110 HR 6849 RH: To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes. U.S. House of Representatives 2008-09-24 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
IB Union Calendar No. 572 110th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6849 [Report No. 110–881] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 9, 2008 Mr. Etheridge (for himself and Mr. Moran of Kansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture September 24, 2008 Additional sponsors: Mr. Holden, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Shuler, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. McIntyre, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Childers, Mr. Johnson of Illinois, Mr. Walz of Minnesota, Mr. Mahoney of Florida, Mr. Boswell, Mrs. Boyda of Kansas, Mr. Kuhl of New York, Mr. Kagen, Mr. Barrow, Mr. Skelton, Mr. Loebsack, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Latta, Mr. Whitfield of Kentucky, Mr. Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Mr. Space, Mr. Price of North Carolina, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Ellsworth, Mr. Terry, Mr. Lucas, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, Mr. LaHood, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. Courtney, Mr. Davis of Kentucky, Mr. Ross, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Hare, Mr. Everett, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Spratt, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Tiahrt, Mr. Braley of Iowa, Mr. Arcuri, Mr. Graves, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Carnahan, Mr. Hill, Mr. Souder, Mr. Hall of New York, and Mr. Lewis of Kentucky September 24, 2008 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic A BILL To amend the commodity provisions of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments when the sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, and for other purposes.
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Aggregation of base acres and reconstitution of farms to ensure eligibility for direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments
Section 1101(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711(d)) is amended— (1)by striking paragraph (2); (2)by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and (3)by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraphs: (2)
Exceptions
Paragraph (1) shall not apply— (A)to a farm owned by a socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e))); (B)to a farm owned by a limited resource farmer or rancher, as defined by the Secretary; or (C)when the aggregate total base acres of all farms of a producer are greater than 10 acres, including farms— (i)owned by a producer; and (ii)operated by a producer with the concurrence of the owners of the farm, including farms operated under a crop-share lease arrangement. (3)
Reconstitutions
In addition to other actions the Secretary determines appropriate, the Secretary shall permit a producer to reconstitute any farms of the producer covered under paragraph (2)(C) to exceed the 10 base acre minimum described in paragraph (1) through consolidation of the base acreage of the farms. .
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Temporary suspension of certain limitations on eligibility of producers for direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or average crop revenue election payments
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Special rule for 2008 and 2009 crop years
Section 1101(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (4)
Suspension
Paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) shall not apply during the 2008 and 2009 crop years. . (b)
Offsetting reduction
Section 515(k)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1515(k)(1)) is amended by striking not more than $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2011 and inserting not more than $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2008, not more than $9,000,000 for fiscal year 2009, and not more than $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 and 2011.
September 24, 2008 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed