under clauses (i) and (ii).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6E3E0FDAB1F24F7C9CBDCBD624BAE291"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H64258A9A0FA54119A12A406E6C381BE5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>for eligible electrification or telephone purposes consistent with this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>to borrowers described in subsection (a)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6852B6056914C2EB777AAF3F9201EDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text>
<clause id="HBF73FC99CD9B4C9CB73901067E6E00F4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>for electrification or telephone purposes</quote> and inserting <quote>to borrowers under this Act</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HEFDF397F0A4148889F642999921CD7C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>for eligible purposes described in subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>to borrowers described in subsection (a)</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8A7B7052D9614AD7A76559F30F451223"><enum>(b)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H3DDB756B8A8D4712865C6C86191CE4CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Secretary shall carry out section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c–1</external-xref>), including the amendments made by this section, under a Notice of Solicitation of Applications until all regulations necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section are fully implemented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HBDB89D2E5B6E4CB5B601B6BEA2C55D85" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H562BD23450F84690A38F12AC40736A1B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6304.</enum><header>Extension of the rural economic development loan and grant program</header> <subsection id="H72B8A01C8A764DDABA45B45419C287DF"><enum>(a)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 12(b)(3)(D) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/912">7 U.S.C. 912(b)(3)(D)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>313(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>313(b)(2)</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EC9FC78719947B9BE6C36C2DCD39D0D"><enum>(b)</enum><text>Section 313(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c">7 U.S.C. 940c(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0CB7CA92DF4E4AC89EAC25DCA68AB19D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking all that precedes <quote>shall maintain</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9EBBD8AC4744DD4B2EA69E969044525" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HC510E48CB2E64B32B49973DBAC8BCC87"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rural economic development subaccount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB326138888164801A62EFF1CAD815C90"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraphs (B) through (E).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42A2939D6B064295922686D5F8ED1D9F"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Title III of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/931">7 U.S.C. 931–940h</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 313A the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H12494ADAE4B14DDD994EA9BE42175795" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <section id="H529FFD984450465B8F6C14A3275BC0E9"><enum>313B.</enum><header>Rural development loans and grants</header> <subsection id="H5DB3B10A569E4E09A818BC31024A800C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall provide grants or zero interest loans to borrowers under this Act for the purpose of promoting rural economic development and job creation projects, including funding for project feasibility studies, start-up costs, incubator projects, and other reasonable expenses for the purpose of fostering rural development.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD32A4BEEE7E6424DBC844A96FEDB6B1D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repayments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of zero interest loans, the Secretary shall establish such reasonable repayment terms as will encourage borrower participation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8C49BC5F7BB4411AACD37C65D705C51A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">All proceeds from the repayment of such loans made under this section shall be returned to the subaccount that the Secretary shall maintain in accordance with sections 313(b)(2) and 313B(f).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H84DBB04F4BE74A1EBB2BA980DEBC162B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Number of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Loans and grants required under this section shall be made during each fiscal year to the full extent of the amounts made available under subsection (e).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H86148BCE896A446381687D04497ED20A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="HF07749AA29204BF0B21660B3EE2240F8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Discretionary funding</header><text>In addition to other funds that are available to carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry out this section, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19C0C8AC88404121A3E1B80F86C42C43"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other funds</header><text>In addition to the funds described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall use to provide grants and loans under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B761F1797E74FD29F4C5C26C757E7B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the interest differential sums credited to the subaccount described in subsection (c); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2DF0EF66B974DC7ACD05C4858D319F3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>subject to section 313A(e)(2), the fees described in subsection (c)(4) of such section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0244E8FED5BA420A93D9BCCE10DE72D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Maintenance of account</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall maintain the subaccount described in section 313(b)(2), as in effect in fiscal year 2017, for purposes of carrying out this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F0271C6A9D94FE0885D562B27F50B54"><enum>(d)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 313A of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940c-1">7 U.S.C. 940c-1</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2D8423CFB7C544ACA979D7D7E09BA9D3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAF09701CF6AD4022B1FB4B328B2DE7B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>maintained under section 313(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>that shall be maintained as required by sections 313(b)(2) and 313B(f)</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C390D9933B0408D91F89F0AD80ABE4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>313(b)(2)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>313(b)(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4BBFD76064E84F9DA08D99AAADCF576C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote> maintained under section 313(b)(2)(A)</quote> and inserting <quote>required to be maintained by sections 313(b)(2) and 313B(f)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F31DAAA0CFA439FAF77655BD8A1C993"><enum>(e)</enum> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HC3C29EFE40C94C978AC66EFB63203E0C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to section 313B(e) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (as added by this section), the Secretary of Agriculture shall carry out the loan and grant program required under such section in the same manner as the loan and grant program under section 313(b)(2) of such Act is carried out on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, until such time as any regulations necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section are fully implemented.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H3462781CDC91467AB1A4529B9F264EFA" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7ABEE4137F944BFF8A93B4AE42FB85FC"><enum>E</enum><header>Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of <enum-in-header>2002</enum-in-header></header> <section id="HA7476891824E4405A08E6A8737E6B4E2"><enum>6401.</enum><header>Rural energy savings program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6407 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107a">7 U.S.C. 8107a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2A1ABB1AAEB94EE1B711C84C7187F0EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="HCAA7CE6926234144A132A0C7494738EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H568B81EC67F6426AB8823B14C7552D19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B7F8E0218ED4D398441D867178ABAC7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBA7BF0DEF70F4C5389B66E69AEB92F98"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility for other loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall not include any debt incurred under this section in the calculation of a borrower’s debt-equity ratio for purposes of eligibility for loans made pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901</external-xref> et. seq.).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92A81BD0F52646D8B81F3F4F642D7DF8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC44BC5BC3DF84139B97701BF734249BF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE8EA779C2FF54356A000578F935FB728"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Accounting</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall take appropriate steps to streamline the accounting requirements imposed on borrowers under this section while maintaining adequate assurances of repayment of the loan.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7339DC1C2B8643589FC20912B79251A3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(1)(A), by striking <quote>3 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>5 percent</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H15748FB9065243549632C41FE81BA5CC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB34157217E24345A0B540B42C968AD6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (g) the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H429F98795423474A90E3AFA1C21A9C5D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HFC076610F77F40F8BD39BD528F1FF37A"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Agriculture and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and Appropriations of the Senate a report that describes—</text>
<paragraph id="H3C22BEC486544FAB9395959743751ADD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of applications received under this section in such fiscal year;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H51830F9104854A7987E75DAA14F9B0DA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of loans made to eligible entities under this section in such fiscal year; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E4B95D46EC8456DBC206B4C44438D78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the recipients of such loans.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H89F524DE01EC4991A10E9F088C055307"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (i), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H10DB3E6F939944FAABFE62CC42F796BA"><enum>6402.</enum><header>Biobased markets program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9002 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8102">7 U.S.C. 8102</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HFDA8E38F27344AF1A06B503D07942A57"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (i) to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF7A62F26A9AE49FEB78DBED5411C9071" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H291DC40FC1B84E84B401B49658A460DC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27C39D7585A640C0B89E8ED9690A9FF4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17C8872916AF40F18C791F5C981D4BA1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HBBED929D7358442C9145281FBF0DC8E1"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Wood and Wood-based Products</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a Federal agency may not place limitations on the procurement of wood and wood-based products that are more limiting than those in this section.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HDD25316407FC474DA4AEC8039076485E"><enum>6403.</enum><header>Biorefinery, renewable, chemical, and biobased product manufacturing assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9003 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8103">7 U.S.C. 8103</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HB5ECAB086D0545ABB5139BF933EF2ADC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(3)(A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end and inserting <quote>or</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA0F522C4C30445C8350021EB0956E74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (g) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04CD9829D739493F9E905C6590D8DF1D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H042882390C41403387DDBEB568A9E787"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H8E32D9A2312D4D8EA4B7EC4B674E88E7"><enum>6404.</enum><header>Repowering assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9004(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8104">7 U.S.C. 8104(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4674BE327C2D4F999452327AC6FA491F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H55624884A0CF4A81B8AB9CDA42AACD10"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H90BC58926F8445E094CF49818F2E7F1D"><enum>6405.</enum><header>Bioenergy program for advanced biofuels</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9005 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8105">7 U.S.C. 8105</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HAC3F39DC4DD3410999E0D8E402988643"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE4E16AC80C8472DAABFFDDBC0762F73"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary may</quote> and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5DEAEAD2CC784D2AAD09DF5CDFC9176C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE1E36C6E976B43369144A98A0F11BE41"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H493565D9881E4FE1A379B90E008D294B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD81EA18858B47E582FA0352D68DA54D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H8E8CCF731C594C3CB75B6B00790C6698"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Feedstock</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount of payments made in a fiscal year under this section to one or more eligible producers for the production of advanced biofuels derived from a single eligible commodity shall not exceed one-third of the total amount of funds made available under subsection (g).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H989BA041263B4744941A0CBA6487BCF2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text> <subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8A035BD721C54512B494D862D2A5115D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD53CD8D84ADD4A509F7D92844668757E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H1E8A0E67C4774251AFD51025E3D3BC4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB8E01E983CD9499697D96EBB7F3BA6B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H78BA02452A5341C089BFFA557ED92674"><enum>6406.</enum><header>Biodiesel fuel education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9006(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8106">7 U.S.C. 8106(d)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AA365303AAA4DD09A067CAEF2FAD70F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H6B85C45F21ED456486DC0887B90CDF75"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H529C52E0F27F468AB1A5B7A82917A320"><enum>6407.</enum><header>Rural Energy for America Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9007(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107">7 U.S.C. 8107(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB0AD0B3213824F92A7FF53FA5240A0E9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(E), by striking <quote>for fiscal year 2014 and each fiscal year thereafter</quote> and inserting <quote>for each of the fiscal years 2014 through 2018</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4A8DD0CB0BE648CFB38102BDB4551D82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB5BB81BB13454253A8FEF90610D7E3FD"><enum>6408.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for grants and financial assistance made under the Rural Energy for America
Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8107">7 U.S.C. 8107</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H40BD8C9ADC244ED88FFC9C6AAB647C6D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HD9CC4161225A4EE4BF6CC99C8CF31AFF"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provision of a grant or financial assistance under this section to any electric generating facility, including one fueled with wind, solar, or biomass, that has a rating of 10 average megawatts or less is a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from any requirement to prepare an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H1841205532C64CC5AD7FA8CC008D59B9"><enum>6409.</enum><header>Rural Energy Self-Sufficiency Initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9009 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8109">7 U.S.C. 8109</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDF2E5A0EAE72495AB3C15D2C29097385"><enum>6410.</enum><header>Feedstock flexibility</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9010(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8110">7 U.S.C. 8110(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE8B9400C64BB485687B5B6C4F20ED266"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H994A4C5BDBDB4B31BE3EFD15199B8DFD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)(A), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HCDDD9A23E78F45028B21236A9EC98200"><enum>6411.</enum><header>Biomass Crop Assistance Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9011(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8111">7 U.S.C. 8111(f)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2429A9DC42D946FC91170D3BD5077A50" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0B563F2C463B46ADA98E47AFCF536E73"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H2CC4D18254AC4A4A99142E48D4C25AFB"><enum>F</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEFC5F1D5891D4335875D94442DEBB769" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6501.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Value-added agricultural product market development grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 231(b)(7) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632a">7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD919175D339544BAA7AB3B5DA364E2A0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>$50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0644381D44114D7783D347D18667C9C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB299D32C9C564DA99CB3853EE65EA14A"><enum>6502.</enum><header>Agriculture innovation center demonstration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6402(i) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1632b">7 U.S.C. 1632b(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HA9F6239CC9CC4D16BF2963831F0695E8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6503.</enum><header>Regional economic and infrastructure development commissions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15751(a) of title 40, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H15995772C3CF4B5489BB08FB52D417DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6504.</enum><header>Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of <enum-in-header>1949</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The second sentence of section 520 of the Housing Act of 1949 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1490">42 U.S.C. 1490</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8FAB953106BA4E0D9DAFFC1D39160A0B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or 2010 decennial census</quote> and inserting <quote>2010, or 2020 decennial census</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H87154A769AFF42909B096C4621A18E4E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>December 31, 2010,</quote> and inserting <quote>December 31, 2020,</quote> ; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3C7689321F3B421F84417E19FD9C01D6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>year 2020</quote> and inserting <quote>year 2030</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H40BF36A9A6F14661B3BBF3175BD65EF2"><enum>G</enum><header>Program Repeals</header> <section id="H084B29CA844C4CF29403FE9959CD43C1"><enum>6601.</enum><header>Elimination of unfunded programs</header> <subsection id="HA5152EC23EC845EABD70BF460D127891"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header> <paragraph id="HBFE81763FA614206AC6090014FDCB70B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repealers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following provisions of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act are hereby repealed:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD65AEA6D43F94959AF40B37777B73E45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 306(a)(23) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1926">7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(23)</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H673ACB3B30B84856BFF177435613BBE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 310B(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1932">7 U.S.C. 1932(f)</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF5A872C9DB004593B2FE2873E1CDEBCC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Section 379 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008n">7 U.S.C. 2008n</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC60D3CEE4ED64D8BAC8C03B861ECA61B"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 379A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008o">7 U.S.C. 2008o</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H889FD1152E6E44519F61976747C751AB"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Section 379C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008q">7 U.S.C. 2008q</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD55BA186D5884A64B80B6D30557864B0"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Section 379D (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008r">7 U.S.C. 2008r</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53F0BEAB4FF045E989F9AC02A729EED6"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 379F (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2008t">7 U.S.C. 2008t</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCCE2DE79330347D5BF8407D999E6961C"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle I (7 U.S.C. 2009dd–2009dd-7).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDFFBBFD75D0E4034AD2C8B926DEC97EA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 333A(h) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1983a">7 U.S.C. 1983a(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>310B(f),</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H130E5463C1A847AE80C49332FD5A9187"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rural Electrification Act of <enum-in-header>1936</enum-in-header></header> <paragraph id="HA1E3C5AD48F54E91B691B5487E0B8A5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The following provisions of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 are hereby repealed:</text>
<subparagraph id="H188A74B19EBC44C18784897CCD0BA8DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Section 314 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/940d">7 U.S.C. 940d</external-xref>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H746461EEB4BA4F7C81B2A12ED6315AFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Section 602 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950bb-1">7 U.S.C. 950bb-1</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H94381FF1BE974E9789124A7D4805FDD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Sections 604 and 605 of such Act, as added by sections 6102 and 6115 of this Act, are redesignated as sections 602 and 604, respectively, and section 602 (as so redesignated) is transferred to just after section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H712A63954A544BB1B4247B8540E6E3BF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6602.</enum><header>Repeal of Rural Telephone Bank</header>
<subsection id="H89623C29C0444C3FBBA4242EDD7CC465"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title IV of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/941">7 U.S.C. 941–950b</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC3AFF9AA6BA248BC8FE0E7D2AB158F5D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="HD3365B938F704AA5997E7B4BF412EF4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 18 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/918">7 U.S.C. 918</external-xref>) is amended in each of subsections (a) and (b) by striking <quote>and the Governor of the telephone bank</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EBA99A2E9FC42469CB248A366DC697A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 204 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/925">7 U.S.C. 925</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and the Governor of the telephone bank</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7864568D7B4B4007B29036242EE78DD8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 205(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/926">7 U.S.C. 926</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB04370276F2646349ED6B914A74AE875"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and the Governor of the telephone bank</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83B2DF40E0AB444ABF385895D6A47190"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>or the Governor of the telephone bank</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H65535D0B23FE4E288F2F344179F850D6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 206(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/927">7 U.S.C. 927(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H0167643D7469402EB29DAE6508600BE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and the Governor of the telephone bank</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F7EEABB75C2439C874D9BEF8CD18876"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>or 408</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9B1AFB129B88461889E5E14E3D17FA2D"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 206(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/927">7 U.S.C. 927(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H301DE17FAB354A0DA7FCE90482E0164A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and the Governor of the telephone bank</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE252E4387CAD462986A7BB6431A68309"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>, or a Rural Telephone Bank loan,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H818046726CAD436D8BFBC6D45D4668E0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>, the Rural Telephone Bank,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA89E7A65C804466C82D46963E9F508D4"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 207(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/928">7 U.S.C. 928(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3954E284F47E4F6A8940F1F7CA8B8FFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>305,</quote> and inserting <quote> 305 or</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C9F2B2748E8461C97FB266EAE23EC05"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, or a loan under section 408,</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2B749DF3253C4B579B80D88F69C5E115"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 301 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/931">7 U.S.C. 931</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF0EA38F352FB4C7E824F34185C9E3BC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>except for net collection proceeds previously appropriated for the purchase of class A stock in the Rural Telephone Bank,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF217F0C3A54F412EABE2604550943C42"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (4);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE084D91E02664B9F94ECA065B2C193E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting a period; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8687E0BDBEE548C39C80C7C65BAD0FE0"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (6).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H67A03DC8E9DF4FC6B2FC951B9545EB08"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 305(d)(2)(B) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/935">7 U.S.C. 935(d)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7223EC2B45E2400EBD5A3E490F507739"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>and a loan under section 408</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC0BE734E0768420E83386B05A8D723B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and under section 408</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD854D7C3C1F9439BAD38E753793AEC6A"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 305(d)(3)(C) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/935">7 U.S.C. 935(d)(3)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>and section 408(b)(4)(C), the Secretary and the Governor of the telephone bank</quote> and inserting <quote>the Secretary</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFAD31DE1E4D545F0ABCFCDAB6C8865AF"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 306 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/936">7 U.S.C. 936</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Rural Telephone Bank, National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation,</quote> and inserting <quote>the National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAEC77816020E413790EC57D7817A5031"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 309 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/739">7 U.S.C. 739</external-xref>) is amended by striking the last sentence.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6DC9C17618094AA48066334B5225E618"><enum>(12)</enum><text>Section 2352(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/901">7 U.S.C. 901</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>the Rural Telephone Bank and</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H955E7C2FC8624D87BE1B62FF1640C4E3"><enum>(13)</enum><text>The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/12">Public Law 92–12</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/921a">7 U.S.C. 921a</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB2F00B1CA59446B8EEDD4C20BCB2936"><enum>(14)</enum><text>The first section of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/92/324">Public Law 92–324</external-xref> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/921b">7 U.S.C. 921b</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H839F26A3371E42D7AAE437D54D2939FC"><enum>(15)</enum><text>Section 1414 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/944a">7 U.S.C. 944a</external-xref>) is repealed.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA84445A8A9164121B0F00EAE8542EE28"><enum>(16)</enum><text>Section 1411 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/948">7 U.S.C. 948</external-xref> notes) is amended by striking subsections (a) and (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEDB5ECE21DE6474CAAE95CA4D1F7378E"><enum>(17)</enum><text>Section 3.8(b)(1)(A) of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/2129">12 U.S.C. 2129(b)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or a loan or loan commitment from the Rural Telephone Bank,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4B215B0E8A9B47C5B9FCBCDB7FC91DA9"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 105(d) of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/3015">12 U.S.C. 3015(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>the Rural Telephone Bank,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCDC72CB24F434CB6BD5AC370E0090F12"><enum>(19)</enum><text>Section 9101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HFF7DC0EB51214100B69453DC27EB4FBD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (H) and redesignating subparagraphs (I), (J), and (K) as subparagraphs (H), (I), and (J), respectively; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2CDF0787E53841619C094C1D21F43E52"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraph (K) and redesignating subparagraphs (L) through (R) as subparagraphs (K) through (P), respectively.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0F1D9A596C4B4962BD3A1D1618490CD4"><enum>(20)</enum><text>Section 9108(d)(2) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking <quote>the Rural Telephone Bank (when the ownership, control, and operation of the Bank are converted under section 410(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/950">7 U.S.C. 950(a)</external-xref>)),</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5417AD0FD2D64A6DA97326AE800E2803" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>6603.</enum><header>Amendments to LOCAL TV Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Launching Our Communities’ Access to Local Television Act of 2000 (title X of H.R. 5548 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by section 1(a)(2) of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/553">Public Law 106–553</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 2762A–128) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H9DAE6101936F4869BE277F353B759F8B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the title heading and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H28A4CCE4DA90466282E0F0BF81AD039E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <title id="H71ECF68E7B89440291BEB8CF6A82B969"><enum>X</enum><header>Satellite Carrier Retransmission Eligibility</header>; (2)by striking sections 1001 through 1007 and 1009 through 1012; and
(3)by redesignating section 1008 as section 1001. H 6701.Corrections relating to the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (a) (1)Section 306(a)(19)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)(A)) is amended by inserting after nonprofit corporations
the following: , Indian tribes (as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act)
.
(2)The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in section 773 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (H.R. 5426 of the 106th Congress, as enacted by Public Law 106–387 (114 Stat. 1549A–45)) in lieu of the amendment made by such section.
(b)
(1)Section 309A(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1929a(b)) is amended by striking and section 308
.
(2)The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 661(c)(2) of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–127).
(c)Section 310B(c)(3)(A)(v) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(c)(3)(A)(v)) is amended by striking and
after the semicolon and inserting or
.
(d)
(1)Section 310B(e)(5)(F) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(5)(F)) is amended by inserting , except that the Secretary shall not require non-Federal financial support in an amount that is greater than 5 percent in the case of a 1994 institution (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382))
before the period at the end.
(2)The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 6015 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171).
(e)
(1)Section 381E(d)(3) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d(d)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively.
(2)The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 6012(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79).
(f)
(1)Section 382A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(4)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the State of Alabama shall be a full member of the Delta Regional Authority and shall be entitled to all rights and privileges that said membership affords to all other participating States in the Delta Regional Authority..
(2)The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 153(b) of division B of H.R. 5666, as introduced in the 106th Congress, and as enacted by section 1(4) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2001 (Appendix D of Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 2763A–252).
(g)Section 382E(a)(1)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C.2009aa-4(a)(1)(B)) is amended by moving clause (iv) 2 ems to the right.
(h)Section 383G(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb-5(c)) is amended—
(1)in the subsection heading by striking Telecommunication Renewable Energy,,
and inserting Telecommunication, Renewable Energy,
; and (2)in the text, by striking ,,
and inserting a comma.
6702.Corrections relating to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936
(a)Section 201 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 922) is amended in the 3rd sentence by striking wildest
and inserting widest
.
(b)
(1)Section 601(d)(8)(A)(ii)(V) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 950bb(d)(8)(A)(ii)(V)) is amended by striking the semicolon and inserting a period.
(2)The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 6104(a)(2)(E) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–79).
<enum>VII</enum><header>Research, Extension, and Related Matters</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="HEAE17914D65E4E90B4AEE9665BC624CF"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977</header>
<section id="H74C8CC241ED7471983FA8EE555C9161A"><enum>7101.</enum><header>International agriculture research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1402 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3101">7 U.S.C. 3101</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4357965B11BD4CD2ADA23435DDA276A1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9AF1453FC2E9445CA50395455E7DBAD7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HED80E481EDAC4C0CA7CB06C4CC3135E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4398DD6C69FB4F8997730E45C88E6E4F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HE91EA0448E8B421DA735390ADD0E36CE"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support international scientific collaboration that leverages resources and advances the food and agricultural interests of the United States.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBF24BC36F3AB420BBF7B294D78822199" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matters related to certain school designations and declarations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H0409345011334D5AA995C588B171D821"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study of food and agricultural sciences</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDFCEDF7CD5814F0B9754521A247447C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section 1404(14) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(14)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8511E5508AA8419289ECC2DF8B3481DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE4E8D1C8C5E2452FA6B66A06E0FF4B03" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H0AD5B37EBB3C464495FCCC1C523C8B1F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header> <clause id="H8D9845746BE74E9796F4AD94D44A6C66"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The terms <term>NLGCA Institution</term> and <term>non-land-grant college of agriculture</term> mean a public college or university offering a baccalaureate or higher degree in the study of agricultural sciences, forestry, or both in any area of study specified in clause (ii).</text>
</clause><clause id="H875C53423658495299AB6292245B2D2B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Clarification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of clause (i), an area of study specified in this clause is any of the following:</text> <subclause id="HAAB80E6578444AC09F1E37BC1ABD7771"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Agriculture.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HCDB85C1619E24B629FD53EF9089A4F48"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Agricultural business and management.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4466B6D46CC84F2D8AFA2855B351C895"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Agricultural economics.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC854E74559E345239DE355E5415CA82D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Agricultural mechanization.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA4F5827F5B034A57BB4F453B4D4DE42E"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Agricultural production operations.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H1117D30541C24E4CAFE825A7ABB8AB12"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Aquaculture.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H77E02748A3A44991BAA09F3ECBFA8A79"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Agricultural and food products processing.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0C1E3EF675E14115AD00F014C6CC4DDF"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Agricultural and domestic animal services.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HCA4B4BA289AF413BB636DF3F86994167"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Equestrian or equine studies.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HBDBFBCEEE8AC40278BF9F3FA404C3AA1"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Applied horticulture or horticulture operations.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4EA7636B7EC346EA92F2C9D7F0FB06C4"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Ornamental horticulture.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HDDCE3061D0A5478C9BFACD0CF85409EC"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>Greenhouse operations and management.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7CE013430DA94B77931635838227D185"><enum>(XIII)</enum><text>Turf and turfgrass management.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8CBDEAA3A99844D4B7D1B7D223E66801"><enum>(XIV)</enum><text>Plant nursery operations and management.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2499B75D832C4D2892F23F058849F9EB"><enum>(XV)</enum><text>Floriculture or floristry operations and management.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H544F52DDED68408A95B07FE14222258B"><enum>(XVI)</enum><text>International agriculture.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HC501B32C117C498F9793BDA6009D0208"><enum>(XVII)</enum><text>Agricultural public services.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H857CE0AE29A841A7813ADEAFBB96EADC"><enum>(XVIII)</enum><text>Agricultural and extension education services.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4EC0EA5C08394A50A89E4BF6BB6314CD"><enum>(XIX)</enum><text>Agricultural communication or agricultural journalism.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H49B8DB47A6EF4A158B640B13E41CDEC7"><enum>(XX)</enum><text>Animal sciences.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3633F0395E6D4EA59B4E9C04F3A48315"><enum>(XXI)</enum><text>Food science.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H7D32172B0F0343F0A001E6AC4ABF2E1F"><enum>(XXII)</enum><text>Plant sciences.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H6E3368F418A54578A4B8C31D4439361D"><enum>(XXIII)</enum><text>Soil sciences.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0ED0B73E81834C87802088360C9DA9F8"><enum>(XXIV)</enum><text>Forestry.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H122A9238CA864287BF33465053441356"><enum>(XXV)</enum><text>Forest sciences and biology.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD13E12B0BD9E4230B87A754975F8C167"><enum>(XXVI)</enum><text>Natural resources or conservation.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9EFFBA55DABC4455B44F0DC7CAA1765B"><enum>(XXVII)</enum><text>Natural resources management and policy.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H33A00EAA132948BB93B227B831BD428A"><enum>(XXVIII)</enum><text>Natural resource economics.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H8E5E645D6DB44679B13A0DE65CC08528"><enum>(XXIX)</enum><text>Urban forestry.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HAF831AC269D444DD86B3C43675B90E5D"><enum>(XXX)</enum><text>Wood science and wood products or pulp or paper technology.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HFE98618EE6CB4F028B8F7BFCDCBD9917"><enum>(XXXI)</enum><text>Range science and management.</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC23B9774E4FE4EFCA255F483E2BE50A3"><enum>(XXXII)</enum><text>Agricultural engineering.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45A995348405443CB6875F8EDE264AD6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="HBB6F85138FBB4D18AC25DD307FEA94A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>any institution designated under</quote> after <quote>include</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H838A0FCA7BE947B6B0D8339F462F0395"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (i); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE4AE000B2F54C249357DD95F439D911"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text> <subclause id="HABCA0E9CD11143BAB70355E509B65CB6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="clause" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(ii)</enum-in-header></header-in-text> any institution designated under—</quote>;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H3F1A140DE51E403790430F970A472073"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking subclause (IV);</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD382CC271C314B728F29B10CD5EC7180"><enum>(III)</enum><text>in subclause (II), by adding <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8B14D9A1249F4FA19F13BCE2085FBAB3"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>in subclause (III), by striking <quote>; or</quote> at the end and inserting a period; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA85B3E644CB348C4BB1AF7C74504DDA6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>by redesignating subclauses (I), (II), and (III) (as so amended) as clauses (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively, and by moving the margins of such clauses (as so redesignated) two ems to the left.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H54BEF0F9AA974A46805E02C20DD81932"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Designation review</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DC2C810FA5C4559B86678AB3FFA5358"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><italic></italic>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall establish a process to review each designated NLGCA Institution (as defined in section 1404(14)(A) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103(14)(A)</external-xref>)) to ensure compliance with such section, as amended by this subsection.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5D0CF2656A6F429396CCB43678198328"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Violation</header><text>An NLGCA Institution that the Secretary determines under subparagraph (A) to be not in compliance shall have the designation of such institution revoked.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HBF8ADD0295C04647880DB63BE4AECD9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination of certain declarations of intent</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H501AB75BFCA74D41AF9D2F89119A9350"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)(B), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H382A16D450514A6787C2006128597A84"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (10)(C), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H08C1E046A5274EB89254864F5BAECF19" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7103.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123">7 U.S.C. 3123</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HDC6B049AB0834722A8AA85AE70BEF2DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HBBD642E84DB049E2AC3DFB99135EE88D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>25</quote> and inserting <quote>15</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H92F2A5DD4A434737942F6DB303533DAF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3093E33BE59E48FDB87C626B9886680B" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H6F057F2530D54ADDA72D4C33E359F725"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Membership categories</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisory Board shall consist of members from each of the following categories:</text>
<subparagraph id="H57B4D685DEBF41AB9A7792C5A659F694"><enum>(A)</enum><text>3 members representing national farm or producer organizations, which may include members—</text> <clause id="H65D5987790574505AE2D87E5CE5371C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>representing farm cooperatives;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2B0C4D450A764701AFD0541906A6BD94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who are producers actively engaged in the production of a food animal commodity and who are recommended by a coalition of national livestock organizations;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC4C906DC10D14C228DC052D62760607B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>who are producers actively engaged in the production of a plant commodity and who are recommended by a coalition of national crop organizations; or</text>
</clause><clause id="HB8309109EF2F4E19A0E71FC6611B54A3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>who are producers actively engaged in aquaculture and who are recommended by a coalition of national aquacultural organizations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE8478A1D6A4F43028F4AF7335D7DBC0B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>2 members representing academic or research societies, which may include members representing—</text> <clause id="H6FFDBA8782984B4880CFE75B378FFB12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a national food animal science society;</text>
</clause><clause id="H84F9C9C593BB4AD39CB25290D0B00756"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a national crop, soil, agronomy, horticulture, plant pathology, or weed science society;</text> </clause><clause id="H5B99E03D6C584B4EADBDE0411CB44AAC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a national food science organization;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF4EB708983624F9C9A14C0AB4E40C74D"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>a national human health association; or</text> </clause><clause id="H9D8FA88F78754DBE8B073AE61AF3127C"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a national nutritional science society.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6AD4F68F5D145B88C678E99EC09FDD2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>5 members representing agricultural research, extension, and education, which shall include each of the following:</text>
<clause id="HEB913AD39CEF4ABB805E90CA5050B550"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 member representing the land-grant colleges and universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of July 2, 1862 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</clause><clause id="H0B79BED293A64415BEA37A26B35BF433"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 member representing the land-grant colleges and universities eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/321">7 U.S.C. 321</external-xref> et seq.), including Tuskegee University.</text>
</clause><clause id="H66340CFDE50C4EFCA8D78584FAAEADF6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 member representing the 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>)).</text>
</clause><clause id="H4993ABE314254B91A626E91337A0ABF1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 member representing NLGCA Institutions or Hispanic-serving institutions.</text> </clause><clause id="H0BD227B4B67146148E58FD0282441D81"><enum>(v)</enum><text>1 member representing the American Colleges of Veterinary Medicine.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79A42616C851410AACDFE40F0A1E3C05"><enum>(D)</enum><text>5 members representing industry, consumer, or rural interests, including members representing—</text> <clause id="H93515ADAA2C64ABF9E900029B17E6E65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>entities engaged in transportation of food and agricultural products to domestic and foreign markets;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5C6A25CEF4D8471D8E8D205902845444"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>food retailing and marketing interests;</text> </clause><clause id="H6BC35466D0A94B858966A4DD012AF11E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>food and fiber processors;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF9282E0D02834F6F93AF13EDB4F5EC3C"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>rural economic development interests;</text> </clause><clause id="H0D52CCE07B004A9BB35F392FAF5F8045"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a national consumer interest group;</text>
</clause><clause id="H40958FEB337D47E1AD9EDDBCC2946392"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>a national forestry group;</text> </clause><clause id="H4C1CF3AD04A34C90907B680DF14B6CBE"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>a national conservation or natural resource group;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD5FB188D38C540D7B3B344D416888D41"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a national social science association; or</text> </clause><clause id="H251F0C144D854B72BA024BC8B1F1C0CB"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>private sector organizations involved in international development.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC40EAE7CA613447BADC953DC8EA1E68B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7BFA7AC1A685411FBDA71DDD134FB211"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H55D022E486CF4258882BFD08A42E4F46"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>review and</quote> and inserting <quote>make recommendations, review, and</quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H041CDDC8C34048A1A8A2878BE9DC11B7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCAFBF322C3C94423A6E525675955244C" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H60B762E66BBB46989901BB51C4CDDCD9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">long-term and short-term national policies and priorities consistent with the—</text> <clause id="H6A93C9C017814E6AB69FCFE991F09840"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purposes specified in section 1402 for agricultural research, extension, education, and economics; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4182D166458747558218C1851F789B80"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">priority areas of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative specified in subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause><clause id="H62E2420264CF4BAB87CC77EF6FF87228"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (i) and inserting the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H58A3D2D28E604EEAA2193016EF856D60" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H82A17DA9E6BB4BE68A90F72DDAD57D6D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are in accordance with the—</text>
<subclause id="HE691980FE42948E6A185697A817AA4F8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">purposes specified in a provision of a covered law (as defined in subsection (d) of section 1492) under which competitive grants (described in subsection (c) of such section) are awarded; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H0C10F0AB5BCA4CED930C3EF227C1DBFF"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">priority areas of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative specified in subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)</external-xref>); and</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H46C086AFD88B46788C7A99D5C553F705"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and make recommendations to the Secretary based on such evaluation</quote> after <quote>priorities</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF82FF9761BB14A1BA5394CB85DABEF3C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>and make recommendations on</quote> after <quote>review</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCDDAF41120D34891A73F307C683D900E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC9E4317E3C6404C99E63F063047EEE8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7104.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialty crop committee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1408A(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3123a">7 U.S.C. 3123a(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H322A420F38D24FDDB807389EF765EF91"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>speciality</quote> and inserting <quote>specialty</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD475240886E4439A9A30085A738A5BC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9B9E6D40023A4E7986DE7AC06DBC66F2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>9</quote> and inserting <quote>11</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB15620EB24A48DF93E3518B5B30656B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>Three</quote> and inserting <quote>Five</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H286CAEBAAD3948BC9C6FD6C93953DAA6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H98997967923841B489CF56CF8B603BE9"><enum>7105.</enum><header>Renewable energy committee discontinued</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3121">7 U.S.C. 3121</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by striking section 1408B. <italic></italic></text>
</section><section id="H1F13E15212F343998317982AEDE6B2FE"><enum>7106.</enum><header>Report on allocations and matching funds for <enum-in-header>1890 </enum-in-header>institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall annually transmit to Congress a report on the allocations made to, and matching funds received by, eligible institutions pursuant to sections 1444 and 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</external-xref>, 3222).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCB91AA59645E4C49BC16A6DBAF374BD9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7107.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1417(m)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3152">7 U.S.C. 3152(m)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H46A2F1F32FB54C4290FCF44F6999A0E0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7108.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural and food policy research centers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419A(e) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3155">7 U.S.C. 3155(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BD84D6C958E4173AAAC853699E81EF6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7109.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1419B of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3156">7 U.S.C. 3156</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE253117F67B343EFACC39E5B5B99E55E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3790C8110FA440E7AF43804CDF793C81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(3), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7814E616D3174C8EB4D7BE22CFE07C41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7110.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of nutrition education program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by striking section 1425 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3175">7 U.S.C. 3175</external-xref>).<italic></italic></text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE3116ACD88CD4651856208FBED1567B3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Continuing animal health and disease research programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1433(c)(1) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3195">7 U.S.C. 3195(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H814A724487A04271B17A0F99FDC92A3A"><enum>7112.</enum><header>Extension carryover at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective on October 1, 2018, section 1444(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text>
</section><section id="H084D8FAE01A047528BEA215912BBB7E0"><enum>7113.</enum><header>Scholarships for students at 1890 institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle G of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1445 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222">7 U.S.C. 3222</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H470C5A55B7DE42E08F52EDA77EFCA7F6"><enum>1446.</enum><header>Scholarships for students at 1890 institutions</header>
<subsection id="H5486D5779C4848ECBB986D2B89099575"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header>
<paragraph id="HAB4D4E15839A4950B4A9021C18873DDA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Scholarship grant program established</header><text>The Secretary shall establish and carry out a grant program to make grants to each college or university eligible to receive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly known as the Second Morrill Act; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/322">7 U.S.C. 322</external-xref> et seq.), including Tuskegee University, for purposes of awarding scholarships to individuals who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB2E3C57CC0CA433E8C565CBEFA5084A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have been accepted for admission at such college or university;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE4E409E93B5146A1963B63C01096B499"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will be enrolled at such college or university not later than one year after the date of such acceptance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EBDECAE5087461FAEBC5BE05922B32D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>intend to pursue a career in the food and agricultural sciences, including a career in—</text> <clause id="H55D6CF2F832C4D26A8BD35707EB6CB92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>agribusiness;</text>
</clause><clause id="H19FB5D614FDF4FA4ACE9ED8230B20485"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>energy and renewable fuels; or</text> </clause><clause id="H89E931190D8A43FFAB82648C3591F135"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>financial management.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA335BF88DE704F489BC319388F9DCA18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each grant made under this section shall be in the amount of $1,000,000.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF6DB5C20919B4C64838A744174FA5E3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $19,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H78A3379F16C848359697FCD981E88776" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including
Tuskegee University</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222b">7 U.S.C. 3222b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFD9CC83D58B546BEB7941E456A6C3DB2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant
institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1447B(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222b-2">7 U.S.C. 3222b–2(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA8EE106506E248669E4CA00ED021DB90" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7116.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hispanic-serving institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3241">7 U.S.C. 3241(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HA2C776FE099A4F6FBEECE406058BCFD9"><enum>7117.</enum><header>Land-grant designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle C of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3151">7 U.S.C. 3151</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H607A469767DA45DC8100038A2D1AAF51"><enum>1419C.</enum><header>Land-grant designation</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H1E93B25247FB4341AC77C8675ACD35E9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of the enactment of this section, no additional entity may be designated as eligible to receive funds under a covered program.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC82708C3C1974629858CC977F86C0221"><enum>(b)</enum><header>State funding</header><text>No State shall receive an increase in funding under a covered program as a result of the State’s designation of additional entities as eligible to receive such funding.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0453A5A37B694C2CBDCB00109E613C8C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Covered program defined</header><text>For purposes of this section, the term <term>covered program</term> means agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs or grants established or available under any of the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF631ABB2C43643C2A13280A6D4225C15"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 3 of the Smith-Lever Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB775F94098164CC1AB56847547B49A94"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Hatch Act of 1887 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361a">7 U.S.C. 361a</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7F8AE4A6180C4F458F19DAFFDCE7D2E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Sections 1444, 1445, and 1447 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221</external-xref>; 3222; 3222b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAB0E82EFFB0C492BB8A62937BA54CA4B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Public Law 87–788 (commonly known as the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/582a">16 U.S.C. 582a</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H47F1C3B8C8B34D3C9485519608DCD363"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting eligibility for a capacity and infrastructure program specified in section 251(f)(1)(C) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C)</external-xref>) that is not a covered program. <italic></italic></text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0EDB30BF0B9418598177ECB8E027916" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7118.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1459A(c)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3292b">7 U.S.C. 3292b(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H826322CEBDF741389D9A5EC7F38F9521" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7119.</enum><header>Limitation on indirect costs for agricultural research, education, and extension programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1462 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3310">7 U.S.C. 3310</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H72CAE928642E4875A09A5BD6564EF8D5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>22 percent</quote> and inserting <quote>30 percent</quote>; <italic></italic></text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC446F81CD44F42BDBB4A63A30F9583BA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Subsection (a)</quote> and inserting <quote>Subsections (a) and (c)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6C986A60217244EA8BDCAA483E886144"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD893FA3E6D6D48E6B81233D10B034CB1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection commented="no" id="HE84CE65BEF5D45A280C1A36528C0115A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Treatment of subgrants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a grant described in subsection (a), the limitation on indirect costs specified in such subsection shall be applied to both the initial grant award and any subgrant of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award so that the total of all indirect costs charged against the total of the Federal funds provided under the initial grant award does not exceed such limitation.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H124A9209094847CE834D90149E85EA67"><enum>7120.</enum><header>Research equipment grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1462 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3310">7 U.S.C. 3310</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H7B2D4218D9254E4787922CE83E3905D1"><enum>1462A.</enum><header>Research equipment grants</header>
<subsection id="H897307BAEB3348329B49495B638F9B64"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make competitive grants for the acquisition of special purpose scientific research equipment for use in the food and agricultural sciences programs of eligible institutions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A8483791AF34B4E866DAE6BBDDFAFC4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Maximum amount</header><text>The amount of a grant made to an eligible institution under this section may not exceed $500,000.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H61C27F2E286946839398096347C1C4B9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prohibition on charge or equipment as indirect costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost of acquisition or depreciation of equipment purchased with a grant under this section shall not be—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD7EC5F5E87C4FBE9816852623ABB7E0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>charged as an indirect cost against another Federal grant; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7D236206B1D54625BDBBC7ADF47A03D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>included as part of the indirect cost pool for purposes of calculating the indirect cost rate of an eligible institution.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDD6CFC65BC4C48258FA42C36A077477D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligible institutions defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>eligible institution</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H4C0F476E6FC74B60897723B535D97C8D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a college or university; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03A9D36FB2194F59AA27C9D4DEBBBBFB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a State cooperative institution.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H80B273FACA4942FE9CA2A4526086813B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H369E6BCDC6F142CB832AB801CF88756B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7121.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">University research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3311">7 U.S.C. 3311</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a) and (b) and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDC904E2D82E047559BC95837E77A91DD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7122.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Extension service</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3312">7 U.S.C. 3312</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF1D51BA990B7428B81F6CA9B8654D42A"><enum>7123.</enum><header>Supplemental and alternative crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473D of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319d">7 U.S.C. 3319d</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H65AF764A8760430FBA239106E8AB802A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HF4AD4CFD705F4CB5AEDBD95EBBC9E48B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1956C4D8AF74002BB98BC020F1A3699"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>crops,</quote> and inserting <quote>crops (including canola),</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0D36F8ECFD2644FEB62C401ADDBCD52D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H66F5ED1D75ED454185095C39659B6347"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>for agronomic rotational purposes and for use as a habitat for honey bees and other pollinators</quote> after <quote>alternative crops</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E9DD8911E424FE08925BCDC5C98AD26"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>commodities whose</quote> and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting <quote>commodities.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5C4EF524DD4F4794B2740DB6A52E9F98"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE38CF3AFCA4A4B83A9EB9E5F2876028E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7124.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1473F(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319i">7 U.S.C. 3319i(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25548ACF05B543079B30D8BFD0753310" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7125.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aquaculture assistance programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1477(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3324">7 U.S.C. 3324(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H33AD71F2FC8D48F3B957CE2E7566F5CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7126.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rangeland research programs</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1483(a)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3336">7 U.S.C. 3336(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF145CA65F156480892974D9531F6A792" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7127.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1484 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3351">7 U.S.C. 3351</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8E64D4A87D1D430D803BD1807272DA83"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="HEF83890A00BD497DA2F83A56C9F23187"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA39E71216EA041EBAB49A45D63454C18"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44656043CD38453B8E1EBAABEA8FEAFD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H608E1C546EF847E7B15624051162C7AB"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H785DFEA1ED344DBA9EE38AB33DE8B302"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF0E68F6048E04B8183F29E0365CD6E49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>and cooperative agreements</quote> after <quote>competitive grants</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B45AA10FF1C48E1A66DAA4F3AE1CE0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>make competitive grants</quote> and inserting <quote>award competitive grants and cooperative agreements</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61E183A14B0347F897DD0F5282603AAB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE106DE79D8434C98A358A4C6555E7254" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H7628DF3A60F046BD893D356C1B5BD36E"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To coordinate the tactical science activities of the Research, Education, and Economics mission area of the Department that protect the integrity, reliability, sustainability, and profitability of the food and agricultural system of the United States against biosecurity threats from pests, diseases, contaminants, and disasters.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70A8A6F981D344E683672C93D37D8061" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7128.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher
education</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H754486390AFF4A3597B2EAAF20FEE857"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Distance education grants for insular areas</header><text>Section 1490(f)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3362">7 U.S.C. 3362(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H217EEEC1C3784092976AC3DC94C7925F"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resident instruction grants for insular areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1491(c)(2) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3363">7 U.S.C. 3363(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H147E38748499464BA4A64ABC8ED7E9CB"><enum>7129.</enum><header>Removal of matching funds requirement for certain grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1492(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3371">7 U.S.C. 3371(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (5). <italic></italic></text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="HEDFC47A6C87140B7BDFCFE4F4906A0F8"><enum>B</enum><header>Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990</header>
<section id="H7E8F16C60D7A4EADAB52FC36205FAC46"><enum>7201.</enum><header>Best utilization of biological applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1624 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5814">7 U.S.C. 5814</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD09758284B7E493696E67A6DA5993D02"><enum>7202.</enum><header>Integrated management systems</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1627(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5821">7 U.S.C. 5821(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H1F9AD6DA66054CDCB87D74F2D81568F9"><enum>7203.</enum><header>Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1628(f)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5831">7 U.S.C. 5831(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H01B81B7B1EEE4FB8B477921E538DAB73"><enum>7204.</enum><header>National training program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1629(i) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5832">7 U.S.C. 5832(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7D14DD44B3974503A110601C8AB451EB"><enum>7205.</enum><header>National Genetics Resources Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1635(b)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5844">7 U.S.C. 5844(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HCCA367F8B0174D0F875ED987C5614571"><enum>7206.</enum><header>National Agricultural Weather Information System</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1641(c) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5855">7 U.S.C. 5855(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HAE1B89383F4647B4A47D535E5B3C4204"><enum>7207.</enum><header>Agricultural genome to phenome initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5924">7 U.S.C. 5924</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HF6BE75DA96834A7AB1874FEC870F082E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">to phenome</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">genome</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6BE14E4C270F42A58DF534B406B06496"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HB056A64D79324A8798A937A6AEC43443"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Goals</header><text>The goals of this section are—</text> <paragraph id="HA96837DBF0624615804F927F0B211DD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expand knowledge concerning genomes and phenomes of crops of importance to United States agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE76D74A3AF274E25B8D97678CF302F22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to understand how variable weather, environments, and production systems impact the growth and productivity of specific varieties of crops, thereby providing greater accuracy in predicting crop performance under variable growing conditions;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB09B40CD38E942C7B7435E7DF1B8E369"><enum>(3)</enum><text>to support research that leverages plant genomic information with phenotypic and environmental data through an interdisciplinary framework, leading to a novel understanding of plant processes that affect crop growth, productivity, and the ability to predict crop performance, resulting in the deployment of superior varieties to growers and improved crop management recommendations for farmers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D1C840015FC463BA6403F6F2A1B0F4F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>to promote and coordinate research linking genomics and predictive phenomics at different sites nationally to achieve advances in crops that generate societal benefits;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAD22CC9DE7E54E85BD1CAAF79C1A6279"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to combine fields such as genetics, genomics, plant physiology, agronomy, climatology, and crop modeling with computation and informatics, statistics, and engineering;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43E1F760676041F8B220F67965B04932"><enum>(6)</enum><text>to focus on crops that will yield scientifically important results that will enhance the usefulness of many other crops;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26830CDFC8EF4D02BCB6146F36A7902B"><enum>(7)</enum><text>to build on genomic research, such as the Plant Genome Research Project, to understand gene function in production environments that are expected to have considerable payoffs for crops of importance to United States agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B042288DC974D7CA00A6FB514E37978"><enum>(8)</enum><text>to develop improved data analytics to enhance understanding of the biological function of crop genes;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB27F44CA3E6D44E6878A0A30E26F7996"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to allow resources developed under this section, including data, software, germplasm, and other biological materials, to be openly accessible to all persons, subject to any confidentiality requirements imposed by law; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8698C2CDA6654C00A7D0831197402998"><enum>(10)</enum><text>to encourage international partnerships with each partner country responsible for financing its own research.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D1341D6A11A447DABA0BC1F0C1CD853"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF784881303184F5783A4CE56AEBAFE39" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H58D1C2B1353D4B28A20F585B61FE8B8B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct a research initiative (to be known as the <quote>Agricultural Genome to Phenome Initiative</quote>) for the purpose of—</text>
<paragraph id="HE32FA56015134D4D9ACBD54C02ADEE3C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>studying agriculturally significant crops in production environments to achieve sustainable and secure agricultural production;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD06C322B66734F57936AFC857E0CC30C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensuring that current gaps in existing knowledge of agricultural crop genetics and phenomics knowledge are filled;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B89DA0CC6CC4BB7A46ACE2B48103F96"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identifying and developing a functional understanding of agronomically relevant genes from crops of importance to United States agriculture;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB1A6EE15A89C4E929CBC84E0713C9337"><enum>(4)</enum><text>ensuring future genetic improvement of crops of importance to United States agriculture;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1FD5909C0A56468B8F0368D1FE0098D8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>studying the relevance of diverse germplasm as a source of unique genes that may be of importance to United States agriculture in the future;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6D0F0357C44C4278BC35E2AE13965806"><enum>(6)</enum><text>enhancing crop genetics to reduce the economic impact of plant pathogens on crops of importance to United States agriculture; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFE12434817E04907B2EDA61811E47350"><enum>(7)</enum><text>disseminating findings to relevant audiences.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2227886A11384D9BB16A75458042032E"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1), by inserting <quote>, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture,</quote> after <quote>The Secretary</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9D45A569C59B49848DDF5CD7DCD06BB6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by inserting <quote>to Phenome</quote> after <quote>Genome</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE81010F8CCCA43A89D5ABC49E9065341"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HA7C7238934C340B99A3C5ECC0A2A09D6"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="HC585B809D206494896FF02816B1765F8"><enum>7208.</enum><header>High-priority research and extension initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925">7 U.S.C. 5925</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H8484E84E0C5E46899D77E900781416C5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H85EFF94A5A1E40ED9466A9FB706599D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (8)—</text>
<clause id="H19063E4E999A48A7A9DCDA897906CC4A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Alfalfa and forage</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Alfalfa seed and alfalfa forage systems</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </clause><clause id="H390ECE683A8147868396B60EE7D13825"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>alfalfa and forage</quote> and inserting <quote>alfalfa seed and alfalfa forage systems</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4AD52AC850DA4FF182B1BA0A5ED0C8A4"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>alfalfa and other forages, and</quote> and inserting <quote>alfalfa seed and other alfalfa forage</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD7BA147DC96B4E27A70D07E9880A9F4B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H561A60E4637A4D0EBDBD8493F6ED2165"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Macadamia tree health initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of—</text> <subparagraph id="HE32045C1694143328749D52186C7AE42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>developing and disseminating science-based tools and treatments to combat the macadamia felted coccid (<italic>Eriococcus ironsidei</italic>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF78ACBC25F3F4B04AAC0C9D6FED2B590"><enum>(B)</enum><text>establishing an areawide integrated pest management program in areas affected by, or areas at risk of being affected by, the macadamia felted coccid.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4B61D6E061F941D5B2F7A7156A51E3CE"><enum>(12)</enum><header>National turfgrass research initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purposes of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H86EA249C99B74F129BF6A0477CDD293E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carrying out or enhancing research related to turfgrass and sod issues;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7340BD4982754FE8893E1425E3FAFE7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhancing production and uses of turfgrass for the general public;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC34DEF1AD4EF46B38E01B0798C735E6A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>identifying new turfgrass varieties with superior drought, heat, cold, and pest tolerance to reduce water, fertilizer, and pesticide use;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD354DFE2D7854A348AD04BE1529B9A8D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>selecting genetically superior turfgrasses and developing improved technologies for managing commercial, residential, and recreational turfgrass areas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H5BBD6EC024B744C78FCD7F86BD61B1AA"><enum>(E)</enum><text><italic></italic>producing turfgrasses that—</text> <clause id="H5A1D1643350244E291306F2CD7A36C32"><enum>(i)</enum><text>aid in mitigating soil erosion;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A85BD1396894916B967227D796B5B25"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>protect against pollutant runoff into waterways; or</text> </clause><clause id="H5D64A55E0F68415A96AB0E769AA377C9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>provide other environmental benefits;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H478592B417404D73AF706D7492B6B3E1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>investigating, preserving, and protecting native plant species, including grasses not currently utilized in turfgrass systems;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D960B55361147359B3C2A9CEA595828"><enum>(G)</enum><text>creating systems for more economical and viable turfgrass seed and sod production throughout the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAD0442F255314C9EAA9CC82910AFBED4"><enum>(H)</enum><text>investigating the turfgrass phytobiome and developing biologic products to enhance soil, enrich plants, and mitigate pests.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5219E1E6ACEA45B29BC5E04FDC59A5FF"><enum>(13)</enum><header>Fertilizer management initiative</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HFFC11C42C3D7461DA19C8306728696C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the purpose of carrying out research to improve fertilizer use efficiency in crops—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HEA08E8DF5AA14DB7845D86694C4F4FA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maximize crop yield; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H5A150386B61A42D89488154FA71C8677"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to minimize nutrient losses to surface and groundwater and the atmosphere.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E03C4EB05FE4BE592CD66387D779ACE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In awarding grants under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to research examining the impact of the source, rate, timing, and placement of plant nutrients.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HDC8C96EE3C0F4285862569E3327153EC"><enum>(14)</enum><header>Cattle fever tick program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made under this section to study cattle fever ticks—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H201CAB6CD08A400DB41C2F757FC9F333"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to facilitate the understanding of the role of wildlife in the persistence and spread of cattle fever ticks;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H405282F95ADB4AEAA344C01987B15465"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to develop advanced methods for eradication of cattle fever ticks, including—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HE113966E6ACC49449924F63EC7AEF36C"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">alternative treatment methods for cattle and other susceptible species;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H88D42728D45C4EAB82386857F28EA2F5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">field treatment for premises, including corral pens and pasture loafing areas;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H4F55B176073A4D82942DA199C7EEAC92"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>methods for treatment and control on infested wildlife;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HA089DEEE9B3247478C421C02687BD380"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>biological control agents; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H0B1841BAB9334E218525CF92DD1BFA97"><enum>(v)</enum><text>new and improved vaccines;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA45C84B7AD5B47E08C3D9DE8E19B9510"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to evaluate rangeland vegetation that impacts the survival of cattle fever ticks;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4F8C3A7175A94EB8AD920BF2C92C5CBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to improve management of diseases relating to cattle fever ticks that are associated with wildlife, livestock, and human health;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA5C69BAAC3E747AB98EDEB15BF403857"><enum>(E)</enum><text>to improve diagnostic detection of tick-infested or infected animals and pastures; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB42658A958AC48AAB99E100583AE1F76"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to conduct outreach to impacted ranchers, hunters, and landowners to integrate tactics and document sustainability of best practices.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBA355BBD47F546D783E893FE937E44A2"><enum>(15)</enum><header>Laying hen and turkey research program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants may be made under this section for the purpose of improving the efficiency and sustainability of laying hen and turkey production through integrated, collaborative research and technology transfer. Emphasis may be placed on laying hen and turkey disease prevention, antimicrobial resistance, nutrition, gut health, and alternative housing systems under extreme seasonal weather conditions.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H01906BD06BBD417590EBAD9A5F8358FB"><enum>(16)</enum><header>Algae agriculture research program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and extension grants may be made under this section for the development and testing of algae and algae systems (including micro- and macro-algae systems).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D17A47C7F894D08A8983A7CC6D9FAEB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(5), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6CD02D5D30B04ABE956B93A464D89A20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(5), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB04B6FA20BD94A8199D0BF5D42AE627C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4100328B69C84A08ADEBAB9844D08B81"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (h), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H077401AB10DA42F1A147007CE07B77FD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7209.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Organic agriculture research and extension initiative</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925b">7 U.S.C. 5925b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HD6AEBE0E994149149EA14DF45E58AC3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(7), by inserting <quote>, soil health,</quote> after <quote>conservation</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H917E38E6D04F49548566352729E06C92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9501D238A4A545CD8CF4D95DC800A859"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HCD3378D1C67149D58336557E70E7B2AC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3442B7A7EA9448529AD6C4CE3CB75941"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H7C58C514B91D4395B5C5D3BEC6357056"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H59C3AF07C5E54BF5892DC91C29288811"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBCEA09FEEB254275A16AF1D67619CA4D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H62BCAB0159CD4939BAA8F9D14CEEB646"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">for fiscal years 2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB3BE1F2F3F684D7BB5BA0359F77A5C86"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6F83B625635B4EA88054D2EEC4904BCE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7210.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farm business management</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1672D of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925f">7 U.S.C. 5925f</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB91338382D0A4EA4AC81F100F2FF27FD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H24B6216963004CC69B5E35B5D3EE8794" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H683EA8C708014120A70640C61AC0F741"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may make competitive research and extension grants for the purpose of improving the farm management knowledge and skills of agricultural producers by maintaining and expanding a national, publicly available farm financial management database to support improved farm management.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H561E17FC09044DEF9593DA685CA5B7C3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC1E6D0E5DCD6499BB0EEAFC24772C6C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>and producer</quote> and inserting <quote>educational programs and</quote>;<italic></italic> and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1C03C8D66A5A4405AE1608950BBF37DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4), by striking <quote>use and support</quote> and inserting <quote>contribute data to</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA6607133528B4905AFA7971A3D5E5825"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(2), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H0C11DC3BD815417493BEB6B5477D15CE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7211.</enum><header>Clarification of veteran eligibility for assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1680 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5933">7 U.S.C. 5933</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8845B1EB3534033BD1C0F587F20C677"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F939E8AEE334CA19EF5C0DAB58261A5" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDFF96F7D8B414799AA62766CF8F03A29"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Clarification of application of provisions to veterans with disabilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This subsection shall apply with respect to veterans with disabilities, and their families, who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB1783B6856D4A31A33BC9C1C6642555"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are engaged in farming or farm-related occupations; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE16E057A0E33453FA572AD8D0646219D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">are pursuing new farming opportunities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1BE90205FF14EF2B8B90F4603B0C67A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph id="H830E72EB0FFF49E099E51C0D1987D5A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including veterans)</quote> after <quote>individuals</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC0E1BC16BB94CA39670B3610AB2A066"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or, in the case of veterans with disabilities, who are pursuing new farming opportunities</quote> before the period at the end; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1123395608D94EF0B91F06304D2C1230"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(1)(B), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1B1D9C73DB62459291C0B6F8A80A5730" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7212.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125b">7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H25274EC317E9407EA4C41B65DFEE4083"><enum>C</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998</header>
<section id="HBCAB92CAE3A64520ADB2738A68DBBCF4"><enum>7300.</enum><header>Ending limitation on funding under national food safety training, education, extension, outreach,
and technical assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 405(e)(3) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, And Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7625">7 U.S.C. 7625(e)(3)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H2CF05DBECE5B49CCBF4579B760D33C17"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Term of grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant under this section shall have a term that is not more than 3 years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6B9A26077D14BF09F274FD7724F6FCC" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 405(j) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7625">7 U.S.C. 7625(j)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2011 through 2015</quote> and inserting <quote>2019 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HFF1301436B3E40BF9DABDB5E8589512D"><enum>7302.</enum><header>Integrated research, education, and extension competitive grants program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 406(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7626">7 U.S.C. 7626(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFF3054CDD3314210B9FB77290C7919A6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium
graminearum or by Tilletia indica</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 408(e)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7628">7 U.S.C. 7628(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8DC4F91B28D648098F95AD7228906651" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7304.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants for youth organizations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 410(d)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7630">7 U.S.C. 7630(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9682CBDCE83A491D856CE88C9BCDD624" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7305.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialty crop research initiative</header>
<subsection id="HEDBEB79F7A2F44D09A2053ECD6156689"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elements of initiative</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 412(b) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAF8764E159E341DAB89D66ED87692D38"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H8AEB68FF7A444E9E9684B0F8AF254782"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H89F051267B94460CA406405774E6DA30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H340EFFB5250A484CA3B576538B0C978F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HB2C4E5DF90244E6A976D073602BEA28C"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">size-controlling rootstock systems for perennial crops;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9BE43402D2144646A39413C51925F19E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00004F6E00454BC68D08628CFB1971F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>including threats to specialty crop pollinators;</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1169252BB5CB40C6A99EE0666EE8267F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <text>including—</text><subparagraph id="HF262C7A2C61E42AF807AFC9E3421A3A4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">threats to specialty crop pollinators; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6E41429ED3E499F918C221794CF354B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HCC0E20364C264DBE9D0E1BE07BE8DC47"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">emerging and invasive species;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DF2FC22242749B2AEF7E3B077A8706A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>marketing);</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<text>marketing) and a better understanding of the soil rhizosphere microbiome, including—</text><subparagraph id="HCF622EEC71A24B57AD00452EC0B88CDC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">pesticide application systems and certified drift-reduction technologies; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7342115DD86C492A8ABC35BDDEC63270"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">systems to improve and extend storage life of specialty crops;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB58806883DC74FCA87685B4574922EC5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5F84CF11D75E4085AE7C673BB6418FFB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HB8D76F0191804DD9A3F7E8707129BF99"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">efforts to promote a more effective understanding and use of existing natural enemy complexes;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3D93C76D441F4016AF1B3175AD7E6028"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph (5) (as redesignated by paragraph (4))—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEFB909EA90A246C2B5BCAD6EED51A8EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H5AB8A01A73AD49DBB25C0D0DE0CB6111" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <text>including—</text><subparagraph id="H224F02CB772B4CC680F71A9AA7A5FCF5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">technologies that delay or inhibit ripening;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H819DDEE99DA842098CADE3540C20DF62"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H3CC1BD6EF4CD4CA6A4B69D91A118C04F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">mechanization and automation of labor-intensive tasks on farms and in packing facilities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFB982D9E2F92401588717C5450DDE8A4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">decision support systems driven by phenology and environmental factors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B1C89D165364C6FB0F19E2692390D65"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improved monitoring systems for agricultural pests; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D767EC336CD429D85F86A0566F7BB03"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">effective systems for pre- and post-harvest management of quarantine pests; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB24BB29B4953494EBB98746451275438"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Extension Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD8A61536A1BA488BA08F944C80A9BF88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (j)(5), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD8DBC518249B47B9B27F90DB63E64413"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (k)(1)(C), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC972C82D527C430CAB081D059067BB7A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 412(k)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7632">7 U.S.C. 7632(k)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H0EE9D9249DB846E39EC5E23593798780"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2018</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>2023</enum-in-header></header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4076DCB3CC24AF4B536A6A900E808DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A4BA247471E4A7D997E0225822E4FA0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7306.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food Animal Residue Avoidance Database program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 604(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7642">7 U.S.C. 7642(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF211AB33FF374938AD819B510E87BB7B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7307.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Office of Pest Management Policy</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 614(f)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7653">7 U.S.C. 7653(f)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D0E276273884C49BE7B70FDA7149A69" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7308.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forestry products advanced utilization research</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 617(f)(1) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7655b">7 U.S.C. 7655b(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H0AE52FDF143B452CA2B89F57DBDB5C3F"><enum>D</enum><header>Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008</header>
<part id="H67C2019BC0254C1C9B61EF3DE3C75082"><enum>I</enum><header>Agricultural Security</header>
<section id="H876C9F65C511412F9184A98F40A28974"><enum>7401.</enum><header>Agricultural biosecurity communication center</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14112(c)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8912">7 U.S.C. 8912(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HF5E46948D8FC42619F609D6D79F7DA15"><enum>7402.</enum><header>Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural biosecurity planning, preparation, and response</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14113 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8913">7 U.S.C. 8913</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H2C082A3605CF4516920EE2E606135621"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2)(B), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6E0791A2DB1748DAB9B94A5AF5642723"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(2)(B), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HDD4749C9839748C2B81535DC191626E2"><enum>7403.</enum><header>Research and development of agricultural countermeasures</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14121(b)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8921">7 U.S.C. 8921(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H236FC474438A4BC39B8A34283E7B54C0"><enum>7404.</enum><header>Agricultural biosecurity grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14122(e)(2) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8922">7 U.S.C. 8922(e)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part id="HAF6354C6BA9C437298B748239080FDAB" style="OLC"><enum>II</enum><header>Miscellaneous </header>
<section id="H24C1FA60250246B39046EAB975E2B0CF"><enum>7411.</enum><header>Grazinglands research laboratory</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/246">Public Law 110–246</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 2019) is amended by striking <quote>10-year period</quote> and inserting <quote>15-year period</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD57A1F0BA74F436FB6DE06868A363274" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7412.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Natural products research program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7525(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5937">7 U.S.C. 5937(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB918B01711F48D2A271379944721E49" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7413.</enum><header>Sun grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7526(g) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8114">7 U.S.C. 8114(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section></part></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="H94F2A0C2D309456A881B65EC62331FE3"><enum>E</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments to Other Laws</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H254CF979F98C4BDFA7E1F79D1EC11659" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7501.</enum><header>Critical Agricultural Materials Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 16(a)(2) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/178n">7 U.S.C. 178n(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB756A491C1CE4E53A76673C02B0F6B41" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7502.</enum><header>Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H37AFB483771045DAACB62DE2D3678359"><enum>(a)</enum><header><enum-in-header>1994</enum-in-header> institution defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="H0DDF3BE9BFAD47D695C9294E6A87CFAF"><enum>532.</enum><header>Definition of 1994 Institution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this part, the term <term>1994 Institution</term> means any of the following colleges:</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7A026327F754D9497B27F4E688F1051"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Aaniiih Nakoda College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF52F494362454C9C8E8E01307DE5D642"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Bay Mills Community College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H764CF0AB6D33411DBF0FD06B33E2104A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Blackfeet Community College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0AAA0FA3EF494AFBAA453C6CBF2B2A5B"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Cankdeska Cikana Community College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H59695F3F8B9C4E1F8EEEEE5A02A2BADA"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chief Dull Knife College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4F9E4640F3004A1EB3CC5A872C76F6FB"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">College of Menominee Nation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FF9A111A0AC40AFA5FB880E117B893D"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">College of the Muscogee Nation.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD233ADA9AFAC46F0A3555EA73BF7FDA2"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">D–Q University.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC1B4A37CE5E34D54AA7781E05E6CAF57"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Dine College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E33A8A62E92434EBB5DB07307E21118"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF401FF38FB6D4011A2E506F8DF320453"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fort Peck Community College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82B6BA0C1D01407A85A3F852D2CBEFCA"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Haskell Indian Nations University.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9C8064F57D9B4731A78AE6B2059EB196"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ilisagvik College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6649FE4200443B493A375F64E079BF0"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H45960BBA9BEC49E7A0CC43D892498507"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74E971788B314F27A3DCD86C202F1BEA"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7DD98036A86944AFB119AFF5ED30E37E"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Leech Lake Tribal College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6B7FCA93A4A041408ECAA1DFDE4C45A9"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Little Big Horn College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7851CBA9BC3844909411E91B9E7B9640"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Little Priest Tribal College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H545DF610CCFA4A8C9A9658CB89729B16"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Navajo Technical University.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB047E67D82444C588CC6F8F3AB6320C9"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nebraska Indian Community College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01CC1CA1AD5C42C080AF8252EB292E7A"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Northwest Indian College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H36AA4F0546EF4E05B86CB925ADC6A1AE"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H143A5D31C50E4307BA9D8C28812B514C"><enum>(24)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oglala Lakota College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD21574C202844CC099D422765E42C91B"><enum>(25)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Red Lake Nation College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F2228799F4A4DC1A470AE5432559926"><enum>(26)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07C4A9C5617846719F96801B46607110"><enum>(27)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salish Kootenai College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H985A660EE7C5491EBC3B67EAE8EB1ED3"><enum>(28)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sinte Gleska University.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BFAD2FCAF40490986F362A4C6886D88"><enum>(29)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sisseton Wahpeton College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H79F0AE73E0DF48FEA84743734DE98C53"><enum>(30)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sitting Bull College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3F915AE71F5D48DF96BF13B42408DA3F"><enum>(31)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AC658938B9F4B13BBA85CCAF2797290"><enum>(32)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stone Child College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5353A133CD61432798E86B3BF118EA66"><enum>(33)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tohono O’odham Community College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3C7650032CA4232B5DEDC119618D740"><enum>(34)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Turtle Mountain Community College.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H34A34F1E6C174E888A8847AB41935EDB"><enum>(35)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">United Tribes Technical College.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB10AA85CE3E54E41B994369F3CFAF3F2"><enum>(36)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">White Earth Tribal and Community College.</text></paragraph></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H2B0E2CF1BA434C7F825B5428293D8D3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Endowment for 1994 institutions</header><text>Section 533(b) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HCD807D7FC40848EA9BD2AD88F5F9EE8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Institutional capacity building grants</header><text>Section 535 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears in subsections (b)(1) and (c) and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF007A25627E4611A9DB3BB8530AAA34"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research grants</header><text>Section 536(c) of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/301">7 U.S.C. 301</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/103/382">Public Law 103–382</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2C73F072611540109838B51F9BF8DEF1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7503.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research Facilities Act</header>
