    [Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
    [H.R. 6083 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                     Union Calendar No. 481
    112th CONGRESS
      2d Session
                                    H. R. 6083

                              [Report No. 112-669]

     To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
    programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2017, and
                              for other purposes.

    _______________________________________________________________________

                        IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                  July 9, 2012

    Mr. Lucas (for himself and Mr. Peterson) introduced the following bill;
               which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

                               September 13, 2012

      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]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 9,
                                     2012]

    _______________________________________________________________________

                                     A BILL

     To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
    programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2017, and
                              for other purposes.

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

    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

        (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Federal
    Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012''.
        (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
    follows:

    Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
    Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary of Agriculture.

                              TITLE I--COMMODITIES

                        Subtitle A--Repeals and Reforms

    Sec. 1101. Repeal of direct payments.
    Sec. 1102. Repeal of counter-cyclical payments.
    Sec. 1103. Repeal of average crop revenue election program.
    Sec. 1104. Definitions.
    Sec. 1105. Base acres.
    Sec. 1106. Payment yields.
    Sec. 1107. Farm risk management election.
    Sec. 1108. Producer agreements.
    Sec. 1109. Period of effectiveness.

                          Subtitle B--Marketing Loans

    Sec. 1201. Availability of nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for
                                loan commodities.
    Sec. 1202. Loan rates for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans.
    Sec. 1203. Term of loans.
    Sec. 1204. Repayment of loans.
    Sec. 1205. Loan deficiency payments.
    Sec. 1206. Payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments for grazed
                                acreage.
    Sec. 1207. Special marketing loan provisions for upland cotton.
    Sec. 1208. Special competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton.
    Sec. 1209. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains
                                and seed cotton.
    Sec. 1210. Adjustments of loans.

                               Subtitle C--Sugar

    Sec. 1301. Sugar program.

                               Subtitle D--Dairy

    Part I--Dairy Producer Margin Protection and Dairy Market Stabilization
                                    Programs

    Sec. 1401. Definitions.
    Sec. 1402. Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy producer
                                margins.

              subpart a--dairy producer margin protection program

    Sec. 1411. Establishment of dairy producer margin protection program.
    Sec. 1412. Participation of dairy producers in margin protection
                                program.
    Sec. 1413. Production history of participating dairy producers.
    Sec. 1414. Basic margin protection.
    Sec. 1415. Supplemental margin protection.
    Sec. 1416. Effect of failure to pay administrative fees or premiums.

                 subpart b--dairy market stabilization program

    Sec. 1431. Establishment of dairy market stabilization program.
    Sec. 1432. Threshold for implementation and reduction in dairy producer
                                payments.
    Sec. 1433. Producer milk marketing information.
    Sec. 1434. Calculation and collection of reduced dairy producer
                                payments.
    Sec. 1435. Remitting monies to the Secretary and use of monies.
    Sec. 1436. Suspension of reduced payment requirement.
    Sec. 1437. Enforcement.
    Sec. 1438. Audit requirements.

                    subpart c--commodity credit corporation

    Sec. 1451. Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.

                       subpart d--initiation and duration

    Sec. 1461. Rulemaking.
    Sec. 1462. Duration.

      Part II--Repeal or Reauthorization of Other Dairy-related Provisions

    Sec. 1481. Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss
                                contract programs.
    Sec. 1482. Repeal of dairy export incentive program.
    Sec. 1483. Extension of dairy forward pricing program.
    Sec. 1484. Extension of dairy indemnity program.
    Sec. 1485. Extension of dairy promotion and research program.
    Sec. 1486. Repeal of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission.

                            Part III--Effective Date

    Sec. 1491. Effective date.

       Subtitle E--Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs

    Sec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance.

                           Subtitle F--Administration

    Sec. 1601. Administration generally.
    Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority.
    Sec. 1603. Payment limitations.
    Sec. 1604. Adjusted gross income limitation.
    Sec. 1605. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers.
    Sec. 1606. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies.
    Sec. 1607. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under
                                farm commodity programs.
    Sec. 1608. Technical corrections.
    Sec. 1609. Assignment of payments.
    Sec. 1610. Tracking of benefits.
    Sec. 1611. Signature authority.
    Sec. 1612. Implementation.

                             TITLE II--CONSERVATION

                    Subtitle A--Conservation Reserve Program

    Sec. 2001. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation
                                reserve program.
    Sec. 2002. Farmable wetland program.
    Sec. 2003. Duties of owners and operators.
    Sec. 2004. Duties of the Secretary.
    Sec. 2005. Payments.
    Sec. 2006. Contract requirements.
    Sec. 2007. Conversion of land subject to contract to other conserving
                                uses.
    Sec. 2008. Effective date.

                  Subtitle B--Conservation Stewardship Program

    Sec. 2101. Conservation stewardship program.

              Subtitle C--Environmental Quality Incentives Program

    Sec. 2201. Purposes.
    Sec. 2202. Establishment and administration.
    Sec. 2203. Evaluation of applications.
    Sec. 2204. Duties of producers.
    Sec. 2205. Limitation on payments.
    Sec. 2206. Conservation innovation grants and payments.
    Sec. 2207. Effective date.

             Subtitle D--Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

    Sec. 2301. Agricultural conservation easement program.

             Subtitle E--Regional Conservation Partnership Program

    Sec. 2401. Regional conservation partnership program.

                    Subtitle F--Other Conservation Programs

    Sec. 2501. Conservation of private grazing land.
    Sec. 2502. Grassroots source water protection program.
    Sec. 2503. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program.
    Sec. 2504. Agriculture conservation experienced services program.
    Sec. 2505. Small watershed rehabilitation program.
    Sec. 2506. Agricultural management assistance program.

                     Subtitle G--Funding and Administration

    Sec. 2601. Funding.
    Sec. 2602. Technical assistance.
    Sec. 2603. Regional equity.
    Sec. 2604. Reservation of funds to provide assistance to certain
                                farmers or ranchers for conservation
                                access.
    Sec. 2605. Annual report on program enrollments and assistance.
    Sec. 2606. Review of conservation practice standards.
    Sec. 2607. Administrative requirements applicable to all conservation
                                programs.
    Sec. 2608. Standards for State technical committees.
    Sec. 2609. Rulemaking authority.

     Subtitle H--Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional
                        Provisions; Technical Amendments

    Sec. 2701. Comprehensive conservation enhancement program.
    Sec. 2702. Emergency forestry conservation reserve program.
    Sec. 2703. Wetlands reserve program.
    Sec. 2704. Farmland protection program and farm viability program.
    Sec. 2705. Grassland reserve program.
    Sec. 2706. Agricultural water enhancement program.
    Sec. 2707. Wildlife habitat incentive program.
    Sec. 2708. Great Lakes basin program.
    Sec. 2709. Chesapeake Bay watershed program.
    Sec. 2710. Cooperative conservation partnership initiative.
    Sec. 2711. Environmental easement program.
    Sec. 2712. Technical amendments.

                                TITLE III--TRADE

                         Subtitle A--Food for Peace Act

    Sec. 3001. General authority.
    Sec. 3002. Support for organizations through which assistance is
                                provided.
    Sec. 3003. Food aid quality.
    Sec. 3004. Minimum levels of assistance.
    Sec. 3005. Food Aid Consultative Group.
    Sec. 3006. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation.
    Sec. 3007. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation,
                                delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable
                                prepackaged foods.
    Sec. 3008. General provisions.
    Sec. 3009. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities.
    Sec. 3010. Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities.
    Sec. 3011. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other
                                assistance.
    Sec. 3012. Authorization of appropriations.
    Sec. 3013. Micronutrient fortification programs.
    Sec. 3014. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program.

                   Subtitle B--Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

    Sec. 3101. Funding for export credit guarantee program.
    Sec. 3102. Funding for market access program.
    Sec. 3103. Foreign market development cooperator program.

                   Subtitle C--Other Agricultural Trade Laws

    Sec. 3201. Food for Progress Act of 1985.
    Sec. 3202. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust.
    Sec. 3203. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets.
    Sec. 3204. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child
                                Nutrition Program.
    Sec. 3205. Technical assistance for specialty crops.
    Sec. 3206. Global Crop Diversity Trust.
    Sec. 3207. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural
                                Services.

                              TITLE IV--NUTRITION

             Subtitle A--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    Sec. 4001. Retailers.
    Sec. 4002. Enhancing services to elderly and disabled supplemental
                                nutrition assistance program recipients.
    Sec. 4003. Food distribution program on Indian reservations.
    Sec. 4004. Updating program eligibility.
    Sec. 4005. Exclusion of medical marijuana from excess medical expense
                                deduction.
    Sec. 4006. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of energy
                                assistance payments.
    Sec. 4007. Eligibility disqualifications.
    Sec. 4008. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits
                                for lottery or gambling winners.
    Sec. 4009. Improving security of food assistance.
    Sec. 4010. Demonstration projects on acceptance of benefits of mobile
                                transactions.
    Sec. 4011. Use of benefits for purchase of community-supported
                                agriculture share.
    Sec. 4012. Restaurant meals program.
    Sec. 4013. State verification option.
    Sec. 4014. Repeal of grant program.
    Sec. 4015. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability.
    Sec. 4016. Repeal of bonus program.
    Sec. 4017. Funding of employment and training programs.
    Sec. 4018. Monitoring employment and training program.
    Sec. 4019. Cooperation with program research and evaluation.
    Sec. 4020. Authorization of appropriations.
    Sec. 4021. Limitation on use of block grant to Puerto Rico.
    Sec. 4022. Assistance for community food projects.
    Sec. 4023. Emergency food assistance.
    Sec. 4024. Nutrition education.
    Sec. 4025. Retailer trafficking.
    Sec. 4026. Technical and conforming amendments.
    Sec. 4027. Tolerance level for excluding small errors.
    Sec. 4028. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands pilot program.
    Sec. 4029. Annual State report on verification of SNAP participation.

                  Subtitle B--Commodity Distribution Programs

    Sec. 4101. Commodity distribution program.
    Sec. 4102. Commodity supplemental food program.
    Sec. 4103. Distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition
                                projects.
    Sec. 4104. Processing of commodities.

                           Subtitle C--Miscellaneous

    Sec. 4201. Farmers' market nutrition program.
    Sec. 4202. Nutrition information and awareness pilot program.
    Sec. 4203. Fresh fruit and vegetable program.
    Sec. 4204. Additional authority for purchase of fresh fruits,
                                vegetables, and other specialty food crops.
    Sec. 4205. Encouraging locally and regionally grown and raised food.

                                TITLE V--CREDIT

                        Subtitle A--Farm Ownership Loans

    Sec. 5001. Eligibility for farm ownership loans.
    Sec. 5002. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program.
    Sec. 5003. Down payment loan program.
    Sec. 5004. Elimination of mineral rights appraisal requirement.

                          Subtitle B--Operating Loans

    Sec. 5101. Eligibility for farm operating loans.
    Sec. 5102. Elimination of rural residency requirement for operating
                                loans to youth.
    Sec. 5103. Authority to waive personal liability for youth loans due to
                                circumstances beyond borrower control.
    Sec. 5104. Microloans.

                          Subtitle C--Emergency Loans

    Sec. 5201. Eligibility for emergency loans.

                     Subtitle D--Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 5301. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts
                                pilot program.
    Sec. 5302. Eligible beginning farmers and ranchers.
    Sec. 5303. Loan authorization levels.
    Sec. 5304. Priority for participation loans.
    Sec. 5305. Loan fund set-asides.
    Sec. 5306. Conforming amendment to borrower training provision,
                                relating to eligibility changes.

               Subtitle E--State Agricultural Mediation Programs

    Sec. 5401. State agricultural mediation programs.

          Subtitle F--Loans to Purchasers of Highly Fractionated Land

    Sec. 5501. Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land.

                          TITLE VI--RURAL DEVELOPMENT

            Subtitle A--Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act

    Sec. 6001. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.
    Sec. 6002. Rural business opportunity grants.
    Sec. 6003. Elimination of reservation of community facilities grant
                                program funds.
    Sec. 6004. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.
    Sec. 6005. Tribal college and university essential community
                                facilities.
    Sec. 6006. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant
                                program.
    Sec. 6007. Grants to nonprofit organizations to finance the
                                construction, refurbishing, and servicing
                                of individually-owned household water well
                                systems in rural areas for individuals with
                                low or moderate incomes.
    Sec. 6008. Rural business and industry loan program.
    Sec. 6009. Rural cooperative development grants.
    Sec. 6010. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products.
    Sec. 6011. Intermediary relending program.
    Sec. 6012. Enhancing public/private partnerships to support rural water
                                and waste disposal infrastructure.
    Sec. 6013. Simplified applications.
    Sec. 6014. Reauthorization of State rural development councils.
    Sec. 6015. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters.
    Sec. 6016. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program.
    Sec. 6017. Delta Regional Authority.
    Sec. 6018. Northern Great Plains Regional Authority.
    Sec. 6019. Rural business investment program.

                 Subtitle B--Rural Electrification Act of 1936

    Sec. 6101. Relending for certain purposes.
    Sec. 6102. Fees for certain loan guarantees.
    Sec. 6103. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or
                                telephone purposes.
    Sec. 6104. Expansion of 911 access.
    Sec. 6105. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural
                                areas.

                           Subtitle C--Miscellaneous

    Sec. 6201. Distance learning and telemedicine.
    Sec. 6202. Value-added agricultural market development program grants.
    Sec. 6203. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program.
    Sec. 6204. Program metrics.
    Sec. 6205. Study of rural transportation issues.
    Sec. 6206. Agricultural transportation policy.
    Sec. 6207. Certain Federal actions not to be considered major for
                                purposes of environmental review.

              TITLE VII--RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS

      Subtitle A--National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
                               Policy Act of 1977

    Sec. 7101. Option to not be included as Hispanic-serving agricultural
                                college or university.
    Sec. 7102. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and
                                Economics Advisory Board.
    Sec. 7103. Specialty crop committee.
    Sec. 7104. Veterinary services grant program.
    Sec. 7105. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences
                                education.
    Sec. 7106. Policy research centers.
    Sec. 7107. Repeal of human nutrition intervention and health promotion
                                research program.
    Sec. 7108. Repeal of pilot research program to combine medical and
                                agricultural research.
    Sec. 7109. Nutrition education program.
    Sec. 7110. Continuing animal health and disease research programs.
    Sec. 7111. Repeal of appropriations for research on national or
                                regional problems.
    Sec. 7112. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities
                                at 1890 land-grant colleges, including
                                Tuskegee University.
    Sec. 7113. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food science facilities
                                and equipment at insular area land-grant
                                institutions.
    Sec. 7114. Repeal of national research and training virtual centers.
    Sec. 7115. Hispanic-serving institutions.
    Sec. 7116. Competitive grants for international agricultural science
                                and education programs.
    Sec. 7117. Repeal of research equipment grants.
    Sec. 7118. University research.
    Sec. 7119. Extension service.
    Sec. 7120. Auditing, reporting, bookkeeping, and administrative
                                requirements.
    Sec. 7121. Supplemental and alternative crops.
    Sec. 7122. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions.
    Sec. 7123. Aquaculture assistance programs.
    Sec. 7124. Rangeland research programs.
    Sec. 7125. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response.
    Sec. 7126. Distance education and resident instruction grants program
                                for insular area institutions of higher
                                education.
    Sec. 7127. Matching funds requirement.

       Subtitle B--Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

    Sec. 7201. Best utilization of biological applications.
    Sec. 7202. Integrated management systems.
    Sec. 7203. Sustainable agriculture technology development and transfer
                                program.
    Sec. 7204. National training program.
    Sec. 7205. National Genetics Resources Program.
    Sec. 7206. Repeal of National Agricultural Weather Information System.
    Sec. 7207. Repeal of rural electronic commerce extension program.
    Sec. 7208. Repeal of agricultural genome initiative.
    Sec. 7209. High-priority research and extension initiatives.
    Sec. 7210. Repeal of nutrient management research and extension
                                initiative.
    Sec. 7211. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative.
    Sec. 7212. Repeal of agricultural bioenergy feedstock and energy
                                efficiency research and extension
                                initiative.
    Sec. 7213. Farm business management.
    Sec. 7214. Regional centers of excellence.
    Sec. 7215. Repeal of red meat safety research center.
    Sec. 7216. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities.
    Sec. 7217. National rural information center clearinghouse.

    Subtitle C--Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
                                    of 1998

    Sec. 7301. Relevance and merit of agricultural research, extension, and
                                education funded by the Department.
    Sec. 7302. Integrated research, education, and extension competitive
                                grants program.
    Sec. 7303. Repeal of coordinated program of research, extension, and
                                education to improve viability of small and
                                medium size dairy, livestock, and poultry
                                operations.
    Sec. 7304. Repeal of Bovine Johne's disease control program.
    Sec. 7305. Grants for youth organizations.
    Sec. 7306. Specialty crop research initiative.
    Sec. 7307. Food animal residue avoidance database program.
    Sec. 7308. Repeal of national swine research center.
    Sec. 7309. Office of pest management policy.
    Sec. 7310. Repeal of studies of agricultural research, extension, and
                                education.

                             Subtitle D--Other Laws

    Sec. 7401. Critical Agricultural Materials Act.
    Sec. 7402. Equity in Educational Land-grant Status Act of 1994.
    Sec. 7403. Research Facilities Act.
    Sec. 7404. Repeal of carbon cycle research.
    Sec. 7405. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act.
    Sec. 7406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978.
    Sec. 7407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980.
    Sec. 7408. Repeal of use of remote sensing data.
    Sec. 7409. Repeal of reports under Farm Security and Rural Investment
                                Act of 2002.
    Sec. 7410. Beginning farmer and rancher development program.
    Sec. 7411. Inclusion of Northern Mariana Islands as a State under
                                McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act.

             Subtitle E--Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

                         Part 1--Agricultural Security

    Sec. 7501. Agricultural biosecurity communication center.
    Sec. 7502. Assistance to build local capacity in agricultural
                                biosecurity planning, preparation, and
                                response.
    Sec. 7503. Research and development of agricultural countermeasures.
    Sec. 7504. Agricultural biosecurity grant program.

