[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2181 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2181

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance 
  the ability of oilseed producers to use oilseed base acres for the 
                  production of fruits and vegetables.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2003

  Mr. Pence introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                        Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance 
  the ability of oilseed producers to use oilseed base acres for the 
                  production of fruits and vegetables.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Farming Flexibility Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING ON OILSEED 
              BASE ACRES.

    (a) Effect on Oilseed Base Acres Calculation.--Section 1101 of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Calculation of oilseed base acres.--Effective on the date of 
the enactment of this subsection, the planting, prevented planting, or 
production of fruits or vegetables for processing shall be deemed to be 
the same as the planting, prevented planting, or production of oilseeds 
for purposes of the calculation of oilseed base acres.''.
    (b) Planting Flexibility.--Section 1106 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 7916) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) Production of Fruits and Vegetables for Processing.--
Effective on the date of the enactment of this subsection, a fruit or 
vegetable for processing may be produced on oilseed base acres, except 
that direct payments and counter-cyclical payments for oilseeds shall 
be reduced by an acre for each acre planted to the fruit or 
vegetable.''.
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