Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Reduce and End our Deficits Using Commonsense Eliminations in the Agriculture Program Act

. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Termination of Federal commodity storage payments on behalf of cotton and peanut producers.

Sec. 3. Termination of Forest Service Economic Action Program.

Sec. 4. Termination of authority to provide grants to manufacturers of worsted wool fabrics.

Sec. 5. Termination of Department of Agriculture health care services program for the Delta region.

Sec. 6. Termination of authority to provide energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs.

Sec. 7. Revised adjusted gross income limitations for receipt of direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and other agricultural payments or benefits.

Sec. 8. Imposition of new limits on payments to producers of certain agricultural commodities.

Sec. 9. One percent reduction in payment acres for commodity programs.

Sec. 10. Reduction in funding for market access program.

Sec. 11. Reduction in reimbursement rate paid to private insurance companies under crop insurance program.

Sec. 12. Prohibition on timber sales in the Southwestern, Pacific Southwest, and Alaska regions of the National Forest System, where Federal expenditures for sales have been significantly higher than offsetting receipts.

Termination of Federal commodity storage payments on behalf of cotton and peanut producers

(a)

Cotton

Section 1204 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8734) is amended by striking subsection (g). (b)

Peanuts

Section 1307(a) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8757(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (6).

Termination of Forest Service Economic Action Program

The Secretary of Agriculture shall terminate the Economic Action Program administered by the Forest Service, which provides technical and financial assistance to communities and groups to enhance rural economies through the utilization of forest and related natural resources.

Termination of authority to provide grants to manufacturers of worsted wool fabrics

Section 4002(c) of the Wool Suit and Textile Trade Extension Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–429; 7 U.S.C. 7101 note) is amended by striking paragraph (6).

Termination of Department of Agriculture health care services program for the Delta region

Section 379G of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2008u) is repealed.

Termination of authority to provide energy generation, transmission, and distribution facilities efficiency grants and loans in rural communities with extremely high energy costs

Section 19 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 918a) is repealed.

Revised adjusted gross income limitations for receipt of direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, marketing loan gains, loan deficiency payments, and other agricultural payments or benefits

(a)

Non-Farm income limitation for commodity programs

Section 1001D(b)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking $500,000 and inserting

the following:(i)$500,000, during the 2009 through 2010 crop, program, or fiscal years, as appropriate. (ii)$420,000, during the 2011 crop, program, or fiscal year, as appropriate. (iii)$340,000, during the 2012 crop, program, or fiscal year, as appropriate. (iv)$250,000, during the 2013 and subsequent crop, program, or fiscal years, as appropriate.

(b)

Farm income limitation for direct payments

Section 1001D(b)(1)(B) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking $750,000 and inserting

the following:(i)$750,000, during the 2009 through 2010 crop years. (ii)$670,000, during the 2011 crop year. (iii)$590,000, during the 2012 crop year. (iv)$500,000, during the 2013 and subsequent crop years.

(c)

Non-Farm income limitation for conservation programs

Section 1001D(b)(2)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)(A)) is amended— (1)in clause (i), by striking $1,000,000 and inserting the amount specified in clause (iii); and (2)by adding at the end the following new clause:

(iii)

Declining limitation amounts

For purposes of clause (i), the following average adjusted gross non-farm income limitations apply: (I)$1,000,000, during the 2009 through 2010 crop, program, or fiscal years, as appropriate. (II)$920,000, during the 2011 crop, program, or fiscal year, as appropriate. (III)$840,000, during the 2012 crop, program, or fiscal year, as appropriate. (IV)$750,000, during the 2013 and subsequent crop, program, or fiscal years, as appropriate.

Imposition of new limits on payments to producers of certain agricultural commodities

(a)

Covered commodities generally

(1)

Direct payments

Section 1001(b)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(b)(1)(A)) is amended by striking $40,000 and inserting $20,000. (2)

Counter-cyclical payments

Section 1001(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amended by striking $65,000 and inserting $32,500. (3)

ACRE and counter-cyclical payments

Section 1001(b)(3)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(b)(3)(A)) is amended by striking $65,000 and inserting $32,500. (b)

Peanuts

(1)

Direct payments

Section 1001(c)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking $40,000 and inserting $20,000. (2)

Counter-cyclical payments

Section 1001(c)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(c)(2)) is amended by striking $65,000 and inserting $32,500. (3)

ACRE and counter-cyclical payments

Section 1001(c)(3)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking $65,000 and inserting $32,500.

One percent reduction in payment acres for commodity programs

(a)

Covered commodities generally

Section 1001 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8702) is amended by striking paragraph (11) and inserting the following new paragraph:

(11)

Payment acres

The term payment acres means— (A)in the case of direct payments— (i)for each of the 2009 and 2010 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on a farm on which direct payments are made; (ii)for the 2011 crop year, 82.3 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on a farm on which direct payments are made; and (iii)for the 2012 crop year, 84 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on a farm on which direct payments are made; and (B)in the case of counter-cyclical payments— (i)for each of the 2009 and 2010 crop years, 85 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on a farm on which counter-cyclical payments are made; and (ii)for each of the 2011 and 2012 crop years, 84 percent of the base acres for the covered commodity on a farm on which counter-cyclical payments are made.

(b)

Peanuts

Section 1301 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8751) is amended by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following new paragraph:

(5)

Payment acres

The term payment acres means— (A)in the case of direct payments— (i)for each of the 2009 and 2010 crop years, 83.3 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made; (ii)for the 2011 crop year, 82.3 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made; and (iii)for the 2012 crop year, 84 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which direct payments are made; and (B)in the case of counter-cyclical payments— (i)for each of the 2009 and 2010 crop years, 85 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which counter-cyclical payments are made; and (ii)for each of the 2011 and 2012 crop years, 84 percent of the base acres of peanuts on a farm on which counter-cyclical payments are made.

10.

Reduction in funding for market access program

Section 211(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C. 5641(c)(1)(A)) is amended by striking and $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012 and inserting $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2010, and $160,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 and 2012.

11.

Reduction in reimbursement rate paid to private insurance companies under crop insurance program

Section 508(k) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)) is amended— (1)in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and inserting the following new clauses:

(i)for the 1998 reinsurance year, 27 percent of the premium used to define loss ratio; (ii)for each of the 1999 through 2010 reinsurance years, 24.5 percent of the premium used to define loss ratio; and (iii)for each of the 2011 and subsequent reinsurance years, 20.9 percent of the premium used to define loss ratio.

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(2)by striking subparagraph (E); and (3)by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (E), and in such subparagraph, by striking subparagraphs (A) through (E) and inserting subparagraphs (A) through (D).

12.

Prohibition on timber sales in the Southwestern, Pacific Southwest, and Alaska regions of the National Forest System, where Federal expenditures for sales have been significantly higher than offsetting receipts

The Secretary of Agriculture may not conduct, or authorize others to conduct, any timber sale under section 14 of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a) in the Southwestern, Pacific Southwest, or Alaska region of the National Forest System, where Federal expenditures to support timber sales have been significantly higher than offsetting receipts, until the Secretary certifies to Congress that timber sales in the region will generate receipts at least equal to Federal expenditures to support the sales.