                             Part 2--Miscellaneous

    Sec. 7511. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program.
    Sec. 7512. Grazinglands research laboratory.
    Sec. 7513. Budget submission and funding.
    Sec. 7514. Repeal of research and education grants for the study of
                                antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
    Sec. 7515. Repeal of farm and ranch stress assistance network.
    Sec. 7516. Repeal of seed distribution.
    Sec. 7517. Natural products research program.
    Sec. 7518. Sun grant program.
    Sec. 7519. Repeal of study and report on food deserts.
    Sec. 7520. Repeal of agricultural and rural transportation research and
                                education.
    Sec. 7521. Conveyance of land comprising Subtropical Horticulture
                                Research Station.
    Sec. 7522. Concessions, fees, and voluntary services at National
                                Arboretum.
    Sec. 7523. Cotton Disease Research Report.
    Sec. 7524. Miscellaneous technical corrections.

                              TITLE VIII--FORESTRY

                Subtitle A--Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs

    Sec. 8001. Forest land enhancement program.
    Sec. 8002. Watershed forestry assistance program.
    Sec. 8003. Expired cooperative national forest products marketing
                                program.
    Sec. 8004. Hispanic-serving institution agricultural land national
                                resources leadership program.
    Sec. 8005. Tribal watershed forestry assistance program.
    Sec. 8006. Separate Forest Service decisionmaking and appeals process.

     Subtitle B--Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of
                                 1978 Programs

    Sec. 8101. Forest Legacy Program.
    Sec. 8102. Community forest and open space conservation program.

           Subtitle C--Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws

    Sec. 8201. Rural revitalization technologies.
    Sec. 8202. Office of International Forestry.
    Sec. 8203. Change in funding source for healthy forests reserve
                                program.
    Sec. 8204. Stewardship end result contracting project authority.

               Subtitle D--National Forest Critical Area Response

    Sec. 8301. Definitions.
    Sec. 8302. Designation of critical areas.
    Sec. 8303. Application of expedited procedures and activities of the
                                Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to
                                critical areas.
    Sec. 8304. Good neighbor authority.

                      Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions

    Sec. 8401. Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and
                                analysis.
    Sec. 8402. Forest Service participation in ACES Program.

                                TITLE IX--ENERGY

    Sec. 9001. Definition of renewable energy system.
    Sec. 9002. Biobased markets program.
    Sec. 9003. Biorefinery Assistance.
    Sec. 9004. Repeal of repowering assistance program and transfer of
                                remaining funds.
    Sec. 9005. Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels.
    Sec. 9006. Biodiesel Fuel Education Program.
    Sec. 9007. Rural Energy for America Program.
    Sec. 9008. Biomass Research and Development.
    Sec. 9009. Feedstock Flexibility Program for Bioenergy Producers.
    Sec. 9010. Biomass Crop Assistance Program.
    Sec. 9011. Community wood energy program.
    Sec. 9012. Repeal of biofuels infrastructure study.
    Sec. 9013. Repeal of renewable fertilizer study.

                             TITLE X--HORTICULTURE

    Sec. 10001. Specialty crops market news allocation.
    Sec. 10002. Repeal of grant program to improve movement of specialty
                                crops.
    Sec. 10003. Farmers market and local food promotion program.
    Sec. 10004. Organic agriculture.
    Sec. 10005. Investigations and enforcement of the Organic Foods
                                Production Act of 1990.
    Sec. 10006. Food safety education initiatives.
    Sec. 10007. Specialty crop block grants.
    Sec. 10008. Report on specialty crop production by certain farmers.
    Sec. 10009. Report on honey.
    Sec. 10010. Bulk shipments of apples to Canada.
    Sec. 10011. Inclusion of olive oil in import controls under the
                                Agricultural Adjustment Act.
    Sec. 10012. Petitions to determine organism not a plant pest.
    Sec. 10013. Consolidation of plant pest and disease management and
                                disaster prevention programs.
    Sec. 10014. Authority for regulation of plants.
    Sec. 10015. Report to Congress on regulation of biotechnology.
    Sec. 10016. Pesticide Registration Improvement.
    Sec. 10017. Modification, cancellation, or suspension on basis of a
                                biological opinion.
    Sec. 10018. Use and discharges of authorized pesticides.
    Sec. 10019. Inclusion of Bed Bugs in Definition of Vector Organisms.
    Sec. 10020. Effective date.

                            TITLE XI--CROP INSURANCE

    Sec. 11001. Information sharing.
    Sec. 11002. Publication of information on violations of prohibition on
                                premium adjustments.
    Sec. 11003. Supplemental coverage option.
    Sec. 11004. Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection.
    Sec. 11005. Repeal of performance-based discount.
    Sec. 11006. Permanent enterprise unit subsidy.
    Sec. 11007. Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops.
    Sec. 11008. Data collection.
    Sec. 11009. Adjustment in actual production history to establish
                                insurable yields.
    Sec. 11010. Submission and review of policies.
    Sec. 11011. Equitable relief for specialty crop policies.
    Sec. 11012. Budget limitations on renegotiation of the standard
                                reinsurance agreement.
    Sec. 11013. Crop production on native sod.
    Sec. 11014. Coverage levels by practice.
    Sec. 11015. Beginning farmer and rancher provisions.
    Sec. 11016. Stacked income protection plan for producers of upland
                                cotton.
    Sec. 11017. Peanut revenue crop insurance.
    Sec. 11018. Authority to correct errors.
    Sec. 11019. Implementation.
    Sec. 11020. Research and development priorities.
    Sec. 11021. Additional research and development contracting
                                requirements.
    Sec. 11022. Pilot programs.
    Sec. 11023. Limitation on expenditures for livestock pilot programs.
    Sec. 11024. Noninsured crop assistance program.
    Sec. 11025. Technical amendments.

                            TITLE XII--MISCELLANEOUS

                             Subtitle A--Livestock

    Sec. 12101. National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.
    Sec. 12102. Trichinae certification program.
    Sec. 12103. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan.
    Sec. 12104. Report on compliance with World Trade Organization decision
                                regarding country of origin labeling.
    Sec. 12105. Repeal of certain regulations under the Packers and
                                Stockyards Act, 1921.
    Sec. 12106. Meat and poultry processing report.

       Subtitle B--Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource
                                   Producers

    Sec. 12201. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers
                                and ranchers and veteran farmers and
                                ranchers.
    Sec. 12202. Office of Advocacy and Outreach.

                   Subtitle C--Other Miscellaneous Provisions

    Sec. 12301. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training
                                of agricultural labor force.
    Sec. 12302. Evaluation required for purposes of prohibition on closure
                                or relocation of county offices for the
                                Farm Service Agency.
    Sec. 12303. Prohibition on attending an animal fight or causing a minor
                                to attend an animal fight.
    Sec. 12304. Program benefit eligibility status for participants in high
                                plains water study.
    Sec. 12305. Office of Tribal Relations.
    Sec. 12306. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.
    Sec. 12307. Acer access and development program.
    Sec. 12308. Prohibition against interference by State and local
                                governments with production or manufacture
                                of items in other States.
    Sec. 12309. Increased protection for agricultural interests in the
                                Missouri River basin.

    SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE.

        In this Act, the term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of
    Agriculture.

                              TITLE I--COMMODITIES

                        Subtitle A--Repeals and Reforms

    SEC. 1101. REPEAL OF DIRECT PAYMENTS.

        (a) Repeal.--Sections 1103 and 1303 of the Food, Conservation, and
    Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753) are repealed.
        (b) Continued Application for 2012 Crop Year.--Sections 1103 and
    1303 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713,
    8753), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
    Act, shall continue to apply through the 2012 crop year with respect to
    all covered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act (7
    U.S.C. 8702)) and peanuts on a farm.

    SEC. 1102. REPEAL OF COUNTER-CYCLICAL PAYMENTS.

        (a) Repeal.--Sections 1104 and 1304 of the Food, Conservation, and
    Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714, 8754) are repealed.
        (b) Continued Application for 2012 Crop Year.--Sections 1104 and
    1304 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8714,
    8754), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this
    Act, shall continue to apply through the 2012 crop year with respect to
    all covered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act (7
    U.S.C. 8702)) and peanuts on a farm.

    SEC. 1103. REPEAL OF AVERAGE CROP REVENUE ELECTION PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1105 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
    of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715) is repealed.
        (b) Continued Application for 2012 Crop Year.--Section 1105 of the
    Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8715), as in
    effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall
    continue to apply through the 2012 crop year with respect to all
    covered commodities (as defined in section 1001 of that Act (7 U.S.C.
    8702)) and peanuts on a farm for which the irrevocable election under
    section 1105 of that Act was made before the date of enactment of this
    Act.

    SEC. 1104. DEFINITIONS.

        In this subtitle and subtitle B:
                (1) Actual county revenue.--The term ``actual county
            revenue'', with respect to a covered commodity for a crop year,
            means the amount determined by the Secretary under section
            1107(c)(4) to determine whether revenue loss coverage payments
            are required to be provided for that crop year.
                (2) Base acres.--The term ``base acres'', with respect to a
            covered commodity and cotton on a farm, means the number of
            acres established under section 1101 and 1302 of the Farm
            Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7911, 7952)
            or section 1101 and 1302 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy
            Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711, 8752), as in effect on September
            30, 2012, subject to any adjustment under section 1105 of this
            Act.
                (3) County revenue loss coverage trigger.--The term
            ``county revenue loss coverage trigger'', with respect to a
            covered commodity for a crop year, means the amount determined
            by the Secretary under section 1107(c)(5) to determine whether
            revenue loss coverage payments are required to be provided for
            that crop year.
                (4) Covered commodity.--The term ``covered commodity''
            means wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and
            barley used for haying and grazing), corn, grain sorghum, long
            grain rice, medium grain rice, pulse crops, soybeans, other
            oilseeds, and peanuts.
                (5) Effective price.--The term ``effective price'', with
            respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the price
            calculated by the Secretary under section 1107(b)(2) to
            determine whether price loss coverage payments are required to
            be provided for that crop year.
                (6) Extra long staple cotton.--The term ``extra long staple
            cotton'' means cotton that--
                        (A) is produced from pure strain varieties of the
                    Barbadense species or any hybrid of the species, or
                    other similar types of extra long staple cotton,
                    designated by the Secretary, having characteristics
                    needed for various end uses for which United States
                    upland cotton is not suitable and grown in irrigated
                    cotton-growing regions of the United States designated
                    by the Secretary or other areas designated by the
                    Secretary as suitable for the production of the
                    varieties or types; and
                        (B) is ginned on a roller-type gin or, if
                    authorized by the Secretary, ginned on another type gin
                    for experimental purposes.
                (7) Farm base acres.--The term ``farm base acres'' means
            the sum of the base acreage for all covered commodities and
            cotton on a farm in effect as of September 30, 2012, and
            subject to any adjustment under section 1105.
                (8) Medium grain rice.--The term ``medium grain rice''
            includes short grain rice.
                (9) Midseason price.--The term ``midseason price'' means
            the applicable national average market price received by
            producers for the first 5 months of the applicable marketing
            year, as determined by the Secretary.
                (10) Other oilseed.--The term ``other oilseed'' means a
            crop of sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed,
            mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, or any oilseed designated by
            the Secretary.
                (11) Payment acres.--
                        (A) In general.--Except as provided in
                    subparagraphs (B) through (D), the term ``payment
                    acres'', with respect to the provision of price loss
                    coverage payments and revenue loss coverage payments,
                    means--
                                (i) 85 percent of total acres planted for
                            the year to each covered commodity on a farm;
                            and
                                (ii) 30 percent of approved total acres
                            prevented from being planted for the year to
                            each covered commodity on a farm.
                        (B) Maximum.--The total quantity of payment acres
                    determined under subparagraph (A) shall not exceed the
                    farm base acres.
                        (C) Reduction.--If the sum of all payment acres for
                    a farm exceeds the limits established under
                    subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reduce the
                    payment acres applicable to each crop proportionately.
                        (D) Exclusion.--The term ``payment acres'' does not
                    include any crop subsequently planted during the same
                    crop year on the same land for which the first crop is
                    eligible for payments under this subtitle, unless the
                    crop was approved for double cropping in the county, as
                    determined by the Secretary.
                (12) Payment yield.--The term ``payment yield'' means the
            yield established for counter-cyclical payments under section
            1102 or 1302 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
            2002 (7 U.S.C. 7912, 7952), section 1102 of the Food,
            Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712), as in
            effect on September 30, 2012, or under section 1106 of this
            Act, for a farm for a covered commodity.
                (13) Price loss coverage.--The term ``price loss coverage''
            means coverage provided under section 1107(b).
                (14) Producer.--
                        (A) In general.--The term ``producer'' means an
                    owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that
                    shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled
                    to share in the crop available for marketing from the
                    farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.
                        (B) Hybrid seed.--In determining whether a grower
                    of hybrid seed is a producer, the Secretary shall--
                                (i) not take into consideration the
                            existence of a hybrid seed contract; and
                                (ii) ensure that program requirements do
                            not adversely affect the ability of the grower
                            to receive a payment under this title.
                (15) Pulse crop.--The term ``pulse crop'' means dry peas,
            lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
                (16) Reference price.--The term ``reference price'', with
            respect to a covered commodity for a crop year, means the
            following:
                        (A) Wheat, $5.50 per bushel.
                        (B) Corn, $3.70 per bushel.
                        (C) Grain sorghum, $3.95 per bushel.
                        (D) Barley, $4.95 per bushel.
                        (E) Oats, $2.40 per bushel.
                        (F) Long grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight.
                        (G) Medium grain rice, $14.00 per hundredweight.
                        (H) Soybeans, $8.40 per bushel.
                        (I) Other oilseeds, $20.15 per hundredweight.
                        (J) Peanuts $535.00 per ton.
                        (K) Dry peas, $11.00 per hundredweight.
                        (L) Lentils, $19.97 per hundredweight.
                        (M) Small chickpeas, $19.04 per hundredweight.
                        (N) Large chickpeas, $21.54 per hundredweight.
                (17) Revenue loss coverage.--The term ``revenue loss
            coverage'' means coverage provided under section 1107(c).
                (18) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
            of Agriculture.
                (19) State.--The term ``State'' means--
                        (A) a State;
                        (B) the District of Columbia;
                        (C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and
                        (D) any other territory or possession of the United
                    States.
                (20) Transitional yield.--The term ``transitional yield''
            has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal
            Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)).
                (21) United states.--The term ``United States'', when used
            in a geographical sense, means all of the States.
                (22) United states premium factor.--The term ``United
            States Premium Factor'' means the percentage by which the
            difference in the United States loan schedule premiums for
            Strict Middling (SM) 1\1/8\-inch upland cotton and for Middling
            (M) 1\3/32\-inch upland cotton exceeds the difference in the
            applicable premiums for comparable international qualities.

    SEC. 1105. BASE ACRES.

        (a) Adjustment of Base Acres.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for an
            adjustment, as appropriate, in the base acres for covered
            commodities and cotton for a farm whenever any of the following
            circumstances occurs:
                        (A) A conservation reserve contract entered into
                    under section 1231 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
                    U.S.C. 3831) with respect to the farm expires or is
                    voluntarily terminated.
                        (B) Cropland is released from coverage under a
                    conservation reserve contract by the Secretary.
                        (C) The producer has eligible oilseed acreage as
                    the result of the Secretary designating additional
                    oilseeds, which shall be determined in the same manner
                    as eligible oilseed acreage under section 1101(a)(1)(D)
                    of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
                    U.S.C. 8711(a)(1)(D)).
                (2) Special conservation reserve acreage payment rules.--
            For the crop year in which a base acres adjustment under
            subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) is first made, the
            owner of the farm shall elect to receive price loss coverage or
            revenue loss coverage with respect to the acreage added to the
            farm under this subsection or a prorated payment under the
            conservation reserve contract, but not both.
        (b) Prevention of Excess Base Acres.--
                (1) Required reduction.--If the sum of the base acres for a
            farm, together with the acreage described in paragraph (2)
            exceeds the actual cropland acreage of the farm, the Secretary
            shall reduce the base acres for 1 or more covered commodities
            or cotton for the farm so that the sum of the base acres and
            acreage described in paragraph (2) does not exceed the actual
            cropland acreage of the farm.
                (2) Other acreage.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the
            Secretary shall include the following:
                        (A) Any acreage on the farm enrolled in the
                    conservation reserve program or wetlands reserve
                    program (or successor programs) under chapter 1 of
                    subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of
                    1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.).
                        (B) Any other acreage on the farm enrolled in a
                    Federal conservation program for which payments are
                    made in exchange for not producing an agricultural
                    commodity on the acreage.
                        (C) If the Secretary designates additional
                    oilseeds, any eligible oilseed acreage, which shall be
                    determined in the same manner as eligible oilseed
                    acreage under subsection (a)(1)(C).
                (3) Selection of acres.--The Secretary shall give the owner
            of the farm the opportunity to select the base acres for a
            covered commodity or cotton for the farm against which the
            reduction required by paragraph (1) will be made.
                (4) Exception for double-cropped acreage.--In applying
            paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make an exception in the
            case of double cropping, as determined by the Secretary.
        (c) Reduction in Base Acres.--
                (1) Reduction at option of owner.--
                        (A) In general.--The owner of a farm may reduce, at
                    any time, the base acres for any covered commodity or
                    cotton for the farm.
                        (B) Effect of reduction.--A reduction under
                    subparagraph (A) shall be permanent and made in a
                    manner prescribed by the Secretary.
                (2) Required action by secretary.--
                        (A) In general.--The Secretary shall
                    proportionately reduce base acres on a farm for covered
                    commodities and cotton for land that has been
                    subdivided and developed for multiple residential units
                    or other nonfarming uses if the size of the tracts and
                    the density of the subdivision is such that the land is
                    unlikely to return to the previous agricultural use,
                    unless the producers on the farm demonstrate that the
                    land--
                                (i) remains devoted to commercial
                            agricultural production; or
                                (ii) is likely to be returned to the
                            previous agricultural use.
                        (B) Requirement.--The Secretary shall establish
                    procedures to identify land described in subparagraph
                    (A).

    SEC. 1106. PAYMENT YIELDS.

