[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2141

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance 
  the ability to produce fruits and vegetables on soybean base acres.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2004

   Mr. Lugar introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to enhance 
  the ability to produce fruits and vegetables on soybean base acres.

    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 2004''.

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

    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:
    ``(i) Production of Fruits or Vegetables for Processing.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the 
        producers on a farm may reduce the base acres for soybeans for 
        the farm if the reduced acres are used for the planting and 
        production of fruits or vegetables for processing.
            ``(2) Reversion to soybean base acres.--Any reduced acres 
        of a farm devoted to the planting and production of fruits or 
        vegetables during a crop year under paragraph (1) shall be 
        included in base acres for soybeans for the subsequent crop 
        year, unless the producers on the farm make the election 
        described in paragraph (1) for the subsequent crop year.
            ``(3) Recalculation of base acres.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), if 
                the Secretary recalculates base acres for a farm, the 
                planting and production of fruits or vegetables for 
                processing under paragraph (1) shall be considered to 
                be the same as the planting, prevented planting, or 
                production of soybeans.
                    ``(B) Authority.--Nothing in this subsection 
                provides authority for the Secretary to recalculate 
                base acres for a farm.''.
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