<subsection id="H3786A83A15274663BEA75A7D930FCFB3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Agricultural research facility defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Research Facilities Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5F1FFA9E7AA742E893DDDBE805221617"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 2(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390">7 U.S.C. 390(1)</external-xref>) by striking <quote>a college, university, or nonprofit institution</quote> and inserting <quote>an entity eligible to receive funds under a capacity and infrastructure program (as defined in section 251(f)(1)(C) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C)</external-xref>))</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9E1A2A435E84E2FA30D19338B6361E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 3(c)(2)(D) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390a">7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)</external-xref>), by striking <quote>recipient college, university, or nonprofit institution</quote> and inserting <quote>recipient entity</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD1EAA7031FB744BD8246530C83AD0DF0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Long-term support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(c)(2)(D) of the Research Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390a">7 U.S.C. 390a(c)(2)(D)</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by striking <quote>operating costs</quote> and inserting <quote>operating and maintenance costs</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H966A6412855644839C9311955CA66495"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Competitive grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Research Facilities Act is amended by inserting after section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390a">7 U.S.C. 390a</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H097D566C782148A09F3DB0583042DBA1"><enum>4.</enum><header>Competitive grant program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program to make competitive grants to assist in the construction, alteration, acquisition, modernization, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural research facilities.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HA7A3590435794FA08A911472CCAE0706"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations and funding limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Research Facilities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/390d">7 U.S.C. 390d</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0CC8D5E4ED8C46198563658EE74BAEF2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4C42D3CF437D42358C8DA4B120BE01EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (b),</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (b), (c), and (d),</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H174DF573B6E848B99171366E5FB858F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H448B56EAF15D4D59854CD4F2925BEF82"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Funds appropriated pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be available until expended.</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H09E07C1ABF6D4B999DD70CF6BD930B05"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsections:</text>
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<subsection id="H419EEE6B240D4E6D909688B494FF92B3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Maximum Amount</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 25 percent of the funds made available pursuant to subsection (a) for any fiscal year shall be used for any single agricultural research facility project.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HADB68973B34643E0ACF96AB1C42267AE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project Limitation</header><text>An entity eligible to receive funds under this Act may receive funds for only one project at a time.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1676C3D1025A43DB9B7AA2FB26A6B0DF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7504.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (b) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2411C752235048E09EEF6C54C2EEDB1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H7C415903010D4965AB5B2FD7A2A22CAD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause id="HE2B1BB850034460CB606764C7F2D5CEA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by redesignating clauses (iii) through (vii) as clauses (iv) through (viii), respectively; and</text> </clause><clause id="H01DD3117821546F0BBB38D235FB26D32"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H46B36893C1304D5AA5A2308F10450C46"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">soil health;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5D1B04067CDB428296FD7B55341FF17A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (E)—</text>
<clause id="H435558D13B7A4E09AA4F5363A80E960B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </clause><clause id="H5F0A92A61C1445B9800485A709D4F154"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4DDD419A9E214CDE9A6928010EC791C1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E63D762E4BB444D8E2F227923E11BBC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause id="H68EA610866DD4A7D9D1E47D7D49985CF"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tools that accelerate the use of automation or mechanization for labor-intensive tasks in the production and distribution of crops.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC13F21A5AC647D0A83C0B5468840399"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F)—</text> <clause id="H5A16031A700C4F9AAA9299E081D253B8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (vi), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H8F3FB03BBE594E388FD1E3E60C9835C5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (vii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HEC8598B27BA646AD96D469C37A720CB2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
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<clause id="H0ECC559F8D574DB893FDBC76A623D3F7"><enum>(viii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">barriers and bridges to entry and farm viability for young, beginning, socially disadvantaged, veteran, and immigrant farmers and ranchers, including farm succession, transition, transfer, entry, and profitability issues.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE4ECA0D6099F42F184B4638F9EC09888"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text> <subparagraph id="H08AA71442DAB4B939ED0104257521DE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0336E0BB0C0C4BB8BAE57416A6A829C4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H64EA5BEB88474789BA3C4E3D71CEC244" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <text>that—</text><clause id="H4FF1283A711D414A92A6639AF854142A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is of national scope; or</text> </clause><clause id="HAECBE6EED52D4B41ACC1D671530BD73F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is commodity-specific, so long as any such funds allocated for commodity-specific research are matched with funds from a non-Federal source at least equal to the amount of such funds so allocated.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2A0038CB1A5E4367AC02C630F25A9E06"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (9)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3122940780044BF7A8A25CDC2ED01C13"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (iii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1498494609F44A5BB48597B39A009829"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="H96BFA37FE6CC43C3BE213946BF838022"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>clauses (ii) and (iii)</quote> and inserting <quote>clause (ii)</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDF879916ED3E4357A783DE5EBBFB072B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (iii); and</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H078EEDE733B644DD881F027D71B7C284"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)(A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H35CEB0F785E845A5A8D4712E0F2E4D17"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF4F08B2129FE477D8CCACFD2BA00A991"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>4</quote> and inserting <quote>5</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HA14A33FB4EA04445BCA870FE9502FC04"><enum>7505.</enum><header>Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978</header>
<subsection id="H1DFE946F32B74FAC83CEA159F5EAAE32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>Section 6 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1675">16 U.S.C. 1675</external-xref>) is amended in the first sentence by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H21D110690AD04E2CAD319BBAF98329DE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Termination date</header><text>Section 8 of the Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1671">16 U.S.C. 1671</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/95/306">Public Law 95–306</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBA278367975F4063876528A1891715D4"><enum>7506.</enum><header>National Aquaculture Act of 1980</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2809">16 U.S.C. 2809</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H29FB33A6C80B44C29B3BDDF4D0E7A3D0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7507.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning farmer and rancher development program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3319f">7 U.S.C. 3319f</external-xref>) is amended<italic></italic>—</text>
<paragraph id="H8FC5625BB3164A079F814447DC61787E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H29F12A5B95E54AB6B8E3907CA35C0DE8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b), as so redesignated—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2A725723F3664D1BB7DDB66EA81705F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Grants</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Programs</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA0C608DECC9465DB22092B163078AF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="H5B0976F122B847B2ACB7EEBF60CDE283"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a beginning farmer and rancher development program to provide training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives to increase opportunities for beginning farmers or ranchers.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H133F80E7B35F432D91D889CDEF9D357A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or cooperative agreements</quote> after <quote>grants</quote> each place it appears;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F25C74F2D0343AD98B957C6439D0687"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or cooperative agreement</quote> after <quote>grant</quote> each place it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC03B1FA4C69A4B28B648AA2C4D140A50"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>section</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B2EF1538E924BF79CB8BE99A642D3C1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:</text>
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<paragraph id="HDFBA56B06678401280ECFF78CD09B95C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Matching requirement</header>
<subparagraph id="H4A19698049824A8AA02F6B45714442C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in subparagraph (B), to be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a recipient shall provide a match in the form of cash or in-kind contributions in an amount equal to 25 percent of the funds provided by the grant.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H823B830AC6134ECF951D0C6BE6D5F34D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may waive or reduce the matching requirement in subparagraph (A) if the Secretary determines such a waiver or modification is necessary to effectively reach an underserved area or population.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF60FB25D385B4A7CB54F683D369B16C9"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (8), and redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), (11), and (12) as paragraphs (8), (9), (10), and (11), respectively;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAADA83BB668D46448FC8E178D71DC34D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b), as so redesignated, the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6424EE15BB1F4BFB8D0E853EB74C2467" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H5E9F539F1719487898A75CDC939B2992"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grant requirements</header> <paragraph id="H17CD0D67FDC04F51994B5AF290858BD8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall make competitive grants to support new and established local and regional training, education, outreach, and technical assistance initiatives to increase opportunities for beginning farmers or ranchers, including programs and services (as appropriate) relating to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H125F18918CFA42D4A051BBF77FEEBC9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>basic livestock, forest management, and crop farming practices;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD783EC8D73A24D54BDA0FCE7C3587B9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>innovative farm, ranch, and private nonindustrial forest land access, and transfer and succession strategies and programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H43208144A70C493BB5A648955B075012"><enum>(C)</enum><text>entrepreneurship and business training;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6FA5C383F459497DBFF7BADD295062C1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>financial and risk management training (including the acquisition and management of agricultural credit);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5A31DB67C77D45C2BB5B0593E2C0B6ED"><enum>(E)</enum><text>natural resource management and planning;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBC52F001428241FAAA6DD3488C388BDF"><enum>(F)</enum><text>diversification and marketing strategies;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0510BC0CF54644A2BD2C71BDF64E0945"><enum>(G)</enum><text>curriculum development;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAAD4C8FE4E224D7C875EF1EA0DA8908A"><enum>(H)</enum><text>mentoring, apprenticeships, and internships;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A7D8FF1C67844628E3F3C126F6EB52D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>resources and referral;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HECA0C793FEF54A4D9CA873953101CD0E"><enum>(J)</enum><text>farm financial benchmarking;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6763E6B4D8534CA8B9E59F8D1A70D672"><enum>(K)</enum><text>technical assistance to help beginning farmers or ranchers acquire land from retiring farmers and ranchers;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H760258C09C6649079BA8F3D9F1BE4DB7"><enum>(L)</enum><text>agricultural rehabilitation and vocational training for veterans;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB2F12D75203A46EDBB20F1C6551DC93B"><enum>(M)</enum><text>food safety (including good agricultural practices training);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H27C44AA89F84418EB9876F3206BA7D4B"><enum>(N)</enum><text>farm safety and awareness; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40C8073AA3594207B626E0D7B151B12B"><enum>(O)</enum><text>other similar subject areas of use to beginning farmers or ranchers.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7324EA3549A4471F9393714D10C4B145"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Set-aside</header>
<subparagraph id="H7E07C56DA4AE43C1ADA03824C81C1AD4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not less than 5 percent of the funds used to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be used to support programs and services that address the needs of—</text>
<clause id="H9C227D89E2A74E64BC5D9AED8748A0D9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>limited resource beginning farmers or ranchers (as defined by the Secretary);</text> </clause><clause id="HA2C1DD6B8CA4425682653183942F235F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2003">7 U.S.C. 2003(e)</external-xref>)) who are beginning farmers and ranchers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H27EEF1DAE9AC4497A6C822D90D9E3AB0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>farmworkers desiring to become farmers or ranchers.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA1358B160DF749C9B157E5B7C29E198A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Veteran farmers and ranchers</header><text>Not less than 5 percent of the funds used to carry out this subsection for a fiscal year shall be used to support programs and services that address the needs of veteran farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(e)</external-xref>)).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H076A17BCC4654A27B2A4A2998AEF60B8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection (d)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3E49784F5E2F4C609D38D9AC51EBFA78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="HE829207E75434C939B056B01512A5C79"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and conduct</quote> and inserting <quote>, conduct</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H65C80BAA039241828398F13B035C21BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, or provide training and technical assistance initiatives for beginning farmers or ranchers or for trainers and service providers that work with beginning farmers or ranchers.</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD5E6E87AF0F348EA8ECFE2CADA28C767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HA6C95B9C4BD04572B9AE431E0E3EB485"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, educational programs and workshops, or training and technical assistance initiatives</quote> after <quote>curricula</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HAF824F53718C46D0BBF24132313C7360"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>modules</quote> and inserting <quote>content</quote>;</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0220FE613D14F7BBDECE1A75CA7EACB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subsection (g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFF12B622CBFA40F4A0AB0762F597B67C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(including retiring farmers and nonfarming landowners)</quote> before <quote>from participating in programs</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4A117010247740DC9DE889069E31555A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>educating</quote> and inserting <quote>increasing opportunities for</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF84716D270644C1C96A36A3372BFC5C1"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subsection (h)—</text> <subparagraph id="H9E8F030833C3472D8066B53356F4DBE2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<clause id="H3EB5B7CDA3364D4292304786582876DC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">for fiscal years 2009 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H27D37CABDF2A4B82AFE324CFB83A7509"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB3D06513EECB4596A068E82F4E80C049"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <clause id="HDAA6FF36F8FF4AF5BF4857197C3683CC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the paragraph heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">for fiscal years 2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H8C5673E863D941F1A535BE8DB5F4F7C4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HACA0EB0439B74477AA55EC2E996B6182"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D05C749A2B24E7F957BD9EB46ADF0A2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7508.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Federal agriculture research facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1431 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act Amendments of 1985 (title XIV of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/99/198">Public Law 99–198</external-xref>; 99 Stat. 1556) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H16C76425F52F4D96BCE996B94499FE3C"><enum>7509.</enum><header>Biomass research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9008(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8108">7 U.S.C. 8108(h)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H34453FC012644800BB9DD25C92CDB887"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H31D17F2E009D4EB195725BA8014C8921"><enum>F</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC0886BD467174386A5C47B1966743D82" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7601.</enum><header>Enhanced use lease authority program</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H5B45598FD5924FEBAF1F8B032875F871"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transition to permanent program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125a">7 U.S.C. 3125a</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9B244DA09E234F2786D3D059B316D97F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">pilot</header-in-text></quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3B0E70365AA24D779C5D30CF99757AE4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote>pilot</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H76E5AEF012064BFD93D7BD2267901175"><enum>(b)</enum><header>No onsite sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting <quote>onsite</quote> before <quote>public</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE5F497069F4B4123B8F0A5A00413ECDF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of authority extended</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308(b)(6)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125a">7 U.S.C. 3125a</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>on the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>on June 18, 2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H74E5E7ECDA944077A13BA0C172DEA5AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 308(d)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3125a">7 U.S.C. 3125a</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>Not later than 6, 8, and 10 years after the date of enactment of this section</quote> and inserting <quote>Not later than June 18, 2019, June 18, 2021, and June 18, 2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HD26CE6591FE1460DBF1673693798D98B"><enum>7602.</enum><header>Functions and Duties of the Under Secretary</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 251(d)(2) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HB854143793324CC383A3AC6F1B588EDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that agricultural research, education, extension, economics, and statistical programs—</text> <clause id="HE2CCE6ACAC004A3A912C7C080EC51FD0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are effectively coordinated and integrated—</text>
<subclause id="H0E49A2F5236F4CC7BA492125B5F38EA6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>across disciplines, agencies, and institutions; and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H88841361016540AE903D51A4AF6A04AA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>among applicable participants, grantees, and beneficiaries; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H2FFC2A54CD2C4242B3930AF5F30F4E5C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>address the priority areas of the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative specified in subsection (b)(2) of the Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3157">7 U.S.C. 3157(b)(2)</external-xref>);</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD6D0791C19344352A56612576C7D950F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7603.</enum><header>Reinstatement of District of Columbia matching requirement for certain land-grant university
assistance</header>
<subsection id="H647A0C24BDEA409A9D97CD86DD9B9275"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 209(c) of the District of Columbia Public Postsecondary Education Reorganization Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/93/471">Public Law 93–471</external-xref>; sec. 38–1202.09(c), D.C. Official Code) is amended in the first sentence, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>, which may be used to pay no more than one-half of the total cost of providing such extension work.</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H37C6958D4B2940B0B52359E3FADC6474"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2018.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H6B52C9E6D8BC40028877226BD330CED3"><enum>7604.</enum><header>Farmland tenure, transition, and entry data initiative</header> <subsection id="HB369A4937BEE40F7946F6E14FE734E32"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall collect and report data and analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, and entry of beginning farmers or ranchers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8FAA0BACB8D5445CBAAD7D941176197E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA1A3FED471A84AB988CEE1170CA75A95"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect and distribute comprehensive annual reporting of trends in farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers or ranchers; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H35CABDF58247449E8EBEB0B6C0072CC3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>develop surveys and report statistical and economic analysis on farmland ownership, tenure, transition, barriers to entry, profitability, and viability of beginning farmers.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79931AE4A6F041AC9FAB902CB7CA1A88"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF7CC86E09FC4613BDFF4E149837DBB1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conforming amendment regarding confidentiality of information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1770(d) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2276">7 U.S.C. 2276(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H41CDA3426F994846B043EBF7FD0D1705"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3C25CDB2E5C45E49B0054F181DB6F5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (12), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; or</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9220933AF2AC46148F0F0EB0500E1E78"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H3CB20E9C4B3948BFB65BC373693C026D"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 7604 of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H1C3F2EEBB1CA47E4AFC6DE32A9C88AD9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>7605.</enum><header>Transfer of administrative jurisdiction, portion of Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland</header> <subsection id="H018D17AE959B4C19BAF22686756948D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Treasury a parcel of real property at the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center consisting of approximately 100 acres, which was originally acquired by the United States through land acquisitions in 1910 and 1925 and is generally located off of Poultry Road lying between Powder Mill Road and Odell Road in Beltsville, Maryland, for the purpose of facilitating the establishment of Bureau of Engraving and Printing facilities on the parcel.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H57EBD1DC83B64471877A7270DEA6A417"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Legal Description and Map</header>
<paragraph id="H859AEF60FD7744DCBE5A9F4038D1FC37"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Preparation</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare a legal description and map of the parcel of real property to be transferred under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E41D820BA564CBBA2653BF9DDECFA21"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Force of law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The legal description and map prepared under paragraph (1) shall have the same force and effect as if included in this Act, except that the Secretary of Agriculture may correct errors in the legal description and map.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58F1377D7E1B4FE989FDBD41983811A0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Retention of interests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection (a) shall be subject to easements and rights of record and such other reservations, terms, and conditions as the Secretary of Agriculture considers to be necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD3D3ACBD46584EBBBF99E16BE09604EC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The parcel of real property to be transferred under subsection (a) is exempt from Federal screening for other possible use as there is an identified Federal need for the parcel as the site for Bureau of Engraving and Printing facilities.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD57500E8274B4DE4B9252A5436923D1D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Condition on transfer</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition of the transfer of administrative jurisdiction under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall agree to pay the Secretary of Agriculture the following costs:</text>
<paragraph id="HFEFDD193DBFD4D79A8CFAE8CC539D7D7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The appraisal required under subsection (f).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC39530646D0C49B99A2C320236F39A71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any environmental or administrative analysis required by Federal law with respect to the real property so transferred.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B8896E80CE64FB9A923DA33B4377186"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any necessary survey of such real property.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9720AFEB9C97497EB57A37AB016E55F7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Any hazardous substances assessment of such real property.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1C0D723F870425AAC61CC32E411CE79"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Appraisal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To determine the fair market value of the parcel of real property to be transferred under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the parcel appraised for its highest and best use in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for Federal Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency Land Acquisition Conference. The appraisal shall be subject to the review and approval by the Secretary of Agriculture.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD0BCF5A21F5E4BBF9710B156F8481877"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Hazardous materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For the parcel of real property to be transferred under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall meet disclosure requirements for hazardous substances, but shall otherwise not be required to remediate or abate those substances or any other hazardous pollutants, contaminants, or waste that might be present on the parcel at the time of transfer of administrative jurisdiction.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF055E4799AE24B739DFD7623FD794F39"><enum>7606.</enum><header>Simplified plan of work</header>
<subsection id="H37101B85DD6B43CE847EEED8D3DF9A1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Smith-Lever Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Smith-Lever Act is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD9B5950279B14218AF430B7F38DF5BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text><italic></italic>in section 3(h)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/343">7 U.S.C. 343(h)(2)</external-xref>), by striking subparagraph (D); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6758CDCED7964490866F610876DA1CBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 4 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/344">7 U.S.C. 344</external-xref>)—</text> <subparagraph id="HD9756955CE6C4C2DB5830752DF43F353"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (1) through (5) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="HE927CA3ED5AC493E9ECAB2A127A7DC1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A summary of planned projects or programs in the State using formula funds.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEE501E5254854B6FAACAE126EEF23305"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which the State will meet the requirements of section 3(h).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72189341B2F648158A3904C19D48EFC7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which the State will meet the requirements of section 3(i)(2) of the Hatch Act of 1887.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3D96D9E02D2B43EFA124AB855E07042C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A description of matching funds provided by the State with respect to the previous fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17F691CFAB1547218B8FBE5CDE217920"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HA358490DF85C4244B4A87EBE706B8B5D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Relationship to audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procedures established pursuant to subsection (c) shall not be subject to audit to determine the sufficiency of such procedures.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDEB6535A23F7451D84DE3509024C4FE1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Hatch Act</header><text>The Hatch Act of 1887 is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD033D7F101104E0BABF3C384BAE34A66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 3 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361c">7 U.S.C. 361c</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3AD74D70A52845CF89940488EAB07ACE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF3C568A0B8FD4536A72AE2869E371494" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H35D03C96EE1B42849295013F3248EF8D"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Peer Review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research carried out under subsection (c)(3) shall be subject to scientific peer review. The review of a project conducted under this subsection shall be considered to satisfy the merit review requirements of section 103(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7960B55FB364478599C8B2F2F2CA3F9A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(2), by striking subparagraph (D); and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8CA060AAF5BB4B6E8C051062B0F87AB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 7 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/361g">7 U.S.C. 361g</external-xref>)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4089BD5214C0415AB912CF9BA2D38747"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (e), by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and inserting the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph id="H8BC82818055A40BEB96F872A13A9825A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of planned projects or programs in the State using formula funds.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H05F1E31FD36E4BACAC54BB6DBBF45423"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A description of the manner in which the State will meet the requirements of subsections (c)(3) and (i)(2) of section 3.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H95B387CAD1CB40E18425B56CB36F78B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of matching funds provided by the State with respect to the previous fiscal year.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA842612E16854AE8A440324568127395"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="HCBB3FCD21F874EA99F12DC78EE23A230"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Relationship to audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procedures established pursuant to subsection (e) shall not be subject to audit to determine the sufficiency of such procedures.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFF07FF0EA493417ABDAA8C59C76123EA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Extension and research at <enum-in-header>1890</enum-in-header> institutions</header>
<paragraph id="HBFC31EDB89AD4E1A80787F0B7F497B80"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Extension</header><text>Section 1444(d) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3221">7 U.S.C. 3221(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H538D793EB5FC4564B72BCAC3191DDC12"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HCCFA3DDD636B4FE58068FC3FBCBE54AA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of planned projects or programs in the State using formula funds.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09AB1F4F732A44A0A85546D4E6C6A2D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of matching funds provided by the State with respect to the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H83EB075F331F49C09F0405DAFB54E54E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H56C47B3082DA4ECFBEFF21AAA3FE7EA7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEA26D01B6A934C36A06ABF79690F6649"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Relationship to audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procedures established pursuant to paragraph (3) shall not be subject to audit to determine the sufficiency of such procedures.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1DEE03C890E9464CBAF661459976B2B8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Research</header><text>Section 1445(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3222">7 U.S.C. 3222(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAEB789B3662543EEACEF435EE6EEB03B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting the following new subparagraphs:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H6578EF3BAFF442CA8FB673B4EDA45BB2"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A summary of planned projects or programs in the State using formula funds.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD94420C781694E5587F8DC309AE48FE4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A description of matching funds provided by the State with respect to the previous fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC147A29731F646C89B9AEF177E61EA59"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0A38F12717FC4B9DBA6F4F7EC31D2154" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HA0157DD41C974D5A952EF1CE96ED6733"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Relationship to audits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the procedures established pursuant to paragraph (3) shall not be subject to audit to determine the sufficiency of such procedures.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HFF5DC68803F04D9DAE8EB20905B35130"><enum>7607.</enum><header>Time and effort reporting exemption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Any entity receiving funds under a program referred to in clause (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), or (xii) of section 251(f)(1)(C) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6971">7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(C)</external-xref>) shall be exempt from the time and effort reporting requirements under part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), with respect to the use of such funds.</text>
</section><section id="H4951D1C9EDFA4703A3EC58DC237F2847"><enum>7608.</enum><header>Public education on biotechnology in food and agriculture sectors</header>
<subsection id="HA5687672FB364B21A7D212D6D970029B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of Education, and such other persons and organizations as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall develop and carry out a national science-based education campaign to increase public awareness regarding the use of technology in food and agriculture production, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H0DD54554431B4A0A9835E60A7D6D7B6E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the science of biotechnology as applied to the development of products in the food and agricultural sectors, including information about which products of biotechnology in the food and agricultural sectors have been approved for use in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAD3771E29224F4B84C25E12B96C8929"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal science-based regulatory review process for products made using biotechnology in the food and agricultural sectors conducted under the Coordinated Framework for Regulation of Biotechnology published by the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Federal Register on June 26, 1986 (51 Fed. Reg. 23302), including the studies performed and analyses conducted to ensure that such products are as safe to produce and as safe to eat as products that are not produced using biotechnology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H366003F77B2A4DD696EF33F962338818"><enum>(3)</enum><text>developments in the science of plant and animal breeding over time and the impacts of such developments on farmers, consumers, the environment, and the rural economy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89845B914ED74FC28BAC478C183626BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the effects of the use of biotechnology on food security, nutrition, and the environment.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1F4D02C7F43D43818DDCF8B7D8EFDAC7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consumer friendly informational website</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and such other persons and organizations as the Secretary determines to be appropriate, shall develop, establish, and update as necessary, a single Federal government-sponsored public Internet website through which the public may obtain, in an easy to understand and user-friendly format, information about biotechnology used in the food and agricultural sectors, including—</text>
<paragraph id="HB58D1F3BD9334D5D942AA8EF13B86C40"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">scientific findings and other data on biotechnology used in the food and agricultural sectors;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE5090385BBC64CEAA7353BA21A92EAC0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Federal agencies’ decisions regarding specific products made using biotechnology in the food and agricultural sectors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F28E08F24634848A33B4AF41A51A9B0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a list of frequently asked questions pertaining to the use of biotechnology in the food and agricultural sectors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B8C4C953539486A8AEDAE436E247FB7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>an easy-to-understand description of the role of Federal agencies in overseeing the use of biotechnology in the food and agricultural sectors;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H986B2A92F00B4E40AA08E43AAF7F2434"><enum>(5)</enum><text>information about novel, emerging technologies within the broader field of biotechnology; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9941B813822D4126B169D9F3D6CBDCA7"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a glossary of terms with respect to biotechnology used in the food and agricultural sectors.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D9C3B736361411B8F34366DA07D67D1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Social media resources</header><text>The Secretary may, as appropriate, utilize publicly-available social media platforms to supplement the campaign established under subsection (a), and as an extension of the website established under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>VIII</enum><header>Forestry</header>
<subtitle id="HA975135314E446A69F36A29D58EA6E8D"><enum>A</enum><header>Reauthorization and Modification of Certain Forestry Programs</header>
<section id="H7D56C68950A843AEAA834EE42275170A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8101.</enum><header>Support for State assessments and strategies for forest resources</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2A(f)(1) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101a">16 U.S.C. 2101a(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91B820289B6641B493EF3857D0FBEA1F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest legacy program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (m) of section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2103c">16 U.S.C. 2103c</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="HD6C2A27FB15245489237CC4B0A20C32C"><enum>(m)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $35,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H690A2D89C64C44448B62D3AAF93497ED"><enum>8103.</enum><header>Community forest and open space conservation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subsection (g) of section 7A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2103d">16 U.S.C. 2103d</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H0E50109902814AE5A2E64FE71253A833"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HA1B8A46C2880425D8BC63871006020ED"><enum>8104.</enum><header>State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2109a">16 U.S.C. 2109a</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H8D3AA736912947C1BBDDE3477F4D7269"><enum>13A.</enum><header>State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program</header>
<subsection id="HC8A1B8CEE4434561A6CF375E284EF43D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The purpose of this section is to establish a landscape-scale restoration program to support landscape-scale restoration and management that results in measurable improvements to public benefits derived from State and private forest land, as identified in—</text>
<paragraph id="H9A74A1A37ABA404F9F77D230D7999777"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State-wide assessment described in section 2A(a)(1); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H39CAFCCE25DA4046AE7440A51443233F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a long-term State-wide forest resource strategy described in section 2A(a)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79F30BC40B7B42A88FAD0D1EE9737F4D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4E88F69F7F2A41CE8B4113AD6A73824A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Private forest land</header><text>The term <term>private forest land</term> means land that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12CEFE1EB1E2484FADA3143ECCACCD60"><enum>(A)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HE4BD38E2537141EEB3AB51F405EE4640"><enum>(i)</enum><text>has existing tree cover; or</text> </clause><clause changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HCA45C2648406454886BBEA0A892DF99D" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is suitable for growing trees; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9BFA037EEE148629288834FAEE08EF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is owned by—</text> <clause id="HE529093C9B154905A3E8DFD68B801A08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>an Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)); or</text>
</clause><clause id="H8DB3A486BA954D1793E9F89110361076"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>any private individual or entity.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H57951DF44FA348ED9DC2BDE241B7C7AC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Regional</header><text>The term <term>regional</term> means of any region of the National Association of State Foresters.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A9E6CA92D974F3C952F7D0255B506C7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H02202C5FDCAE4E6EB1F51EF652EF1B0D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State forest land</header><text>The term <term>State forest land</term> means land that is owned by a State or unit of local government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6673E642E54741709160FCC4FEDEB221"><enum>(5)</enum><header>State Forester</header><text>The term <term>State Forester</term> means a State Forester or equivalent State official.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32766F28F1CA4C22A95673F551FC5A52"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with State Foresters or other appropriate State agencies, shall establish a landscape-scale restoration program—</text>
<paragraph id="HB5B8D24F05DA4F4898D43816C0FDCC98"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to provide financial and technical assistance for landscape-scale restoration projects on State forest land or private forest land; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE47207A62D1F4E8BA3D21BDD40E73357"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that maintains or improves benefits from trees and forests on such land.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7303CB5E3EAF4E4893B50682E55DB658"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The landscape-scale restoration program established under subsection (c) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H4FD6B88835BB479D8FD4A1264FC3633A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>measurably address the national private forest conservation priorities described in section 2(c);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H06DEA5C31B0A443F98368CC0E66E7549"><enum>(2)</enum><text>enhance public benefits from trees and forests, as identified in—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7C30AAAA826F4730B3D324AAC5433450"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a State-wide assessment described in section 2A(a)(1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA28659451A9A40609169B095E1C77FAC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a long-term State-wide forest resource strategy described in section 2A(a)(2); and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H41D70701E974445D927234F81F769D4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in accordance with the purposes described in section 2(b), include one or more of the following objectives—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5142DF47473C4C6B8C731646B7E7839E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>protecting or improving water quality or quantity;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40D5C53B2B664F7C92B6981FEEA06C10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reducing wildfire risk, including through hazardous fuels treatment;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD063E6CA511B4D9CBB4EB73669C73230"><enum>(C)</enum><text>protecting or enhancing wildlife habitat, consistent with wildlife objectives established by the applicable State fish and wildlife agency;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCF3059F5C7D34AA9B6A8EEFDEB623679"><enum>(D)</enum><text>improving forest health and forest ecosystems, including addressing native, nonnative, and invasive pests; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A95715148184707A0DAC7F06F6BEAE6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>enhancing opportunities for new and existing markets in which the production and use of wood products strengthens local and regional economies.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9612EA2B468C4A2B82620B720CBCD200"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Measurement</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with State Foresters, shall establish a measurement system (including measurement tools) that—</text>
<paragraph id="H3410579B8E08482D8AE103C4A9EEBBCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consistently measures the results of landscape-scale restoration projects described in subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7672EEF9CED040D183F78851C8CA503B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is consistent with the measurement systems of other Federal programs delivered by State Foresters.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H66B0E11D3ABA4D998C4E0A5156A1354A"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of amounts</header> <paragraph id="H165E9C3C93154091BECB9279FED90563"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Allocation</header><text>Of the amounts made available for the landscape-scale restoration program established under subsection (c), the Secretary shall allocate to State Foresters—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8DBBD517276D4910B2131708AB14DDCF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>50 percent for the competitive process in accordance with subsection (g); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAD3A3BD7343F4AA69F34DECA18EF3923"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent proportionally to States, in consultation with State Foresters—</text>
<clause id="HAD6BDC238F9A4AB894276532A3C1FAC8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to maximize the achievement of the objectives described in subsection (d)(3); and</text> </clause><clause id="HC88B0B66C6EC4FD8BA24B6FEE6C64C06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to address the highest national priorities, as identified in—</text>
<subclause id="HF73246D3C51540C48DA82B96EC93E526"><enum>(I)</enum><text>State-wide assessments described in section 2A(a)(1); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="H196FCAB900FF49B4A5758167D42ADAF0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>long-term State-wide forest resource strategies described in section 2A(a)(2).</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H82A72C6037ED46DCA45596114B9A6F32"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiyear projects</header><text>The Secretary may provide amounts under this section for multiyear projects.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H79B69E8B75F64340A3D6C0912963DE40"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Competitive process</header> <paragraph id="HD0A167A95A50470F980EC45C5015832F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall distribute amounts described in subsection (f)(1)(A) through a competitive process for landscape-scale restoration projects described in subsection (c) to maximize the achievement of the objectives described in subsection (d)(3).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCE8263AEA0C14EA496799DAAF01D5AF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>To be eligible for funding through the competitive process under paragraph (1), a State Forester, or another entity on approval of the State Forester, shall submit to the Secretary one or more landscape-scale restoration proposals that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H21508488A5BB48FFB764F8E943CA28F6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in accordance with paragraph (3)(A), include priorities identified in—</text> <clause id="H90228B52AD714E47A1B50D8BC76176F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>State-wide assessments described in section 2A(a)(1); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HEEDDF4297EEA4DD1A25BCB7E49855122"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>long-term State-wide forest resource strategies described in section 2A(a)(2);</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1F1FDA5DE3CF475881D3A8647B68AF07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>identify one or more measurable results to be achieved through the project;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD029D55198D4197AF204A6CF23720AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, include activities on all land necessary to accomplish the measurable results in the applicable landscape;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BDEEC6A7E15403CAC6AE4D789695F50"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to the maximum extent practicable, are developed in collaboration with other public and private sector organizations and local communities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98CAEB17CEE74AE4B469555FBE0B05D5"><enum>(E)</enum><text>derive not less than 50 percent of the funding for the project from non-Federal sources, unless the Secretary determines—</text>
<clause id="H68054E759C0242C398B191D1FD9224E9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the applicant is unable to derive not less than 50 percent of the funding for the project from non-Federal sources; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA9CB284386F1468497F5998C00BDF01A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the benefits of the project justify pursuing the project.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC755C1B776B84FD4BEAA60D337C9DCE0"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Prioritization</header><text>In carrying out the competitive process under paragraph (1), the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD2DF2F29DD043DABA25DC0BF7A140C7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall give priority to projects that, as determined by the Secretary, best carry out priorities identified in State-wide assessments described in section 2A(a)(1) and long-term State-wide forest resource strategies described in section 2A(a)(2), including—</text>
<clause id="HF04416F9847E4606A798B3C1A049090E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>involvement of public and private partnerships;</text> </clause><clause id="H51E10B94F72E4C148D975244F9F86E6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>inclusion of cross-boundary activities on—</text>
<subclause id="H8F5EF5EDF35146BEBBF08FDADEDA2CBB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Federal forest land;</text> </subclause><subclause id="H66BEE09AE23741809B1EC24DA55746D7"><enum>(II)</enum><text>State forest land; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H8A4688AF7225452D965D3647B94EE4E9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>private forest land;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HDB59006CC34245EDA4EF772E7DEA1DEC"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>involvement of areas also identified for cost-share funding by the Natural Resources Conservation Service or any other relevant Federal agency;</text>
</clause><clause id="HF1C7E6E7496F4C14AC8BFB9FA62FCF2B"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>protection or improvement of water quality or quantity;</text> </clause><clause id="H836152C08D1F4FC2ABEB11587CC68AE4"><enum>(v)</enum><text>reduction of wildfire risk; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA521327C30ED48668CCB0411B0F66DC8"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>otherwise addressing the national private forest conservation priorities described in section 2(c); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7CD97C0FC4E43BF843FBE8C93F3A844"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may give priority to projects in proximity to other landscape-scale projects on other land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary, the Secretary of the Interior, or a Governor of a State, including—</text>