        (a) Establishment and Purpose.--For the purpose of making payments
    under this subtitle, the Secretary shall provide for the establishment
    of a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed for which a payment
    yield was not established under section 1102 of the Food, Conservation,
    and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8712) in accordance with this section.
        (b) Payment Yields for Designated Oilseeds.--
                (1) Determination of average yield.--In the case of
            designated oilseeds, the Secretary shall determine the average
            yield per planted acre for the designated oilseed on a farm for
            the 1998 through 2001 crop years, excluding any crop year in
            which the acreage planted to the designated oilseed was zero.
                (2) Adjustment for payment yield.--
                        (A) In general.--The payment yield for a farm for a
                    designated oilseed shall be equal to the product of the
                    following:
                                (i) The average yield for the designated
                            oilseed determined under paragraph (1).
                                (ii) The ratio resulting from dividing the
                            national average yield for the designated
                            oilseed for the 1981 through 1985 crops by the
                            national average yield for the designated
                            oilseed for the 1998 through 2001 crops.
                        (B) No national average yield information
                    available.--To the extent that national average yield
                    information for a designated oilseed is not available,
                    the Secretary shall use such information as the
                    Secretary determines to be fair and equitable to
                    establish a national average yield under this section.
                (3) Use of county average yield.--If the yield per planted
            acre for a crop of a designated oilseed for a farm for any of
            the 1998 through 2001 crop years was less than 75 percent of
            the county yield for that designated oilseed, the Secretary
            shall assign a yield for that crop year equal to 75 percent of
            the county yield for the purpose of determining the average
            under paragraph (1).
                (4) No historic yield data available.--In the case of
            establishing yields for designated oilseeds, if historic yield
            data is not available, the Secretary shall use the ratio for
            dry peas calculated under paragraph (2)(A)(ii) in determining
            the yields for designated oilseeds, as determined to be fair
            and equitable by the Secretary.
        (c) Effect of Lack of Payment Yield.--
                (1) Establishment by secretary.--If no payment yield is
            otherwise established for a farm for which a covered commodity
            is planted and eligible to receive price loss coverage
            payments, the Secretary shall establish an appropriate payment
            yield for the covered commodity on the farm under paragraph
            (2).
                (2) Use of similarly situated farms.--Notwithstanding any
            other provision of law, to establish an appropriate payment
            yield for a covered commodity on a farm as required by
            paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into consideration the
            farm program payment yields applicable to that covered
            commodity for similarly situated farms.
        (d) Single Opportunity to Update Yields Used to Determine Price
    Loss Coverage Payments.--
                (1) Election to update.--At the sole discretion of the
            owner of a farm, the owner of a farm shall have a 1-time
            opportunity to update the payment yields on a covered
            commodity-by-covered commodity basis that would otherwise be
            used in calculating any price loss coverage payment for covered
            commodities on the farm.
                (2) Time for election.--The election under paragraph (1)
            shall be made at a time and manner to be in effect for the 2013
            crop year as determined by the Secretary.
                (3) Method of updating yields.--If the owner of a farm
            elects to update yields under this subsection, the payment
            yield for a covered commodity on the farm, for the purpose of
            calculating price loss coverage payments only, shall be equal
            to 90 percent of the average of the yield per planted acre for
            the crop of the covered commodity on the farm for the 2008
            through 2012 crop years, as determined by the Secretary,
            excluding any crop year in which the acreage planted to the
            crop of the covered commodity was zero.
                (4) Use of county average yield.--If the yield per planted
            acre for a crop of the covered commodity for a farm for any of
            the 2008 through 2012 crop years was less than 75 percent of
            the average of the 2008 through 2012 county yield for that
            commodity, the Secretary shall assign a yield for that crop
            year equal to 75 percent of the average of the 2008 through
            2012 county yield for the purposes of determining the average
            yield under paragraph (3).
                (5) Effect of lack of payment yield.--
                        (A) Establishment by secretary.--For purposes of
                    this subsection, if no payment yield is otherwise
                    established for a covered commodity on a farm, the
                    Secretary shall establish an appropriate updated
                    payment yield for the covered commodity on the farm
                    under subparagraph (B).
                        (B) Use of similarly situated farms.--
                    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to
                    establish an appropriate updated payment yield for a
                    covered commodity on a farm as required by subparagraph
                    (A), the Secretary shall take into consideration the
                    farm program payment yields applicable to that covered
                    commodity for similarly situated farms, but before the
                    yields for the similarly situated farms are updated as
                    provided in this subsection.

    SEC. 1107. FARM RISK MANAGEMENT ELECTION.

        (a) In General.--
                (1) Payments required.--Except as provided in paragraph
            (2), if the Secretary determines that payments are required
            under subsection (b)(1) or (c)(2) for a covered commodity, the
            Secretary shall make payments for that covered commodity
            available under such subsection to producers on a farm pursuant
            to the terms and conditions of this section.
                (2) Prohibition on payments; exceptions.--Notwithstanding
            any other provision of this title, a producer on a farm may not
            receive price loss coverage payments or revenue loss coverage
            payments if the sum of the planted acres of covered commodities
            on the farm is 10 acres or less, as determined by the
            Secretary, unless the producer is--
                        (A) 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))); or
                        (B) a limited resource farmer or rancher, as
                    defined by the Secretary.
        (b) Price Loss Coverage.--
                (1) Payments.--For each of the 2013 through 2017 crop
            years, the Secretary shall make price loss coverage payments to
            producers on a farm for a covered commodity if the Secretary
            determines that--
                        (A) the effective price for the covered commodity
                    for the crop year; is less than
                        (B) the reference price for the covered commodity
                    for the crop year.
                (2) Effective price.--The effective price for a covered
            commodity for a crop year shall be the higher of--
                        (A) the midseason price; or
                        (B) the national average loan rate for a marketing
                    assistance loan for the covered commodity in effect for
                    crop years 2013 through 2017 under subtitle B.
                (3) Payment rate.--The payment rate shall be equal to the
            difference between--
                        (A) the reference price for the covered commodity;
                    and
                        (B) the effective price determined under paragraph
                    (2) for the covered commodity.
                (4) Payment amount.--If price loss coverage payments are
            required to be provided under this subsection for any of the
            2013 through 2017 crop years for a covered commodity, the
            amount of the price loss coverage payment to be paid to the
            producers on a farm for the crop year shall be equal to the
            product obtained by multiplying--
                        (A) the payment rate for the covered commodity
                    under paragraph (3);
                        (B) the payment yield for the covered commodity;
                    and
                        (C) the payment acres for the covered commodity.
                (5) Time for payments.--If the Secretary determines under
            this subsection that price loss coverage payments are required
            to be provided for the covered commodity, the payments shall be
            made beginning October 1, or as soon as practicable thereafter,
            after the end of the applicable marketing year for the covered
            commodity.
                (6) Special rule.--In determining the effective price for
            barley in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall use the all-barley
            price.
        (c) Revenue Loss Coverage.--
                (1) Available as an alternative.--As an alternative to
            receiving price loss coverage payments under subsection (b) for
            a covered commodity, all of the owners of the farm may make a
            one-time, irrevocable election on a covered commodity-by-
            covered commodity basis to receive revenue loss coverage
            payments for each covered commodity in accordance with this
            subsection. If any of the owners of the farm make different
            elections on the same covered commodity on the farm, all of the
            owners of the farm shall be deemed to have not made the
            election available under this paragraph.
                (2) Payments.--In the case of owners of a farm that make
            the election described in paragraph (1) for a covered
            commodity, the Secretary shall make revenue loss coverage
            payments available under this subsection for each of the 2013
            through 2017 crop years if the Secretary determines that--
                        (A) the actual county revenue for the crop year for
                    the covered commodity; is less than
                        (B) the county revenue loss coverage trigger for
                    the crop year for the covered commodity.
                (3) Time for payments.--If the Secretary determines under
            this subsection that revenue loss coverage payments are
            required to be provided for the covered commodity, payments
            shall be made beginning October 1, or as soon as practicable
            thereafter, after the end of the applicable marketing year for
            the covered commodity.
                (4) Actual county revenue.--The amount of the actual county
            revenue for a crop year of a covered commodity shall be equal
            to the product obtained by multiplying--
                        (A) the actual county yield, as determined by the
                    Secretary, for each planted acre for the crop year for
                    the covered commodity; and
                        (B) the higher of--
                                (i) the midseason price; or
                                (ii) the national average loan rate for a
                            marketing assistance loan for the covered
                            commodity in effect for crop years 2013 through
                            2017 under subtitle B.
                (5) County revenue loss coverage trigger.--
                        (A) In general.--The county revenue loss coverage
                    trigger for a crop year for a covered commodity on a
                    farm shall equal 85 percent of the benchmark county
                    revenue.
                        (B) Benchmark county revenue.--
                                (i) In general.--The benchmark county
                            revenue shall be the product obtained by
                            multiplying--
                                        (I) subject to clause (ii), the
                                    average historical county yield as
                                    determined by the Secretary for the
                                    most recent 5 crop years, excluding
                                    each of the crop years with the highest
                                    and lowest yields; and
                                        (II) subject to clause (iii), the
                                    average national marketing year average
                                    price for the most recent 5 crop years,
                                    excluding each of the crop years with
                                    the highest and lowest prices.
                                (ii) Yield conditions.--If the historical
                            county yield in clause (i)(I) for any of the 5
                            most recent crop years, as determined by the
                            Secretary, is less than 70 percent of the
                            transitional yield, as determined by the
                            Secretary, the amounts used for any of those
                            years in clause (i)(I) shall be 70 percent of
                            the transitional yield.
                                (iii) Reference price.--If the national
                            marketing year average price in clause (i)(II)
                            for any of the 5 most recent crop years is
                            lower than the reference price for the covered
                            commodity, the Secretary shall use the
                            reference price for any of those years for the
                            amounts in clause (i)(II).
                (6) Payment rate.--The payment rate shall be equal to the
            lesser of--
                        (A) the difference between--
                                (i) the county revenue loss coverage
                            trigger for the covered commodity; and
                                (ii) the actual county revenue for the crop
                            year for the covered commodity; or
                        (B) 10 percent of the benchmark county revenue for
                    the crop year for the covered commodity.
                (7) Payment amount.--If revenue loss coverage payments
            under this subsection are required to be provided for any of
            the 2013 through 2017 crop years of a covered commodity, the
            amount of the revenue loss coverage payment to be provided to
            the producers on a farm for the crop year shall be equal to the
            product obtained by multiplying--
                        (A) the payment rate under paragraph (6); and
                        (B) the payment acres of the covered commodity on
                    the farm.
                (8) Duties of the secretary.--In providing revenue loss
            coverage payments under this subsection, the Secretary--
                        (A) shall ensure that producers on a farm do not
                    reconstitute the farm of the producers to void or
                    change the election made under paragraph (1);
                        (B) to the maximum extent practicable, shall use
                    all available information and analysis, including data
                    mining, to check for anomalies in the provision of
                    revenue loss coverage payments;
                        (C) to the maximum extent practicable, shall
                    calculate a separate county revenue loss coverage
                    trigger for irrigated and nonirrigated covered
                    commodities and a separate actual county revenue for
                    irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities;
                        (D) shall assign a benchmark county yield for each
                    planted acre for the crop year for the covered
                    commodity on the basis of the yield history of
                    representative farms in the State, region, or crop
                    reporting district, as determined by the Secretary,
                    if--
                                (i) the Secretary cannot establish the
                            benchmark county yield for each planted acre
                            for a crop year for a covered commodity in the
                            county in accordance with paragraph (5); or
                                (ii) the yield determined under paragraph
                            (5) is an unrepresentative average yield for
                            the county (as determined by the Secretary);
                            and
                        (E) to the maximum extent practicable, shall ensure
                    that in order to be eligible for a payment under this
                    subsection, the producers on the farm suffered an
                    actual loss on the covered commodity for the crop year
                    for which payment is sought.

    SEC. 1108. PRODUCER AGREEMENTS.

        (a) Compliance With Certain Requirements.--
                (1) Requirements.--Before the producers on a farm may
            receive price loss coverage payments or revenue loss coverage
            payments with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree,
            during the crop year for which the payments are made and in
            exchange for the payments--
                        (A) to comply with applicable conservation
                    requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food
                    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.);
                        (B) to comply with applicable wetland protection
                    requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act
                    (16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); and
                        (C) to effectively control noxious weeds and
                    otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound
                    agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary.
                (2) Compliance.--The Secretary may issue such rules as the
            Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance
            with the requirements of paragraph (1).
                (3) Modification.--At the request of the transferee or
            owner, the Secretary may modify the requirements of this
            subsection if the modifications are consistent with the
            objectives of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary.
        (b) Transfer or Change of Interest in Farm.--
                (1) Termination.--
                        (A) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
                    (2), a transfer of (or change in) the interest of the
                    producers on a farm for which price loss coverage
                    payments or revenue loss coverage payments are provided
                    shall result in the termination of the price loss
                    coverage and revenue loss coverage, unless the
                    transferee or owner of the acreage agrees to assume all
                    obligations under subsection (a).
                        (B) Effective date.--The termination shall take
                    effect on the date determined by the Secretary.
                (2) Exception.--If a producer entitled to a price loss
            coverage payment or revenue loss coverage payment dies, becomes
            incompetent, or is otherwise unable to receive the payment, the
            Secretary shall make the payment in accordance with rules
            issued by the Secretary.
        (c) Acreage Reports.--As a condition on the receipt of any benefits
    under this subtitle or subtitle B, the Secretary shall require
    producers on a farm to submit to the Secretary annual acreage reports
    with respect to all cropland on the farm.
        (d) Tenants and Sharecroppers.--In carrying out this subtitle, the
    Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of
    tenants and sharecroppers.
        (e) Sharing of Payments.--The Secretary shall provide for the
    sharing of price loss coverage payments and revenue loss coverage
    payments among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable basis.

    SEC. 1109. PERIOD OF EFFECTIVENESS.

        This subtitle shall be effective beginning with the 2013 crop year
    of each covered commodity through the 2017 crop year.

                          Subtitle B--Marketing Loans

    SEC. 1201. AVAILABILITY OF NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS FOR
                  LOAN COMMODITIES.

        (a) Definition of Loan Commodity.--In this subtitle, the term
    ``loan commodity'' means wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats,
    upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain
    rice, peanuts, soybeans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool,
    mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas.
        (b) Nonrecourse Loans Available.--
                (1) In general.--For each of the 2013 through 2017 crops of
            each loan commodity, the Secretary shall make available to
            producers on a farm nonrecourse marketing assistance loans for
            loan commodities produced on the farm.
                (2) Terms and conditions.--The marketing assistance loans
            shall be made under terms and conditions that are prescribed by
            the Secretary and at the loan rate established under section
            1202 for the loan commodity.
        (c) Eligible Production.--The producers on a farm shall be eligible
    for a marketing assistance loan under subsection (b) for any quantity
    of a loan commodity produced on the farm.
        (d) Compliance With Conservation and Wetlands Requirements.--As a
    condition of the receipt of a marketing assistance loan under
    subsection (b), the producer shall comply with applicable conservation
    requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of
    1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.) and applicable wetland protection
    requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3821
    et seq.) during the term of the loan.
        (e) Special Rules for Peanuts.--
                (1) In general.--This subsection shall apply only to
            producers of peanuts.
                (2) Options for obtaining loan.--A marketing assistance
            loan under this section, and loan deficiency payments under
            section 1205, may be obtained at the option of the producers on
            a farm through--
                        (A) a designated marketing association or marketing
                    cooperative of producers that is approved by the
                    Secretary; or
                        (B) the Farm Service Agency.
                (3) Storage of loan peanuts.--As a condition on the
            approval by the Secretary of an individual or entity to provide
            storage for peanuts for which a marketing assistance loan is
            made under this section, the individual or entity shall agree--
                        (A) to provide the storage on a nondiscriminatory
                    basis; and
                        (B) to comply with such additional requirements as
                    the Secretary considers appropriate to accomplish the
                    purposes of this section and promote fairness in the
                    administration of the benefits of this section.
                (4) Storage, handling, and associated costs.--
                        (A) In general.--To ensure proper storage of
                    peanuts for which a loan is made under this section,
                    the Secretary shall pay handling and other associated
                    costs (other than storage costs) incurred at the time
                    at which the peanuts are placed under loan, as
                    determined by the Secretary.
                        (B) Redemption and forfeiture.--The Secretary
                    shall--
                                (i) require the repayment of handling and
                            other associated costs paid under subparagraph
                            (A) for all peanuts pledged as collateral for a
                            loan that is redeemed under this section; and
                                (ii) pay storage, handling, and other
                            associated costs for all peanuts pledged as
                            collateral that are forfeited under this
                            section.
                (5) Marketing.--A marketing association or cooperative may
            market peanuts for which a loan is made under this section in
            any manner that conforms to consumer needs, including the
            separation of peanuts by type and quality.
                (6) Reimbursable agreements and payment of administrative
            expenses.--The Secretary may implement any reimbursable
            agreements or provide for the payment of administrative
            expenses under this subsection only in a manner that is
            consistent with those activities in regard to other loan
            commodities.

    SEC. 1202. LOAN RATES FOR NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS.

        (a) In General.--For purposes of each of the 2013 through 2017 crop
    years, the loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 1201
    for a loan commodity shall be equal to the following:
                (1) In the case of wheat, $2.94 per bushel.
                (2) In the case of corn, $1.95 per bushel.
                (3) In the case of grain sorghum, $1.95 per bushel.
                (4) In the case of barley, $1.95 per bushel.
                (5) In the case of oats, $1.39 per bushel.
                (6) In the case of base quality of upland cotton, for the
            2013 and each subsequent crop year, the simple average of the
            adjusted prevailing world price for the 2 immediately preceding
            marketing years, as determined by the Secretary and announced
            October 1 preceding the next domestic plantings, but in no case
            less than $0.47 per pound or more than $0.52 per pound.
                (7) In the case of extra long staple cotton, $0.7977 per
            pound.
                (8) In the case of long grain rice, $6.50 per
            hundredweight.
                (9) In the case of medium grain rice, $6.50 per
            hundredweight.
                (10) In the case of soybeans, $5.00 per bushel.
                (11) In the case of other oilseeds, $10.09 per
            hundredweight for each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                        (A) Sunflower seed.
                        (B) Rapeseed.
                        (C) Canola.
                        (D) Safflower.
                        (E) Flaxseed.
                        (F) Mustard seed.
                        (G) Crambe.
                        (H) Sesame seed.
                        (I) Other oilseeds designated by the Secretary.
                (12) In the case of dry peas, $5.40 per hundredweight.
                (13) In the case of lentils, $11.28 per hundredweight.
                (14) In the case of small chickpeas, $7.43 per
            hundredweight.
                (15) In the case of large chickpeas, $11.28 per
            hundredweight.
                (16) In the case of graded wool, $1.15 per pound.
                (17) In the case of nongraded wool, $0.40 per pound.
                (18) In the case of mohair, $4.20 per pound.
                (19) In the case of honey, $0.69 per pound.
                (20) In the case of peanuts, $355 per ton.
        (b) Single County Loan Rate for Other Oilseeds.--The Secretary
    shall establish a single loan rate in each county for each kind of
    other oilseeds described in subsection (a)(11).

