[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2045 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2045

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to provide 
producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to 
               be planted on the base acres of the farm.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 3, 2005

Mr. Pence (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) 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 provide 
producers on a farm with greater flexibility in selecting the crops to 
               be planted on the base acres of the farm.

    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 2005''.

SEC. 2. PRODUCTION OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOR PROCESSING ON COVERED 
              COMMODITY 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 new 
subsection:
    ``(i) Production of Fruits or Vegetables for Processing.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), 
        producers on a farm, with the consent of the owner and other 
        producers on the farm, may reduce the base acres for any 
        covered commodity for the farm if the reduced acres are used 
        for the planting and production of fruits or vegetables for 
        processing.
            ``(2) Reversion to covered commodity 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 the covered commodity 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 the covered commodity.
                    ``(B) Authority.--Nothing in this subsection 
                provides authority for the Secretary to recalculate 
                base acres for a farm.''.
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