<clause id="HF1D249523AB64DC5BED2B16CAE76F1A4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ecological restoration treatments under the Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program established under section 4003 of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7303">16 U.S.C. 7303</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H69876D48C4D24EDEA60EF94A5B3A4481"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>projects on landscape-scale areas designated for insect and disease treatment under section 602 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591a">16 U.S.C. 6591a</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="HDC7FA4140BC54807A78B37BD4811945A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>authorized restoration services under section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>);</text>
</clause><clause id="H2D6FC2F067A7453DB49FE11640423377"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>watershed restoration and protection services under section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/291">Public Law 106–291</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1011">16 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref> note);</text>
</clause><clause id="H0AAA959D35D7407792CA20F5B2A44CFD"><enum>(v)</enum><text>stewardship end result contracting projects under section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HA937621029574648A4ED209FFEB070E3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>projects under other relevant programs, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7FC345986A84CECBE5FE1165CBBE846"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Proposal review</header> <subparagraph id="H5601F7C283FD430DBF3E785F549678F4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall establish a process for the review of proposals submitted under paragraph (2) that ranks each proposal based on—</text>
<clause id="HFE79800E0E9140B8AFC9FDB353CC9093"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the extent to which the proposal would achieve the requirements described in subsection (d); and</text> </clause><clause id="HDEBE7115FC9648859F74A674268A79F2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the priorities described in paragraph (3)(A).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H083B3B8B80494274A2E6008B2DB86D52"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Regional review</header><text>The Secretary may carry out the process described in subparagraph (A) at a regional level.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD1D97159DC84727A88C6160DFB342FF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Compliance with NEPA</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Financial and technical assistance carried out under this section for landscape restoration projects on State forest land or private forest land shall not constitute a major Federal action for the purposes of section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332(2)(C)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H43B23712A9024B5AA11E161AFA3C23C3"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>, 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 includes—</text>
<paragraph id="H20BF0B9C6A1E419EBE97639C87C3B47C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a description of the status of the development, execution, and administration of landscape-scale projects selected under the program under this section;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4089C1210DBD4838ABBA43E5FED83670"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an accounting of expenditures under such program; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2C551D2CE64E42CDA69E8AA5B8CA876A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>specific accomplishments that have resulted from landscape-scale projects under such program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF05DF453E4A148AF9A76E1980DD64C8D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for the landscape-scale restoration program established under subsection (c) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, to remain available until expended.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB6F447AA37C347BCB311A1A8026C80F9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8105.</enum><header>Rural revitalization technologies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2371(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6601">7 U.S.C. 6601(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9726C2C1164414FAAAF8AF688152174" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8106.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community wood energy and wood innovation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9013 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8113">7 U.S.C. 8113</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HFC8E616272F5466A89FE7B12051C5FC7"><enum>9013.</enum><header>Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program</header>
<subsection id="HFF76BFC70159429D951009A8D3DBD413"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HC84C501A2A94428A8E7498BC88FD623E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Community wood energy system</header> <subparagraph id="H0A289E690BED4A14A35DDF0324B43231"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>community wood energy system</term> means an energy system that—</text>
<clause id="H2C74051EC33746178F2DED99BAFEF5F3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>produces thermal energy or combined thermal energy and electricity where thermal is the primary energy output;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H733187658A72476BADF87B5EE6BC319F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>services public facilities owned or operated by State or local governments (including schools, town halls, libraries, and other public buildings) or private or nonprofit facilities (including commercial and business facilities, such as hospitals, office buildings, apartment buildings, and manufacturing and industrial buildings); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6A0A12EC76C4234BE2227A0F1B0E739"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>uses woody biomass, including residuals from wood processing facilities, as the primary fuel.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59BF85BBB5FC4468B0070937A6C7740E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>The term <term>community wood energy system</term> includes single-facility central heating, district heating systems serving multiple buildings, combined heat and electric systems where thermal energy is the primary energy output, and other related biomass energy systems.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDCF0CD07BEEA4D24AA54E5FFEC89892D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Innovative wood product facility</header><text>The term <term>innovative wood product facility</term> means a manufacturing or processing plant or mill that produces—</text> <subparagraph id="HB3869686CF1E43C79E1F4EDE42CB2702"><enum>(A)</enum><text>building components or systems that use large panelized wood construction, including mass timber;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA672923D0F544F209F9A72EC4D930DB4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>wood products derived from nanotechnology or other new technology processes, as determined by the Secretary; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBD0F87E2BF6C49CBBBAD4698E997F6D9"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other innovative wood products that use low-value, low-quality wood, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3FDA67C94FAF4FCA962830AB3E07FE3D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Mass timber</header><text>The term <term>mass timber</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph id="H05FE6308A20A43E8A907CC8550FE0B76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cross-laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H33725950AE974696BA248CD687BDCE57"><enum>(B)</enum><text>nail-laminated timber;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4B9905E446C485E809756449E49904C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>glue-laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA9660BEC78774048B2045BADAF836ADD"><enum>(D)</enum><text>laminated strand lumber; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B655641E03F4A4783984F149156AFFA"><enum>(E)</enum><text>laminated veneer lumber.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H42AF8E713F354CCA9844F9EA6C025FBD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Program</term> means the Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program established under subsection (b).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1A5AB86B3F4D4289807D11011CC7D773"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Competitive grant program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall establish a competitive grant program to be known as the <quote>Community Wood Energy and Wood Innovation Program</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H231026CB6EA8450B8FCB5A7C78887DA6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Matching grants</header>
<paragraph id="H0988BF2062324C55B985B13DEB5A8C99"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Under the Program, the Secretary shall make grants to cover not more than 35 percent of the capital cost for installing a community wood energy system or building an innovative wood product facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2F28E7DA3AE841F58860994ACF4DCD7A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Special circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may establish special circumstances, such as in the case of a community wood energy system project or innovative wood product facility project involving a school or hospital in a low-income community, under which grants under the Program may cover up to 50 percent of the capital cost.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64844DA1E1AB43CEBF5FA3F1AC2E8ED7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Source of matching funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Matching funds required pursuant to this subsection from a grant recipient must be derived from non-Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC5E356BA99F84CB2B79DCCDFE8AAA449"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project cap</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The total amount of grants under the Program for a community wood energy system project or innovative wood product facility project may not exceed—</text>
<paragraph id="H1B93B02E3EF24C6CBEDF9AA2CDF74F70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of grants under the general authority provided under subsection (c)(1), $1,000,000; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1A51E0E44B004FE5B5BABAF5E166F148"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of grants for which the special circumstances apply under subsection (c)(2), $1,500,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C502932008B4072AA619BFFDEAFBEAE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Selection criteria</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting applicants for grants under the Program, the Secretary shall consider the following:</text> <paragraph id="H9727BF7AFE7D48F7967C3B5300B3954D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The energy efficiency of the proposed community wood energy system or innovative wood product facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8B0B486528EA446E9474757ED93E1744"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The cost effectiveness of the proposed community wood energy system or innovative wood product facility.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E6905AB90464C5984D4B2D84C744B68"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which the proposed community wood energy system or innovative wood product facility represents the best available commercial technology.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBE97239B257049E99DAA96A44AE44841"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The extent to which the applicant has demonstrated a high likelihood of project success by completing detailed engineering and design work in advance of the grant application.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8CF0239AC222443FB6BE43D0D5983CE0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Other technical, economic, conservation, and environmental criteria that the Secretary considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E456CCBF5B3492A81FB36FEBCC417BE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Grant priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In selecting applicants for grants under the Program, the Secretary shall give priority to proposals that—</text>
<paragraph id="H13C90B76414847B8A9AC1E03E8635151"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be carried out in a location where markets are needed for the low-value, low-quality wood;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H327AD5B373BC46B2984E68813A6E9613"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be carried out in a location with limited access to natural gas pipelines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H182BC7BD6E5A48EB81F14A39FA3AC78E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>would include the use or retrofitting (or both) of existing sawmill facilities located in a location where the average annual unemployment rate exceeded the national average unemployment rate by more than 1 percent during the previous calendar year; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB0BA8F5AFD84773B17D5045C3662AE3"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would be carried out in a location where the project will aid with forest restoration.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D123D0F86864C38A87E197D5A0F1AFE"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limitations</header> <paragraph id="HB981FA0BD15846C197B608B950EE6943"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Capacity of community wood energy systems</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A community wood energy system acquired with grant funds under the Program shall not exceed nameplate capacity of 10 megawatts of thermal energy or combined thermal and electric energy.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H061D4D7DB1424C14966D26D30BDB74D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding for innovative wood product facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not more than 25 percent of funds provided as grants under the Program for a fiscal year may go to applicants proposing innovative wood product facilities, unless the Secretary has received an insufficient number of qualified proposals for community wood energy systems.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H94DD0AE6FA7644749B611B092E11EFF0"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the Program $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="HCDAF1E762B1641248E27BB84C5DBEC58"><enum>8107.</enum><header>Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 amendments</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8869BFE168D470CA08A4760CAA5C1D9"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Healthy forests reserve program</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HBC18CC4789B941BBBD48F31DD4DD6D94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Additional purpose of program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 501(a) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6571">16 U.S.C. 6571(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HD6728AD7980C447DAB0B8F2F8AB62C8B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (2);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H391FDBED0E6343D68F40DFF35074111F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA59208EBDF84C14AC7B7067F76D4DD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="HCE8AFE1377754711B4099679C63CF659"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to conserve forest land that provides habitat for species described in section 502(b)(1); and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HAC21F88FB77444E38FFF74C0FD9C2826"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility for enrollment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 502 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6572">16 U.S.C. 6572</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HE02A01F38A4A4B01BA69E898CC4F3505"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible for enrollment in the healthy forests reserve program, land shall be private forest land, or private land being restored to forest land, the enrollment of which will maintain, restore, enhance, or otherwise measurably—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HAF86D1264DAD4242A74FD4F4BC158CDF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">increase the likelihood of recovery of a species that is listed as endangered or threatened under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1533">16 U.S.C. 1533</external-xref>); or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB9A2A04AC7DA4DB5814B36DB23B68A58"><enum>(2)</enum><text>improve the well-being of a species that—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H090BCF0ADE3F4619A16CB76DDE874476"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HF078E721621A4FF29F0800334F991896"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not listed as endangered or threatened under such section; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HA484CC27C5954F449948135C5ACD2013"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a candidate for such listing, a State-listed species, or a special concern species; or</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HD1DB9DDDEA7B4C1BB72154E2850D488E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is deemed a species of greatest conservation need by a State wildlife action plan.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF4C28BBFC62A45E3925D2DF11117421E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Other enrollment considerations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(c) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6572">16 U.S.C. 6572(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF3727BDE1CC1425AA6BD7EF3A27A1C6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (1);</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFFFD785C715D4DCAAA9EC9A95FE053F5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H71F115F27F354262B1887E2F1A8CF5E5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2CF1AA6F63141C5945D84A5563C4474" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1E7565194C7A4AA4A08C9FE79BB1A43A"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conserve forest lands that provide habitat for species described in subsection (b)(1); and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H493B32A42FA24DFA95A9A78D5A8DD86F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Elimination of limitation on use of easements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(e) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6572">16 U.S.C. 6572(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1C02EFB9673B442F90886883881F7E0B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Enrollment of acreage owned by an Indian Tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 502(e)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6572">16 U.S.C. 6572(e)(3)(B)</external-xref>), as redesignated under paragraph (4), is amended by striking clauses (ii) and (iii) and inserting the following new clauses:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="H8C6685D79FBE4BCCB8FD636A14842873"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a 10-year, cost-share agreement;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HC84EAD713BD545279490F4779100A51B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a permanent easement; or</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HD636D35201AD4BDB99EA21F3FC83316E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any combination of the options described in clauses (i) through (iii).</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H9BBCA6EC36C94974AD078058B29C5DBF"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Species-related enrollment priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (B) of section 502(f)(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6572">16 U.S.C. 6572(f)(1)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H64B6D85E4DF348E98942368A87E82294"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">secondarily, species that—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HC920348AF3A14693B5EA5CC04FFF25E2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="HAE918E6604DF44B2BBC8CC9DF104F5F3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>not listed as endangered or threatened under section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1533">16 U.S.C. 1533</external-xref>); and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H995343DC2599400E8453FCBDAF06B41B"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">candidates for such listing, State-listed species, or special concern species; or</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="HCD122D3F208B4F6BA4D9D832E4019749"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are species of greatest conservation need, as identified in State wildlife action plans.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H839516BBD79C4219BE23611C42242C16"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Restoration plans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (b) of section 503 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6573">16 U.S.C. 6573</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HA1EF0D25D43D479088B0BA66197764F5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The restoration plan shall require such restoration practices and measures, as are necessary to restore and enhance habitat for species described in section 502(b), including the following:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H02B942F26F7B484C92292E1D42EBE921"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Land management practices.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H22BC823994FC4EF090F6D4B80D71E3FA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Vegetative treatments.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H19879B9DBC5148B7981BDD7C3DAF1F8A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Structural practices and measures.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCDCA5EE029BC40AF8EB4848038FD3DF8"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Other practices and measures.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5912ABF97E6F44B2ACF4E9EFC635534F"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(b) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6578">16 U.S.C. 6578(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF26E372D0D724052A4800C279A84FDEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Fiscal Years 2014 through 2018</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Authorization of appropriations</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE94E7E34A779457598EA818C08D3856D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HD71555F0FB274195B023628A60B35FD1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Technical correction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 503(a) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6573">16 U.S.C. 6573(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Secretary of Interior</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary of the Interior</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDAE7F940F1304CCD812ADD2B8A5B5777"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Insect and disease infestation</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE0364F1BE0DC423894E3BC3382BD4C94"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Treatment of areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 602(d)(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591a">16 U.S.C. 6591a(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>subsection (b) to reduce the risk or extent of, or increase the resilience to, insect or disease infestation in the areas.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<text>subsection (b)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA26C7E4428A84F959F0CF4EA6F5EAAC4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to reduce the risk or extent of, or increase the resilience to, insect or disease infestation; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H171B8225FE0841959628356C0E16A3E5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reduce hazardous fuels.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H86C710CC59044ABCA33AA351CCCF83F3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Permanent authority</header><text>Section 602(d)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591a">16 U.S.C. 6591a(d)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>for which a public notice to initiate scoping is issued on or before September 30, 2018,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC22C78F6E7E74930B06C3AB916000DD7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative review</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0CBEDE35576D409CB2571E9AFE07CC98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Clarification of treatment of areas</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 603(a) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591b">16 U.S.C. 6591b(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in accordance with section 602(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>in accordance with section 602(d)(1)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE6FB7CC1E2A54AB2B191AC0F3EE50DB5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project size and location</header><text>Section 603(c)(1) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591b">16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>3000</quote> and inserting <quote>6,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6B154AEF77B04B59AC24310AEECAFB56"><enum>8108.</enum><header>National Forest Foundation Act authorities</header>
<subsection id="H945D0E67091847D3A219591CDECF6222"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Extension of authority to provide matching funds for administrative and project expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 405(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/583j-3">16 U.S.C. 583j–3(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDBCBB1EEF1D2417AB6DE2174F25E8F2E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 410(b) of the National Forest Foundation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/583j-8">16 U.S.C. 583j–8(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H7C87047899D7451F8BF7E4A84D155387"><enum>B</enum><header>Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 Amendments</header>
<section id="H230AE283B8654AEDB0F82936B5DE5C48"><enum>8201.</enum><header>Use of reserved funds for title II projects on Federal land and certain non-Federal land</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 204(f) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7124">16 U.S.C. 7124(f)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H2CB5A0D6911A4521BDE0533FE1649A3B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Requirements for project funds</header>
<paragraph id="H1F08CF6E1F0F471AA38F105E55E2033A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned shall ensure that at least 50 percent of the project funds reserved under section 102(d) by a participating county shall be available only for projects that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6C42EE9FA70B4A349827E83523031B35"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include—</text> <clause id="H863BEF453BCB4A9CB107DE620E80BE7A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the sale of timber or other forest products;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7AA0A691BDF24D8F8022BC2971DD82DD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>reduce fire risks; or</text> </clause><clause id="H2F7D4034AA6F485A8CAC239F99270850"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>improve water supplies; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF44D937841F04233962C3F85D35516DE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>implement stewardship objectives that enhance forest ecosystems or restore and improve land health and water quality.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA44044D19F3F495A9AD6E4C7E0886663"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicability</header><text>The requirement in paragraph (1) shall apply only to project funds reserved by a participating county whose boundaries include Federal land that the Secretary concerned determines has been subject to a timber or other forest products program within 5 fiscal years before the fiscal year in which the funds are reserved.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H4D7AC785E19747ABAD25AA61B08C9B63"><enum>8202.</enum><header>Resource advisory committees</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HC1A75EF29850474FBB53B33C5BC7A812"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recognition of resource advisory committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(a)(4) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H633FE0110B694B98B7E228FE3BE886DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Reduction in composition of committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB218753718BA433A82DA904989397A7B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>15 members</quote> and inserting <quote>9 members</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H28EE316085594388BF82CEDAF5BF0222"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>5 persons</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>3 persons</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E355A4F1BC94A088866E3697D096FA5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Expanding local participation on committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(d) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125(d)</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H48E86B2CF52C4844B9138B52EFAF3367"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, consistent with the requirements of paragraph (4)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5CD681B0D1194B62A65C1AE4813F0EFC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="H77F0451BEE82440E8166E5B756D9A6F1"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Geographic distribution</header><text>The members of a resource advisory committee shall reside within the county or counties in which the committee has jurisdiction, or an adjacent county.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF588CF2A134445C4A8E569AC6D8D6CA4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Appointment of resource advisory committees by applicable designee</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H90EE766219E34277904A41CC9DF50921"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7125">16 U.S.C. 7125</external-xref>) is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H1E92030F41B542F98CC3EE1BE341958F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a)—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HD90A9BF01F934688B4AB449AE9415D94"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HE822385CC5C54A3FB745ABB72BBAE419"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF9D6E00510EF407499D39E5F99A378F9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC30AC5C654774267ABC912CE87D8DDF9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(6), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H601FBF0447AE475388A94CA2FFBDFF8B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HA27192477DF44374A27FDB3077B0A58B"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">or applicable designee</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">by the Secretary</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H07303A9E8F6F483882C60914F5DA71BF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H88A370E446B64B83BE0FE59F3146F621"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H9F1EBC57FF784B93BB0A0D02758C61F5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (4), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>The Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H73905BF8DCD04A9A909BB7C210DAC56B"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9A3D68414544BC49952E5D9B636A85D" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HAD4C40D701D940C18ED25C80E54CAFE3"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Applicable designee</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>applicable designee</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HC0D6E7AFB0CB4E77A0B5BF6F46C58499"><enum>(A)</enum><text>with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(A), the applicable Regional Forester; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAF8C6BEF77DE4929B4BA67A8AD6F89B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>with respect to Federal land described in section 3(7)(B), the applicable Bureau of Land Management State Director.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H87C8B8D22E694F44ADD7E4E26F793952"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d)(3), by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4C67739768D04C7C88FB342B6B423B3F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>in subsection (f)(1)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HCA57F545C9294EBDB0227E8E1E36C744"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>the Secretary concerned</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HA8AFA7DAD83D4717BE49B5DB9C1CC96A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee)</quote> after <quote>of the Secretary</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2C66B572ED864E6EA2B80E6AFD433F46"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 201(3) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7121">16 U.S.C. 7121(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(or applicable designee (as defined in section 205(c)(6)))</quote> after <quote>Secretary concerned</quote> both places it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H8E28A65B39614E92A9F013429DDCFC66"><enum>8203.</enum><header>Program for title II self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<subsection id="H3A2AB01C67A74CF8A9C6967F8AC6E117"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Self-Sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title II of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7121">16 U.S.C. 7121</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H394EC32A5B5B4F89B84AAB1D15239E59"><enum>209.</enum><header>Program for self-sustaining resource advisory committee projects</header>
<subsection id="H0A375FF14E1641599C70AA81F21D8A2C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>RAC program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Chief of the Forest Service shall conduct a program (to be known as the <quote>self-sustaining resource advisory committee program</quote> or <quote>RAC program</quote>) under which 10 resource advisory committees will propose projects authorized by subsection (c) to be carried out using project funds reserved by a participating county under section 102(d).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H924D02DD4FA6400992176231AD78B846"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Selection of participating resource advisory committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The selection of resource advisory committees to participate in the RAC program is in the sole discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDA4CED5221154E3A8E3EEF2B7242D220"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorized projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding the project purposes specified in sections 202(b), 203(c), and 204(a)(5), projects under the RAC program are intended to—</text>
<paragraph id="H08BC9E2084944CD1B5AEFC281535BE1A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">accomplish forest management objectives or support community development; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H187F73003F65470688648582A2AFFE2E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>generate receipts.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA2D8B6600B0B4A628297560BD23482FA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Deposit and availability of revenues</header><text>Any revenue generated by a project conducted under the RAC program, including any interest accrued from the revenues, shall be—</text>
<paragraph id="HDA3F0134CF7E483CA93CF0556B77A9D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>deposited in the special account in the Treasury established under section 102(d)(2)(A); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6A39E83ABA9479E8E213D9185DBD5DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>available, in such amounts as may be provided in advance in appropriation Acts, for additional projects under the RAC program.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2F94D15C0E3F412E8FA7105199334484"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination of authority</header>
<paragraph id="HD86FC98A10FB4E24A1C979C426571902"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The authority to initiate a project under the RAC program shall terminate on September 30, 2023.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HABADA45A4F234837A4F12F4914E65351"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deposits in treasury</header><text>Any funds available for projects under the RAC program and not obligated by September 30, 2024, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HFEF31EE756CE4DD18B17AD3016585517"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exception to general rule regarding treatment of receipts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 403(b) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7153">16 U.S.C. 7153(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>All revenues</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in section 209, all revenues</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H4D45EEE2AF41495E94595B3EC8041579"><enum>C</enum><header>Availability of Categorical Exclusions To Expedite Forest Management Activities</header>
<part id="H4E78841FA7C5449AB8380E7BDA58BA16"><enum>I</enum><header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H4EE9519EC7E8477A91D223CA33036EBC"><enum>8301.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="HAE3CD665D0114783B40F071BBCBC8B01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Catastrophic event</header><text>The term <term>catastrophic event</term> means any natural disaster (such as hurricane, tornado, windstorm, snow or ice storm, rain storm, high water, wind-driven water, tidal wave, earthquake, volcanic eruption, landslide, mudslide, drought, or insect or disease outbreak) or any fire, flood, or explosion, regardless of cause.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2D6B34D8E0254AA89519C2B1F62EFB13"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Coos bay wagon road grant lands</header><text>The term <term>Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands</term> means the lands reconveyed to the United States pursuant to the first section of the Act of February 26, 1919 (40 Stat. 1179).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCCC7E2C5ADE7488BAD3191FD394AFE0E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Forest management activity</header><text>The term <term>forest management activity</term> means a project or activity carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands consistent with the forest plan covering the lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEEC00EB55CF94751BFEA27427B81644C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Forest plan</header><text>The term <term>forest plan</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HA5CA385D60674DEEBB08DC2C4CE31E0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a land use plan prepared by the Bureau of Land Management for public lands pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1712">43 U.S.C. 1712</external-xref>); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H553A574F8A9848A99890F04012EF49E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a land and resource management plan prepared by the Forest Service for a unit of the National Forest System pursuant to section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1604">16 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H54631170FB454EA093694D600FFAD64B"><enum>(5)</enum><header>National Forest System</header><text>The term <term>National Forest System</term> has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9284AF3967C641968A0FACE9C32FA958"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Oregon and California railroad grant lands</header><text>The term <term>Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands</term> means the following lands:</text> <subparagraph id="H5675ED7C0E154872B545D81CD177FBA1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>All lands in the State of Oregon revested in the United States under the Act of June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), that are administered by the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Land Management, pursuant to the first section of the Act of August 28, 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1181a">43 U.S.C. 1181a</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EE8D87131D64F11891531F1F8703B68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>All lands in that State obtained by the Secretary of the Interior pursuant to the land exchanges authorized and directed by section 2 of the Act of June 24, 1954 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1181h">43 U.S.C. 1181h</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6AB900A965A437EBBECC83DF6B04E5B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>All lands in that State acquired by the United States at any time and made subject to the provisions of title II of the Act of August 28, 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1181f">43 U.S.C. 1181f</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H063862BD4C604C1CBFCE5C0B8328CD90"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Public lands</header><text>The term <term>public lands</term> has the meaning given that term in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/43/1702">43 U.S.C. 1702</external-xref>), except that the term includes Coos Bay Wagon Road Grant lands and Oregon and California Railroad Grant lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H76CDE41685CC4A6481CFC69B6808E8E8"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Reforestation activity</header><text>The term <term>reforestation activity</term> means a forest management activity carried out by the Secretary concerned where the primary purpose is the reforestation of impacted lands following a catastrophic event. The term includes planting, evaluating and enhancing natural regeneration, clearing competing vegetation, and other activities related to reestablishment of forest species on the impacted lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE83DF513C3D49A29CA082B3A714DE93"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Resource advisory committee</header><text>The term <term>resource advisory committee</term> has the meaning given that term in section 201 of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/7121">16 U.S.C. 7121</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2BFF5950DEE94B5598F137E7AC56AE88"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Salvage operation</header><text>The term <term>salvage operation</term> means a forest management activity carried out in response to a catastrophic event where the primary purpose is—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFCEB31633A16403F9F616AAE338E9389"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to prevent wildfire as a result of the catastrophic event, or, if the catastrophic event was wildfire, to prevent a re-burn of the fire-impacted area;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD10E90688534491C8042694D48A58B10"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to provide an opportunity for utilization of forest materials damaged as a result of the catastrophic event; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5BA0189FB74A414C8772680C8B9EDB77"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to provide a funding source for reforestation for the National Forest System lands or public lands impacted by the catastrophic event.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13AAC1CF72F641F3B37ECBEFD61C7B73"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Secretary concerned</header><text>The term <term>Secretary concerned</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H018928BCF1734CDEA7427B0E31319537"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to National Forest System lands; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB9ED224DEDB94B218D743A1A06E3DECE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to public lands.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H5557A3FD16FC465191256533CE91B4A1"><enum>8302.</enum><header>Rule of application for National Forest System lands and public lands</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Unless specifically provided by a provision of this subtitle, the authorities provided by this subtitle do not apply with respect to any National Forest System lands or public lands—</text>
<paragraph id="H973F3AAB2BDA4217BF3499FF03A3D25B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are included in the National Wilderness Preservation System;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEEA617EEF92B40F3B6275E89D4A3E817"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that are located within a national or State-specific inventoried roadless area established by the Secretary of Agriculture through regulation, unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCC530A798B7D4D5F983A1AA9BE6D497F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the forest management activity to be carried out under such authority is consistent with the forest plan applicable to the area; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7260DAE0EAD94802A23344D7E4B94D3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Secretary of Agriculture determines the forest management activity is permissible under the applicable roadless rule governing such lands; or</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5E0F9D9779244BF09E61EFFF88CA79E3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on which timber harvesting for any purpose is prohibited by Federal statute.</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H397763DD93F144DAB4D3A437B9E2EDED"><enum>8303.</enum><header>Consultation under the Endangered Species Act</header> <subsection commented="no" id="HCE9E6A7A19D6448BB37FE3D4A2E43690"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No consultation if action not likely To adversely affect a listed species or designated critical habitat</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a forest management activity carried out pursuant to this subtitle, consultation under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) shall not be required if the Secretary concerned determines that such forest management activity is not likely to adversely affect a listed species or designated critical habitat.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HB469C6188A924F9ABBC4C1F80E1898D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Expedited consultation</header><text>With respect to a forest management activity carried out pursuant to this subtitle, consultation required under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) shall be concluded within the 90-day period beginning on the date on which such consultation was requested by the Secretary concerned.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HFDA66144991F465EB177F5C7526F9D06"><enum>8304.</enum><header>Secretarial discretion in the case of two or more categorical exclusions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the extent that a forest management activity may be categorically excluded under more than one of the sections of this subtitle, the Secretary concerned shall have full discretion to determine which categorical exclusion to use.</text>
</section></part><part id="HCF15B099E8B541A59E4F0BBFE5305151"><enum>II</enum><header>Categorical Exclusions</header>
<section id="H44BD0D9460CA4B5486CF03DE7C6E295F"><enum>8311.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions</header>
<subsection id="H8A3E50049B894299BD9313B94BB50D12"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H03952D4B1212471FA8721C3DB1D34677"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The category of forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is—</text>
<paragraph id="H3CC4053CD6E64A3FA570D348E5F5BAAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>to address an insect or disease infestation;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD9B9680EDE394D23AEA4CD402944CF74"><enum>(2)</enum><text>to reduce hazardous fuel loads;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF058D8A3D26D477894182173405F3002"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to protect a municipal water source;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H640E6559336B41528DCA0E288CDDD545"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to maintain, enhance, or modify critical habitat to protect it from catastrophic disturbances;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA7EF201B96D4465854A53F0BA635857"><enum>(5)</enum><text>to increase water yield; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6AAE792AE45540C8B64B246D82DA38BC"><enum>(6)</enum><text>any combination of the purposes specified in paragraphs (1) through (5).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H618010F910A943079C30529A3B0D2E13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC38474A858ED40668A6B46352351C0AF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 6,000 acres.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H96213F20B938421FAD30A14F31494F04"><enum>8312.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events</header>
<subsection id="HD5B10514903641A19AB0C664A7309C0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Salvage operations carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4B2BE3FB05A9488EA9C507775800D0BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H169F221E96BB4FE38B9C9BC88A4C06A6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Acreage limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 6,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H504FFE7D8AAC4242B4C691F881FFE9AA"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header>
<paragraph id="HB990D12718AA4859A72162FCF5B19913"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Stream buffers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) shall comply with the standards and guidelines for stream buffers contained in the applicable forest plan, except that the Regional Forester, in the case of National Forest System lands, or the State Director of the Bureau of Land Management, in the case of public lands, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the standards and guidelines.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC5EB8CED6D374066829A838C6A72B454"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reforestation plan</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A reforestation plan shall be developed under section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act; (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/576b">16 U.S.C. 576b</external-xref>)), as part of a salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA332D53417594627B3A8D1D3AFEF2EAB"><enum>8313.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests</header>
<subsection id="HDB2C352F0CAE422BB3CBEB6DDD5336C3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA7F635A471EF4720B7B57777D067FE43"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header><text>The category of forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to improve, enhance, or create early successional forests for wildlife habitat improvement and other purposes, consistent with the applicable forest plan.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H39F0DA00ADA6440B8A83C0729D4FD687"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE76A3648FF5D4079B323E3FDB6BAB497"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project goals</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary concerned shall design a forest management activity under this section to meet early successional forest goals in such a manner so as to maximize production and regeneration of priority species, as identified in the forest plan and consistent with the capability of the activity site.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2CA42FA495CE4941AFE77DA764EA6974"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 6,000 acres.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H7E291DD5D99E43FA8A4F042968FFFF7A"><enum>8314.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for hazard trees</header>
<subsection id="HEA763AD115F04A08BEBD84DF7F063B4B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities carried out by the Secretary concerned to remove hazard trees for purposes of the protection of public health or safety, water supply, or public infrastructure are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B5318CF4E284E71891C4787CA3DD540"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H28C5827EF2D0424EA57D541FD66067CC"><enum>8315.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion to improve or restore National Forest System lands or public land or reduce
the risk of wildfire</header>
<subsection id="HC413D786A8B3418E954DAC33AE88AECA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB1A8818623D945B4B17AD655D8DA8FBE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header>
<paragraph id="H37DEABFCB6694E7290E14E1FFCB827D4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The category of forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities described in paragraph (2) that are carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to improve or restore such lands or reduce the risk of wildfire on those lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62EC4B435409401E853737EE68E52E9F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities authorized</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following forest management activities may be carried out pursuant to the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a):</text>