    SEC. 1203. TERM OF LOANS.

        (a) Term of Loan.--In the case of each loan commodity, a marketing
    assistance loan under section 1201 shall have a term of 9 months
    beginning on the first day of the first month after the month in which
    the loan is made.
        (b) Extensions Prohibited.--The Secretary may not extend the term
    of a marketing assistance loan for any loan commodity.

    SEC. 1204. REPAYMENT OF LOANS.

        (a) General Rule.--The Secretary shall permit the producers on a
    farm to repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for a loan
    commodity (other than upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain
    rice, extra long staple cotton, peanuts and confectionery and each
    other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed)) at a rate
    that is the lesser of--
                (1) the loan rate established for the commodity under
            section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with
            section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
            Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283));
                (2) a rate (as determined by the Secretary) that--
                        (A) is calculated based on average market prices
                    for the loan commodity during the preceding 30-day
                    period; and
                        (B) will minimize discrepancies in marketing loan
                    benefits across State boundaries and across county
                    boundaries; or
                (3) a rate that the Secretary may develop using alternative
            methods for calculating a repayment rate for a loan commodity
            that the Secretary determines will--
                        (A) minimize potential loan forfeitures;
                        (B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of the
                    commodity by the Federal Government;
                        (C) minimize the cost incurred by the Federal
                    Government in storing the commodity;
                        (D) allow the commodity produced in the United
                    States to be marketed freely and competitively, both
                    domestically and internationally; and
                        (E) minimize discrepancies in marketing loan
                    benefits across State boundaries and across county
                    boundaries.
        (b) Repayment Rates for Upland Cotton, Long Grain Rice, and Medium
    Grain Rice.--The Secretary shall permit producers to repay a marketing
    assistance loan under section 1201 for upland cotton, long grain rice,
    and medium grain rice at a rate that is the lesser of--
                (1) the loan rate established for the commodity under
            section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with
            section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
            Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
                (2) the prevailing world market price for the commodity, as
            determined and adjusted by the Secretary in accordance with
            this section.
        (c) Repayment Rates for Extra Long Staple Cotton.--Repayment of a
    marketing assistance loan for extra long staple cotton shall be at the
    loan rate established for the commodity under section 1202, plus
    interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of the Federal
    Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)).
        (d) Prevailing World Market Price.--For purposes of this section
    and section 1207, the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation--
                (1) a formula to determine the prevailing world market
            price for each of upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium
            grain rice; and
                (2) a mechanism by which the Secretary shall announce
            periodically those prevailing world market prices.
        (e) Adjustment of Prevailing World Market Price for Upland Cotton,
    Long Grain Rice, and Medium Grain Rice.--
                (1) Rice.--The prevailing world market price for long grain
            rice and medium grain rice determined under subsection (d)
            shall be adjusted to United States quality and location.
                (2) Cotton.--The prevailing world market price for upland
            cotton determined under subsection (d)--
                        (A) shall be adjusted to United States quality and
                    location, with the adjustment to include--
                                (i) a reduction equal to any United States
                            Premium Factor for upland cotton of a quality
                            higher than Middling (M) 1\3/32\-inch; and
                                (ii) the average costs to market the
                            commodity, including average transportation
                            costs, as determined by the Secretary; and
                        (B) may be further adjusted, during the period
                    beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and
                    ending on July 31, 2018, if the Secretary determines
                    the adjustment is necessary--
                                (i) to minimize potential loan forfeitures;
                                (ii) to minimize the accumulation of stocks
                            of upland cotton by the Federal Government;
                                (iii) to ensure that upland cotton produced
                            in the United States can be marketed freely and
                            competitively, both domestically and
                            internationally; and
                                (iv) to ensure an appropriate transition
                            between current-crop and forward-crop price
                            quotations, except that the Secretary may use
                            forward-crop price quotations prior to July 31
                            of a marketing year only if--
                                        (I) there are insufficient current-
                                    crop price quotations; and
                                        (II) the forward-crop price
                                    quotation is the lowest such quotation
                                    available.
                (3) Guidelines for additional adjustments.--In making
            adjustments under this subsection, the Secretary shall
            establish a mechanism for determining and announcing the
            adjustments in order to avoid undue disruption in the United
            States market.
        (f) Repayment Rates for Confectionery and Other Kinds of Sunflower
    Seeds.--The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to repay a
    marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for confectionery and each
    other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed) at a rate
    that is the lesser of--
                (1) the loan rate established for the commodity under
            section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with
            section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform
            Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
                (2) the repayment rate established for oil sunflower seed.
        (g) Payment of Cotton Storage Costs.--Effective for each of the
    2013 through 2017 crop years, the Secretary shall make cotton storage
    payments available in the same manner, and at the same rates as the
    Secretary provided storage payments for the 2006 crop of cotton, except
    that the rates shall be reduced by 10 percent.
        (h) Repayment Rate for Peanuts.--The Secretary shall permit
    producers on a farm to repay a marketing assistance loan for peanuts
    under subsection (a) at a rate that is the lesser of--
                (1) the loan rate established for peanuts under subsection
            (b), plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163
            of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
            (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
                (2) a rate that the Secretary determines will--
                        (A) minimize potential loan forfeitures;
                        (B) minimize the accumulation of stocks of peanuts
                    by the Federal Government;
                        (C) minimize the cost incurred by the Federal
                    Government in storing peanuts; and
                        (D) allow peanuts produced in the United States to
                    be marketed freely and competitively, both domestically
                    and internationally.
        (i) Authority to Temporarily Adjust Repayment Rates.--
                (1) Adjustment authority.--In the event of a severe
            disruption to marketing, transportation, or related
            infrastructure, the Secretary may modify the repayment rate
            otherwise applicable under this section for marketing
            assistance loans under section 1201 for a loan commodity.
                (2) Duration.--Any adjustment made under paragraph (1) in
            the repayment rate for marketing assistance loans for a loan
            commodity shall be in effect on a short-term and temporary
            basis, as determined by the Secretary.

    SEC. 1205. LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.

        (a) Availability of Loan Deficiency Payments.--
                (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (d), the
            Secretary may make loan deficiency payments available to
            producers on a farm that, although eligible to obtain a
            marketing assistance loan under section 1201 with respect to a
            loan commodity, agree to forgo obtaining the loan for the
            commodity in return for loan deficiency payments under this
            section.
                (2) Unshorn pelts, hay, and silage.--
                        (A) Marketing assistance loans.--Subject to
                    subparagraph (B), nongraded wool in the form of unshorn
                    pelts and hay and silage derived from a loan commodity
                    are not eligible for a marketing assistance loan under
                    section 1201.
                        (B) Loan deficiency payment.--Effective for the
                    2013 through 2017 crop years, the Secretary may make
                    loan deficiency payments available under this section
                    to producers on a farm that produce unshorn pelts or
                    hay and silage derived from a loan commodity.
        (b) Computation.--A loan deficiency payment for a loan commodity or
    commodity referred to in subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the
    product obtained by multiplying--
                (1) the payment rate determined under subsection (c) for
            the commodity; by
                (2) the quantity of the commodity produced by the eligible
            producers, excluding any quantity for which the producers
            obtain a marketing assistance loan under section 1201.
        (c) Payment Rate.--
                (1) In general.--In the case of a loan commodity, the
            payment rate shall be the amount by which--
                        (A) the loan rate established under section 1202
                    for the loan commodity; exceeds
                        (B) the rate at which a marketing assistance loan
                    for the loan commodity may be repaid under section
                    1204.
                (2) Unshorn pelts.--In the case of unshorn pelts, the
            payment rate shall be the amount by which--
                        (A) the loan rate established under section 1202
                    for ungraded wool; exceeds
                        (B) the rate at which a marketing assistance loan
                    for ungraded wool may be repaid under section 1204.
                (3) Hay and silage.--In the case of hay or silage derived
            from a loan commodity, the payment rate shall be the amount by
            which--
                        (A) the loan rate established under section 1202
                    for the loan commodity from which the hay or silage is
                    derived; exceeds
                        (B) the rate at which a marketing assistance loan
                    for the loan commodity may be repaid under section
                    1204.
        (d) Exception for Extra Long Staple Cotton.--This section shall not
    apply with respect to extra long staple cotton.
        (e) Effective Date for Payment Rate Determination.--The Secretary
    shall determine the amount of the loan deficiency payment to be made
    under this section to the producers on a farm with respect to a
    quantity of a loan commodity or commodity referred to in subsection
    (a)(2) using the payment rate in effect under subsection (c) as of the
    date the producers request the payment.

    SEC. 1206. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR GRAZED
                  ACREAGE.

        (a) Eligible Producers.--
                (1) In general.--Effective for the 2013 through 2017 crop
            years, in the case of a producer that would be eligible for a
            loan deficiency payment under section 1205 for wheat, barley,
            or oats, but that elects to use acreage planted to the wheat,
            barley, or oats for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary
            shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the
            producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo
            any other harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on that
            acreage.
                (2) Grazing of triticale acreage.--Effective for the 2013
            through 2017 crop years, with respect to a producer on a farm
            that uses acreage planted to triticale for the grazing of
            livestock, the Secretary shall make a payment to the producer
            under this section if the producer enters into an agreement
            with the Secretary to forgo any other harvesting of triticale
            on that acreage.
        (b) Payment Amount.--
                (1) In general.--The amount of a payment made under this
            section to a producer on a farm described in subsection (a)(1)
            shall be equal to the amount determined by multiplying--
                        (A) the loan deficiency payment rate determined
                    under section 1205(c) in effect, as of the date of the
                    agreement, for the county in which the farm is located;
                    by
                        (B) the payment quantity determined by
                    multiplying--
                                (i) the quantity of the grazed acreage on
                            the farm with respect to which the producer
                            elects to forgo harvesting of wheat, barley, or
                            oats; and
                                (ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for the
                            calculation of price loss coverage under
                            subtitle A with respect to that loan commodity
                            on the farm; or
                                (II) in the case of a farm without a
                            payment yield for that loan commodity, an
                            appropriate yield established by the Secretary
                            in a manner consistent with section 1106(c) of
                            this Act.
                (2) Grazing of triticale acreage.--The amount of a payment
            made under this section to a producer on a farm described in
            subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the amount determined by
            multiplying--
                        (A) the loan deficiency payment rate determined
                    under section 1205(c) in effect for wheat, as of the
                    date of the agreement, for the county in which the farm
                    is located; by
                        (B) the payment quantity determined by
                    multiplying--
                                (i) the quantity of the grazed acreage on
                            the farm with respect to which the producer
                            elects to forgo harvesting of triticale; and
                                (ii)(I) the payment yield in effect for the
                            calculation of price loss coverage under
                            subtitle A with respect to wheat on the farm;
                            or
                                (II) in the case of a farm without a
                            payment yield for wheat, an appropriate yield
                            established by the Secretary in a manner
                            consistent with section 1106(c) of this Act.
        (c) Time, Manner, and Availability of Payment.--
                (1) Time and manner.--A payment under this section shall be
            made at the same time and in the same manner as loan deficiency
            payments are made under section 1205.
                (2) Availability.--
                        (A) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an
                    availability period for the payments authorized by this
                    section.
                        (B) Certain commodities.--In the case of wheat,
                    barley, and oats, the availability period shall be
                    consistent with the availability period for the
                    commodity established by the Secretary for marketing
                    assistance loans authorized by this subtitle.
        (d) Prohibition on Crop Insurance Indemnity or Noninsured Crop
    Assistance.--A 2013 through 2017 crop of wheat, barley, oats, or
    triticale planted on acreage that a producer elects, in the agreement
    required by subsection (a), to use for the grazing of livestock in lieu
    of any other harvesting of the crop shall not be eligible for an
    indemnity under a policy or plan of insurance authorized under the
    Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or noninsured crop
    assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and
    Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).

    SEC. 1207. SPECIAL MARKETING LOAN PROVISIONS FOR UPLAND COTTON.

        (a) Special Import Quota.--
                (1) Definition of special import quota.--In this
            subsection, the term ``special import quota'' means a quantity
            of imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff rate of
            a tariff-rate quota.
                (2) Establishment.--
                        (A) In general.--The President shall carry out an
                    import quota program during the period beginning on
                    August 1, 2013, and ending on July 31, 2018, as
                    provided in this subsection.
                        (B) Program requirements.--Whenever the Secretary
                    determines and announces that for any consecutive 4-
                    week period, the Friday through Thursday average price
                    quotation for the lowest-priced United States growth,
                    as quoted for Middling (M) 1\3/32\-inch cotton,
                    delivered to a definable and significant international
                    market, as determined by the Secretary, exceeds the
                    prevailing world market price, there shall immediately
                    be in effect a special import quota.
                (3) Quantity.--The quota shall be equal to the consumption
            during a 1-week period of cotton by domestic mills at the
            seasonally adjusted average rate of the most recent 3 months
            for which official data of the Department of Agriculture are
            available or, in the absence of sufficient data, as estimated
            by the Secretary.
                (4) Application.--The quota shall apply to upland cotton
            purchased not later than 90 days after the date of the
            Secretary's announcement under paragraph (2) and entered into
            the United States not later than 180 days after that date.
                (5) Overlap.--A special quota period may be established
            that overlaps any existing quota period if required by
            paragraph (2), except that a special quota period may not be
            established under this subsection if a quota period has been
            established under subsection (b).
                (6) Preferential tariff treatment.--The quantity under a
            special import quota shall be considered to be an in-quota
            quantity for purposes of--
                        (A) section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin Economic
                    Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(d));
                        (B) section 204 of the Andean Trade Preference Act
                    (19 U.S.C. 3203);
                        (C) section 503(d) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
                    U.S.C. 2463(d)); and
                        (D) General Note 3(a)(iv) to the Harmonized Tariff
                    Schedule.
                (7) Limitation.--The quantity of cotton entered into the
            United States during any marketing year under the special
            import quota established under this subsection may not exceed
            the equivalent of 10 week's consumption of upland cotton by
            domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the 3
            months immediately preceding the first special import quota
            established in any marketing year.
        (b) Limited Global Import Quota for Upland Cotton.--
                (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                        (A) Demand.--The term ``demand'' means--
                                (i) the average seasonally adjusted annual
                            rate of domestic mill consumption of cotton
                            during the most recent 3 months for which
                            official data of the Department of Agriculture
                            are available or, in the absence of sufficient
                            data, as estimated by the Secretary; and
                                (ii) the larger of--
                                        (I) average exports of upland
                                    cotton during the preceding 6 marketing
                                    years; or
                                        (II) cumulative exports of upland
                                    cotton plus outstanding export sales
                                    for the marketing year in which the
                                    quota is established.
                        (B) Limited global import quota.--The term
                    ``limited global import quota'' means a quantity of
                    imports that is not subject to the over-quota tariff
                    rate of a tariff-rate quota.
                        (C) Supply.--The term ``supply'' means, using the
                    latest official data of the Department of Agriculture--
                                (i) the carry-over of upland cotton at the
                            beginning of the marketing year (adjusted to
                            480-pound bales) in which the quota is
                            established;
                                (ii) production of the current crop; and
                                (iii) imports to the latest date available
                            during the marketing year.
                (2) Program.--The President shall carry out an import quota
            program that provides that whenever the Secretary determines
            and announces that the average price of the base quality of
            upland cotton, as determined by the Secretary, in the
            designated spot markets for a month exceeded 130 percent of the
            average price of the quality of cotton in the markets for the
            preceding 36 months, notwithstanding any other provision of
            law, there shall immediately be in effect a limited global
            import quota subject to the following conditions:
                        (A) Quantity.--The quantity of the quota shall be
                    equal to 21 days of domestic mill consumption of upland
                    cotton at the seasonally adjusted average rate of the
                    most recent 3 months for which official data of the
                    Department of Agriculture are available or, in the
                    absence of sufficient data, as estimated by the
                    Secretary.
                        (B) Quantity if prior quota.--If a quota has been
                    established under this subsection during the preceding
                    12 months, the quantity of the quota next established
                    under this subsection shall be the smaller of 21 days
                    of domestic mill consumption calculated under
                    subparagraph (A) or the quantity required to increase
                    the supply to 130 percent of the demand.
                        (C) Preferential tariff treatment.--The quantity
                    under a limited global import quota shall be considered
                    to be an in-quota quantity for purposes of--
                                (i) section 213(d) of the Caribbean Basin
                            Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2703(d));
                                (ii) section 204 of the Andean Trade
                            Preference Act (19 U.S.C. 3203);
                                (iii) section 503(d) of the Trade Act of
                            1974 (19 U.S.C. 2463(d)); and
                                (iv) General Note 3(a)(iv) to the
                            Harmonized Tariff Schedule.
                        (D) Quota entry period.--When a quota is
                    established under this subsection, cotton may be
                    entered under the quota during the 90-day period
                    beginning on the date the quota is established by the
                    Secretary.
                (3) No overlap.--Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a quota
            period may not be established that overlaps an existing quota
            period or a special quota period established under subsection
            (a).
        (c) Economic Adjustment Assistance to Users of Upland Cotton.--
                (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
            shall, on a monthly basis, make economic adjustment assistance
            available to domestic users of upland cotton in the form of
            payments for all documented use of that upland cotton during
            the previous monthly period regardless of the origin of the
            upland cotton.
                (2) Value of assistance.--Effective beginning on August 1,
            2012, the value of the assistance provided under paragraph (1)
            shall be 3 cents per pound.
                (3) Allowable purposes.--Economic adjustment assistance
            under this subsection shall be made available only to domestic
            users of upland cotton that certify that the assistance shall
            be used only to acquire, construct, install, modernize,
            develop, convert, or expand land, plant, buildings, equipment,
            facilities, or machinery.
                (4) Review or audit.--The Secretary may conduct such review
            or audit of the records of a domestic user under this
            subsection as the Secretary determines necessary to carry out
            this subsection.
                (5) Improper use of assistance.--If the Secretary
            determines, after a review or audit of the records of the
            domestic user, that economic adjustment assistance under this
            subsection was not used for the purposes specified in paragraph
            (3), the domestic user shall be--
                        (A) liable for the repayment of the assistance to
                    the Secretary, plus interest, as determined by the
                    Secretary; and
                        (B) ineligible to receive assistance under this
                    subsection for a period of 1 year following the
                    determination of the Secretary.

    SEC. 1208. SPECIAL COMPETITIVE PROVISIONS FOR EXTRA LONG STAPLE COTTON.

        (a) Competitiveness Program.--Notwithstanding any other provision
    of law, during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this
    Act through July 31, 2018, the Secretary shall carry out a program--
                (1) to maintain and expand the domestic use of extra long
            staple cotton produced in the United States;
                (2) to increase exports of extra long staple cotton
            produced in the United States; and
                (3) to ensure that extra long staple cotton produced in the
            United States remains competitive in world markets.
        (b) Payments Under Program; Trigger.--Under the program, the
    Secretary shall make payments available under this section whenever--
                (1) for a consecutive 4-week period, the world market price
            for the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple
            cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for
            other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as
            determined by the Secretary, is below the prevailing United
            States price for a competing growth of extra long staple
            cotton; and
                (2) the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple
            cotton (adjusted to United States quality and location and for
            other factors affecting the competitiveness of such cotton), as
            determined by the Secretary, is less than 134 percent of the
            loan rate for extra long staple cotton.
        (c) Eligible Recipients.--The Secretary shall make payments
    available under this section to domestic users of extra long staple
    cotton produced in the United States and exporters of extra long staple
    cotton produced in the United States that enter into an agreement with
    the Commodity Credit Corporation to participate in the program under
    this section.
        (d) Payment Amount.--Payments under this section shall be based on
    the amount of the difference in the prices referred to in subsection
    (b)(1) during the fourth week of the consecutive 4-week period
    multiplied by the amount of documented purchases by domestic users and
    sales for export by exporters made in the week following such a
    consecutive 4-week period.

    SEC. 1209. AVAILABILITY OF RECOURSE LOANS FOR HIGH MOISTURE FEED GRAINS
                  AND SEED COTTON.

        (a) High Moisture Feed Grains.--
                (1) Definition of high moisture state.--In this subsection,
            the term ``high moisture state'' means corn or grain sorghum
            having a moisture content in excess of Commodity Credit
            Corporation standards for marketing assistance loans made by
            the Secretary under section 1201.
                (2) Recourse loans available.--For each of the 2013 through
            2017 crops of corn and grain sorghum, the Secretary shall make
            available recourse loans, as determined by the Secretary, to
            producers on a farm that--
                        (A) normally harvest all or a portion of their crop
                    of corn or grain sorghum in a high moisture state;
                        (B) present--
                                (i) certified scale tickets from an
                            inspected, certified commercial scale,
                            including a licensed warehouse, feedlot, feed
                            mill, distillery, or other similar entity
                            approved by the Secretary, pursuant to
                            regulations issued by the Secretary; or
                                (ii) field or other physical measurements
                            of the standing or stored crop in regions of
                            the United States, as determined by the
                            Secretary, that do not have certified
                            commercial scales from which certified scale
                            tickets may be obtained within reasonable
                            proximity of harvest operation;
                        (C) certify that the producers on the farm were the
                    owners of the feed grain at the time of delivery to,
                    and that the quantity to be placed under loan under
                    this subsection was in fact harvested on the farm and
                    delivered to, a feedlot, feed mill, or commercial or
                    on-farm high-moisture storage facility, or to a
                    facility maintained by the users of corn and grain
                    sorghum in a high moisture state; and
                        (D) comply with deadlines established by the
                    Secretary for harvesting the corn or grain sorghum and
                    submit applications for loans under this subsection
                    within deadlines established by the Secretary.
                (3) Eligibility of acquired feed grains.--A loan under this
            subsection shall be made on a quantity of corn or grain sorghum
            of the same crop acquired by the producer equivalent to a
            quantity determined by multiplying--
                        (A) the acreage of the corn or grain sorghum in a
                    high moisture state harvested on the farm of the
                    producer; by
                        (B) the lower of the farm program payment yield
                    used to make payments under subtitle A or the actual
                    yield on a field, as determined by the Secretary, that
                    is similar to the field from which the corn or grain
                    sorghum was obtained.
        (b) Recourse Loans Available for Seed Cotton.--For each of the 2013
    through 2017 crops of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton, the
    Secretary shall make available recourse seed cotton loans, as
    determined by the Secretary, on any production.
        (c) Repayment Rates.--Repayment of a recourse loan made under this
    section shall be at the loan rate established for the commodity by the
    Secretary, plus interest (determined in accordance with section 163 of
    the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
    7283)).

    SEC. 1210. ADJUSTMENTS OF LOANS.

        (a) Adjustment Authority.--Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary
    may make appropriate adjustments in the loan rates for any loan
    commodity (other than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality,
    location, and other factors.
        (b) Manner of Adjustment.--The adjustments under subsection (a)
    shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be made in such a manner that
    the average loan level for the commodity will, on the basis of the
    anticipated incidence of the factors, be equal to the level of support
    determined in accordance with this subtitle and subtitle C.
        (c) Adjustment on County Basis.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary may establish loan rates for
            a crop for producers in individual counties in a manner that
            results in the lowest loan rate being 95 percent of the
            national average loan rate, if those loan rates do not result
            in an increase in outlays.
                (2) Prohibition.--Adjustments under this subsection shall
            not result in an increase in the national average loan rate for
            any year.
        (d) Adjustment in Loan Rate for Cotton.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary may make appropriate
            adjustments in the loan rate for cotton for differences in
            quality factors.
                (2) Types of adjustments.--Loan rate adjustments under
            paragraph (1) may include--
                        (A) the use of non-spot market price data, in
                    addition to spot market price data, that would enhance
                    the accuracy of the price information used in
                    determining quality adjustments under this subsection;
                        (B) adjustments in the premiums or discounts
                    associated with upland cotton with a staple length of
                    33 or above due to micronaire with the goal of
                    eliminating any unnecessary artificial splits in the
                    calculations of the premiums or discounts; and
                        (C) such other adjustments as the Secretary
                    determines appropriate, after consultations conducted
                    in accordance with paragraph (3).
                (3) Consultation with private sector.--
                        (A) Prior to revision.--In making adjustments to
                    the loan rate for cotton (including any review of the
                    adjustments) as provided in this subsection, the
                    Secretary shall consult with representatives of the
                    United States cotton industry.
                        (B) Inapplicability of federal advisory committee
                    act.--The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
                    App.) shall not apply to consultations under this
                    subsection.
                (4) Review of adjustments.--The Secretary may review the
            operation of the upland cotton quality adjustments implemented
            pursuant to this subsection and may make further adjustments to
            the administration of the loan program for upland cotton, by
            revoking or revising any adjustment taken under paragraph (2).
        (e) Rice.--The Secretary shall not make adjustments in the loan
    rates for long grain rice and medium grain rice, except for differences
    in grade and quality (including milling yields).

                               Subtitle C--Sugar

    SEC. 1301. SUGAR PROGRAM.

        (a) Continuation of Current Program and Loan Rates.--
                (1) Sugarcane.--Section 156(a)(5) of the Federal
            Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
            7272(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``the 2012 crop year'' and
            inserting ``each of the 2012 through 2017 crop years''.
                (2) Sugar beets.--Section 156(b)(2) of the Federal
            Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
            7272(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''.
                (3) Effective period.--Section 156(i) of the Federal
            Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
            7272(i)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''.
        (b) Flexible Marketing Allotments for Sugar.--
                (1) Sugar estimates.--Section 359b(a)(1) of the
            Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359bb(a)(1)) is
            amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.
                (2) Effective period.--Section 359l(a) of the Agricultural
            Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ll(a)) is amended by
            striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

                               Subtitle D--Dairy

    PART I--DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN PROTECTION AND DAIRY MARKET STABILIZATION
                                    PROGRAMS

    SEC. 1401. DEFINITIONS.

        In this part:
                (1) Actual dairy producer margin.--The term ``actual dairy
            producer margin'' means the difference between the all-milk
            price and the average feed cost, as calculated under section
            1402.
                (2) All-milk price.--The term ``all-milk price'' means the
            average price received, per hundredweight of milk, by dairy
            producers for all milk sold to plants and dealers in the United
            States, as determined by the Secretary.
                (3) Annual production history.--The term ``annual
            production history'' means the production history determined
            for a participating dairy producer under section 1413(b)
            whenever the dairy producer purchases supplemental margin
            protection.
                (4) Average feed cost.--The term ``average feed cost''
            means the average cost of feed used by a dairy operation to
            produce a hundredweight of milk, determined under section 1402
            using the sum of the following:
                        (A) The product determined by multiplying 1.0728 by
                    the price of corn per bushel.
                        (B) The product determined by multiplying 0.00735
                    by the price of soybean meal per ton.
                        (C) The product determined by multiplying 0.0137 by
                    the price of alfalfa hay per ton.
                (5) Basic production history.--The term ``basic production
            history'' means the production history determined for a
            participating dairy producer under section 1413(a) for
            provision of basic margin protection.
                (6) Consecutive two-month period.--The term ``consecutive
            two-month period'' refers to the two-month period consisting of
            the months of January and February, March and April, May and
            June, July and August, September and October, or November and
            December, respectively.
                (7) Dairy producer.--
                        (A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                    term ``dairy producer'' means an individual or entity
                    that directly or indirectly (as determined by the
                    Secretary)--
                                (i) shares in the risk of producing milk;
                            and
                                (ii) makes contributions (including land,
                            labor, management, equipment, or capital) to
                            the dairy operation of the individual or entity
                            that are at least commensurate with the share
                            of the individual or entity of the proceeds of
                            the operation.
                        (B) Additional ownership structures.--The Secretary
                    shall determine additional ownership structures to be
                    covered by the definition of dairy producer.
                (8) Handler.--
                        (A) In general.--The term ``handler'' means the
                    initial individual or entity making payment to a dairy
                    producer for milk produced in the United States and
                    marketed for commercial use.
                        (B) Producer-handler.--The term includes a
                    ``producer-handler'' when the producer satisfies the
                    definition in subparagraph (A).
                (9) Margin protection program.--The term ``margin
            protection program'' means the dairy producer margin protection
            program required by subpart A.
                (10) Participating dairy producer.--The term
            ``participating dairy producer'' means a dairy producer that--
                        (A) signs up under section 1412 to participate in
                    the margin protection program under subpart A; and
                        (B) as a result, also participates in the
                    stabilization program under subpart B.
                (11) Stabilization program.--The term ``stabilization
            program'' means the dairy market stabilization program required
            by subpart B for all participating dairy producers.
                (12) Stabilization program base.--The term ``stabilization
            program base'', with respect to a participating dairy producer,
            means the stabilization program base calculated for the
            producer under section 1431(b).
                (13) United states.--The term ``United States'', in a
            geographical sense, means the 50 States, the District of
            Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the
            Northern Mariana Islands, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
            Virgin Islands of the United States, and any other territory or
            possession of the United States.

    SEC. 1402. CALCULATION OF AVERAGE FEED COST AND ACTUAL DAIRY PRODUCER
                  MARGINS.

        (a) Calculation of Average Feed Cost.--The Secretary shall
    calculate the national average feed cost for each month using the
    following data:
                (1) The price of corn for a month shall be the price
            received during that month by farmers in the United States for
            corn, as reported in the monthly Agricultural Prices report by
            the Secretary.
                (2) The price of soybean meal for a month shall be the
            central Illinois price for soybean meal, as reported in the
            Market News-Monthly Soybean Meal Price Report by the Secretary.
                (3) The price of alfalfa hay for a month shall be the price
            received during that month by farmers in the United States for
            alfalfa hay, as reported in the monthly Agricultural Prices
            report by the Secretary.
        (b) Calculation of Actual Dairy Producer Margins.--
                (1) Margin protection program.--For use in the margin
            protection program under subpart A, the Secretary shall
            calculate the actual dairy producer margin for each consecutive
            two-month period by subtracting--
                        (A) the average feed cost for that consecutive two-
                    month period, determined in accordance with subsection
                    (a); from
                        (B) the all-milk price for that consecutive two-
                    month period.
                (2) Stabilization program.--For use in the stabilization
            program under subpart B, the Secretary shall calculate each
            month the actual dairy producer margin for the preceding month
            by subtracting--
                        (A) the average feed cost for that preceding month,
                    determined in accordance with subsection (a); from
                        (B) the all-milk price for that preceding month.
                (3) Time for calculations.--The calculations required by
            paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be made as soon as practicable
            each month using the full month price of the applicable
            reference month, but in no case shall the calculation be made
            later than the last business day of the month.

              Subpart A--Dairy Producer Margin Protection Program

    SEC. 1411. ESTABLISHMENT OF DAIRY PRODUCER MARGIN PROTECTION PROGRAM.

        The Secretary shall establish and administer a dairy producer
    margin protection program for the purpose of protecting dairy producer
    income by paying participating dairy producers--
                (1) basic margin protection payments when actual dairy
            producer margins are less than the threshold levels for such
            payments; and
                (2) supplemental margin protection payments if purchased by
            a participating dairy producer.

    SEC. 1412. PARTICIPATION OF DAIRY PRODUCERS IN MARGIN PROTECTION
                  PROGRAM.

        (a) Eligibility.--All dairy producers in the United States are
    eligible to participate in the margin protection program, except that a
    dairy producer must sign up with the Secretary before the producer may
    receive--
                (1) basic margin protection payments under section 1414;
            and
                (2) if the dairy producer purchases supplemental margin
            protection under section 1415, supplemental margin protection
            payments under such section.
        (b) Sign-up Process.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary shall allow all interested
            dairy producers to sign up to participate in the margin
            protection program. The Secretary shall specify the manner and
            form by which a dairy producer must sign up to participate in
            the margin protection program.
                (2) Treatment of multi-producer operations.--If a dairy
            operation consists of more than one dairy producer, all of the
            dairy producers of the operation shall be treated as a single
            dairy producer for purposes of--
                        (A) registration to receive basic margin protection
                    and purchase supplemental margin protection;
                        (B) payment of the administrative fee under
                    subsection (e) and producer premiums under section
                    1415; and
                        (C) participation in the stabilization program
                    under subpart B.
                (3) Treatment of producers with multiple dairy
            operations.--If a dairy producer operates two or more dairy
            operations, each dairy operation of the producer shall require
            a separate registration to receive basic margin protection and
            purchase supplemental margin protection. Only those dairy
            operations so registered shall be subject to the stabilization
            program.
        (c) Time for Sign up.--
                (1) Existing dairy producers.--During the one-year period
            beginning on the date of the initiation of the sign-up period
            for the margin protection program, a dairy producer that is
            actively engaged in a dairy operation as of such date may sign
            up with the Secretary--
                        (A) to receive basic margin protection; and
                        (B) if the producer elects, to purchase
                    supplemental margin protection.
                (2) New entrants.--A dairy producer that has no existing
            interest in a dairy operation as of the date of the initiation
            of the sign-up period for the margin protection program, but
            that, after such date, establishes a new dairy operation, may
            sign up with the Secretary during the one year period beginning
            on the date on which the dairy operation first markets milk
            commercially--
                        (A) to receive basic margin protection; and
                        (B) if the producer elects, to purchase
                    supplemental margin protection.
        (d) Retroactivity Provision.--
                (1) Notice of availability of retroactive protection.--Not
            later than 30 days after the effective date of this subtitle,
            the Secretary shall publish a notice in the Federal Register to
            inform dairy producers of the availability of retroactive basic
            margin protection and retroactive supplemental margin
            protection, subject to the condition that interested producers
            must file a notice of intent (in such form and manner as the
            Secretary specifies in the Federal Register notice)--
                        (A) to participate in the margin protection program
                    and receive basic margin protection; and
                        (B) at the election of the producer under paragraph
                    (3), to also obtain supplemental margin protection.
                (2) Retroactive basic margin protection.--
                        (A) Availability.--If a dairy producer files a
                    notice of intent under paragraph (1) to participate in
                    the margin protection program before the initiation of
                    the sign-up period for the margin protection program
                    and subsequently signs up for the margin protection
                    program, the producer shall receive basic margin
                    protection retroactive to the effective date of this
                    subtitle.
                        (B) Duration.--Retroactive basic margin protection
                    under this paragraph for a dairy producer shall apply
                    from the effective date of this subtitle until the date
                    on which the producer signs up for the margin
                    protection program.
                (3) Retroactive supplemental margin protection.--
                        (A) Availability.--Subject to subparagraphs (B) and
                    (C), if a dairy producer files a notice of intent under
                    paragraph (1) to participate in the margin protection
                    program and obtain supplemental margin protection and
                    subsequently signs up for the margin protection
                    program, the producer shall receive supplemental margin
                    protection, in addition to the basic margin protection
                    under paragraph (2), retroactive to the effective date
                    of this subtitle.
                        (B) Deadline for submission.--A notice of intent to
                    obtain retroactive supplemental margin protection must
                    be filed with the Secretary no later than the earlier
                    of the following:
                                (i) 150 days after the date on which the
                            Secretary publishes the notice in the Federal
                            Register required by paragraph (1).
                                (ii) The date on which the Secretary
                            initiates the sign up period for the margin
                            protection program.
                        (C) Election of coverage level and percentage of
                    coverage.--To be sufficient to obtain retroactive
                    supplemental margin protection, the notice of intent to
                    participate filed by a dairy producer must specify--
                                (i) a selected coverage level that is
                            higher, in any increment of $0.50, than the
                            payment threshold for basic margin protection
                            specified in section 1414(b), but not to exceed
                            $6.00; and
                                (ii) the percentage of coverage, subject to
                            limits imposed in section 1415(c).
                        (D) Duration.--The coverage level and percentage
                    specified in the notice of intent to participate filed
                    by a dairy producer shall apply from the effective date
                    of this subtitle until the later of the following:
                                (i) October 1, 2013.
                                (ii) The date on which the Secretary
                            initiates the sign-up period for the margin
                            protection program.
                (4) Notice of intent and obligation to participate in
            margin protection program.--In no way does filing a notice of
            intent under this subsection obligate a dairy producer to sign
            up for the margin protection program once the program rules are
            final, but if a producer does file a notice of intent and
            subsequently signs up for the margin protection program, that
            dairy producer is obligated to pay fees and premiums for any
            retroactive basic margin protection or retroactive supplemental
            margin protection selected in the notice of intent.
        (e) Administrative Fee.--
                (1) Administrative fee required.--A dairy producer shall
            pay an administrative fee under this subsection to sign up to
            participate in the margin protection program. The participating
            dairy producer shall pay the administrative fee annually
            thereafter to continue to participate in the margin protection
            program.
                (2) Fee amount.--The administrative fee for a participating
            dairy producer for a calendar year is based on the pounds of
            milk (in millions) marketed by the dairy producer in the
            previous calendar year, as follows:

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
       Pounds Marketed (in millions)                  Admin. Fee
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                     less than 1                                 $100
                         1 to 10                                 $250
              more than 10 to 40                                 $500
                    more than 40                                $1000
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                (3) Deposit of fees.--All administrative fees collected
            under this subsection shall be credited to the fund or account
            used to cover the costs incurred to administer the margin
            protection program and the stabilization program and shall be
            available to the Secretary, without further appropriation and
            until expended, for use or transfer as provided in paragraph
            (4).
                (4) Use of fees.--The Secretary shall use administrative
            fees collected under this subsection--
                        (A) to cover administrative costs of the margin
                    protection program and stabilization program; and
                        (B) to the extent funds remain available after
                    operation of subparagraphs (A), to cover costs of the
                    Department of Agriculture relating to reporting of
                    dairy market news and to carry out section 273 of the
                    Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1637b).
        (f) Reconstitution.--The Secretary shall prohibit a dairy producer
    from reconstituting a dairy operation for the sole purpose of the dairy
    producer--
                (1) receiving basic margin protection;
                (2) purchasing supplemental margin protection; or
                (3) avoiding participation in the stabilization program.
        (g) Priority Consideration.--A dairy operation that participates in
    the margin protection program shall be eligible to participate in the
    livestock gross margin for dairy program under the Federal Crop
    Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) only after operations that are
    not participating in the production margin protection program are
    enrolled.