<subparagraph id="HD59ED4E93DFC4B06A96DB11D2F9F2215"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Removal of juniper trees, medusahead rye, conifer trees, piñon pine trees, cheatgrass, and other noxious or invasive weeds specified on Federal or State noxious weeds lists through late-season livestock grazing, targeted livestock grazing, prescribed burns, and mechanical treatments.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD450784AD8094DB28452F966A5203345"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Performance of hazardous fuels management.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4476A0D3D8A1402DB2B1D9A453C0046D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Creation of fuel and fire breaks.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4573CD84F26540B582843A5FFEAA956D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Modification of existing fences in order to distribute livestock and help improve wildlife habitat.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0B40B275AFD543BBAF835DBFD3207818"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stream restoration and erosion control, including the installation of erosion control devices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4F936C575C494CEAA187E07DA8088438"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Construction of new and maintenance of permanent infrastructure, including stock ponds, water catchments, and water spring boxes used to benefit livestock and improve wildlife habitat.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H186D5678B5964FA1BCA1B61E60D65CC7"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Performance of soil treatments, native and non-native seeding, and planting of and transplanting sagebrush, grass, forb, shrub, and other species.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55DEE1C7968A41EB9CE766E5A66E8765"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of herbicides, so long as the Secretary concerned determines that the activity is otherwise conducted consistently with agency procedures, including any forest plan applicable to the area covered by the activity.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H97DB8C07E1FE4D83AB950DC4393B3DA1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1A1C56E612FB49728284DA34D5BED93A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 6,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE285F816DD0349E480A72B918B049C9D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="HFB33F08A0D214270BC2A4D31F9B17D67"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hazardous fuels management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>hazardous fuels management</term> means any vegetation management activities that reduce the risk of wildfire.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H23FCFF7EC5F54B0A9DEDF2139625852C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Late-season grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>late-season grazing</term> means grazing activities that occur after both the invasive species and native perennial species have completed their current-year annual growth cycle until new plant growth begins to appear in the following year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1882406BB15484A841E8ADCBFB638AA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Targeted livestock grazing</header><text>The term <term>targeted livestock grazing</term> means grazing used for purposes of hazardous fuels management.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3AE5CB7BF2724B849FA12292E1F698CF"><enum>8316.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for forest restoration</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H1A7AF25DA13F4164803243E1F07C6D1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text>Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4212AE76AF90466A87EF2324E5774947"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC5683C4E2D0D4F0183A406EF63260243"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The category of forest management activities designated under this section for categorical exclusion are forest management activities described in paragraph (2) that are carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HD22804771F73421BABB7E2642560B263"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to improve forest health and resiliency to disturbances;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDA55D2837D664B0C9F1A2D3B8B30FC82"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to reduce hazardous fuels; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4CA96148C3DD499ABCB9C78FB5429252"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to improve wildlife and aquatic habitat.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF3DB9F9E318847B188E1C84824F31EAD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities authorized</header><text>The following forest management activities may be carried out pursuant the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a):</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF1A7CC830EB34B199E08CFEFF455986C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Timber harvests, including commercial and pre-commercial timber harvest, salvage harvest, and regeneration harvest.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HECEB7DA1AEF349359154D1BBF397F01C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Hazardous fuels reduction.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H360552FADE304E38B24F9A161D142C13"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Prescribed burning.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9795A576ABD4A2EB23EBA74953C3E93"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Improvement or establishment of wildlife and aquatic habitat.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC8917F8DAEE845138203692ADE1804D9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Stream restoration and erosion control.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2B89C0B420DA463D88680E2E57E7D237"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Road and trail decommissioning.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC3DF2182C8944B699C64043160BC118E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7DA59157C73E407BBF22F970887CEF15"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Acreage limitations</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) may not contain treatment units exceeding a total of 6,000 acres.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HDDE685E34BED47B7B3AE5FA5DF5E0F55"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations on road building</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H091D20A002A2467392789B21D242FD05"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permanent roads</header><text>A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established by subsection (a) may include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H257787B9629843958BAD2A00DBDEA13C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction of permanent roads not to exceed 3 miles; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF54240DB5FDB4EF5934483C0826462EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the maintenance and reconstruction of existing permanent roads and trails, including the relocation of segments of existing roads and trails to address resource impacts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB70EE136F6B543859A27C95213836CE6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary roads</header><text>Any temporary road constructed for a forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion established by subsection (a) shall be decommissioned not later than 3 years after the date on which the project is completed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H44EFD6DEE864420AAEA4413C15C26EB1"><enum>8317.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for infrastructure forest management activities</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H98CF4635410D44B6BAEE0C4819AF9E58"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text>Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6E297F9D01BC4585AB17D649B1D62AB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The category of forest management activities designated under this section for categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture on National Forest System lands where the primary purpose of such activity is—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0E83CAE34B8F41F9A4FB280283816B6D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>constructing, reconstructing, or decommissioning National Forest System roads not exceeding 3 miles;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7677D4CBD14D41A2A9A8A82C47BD4E04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>adding an existing road to the forest transportation system;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H94C0E9ED9C0A40068313DD70609BEC0A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>reclassifying a National Forest System road at a different maintenance level;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HA49188D03EA842B8A431D6FE73A6D045"><enum>(4)</enum><text>reconstructing, rehabilitating, or decommissioning bridges;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H63BF76590C7B4562B109DFBC61DEA9DE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>removing dams; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE641F5ACD5B343F8AE6707CE32B611E0"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintaining facilities through the use of pesticides as authorized by applicable Federal and State law and as applied in accordance with label instructions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5DAED2A7B6264C58B1761AF2E3DC5EB3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HBADA41B55EB7417DB02DACC0CE83E854"><enum>8318.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for developed recreation sites</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H22F862411FFC470B9B0E1971E9639F9F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text>Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HE1ACB41747874FB8B994CCC671C0779C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H68519A7716314E109F4A2605C672CF0F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The category of forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities described in paragraph (2) carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture on National Forest System lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to operate, maintain, modify, reconstruct, or decommission existing developed recreation sites.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H91634B42E3724B6B8E78A25CF36C39E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities authorized</header><text>The following forest management activities may be carried out pursuant to the categorical exclusion under subsection (a):</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HEB19CFD7DD974442A01323D96C1E75E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Constructing, modifying, or reconstructing toilet or shower facilities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H82AFA4FE73CB4C078084F968E7FDE523"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Constructing, modifying, or reconstructing fishing piers, wildlife viewing platforms, docks, or other constructed recreation sites or facilities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6FD1B4F5A64B44EBB123566FFB3E429D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Constructing, reconstructing, or maintaining, parking areas, National Forest System roads, or National Forest System trails within or connecting to recreation sites, including paving and road and trail rerouting, except that—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H9DB1224C6FC642ACA7AB570F45A32C75"><enum>(i)</enum><text>permanent roads constructed under this section may not exceed 3 miles; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H0AD02A8A644145D89D0FBEBED3CF5E9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>temporary roads constructed for projects covered by this section shall be decommissioned within 3 years of completion of the project.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6DC5A1FBF1A14E68948F8BCF5EF2C646"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Modifying or reconstructing existing water or waste disposal systems.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2BFD018C33894C8889A28E7B76E57114"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Constructing, modifying, or reconstructing single or group use sites.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF8D7FA9BA1744110B3BF73D4DB28A61E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Decommissioning recreation facilities or portions of recreation facilities.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H81D286136037431396AD3FC42983CBB1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Decommissioning National Forest System roads or National Forest System trails not exceeding 3 miles within or connecting to developed recreation sites.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H02039CFA1E184FF19125E9F1992D6867"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Constructing, modifying, or reconstructing boat landings.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H60506EF033D54BB4BCD9762B3AF347FD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Reconstructing existing ski lifts.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3CE78191624D4F1BAF0A55BAA4CAE935"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Modifying or reconstructing a recreation lodging rental.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H8DF7961EFD5943CABF29705D77E97C69"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H3AA502D2F466482AA170FED20107C1E9"><enum>8319.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for administrative sites</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="HA99A7230A50D424781CE526137D7B87E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text>Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HA85BC44605534D0FB7D6F165F2E2E7C4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header><text>The category of forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture on National Forest System lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to construct, reconstruct, maintain, decommission, relocate, or dispose of an administrative site.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H98904B5466B8432E94AAB273DB288D74"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of categorical exclusion</header><text>On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9D869C3D288A40F38185033DD609C276"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limitations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1DA63BE3330E4737B182C67865A28B1D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Permanent roads</header><text>A project covered by the categorical exclusion established by subsection (a) may include—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HF56C276366D44D608F0776F8C8DF1FC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the construction of permanent roads not to exceed 3 miles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HAA128A15D5C746C6A2172EFD162D1524"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the maintenance and reconstruction of existing permanent roads and trails, including the relocation of segments of existing roads and trails to address resource impacts.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBD2898AFAC744045A6712F24DE3B094C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Temporary roads</header><text>Any temporary road constructed for a project covered by the categorical exclusion established by subsection (a) shall be decommissioned not later than 3 years after the date on which the project is completed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0459E3F571D54BF399129002A2C29FBA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Pesticides</header><text>Pesticides may only be used to carry out a project covered by the categorical exclusion established by subsection (a) as authorized by applicable Federal and State law and as applied in accordance with label instructions.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H535595A7CF3A42879880E90BDE7C1B88"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definition of administrative site</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>administrative site</term> has the meaning given the term in section 502(1) of the Forest Service Facility Realignment and Enhancement Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/580d">16 U.S.C. 580d</external-xref> note).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H4471FC9F948C4E65A6D996A4B582FE31"><enum>8320.</enum><header>Categorical exclusion for special use authorizations</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H2EFB1365C67E459583A60F2B2997A683"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Categorical exclusion established</header><text>Forest management activities described in subsection (b) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/4332">42 U.S.C. 4332</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H482715E7DD1A45B399A6315BC788E2DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Forest management activities designated for categorical exclusion</header><text>The category of forest management activities designated under this section for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities carried out by the Secretary of Agriculture on National Forest System lands where the primary purpose of such activity is:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCFA0760630674F5F81B8E413D542C399"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Issuance of a new special use authorization for an existing or expired special use authorization, without any substantial change in the scope and scale of the authorized use and occupancy when—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF51AF3600D694F7EB7857ABDAD6AAF92"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the issuance is a purely ministerial action to account for administrative changes, such as a change in ownership or expiration of the current authorization; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6C799B6A75CD425AA9557ACCCF08ECB0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the applicant or holder is in compliance with the terms and conditions of the existing or expired special use authorization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF647FE091E084B3DB81B1AB853C2EDC9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Modification, removal, repair, maintenance, reconstruction, or replacement of a facility or improvement for an existing special use authorization.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H243E122AACF94FB6AB11664888672C89"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Issuance of a new special use authorization or amendment to an existing special use authorization for activities that will occur on existing roads, trails, facilities, or areas approved for use in a land management plan or other documented decision.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H63AC926269B94ECAACCC873B2C12AD41"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Approval, modification, or continuation of minor, short-term (5 years or less) special uses of National Forest System lands or public lands.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2436F6DE81F044679143024FB639496B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Issuance of a special use authorization for an existing unauthorized use or occupancy that has not been deemed in trespass where no new ground disturbance is proposed.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE2DAF433506F4E088DA84D25F8B9FAE2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Approval or modification of minor special uses of National Forest System lands or public lands that require less than 20 contiguous acres.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H730E3888B55D48BE8E3AB8788F04F9DA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Approval of vegetative management plans, and vegetation management activities in accordance with an approved vegetation management plan, under a special use authorization for an electric transmission and distribution facility right-of-way.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H3D0BB42531574DECA29A2B6FCCC27D13"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">On and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a) in accordance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H9A5C8368388E4F63A9C8F8E25E9BA1B5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Document requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall not be required to prepare a project file or decision memorandum to categorically exclude a forest management activity described under paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b).</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AC3724929974128AD022458DC09B070"><enum>8321.</enum><header>Clarification of existing categorical exclusion authority related to insect and disease infestation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 603(c)(2)(B) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591b">16 U.S.C. 6591b(c)(2)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III</quote> and inserting <quote>Fire Regime I, Fire Regime II, Fire Regime III, Fire Regime IV, or Fire Regime V</quote>.</text>
</section></part><part id="H714A4D56968B4B0EAF762921BC94967E"><enum>III</enum><header>Miscellaneous Forest Management Activities</header>
<section commented="no" id="H0154AF9B84F8482FB060FC15C6509955"><enum>8331.</enum><header>Good neighbor agreements</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H2C3494FB862C4DA9A145FB709E68F6EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H58BAD85696F544FCB09AE15CA93E8EC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B), by striking <quote>Secretary or a Governor</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary, Governor, or Indian Tribe</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE356792C9A1A40D6B37B287728870336"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (4) by striking <quote>Secretary and a Governor</quote> and inserting <quote>Secretary and either a Governor or an Indian Tribe</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB963DF4915F24186904547EE79A560B2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), and (8) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H769C9FECD29942FFB134EFD583548437"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAE78B6D65EC24FCDBB2510315FE64604" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4AAEBAB3A5994A3593D9FF20E3F61901"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Indian Tribe</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Indian Tribe</term> has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>));</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H10996C8847CA472BBDD534276ACA9A83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HC58BB569513143E2B3C8C2DBF145FEEF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting <quote>or an Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>Governor</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC6DEE91FCDBB4D51B56D39005922AF60"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>or an Indian Tribe</quote> after <quote>Governor</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H20943F34D51C4AB1A2E39297C6D5F457"><enum>8332.</enum><header>Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6513">16 U.S.C. 6513</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD5BE08A2C06741A89BEDE4C4F6335C63"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF701E0F961484F5F8460CB7D9504B7B7" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H69E0B8AC4CB447C09585C7EE8A0413EF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cross-boundary considerations</header><text>For any fiscal year for which the amount appropriated to the Secretary for hazardous fuels reduction is in excess of $300,000,000, the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9F4E8428710240128BF27F6224EE1FEA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is encouraged to use the excess amounts for hazardous fuels reduction projects that incorporate cross-boundary treatments of landscapes on Federal land and non-Federal land; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE6BCFF85E9694031AFF0FE8079FA38DA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may use the excess amounts to support authorized hazardous fuels reduction projects on non-Federal lands through grants to State Foresters, or equivalent State officials, in accordance with subsection (e) in an amount equal to the greater of—</text>
<clause id="HCA245654055F4975A24F1A24B164FE12"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">20 percent of the excess amount; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2ADC5B65F75C4B0D814A849CE7A5FA4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>$20,000,000.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD685143002184B35955A40B46D7F3319"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53057D9ECB39461B82DF99F575940490" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H970C06ADE1F84FC9A8B20F4DD541E6BA"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Cross-Boundary fuels reduction projects</header> <paragraph id="HF71A260E023A482A8DE71AD528316AE1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall use the excess funds described in subsection (d)(3) to support hazardous fuels reduction projects that incorporate treatments for hazardous fuels reduction in landscapes across ownership boundaries on Federal, State, county, or Tribal land, private land, and other non-Federal land, particularly in areas identified as priorities in applicable State-wide forest resource assessments or strategies under section 2A(a) of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101a">16 U.S.C. 2101a(a)</external-xref>), as mutually agreed to by the State Forester and the Regional Forester.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7435DEFCF0314F13B6EF570528633BF7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Land treatments</header><text>To conduct and fund treatments for projects that include Federal and non-Federal land, the Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph id="H471774E70B00485AB44BBF3E11F4D4D6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>use the authorities of the Secretary relating to cooperation and technical and financial assistance, including the good neighbor authority under—</text>
<clause id="HBDF45FE9CFD14E0DA7BF75458E96271F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>); and</text> </clause><clause id="HE2EAEA94B9054879ACA4592DA8530C49"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>section 331 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1011">16 U.S.C. 1011</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/291">Public Law 106–291</external-xref>); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H505D2F5C92B54A588C944D0EA33B91B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocate excess funds under subsection (d)(3) for projects carried out pursuant to section 8206 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2681913E97224FF4BB6C1EAE8E94DAD1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Cooperation</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the State Forester, in consultation with the Secretary (or a designee)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7B1C8FA570CB40C5AF2FC396543EF661"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall consult with the owners of State, county, Tribal, and private land and other non-Federal land with respect to hazardous fuels reduction projects; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39261F1940834242A4E470C275EFAEBD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not implement any project on non-Federal land without the consent of the owner of the non-Federal land.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2E86F1809BAD47408B02C645DCD8491E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Existing laws</header><text>Regardless of the individual or entity implementing a project on non-Federal land under this subsection, only the laws and regulations that apply to non-Federal land shall be applicable with respect to the project.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H73987D3AEA1149F9ADE0132A449CA7F9" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>8333.</enum><header>Regulations regarding designation of dead or dying trees of certain tree species on National Forest
System lands in California as exempt from prohibition on export of
unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands</header>
<subsection id="H9C15CD0AC49C4FB2907D98D9F688E4CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Issuance of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with the rulemaking procedures specified in paragraph (2) of subsection (b) of section 489 of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/620a">16 U.S.C. 620a</external-xref>), the Secretary of Agriculture shall make a determination under paragraph (1) of such subsection that unprocessed timber derived from dead or dying trees of a covered tree species originating on National Forest System lands in the State of California are surplus to domestic manufacturing needs and therefore exempt from the export prohibition contained in subsection (a) of such section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6B7F4A38777943CFA73EAB71455DECC0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elimination of adverse effects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making the determination under subsection (a) and in implementing any regulations issued under such subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H45D209C216E2472492C89A1F645ACA50"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consult with representatives of sawmills in the State of California and other interested persons; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9A5274C864BD476CA9FE677900768E87"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make reasonable efforts to avoid adversely impacting the domestic sawmill industry in the State of California.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA374267A75184E56B827055FEC2675F8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Special contract provisions</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may adjust contract provisions for Forest Service contracts in region 5 of the National Forest System as the Secretary considers appropriate to ensure successful implementation of, and compliance with, the regulations issued under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5973D7D32C9D4D67BADAD9C46AB3AA72"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Relation to limitations on timber substitution</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 490 of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/620b">16 U.S.C. 620b</external-xref>) shall not apply to unprocessed timber designated as surplus pursuant to the regulations issued under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4C4C1FA20DCC40399885C8D60876FAA7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional staff for Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Using funds otherwise available to the Forest Service for management, protection, improvement, and utilization of the National Forest System, the Secretary of Agriculture may hire additional Forest Service employees to implement the regulations issued under subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H24B1ED505F15472FA74EBD04EB03CB0B"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Duration of regulations; periodic review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The regulations issued under subsection (a) shall remain in effect for a 10-year period beginning on the date of the issuance of the regulations, except that the continued need for the regulations shall be subject to the periodic review required by the second sentence of section 489(b)(2) of the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/620a">16 U.S.C. 620a(b)(2)</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDEF7F48476CD45869B2E3880F6D9DEFA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4DB1E9757D4C416AAD4935E5660F11EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Covered tree species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>covered tree species</term> means the following pine species:</text>
<subparagraph id="H01FA2723B3D54677A77A65CB9D271C65"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ponderosa pine (<italic>Pinus ponderosa</italic>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC12140D19FF94904985F7D0877E49FEC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Sugar pine (<italic>Pinus lambertiana</italic>).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H10933E10F0A04E439EF0D9BBEE3552AD"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Jeffrey pine (<italic>Pinus jefferyi</italic>).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1077FCC6F69E41A28EE8AD168E1EF613"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Lodgepole pine (<italic>Pinus contorta</italic>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEC62E2EA657040F08C5548499D24B4DA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Died or dying</header><text>The term <term>died or dying</term>, with respect to a covered tree species, shall be determined in a manner consistent with applicable Forest Service standards.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part></subtitle><subtitle id="H14081ACA4EF44F0691C2A3DF44B2C60A"><enum>D</enum><header>Tribal Forestry Participation and Protection</header>
<section id="H7C1D2CE8139A4D9D99AA00B733F97CF5"><enum>8401.</enum><header>Protection of Tribal forest assets through use of stewardship end result contracting and other
authorities</header>
<subsection id="H2469E9146EFC4EBDBBE950E60320EDAA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prompt consideration of Tribal requests</header><text>Section 2(b) of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HD1EAE36A22594470B636DC11C4DF356B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>Not later than 120 days after the date on which an Indian tribe submits to the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>In response to the submission by an Indian Tribe of </quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA45CC3E511A400E801A3D2349CA2CAA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="HF09AF78C49964583AC2C1B7C14BE2C9F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HC247C7EBF6F843F0A0961F616D66D16A"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Time periods for consideration</header> <subparagraph id="HDA8012ACADBC4E8EB26667F89EAADEDD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial response</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date on which the Secretary receives a Tribal request under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide an initial response to the Indian Tribe regarding—</text>
<clause id="H8309B41655B04F5A96B24A68F8FDB1B0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>whether the request may meet the selection criteria described in subsection (c); and</text> </clause><clause id="H867B14F9B8F24BCAB595069C87D1525C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the likelihood of the Secretary entering into an agreement or contract with the Indian Tribe under paragraph (2) for activities described in paragraph (3).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C4293D0E0A744208E66F360764AC18D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Notice of denial</header><text>Notice under subsection (d) of the denial of a Tribal request under paragraph (1) shall be provided not later than 1 year after the date on which the Secretary received the request.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCBF0001D174843E7AE7898F1E060E378"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Completion</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date on which the Secretary receives a Tribal request under paragraph (1), other than a Tribal request denied under subsection (d), the Secretary shall—</text>
<clause id="H1BB8D5106CC94C71B17B0133E23A57E3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>complete all environmental reviews necessary in connection with the agreement or contract and proposed activities under the agreement or contract; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H66945C5CC42244DF9D08BB729FBA4FC8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>enter into the agreement or contract with the Indian Tribe under paragraph (2).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H606E6C4A92DF40FB92CACB2B71F746FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming and technical amendments</header><text>Section 2 of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H97F6211E12B2408A9649388D5C64CE27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsections (b)(1) and (f)(1), by striking <quote>section 347 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2104">16 U.S.C. 2104</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/105/277">Public Law 105–277</external-xref>) (as amended by section 323 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003 (117 Stat. 275))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 604 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/6591c">16 U.S.C. 6591c</external-xref>)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E27237AB9424652B72911833E416D18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraphs (1) and (4)(B) of subsection (b), the Secretary shall</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HB16D16B917BC4F669F5B680590EA8F17"><enum>8402.</enum><header>Tribal forest management demonstration project</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture may carry out demonstration projects by which federally recognized Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations may contract to perform administrative, management, and other functions of programs of the Tribal Forest Protection Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/3115a">25 U.S.C. 3115a</external-xref> et seq.) through contracts entered into under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="H37FF79ADFDC340979359E497B64AF671"><enum>E</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section commented="no" id="HA015CBF84F4A4B8EA5315AF71CAE38FE"><enum>8501.</enum><header>Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9705A8381CAA4C4DA7CFE18155FA6462"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall conduct performance-driven research and development, education, and technical assistance for the purpose of facilitating the use of innovative wood products in wood building construction in the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H1D967C496CE941E78EDEF8FB2EFF00BB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H1CD02B6AC4F0472FBCB75E2E476A4B9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>after receipt of input and guidance from, and collaboration with, the wood products industry, conservation organizations, and institutions of higher education, conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3BDE665C4AC84ABC8E2DDA92D1242612"><enum>(2)</enum><text>after coordination and collaboration with the wood products industry and conservation organizations, make competitive grants to institutions of higher education to conduct research and development, education, and technical assistance that meets measurable performance goals for the achievement of the priorities described in subsection (c).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H83DC77163E014D05A0A61C2717B0C951"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text>The research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall give priority to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1A4FB968FF0744D1830F7B51235DA6F6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>ways to improve the commercialization of innovative wood products;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF8972C2EADA640A7BF25E470E71D4CB4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>analyzing the safety of tall wood building materials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1F79D27C30B745A5A12A4CE4CD01F375"><enum>(3)</enum><text>calculations by the Secretary of the life cycle environmental footprint, from extraction of raw materials through the manufacturing process, of tall wood building construction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB6CE2B6A429E4CA18B6A229DD3CE7B47"><enum>(4)</enum><text>analyzing methods to reduce the life cycle environmental footprint of tall wood building construction;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H99BD2E7BA8C7457C865CF2994B7052AE"><enum>(5)</enum><text>analyzing the potential implications of the use of innovative wood products in building construction on wildlife; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF2FC8D83F6E5408D810EEEFC87D44CA3"><enum>(6)</enum><text>one or more other research areas identified by the Secretary, in consultation with conservation organizations, institutions of higher education, and the wood products industry.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HD08B5480218949D79C1FAA9AFE0EDEC5"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timeframe</header><text>To the maximum extent practicable, the measurable performance goals for the research and development, education, and technical assistance conducted under subsection (a) shall be achievable within a 5-year period.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA9C03958673842469AB87735707529A0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H3DB91A2F5F6F47B1AE562E74CC083816"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Innovative wood product</header><text>The term <term>innovative wood product</term> means a type of building component or system that uses large panelized wood construction, including mass timber.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB2CC8DDBAB2C4696A00561609F9331C8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Mass timber</header><text>The term <term>mass timber</term> includes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H00092CD5583C432EA4055A4C95F16BC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>cross-laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H31B270D3625D4F4BB8B29694F1968F17"><enum>(B)</enum><text>nail-laminated timber;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H11FBA399308A4387AC45EC4621834C58"><enum>(C)</enum><text>glue-laminated timber;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0A6F895BB70E4B9986BF92490ABEB585"><enum>(D)</enum><text>laminated strand lumber; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H74951FEE8C5A4037BAC7D340ABE07FA2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>laminated veneer lumber.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H12B151063FDF42FE84E94CD8272496DA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Research and Development deputy area and the State and Private Forestry deputy area of the Forest Service.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H4D433966D2EF41109E26CD29F99D70B7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Tall wood building</header><text>The term <term>tall wood building</term> means a building designed to be—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HBA175DD35C4546509D37AE797BF443C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>constructed with mass timber; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6D89AA84024445C5B93260F27588EFDE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than 85 feet in height.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H502D17C0FE814F038037665F5A1F95D6"><enum>8502.</enum><header>Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot program</header> <subsection id="HE293C06D03F64D258F3EDF4A7FCB49AA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Pilot program required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To encourage owners or operators of rights-of-way on National Forest System land to partner with the Forest Service to voluntarily perform vegetation management on a proactive basis to better protect utility infrastructure from potential passing wildfires, the Secretary shall conduct a limited, voluntary pilot program, in the manner described in this section, to permit vegetation management projects on National Forest System land adjacent to or near such rights-of-way.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1019399A58DD45A7B15E7228CBA7CDFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible participants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participant in the pilot program must have a right-of-way on National Forest System land. In selecting participants, the Secretary shall give priority to holders of a right-of-way who have worked with Forest Service fire scientists and used technologies, such as Light Detection and Ranging surveys, to improve utility infrastructure protection prescriptions.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H036DC8E8005B4F80BFAB2201B3316DBB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Project elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A vegetation management project under the pilot program involves limited and selective vegetation management activities, which—</text>
<paragraph id="HD402B5467F9C40029BA12BA6ABA52EF9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall create the least amount of disturbance reasonably necessary to protect utility infrastructure from passing wildfires based on applicable models, including Forest Service fuel models;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD4500598C3254032AA2EB14AA79A22AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may include thinning, fuel reduction, creation and treatment of shaded fuel breaks, and other measures as appropriate;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6AA25D4EE086439182F390E6893A5BF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall only take place adjacent to the participant’s right-of-way or within 75 feet of the participant’s right-of-way;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E68E795682440CBB6DDDA48166B7ED0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall not take place in any designated wilderness area, wilderness study area, or inventoried roadless area; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0E9F0D4BBE9D47D6876320115CBC6240"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be subject to approval by the Forest Service in accordance with this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0420B8F49A4C45BF91EE565C9E4883B2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Project costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participant in the pilot program shall be responsible for all costs, as determined by the Secretary, incurred in participating in the pilot program, unless the Secretary determines that it is in the public interest for the Forest Service to contribute funds for a vegetation management project conducted under the pilot program.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H75CBB9457A05458CA2FB54ADB61C8B4C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Liability</header>
<paragraph id="HCA04CBAB77D04F5494C004B8A87C8BB2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Participation in the pilot program does not affect any existing legal obligations or liability standards that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6804CF0C162B4EA3B2EB06FC3F8D1A14"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">arise under the right-of-way for activities in the right-of-way; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H72022838A78C45CEBBA6FB55B21A8423"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">apply to fires resulting from causes other than activities conducted pursuant to an approved vegetation management project.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD53FADC2DAB14477B1801407A77EEA23"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Project work</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A participant shall not be liable to the United States for damage proximately caused by activities conducted pursuant to an approved vegetation management project unless—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2E119B1A5ECC49B9BC91AD66DC9D8F01"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">such activities were carried out in a manner that was grossly negligent or that violated criminal law; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE45F15C07D2C42B0BD3EF9EC889800F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the damage was caused by the failure of the participant to comply with specific safety requirements expressly imposed by the Forest Service as a condition of participating in the pilot program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HECEE121E1527408C9422DBB7DF15AAED"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall utilize existing laws and regulations in the conduct of the pilot program and, in order to implement the pilot program in an efficient and expeditious manner, may waive or modify specific provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, including modifications to allow for formation of contracts or agreements on a noncompetitive basis.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2867F6D63FCA4C569E9F7C413349B97A"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Treatment of proceeds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may—</text> <paragraph id="HCE30F5EE4486470781638CCC11BED0B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">retain any funds provided to the Forest Service by a participant in the pilot program; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H616A6319D0764C818ED82F21B7BDB315"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">use such funds, in such amounts as may be appropriated, in the conduct of the pilot program.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE87C9CA4A99A49C387715B7B6D0B7346"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text>
<paragraph id="HE4542BA9180F466CAFCC2F376E515382"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National Forest System land</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>National Forest System land</term> means land within the National Forest System, as defined in section 11(a) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1609">16 U.S.C. 1609(a)</external-xref>) exclusive of the National Grasslands and land utilization projects designated as National Grasslands administered pursuant to the Act of July 22, 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1010">7 U.S.C. 1010–1012</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA1F6E54B6F454EE0858A68C63A5DA39C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Passing wildfire</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>passing wildfire</term> means a wildfire that originates outside the right-of-way.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6720A17D63F24B1F96712F2B53035722"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Right-of-way</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>right-of-way</term> means a special use authorization issued by the Forest Service allowing the placement of utility infrastructure.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0658EC1CE4E34B57B6BF7D4EFBE78789"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Utility infrastructure</header><text>The term <term>utility infrastructure</term> means electric transmission lines, natural gas infrastructure, or related structures.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC49B639FCCA841D2A9DAECAE0F42F06F"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Duration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority to conduct the pilot program, and any vegetation management project under the pilot program, expires December 21, 2027.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2E58FBA0371A43EF9892EB31CFB7968B"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than December 31, 2019, and every two years thereafter, the Secretary shall issue a report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives on the status of the program and any projects established under this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H4815C8D0597140B7B1067DD53A6702D9"><enum>8503.</enum><header>Revision of extraordinary circumstances regulations</header>
<subsection id="H62BCC74299B64208B6797A695A845B59"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Determinations of extraordinary circumstances</header><text>In determining whether extraordinary circumstances related to a proposed action preclude use of a categorical exclusion, the Forest Service shall not be required to—</text>
<paragraph id="H030AEFDE1C264D64BCE38484955F74B6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>consider whether a proposed action is within a potential wilderness area;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0635B35A57B54D4B9E19E22E502EA74F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>consider whether a proposed action affects a Forest Service sensitive species;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H23D5A1673BA049008445956D21F91D2F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>conduct an analysis under section 220.4(f) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, of the proposed action’s cumulative impact (as the term is defined in section 1508.7 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H85B81B555B0D470C8251ED1DBEDED7CC"><enum>(4)</enum><text>consider a determination under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) that a proposed action may affect, but is not likely to adversely affect, threatened, endangered, or candidate species, or designated critical habitats; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0D55A1BBCF0B4131A3861DD896317E1E"><enum>(5)</enum><text>consider a determination under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1536">16 U.S.C. 1536</external-xref>) that a proposed action may affect, and is likely to adversely affect threatened, endangered, candidate species, or designated critical habitat if the agency is in compliance with the applicable provisions of the biological opinion.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2A408F2E7EB4261B4C8029CAFEE4F3B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Proposed rulemaking</header><text>Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall publish a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise section 220.6(b) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations to conform such section with subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCEC8B319118747E7B9D302FBE954AAA9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional revision</header><text>As part of the proposed rulemaking described in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise section 220.5(a)(2) of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, to provide that the Forest Service shall not be required to consider proposals that would substantially alter a potential wilderness area as a class of actions normally requiring environmental impact statements.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBD057D1C42C648DF9228F486AF672C96"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Additional actions</header><text>Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue final regulations to carry out the revisions described in subsections (b) and (c).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HBB4CA68335E541C7A780571E35F043DD"><enum>8504.</enum><header>No loss of funds for wildfire suppression</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title or the amendments made by this title may be construed to limit from the availability of funds or other resources for wildfire suppression.</text>
</section><section id="H2581A2D79BC041EF91AFCD09E66C10F6"><enum>8505.</enum><header>Technical corrections</header>
<subsection id="HE6576DDB2D0E4A8B8DAE2B19074D3787"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act</header>
<paragraph id="HCF5BEE30E365495192B170D1D07C4FD1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/141">Public Law 115–141</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC59D939F89D486AA787EB6882D15F42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in section 102(a)(2), by striking <quote>the date of enactment</quote> and inserting <quote>the date of the enactment</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8C4D015B3344A8FBC12B0CEED6A4B77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in section 401(a)(1), by inserting <quote>of 2000</quote> after <quote>Self-Determination Act</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C655B3CF8404A8F83D484B7C25C2A85"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if enacted as part of the Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/115/141">Public Law 115–141</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAC54D1246D514C06A507A45C35252030"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agricultural Act of 2014</header><text>Section 8206(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2113a">16 U.S.C. 2113a(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCD536E34181E46F39CB3CC0DC65F3FCF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B)(i)(II), by striking <quote>Good Neighbor Authority Improvement Act</quote> and inserting <quote>Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3A6DB52997904CAFB1A9C5C89E856E6D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (7), as redesignated by section 8331, by striking <quote>Good Neighbor Authority Improvement Act</quote> and inserting <quote>Wildfire Suppression Funding and Forest Management Activities Act</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IX</enum><header>Horticulture</header> <subtitle id="H6AA3FB693C454AF7BBFB86C22007C46B"><enum>A</enum><header>Horticulture marketing and information</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HABD53F6312D7434088F626E9BC65EEE8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9001.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialty crops market news allocation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10107(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1622b">7 U.S.C. 1622b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H13C7FF980E3C49BFADF8D819AF994DBA" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9002.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Farmers’ Market and Local Food Promotion Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(g) of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3005">7 U.S.C. 3005(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H11AC41F4427D4E8AB02FCA2F4562FCB2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>this section</quote> and all that follows through <quote>2018.</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
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<text>this section—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8F67DAB3DDAE459D97386E33773AAF2A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2014 through 2018; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H26F815DAED3A4039AA63BEF0BA92E5F1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFEB386AA9A6C4BAB97F54D2A26F14268"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (2); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2A204D2972BE41ED8125FC2883C21239"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC39BD907DC534223941ACD2A22879CD2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9003.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food safety education initiatives</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10105(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7655a">7 U.S.C. 7655a(c)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HDD67870CE83B4B0894DD66E0F48F4D0A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9004.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Specialty crop block grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1621">7 U.S.C. 1621</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/465">Public Law 108–465</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB958719F296546A7B2F4B813A3C90FCD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H0FFBDFA610D64C0B8E85C3F4D26AFE45"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H38998EBC1D5448EF83C670AD62EA2328"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>agriculture solely to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4A941ABC211E4C949B55EEF6C8918E30" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <text>agriculture to—</text><paragraph id="H796A95928210464BB6FD7C916190B275"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HDDEDAB52B012456CB9A3913A54CE5A06"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leverage efforts to market and promote specialty crops;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H585CE88C1F814023B3E609CFB3844EFD"><enum>(3)</enum><text>assist producers with research and development;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3D092E4CA3B74DCB8D1B79D951F86882"><enum>(4)</enum><text>expand availability and access to specialty crops;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6EDC146C92654E95BE119152D1044518"><enum>(5)</enum><text>address local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCE99D74396B943F2A62FE09573827D0A"><enum>(6)</enum><text>other priorities as determined by the Secretary in consultation with relevant State departments of agriculture.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HF394F787F0AC47D09E020D9E5AA2F778"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (k), by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8C51BBFFF94141A99744CF1DC87EA35F" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="HEA4335C3C23349A99E5EF078D3E03A51"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Evaluation of performance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall enter into a cooperative agreement with relevant State departments of agriculture and specialty crop industry stakeholders that agree to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H0BF6397F824C4DB1B2AFDC55C30E080B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop, in consultation with the Secretary, performance measures to be used as the sole means for performing an evaluation under subparagraph (B); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H48FDD5706FD545CA96AA4EF89C45F551"><enum>(B)</enum><text>periodically evaluate the performance of the program established under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA594AF04881E4DC4A443DF2DFA0507FB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (l)(2)(E), by striking <quote>fiscal year 2018</quote> and inserting <quote>each of fiscal years 2018 through 2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB75C305EECD146568047D1FF589D9FC2" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9005.</enum><header>Amendments to the Plant Variety Protection Act</header>