    SEC. 1413. PRODUCTION HISTORY OF PARTICIPATING DAIRY PRODUCERS.

        (a) Production History for Basic Margin Protection.--
                (1) Determination required.--For purposes of providing
            basic margin protection, the Secretary shall determine the
            basic production history of the dairy operation of each
            participating dairy producer in the margin protection program.
                (2) Calculation.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), the
            basic production history of a participating dairy producer for
            basic margin protection is equal to the highest annual milk
            marketings of the dairy producer during any one of the three
            calendar years immediately preceding the calendar year in which
            the dairy producer first signed up to participate in the margin
            protection program.
                (3) Election by new producers.--If a participating dairy
            producer has been in operation for less than a year, the dairy
            producer shall elect one of the following methods for the
            Secretary to determine the basic production history of the
            dairy producer:
                        (A) The volume of the actual milk marketings for
                    the months the dairy producer has been in operation
                    extrapolated to a yearly amount.
                        (B) An estimate of the actual milk marketings of
                    the dairy producer based on the herd size of the
                    producer relative to the national rolling herd average
                    data published by the Secretary.
                (4) No change in production history for basic margin
            protection.--Once the basic production history of a
            participating dairy producer is determined under paragraph (2)
            or (3), the basic production history shall not be subsequently
            changed for purposes of determining the amount of any basic
            margin protection payments for the dairy producer made under
            section 1414.
        (b) Annual Production History for Supplemental Margin Protection.--
                (1) Determination required.--For purposes of providing
            supplemental margin protection for a participating dairy
            producer that purchases supplemental margin protection for a
            year under section 1415, the Secretary shall determine the
            annual production history of the dairy operation of the dairy
            producer under paragraph (2).
                (2) Calculation.--The annual production history of a
            participating dairy producer for a year is equal to the actual
            milk marketings of the dairy producer during the preceding
            calendar year.
                (3) New producers.--Subsection (a)(3) shall apply with
            respect to determining the annual production history of a
            participating dairy producer that has been in operation for
            less than a year.
        (c) Required Information.--A participating dairy producer shall
    provide all information that the Secretary may require in order to
    establish--
                (1) the basic production history of the dairy operation of
            the dairy producer under subsection (a); and
                (2) the production history of the dairy operation of the
            dairy producer whenever the producer purchases supplemental
            margin protection under section 1415.
        (d) Transfer of Production Histories.--
                (1) Transfer by sale or lease.--In promulgating the rules
            to initiate the margin protection program, the Secretary shall
            specify the conditions under which and the manner by which the
            production history of a dairy operation may be transferred by
            sale or lease.
                (2) Coverage level.--
                        (A) Basic margin protection.--A purchaser or lessee
                    to whom the Secretary transfers a basic production
                    history under this subsection shall not obtain a
                    different level of basic margin protection than the
                    basic margin protection coverage held by the seller or
                    lessor from whom the transfer was obtained.
                        (B) Supplemental margin protection.--A purchaser or
                    lessee to whom the Secretary transfers an annual
                    production history under this subsection shall not
                    obtain a different level of supplemental margin
                    protection coverage than the supplemental margin
                    protection coverage in effect for the seller or lessor
                    from whom the transfer was obtained for the calendar
                    year in which the transfer was made.
        (e) Movement and Transfer of Production History.--
                (1) Movement and transfer authorized.--Subject to paragraph
            (2), if a dairy producer moves from one location to another
            location, the dairy producer may maintain the basic production
            history and annual production history associated with the
            operation.
                (2) Notification requirement.--A dairy producer shall
            notify the Secretary of any move of a dairy operation under
            paragraph (1).
                (3) Subsequent occupation of vacated location.--A party
            subsequently occupying a dairy operation location vacated as
            described in paragraph (1) shall have no interest in the basic
            production history or annual production history previously
            associated with the operation at such location.

    SEC. 1414. BASIC MARGIN PROTECTION.

        (a) Eligibility.--All participating dairy producers are eligible to
    receive basic margin protection under the margin protection program.
        (b) Payment Threshold.--Participating dairy producers shall receive
    a basic margin protection payment whenever the average actual dairy
    producer margin for a consecutive two-month period is less than $4.00
    per hundredweight of milk.
        (c) Basic Margin Protection Payment.--
                (1) Payment required.--The Secretary shall make a basic
            margin protection payment to each participating dairy producer
            whenever such a payment is required by subsection (b).
                (2) Amount of payment.--The basic margin protection payment
            for the dairy operation of a participating dairy producer for a
            consecutive two-month period shall be determined as follows:
                        (A) The Secretary shall calculate the difference
                    between the average actual dairy producer margin for
                    the consecutive two-month period and $4.00, except
                    that, if the difference is more than $4.00, the
                    Secretary shall use $4.00.
                        (B) The Secretary shall multiply the amount under
                    subparagraph (A) by the lesser of the following:
                                (i) 80 percent of the production history of
                            the dairy producer, divided by six.
                                (ii) The actual amount of milk marketed by
                            the dairy operation of the dairy producer
                            during the consecutive two-month period.

    SEC. 1415. SUPPLEMENTAL MARGIN PROTECTION.

        (a) Election of Supplemental Margin Protection.--Supplemental
    margin protection is available only on an annual basis. A participating
    dairy producer may annually purchase supplemental margin protection to
    protect, during the calendar year for which purchased, a higher level
    of the income of a participating dairy producer than the income level
    guaranteed by basic margin protection under section 1414.
        (b) Selection of Payment Threshold.--A participating dairy producer
    purchasing supplemental margin protection for a year shall elect a
    coverage level that is higher, in any increment of $0.50, than the
    payment threshold for basic margin protection specified in section
    1414(b), but not to exceed $8.00.
        (c) Selection of Coverage Percentage.--A participating dairy
    producer purchasing supplemental margin protection for a year shall
    elect a percentage of coverage equal to not more than 90 percent, nor
    less than 25 percent, of the annual production history of the dairy
    operation of the participating dairy producer.
        (d) Producer Premiums for Supplemental Margin Protection.--
                (1) Premiums required.--A participating dairy producer that
            purchases supplemental margin protection shall pay an annual
            premium equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
                        (A) the percentage selected by the dairy producer
                    under subsection (c);
                        (B) the annual production history of the dairy
                    producer; and
                        (C) the premium per hundredweight of milk, as
                    specified in the applicable table under paragraph (2)
                    or (3).
                (2) Premium per hundredweight for first 4 million pounds of
            production.--For the first 4,000,000 pounds of milk marketings
            included in the annual production history of a participating
            dairy producer, the premium per hundredweight corresponding to
            each coverage level specified in the following table is as
            follows:

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Coverage Level                      Premium per Cwt.
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           $4.50                                $0.01
                           $5.00                               $0.025
                           $5.50                                $0.04
                           $6.00                               $0.065
                           $6.50                                $0.09
                           $7.00                               $0.434
                           $7.50                               $0.590
                           $8.00                               $0.922
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                (3) Premium per hundredweight for production in excess of 4
            million pounds.--For milk marketings in excess of 4,000,000
            pounds included in the annual production history of a
            participating dairy producer, the premium per hundredweight
            corresponding to each coverage level is as follows:

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
               Coverage Level                      Premium per Cwt.
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------
                           $4.50                               $0.015
                           $5.00                               $0.036
                           $5.50                               $0.081
                           $6.00                               $0.155
                           $6.50                               $0.230
                           $7.00                               $0.434
                           $7.50                               $0.590
                           $8.00                               $0.922
    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                (4) Time for payment.--In promulgating the rules to
            initiate the margin protection program, the Secretary shall
            provide more than one method by which a participating dairy
            producer that purchases supplemental margin protection for a
            calendar year may pay the premium under this subsection for
            that year that maximizes producer payment flexibility and
            program integrity.
        (e) Producer's Premium Obligations.--
                (1) Pro-ration of premium for new producers.--A dairy
            producer described in section 1412(c)(2) that purchases
            supplemental margin protection for a calendar year after the
            start of the calendar year shall pay a pro-rated premium for
            that calendar year based on the portion of the calendar year
            for which the producer purchases the coverage.
                (2) Legal obligation.--A participating dairy producer that
            purchases supplemental margin protection for a calendar year
            shall be legally obligated to pay the applicable premium for
            that calendar year, except that, if the dairy producer retires,
            the producer may request that Secretary cancel the supplemental
            margin protection if the producer has terminated the dairy
            operation entirely and certifies under oath that the producer
            will not be actively engaged in any dairy operation for at
            least the next seven years.
        (f) Supplemental Payment Threshold.--A participating dairy producer
    with supplemental margin protection shall receive a supplemental margin
    protection payment whenever the average actual dairy producer margin
    for a consecutive two-month period is less than the coverage level
    threshold selected by the dairy producer under subsection (b).
        (g) Supplemental Margin Protection Payments.--
                (1) In general.--The supplemental margin protection payment
            for a participating dairy producer is in addition to the basic
            margin protection payment.
                (2) Amount of payment.--The supplemental margin protection
            payment for the dairy operation of a participating dairy
            producer shall be determined as follows:
                        (A) The Secretary shall calculate the difference
                    between the coverage level threshold selected by the
                    dairy producer under subsection (b) and the greater
                    of--
                                (i) the average actual dairy producer
                            margin for the consecutive two-month period; or
                                (ii) $4.00.
                        (B) The amount determined under subparagraph (A)
                    shall be multiplied by the percentage selected by the
                    participating dairy producer under subsection (c) and
                    by the lesser of the following:
                                (i) The annual production history of the
                            dairy operation of the dairy producer, divided
                            by six.
                                (ii) The actual amount of milk marketed by
                            the dairy operation of the dairy producer
                            during the consecutive two-month period.

    SEC. 1416. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PAY ADMINISTRATIVE FEES OR PREMIUMS.

        (a) Loss of Benefits.--A participating dairy producer that fails to
    pay the required administrative fee under section 1412 or is in arrears
    on premium payments for supplemental margin protection under section
    1415--
                (1) remains legally obligated to pay the administrative fee
            or premiums, as the case may be; and
                (2) may not receive basic margin protection payments or
            supplemental margin protection payments until the fees or
            premiums are fully paid.
        (b) Enforcement.--The Secretary may take such action as necessary
    to collect administrative fees and premium payments for supplemental
    margin protection.

                 Subpart B--Dairy Market Stabilization Program

    SEC. 1431. ESTABLISHMENT OF DAIRY MARKET STABILIZATION PROGRAM.

        (a) Program Required; Purpose.--The Secretary shall establish and
    administer a dairy market stabilization program applicable to
    participating dairy producers for the purpose of assisting in balancing
    the supply of milk with demand when dairy producers are experiencing
    low or negative operating margins.
        (b) Election of Stabilization Program Base Calculation Method.--
                (1) Election.--When a dairy producer signs up under section
            1412 to participate in the margin protection program, the dairy
            producer shall inform the Secretary of the method by which the
            stabilization program base for the dairy producer for fiscal
            year 2013 will be calculated under paragraph (3).
                (2) Change in calculation method.--A participating dairy
            producer may change the stabilization program base calculation
            method to be used for a calendar year by notifying the
            Secretary of the change not later than a date determined by the
            Secretary.
                (3) Calculation methods.--A participating dairy producer
            may elect either of the following methods for calculation of
            the stabilization program base for the producer:
                        (A) The volume of the average monthly milk
                    marketings of the dairy producer for the three months
                    immediately preceding the announcement by the Secretary
                    that the stabilization program will become effective.
                        (B) The volume of the monthly milk marketings of
                    the dairy producer for the same month in the preceding
                    year as the month for which the Secretary has announced
                    the stabilization program will become effective.

    SEC. 1432. THRESHOLD FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND REDUCTION IN DAIRY PRODUCER
                  PAYMENTS.

        (a) When Stabilization Program Required.--Except as provided in
    subsection (b), the Secretary shall announce that the stabilization
    program is in effect and order reduced payments for any participating
    dairy producer that exceeds the applicable percentage of the producer's
    stabilization program base whenever--
                (1) the actual dairy producer margin has been $6.00 or less
            per hundredweight of milk for each of the immediately preceding
            two months; or
                (2) the actual dairy producer margin has been $4.00 or less
            per hundredweight of milk for the immediately preceding month.
        (b) Exception.--The Secretary shall not make the announcement under
    subsection (a) to implement the stabilization program or order reduced
    payments if any of the conditions described in section 1436(b) have
    been met during the two months immediately preceding the month in which
    the announcement under subsection (a) would otherwise be made by the
    Secretary in the absence of this exception.
        (c) Effective Date for Implementation of Payment Reductions.--
    Reductions in dairy producer payments shall commence beginning on the
    first day of the month immediately following the date of the
    announcement by the Secretary under subsection (a).

    SEC. 1433. PRODUCER MILK MARKETING INFORMATION.

        (a) Collection of Milk Marketing Data.--The Secretary shall
    establish, by regulation, a process to collect from participating dairy
    producers and handlers such information that the Secretary considers
    necessary for each month during which the stabilization program is in
    effect.
        (b) Reduce Regulatory Burden.--When implementing the process under
    subsection (a), the Secretary shall minimize the regulatory burden on
    dairy producers and handlers.

    SEC. 1434. CALCULATION AND COLLECTION OF REDUCED DAIRY PRODUCER
                  PAYMENTS.

        (a) Reduced Producer Payments Required.--During any month in which
    payment reductions are in effect under the stabilization program, each
    handler shall reduce payments to each participating dairy producer from
    whom the handler receives milk.
        (b) Reductions Based on Actual Dairy Producer Margin.--
                (1) Reduction requirement 1.--Unless the reduction required
            by paragraph (2) or (3) applies, when the actual dairy producer
            margin has been $6.00 or less per hundredweight of milk for two
            consecutive months, the handler shall make payments to a
            participating dairy producer for a month based on the greater
            of the following:
                        (A) 98 percent of the stabilization program base of
                    the dairy producer.
                        (B) 94 percent of the marketings of milk for the
                    month by the producer.
                (2) Reduction requirement 2.--Unless the reduction required
            by paragraph (3) applies, when the actual dairy producer margin
            has been $5.00 or less per hundredweight of milk for two
            consecutive months, the handler shall make payments to a
            participating dairy producer for a month based on the greater
            of the following:
                        (A) 97 percent of the stabilization program base of
                    the dairy producer.
                        (B) 93 percent of the marketings of milk for the
                    month by the producer.
                (3) Reduction requirement 3.--When the actual dairy
            producer margin has been $4.00 or less for any one month, the
            handler shall make payments to a participating dairy producer
            for a month based on the greater of the following:
                        (A) 96 percent of the stabilization program base of
                    the dairy producer.
                        (B) 92 percent of the marketings of milk for the
                    month by the producer.
        (c) Continuation of Reductions.--The largest level of payment
    reduction required under paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (b)
    shall be continued for each month until the Secretary suspends the
    stabilization program and terminates payment reductions in accordance
    with section 1436.
        (d) Payment Reduction Exception.--Notwithstanding any preceding
    subsection of this section, a handler shall make no payment reductions
    for a dairy producer for a month if the producer's milk marketings for
    the month are equal to or less than the percentage of the stabilization
    program base applicable to the producer under paragraph (1), (2), or
    (3) of subsection (b).

    SEC. 1435. REMITTING MONIES TO THE SECRETARY AND USE OF MONIES.