<subsection id="HAE6DCC12D195495898EF5FE8D614DD0B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Asexually reproduced defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 41(a) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2401">7 U.S.C. 2401(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H0DF188BE3A2A49B4BF7573BE150AFEC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), and (10), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H99615109924B4C3AA725896E306D90F2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H228C72887C0B44998F53DCB2978476A8" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H3AFB22D4C2E34B8BB06C0604CC3EEBC7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Asexually reproduced</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>asexually reproduced</term> means produced by a method of plant propagation using vegetative material (other than seed) from a single parent, including cuttings, grafting, tissue culture, and propagation by root division.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4E500B913EE04DCE8ECAABD01F8A3C71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Right to plant variety protection; plant varieties protectable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 42(a) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2402">7 U.S.C. 2402(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>or tuber propagated</quote> and inserting <quote>, tuber propagated, or asexually reproduced</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC864BE169E0E47BD866A8C281AA6F089"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Infringement of plant variety protection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 111(a)(3) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2541">7 U.S.C. 2541(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or asexually</quote> after <quote>sexually</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA6332ABCB75B4178844CC76BBB01F7DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>False marketing; cease and desist orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 128(a) of the Plant Variety Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2568">7 U.S.C. 2568(a)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or asexually</quote> after <quote>sexually</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H345A8AB512F14B25811CF0D96795C914" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9006.</enum><header>Organic programs</header>
<subsection id="HF50C933D75B9456C80E993A2A55B7B42"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional accreditation authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2115 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6514">7 U.S.C. 6514</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7256C7841E754CA2A6B6D4AD5E4AC37E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H46DB6DB40CD44B24A0C3A39D22626F17"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA5440C72B524005980CAF0F9D2ABA66" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H55B8184A7D114A44AB2A00680D634C90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Satellite offices and overseas operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary—</text>
<paragraph id="H3717AB5A47B14BFBA0EB49256DEFB62F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has oversight and approval authority with respect to a certifying agent accredited under this section who is operating as a certifying agent in a foreign country for the purpose of certifying a farm or handling operation in such foreign country as a certified organic farm or handling operation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H72F03B50D0A84CB7B586D9DC4AB6A918"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall require that each certifying agent that intends to operate in any foreign country as described in paragraph (1) is authorized by the Secretary to so operate on an annual basis.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCA2709BE932B4B7090F8AD7809ABD743"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National list of approved and prohibited substances for organic farming or handling operations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2119(n) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6518">7 U.S.C. 6518(n)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H2DB352ADA4D040EF96B3A10535DEAE78"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Petitions</header>
<paragraph id="H0027F3DBD820425C920AC9C4C28EDB82"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Board shall establish procedures under which persons may petition the Board for the purpose of evaluating substances for inclusion on the National List.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7A6E7A09434147848F73B2348AD88FC5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expedited review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall develop procedures under which the review of a petition referred to in paragraph (1) may be expedited if the petition seeks to include on the National List a postharvest handling substance that is related to food safety or a class of such substances.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9F1FF67C9CF2494A812F3B85D338E552"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in paragraph (2) shall be construed as providing that section 2118(d) does not apply with respect to the inclusion of a substance on the National List pursuant to such paragraph.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2C6D2925929D4E22AAB677C5916A6E70"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Certain employees eligible to serve as National Organics Standards Board members</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2119(b) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6518">7 U.S.C. 6518(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HCD745713ACA94AB699A9B693B6B1B6D6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>, or employees of such individuals</quote> after <quote>operation</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD1AE72BDF5614F2DBAADB79D6C4E0DD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>, or employees of such individuals</quote> after <quote>operation</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBBAA320DA7534FF1AAE8CBB3289C145A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by inserting <quote>, or an employee of such individual</quote> after <quote>products</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7224676EABB9424C9949946AF8496FF3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National Organic Standards Board consultation requirements</header><text>Section 2119(l) of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6518">7 U.S.C. 6518(l)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H4F921E3E39DF4692A6EEE156F5FC2201"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H53096BA624774578BDD362866CA2E65A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="HC0AB7F9FC25F40F8AA088EC4F490C9E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and the evaluation of the technical advisory panel</quote> and inserting <quote>, the evaluation of the technical advisory panel, and the determinations of the task force required under paragraph (4)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B714F22C5D14E9D8F32F59036DC2591"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H025B9BE4E84C4557B91FBB5ADFF54B4E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph id="HC0A9D836A627402D8436B1AA6E536708"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a substance not included in the National List that the Commissioner of Food and Drugs has determined to be safe for use within the meaning of section 201(s) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/321">21 U.S.C. 321(s)</external-xref>) or the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency has determined there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue, including all anticipated dietary exposures and all other exposures for which there is reliable information, convene a task force to consult with the Commissioner or Administrator (or the designees thereof), as applicable, to determine if such substance should be included in the National List.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4180DEFF18844B91ADA02797704B871A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Recordkeeping, investigation, and enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="HE20C6822F2524021A3A2F66EE93C4A6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Collaborative investigations and enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2120 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6519">7 U.S.C. 6519</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H64746E47BE614D8FA27E27D0C21C1AAC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Collaborative investigations and enforcement</header>
<paragraph id="H1B3A26075A0C4E18ACC9077EECFB36AC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Information sharing during active investigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this title, all parties to an active investigation (including certifying agents, State organic certification programs, and the national organic program) may share confidential business information with Federal and State government officers and employees and certifying agents involved in the investigation as necessary to fully investigate and enforce potential violations of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE316DBA7499841DF804A2409C7434FB7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Access to data documentation systems</header><text>The Secretary shall have access to available data from cross-border documentation systems administered by other Federal agencies, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H981ADE90F1724610ACFDA466B3E920E3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Automated Commercial Environment system of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HED18A0909D9A45E6A291EA703B33C171"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Phytosanitary Certificate Issuance and Tracking system of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H9781886BEE3C421E89502483157FBEE2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Additional documentation and verification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, acting through the Deputy Administrator of the national organic program under this title<italic></italic>, has the authority, and shall grant an accredited certifying agent the authority, to require producers and handlers to provide additional documentation or verification before granting certification under section 2104, in the case of a known area of risk or when there is a specific area of concern, with respect to meeting the national standards for organic production established under section 2105, as determined by the Secretary or the certifying agent.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H793299F7290E43FCB5748DDF603BAFE4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Modification of regulations on Exclusions from Certification</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations to limit the type of operations that are excluded from certification under section 205.101 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6E78AC887C134E1DA4589F8917F577AD"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2122 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6521">7 U.S.C. 6521</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H508B22AB76C545D5A1285F0B4271FE0F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than March 1, 2019, and annually thereafter through March 1, 2023, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report describing national organic program activities with respect to all domestic and overseas investigations and compliance actions taken pursuant to this title during the preceding year.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HE21802BFF7E34DA8981CC8BBD185D024"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations for national organic program</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 2123 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6522">7 U.S.C. 6522</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection id="H5B338BC20D884CA0868487F1DC9105F8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Organic Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to carry out activities under the national organic program established under this title, there are authorized to be appropriated—</text>
<paragraph id="H54E8378D8D0A467AA7802153693FD4B0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2018;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H85A6E1370847455A935BE0FBBF074D71"><enum>(2)</enum><text>$16,500,000 for fiscal year 2019;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1976F75B61464C1F80E300E980694019"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$18,000,000 for fiscal year 2020;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H33BFF1E5A5984D27A2EF9373631A9F22"><enum>(4)</enum><text>$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2021;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H75E0EA0F3ADC4D47AD35AF00266D20E2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>$22,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6957206ACA8E443BAA202AB7359A498E"><enum>(6)</enum><text>$24,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H121AB7B90B74435AA1DFC46C649690DB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>International trade technology systems and data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (c) of section 2123 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6522">7 U.S.C. 6522</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HD1A60B47ED26467C91C77FC3E34FAEAB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Modernization and improvement of international trade technology systems and data collection</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H0C5372A31D1E4A12872B61B256250370"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall modernize international trade tracking and data collection systems of the national organic program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H555D743D74D6406E9300A65E15EBCFC1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Activities</header><text>In carrying out paragraph (1), the Secretary shall modernize trade and transaction certificates to ensure full traceability without unduly hindering trade, such as through an electronic trade document exchange system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5CC5135C2FF64DF38014A4EAF743B4FC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 for the purposes of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H9C4F0AC3D0D142E89779675AD44196EC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>carrying out this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HCFE9FFBD734F45AB897172621038E29E"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintaining the database and technology upgrades previously carried out under this subsection, as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF1FB73EB7E2E497AADCC6AF9A0142272"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Availability</header><text>The amounts made available under paragraph (3) are in addition to any other funds made available for the purposes specified in such paragraph and shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HC412B6F73EB9423F972EAC34D41144D8"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Organic production and market data initiatives</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7407(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/5925c">7 U.S.C. 5925c(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE4A05AFFF609475695F0893D64AE71B1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H544716264E6A4E9F88EF0A33F65EAEC4" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="H9DF1508E74BD4CA0A49C3F03F7564855"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding for fiscal year 2019</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this section $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, to remain available until expended.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; </after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18CE0649B6944700882BE5EBE0102ECC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)—</text> <subparagraph id="H683655B5A7A2428F96101C6CB691303B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraphs (1) and (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (1)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H39EFA40BC6B043F99F3849401AA18F54"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D5C265CF1BF438396702E0BCC4AF626"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3), as so amended, as paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H461F36493C5C4240A76AB4DA7ABBF3D5"><enum>B</enum><header>Regulatory Reform</header>
<part id="H4E2BB02BA1AA4F2E90082B694A1702FB"><enum>I</enum><header>State lead agencies under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act</header>
<section id="HD767E33A945449069457822A0DC660A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9101.</enum><header>Recognition and role of State lead agencies</header>
<subsection id="HFC242FE667454D759089C1B1A894BA87"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State Lead Agency Defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(aa) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136">7 U.S.C. 136(aa)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE6E762759FA74F0CB61ABAF2407FD0EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>(aa)</enum-in-header> State</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6FC3B6D8EAE74E619EDB9CE4C4943032" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HCFD983F6749844C5BD29B35281F05213"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>State; State lead agency</header> <paragraph id="H01CB7C07D7A24F25ADE8DEA6BE805E00"><enum>(1)</enum><header>State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21F03B2238DD4C4CA7ECB9DAEF04D80D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6C9094BEE30C4B6C8E2C8A2E2E5FA985" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <paragraph commented="no" id="H5A3077E0A64B4246AB60B00EB452C9A4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State lead agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>State lead agency</term> means a statewide department, agency, board, bureau, or other entity in a State that is authorized to regulate, in a manner consistent with section 24(a), the sale or use of any federally registered pesticide or device in such State.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7AE0E58DE6941269FB42BB0BA2971A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Uniform regulation of pesticides</header>
<paragraph id="HFDBE82C4EB2844E1951AC9C576F92F14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Cooperation with and role of state lead agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 22(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136t">7 U.S.C. 136t(b)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>promulgated by the Administrator or, when authorized pursuant to a cooperative agreement entered into under section 23(a)(1), by a State lead agency for a State</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE118A1FA3D104FFEB282857DE2C1A438"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authority to establish and maintain uniform regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 23(a)(1) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136u">7 U.S.C. 136u(a)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after <quote>enforcement of this Act,</quote> the following: <quote>to authorize the State or Indian Tribe to establish and maintain uniform regulation of pesticides within the State or for the Indian Tribe,</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC371576F6E804CA8A9104F90F8E3254D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Condition on more restrictive regulation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 24(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136v">7 U.S.C. 136v(a)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>A State may</quote> and inserting <quote>A State, but not a political subdivision of a State, may</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HAE9888A859974A3DAB7031A88F57DFA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Role of state lead agencies in promulgation of regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 25(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136w">7 U.S.C. 136w(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H1ABF3160971E4980B36609B7D5DB1AA9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="HB13AAE71BE8246ABA347112E024FBF49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>and each State lead agency</quote> after <quote>Agriculture</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA889468485ED4C0EA0967C226ADF1D70"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: <quote>If the Secretary or any State lead agency comments in writing to the Administrator regarding any such regulation within 30 days after receiving the copy of the regulation, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register (with the proposed regulation) all such comments and the response of the Administrator to the comments.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HFE2BC963A29D45608C43BCC772548F01"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by inserting <quote>or any State lead agency</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H719545F1B5DF4D56AC06912857EC1924"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H43ADB0AB87C74D5B9B2B192B32D9F62C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>and each State lead agency</quote> after <quote>Agriculture</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HA1C81A944A9A45059CCCDA479B71B70C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: <quote>If the Secretary or any State lead agency comments in writing to the Administrator regarding any such regulation within 15 days after receiving the copy of the regulation, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal Register (with the final regulation) the comments of the Secretary or State lead agency, if requested by the Secretary or State lead agency, and the response of the Administrator to the comments.</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB6F42CB824584985B9AAA9CE9915835F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in the third sentence, by inserting <quote>or any State lead agency</quote> after <quote>Secretary</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0A51FA062A2D44B2A28F8BE6BEA45DC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (C), by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, in consultation with the State lead agencies</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></part><part commented="no" id="HC06A921BF8FC49E8BC1D052023F4B9E1"><enum>II</enum><header>Pesticide registration and use </header>
<section commented="no" id="HAC0DC92E6D0540759D4E4B7156DFFA01"><enum>9111.</enum><header>Registration of pesticides</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H01624612009A41D9B2566B0CC7CC48DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Approval of registration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(c)(5) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136a">7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H687B787FC5F849858A125A0910E84150"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively and moving the margins of such clauses (as so redesignated) 2 ems to the right;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7FF39E23EF884F97984AE44162E15286"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">registration</header-in-text>.—The Administrator</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H709F181E5B664087BFD54E3F29E25418" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <text><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">registration.—</header-in-text></text><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6B310C2AF45F4733AE69FEB6155DCB04"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H87A810EC89FE4DF1AD87D937C8F48CA8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in clause (iii), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H417C889C19C442C0B0EADF6B705C63F6"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H163769B0775E44D7B4A9B962CE81D0E0"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter following clause (iv), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>The Administrator shall not make any lack</quote> and all that follows through <quote>for use of the pesticide in such State.</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6585EE1BB9A54D478C3E034E9B844748"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), as amended, by adding at the end the following new clause:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H35A4E8386E7C491BA52AD4BB44E01064" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <clause commented="no" id="H0DDB814D7DB744329B693CC755F8DB42"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">when used in accordance with widespread and commonly recognized practice it is not likely to jeopardize the survival of a federally listed threatened or endangered species or directly or indirectly alter, in a manner that is likely to appreciably diminish its value, critical habitat for both the survival and recovery of such species.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFE52FAA0F717498E85FC6E5B5A2F7968"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H884D3EB242CE48259D92EE6F23C7F904" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H43BD7157EB544BD0B2399ED3DD989AEC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Principles to be applied to certain determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining whether the condition specified in subparagraph (A)(v) is met, the Administrator shall take into account the best scientific and commercial information and data available, and shall consider all directions for use and restrictions on use specified by the registration. In making such determination, the Administrator shall use an economical and effective screening process that includes higher-tiered probabilistic ecological risk assessments, as appropriate. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator shall not be required to consult or otherwise communicate with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce except to the extent specified in subparagraphs (C) and (D).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1C52E67482D14D6D88B89A873AA68B4C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Species information and data</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H0F2F02348AAB4439B6544D948A0DBC35"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Request</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the Administrator begins any determination under subparagraph (A)(v) with respect to the registration of a pesticide, the Administrator shall request that the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce transmit, with respect to any federally listed threatened and endangered species involved in such determination, the Secretaries’ best available and authoritative information and data on—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H0A6AE198AE1A423DB200B045FEDF5E5A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the location, life history, habitat needs, distribution, threats, population trends and conservation needs of such species; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H63EFE6177AB94266964B203D24153265"><enum>(II)</enum><text>relevant physical and biological features of designated critical habitat for such species.</text> </subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="H61AF98918B034E26A5F565EC60C7E2C3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Transmission of data</header><text>After receiving a request under clause (i), the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall transmit the information described in such clause to the Administrator on a timely basis, unless the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce have made such information available through a web-based platform that is updated on at least a quarterly basis.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H1C6D567AF5804FDA81DC60C54B33F4E9"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Failure to transmit data</header><text>The failure of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Commerce to provide information to the Administrator under clause (ii) shall not constitute grounds for extending any deadline for action under section 33(f).</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H61CBF42439AC4DFEA27025B7D1A1B9A9"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Consultation</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H8595D7D9D96D4F349AD3608F28CFEA06"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>At the request of an applicant, the Administrator shall request consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H7B89921002CD4E6B92389FF173D7A5CD"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to a consultation under this subparagraph, the Administrator and the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall comply with subpart D of part 402 of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations (commonly known as the Joint Counterpart Endangered Species Act Section 7 Consultation), or successor regulations.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H1F2BF2B8E10D4A48ACBDD9F3EF82630A"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Failure to consult</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H5107BFB49329462A86DB50227D12D9CC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Not actionable</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, the failure of the Administrator to consult with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, except as provided by this section, is not actionable in any Federal court.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H6F4C5D9AAE6E4180814EF9F0ED283583"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Remedy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any action pending in Federal court on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph or any action brought in Federal court after such date, with respect to the Administrator’s failure to consult with the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce, the sole and exclusive remedy for any such action, other than as otherwise specified in this Act, shall be scheduling the determinations required by section 3(c)(5)(E) for an active ingredient consistent with the periodic review of registrations established by this section.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HE50258C5A45E4F3B941EC311A8A6A4CD"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Essentiality and efficacy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall not make any lack of essentiality a criterion for denying registration of any pesticide. Where two pesticides meet the requirements of this paragraph, one should not be registered in preference to the other. In considering an application for the registration of a pesticide, the Administrator may waive data requirements pertaining to efficacy, in which event the Administrator may register the pesticide without determining that the pesticide’s composition is such as to warrant proposed claims of efficacy. If a pesticide is found to be efficacious by any State under section 24(c), a presumption is established that the Administrator shall waive data requirements pertaining to efficacy for use of the pesticide in such State.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HFC52FACDD67C44849A5F77F18556825C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Registration under special circumstances</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(c)(7) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136a">7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(7)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H9D2023D6FD0F42A1B41146402862E356"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H028DE3E454D744C39F1E7D511CEDE1C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and when used in accordance with widespread and commonly recognized practice, it is not likely to jeopardize the survival of a federally listed threatened or endangered species or appreciably diminish the value of critical habitat for both the survival and recovery of the listed species,</quote> after <quote>or differ only in ways that would not significantly increase the risk of unreasonable adverse effects on the environment,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H2C922F6B07E44589A3C3DEC0AF2F16C1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and it is not likely to jeopardize the survival of a federally listed threatened or endangered species or appreciably diminish the value of critical habitat for both the survival and recovery of the listed species</quote> before <quote>. An applicant seeking conditional registration</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H79EB940C3BD74EBDA3FFCCE638E0C0CB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and it is not likely to jeopardize the survival of a federally listed threatened or endangered species or directly or indirectly appreciably diminish the value of critical habitat for both the survival and recovery of the listed species</quote> before <quote>. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H49D6AC60B41A4EDB9221F5E5D9FC3660"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Registration review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(g)(1)(A) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136a">7 U.S.C. 136a(g)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H856C9A1A23B64C5480A561C1B45EE6EE" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<clause commented="no" id="HC0E454837C034A328F744C08D4DBF050" indent="up1"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Ensuring protection of species and habitat</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator shall complete the determination required under subsection (c)(5)(A)(v) for an active ingredient consistent with the periodic review of registrations under clauses (ii) and (iii) in accordance with the following schedule:</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H5E3F3D5ED26F40698932EA2AB45E97CB"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any active ingredient first registered on or before October 1, 2007, not later than October 1, 2026.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H2ED96035402A4EEABFCDE9A3F16A807C"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any active ingredient first registered between October 1, 2007, and the day before the date of the enactment of this clause, not later than October 1, 2033.</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H6460A12D05E2444A84A545E60A070288"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to any active ingredient first registered on or after the date of the enactment of this clause, not later than 48 months after the effective date of registration.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H49F51CBC7EFC48149854DED9D7499DD9"><enum>9112.</enum><header>Experimental use permits</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(a) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136c">7 U.S.C. 136c(a)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and that the issuance of such a permit is not likely to jeopardize the survival of a federally listed threatened or endangered species or diminish the value of critical habitat for both the survival and recovery of the listed species</quote> after <quote>section 3 of this Act</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HFABF2532401042D09DFFDFF3D9EAF740"><enum>9113.</enum><header>Administrative review; suspension</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(b) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136d">7 U.S.C. 136d(b)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or does not meet the criteria specified in section 3(c)(5)(A)(v)</quote> after <quote>adverse effects on the environment</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HD82ED8A0C26B48F9AB8F6C280CFC5299"><enum>9114.</enum><header>Unlawful acts</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 12 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136j">7 U.S.C. 136j</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1FA733DF0B14F42BE95C184A13E9FEC" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="H7A5DBE0288F7439BAC184FF4E7E5D239"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Lawful use of pesticide resulting in incidental taking of certain species</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Administrator determines, with respect to a pesticide that is registered under this Act, that the pesticide meets the criteria specified in section 3(c)(5)(A)(v), any taking of a federally listed threatened or endangered species that is incidental to an otherwise lawful use of such pesticide pursuant to this Act shall not be considered unlawful under—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H3F2C199552AE4A47979529F17840843B"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1533">16 U.S.C. 1533(d)</external-xref>); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3D8A5BD3764E4139BBF993E4E783BEFA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">section 9(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1538">16 U.S.C. 1538(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H746DC6D6BA9D4AC9A2CF0A588CAB37AD"><enum>9115.</enum><header>Authority of States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 24(c) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136v">7 U.S.C. 136v(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H49F468E46190438D81185C17D1B0F3EB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), in the second sentence, by inserting <quote>and the State registration is not likely to jeopardize the survival of a federally listed threatened or endangered species or directly or indirectly alter in a manner that is likely to appreciably diminish the value of critical habitat for both the survival and recovery of the listed species</quote> before the period at the end; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H52BDFB2901BD42138F15291F55484A1F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (4).</text> </paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H5B36BE7A34C54FAA94B7CB0170015C8E"><enum>9116.</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall publish, and revise thereafter as appropriate, a work plan and processes for completing the determinations required by clause (v) of section 3(c)(5)(A) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136a">7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(5)(A)</external-xref>), as added by section 9111(a), and implementing and enforcing standards of registration consistent with such clause and consistent with registration reviews and other periodic reviews.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H35D77B5AF8454D8DAFA9D6CFCE206D88"><enum>9117.</enum><header>Use of authorized pesticides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(f) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136a">7 U.S.C. 136a(f)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H6EA726D4D28B410C93F485E91386D620"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Use of authorized pesticides</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H3476340FFAD3469DAAA382DA36003F7F"><enum>9118.</enum><header>Discharges of pesticides</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/33/1342">33 U.S.C. 1342</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection commented="no" id="HABB0EC4F24604E798EB78362B6BCAE43"><enum>(s)</enum><header>Discharges of pesticides</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HDD0B51C4F86B4894B8A9D698BD8DF91F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>No permit requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided in paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H5C3EA529EA454D99B7DAA7CF9E9A82D7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H70D2E16C6C794B42869D8C963B7115AD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A discharge resulting from the application of a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is relevant to protecting water quality, if—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HDD3D163FA0AA498EB878C06E44C47C52"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the discharge would not have occurred but for the violation; or</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H0719407E7F24438E987D736575457AD2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of pesticide or pesticide residue in the discharge is greater than would have occurred without the violation.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HDAB6EF1C561347AB909E70D536E5A43B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Stormwater discharges subject to regulation under subsection (p).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H095755C7FD76455C9E296C0447D17EB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The following discharges subject to regulation under this section:</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H90B42D8614BA4CE09FDD029DDAF55723"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Manufacturing or industrial effluent.</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HD76F33F8ED334358BFCE45FD7FA494C1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Treatment works effluent.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H3C14C76F75ED48BE9B0E491B3B42DECE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, including a discharge resulting from ballasting operations or vessel biofouling prevention.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section commented="no" id="H5CF6744D35DA4B0185C7E77D95FE45B1"><enum>9119.</enum><header>Enactment of Pesticide Registration Improvement Enhancement Act of 2017</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">H.R. 1029 of the 115th Congress, entitled the <quote>Pesticide Registration Improvement Enhancement Act of 2017</quote>, as passed by the House of Representatives on March 20, 2017, is hereby enacted into law.</text> </section></part><part id="HE9D8DEB641A449598ACD70F906208815"><enum>III</enum><header>Amendments to the Plant Protection Act</header> <section id="H0E4AF4377B4840E8983AE609979A9800"><enum>9121.</enum><header>Methyl bromide</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 419 of the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7719">7 U.S.C. 7719</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="HBE24630A745B4466A5326B6FE7145A3B"><enum>419.</enum><header>Methyl bromide</header>
<subsection id="HF2F75B46785E4056874A9DBFB6C21A26"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header>
<paragraph id="H348BBA64CC624DD99FE903AFD41206D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a State, local, or Tribal authority may authorize the use of methyl bromide for a qualified use if the authority determines the use is required to respond to an emergency event. The Secretary may authorize such a use if the Secretary determines such a use is required to respond to an emergency event.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5C2EA370E03D42BE8A982B4892919697"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>Not later than 5 days after the date on which a State, local, or Tribal authority makes the determination described in paragraph (1), the State, local, or Tribal authority intending to authorize the use of methyl bromide for a qualified use shall submit to the Secretary a notification that contains the information described in subsection (b).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0336E2A558FE403B9970C85B346B22C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Objection</header><text>A State, local, or Tribal authority may not authorize the use of methyl bromide under paragraph (1) if the Secretary objects to such use under subsection (c) within the 5-day period specified in such subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8B6998A4FDE84BF5807187335157CCED"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notification contents</header><text>A notification submitted under subsection (a)(2) by a State, local, or Tribal authority shall contain—</text>
<paragraph id="HBB742C464F1649928D3A9A40279250AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a certification that the State, local, or Tribal authority requires the use of methyl bromide to respond to an emergency event;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3885A5505F114D4086D2077F705A47C9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of the emergency event and the economic loss that would result from such emergency event;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A062CDAD2724092B88E88B02B7B282A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the identity and contact information for the responsible individual of the authority; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE33911AC1A9D445BB44A3D049AAA1E2E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with respect to the qualified use of methyl bromide that is the subject of the notification—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBBB117B2F1404132A9E95A51B2650626"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the specific location in which the methyl bromide is to be used and the total acreage of such location;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9CCD1A75E6364CB0BCAEB06EF106717D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the identity of the pest or pests to be controlled by such use;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H263FCD62CF664F339D17EFF45D2633FA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the total volume of methyl bromide to be used; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8344288784C445719900AAC4D0F3BE64"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the anticipated date of such use.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE5B444F34FE4447BAF7F4310E2FBB605"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Objection</header> <paragraph id="H2A777411CF1241D1B6C057D3363D18D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, not later than 5 days after the receipt of a notification submitted under subsection (a)(2), may object to the authorization of the use of methyl bromide under such subsection by a State, local, or Tribal authority by sending the State, local, or Tribal authority a notification in writing of such objection that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H88D2C38EACFB4EA4AF74C1117D1422DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>states the reasons for such objection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6590C39EE6FC434B8CD11F5EBF78DC3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>specifies any additional information that the Secretary would require to withdraw the objection.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H551F54F394EF405F8BB071BC8B90882A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reasons for objection</header><text>The Secretary may object to an authorization described in paragraph (1) if the Secretary determines that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8215FDD1BB5E4F1BB00BC2F82200D87A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the notification submitted under subsection (a)(2) does not—</text> <clause id="H62C275A5000A4E35A3BE2B632636EA55"><enum>(i)</enum><text>contain all of the information specified in paragraphs (1) through (4) of subsection (b); or</text>
</clause><clause id="HCA94C4BE7FEE48F4B4B76DEB5EAE60E6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>demonstrate the existence of an emergency event; or</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEECE6D162534CC9902A46641521C9E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the qualified use specified in the notification does not comply with the limitations specified in subsection (e).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA66E6725B0DB4B4E9AF15365AEA13C93"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Withdrawal of objection</header><text>The Secretary shall withdraw an objection under this subsection if—</text> <subparagraph id="H4348E18D5E4A41ACABC59FE2EC70AA19"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 14 days after the date on which the Secretary sends the notification under paragraph (1) to the State, local, or Tribal authority involved, the State, local, or Tribal authority submits to the Secretary the additional information specified in such notification; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB5F5DFA9B7C4DCE9A8C01A95EC426D1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such additional information is submitted to the satisfaction of the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA691FC6E01DF4A949D8930B5B551D0E2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Effect of withdrawal</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon the issuance of a withdrawal under paragraph (3), the State, local, or Tribal authority involved may authorize the use of methyl bromide for the qualified use specified in the notification submitted under subsection (a)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5C2400E42FF94ADFBB20346364302783"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use for emergency events consistent with FIFRA</header><text>The production, distribution, sale, shipment, application, or use of a pesticide product containing methyl bromide in accordance with an authorization for a use under subsection (a) shall be deemed an authorized production, distribution, sale, shipment, application, or use of such product under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, regardless of whether the intended use is registered and included in the label approved for the product by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under such Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA4110DC97CC340F5B8AC46EC2C2432D7"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations on use</header>
<paragraph id="HEB7D2F3529654A2187137C649D8B64CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitations on use per emergency event</header><text>The amount of methyl bromide that may be used per emergency event at a specific location shall not exceed 20 metric tons.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H484B4922425243EFB7F81DA0300B0D91"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limits on aggregate amount</header><text>The aggregate amount of methyl bromide allowed pursuant to this section for use in the United States in a calendar year shall not exceed the total amount authorized by the Parties to the Montreal Protocol pursuant to the Montreal Protocol process for critical uses in the United States in calendar year 2011.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF305CDBC77FE45C5A2AB992C074DC988"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Ensuring adequate supply of methyl bromide</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall not be unlawful for any person or entity to produce or import methyl bromide, or otherwise supply methyl bromide from inventories (produced or imported pursuant to the Clean Air Act for other purposes) in response to an emergency event in accordance with subsection (a).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFF3981ABE6EA4D28B4E0F10307454CD1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exclusive authority of the Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to alter or modify the authority of the Secretary to use methyl bromide for quarantine and pre-shipment, without limitation, under the Clean Air Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9BD5C8902A2B411697A9F184FA1FF2C8"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<paragraph id="H454775E53E364FE1864BDA7699E9A568"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Emergency event</header><text>The term <term>emergency event</term> means a situation—</text> <subparagraph id="HC4C1D7F3111C42248762FC900EBDA0F1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that occurs at a location on which a plant or commodity is grown or produced or a facility providing for the storage of, or other services with respect to, a plant or commodity;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96CFAB15DBB443A9B935863A72CDF237"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for which the lack of availability of methyl bromide for a particular use would result in significant economic loss to the owner, lessee, or operator of such a location or facility or the owner, grower, or purchaser of such a plant or commodity; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H22AADC8454DC4C12AD9D887DA5D2E8AA"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that, in light of the specific agricultural, meteorological, or other conditions presented, requires the use of methyl bromide to control a pest or disease in such location or facility because there are no technically or economically feasible alternatives to methyl bromide easily accessible by an entity referred to in subparagraph (B) at the time and location of the event that—</text>
<clause id="HF5800A91835743BEA7B064877BDF6859"><enum>(i)</enum><text>are registered under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136">7 U.S.C. 136</external-xref> et seq.) for the intended use or pest to be so controlled; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HF3C7E8E61ABB4EF2B630239661AC0639"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">would adequately control the pest or disease presented at such location or facility.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1E02C840FAAB471A84A7AD7F98175490"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pest</header><text>The term <term>pest</term> has the meaning given such term in section 2 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136">7 U.S.C. 136</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9BF23E87D7B349AE98DB75BD4A8F2A47"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified use</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>qualified use</term> means, with respect to methyl bromide, a methyl bromide treatment or application in an amount not to exceed the limitations specified in subsection (e) in response to an emergency event.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></part><part id="H34900C04CE8E44C0A5B06E8767D170CD"><enum>IV</enum><header>Amendments to other laws</header>
<section id="H1F303E4D081C4AECBEEAF6EF108D9434"><enum>9131.</enum><header>Definition of retail facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days of the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall revise the process safety management of highly hazardous chemicals standard under section 1910.119 of title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, promulgated pursuant to section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/655">29 U.S.C. 655</external-xref>), to provide that the definition of the term <term>retail facility</term>, when used with respect to a facility that provides direct sales of highly hazardous chemicals to end users or consumers (including farmers or ranchers), means a facility that is exempt from such standard because such facility has obtained more than half of its income during the most recent 12-month period from such direct sales.</text>
</section></part></subtitle><subtitle id="H1E5E7AEED2A14797B2F5DEF906382666"><enum>C</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="H32628C54170D4AF093CD223CA94FB213" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9201.</enum><header>Report on regulation of plant biostimulants</header>
<subsection id="H2DE92DD5BAB344C9B3A5B02488834EC0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the President and Congress that identifies potential regulatory and legislative reforms to ensure the expeditious and appropriate review, approval, uniform national labeling, and availability of plant biostimulant products to agricultural producers.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE477C7DEF5964D2E9A60E0A00AAE3CB1"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture shall prepare the report required by subsection (a) in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the several States<italic></italic>, industry stakeholders, and such other stakeholders as the Secretary determines necessary.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HFC8FCD3939D44E0B8A98375FDDE4DE0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Plant biostimulant defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>plant biostimulant</term> means a substance or micro-organism that, when applied to seeds, plants, or the rhizosphere, stimulates natural processes to enhance or benefit nutrient uptake, nutrient efficiency, tolerance to abiotic stress, or crop quality and yield.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF6983E31539548B0A3F8514B24B256C8"><enum>9202.</enum><header>Pecan marketing orders</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, reenacted with amendments by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/608e-1">7 U.S.C. 608e–1(a)</external-xref>), is amended in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>pecans,</quote> after <quote>walnuts,</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HD1C83504528445259C95808882384B91" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>9203.</enum><header>Report on honey and maple syrup</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 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 examining the effect of the final rule entitled <quote>Food Labeling: Revision of the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels</quote>, published in the Federal Register by the Department of Agriculture on May 27, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 33742), (providing for updates to the nutrition facts panel on the labeling of packaged food) has on consumer perception regarding the <quote>added sugar</quote> statement required to be included on such panel by such final rule with respect to packaged food in which no sugar is added during processing, including pure honey and maple syrup.</text>
</section></subtitle><enum>X</enum><header>Crop Insurance</header>
<section id="H2640D6E037F048DE9CD1F2F2AE5558F6"><enum>10001.</enum><header>Treatment of forage and grazing</header>
<subsection id="H0266BA3D6DCA421080ABEB804967CEFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Availability of catastrophic risk protection for crops and grasses used for grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H5CFF12461E104A50B8F31FAF7CFCABFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(A) <header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">In general</header-in-text>.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8441D5DB96C94D4ABEE710B591F300D4"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE08B9A7E45E74BB6B9381D1077FF6954"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on multiple benefits for same loss</header><text>Section 508(n)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(n)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting before the period the following: <quote>or to coverage described in section 508D</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBE47E1D28D794A55981A21925C28AEF1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coverage for forage and grazing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting after section 508C (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508C">7 U.S.C. 1508C</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H8CE27327B0304E198A22A6A938E03880"><enum>508D.</enum><header>Coverage for forage and grazing</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 508A, and in addition to any other available coverage, for crops that can be both grazed and mechanically harvested on the same acres during the same growing season, producers shall be allowed to purchase, and be independently indemnified on, separate policies for each intended use, as determined by the Corporation.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H902A53F0D37B44329A6C625DFB99652E"><enum>10002.</enum><header>Administrative basic fee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(b)(5)(A) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(5)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$300</quote> and inserting <quote>$500</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HEE4930999CB347999169780734AEB0B4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>10003.</enum><header>Prevention of duplicative coverage</header>
<subsection id="H5BFED6A8C2EE4CA793ECC8D5F562B338"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(c)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="HD44F8D38ED0645BCB1A2342177DBDD3E"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Ineligible crops and acres</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Crops for which the producer has elected under section 1117 of the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title> to receive agriculture risk coverage and acres that are enrolled in the stacked income protection plan under section 508B shall not be eligible for—</text>
<clause id="H0D3ADFCF036C47C4B00620BE328F299A"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coverage based on an area yield and loss basis under paragraph (3)(A)(ii); or</text> </clause><clause id="H8DAC24ACC3CD4A2183467FDDD5470CB3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>supplemental coverage under paragraph (4)(C).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H4BD220B8360D40009C878B89CDB46BDA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(c)(4)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(c)(4)(C)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H9E401E27FEE44D8EAEA68836D098C915"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking clause (iv); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4725A226435A45CB942F3709B0503386"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (v) as clause (iv).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE236CDC13EBB4D2B94737B9C5712891A"><enum>10004.</enum><header>Repeal of unused authority</header> <subsection id="HCFEB882719DD47339379FF0804511269"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HFDA544205990452C8E1169E51F953C00"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7227C07B0C94470483C1821D98E8AE15"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H221F8BBA37D24263A4AC21291E0B5FB5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 508(a)(9)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)(B)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE58CC6B832774362B5A947F57E27E6C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (i), by inserting <quote>or</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB2C277B113FE4712961437AB919C458D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H13A1C04AAAEB47D9A77D12B9285D2A11"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H1533ED692EC2475E93546C4EC8E4A0B6"><enum>10005.</enum><header>Continued authority</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 508(g) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(g)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H5D2CF071AA424681BD736E0E8A4947B5"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Continued authority</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HAFE44CB4B34349038423E5FCDC23CBAD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall establish—</text> <clause commented="no" id="HA5D90870FBF9430398BC80663F6037CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>underwriting rules that limit the decrease in the actual production history of a producer, at the election of the producer, to not more than 10 percent of the actual production history of the previous crop year provided that the production decline was the result of drought, flood, natural disaster, or other insurable loss (as determined by the Corporation); and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H0411054771E1493A9A50A93E3FAFBEBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>actuarially sound premiums to cover additional risk.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF9EE82675AAC4FDFB7DD12FEB76CD13E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The authority provided under subparagraph (A) is in addition to any other authority that adjusts the actual production history of the producer under this Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0E0918B52B7B4AE29995D8DB5461C226"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to require a change in the carrying out of any provision of this Act as the Act was carried out for the 2018 reinsurance year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H762B815DD573409182D9A9EE8DAF0F53"><enum>10006.</enum><header>Program administration</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 516(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1516">7 U.S.C. 1516(b)(2)(C)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$9,000,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$7,000,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="HE01E27A46A2443CD9F98CA67D937B56C"><enum>10007.</enum><header>Maintenance of policies</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H3A4199B63FCF4EBF8D600FA698A0F078"><enum>(a)</enum><text>Section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H64E40C9A80B44C46BC4A17E24F459D63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (B) to read as follows:</text>
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<subparagraph commented="no" id="H2999AECE6DB64803B868F1081843C5C3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Reimbursement</header>
<clause commented="no" id="H95B2608453B14D40BED85E7D8EDA5868"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An applicant who submits a policy under section 508(h) shall be eligible for the reimbursement of reasonable and actual research and development costs directly related to the policy if the policy is approved by the Board for sale to producers.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HDDEA7076CE414975A36DD157BCD71388"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reasonable costs</header><text>For the purpose of reimbursing research and development and maintenance costs under this section, costs of the applicant shall be considered reasonable and actual costs if the costs are based on—</text>
<subclause commented="no" id="H11676955F72F465BAE4899241BDE1280"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">wage rates equal to 2 times the hourly wage rate plus benefits, as provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the year in which such costs are incurred, calculated using the formula applied to an applicant by the Corporation in reviewing proposed project budgets under this section on October 1, 2016; or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H78AE380119404FA0A634E8F696EF1767"><enum>(II)</enum><text>actual documented costs incurred by the applicant.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2A6D5C4667E043A899BB2CF49A9AEAF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H654FAF1DCA334072801B1FE46BD482E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>approved insurance provider</quote> and inserting <quote>applicant</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HF6793F28C5C04D1C9938A58DD0552E72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D)—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H81B64B57891A42B99AB79510B016DB92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>determined by the approved insurance provider</quote> and inserting <quote>determined by the applicant</quote>;</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="H05DBD95E748D497B8634EA71546DB012"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following new clauses:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="H07BF6A75E3F846B78D91EA874D2D2D8C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Approval</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), the Board shall approve the amount of a fee determined under clause (i) unless the Board determines, based on substantial evidence in the record, that the amount of the fee unnecessarily inhibits the use of the policy.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H4FF5CB847AEF4B7C82166E86F4EF39D4"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Consideration</header><text>The Board shall not disapprove a fee on the basis of—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H880A2C3DDDAA4A349C353A1F01DE4AF6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a comparison to maintenance fees paid with respect to the policy; or</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H8E423E3BDB1D483CAE454EDD17C144D5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the potential for the fee to result in a financial gain or loss to the applicant based on the number of policies sold.</text></subclause></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H7A49ED4E063D4E4C973D0112F9999313"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Applicability</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HF72045605C85448C9D50367BE9972A1A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to reimbursement requests made on or after October 1, 2016.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3D232B0764EF43B29E9C4FA53AF02503"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resubmission of denied request</header><text>An applicant that was denied all or a portion of a reimbursement request under paragraph (1) of section 522(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(b)</external-xref>) during the period between October 1, 2016 and the date of the enactment of this Act shall be given an opportunity to resubmit such request.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="HF48326708E464106A758F975010BFA7C"><enum>10008.</enum><header>Research and development priorities</header>
<subsection commented="no" id="H9184FA2EC4204EA5BA1D90F16D9E958E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of certain research and development activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="H869B57C77A224426BF481E540A4ECA4C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (7) through (18);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H0B4B22D81A684FDC87C14892008E0C4D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraphs (20) through (23); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H1ABD0B5847EC4D81ABD12EE8C7124AD5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (19) and (24) as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA0BC1A73B664859A0F7AC311EA35B1A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Whole farm application to beginning farmers and ranchers</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (7) of section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(c)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="id46E99F8F7A1B43699C40B2221F111F43" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Beginning farmer or rancher defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding section 502(b)(3), with respect to plans described under this paragraph, the term <term>beginning farmer or rancher</term> means a farmer or rancher who has not actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 10 crop years.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H751882033812442A9D97D4AC2C4BA0D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Research and development priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522(c)</external-xref>) as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
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<paragraph commented="no" id="H082ED0FC6BB44EA385D2F12344BDC5EE"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Tropical storm or hurricane insurance</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB94A56A3DADF401393EB73997027F35D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Corporation shall offer to enter into 1 or more contracts with qualified entities to carry out research and development regarding a policy to insure crops, including tomatoes, peppers, and citrus, against losses due to a tropical storm or hurricane.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H9E39DF5095DC4402B4F91382D14B1E9B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Research and development</header><text>Research and development with respect to the policy required under subparagraph (A) shall—</text> <clause commented="no" id="H7237C4C512744E5AB98343D60E001307"><enum>(i)</enum><text>evaluate the effectiveness of a risk management tool for a low frequency, catastrophic loss weather event; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="HEDA07C75AA6146EFA69C0AA716397931"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide protection for production or revenue losses, or both.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE9265B29895F45D5BEF2B15A272C36A0"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Subsurface irrigation practices</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract with a qualified entity to conduct research and development regarding the creation of a separate practice for subsurface irrigation, including the establishment of a separate transitional yield within the county that is reflective of the average gain in productivity and yield associated with the installation of a subsurface irrigation system.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HC27302C8C7424EA2B1102066087D6572"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Study and report on grain sorghum rates and yields</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4A612B63E81F4510AEF6513A6AF27430"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall contract with a qualified entity to conduct a study to assess the difference in rates, average yields, and coverage levels of grain sorghum policies as compared to other feed grains within a county.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6F9398432DFF483399C62E5567B1FEC7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation 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 results of the study conducted under subparagraph (A).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HFC114D54AE494A5DBCBBB0877D2C39C9"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Quality losses</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4C158440F36A4936AD8D0F833C30A1D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Corporation shall offer to enter into a contract with a qualified entity to conduct research and development regarding the establishment of an alternative method of adjusting for quality losses that does not impact the average production history of producers.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H3AE0E85D32BE4EB3A663BFAC56377559"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding subsections (g) and (m) of section 508, if the Corporation uses any method developed as a result of the contract described in subparagraph (A) to adjust for quality losses, such method shall be—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="HC3C3EE4524144311B4AE3A6E3F23E9EF"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">optional for producers to elect to use; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="HD1FB1B078FA147E79CB1F2CD4E1BE745"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>offered at an actuarially sound premium rate.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" id="H0B0AC7F012E044DDA33D8B90AD7D5477"><enum>10009.</enum><header>Extension of funding for research and development</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 522 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1522">7 U.S.C. 1522</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph commented="no" id="HED0B0FBEE4744E49B722C22766298536"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H98A01961F9D64C888D4B26D307DFA40F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(A)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H3C92606411DD4EF492A8B3FF70C03D5D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>under subsections (c) and (d)</quote> and inserting <quote>under subsection (c)</quote> ; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H4360899564724D1088D971C5D6734854"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>not more than $12,500,000 for fiscal year 2008 and each subsequent fiscal year.</quote> and inserting the following:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HA2C778B4FB204A81854A06175CA8CADF" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <text>not more than—</text><clause commented="no" id="H696BAA583B2D4D8E8F1B308D3ACA88D4"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$12,500,000 for fiscal year 2008 through 2018; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H6ACA27E07AB348CE8E44FFB5287B39B0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<clause commented="no" id="HC35BB0FA908C4D038CC39573F914A714"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H28EF93AAE56F4E668A9D8F864FE6B19A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating subsection (e), as so amended, as subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" id="H8894BE04897F4BB48150B6D37C7AD0D6"><enum>10010.</enum><header>Education and risk management assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 524 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1524">7 U.S.C. 1524</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2D4752E38C74363B43F1A7B4CEB5908" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <section commented="no" id="H1E05760FD1794E93A489237D31AB7D73"><enum>524.</enum><header>Education and risk management assistance</header> <subsection commented="no" id="H668BBB14853442458C3652A5CE5DD458"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Education Assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to the amounts made available under subsection (d), the Secretary, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall carry out the program established under subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6DE42D0E175147809C8C4A7FAD803AF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Partnerships for risk management education</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H2B38562428A74B948D8DF547A098EE56"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>The Secretary, acting through the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, shall establish a program under which competitive grants are made to qualified public and private entities (including land-grant colleges, cooperative extension services, and colleges or universities), as determined by the Secretary, for the purpose of educating agricultural producers about the full range of risk management activities, including futures, options, agricultural trade options, crop insurance, cash forward contracting, debt reduction, production diversification, farm resources risk reduction, farm financial benchmarking, and other risk management strategies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HB3F99087EF444481A8B67C2482E2179C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Basis for grants</header><text>A grant under this subsection shall be awarded on the basis of merit and shall be subject to peer or merit review.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HF075131031C34CED8AB3F5CA2217833A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Obligation period</header><text>Funds for a grant under this subsection shall be available to the Secretary for obligation for a 2-year period.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H7EA0F9572D044ECF9124E45A63A4DE0E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text>The Secretary may use not more than 4 percent of the funds made available for grants under this subsection for administrative costs incurred by the Secretary in carrying out this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H4C72F69882644B0A87B9859DA3601573"><enum>(c)</enum><header> Requirements</header><text>In carrying out the program established under subsection (b), the Secretary shall place special emphasis on risk management strategies (including farm financial benchmarking), education, and outreach specifically targeted at—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H4F8A28A782E642F099129B674A55C5B8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>beginning farmers or ranchers;</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HE8543485203B4C77881B6A87F173BAA2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>legal immigrant farmers or ranchers that are attempting to become established producers in the United States;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2BAF0706E57241AB8473ADE7465FC0E6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H6E3504C8D14047C284E5C36314386E58"><enum>(4)</enum><text>farmers or ranchers that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H7A25E139656E4F6CB778B8851439575D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>are preparing to retire;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H66E0D26203AB4D6F8200670660881140"><enum>(B)</enum><text>are using transition strategies to help new farmers or ranchers get started; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H18C7726CFC7C4C6393353FB569175793"><enum>(C)</enum><text>new or established farmers or ranchers that are converting production and marketing systems to pursue new markets.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H6F463BDB37124E20A68F934591499F03"><enum>(d)</enum><header> Funding</header><text>From the insurance fund established under section 516(c), there is transferred for the partnerships for risk management education program established under subsection (b) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2018 and each subsequent fiscal year.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>XI</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<subtitle id="HAC87B3128F484BF28116A2A486FDCCEA"><enum>A</enum><header>Livestock</header>
<section id="HD0E88E26047C4EDBAA1A81B96877F5C5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11101.</enum><header>Animal Disease Preparedness and Response</header>
<subsection id="HF194AC4175BE469DAA2228004243655E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Animal Health Protection Act is amended by inserting after section 10409A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8308A">7 U.S.C. 8308A</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H4B0A70E05E944A6E810A774F967954AB"><enum>10409B.</enum><header>National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program</header>
<subsection id="H48CAA6B2B45448F9B291AD5CA91ABEF3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Program required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program, to be known as the <quote>National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program</quote>, to address the increasing risk of the introduction and spread of animal pests and diseases affecting the economic interests of the livestock and related industries of the United States, including the maintenance and expansion of export markets.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H97127E6D65BF45E1BBF8FBF682D943C6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible entities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To carry out the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, the Secretary shall offer to enter into cooperative agreements, or other legal instruments, with eligible entities, to be selected by the Secretary, which may include any of the following entities, either individually or in combination:</text>
<paragraph id="H025D3168A5164F55B7C4CD0D7081DD35"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A State department of agriculture.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC58FEB50322344BCBF5A4A0F3997BC4B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The office of the chief animal health official of a State.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEE89751A00C044F4BE596482BCB8CAD2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A land-grant college or university or NLGCA Institution (as those terms are defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/3103">7 U.S.C. 3103</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8AC8C0322FB64F1FB5D63C7F888A2C8E"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A college of veterinary medicine, including a veterinary emergency team at such college.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5065652AAC154C9FABB3D0078ED0B527"><enum>(5)</enum><text>A State or national livestock producer organization with direct and significant economic interest in livestock production.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF8568EB2FD78400DB9AAF69C110579C2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>A State emergency agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE88FB32F9021438A94C9A2E38547BB76"><enum>(7)</enum><text>A State, national, allied, or regional veterinary organization or specialty board recognized by the American Veterinary Medical Association.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H82FF50CD8A5D4BD5B21C2313E94AAF6A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>An Indian Tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/5304">25 U.S.C. 5304</external-xref>)).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB701464B13844D386F417F71B214262"><enum>(9)</enum><text>A Federal agency.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H217A0FD18D344BF5B905B4905CBBECDD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Activities</header> <paragraph id="H835457C21B4746398644B8C8D5FBEA09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities under the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program shall include, to the extent practicable, the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HF4346313C1A4464B8B880A73AB23E531"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Enhancing animal pest and disease analysis and surveillance.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H356592AEB8F7476DA0D76840DD44F2C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Expanding outreach and education.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H19B4575235E246FEAF2122CE55ABACDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Targeting domestic inspection activities at vulnerable points in the safeguarding continuum.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H957D78501B604198858587F598185EC6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Enhancing and strengthening threat identification and technology.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H54BFF0126EFF4282A45580ABBDF6EAE6"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Improving biosecurity.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC94667B38CA4F19B61D53D8D070359F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing emergency preparedness and response capabilities, including training additional emergency response personnel.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B42FC1F5A4A4F21996083C4116C19E2"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Conducting technology development and enhancing electronic sharing of animal health data for risk analysis between State and Federal animal health officials.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD23D38F41B324C4CA7757BFA1270BAC8"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing the development and effectiveness of animal health technologies to treat and prevent animal disease, including—</text>
<clause id="H5DE43075258F4540B03844B2925DE6CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>veterinary biologics and diagnostics;</text> </clause><clause id="H85594C79D7FC4A68A16EAC70F309D697"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>animal drugs for minor use and minor species; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDB341B3786D6425CBB7CD84329690A67"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>animal medical devices.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H77EFD953E2E744DC938916283FCE46C4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>Such other activities as determined appropriate by the Secretary, in consultation with eligible entities specified in subsection (b).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFACC1B189BAE483893BB9386CD9F70B4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Priorities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In entering into cooperative agreements or other legal instruments under subsection (b), the Secretary shall give priority to applications submitted by—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDD5B1019555A4B0C81691A773CAC29D7"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State department of agriculture or an office of the chief animal health official of a State; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53B77D9A76AA4E5CA1B341B979DC598E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an eligible entity that will carry out program activities in a State or region—</text>
<clause id="HD67B3C9EAB324A419B9E370906661F12"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in which an animal pest or disease is a Federal concern; or</text> </clause><clause id="HA7ECDA45705540C48856B6769FF5CD53"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">which the Secretary determines has potential for the spread of an animal pest or disease after taking into consideration—</text>
<subclause id="HE6161A7D312D47A5A09470BCAB7A6EE1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the agricultural industries in the State or region;</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBB87CA901AC148E7971367722D919A5F"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">factors contributing to animal disease or pest in the State or region, such as the climate, natural resources, and geography of, and native and exotic wildlife species and other disease vectors in, the State or region; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H5BF4464EEFDE45CABBBFF71F86315DD0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the movement of animals in the State or region.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H457780ABB4124722B1D87EB593A6B508"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>For purposes of setting priorities under this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with eligible entities specified in subsection (b). The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to consultation carried out under this paragraph.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H247AF17DB12A42B283FCD55A03255D64"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Application</header>
<paragraph id="HA258E16D372445518A69677B6688C39F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An eligible entity specified in subsection (b) seeking to enter into a cooperative agreement, or other legal instrument, under the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program shall submit to the Secretary an application containing such information as the Secretary may require.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8552497D320142B495BF4C5125B181EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The Secretary shall notify each applicant of—</text> <subparagraph id="H1EAEBFE4B5684725BF4BA14430F3AC10"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirements to be imposed on the recipient of funds under the Program for auditing of, and reporting on, the use of such funds; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6CD0408872714C168CE71A085C8AE967"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the criteria to be used to ensure activities supported using such funds are based on sound scientific data or thorough risk assessments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HBE3BAD765CA14486BAFFB3EEC1A31DA7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Non-Federal contributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">When deciding whether to enter into an agreement or other legal instrument under the Program with an eligible entity described in subsection (b), the Secretary—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HB481F929C12D49D6894ADF0B41132A42"><enum>(A)</enum><text>may take into consideration an eligible entity’s ability to contribute non-Federal funds to carry out such a cooperative agreement or other legal instrument under the Program; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H536242E4AE054F9EB1A45361C0937805"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not require such an entity to make such a contribution.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6FD5FF98E6EE499C856BDC0BAC6038AD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of funds</header> <paragraph id="HF569D0C1146C42A2B4894EFB785EC592"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use consistent with terms of cooperative agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The recipient of funds under the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program shall use the funds for the purposes and in the manner provided in the cooperative agreement, or other legal instrument, under which the funds are provided.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H551755B09BDF48599E15B396B4FD72D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sub-agreement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section prevents an eligible entity from using funds received under the Program to enter into sub-agreements with political subdivisions of State that have legal responsibilities relating to animal disease prevention, surveillance, or rapid response.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA4E9874EBC874CAA9F49DEB982A95053"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Reporting requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of completion of an activity conducted using funds provided under the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, the recipient of such funds shall submit to the Secretary a report that describes the purposes and results of the activities.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H66FA4A1F8E334F2480DA9C6A87598B09"><enum>(b)</enum><header>National Animal Health Vaccine Bank</header><text>The Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8301">7 U.S.C. 8301</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 10409B, as added by subsection (a), the following new section:</text>
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<section id="HAC627B7A5D4743C6B862E0CFC4D03D5C"><enum>10409C.</enum><header>National Animal Health Vaccine Bank</header>
<subsection id="H99E321F7788E40D3A67EA10062E04A7B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a national vaccine bank (to be known as the <quote>National Animal Health Vaccine Bank</quote>) for the benefit of the domestic interests of the United States and to help protect the United States agriculture and food system against terrorist attack, major disaster, and other emergencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H5C6BF38F97324F0A86256CC8905D8CC3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Elements of vaccine bank</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Through the National Animal Health Vaccine Bank, the Secretary shall—</text> <paragraph id="H9BF8587D1E664E3FB41A52DE2BAE0950"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">maintain sufficient quantities of animal vaccine, antiviral, therapeutic, or diagnostic products to appropriately and rapidly respond to an outbreak of those animal diseases that would have the most damaging effect on human health or the United States economy; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7E65A389E3914CEF8C94392056542C63"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leverage, when appropriate, the mechanisms and infrastructure that have been developed for the management, storage, and distribution of the National Veterinary Stockpile of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0BEC9668FF504E1496E43C371AD055A1"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priority for response to foot and mouth disease</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall prioritize the acquisition of sufficient quantities of foot and mouth disease vaccine, and accompanying diagnostic products, for the National Animal Health Vaccine Bank. As part of such prioritization, the Secretary shall consider contracting with one or more entities that are capable of producing foot and mouth disease vaccine and that have surge production capacity of the vaccine.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H93B74211CE2F492C88B73E6D18CF6A27"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H3737868A45B0417AA9E0591F3C210E13"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8316">7 U.S.C. 8316</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
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<subsection id="H35ACB72991D44B65852599B30DC0321B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Availability of funds for specified purposes</header>
<paragraph id="HEC3E8E03CB4D4BA2AA7232F9603BC5B3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Mandatory funding</header>
<subparagraph id="H185DD622D79743A9A2BE87D30E9F16CF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Fiscal year 2019</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available for fiscal year 2019 $250,000,000 to carry out sections 10409A, 10409B, and 10409C, of which—</text>
<clause id="HB2DFED60F52040F6B1195A14B5B45F67"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$30,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the National Animal Health Laboratory Network under section 10409A;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBE1EE037422A4DF4952858CD2FF13E41"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$70,000,000 shall be made available to carry out the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program under section 10409B; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9F8BFBF7EDD4D7580A7510CDDD9FFD8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$150,000,000 shall be made available to establish and maintain the National Animal Health Vaccine Bank under section 10409C.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF9F87922D5E4B10B166F54DEEFA4C5B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Subsequent fiscal years</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make available to carry out sections 10409A, 10409B, and 10409C, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 2023, of which not less than $30,000,000 shall be made available for each of those fiscal years to carry out the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program under section 10409B.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB40B88A399DD4EDAB17B0F306F58A788"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Additional authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to the funds made available under subparagraphs (A)(i) and (B) of paragraph (1) and funds authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023 to carry out the National Animal Health Laboratory Network under section 10409A.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H18C490E534DB41B5BA876E39F8DC3061"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administrative costs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds made available under subparagraphs (A)(i), (A)(ii), and (B) and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), not more than four percent may be retained by the Secretary to pay administrative costs incurred by the Secretary to carry out the National Animal Health Laboratory Network under section 10409A and the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program under section 10409B. Of the funds made available under subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (B) to carry out the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program under section 10409B and (B) of such paragraph, not more than ten percent may be retained by an eligible entity to pay administrative costs incurred by the eligible entity to carry out such program.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA84727A8A03D49298FB759DCA9949497"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of availability</header><text>Funds made available under this subsection, including any proceeds credited under paragraph (5), shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4342C386BF2B4C8D85927238F5180D61"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Proceeds from vaccine sales</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any proceeds of a sale of vaccine or antigen from the National Animal Health Vaccine Bank shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H3A69163017174127A193A90796233137"><enum>(A)</enum><text>deposited into the Treasury of the United States; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4928EEBDFAEF427B9128B9043BBC4401"><enum>(B)</enum><text>credited to the account for the operation of the National Animal Health Vaccine Bank.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA013DE6155F34344B6F276949A7D38F0"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Limitations on use of funds for certain purposes</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds made available under the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response Program, and the National Animal Health Vaccine Bank shall not be used for the construction of a new building or facility or the acquisition or expansion of an existing building or facility, including site grading and improvement and architect fees.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H867B7BE7ECEF4478B8A2AAD0647B4563"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="HAB71F89EBF9E4CA2AEDD3801880840A2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Section heading</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The heading of section 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8316">7 U.S.C. 8316</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
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<section id="H166C5001EDF84884AB7E39C7B32C27E3"><enum>10417.</enum><header>Funding</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71BAB3C270BE450D81BE71744A705EFC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Other amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10417 of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8316">7 U.S.C. 8316</external-xref>) is further amended—</text> <clause id="H0BEEB503FB0C4518B4AE616914A3D85A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subsection (a), by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">In General</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">General Authorization of Appropriations</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H089968E1BCA4447081B7798E8CBFB5F3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subsection (c), by striking <quote>to carry out this subtitle</quote> and inserting <quote>pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a)</quote>.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA558850E1A9C47D29F3D04A49885A27B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Repeal of separate authorization of National Animal Health Laboratory Network</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 10409A of the Animal Health Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8308A">7 U.S.C. 8308A(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD19126C0614446EC848D3CC7C62A12D6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">National Aquatic Animal Health Plan</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 11013(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8322">7 U.S.C. 8322(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="H7CF508693DFA4A059AFE2D4F55955A25"><enum>11103.</enum><header>Veterinary training</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 10504 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8318">7 U.S.C. 8318</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H141DA18E67544BDD862E1448D1AA32BE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>and veterinary teams, including those based at colleges of veterinary medicine,</quote> after <quote>veterinarians</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1B5685F0283B4DDA98448E1A0BC9ED95"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>and who are capable of providing effective services before, during, and after emergencies</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="HB71F9590086847D791DE0C502E67FEC1"><enum>11104.</enum><header>Report on FSIS guidance and outreach to small meat processors</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Agriculture shall submit to the Secretary a report on the effectiveness of existing Food Safety and Inspection Service guidance materials and other tools used by small and very small establishments, as defined by regulations issued by the Food Safety and Inspection Service, as in effect on such date of enactment, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H148243D860E84A87AFE689EA7C027307"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the outreach conducted by the Food Safety and Inspection Service to small and very small establishments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1D7A9085BFA040058E1DFFDB3F8B10D6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an evaluation of the effectiveness of the guidance materials and other tools used by the Food Safety and Inspection Service to assist small and very small establishments;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC7E31D1F72EE42B8B7ED8C5AA648E932"><enum>(3)</enum><text>an evaluation of the responsiveness of Food Safety and Inspection Service personnel to inquiries and issues from small and very small establishments; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16015459B4814612886E2CF0F5A246E3"><enum>(4)</enum><text>recommendations on measures the Food Safety and Inspection Service should take to improve regulatory clarity and consistency and ensure all guidance materials and other tools take into account small and very small establishments.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA295E330C22A449BB64A4998FD6D1956"><enum>B</enum><header>Beginning, Socially Disadvantaged, and Veteran Producers</header>
<section id="HCC0AB30DCE8243A7A11ABA93690B5ABE"><enum>11201.</enum><header>Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and
ranchers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 2501(a)(4) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2279">7 U.S.C. 2279(a)(4)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2D20D47856A84623A22EA6E829AAF8DB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6AE6BB78BF2B434E8969A03DBFA0FA61"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">2018</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">2023</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6437E3BA6B6B4B8DB00E2918611DF35D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE0E597FF053044BB9C0F5AA7689F8313"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE92DE5EFDEA546FCB20D215723A0BC36"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C6346C0E122469AAF29EC9A63A456C9" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H125EDAD7B2B14BD687B6A304E9269737"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In making grants and entering into contracts and other agreements under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to projects that—</text>
<clause id="H9D5A344713DA47619B6A39274F87B7CE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>deliver agricultural education to youth under the age of 18 in underserved and underrepresented communities;</text>
</clause><clause id="H26C43916A117473994C83981707208F6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>provide youth under the age of 18 with agricultural employment or volunteer opportunities, or both; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0AE3F24D54914AF096B2205FE59DB930"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>demonstrate experience in providing such education or opportunities to socially disadvantaged youth.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C0F7F07E4384EF9BFF32446256A409B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H64169B8BE85A4E4A96C461555192B76F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11202.</enum><header>Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement</header> <subsection id="H0EB01EDC089341D58B2A9FBE6094F7B7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Changing name of office</header> <paragraph id="HE9F1AEFABBF94990A879E1AF157505C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 226B of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6934">7 U.S.C. 6934</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H569D4E029C6F44E2B64F7F9CE548102C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the section heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Advocacy and Outreach</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Partnerships and Public Engagement</header-in-text></quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4497C4E3040841D1A21E1F8D18DFAB48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Advocacy and Outreach</quote> each place it appears in subsections (a)(2), (b)(1), and (d)(4)(B) and inserting <quote>Partnerships and Public Engagement</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD4BC992AAE3A4A9CBBF69078D8C2D820"><enum>(2)</enum><header>References</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, any reference to the Office of Advocacy and Outreach established under section 226B of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6934">7 U.S.C. 6934</external-xref>) in any other provision of Federal law shall be deemed to be a reference to the Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF5B486908AC540A2AFAC4F166CB65180"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increasing outreach</header><text>Section 226B of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6934">7 U.S.C. 6934</external-xref>), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBBF0A21091824902B58F04811F135281"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text> <subparagraph id="H00534B858BD14E039A4A3618E509A52F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA78EC39455734D60AD0409E8D3E35C3D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text> <clause id="H25878C3408C141DD91D339B4F447717C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (ii), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</clause><clause id="H50E77638F14345CDA04C49DFBEC438C0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H131F2131ACF243E1B783E988E63B9A13"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new clauses:</text>
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<clause id="H49476B91350943178D78A2E3701D1340"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">limited resource producers;</text> </clause><clause id="H228872C9633246088E538824C221EB69"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">veteran farmers and ranchers; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFA6DFC45891A4DCC84D0C5882D0456AA"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tribal farmers and ranchers; and</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H906729FAF21141FAB6FB7D800527CC97"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text>
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<subparagraph id="H2976C831B10641C39F68CA427600EAB5"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote youth outreach.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC90BC4A858504570AEB08B710EEC4CCD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC2965DECE5AD41ADB0E7631F23E8E556"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>veteran farmers and ranchers, Tribal farmers and ranchers,</quote> after <quote>beginning farmers or ranchers,</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3CA6CD91AF8D4ECDA9EB06C00F17F5C7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>or socially disadvantaged</quote> and inserting <quote>socially disadvantaged, veteran, or Tribal</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H533D8B4E838D46FBAE2827CA965AF59E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (5), by inserting <quote>veteran farmers or ranchers, Tribal farmers or ranchers,</quote> after <quote>beginning farmers or ranchers,</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H32037AC5FAD34FBBBB8176C42C939C8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 226B(f)(3)(B) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6934">7 U.S.C. 6934(f)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0BDB0B9FCB7445BEA394152E04EE059E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Office of Tribal Relations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 309 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6921">7 U.S.C. 6921</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>of the Secretary</quote> and inserting <quote>of Partnerships and Public Engagement established under section 226B</quote>.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HA61A3606500542F1B57D02BA3599E758"><enum>11203.</enum><header>Commission on Farm Transitions—Needs for 2050</header>
<subsection id="H71425231EDCA4D648EBF4A8F9DB5E5E4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established a commission to be known as the <quote>Commission on Farm Transitions–Needs for 2050 </quote> (referred to in this section as the <quote>Commission</quote>).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H9BBE50D5486048918B4AB730FA69DB2C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Study</header><text>The Commission shall conduct a study on issues impacting the transition of agricultural operations from established farmers and ranchers to the next generation of farmers and ranchers, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H9EAF999F3F3649118E62AB765A489CCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>access to, and availability of—</text> <subparagraph id="H231902F34E75428CB05410DC2DE2B9BB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>quality land and necessary infrastructure;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE835BCFDD4E94615A4CE82F1025FF7C9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affordable credit; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6FAB7009130467483E39A1BF9546D0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>adequate risk management tools;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB5F0E1552DA943A2A790463094A2D86B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>agricultural asset transfer strategies in use as of the date of the enactment of this Act and improvements to such strategies;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H516B8DE948F44DBCAE555D2542F6843E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>incentives that may facilitate agricultural asset transfers to the next generation of farmers and ranchers, including recommendations for new Federal tax policies to facilitate lifetime and estate transfers;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA930652C551945F48A99D5484BF3E9F5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the causes of the failures of such transitions, if any; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA5ED7DA992984682BF946AADF3805FB5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the status of programs and incentives providing assistance with respect to such transitions in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, and opportunities for the revision or modernization of such programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H21A913FA0DDB4884922D132F07E5A15D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HC88BB03E20EA493AAA614733044A17ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Commission shall be composed of 10 members as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H8F704436838D43ED87332E46C3E08E14"><enum>(A)</enum><text>3 members appointed by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6ED44B7FF884D55BFA86FAB117020B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>3 members appointed by the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB4358B95F2014CFE942576B384FB8E25"><enum>(C)</enum><text>3 members appointed by the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40F95ED6BF424DE78ABFDE82D4159243"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2BD4DDEC097247AEA294DE69CCBF74E9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal government employment</header><text>In addition to the Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture, the membership of the Commission may include 1 or more employees of the Department of Agriculture or other Federal agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF42732DB6D24CC894A508BAF89B8376"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Date of appointments</header><text>The appointment of a member of the Commission shall be made not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0C89BC7CD574464DA79855F3E753712B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Term; vacancies</header>
<subparagraph id="H5CA8DBCDC76C493088B7C964E30D2A14"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Term</header><text>A member shall be appointed for the life of the Commission.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C1C306E3B3245D0869896C7E764F71B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A vacancy on the Commission—</text>
<clause id="HD35D17CE7D774108BEC36AF992BC9AA6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>shall not affect the powers of the Commission; and</text> </clause><clause id="H31DF6F2CDF76495DA1F6680950001ABC"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment was made.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6BB2FFCEE7094F61A26AB7516E2DF6F4"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Initial meeting</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date on which all members of the Commission have been appointed, the Commission shall hold the initial meeting of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDDFB811B2A3B442E8211E2511ACB9EE3"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quorum</header><text>A majority of the members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1EE3C477B0CA4F668A0C932E2E000B87"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The Secretary shall appoint 1 of the members of the Commission to serve as Chairperson of the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7B06431822EF4A76A8B7F24E25F95BB5"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall submit to the President, the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report containing the results of the study required by subsection (b), including such recommendations as the Commission considers appropriate.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB85A3C65FD2F49E3A077CA0E891BB316"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Hearings</header><text>The Commission may hold such hearings, meet and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission considers advisable to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H797C8EB4ECF84336B5CCAC3F3823D6F4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Information from Federal agencies</header><text>The Commission may secure directly from a Federal agency such information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out this section. On request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the head of the agency shall provide the information to the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB76BB34ED47641FABAB8F31DD5006063"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Postal services</header><text>The Commission may use the United States mail in the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the Federal Government.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBD3B0B52A95145BFA6E18CF742BE7149"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Assistance from secretary</header><text>The Secretary may provide to the Commission appropriate office space and such reasonable administrative and support services as the Commission may request.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB720888130B940429DA3D2DCF4E83792"><enum>(k)</enum><header>Compensation of members</header>