        (a) Remitting Monies.--As soon as practicable after the end of each
    month during which payment reductions are in effect under the
    stabilization program, each handler shall remit to the Secretary an
    amount equal to the amount by which payments to participating dairy
    producers are reduced by the handler under section 1434.
        (b) Deposit of Monies.--All monies received under subsection (a)
    shall be available to the Secretary, without further appropriation and
    until expended, for use or transfer as provided in subsection (c).
        (c) Use of Monies.--
                (1) Availability for certain commodity donations.--Within
            three months of the receipt of monies under subsection (a), the
            Secretary shall obligate the monies for the purpose of--
                        (A) purchasing dairy products for donation to food
                    banks and other programs that the Secretary determines
                    appropriate; and
                        (B) expanding consumption and building demand for
                    dairy products.
                (2) No duplication of effort.--The Secretary shall ensure
            that expenditures under paragraph (1) are compatible with, and
            do not duplicate, programs supported by the dairy research and
            promotion activities conducted under the Dairy Production
            Stabilization Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 4501 et seq.).
                (3) Accounting.--The Secretary shall keep an accurate
            account of all monies obligated under paragraph (1).
        (d) Annual Report.--Not later than December 31 of each year that
    the stabilization program is in effect, the Secretary shall submit to
    the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
    report that provides an accurate accounting of--
                (1) the monies received by the Secretary during the
            preceding fiscal year under subsection (a); and
                (2) all expenditures made by the Secretary under subsection
            (b) during the preceding fiscal year.
        (e) Enforcement.--If a participating dairy producer or handler
    fails to remit or collect the amounts by which payments to
    participating dairy producers are reduced under section 1434, the
    producer or handler responsible for the failure shall be liable to the
    Secretary for the amount that should have been remitted or collected,
    plus interest. In addition to the enforcement authorities available
    under section 1437, the Secretary may enforce this subsection in the
    courts of the United States.

    SEC. 1436. SUSPENSION OF REDUCED PAYMENT REQUIREMENT.

        (a) Determination of Prices.--For purposes of this section:
                (1) The price in the United States for cheddar cheese and
            nonfat dry milk shall be determined by the Secretary.
                (2) The world price of cheddar cheese and skim milk powder
            shall be determined by the Secretary.
        (b) Initial Suspension Thresholds.--The Secretary shall announce
    that the stabilization program shall be suspended whenever the
    Secretary determines that--
                (1) the actual dairy producer margin is greater than $6.00
            per hundredweight of milk for two consecutive months;
                (2) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less than
            $6.00 (but greater than $5.00) for two consecutive months, and
            during the same two consecutive months--
                        (A) the price in the United States for cheddar
                    cheese is equal to or greater than the world price of
                    cheddar cheese; or
                        (B) the price in the United States for nonfat dry
                    milk is equal to or greater than the world price of
                    skim milk powder;
                (3) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less than
            $5.00 (but greater than $4.00) for two consecutive months, and
            during the same two consecutive months--
                        (A) the price in the United States for cheddar
                    cheese is more than 5 percent above the world price of
                    cheddar cheese; or
                        (B) the price in the United States for nonfat dry
                    milk is more than 5 percent above the world price of
                    skim milk powder; or
                (4) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less than
            $4.00 for two consecutive months, and during the same two
            consecutive months--
                        (A) the price in the United States for cheddar
                    cheese is more than 7 percent above the world price of
                    cheddar cheese; or
                        (B) the price in the United States for nonfat dry
                    milk is more than 7 percent above the world price of
                    skim milk powder.
        (c) Enhanced Suspension Thresholds.--If the stabilization program
    is not suspended pursuant to subsection (b) for six consecutive months
    or more, the stabilization program shall be suspended whenever the
    Secretary determines that--
                (1) the actual dairy producer margin is greater than $6.00
            per hundredweight of milk for two consecutive months;
                (2) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less than
            $6.00 (but greater than $5.00) for two consecutive months, and
            during the same two consecutive months--
                        (A) the price in the United States for cheddar
                    cheese is not less than 97 percent of the world price
                    of cheddar cheese; or
                        (B) the price in the United States for non-fat dry
                    milk is not less than 97 percent of the world price of
                    skim milk powder;
                (3) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less than
            $5.00 (but greater than $4.00) for two consecutive months, and
            during the same two consecutive months--
                        (A) the price in the United States for cheddar
                    cheese is more than 3 percent above the world price of
                    cheddar cheese; or
                        (B) the price in the United States for non fat dry
                    milk is more than 3 percent above the world price of
                    skim milk powder; or
                (4) the dairy producer margin is equal to or less than
            $4.00 for two consecutive months, and during the same two
            consecutive months--
                        (A) the price in the United States for cheddar
                    cheese is more than 6 percent above the world price of
                    cheddar cheese; or
                        (B) the price in the United States for non fat dry
                    milk is more than 6 percent above the world price of
                    skim milk powder.
        (d) Implementation by Handlers.--Effective on the day after the
    date of the announcement by the Secretary under subsection (b) or (c)
    of the suspension of the stabilization program, the handler shall cease
    reducing payments to participating dairy producers under the
    stabilization program.
        (e) Condition on Resumption of Stabilization Program.--Upon the
    announcement by the Secretary under subsection (b) or (c) that the
    stabilization program has been suspended, the stabilization program may
    not be implemented again until, at the earliest--
                (1) two months have passed, beginning on the first day of
            the month immediately following the announcement by the
            Secretary; and
                (2) the conditions of section 1432(a) are again met.

    SEC. 1437. ENFORCEMENT.

        (a) Unlawful Act.--It shall be unlawful and a violation of the this
    subpart for any person subject to the stabilization program to
    willfully fail or refuse to provide, or delay the timely reporting of,
    accurate information and remittance of funds to the Secretary in
    accordance with this subpart.
        (b) Order.--After providing notice and opportunity for a hearing to
    an affected person, the Secretary may issue an order against any person
    to cease and desist from continuing any violation of this subpart.
        (c) Appeal.--An order of the Secretary under subsection (b) shall
    be final and conclusive unless an affected person files an appeal of
    the order of the Secretary in United States district court not later
    than 30 days after the date of the issuance of the order. A finding of
    the Secretary in the order shall be set aside only if the finding is
    not supported by substantial evidence.
        (d) Noncompliance With Order.--If a person subject to this subpart
    fails to obey an order issued under subsection (b) after the order has
    become final and unappealable, or after the appropriate United States
    district court has entered a final judgment in favor of the Secretary,
    the United States may apply to the appropriate United States district
    court for enforcement of the order. If the court determines that the
    order was lawfully made and duly served and that the person violated
    the order, the court shall enforce the order.

    SEC. 1438. AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.

        (a) Audits of Producer and Handler Compliance.--
                (1) Audits authorized.--If determined by the Secretary to
            be necessary to ensure compliance by participating dairy
            producers and handlers with the stabilization program, the
            Secretary may conduct periodic audits of participating dairy
            producers and handlers.
                (2) Sample of dairy producers.--Any audit conducted under
            this subsection shall include, at a minimum, investigation of a
            statistically valid and random sample of participating dairy
            producers.
        (b) Submission of Results.--The Secretary shall submit the results
    of any audit conducted under subsection (a) to the Committee on
    Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and include such
    recommendations as the Secretary considers appropriate regarding the
    stabilization program.

                    Subpart C--Commodity Credit Corporation

    SEC. 1451. USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

        The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and the authorities
    of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this part.

                       Subpart D--Initiation and Duration

    SEC. 1461. RULEMAKING.

        (a) Procedure.--The promulgation of regulations for the initiation
    of the margin protection program and the stabilization program, and for
    administration of such programs, shall be made without regard to--
                (1) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
            known as the Paperwork Reduction Act);
                (2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
            effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to
            notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in
            rulemaking; and
                (3) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
            title 5, United States Code.
        (b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
    subsection (a), the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
    section 808 of title 5, United States Code.

    SEC. 1462. DURATION.

        The margin protection program and the stabilization program shall
    end on December 31, 2017.

      PART II--REPEAL OR REAUTHORIZATION OF OTHER DAIRY-RELATED PROVISIONS

    SEC. 1481. REPEAL OF DAIRY PRODUCT PRICE SUPPORT AND MILK INCOME LOSS
                  CONTRACT PROGRAMS.

        (a) Repeal of Dairy Product Price Support Program.--Section 1501 of
    the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8771) is
    repealed.
        (b) Repeal of Milk Income Loss Contract Program.--Section 1506 of
    the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8773) is
    repealed.

    SEC. 1482. REPEAL OF DAIRY EXPORT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 153 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (15
    U.S.C. 713a-14) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 902(2) of the Trade Sanctions
    Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7201(2)) is
    amended--
                (1) by striking subparagraph (D); and
                (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as
            subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively.

    SEC. 1483. EXTENSION OF DAIRY FORWARD PRICING PROGRAM.

        Section 1502(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8772(e)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''; and
                (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2015'' and inserting
            ``2020''.

    SEC. 1484. EXTENSION OF DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM.

        Section 3 of Public Law 90-484 (7 U.S.C. 450l) is amended by
    striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 1485. EXTENSION OF DAIRY PROMOTION AND RESEARCH PROGRAM.

        Section 113(e)(2) of the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983
    (7 U.S.C. 4504(e)(2)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 1486. REPEAL OF FEDERAL MILK MARKETING ORDER REVIEW COMMISSION.

        Section 1509 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 1726) is repealed.

                            PART III--EFFECTIVE DATE

    SEC. 1491. EFFECTIVE DATE.

        This subtitle and the amendments made by this subtitle shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

       Subtitle E--Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs

    SEC. 1501. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

        (a) Definitions.--In this section:
                (1) Eligible producer on a farm.--
                        (A) In general.--The term ``eligible producer on a
                    farm'' means an individual or entity described in
                    subparagraph (B) that, as determined by the Secretary,
                    assumes the production and market risks associated with
                    the agricultural production of crops or livestock.
                        (B) Description.--An individual or entity referred
                    to in subparagraph (A) is--
                                (i) a citizen of the United States;
                                (ii) a resident alien;
                                (iii) a partnership of citizens of the
                            United States; or
                                (iv) a corporation, limited liability
                            corporation, or other farm organizational
                            structure organized under State law.
                (2) Farm-raised fish.--The term ``farm-raised fish'' means
            any aquatic species that is propagated and reared in a
            controlled environment.
                (3) Livestock.--The term ``livestock'' includes--
                        (A) cattle (including dairy cattle);
                        (B) bison;
                        (C) poultry;
                        (D) sheep;
                        (E) swine;
                        (F) horses; and
                        (G) other livestock, as determined by the
                    Secretary.
                (4) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
            of Agriculture.
        (b) Livestock Indemnity Payments.--
                (1) Payments.--For each of the fiscal years 2012 through
            2017, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the
            funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make livestock
            indemnity payments to eligible producers on farms that have
            incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal
            mortality, as determined by the Secretary, due to--
                        (A) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild
                    by the Federal Government or protected by Federal law,
                    including wolves and avian predators; or
                        (B) adverse weather, as determined by the
                    Secretary, during the calendar year, including losses
                    due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease,
                    wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold.
                (2) Payment rates.--Indemnity payments to an eligible
            producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate
            of 75 percent of the market value of the applicable livestock
            on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as
            determined by the Secretary.
                (3) Special rule for payments made due to disease.--The
            Secretary shall ensure that payments made to an eligible
            producer under paragraph (1) are not made for the same
            livestock losses for which compensation is provided pursuant to
            section 10407(d) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
            8306(d)).
        (c) Livestock Forage Disaster Program.--
                (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                        (A) Covered livestock.--
                                (i) In general.--Except as provided in
                            clause (ii), the term ``covered livestock''
                            means livestock of an eligible livestock
                            producer that, during the 60 days prior to the
                            beginning date of a qualifying drought or fire
                            condition, as determined by the Secretary, the
                            eligible livestock producer--
                                        (I) owned;
                                        (II) leased;
                                        (III) purchased;
                                        (IV) entered into a contract to
                                    purchase;
                                        (V) is a contract grower; or
                                        (VI) sold or otherwise disposed of
                                    due to qualifying drought conditions
                                    during--
                                                (aa) the current production
                                            year; or
                                                (bb) subject to paragraph
                                            (3)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2
                                            production years immediately
                                            preceding the current
                                            production year.
                                (ii) Exclusion.--The term ``covered
                            livestock'' does not include livestock that
                            were or would have been in a feedlot, on the
                            beginning date of the qualifying drought or
                            fire condition, as a part of the normal
                            business operation of the eligible livestock
                            producer, as determined by the Secretary.
                        (B) Drought monitor.--The term ``drought monitor''
                    means a system for classifying drought severity
                    according to a range of abnormally dry to exceptional
                    drought, as defined by the Secretary.
                        (C) Eligible livestock producer.--
                                (i) In general.--The term ``eligible
                            livestock producer'' means an eligible producer
                            on a farm that--
                                        (I) is an owner, cash or share
                                    lessee, or contract grower of covered
                                    livestock that provides the pastureland
                                    or grazing land, including cash-leased
                                    pastureland or grazing land, for the
                                    livestock;
                                        (II) provides the pastureland or
                                    grazing land for covered livestock,
                                    including cash-leased pastureland or
                                    grazing land that is physically located
                                    in a county affected by drought;
                                        (III) certifies grazing loss; and
                                        (IV) meets all other eligibility
                                    requirements established under this
                                    subsection.
                                (ii) Exclusion.--The term ``eligible
                            livestock producer'' does not include an owner,
                            cash or share lessee, or contract grower of
                            livestock that rents or leases pastureland or
                            grazing land owned by another person on a rate-
                            of-gain basis.
                        (D) Normal carrying capacity.--The term ``normal
                    carrying capacity'', with respect to each type of
                    grazing land or pastureland in a county, means the
                    normal carrying capacity, as determined under paragraph
                    (3)(D)(i), that would be expected from the grazing land
                    or pastureland for livestock during the normal grazing
                    period, in the absence of a drought or fire that
                    diminishes the production of the grazing land or
                    pastureland.
                        (E) Normal grazing period.--The term ``normal
                    grazing period'', with respect to a county, means the
                    normal grazing period during the calendar year for the
                    county, as determined under paragraph (3)(D)(i).
                (2) Program.--For each of the fiscal years 2012 through
            2017, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the
            funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide
            compensation for losses to eligible livestock producers due to
            grazing losses for covered livestock due to--
                        (A) a drought condition, as described in paragraph
                    (3); or
                        (B) fire, as described in paragraph (4).
                (3) Assistance for losses due to drought conditions.--
                        (A) Eligible losses.--
                                (i) In general.--An eligible livestock
                            producer may receive assistance under this
                            subsection only for grazing losses for covered
                            livestock that occur on land that--
                                        (I) is native or improved
                                    pastureland with permanent vegetative
                                    cover; or
                                        (II) is planted to a crop planted
                                    specifically for the purpose of
                                    providing grazing for covered
                                    livestock.
                                (ii) Exclusions.--An eligible livestock
                            producer may not receive assistance under this
                            subsection for grazing losses that occur on
                            land used for haying or grazing under the
                            conservation reserve program established under
                            subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of
                            title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
                            U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
                        (B) Monthly payment rate.--
                                (i) In general.--Except as provided in
                            clause (ii), the payment rate for assistance
                            under this paragraph for 1 month shall, in the
                            case of drought, be equal to 60 percent of the
                            lesser of--
                                        (I) the monthly feed cost for all
                                    covered livestock owned or leased by
                                    the eligible livestock producer, as
                                    determined under subparagraph (C); or
                                        (II) the monthly feed cost
                                    calculated by using the normal carrying
                                    capacity of the eligible grazing land
                                    of the eligible livestock producer.
                                (ii) Partial compensation.--In the case of
                            an eligible livestock producer that sold or
                            otherwise disposed of covered livestock due to
                            drought conditions in 1 or both of the 2
                            production years immediately preceding the
                            current production year, as determined by the
                            Secretary, the payment rate shall be 80 percent
                            of the payment rate otherwise calculated in
                            accordance with clause (i).
                        (C) Monthly feed cost.--
                                (i) In general.--The monthly feed cost
                            shall equal the product obtained by
                            multiplying--
                                        (I) 30 days;
                                        (II) a payment quantity that is
                                    equal to the feed grain equivalent, as
                                    determined under clause (ii); and
                                        (III) a payment rate that is equal
                                    to the corn price per pound, as
                                    determined under clause (iii).
                                (ii) Feed grain equivalent.--For purposes
                            of clause (i)(II), the feed grain equivalent
                            shall equal--
                                        (I) in the case of an adult beef
                                    cow, 15.7 pounds of corn per day; or
                                        (II) in the case of any other type
                                    of weight of livestock, an amount
                                    determined by the Secretary that
                                    represents the average number of pounds
                                    of corn per day necessary to feed the
                                    livestock.
                                (iii) Corn price per pound.--For purposes
                            of clause (i)(III), the corn price per pound
                            shall equal the quotient obtained by dividing--
                                        (I) the higher of--
                                                (aa) the national average
                                            corn price per bushel for the
                                            12-month period immediately
                                            preceding March 1 of the year
                                            for which the disaster
                                            assistance is calculated; or
                                                (bb) the national average
                                            corn price per bushel for the
                                            24-month period immediately
                                            preceding that March 1; by
                                        (II) 56.
                        (D) Normal grazing period and drought monitor
                    intensity.--
                                (i) Fsa county committee determinations.--
                                        (I) In general.--The Secretary
                                    shall determine the normal carrying
                                    capacity and normal grazing period for
                                    each type of grazing land or
                                    pastureland in the county served by the
                                    applicable committee.
                                        (II) Changes.--No change to the
                                    normal carrying capacity or normal
                                    grazing period established for a county
                                    under subclause (I) shall be made
                                    unless the change is requested by the
                                    appropriate State and county Farm
                                    Service Agency committees.
                                (ii) Drought intensity.--
                                        (I) D2.--An eligible livestock
                                    producer that owns or leases grazing
                                    land or pastureland that is physically
                                    located in a county that is rated by
                                    the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D2
                                    (severe drought) intensity in any area
                                    of the county for at least 8
                                    consecutive weeks during the normal
                                    grazing period for the county, as
                                    determined by the Secretary, shall be
                                    eligible to receive assistance under
                                    this paragraph in an amount equal to 1
                                    monthly payment using the monthly
                                    payment rate determined under
                                    subparagraph (B).
                                        (II) D3.--An eligible livestock
                                    producer that owns or leases grazing
                                    land or pastureland that is physically
                                    located in a county that is rated by
                                    the U.S. Drought Monitor as having at
                                    least a D3 (extreme drought) intensity
                                    in any area of the county at any time
                                    during the normal grazing period for
                                    the county, as determined by the
                                    Secretary, shall be eligible to receive
                                    assistance under this paragraph--
                                                (aa) in an amount equal to
                                            2 monthly payments using the
                                            monthly payment rate determined
                                            under subparagraph (B); or
                                                (bb) if the county is rated
                                            as having a D3 (extreme
                                            drought) intensity in any area
                                            of the county for at least 4
                                            weeks during the normal grazing
                                            period for the county, or is
                                            rated as having a D4
                                            (exceptional drought) intensity
                                            in any area of the county at
                                            any time during the normal
                                            grazing period, in an amount
                                            equal to 3 monthly payments
                                            using the monthly payment rate
                                            determined under subparagraph
                                            (B).
                (4) Assistance for losses due to fire on public managed
            land.--
                        (A) In general.--An eligible livestock producer may
                    receive assistance under this paragraph only if--
                                (i) the grazing losses occur on rangeland
                            that is managed by a Federal agency; and
                                (ii) the eligible livestock producer is
                            prohibited by the Federal agency from grazing
                            the normal permitted livestock on the managed
                            rangeland due to a fire.
                        (B) Payment rate.--The payment rate for assistance
                    under this paragraph shall be equal to 50 percent of
                    the monthly feed cost for the total number of livestock
                    covered by the Federal lease of the eligible livestock
                    producer, as determined under paragraph (3)(C).
                        (C) Payment duration.--
                                (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), an
                            eligible livestock producer shall be eligible
                            to receive assistance under this paragraph for
                            the period--
                                        (I) beginning on the date on which
                                    the Federal agency excludes the
                                    eligible livestock producer from using
                                    the managed rangeland for grazing; and
                                        (II) ending on the last day of the
                                    Federal lease of the eligible livestock
                                    producer.
                                (ii) Limitation.--An eligible livestock
                            producer may only receive assistance under this
                            paragraph for losses that occur on not more
                            than 180 days per year.
                (5) No duplicative payments.--An eligible livestock
            producer may elect to receive assistance for grazing or pasture
            feed losses due to drought conditions under paragraph (3) or
            fire under paragraph (4), but not both for the same loss, as
            determined by the Secretary.
        (d) Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised
    Fish.--
                (1) In general.--For each of the fiscal years 2012 through
            2017, the Secretary shall use not more than $20,000,000 of the
            funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency
            relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and
            farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to
            disease (including cattle tick fever), adverse weather, or
            other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as
            determined by the Secretary, that are not covered under
            subsection (b) or (c).
                (2) Use of funds.--Funds made available under this
            subsection shall be used to reduce losses caused by feed or
            water shortages, disease, or other factors as determined by the
            Secretary.
                (3) Availability of funds.--Any funds made available under
            this subsection shall remain available until expended.
        (e) Tree Assistance Program.--
                (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                        (A) Eligible orchardist.--The term ``eligible
                    orchardist'' means a person that produces annual crops
                    from trees for commercial purposes.
                        (B) Natural disaster.--The term ``natural
                    disaster'' means plant disease, insect infestation,
                    drought, fire, freeze, flood, earthquake, lightning, or
                    other occurrence, as determined by the Secretary.
                        (C) Nursery tree grower.--The term ``nursery tree
                    grower'' means a person who produces nursery,
                    ornamental, fruit, nut, or Christmas trees for
                    commercial sale, as determined by the Secretary.
                        (D) Tree.--The term ``tree'' includes a tree, bush,
                    and vine.
                (2) Eligibility.--
                        (A) Loss.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for each of
                    the fiscal years 2012 through 2017, the Secretary shall
                    use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the
                    Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance--
                                (i) under paragraph (3) to eligible
                            orchardists and nursery tree growers that
                            planted trees for commercial purposes but lost
                            the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as
                            determined by the Secretary; and
                                (ii) under paragraph (3)(B) to eligible
                            orchardists and nursery tree growers that have
                            a production history for commercial purposes on
                            planted or existing trees but lost the trees as
                            a result of a natural disaster, as determined
                            by the Secretary.
                        (B) Limitation.--An eligible orchardist or nursery
                    tree grower shall qualify for assistance under
                    subparagraph (A) only if the tree mortality of the
                    eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower, as a result
                    of damaging weather or related condition, exceeds 15
                    percent (adjusted for normal mortality).
                (3) Assistance.--Subject to paragraph (4), the assistance
            provided by the Secretary to eligible orchardists and nursery
            tree growers for losses described in paragraph (2) shall
            consist of--
                        (A)(i) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of
                    replanting trees lost due to a natural disaster, as
                    determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent
                    mortality (adjusted for normal mortality); or
                        (ii) at the option of the Secretary, sufficient
                    seedlings to reestablish a stand; and
                        (B) reimbursement of 50 percent of the cost of
                    pruning, removal, and other costs incurred by an
                    eligible orchardist or nursery tree grower to salvage
                    existing trees or, in the case of tree mortality, to
                    prepare the land to replant trees as a result of damage
                    or tree mortality due to a natural disaster, as
                    determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent
                    damage or mortality (adjusted for normal tree damage
                    and mortality).
                (4) Limitations on assistance.--
                        (A) Definitions of legal entity and person.--In
                    this paragraph, the terms ``legal entity'' and
                    ``person'' have the meaning given those terms in
                    section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
                    U.S.C. 1308(a)).
                        (B) Amount.--The total amount of payments received,
                    directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity
                    (excluding a joint venture or general partnership)
                    under this subsection may not exceed $125,000 for any
                    crop year, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
                        (C) Acres.--The total quantity of acres planted to
                    trees or tree seedlings for which a person or legal
                    entity shall be entitled to receive payments under this
                    subsection may not exceed 500 acres.
        (f) Payment Limitations.--
                (1) Definitions of legal entity and person.--In this
            subsection, the terms ``legal entity'' and ``person'' have the
            meaning given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food
            Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a).
                (2) Amount.--The total amount of disaster assistance
            payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal
            entity (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under
            this section (excluding payments received under subsection (e))
            may not exceed $125,000 for any crop year.
                (3) Direct attribution.--Subsections (e) and (f) of section
            1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) or any
            successor provisions relating to direct attribution shall apply
            with respect to assistance provided under this section.