<paragraph id="H95197011632440EF8B63EF81C98DAA9D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Non-federal employees</header><text>A member of the Commission who is not an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the member is engaged in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4B225E812DF46698D1D51719836AA3E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal employees</header><text>A member of the Commission who is an officer or employee of the Federal Government shall serve without compensation in addition to the compensation received for the services of the member as an officer or employee of the Federal Government.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1CF154634FF4335B84B5A9AF5AF67CC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>A member of the Commission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for an employee of an agency under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H782382E1E9CF41929E4EF089973FBFB2"><enum>(l)</enum><header>Federal Advisory Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission or any proceeding of the Commission.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF790B6378EC745CEBFE2605CC2550F8A"><enum>11204.</enum><header>Agricultural youth organization coordinator</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 220 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6920">7 U.S.C. 6920</external-xref>) the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H7F7C94397E0F43E4B649BE12AD267748"><enum>221.</enum><header>Agricultural youth organization coordinator</header>
<subsection id="HB68085C359C142859A80256EB7B523BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization</header><text>The Secretary shall establish in the Department the position of Agricultural Youth Organization Coordinator.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB4755D9301364C699D247F504782A68B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The Agricultural Youth Organization Coordinator shall—</text> <paragraph id="H1B8183BBCA83454FA82153E7AF03076A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promote the role of youth-serving organizations and school-based agricultural education in motivating and preparing young people to pursue careers in the agriculture, food, and natural resources systems;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H960EC939392C41808D235B607ADE3F24"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work to help build awareness of the reach and importance of agriculture, across a diversity of fields and disciplines;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B32DFAE932C4FA8A3BA02158F5044A5"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify short-term and long-term interests of the Department and provide opportunities, resources, input, and coordination with programs and agencies of the Department to youth-serving organizations and school-based agricultural education, including the development of internship opportunities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AEF4368515F4B42896E0CAFBFE08291"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">share, internally and externally, the extent to which active steps are being taken to encourage collaboration with, and support of, youth-serving organizations and school-based agricultural education;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9749A474136948E582FDCEEA923E50F6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>provide information to young farmers concerning the availability of, and eligibility requirements for, participation in agricultural programs, with particular emphasis on beginning farmer and rancher programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA018DAAB8D94A458FDAFBA50DB76DEF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>serve as a resource for assisting young farmers in applying for participation in agricultural programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05DCF90C3FA84DABA5F392D325D76744"><enum>(7)</enum><text>advocate on behalf of young farmers in interactions with employees of the Department.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF48D3B5D92204218BCBC4DF47A244BFB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contracts and cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out the duties under subsection (b), the Agricultural Youth Organization Coordinator shall consult with the cooperative extension and the land-grant university systems, and may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with the research centers of the Agricultural Research Service, cooperative extension and the land-grant university systems, non-land-grant colleges of agriculture, or nonprofit organizations for—</text>
<paragraph id="H2E01976874854A84A471E468996832FB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the conduct of regional research on the profitability of small farms;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H062DB241E1014DF18112B1BFFA572B0C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the development of educational materials;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H444A203A024346838303DB4388181027"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the conduct of workshops, courses, and certified vocational training;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA048722E8B7B4DED95545F0A027CE6B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the conduct of mentoring activities; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAF03467721F34E52BC1185C77B5758F6"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the provision of internship opportunities.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section></subtitle><subtitle id="HE32C5B8A572946E7BFE00086AAC596AB"><enum>C</enum><header>Textiles</header> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC3EB6D77603C45F7A7DAEB0CA5597D9B" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11301.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of Pima Agriculture Cotton Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective December 31, 2018, the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2101">7 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 12314 (and by conforming the items relating to such section in the table of sections accordingly).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC11DDF99F9C442998D1C6F4B6C86BF0D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11302.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of Agriculture Wool Apparel Manufacturers Trust Fund</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective December 31, 2018, the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2101">7 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 12315 (and by conforming the items relating to such section in the table of sections accordingly).</text>
</section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H414C8065E3254D1BADD48FCA54A899E4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11303.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Repeal of wool research and promotion grants funding</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective December 31, 2018, the Agricultural Act of 2014 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2101">7 U.S.C. 2101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/113/79">Public Law 113–79</external-xref>) is amended by striking section 12316 (and by conforming the items relating to such section in the table of sections accordingly).</text>
</section><section id="H469CD965C57F40BE9FE21A0C3CFC869B"><enum>11304.</enum><header>Textile Trust Fund</header>
<subsection id="HC5B3619202C44252A7CB3742CA177286"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund, to be known as the <quote>Textile Trust Fund</quote>, consisting of such amounts as may be transferred to the Textile Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (e), and to be used for the purposes of—</text>
<paragraph id="H91DC118DE0A44053AD363571FBDFBB44"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reducing the injury to domestic manufacturers resulting from tariffs on cotton fabric that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel articles made of cotton fabric;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFFAEB51DCBB94E7780B045E5CF102A5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reducing the injury to domestic manufacturers resulting from tariffs on wool products that are higher than tariffs on certain apparel articles made of wool products; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H03249D23D44B4714A26264C4898A7465"><enum>(3)</enum><text>wool research and promotion<italic></italic>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H55C7017DCF42467B87561B3E19499A38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Distribution of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From amounts in the Textile Trust Fund, the Secretary shall make payments annually, beginning in calendar year 2019, for each of calendar years 2019 through 2023 as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="HEBBDF1D72ABC4BA3A4A33F8619D248C6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Pima cotton</header><text>From amounts specified in subsection (e)(2)(A), the Secretary shall make payments as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="H1D04F02C0A7D4D7ABB7484D078E14F8E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Twenty-five percent of such amounts for a calendar year shall be paid to one or more nationally recognized associations established for the promotion of pima cotton for use in textile and apparel goods.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H686ED1B7BC924831B77EB5897B9F65EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Twenty-five percent of such amounts for a calendar year shall be paid to yarn spinners of pima cotton that produce ring spun cotton yarns in the United States, to be allocated to each spinner in an amount that bears the same ratio as—</text>
<clause id="H3FBD7E672EE246318289C6A80D3130AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the spinner’s production of ring spun cotton yarns, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number) from pima cotton in single and plied form during the previous calendar year (as evidenced by an affidavit provided by the spinner that meets the requirements of subsection (c)(1)); bears to</text>
</clause><clause id="HA68C68E347E8473EAEA42F755D7BB63A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the production of the yarns described in clause (i) during the previous calendar year for all spinners who qualify under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1D3C5DCBB5324299982255CD5B7C7044"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fifty percent of such amounts for a calendar year shall be paid to manufacturers who cut and sew cotton shirts in the United States who certify that they used imported cotton fabric during the previous calendar year, to be allocated to each such manufacturer in an amount that bears the same ratio as—</text>
<clause id="HE0B59A0F7E7E47C7B284F52740E44129"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the dollar value (excluding duty, shipping, and related costs) of imported woven cotton shirting fabric of 80s or higher count and 2-ply in warp purchased by the manufacturer during the previous calendar year (as evidenced by an affidavit provided by the manufacturer that meets the requirements of subsection (c)(2)) used in the manufacturing of men’s and boys’ cotton shirts; bears to</text>
</clause><clause id="H166A69AA714042A28309A64ADFFC66D2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the dollar value (excluding duty, shipping, and related costs) of the fabric described in clause (i) purchased during the previous calendar year by all manufacturers who qualify under this subparagraph.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA0D61C8FBA9642F68AB5A13C86EA56C1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Wool manufacturers</header><text>From amounts specified in subsection (e)(2)(B), the Secretary shall make payments as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HEDFEFAE668F545C69BEE8322D2279741"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To each eligible manufacturer under paragraph (3) of section 4002(c) of the Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/429">Public Law 108–429</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 2600), as amended by section 1633(c) of the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/280">Public Law 109–280</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 1166) and section 325(b) of the Tax Extenders and Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (division C of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/343">Public Law 110–343</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 3875), and any successor-in-interest to such a manufacturer as provided for under paragraph (4) of such section 4002(c), that submits an affidavit in accordance with subsection (c)(3) for the year of the payment for calendar years 2019 through 2023, payments in amounts authorized under that paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE141CB2F23C94928B8B327E9F5AD2400"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To each eligible manufacturer under paragraph (6) of such section 4002(c) for calendar years 2019 through 2023, payments in amounts authorized under that paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF4DF351439814C479B459E8495AE8BA8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Affidavits</header>
<paragraph id="HAA1DCAA8887343AA97241C4B2DBC8140"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Yarn Spinners</header><text>The affidavit required by subsection (b)(1)(B)(i) for a calendar year is a notarized affidavit provided by an officer of a producer of ring spun yarns that affirms—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC211D387169424FA04EF550D4B2A4C5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that the producer used pima cotton during the year in which the affidavit is filed and during the previous calendar year to produce ring spun cotton yarns in the United States, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), in single and plied form;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBE5DB5CBF5EB4224A949FA09198EA6F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity, measured in pounds, of ring spun cotton yarns, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), in single and plied form during the previous calendar year; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H58F9C47F1D074497BB07FD81470C2AD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that the producer maintains supporting documentation showing the quantity of such yarns produced, and evidencing the yarns as ring spun cotton yarns, measuring less than 83.33 decitex (exceeding 120 metric number), in single and plied form during the previous calendar year.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDC38E9561BCD44D28E5232116AF5F643"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Shirting Manufacturers</header>
<subparagraph id="H8B24FC1A9B6D468DB3658C4462C975FC"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The affidavit required by subsection (b)(1)(C)(i) for a calendar year is a notarized affidavit provided by an officer of a manufacturer of men’s and boys’ shirts that affirms—</text>
<clause id="H71F0F6E2182D49539EF0BBDAB31D23C6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>that the manufacturer used imported cotton fabric during the year in which the affidavit is filed and during the previous calendar year, to cut and sew men’s and boys’ woven cotton shirts in the United States;</text>
</clause><clause id="HFDEC11C67BEF45E4A00393F399B1E7D1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the dollar value of imported woven cotton shirting fabric of 80s or higher count and 2-ply in warp purchased by the manufacturer during the previous calendar year;</text>
</clause><clause id="H3DDC3CD2A8C64834B953D9EB90A09284"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>that the manufacturer maintains invoices along with other supporting documentation (such as price lists and other technical descriptions of the fabric qualities) showing the dollar value of such fabric purchased, the date of purchase, and evidencing the fabric as woven cotton fabric of 80s or higher count and 2-ply in warp; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H962905DECCB740D28C16ABBA5CB67D09"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>that the fabric was suitable for use in the manufacturing of men’s and boys’ cotton shirts.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAB8505FA831540C5A907431D4B3DF082"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Date of purchase</header><text>For purposes of the affidavit under subparagraph (A), the date of purchase shall be the invoice date, and the dollar value shall be determined excluding duty, shipping, and related costs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDEFCCE7789724861B562D4B61BBAABD2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Filing date for affidavits</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person required to provide an affidavit under this section shall file the affidavit with the Secretary or as directed by the Secretary for any of calendar years 2019 through 2023, not later than March 15 of that calendar year.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DFABCD4882F4F549EC6E48DE5F7022B"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Increase in payments to wool manufacturers in case of expiration of duty suspensions</header>
<subparagraph id="HB8F420BCA1104534933D22B1D827DB30"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In any calendar year in which the suspension of duty on wool products described in subparagraphs (B) and (C) is not in effect, the amount of any payment described in subsection (b)(2) to a manufacturer or successor-in-interest shall be increased by an amount the Secretary, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, determines is equal to the amount the manufacturer or successor-in-interest would have saved during the calendar year of the payment if the suspension of duty on such wool products were in effect.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H8981989C6CE341EE94A4A980F409F84B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Special rule for certain fabrics of worsted wool</header>
<clause commented="no" id="HCDBE7AFF2D8A478EA874024CD4A5CF45"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to fabrics of worsted wool described in clause (ii), subparagraph (A) shall be applied by substituting <quote>rate of duty on such wool products was 10 percent</quote> for <quote>suspension of duty on such wool products were in effect</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" id="H05D2B8AD4DA34A348B623520332942C9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Fabrics of worsted wool described</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Fabrics of worsted wool described in this paragraph are fabrics of worsted wool—</text> <subclause commented="no" id="H5BDAB63BAA50461B90ADAF41958DB534"><enum>(I)</enum><text>with average fiber diameters greater than 18.5 micron; and</text>
</subclause><subclause commented="no" id="H21E2C1842775474AB621D0975299D716"><enum>(II)</enum><text>containing 85 percent or more by weight of wool.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H04C464C4C5184CC9BC14743C01610126"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Covered wool products</header><text>Subparagraph (A) applies with respect to the following:</text>
<clause id="H967678FB9E5A4A79BB4788C3A47CA038"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Yarn, of combed wool, not put up for retail sale, containing 85 percent or more by weight of wool, formed with wool fibers having average diameters of 18.5 micron or less.</text>
</clause><clause id="H440B598CE8294E1DA1DBC87C96468D95"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Wool fiber, waste, garnetted stock, combed wool, or wool top, the foregoing having average fiber diameters of 18.5 micron or less.</text>
</clause><clause id="H3A369DC2E0EC4C488F1B902E40342F1E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Fabrics of combed wool, containing 85 percent or more by weight of wool, with wool yarns of average fiber diameters of 18.5 micron or less, certified by the importer as suitable for use in making men’s and boys suits, suit-type jackets, or trousers and must be imported for the benefit of persons who cut and sew such clothing in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H51302343731047C780991CF45C8699E7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Fabrics of combed wool, containing 85 percent or more by weight of wool, with wool yarns of average fiber diameters of 18.5 micron or less, certified by the importer as suitable for use in making men’s and boys suits, suit-type jackets, or trousers and must be imported for the benefit of persons who weave worsted wool fabric suitable for use in such clothing in the United States.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H23159AF74A1D45008275CBCC05419BAA"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No appeal of determinations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A determination of the Secretary under this paragraph shall be final and not subject to appeal or protest.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8964ED742767468CAAFC93BE7C136617"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Timing for distributions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make a payment under subsection (b) for each of calendar years 2019 through 2023, not later than April 15 of the year of the payment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3EA06170E4E9466B912BB8B618142621"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph id="H067633E733914803ACB7028A5243CC01"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Transfer required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall transfer to the Textile Trust Fund $25,250,000 for each of calendar years 2019 through 2023.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF6E317F9C60E4462B3C606B99A674B97"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of funds</header><text>Of the funds transferred under paragraph (1) for a calendar year—</text> <subparagraph id="HF66863C132B048AA843799662D41F5B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$8,000,000 shall be available for distribution under subsection (b)(1);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C7B0DB41B5B4314B1D47960A1383103"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$15,000,000 shall be available for distribution under subsection (b)(2); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3253A8CB60E646A88812294F69DB084E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 506 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7101">7 U.S.C. 7101</external-xref> note; <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/200">Public Law 106–200</external-xref>), $2,250,000 shall be available to provide grants described in subsection (d) of such section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H30AE59F4EF0642CA9A88EF1886D829B6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sheep production and marketing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to funds made available under paragraph (1), of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out section 209 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1627a">7 U.S.C. 1627a</external-xref>), $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2019, to remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FB931F41E244EEEB4DAA47937A32293"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Duration of availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts transferred to the Textile Trust Fund pursuant to this subsection shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H0E743E9301CE4C819CE50D4565C890EE"><enum>D</enum><header>United States Grain Standards Act</header>
<section id="HFC811E7785674C92B953506A63B335B5" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11401.</enum><header>Restoring certain exceptions to United States Grain Standards Act</header>
<subsection id="H744B24C8D2AE4C69AFB5D4CCD8EE1DC3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grain handling facilities described in subsection (b) may, on or before the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, restore a prior exception with an official agency designated under the rule entitled <quote>Exceptions to Geographic Areas for Official Agencies Under the USGSA</quote> published by the Department of Agriculture in the Federal Register on April 18, 2003 (68 Fed. Reg. 19137) if—</text>
<paragraph id="H299E089CBAB744EE8003B6101CED1A12"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such grain handling facility and official agency agree to restore such prior exception; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0FEABC3B65B646BAAC2B034420F167A0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>such grain handling facility notifies the Secretary of Agriculture of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBB898F48829B43D3826E7C71C785DDA4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the exception described in paragraph (1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF19FB8E47EC3435B870791BD39CB44B6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the effective date of such exception.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4CFBF9CB8B624A6B8B1F05B873CC1B98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible grain handling facilities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to grain handling facilities that were—</text> <paragraph id="H12B4FF0AF341457EB0AF1D6308D1580E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>granted exceptions pursuant to the rule specified in subsection (a); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA9D7F5D6094D49E3AEAC9197289FE0AE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>had such exceptions revoked on or after September 30, 2015.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCC9B2C77013A47A4B366229A6B60BD45"><enum>(c)</enum><header>No unilateral termination allowed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, a nonuse of service exception may only be terminated if two or more parties to such exception, including the grain handling facility, are in joint agreement with respect to such termination.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H3E54D35F5D8549D2ACD9CBDEAC5C5526"><enum>E</enum><header>Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program</header>
<section id="HF0593C4E7DB4439AA7EF64E6BDC177D6"><enum>11501.</enum><header>Eligible crops</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196(a)(2) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following new subparagraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H1D5CE1F1189B40FF8A6B424CF48C8D13" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H82A68CA1E9E74E48B98C36CCE964E68B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), in this section, the term <term>eligible crop</term> means each commercial crop or other agricultural commodity that is produced for food or fiber (except livestock) for which catastrophic risk protection under subsection (b) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508</external-xref>) and additional coverage under subsections (c) and (h) of such section are not available or, if such coverage is available, it is only available under a policy that provides coverage for specific intervals based on weather indexes or under a whole farm plan of insurance.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HCF9D1D2315B744098F9FCE0DC76F6444"><enum>11502.</enum><header>Service fee</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 196(k)(1) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(k)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H84492E19BE434212BE0E3539D6B3E9E4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>$250</quote> and inserting <quote>$350</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H18B379BE72B0404383D34DEC9A0E6090"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H019EB31CC3FC42F19CCC71CC1CFBE11B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$750</quote> and inserting <quote>$1,050</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC724E5E0A9C140848D904FB8CF100ACF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>$1,875</quote> and inserting <quote>$2,100</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H68FAE645259543A99F5659C2C88C870C"><enum>11503.</enum><header>Payments equivalent to additional coverage</header>
<subsection id="H9CE8DD6F3B9442FC855211FBA6FA9AF2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Premiums</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 196(l)(2)(B)(i) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(l)(2)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCB49E97E226A447795030A55584285B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subclause (IV);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H97E1E2026D7B4F2B80B8E84BB3E925D9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end of subclause (V) and inserting <quote>and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6C36F527145E40B4BA83BA6EF3848CA1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subclause:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE69DCE613B445F3B5B981C972A9E1B1" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subclause id="HDC5CF28AB33445BDA51406CEB85E1D7F"><enum>(VI)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the producer’s share of the crop; or</text></subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H89AA4A80DA4E4853A73570A1916BAC8E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional availability of coverage</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 196(l) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(l)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HE76129C7EC114B1290320D768CB5AE78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB27FD543B3E04EDCB8EC0692EE090977"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6F35687E20FC460D9F314200D7D8890E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Period of availability</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (4) of section 196(l) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333(l)</external-xref>), as redesignated by subsection (b)(2), is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A9203183BC740CCBF0CE94D122702C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Except as provided in paragraph (3)(A), additional</quote> and inserting <quote>Additional</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC53D6DAFDE0541C68ED34E59EC8E9EBF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>2018</quote> and inserting <quote>2023</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HC3C8AD9313DA42CE8210F545CB003DA5"><enum>F</enum><header>Other Matters</header>
<section id="HED1BC080B5D34862957C7797A1D5CD73" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11601.</enum><header>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation</header>
<subsection id="H88E49D93540C432186514D9744FAEB41"><enum>(a)</enum><header>References to former Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</header>
<paragraph id="HF097B0D462634B51980564BE9BC4137B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Food aid consultative group</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 205(b) of the Food for Peace Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1725">7 U.S.C. 1725(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HACD631370F754714B26D2A6BCD3E09FB" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H63FD122592584C6EA3FC66417052F744"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs;</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="H41D5CCB86ABF486F910CB4184F46DACE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Office of risk management</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 226A(d)(1) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6933">7 U.S.C. 6933(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9C2A25B109EE4DA8B75FEC49D416FE6D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Multiagency task force</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 242(b)(3) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6952">7 U.S.C. 6952(b)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE8CF0342676D48E48D039779BFE220E2"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interagency committee on minority careers in international affairs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 625(c)(1)(A) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1131c">20 U.S.C. 1131c(c)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services</quote> and inserting <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7205FC1376574A7C877C11D339FCCD93"><enum>(b)</enum><header>References to other designated department officials</header>
<paragraph id="H5876FA100DF043EE89599E65BC0897C5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions under Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 343(a)(13)(D) of the Agricultural Act of 1961 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1991">7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(D)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H6E0A3C9609874E19AEDE32994C022FE1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause (ii)—</text>
<clause id="HCB6A4BC33CE441C6A5622F89F3817488"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or other official designated by the Secretary)</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary for Rural Development</quote>; and</text> </clause><clause id="H0C57CF884D574518A61D0D0AF1D0A6AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or designated official</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary</quote> each other place it appears; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8506DE8146074399A59F5B353B7ED4D8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause (iii)—</text> <clause id="H1F84F33DE96945E086A7F0174D8C290D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(or other official designated by the Secretary)</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary for Rural Development</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H2BAACED9CEAA42CFB12A0E8642078138"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subclauses (III) and (IV), by inserting <quote>or designated official</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary</quote> both places it appears.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD68D900AC55F49CF9CA2081B93704BFA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>National sheep industry improvement center</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 210(f)(3)(B)(i) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1627b">7 U.S.C. 1627b(f)(3)(B)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(or other official designated by the Secretary of Agriculture)</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDA0531C2261041AE812D808EA0E64292"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Intertribal tourism demonstration projects</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(a)(2)(A) of the Native American Business Development, Trade Promotion, and Tourism Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/4305">25 U.S.C. 4305(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(or other official designated by the Secretary of Agriculture)</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE696E98DB67747CF979CC0B2C9BB9E50"><enum>(4)</enum><header>State plans for vocational rehabilitation services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101(a)(11)(C) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/721">29 U.S.C. 721(a)(11)(C)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>(or other official designated by the Secretary of Agriculture)</quote> after <quote>Under Secretary for Rural Development of the Department of Agriculture</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HAD54B9F5890F4961ACD9D759751BE3DC"><enum>11602.</enum><header>Authority of Secretary to carry out certain programs under Department of Agriculture Reorganization
Act of <enum-in-header>1994</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 296(b)(8) of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7014">7 U.S.C. 7014(b)(8)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, section 772 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2018, or the <short-title>Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018</short-title></quote> before the period at the end.</text>
</section><section commented="no" id="H6174E27D39704FAF8F0FCAF0086A0ABF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11603.</enum><header>Conference report requirement threshold</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 14208(a)(3)(A) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2255b">7 U.S.C. 2255b(a)(3)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>$10,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$75,000</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HB927AA7345AA497AA41CB7D7419BB109" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11604.</enum><header>National agriculture imagery program</header>
<subsection id="HFD74A513BD54408D99FF76E50E501633"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency, shall carry out a national agriculture imagery program to annually acquire aerial imagery during agricultural growing seasons from the continental United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD5C70ECC9BA045C59A740E3F3AC1D25B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aerial imagery acquired under this section shall—</text> <paragraph id="H125E16A529F04212AA7F1F0C7F826907"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consist of high resolution processed digital imagery;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H30AA071A80AF409A891F1F150EB957BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>be made available in a format that can be provided to Federal, State, and private sector entities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB213B7F97BD64DD182D2966AF30A1BF5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>be technologically compatible with geospatial information technology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96F0C6EA19C64224A793BBFA8DE70F76"><enum>(4)</enum><text>be consistent with the standards established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA7DFDB13A2E54AEBB756D15403576CD5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supplemental satellite imagery</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may supplement the aerial imagery collected under this section with satellite imagery.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8580F7C006974357A292312FCF6B789B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Authorization of appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $23,000,000 for fiscal year 2019 and each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6F0DA3F98C39477CA4FBEEFC464C047E"><enum>11605.</enum><header>Report on inclusion of natural stone products in Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act
of <enum-in-header>1996</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report examining the effect the establishment of a Natural Stone Research and Promotion Board pursuant to the Commodity Promotion, Research, and Information Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7401">7 U.S.C. 7401</external-xref> et seq.) would have on the natural stone industry, including how such a program would effect—</text>
<paragraph id="HAC652776160C4A9ABA4948044AF4F991"><enum>(1)</enum><text>research conducted on, and the promotion of, natural stone;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H05575732B8474C0DB539FCED6980B21F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the development and expansion of domestic markets for natural stone;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CAC24E341104A1AA23D71AEA5B4A8A3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">economic activity of the natural stone industry subject to such a Board;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8296C38CD95D4C6A8079D386CDA75969"><enum>(4)</enum><text>economic development in rural areas; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5282C6B3B26A43B7B2C5AEC79C75A265"><enum>(5)</enum><text>benefits to consumers in the United States of natural stone products.</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H9121C465CAB14DA99FF48CA96CF06AED"><enum>11606.</enum><header>South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1308(c)(2)(B)(iii) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7958">7 U.S.C. 7958(c)(2)(B)(iii)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>Virginia and North Carolina</quote> and inserting <quote>Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="HC99F086E65BB41488472A754A3232F7D"><enum>11607.</enum><header>Establishment of Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/6901">7 U.S.C. 6901</external-xref> et seq.), as amended by section 11204, is further amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section commented="no" id="HB20E088AC41E49B2A7E74DC5B5196A21"><enum>222.</enum><header>Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison</header>
<subsection id="HCBDFFDFB2E1843A4A63B5B7898B2A185"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish within the Office of the Secretary a Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison to coordinate Federal programs to measure and reduce the incidence of food loss and waste in accordance with this section<italic></italic>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HD2C195534C224DFDAAB6B36E797881A8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison shall—</text> <paragraph id="H48F6BFA2559B4542A74349571CF205A6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>coordinate food loss and waste reduction efforts with other Federal agencies, including the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB4A14C4D8D2F49AA85690CC499DA09BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>support and promote Federal programs to measure and reduce the incidence of food loss and waste and increase food recovery;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H27B486DCA22E4DF7A7591A072B76D66D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>provide information to, and serve as a resource for, entities engaged in food loss and waste reduction and food recovery concerning the availability of, and eligibility requirements for, participation in Federal programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H433606D6405844859EADFB1EA93353C9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>raise awareness of the liability protections afforded under the Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1791">42 U.S.C. 1791</external-xref>) to persons engaged in food loss and waste reduction and food recovery; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB4E57528C014FECB8234AD04B7D6466"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make recommendations with respect to expanding food recovery efforts and reducing the incidence of food loss and waste.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE306ACFD17944C789E37C8A8C580B232"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cooperative agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of carrying out the duties under subsection (b), the Food Loss and Waste Reduction Liaison may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with the research centers of the Research, Education, and Economics mission area, institutions of higher education (as defined in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)), or nonprofit organizations for—</text>
<paragraph id="HE3B105577D1D46E19EB69F3DEED4503E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the development of educational materials;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC9B0DC44D03A46B3ACBFEA1530B8ED8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the conduct of workshops and courses; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H836A88D7B4084CD3BC79BB3C75449C5B"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the conduct of research on best practices with respect to food loss and waste reduction and food recovery.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H687CF9C8F05F4067AB5542888AFD474E"><enum>11608.</enum><header>Cotton classification services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3a of the Act of March 3, 1927 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/473a">7 U.S.C. 473a</external-xref>), is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE6A0043C857640C3AAD1A286A1A490F1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE2295E974E604E45BFB4CFF5425588F7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC8779C08C983440481719F4AF0BF3A1A" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H80750EC446A54075855D8C220975A6CB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Hiring authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, employees hired to provide cotton classification services pursuant to this section may work up to 240 calendar days in a service year and may be rehired non-competitively every year in the same or a successor position if they meet performance and conduct expectations, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H5727855D627F4B60A01ACD2D61EA603B"><enum>11609.</enum><header>Century farms program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a program under which the Secretary recognizes any farm that—</text> <paragraph id="H649EEBC48AD442E198D391606C198EB3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a State department of agriculture or similar statewide agricultural organization recognizes as a Century Farm; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC23C63B15886408BAABAEEE66694E6D1"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H2F4E61D75B3C4C2DA36B625D47ACEE76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is defined as a farm or ranch under section 4284.902 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H56961D0BF4894B9B935656286B666E90" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been in continuous operation for at least 100 years; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph changed="added" committee-id="HAG00" id="H0131C410F5E14E8E9C8B3D77C9662230" indent="up1" reported-display-style="italic"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">has been owned by the same family for at least 100 consecutive years, as verified through deeds, wills, abstracts, tax statements, or other similar legal documents considered appropriate by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="H4CE035B6DD0E4CAEB006F2B28673B40D"><enum>11610.</enum><header>Report on agricultural innovation</header>
<subsection id="H0DDB9BF8D98A4B2F8CB7F13917A47B76"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, shall prepare and submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on plans for improving the Federal government’s policies and procedures with respect to gene editing and other precision plant breeding methods.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H90B49CBC63BA41CB9C2FE2225BAB2D57"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The report under subsection (a) shall include plans to implement measures designed to ensure that—</text> <paragraph id="H4C7329F4CF8D4060A64A0C6E08EE7B9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the United States continues to provide a favorable environment for research and development in precision plant breeding innovation and maintains its leadership with respect to that innovation;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H691DB66B358F4E95837FCC0A3EFD03B8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>for plants for which premarket review is required under the Plant Protection Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7701">7 U.S.C. 7701</external-xref> et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/136">7 U.S.C. 136</external-xref>), or the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the process for such review is designed—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFA43959AAEA042FA9BF59744CC99BB78"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to minimize regulatory burden while assuring protection of public health and welfare; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H32B502A2247D46459BA417E200DF400A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to ensure that resources of the Department of Agriculture are focused on plants with less familiar characteristics, more complex risk pathways, or both;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA9F4B8B9C55F41EF88674A5FB955928E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>each agency referred to in subsection (a) recognizes that certain applications of gene editing in plants do not warrant such a premarket review process;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF8D0F58AC944926A2B32EA906F689D0"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each agency referred to in subsection (a) clearly communicates the rationale for the regulatory policies and decisions of such agency to the public through broadly available and easily accessible tools;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB324E04E413741BB9EE033CC22B8B9ED"><enum>(5)</enum><text>categories of plants that are familiar and have a history of safe use be identified and exempted from such premarket review or be subject to an expedited, independent premarket review process for which data requirements are reduced;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDDCE0BA2B57445009FF04D41DD2EC5E2"><enum>(6)</enum><text>regulatory processes of each agency referred to in subsection (a) are predictable, efficient, not duplicative, and designed to accommodate rapid advances in plant breeding technology; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEECCA8A9DF4E4F69A76542154AA20727"><enum>(7)</enum><text>where Federal law provides for regulatory oversight of plant breeding technology by more than one Federal agency, the relevant Federal agencies enter into appropriate interagency agreements to shift responsibility for particular categories of plant products and regulatory activities for purposes of meeting the goals specified in paragraphs (1) through (6).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H256C477F30154913B6973393B2761FB5"><enum>11611.</enum><header>Report on dog importation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, 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 contains the following information, with respect to the importation of dogs into the United States:</text>
<paragraph id="HE20D6542D44043F4AFBB7604DAC06D70"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An estimate of the number of dogs so imported each year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0640C5F2DE2F48DD9FB508B96E455D3D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The number of dogs so imported for resale.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDFACF031A5AC403CB463B0727EAAAAFA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The number of dogs for which such importation for resale was requested but denied because such importation failed to meet the requirements of section 18 of the Animal Welfare Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2148">7 U.S.C. 2148</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8320A5C47ECB475EBE56248C2BDEBCBB"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Secretary’s recommendations for Federal statutory changes determined to be necessary for such importation for resale to meet the requirements of such section.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="H4585EE9A64CF45298DCA8FFCA6A70085"><enum>11612.</enum><header>Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Animal Welfare Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2131">7 U.S.C. 2131</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H4B8548B626A7419ABC082F79087C7DBA"><enum>30.</enum><header>Prohibition of slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption</header>
<subsection id="H255850609F5D4DCD9006DCF043F03EA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Prohibition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No person may—</text> <paragraph id="H2D89C906C89449309FC6E51B8255E70E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>knowingly slaughter a dog or cat for human consumption; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4D140C08EABA4065AB5C6DEA6E0ADC12"><enum>(2)</enum><text>knowingly ship, transport, move, deliver, receive, possess, purchase, sell, or donate—</text> <subparagraph id="HB2E2BDFECD854157B7BC114E72AC19B1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a dog or cat to be slaughtered for human consumption; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA57877561CEC405CBD4F04D4045A5991"><enum>(B)</enum><text>dog or cat parts for human consumption.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31D08F587A3D4868913D3D7B9374EB5A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any person who violates this section shall be subject to imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or a fine of not more than $2,500, or both.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3E06438678FD478D844945CF2C664B65"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Scope</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (a) shall apply only with respect to conduct in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce or within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B04AEBE586E4C2F95F400D9FCFFFC56"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conflict with State law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section shall not be construed to limit any State or local law or regulations protecting the welfare of animals or to prevent a State or local governing body from adopting and enforcing animal welfare laws and regulations that are more stringent than this section.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><subtitle id="HBA4A59E2CF204464AF71ECE76D1F195D"><enum>G</enum><header>Protecting interstate commerce</header>
<section id="H04660365BF764156BC58C9CDF6A6DEEB"><enum>11701.</enum><header>Prohibition against interference by State and local governments with production or manufacture of
items in other States</header>
<subsection id="HD69A5EC01CC14FB58954F3897709A320"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Consistent with article I, section 8, clause 3 of the Constitution of the United States, the government of a State or locality therein shall not impose a standard or condition on the production or manufacture of any agricultural product sold or offered for sale in interstate commerce if—</text>
<paragraph id="H20C5764B3FA44CE88F760AC231EB743D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>such production or manufacture occurs in another State; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9E9026A8A5554CC7A9C1D9DB0C870968"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the standard or condition is in addition to the standards and conditions applicable to such production or manufacture pursuant to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H20B96A4853C34832A0793D1D9EAF716E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Federal law; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBADA753B9B3A426AA9995A263FA4A3EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the laws of the State and locality in which such production or manufacture occurs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H492FC3DA1A54450F86ABC815627E2E31"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agricultural product defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>agricultural product</term> has the meaning given such term in section 207 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1626">7 U.S.C. 1626</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HDB943033794647979AFB5E5D82E5B6A8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>11702.</enum><header>Federal cause of action to challenge State regulation of interstate commerce</header>
<subsection id="HCFC16550506B421FBC9A859D8BB46455"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Private right of action</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A person, including a producer, transporter, distributer, consumer, laborer, trade association, the Federal Government, a State government, or a unit of local government, which is affected by a regulation of a State or unit of local government which regulates any aspect of an agricultural product, including any aspect of the method of production, which is sold in interstate commerce, or any means or instrumentality through which such an agriculture product is sold in interstate commerce, may bring an action in the appropriate court to invalidate such a regulation and seek damages for economic loss resulting from such regulation.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HE5B7149B28E8493C842A35A038725693"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Preliminary injunction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon a motion of the plaintiff, the court shall issue a preliminary injunction to preclude the State or unit of local government from enforcing the regulation at issue until such time as the court enters a final judgment in the case, unless the State or unit of local government proves by clear and convincing evidence that—</text>
<paragraph id="H66C518C08ACD449C80650E71360CB62B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the State or unit of local government is likely to prevail on the merits at trial; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0588502F1A714C77901B61BD7F1CB4AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the injunction would cause irreparable harm to the State or unit of local government.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD60A9194F6C24F91BB9B63885EBB1450"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Statute of limitations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No action shall be maintained under this section unless it is commenced within 10 years after the cause of action arose.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle>
May 3, 2018
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the
Union, and ordered to be printed