                           Subtitle F--Administration

    SEC. 1601. ADMINISTRATION GENERALLY.

        (a) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.--The Secretary of
    Agriculture shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the
    Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.
        (b) Determinations by Secretary.--A determination made by the
    Secretary under this title shall be final and conclusive.
        (c) Regulations.--
                (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
            subsection, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment
            of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit
            Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations
            as are necessary to implement this title and the amendments
            made by this title.
                (2) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and
            administration of this title and the amendments made by this
            title and sections 11003 and 11016 of this Act shall be made
            without regard to--
                        (A) the notice and comment provisions of section
                    553 of title 5, United States Code;
                        (B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code
                    (commonly known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'');
                    and
                        (C) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of
                    Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg.
                    13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and
                    public participation in rulemaking.
                (3) Congressional review of agency rulemaking.--In carrying
            out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the authority
            provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
        (d) Adjustment Authority Related to Trade Agreements Compliance.--
                (1) Required determination; adjustment.--If the Secretary
            determines that expenditures under this title that are subject
            to the total allowable domestic support levels under the
            Uruguay Round Agreements (as defined in section 2 of the
            Uruguay Round Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 3501)) will exceed the
            allowable levels for any applicable reporting period, the
            Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, make
            adjustments in the amount of the expenditures during that
            period to ensure that the expenditures do not exceed the
            allowable levels.
                (2) Congressional notification.--Before making any
            adjustment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to
            the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives
            and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of
            the Senate a report describing the determination made under
            that paragraph and the extent of the adjustment to be made.

    SEC. 1602. SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT AUTHORITY.

        (a) Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.--The following provisions
    of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 shall not be applicable to
    the 2013 through 2017 crops of covered commodities (as defined in
    section 1104), cotton, and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk
    during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act
    through December 31, 2017:
                (1) Parts II through V of subtitle B of title III (7 U.S.C.
            1326 et seq.).
                (2) In the case of upland cotton, section 377 (7 U.S.C.
            1377).
                (3) Subtitle D of title III (7 U.S.C. 1379a et seq.).
                (4) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.).
        (b) Agricultural Act of 1949.--The following provisions of the
    Agricultural Act of 1949 shall not be applicable to the 2013 through
    2017 crops of covered commodities (as defined in section 1104), cotton,
    and sugar and shall not be applicable to milk during the period
    beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and through December 31,
    2017:
                (1) Section 101 (7 U.S.C. 1441).
                (2) Section 103(a) (7 U.S.C. 1444(a)).
                (3) Section 105 (7 U.S.C. 1444b).
                (4) Section 107 (7 U.S.C. 1445a).
                (5) Section 110 (7 U.S.C. 1445e).
                (6) Section 112 (7 U.S.C. 1445g).
                (7) Section 115 (7 U.S.C. 1445k).
                (8) Section 201 (7 U.S.C. 1446).
                (9) Title III (7 U.S.C. 1447 et seq.).
                (10) Title IV (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.), other than sections
            404, 412, and 416 (7 U.S.C. 1424, 1429, and 1431).
                (11) Title V (7 U.S.C. 1461 et seq.).
                (12) Title VI (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).
        (c) Suspension of Certain Quota Provisions.--The joint resolution
    entitled ``A joint resolution relating to corn and wheat marketing
    quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938, as amended'',
    approved May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330, 1340), shall not be applicable to
    the crops of wheat planted for harvest in the calendar years 2013
    through 2017.

    SEC. 1603. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.

        (a) In General.--Section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
    U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking subsections (b) and (c) and
    inserting the following:
        ``(b) Limitation on Payments for Covered Commodities (other Than
    Peanuts).--The total amount of payments received, directly or
    indirectly, by a person or legal entity (except a joint venture or
    general partnership) for any crop year under subtitle A of title I of
    the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 for 1 or
    more covered commodities (other than peanuts) may not exceed $125,000.
        ``(c) Limitation on Payments for Peanuts.--The total amount of
    payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity
    (except a joint venture or general partnership) for any crop year under
    subtitle A of title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
    Management Act of 2012 for peanuts may not exceed $125,000.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--
                (1) Section 1001(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
            U.S.C. 1308(f)) is amended by striking ``or title XII'' each
            place it appears in paragraphs (5)(A) and (6)(A) and inserting
            ``, title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
            Management Act of 2012, or title XII''.
                (2) Section 1001C(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
            U.S.C. 1308-3(a)) is amended by inserting ``title I of the
            Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012,''
            after ``2008,''.
        (c) Application.--The amendments made by this section shall apply
    beginning with the 2013 crop year.

    SEC. 1604. ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATION.

        (a) Limitations and Covered Benefits.--Section 1001D(b) of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a(b)) is amended--
                (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Limitations''
            and inserting ``Limitations on Commodity and Conservation
            Programs'';
                (2) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the
            following new paragraphs:
                ``(1) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
            law, a person or legal entity shall not be eligible to receive
            any benefit described in paragraph (2) during a crop, fiscal,
            or program year, as appropriate, if the average adjusted gross
            income of the person or legal entity exceeds $950,000.
                ``(2) Covered benefits.--Paragraph (1) applies with respect
            to a payment or benefit under section 1107, subtitle B or E of
            title I, or title II of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
            Management Act of 2012, title II of the Farm Security and Rural
            Investment Act of 2002, title II of the Food, Conservation, and
            Energy Act of 2008, title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985,
            section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
            1524(b)), or section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement
            and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).''.
        (b) Elimination of Unused Definitions.--Paragraph (1) of section
    1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a(a)) is
    amended to read as follows:
                ``(1) Average adjusted gross income.--In this section, the
            term `average adjusted gross income', with respect to a person
            or legal entity, means the average of the adjusted gross income
            or comparable measure of the person or legal entity over the 3
            taxable years preceding the most immediately preceding complete
            taxable year, as determined by the Secretary.''.
        (c) Income Determination.--Section 1001D of the Food Security Act
    of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a) is amended--
                (1) by striking subsection (c); and
                (2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), and (f) as
            subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively.
        (d) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1001D of the Food Security Act
    of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                        (A) by striking ``subparagraph (A) or (B) of''; and
                        (B) by striking ``, the average adjusted gross farm
                    income, and the average adjusted gross nonfarm
                    income'';
                (2) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``, average adjusted
            gross farm income, and average adjusted gross nonfarm income''
            both places it appears;
                (3) in subsection (c) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2)
            of this section)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, average
                    adjusted gross farm income, and average adjusted gross
                    nonfarm income'' both places it appears; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``paragraphs
                    (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b)'' and inserting
                    ``subsection (b)(2)''; and
                (4) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by subsection (c)(2)
            of this section)--
                        (A) by striking ``paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of
                    subsection (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(2)'';
                    and
                        (B) by striking ``, average adjusted gross farm
                    income, or average adjusted gross nonfarm income''.
        (e) Effective Period.--Subsection (e) of section 1001D of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a), as redesignated by subsection
    (c)(2) of this section, is amended by striking ``2009 through 2012''
    and inserting ``2013 through 2017''.
        (f) Limitation on Applicability.--Section 1001(d) of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by inserting before the
    period at the end the following: ``or title I of the Federal
    Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012''.
        (g) Transition.--Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
    U.S.C. 1308-3a), as in effect on the day before the date of the
    enactment of this Act, shall apply with respect to the 2012 crop,
    fiscal, or program year, as appropriate, for each program described in
    paragraphs (1)(C) and (2)(B) of subsection (b) of that section (as so
    in effect on that day).

    SEC. 1605. GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

        Section 1621(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8792(d)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 1606. PERSONAL LIABILITY OF PRODUCERS FOR DEFICIENCIES.

        Section 164 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
    of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7284) is amended by striking ``and title I of the
    Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008'' each place it appears and
    inserting ``title I of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8702 et seq.), and title I of the Federal Agriculture Reform
    and Risk Management Act of 2012''.

    SEC. 1607. PREVENTION OF DECEASED INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING PAYMENTS UNDER
                  FARM COMMODITY PROGRAMS.

        (a) Reconciliation.--At least twice each year, the Secretary shall
    reconcile social security numbers of all individuals who receive
    payments under this title, whether directly or indirectly, with the
    Commissioner of Social Security to determined if the individuals are
    alive.
        (b) Preclusion.--The Secretary shall preclude the issuance of
    payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individuals that were not
    eligible for payments.

    SEC. 1608. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

        (a) Missing Punctuation.--Section 359f(c)(1)(B) of the Agricultural
    Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ff(c)(1)(B)) is amended by adding
    a period at the end.
        (b) Erroneous Cross Reference.--
                (1) Amendment.--Section 1603(g) of the Food, Conservation,
            and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 1739) is
            amended in paragraphs (2) through (6) and the amendments made
            by those paragraphs by striking ``1703(a)'' each place it
            appears and inserting ``1603(a)''.
                (2) Effective date.--This subsection and the amendments
            made by this subsection take effect as if included in the Food,
            Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122
            Stat. 1651).
        (c) Continued Applicability of Appropriations General Provision.--
    Section 767 of division A of Public Law 108-7 (7 U.S.C. 7911 note; 117
    Stat. 48) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) by striking ``sections 1101 and 1102 of Public
                    Law 107-171'' and inserting ``subtitle A of title I of
                    the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
                    of 2012''; and
                        (B) by striking ``such section 1102'' and inserting
                    ``such subtitle''; and
                (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(b) This section, as amended by section 1608(c) of the Federal
    Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012, shall take effect
    beginning with the 2013 crop year.''.

    SEC. 1609. ASSIGNMENT OF PAYMENTS.

        (a) In General.--The provisions of section 8(g) of the Soil
    Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590h(g)), relating
    to assignment of payments, shall apply to payments made under this
    title.
        (b) Notice.--The producer making the assignment, or the assignee,
    shall provide the Secretary with notice, in such manner as the
    Secretary may require, of any assignment made under this section.

    SEC. 1610. TRACKING OF BENEFITS.

        As soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the
    Secretary may track the benefits provided, directly or indirectly, to
    individuals and entities under titles I and II and the amendments made
    by those titles.

    SEC. 1611. SIGNATURE AUTHORITY.

        (a) In General.--In carrying out this title and title II and
    amendments made by those titles, if the Secretary approves a document,
    the Secretary shall not subsequently determine the document is
    inadequate or invalid because of the lack of authority of any person
    signing the document on behalf of the applicant or any other
    individual, entity, general partnership, or joint venture, or the
    documents relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, unless the
    person signing the program document knowingly and willfully falsified
    the evidence of signature authority or a signature.
        (b) Affirmation.--
                (1) In general.--Nothing in this section prohibits the
            Secretary from asking a proper party to affirm any document
            that otherwise would be considered approved under subsection
            (a).
                (2) No retroactive effect.--A denial of benefits based on a
            lack of affirmation under paragraph (1) shall not be
            retroactive with respect to third-party producers who were not
            the subject of the erroneous representation of authority, if
            the third-party producers--
                        (A) relied on the prior approval by the Secretary
                    of the documents in good faith; and
                        (B) substantively complied with all program
                    requirements.

    SEC. 1612. IMPLEMENTATION.

        (a) Streamlining.--In implementing this title, the Secretary shall,
    to the maximum extent practicable--
                (1) seek to reduce administrative burdens and costs to
            producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and
            other administrative requirements;
                (2) improve coordination, information sharing, and
            administrative work with the Risk Management Agency and the
            Natural Resources Conservation Service; and
                (3) take advantage of new technologies to enhance
            efficiency and effectiveness of program delivery to producers.
        (b) Maintenance of Base Acres and Payment Yields.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain through
            September 30, 2017, for each covered commodity and upland
            cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established
            under--
                        (A)(i) in the case of covered commodities and
                    upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of the Farm
                    Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
                    7911, 7912); and
                        (ii) in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of that
                    Act (7 U.S.C. 7952); and
                        (B)(i) in the case of covered commodities and
                    upland cotton, sections 1101 and 1102 of the Food,
                    Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8711,
                    8712); and
                        (ii) in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of that
                    Act (7 U.S.C. 8752).
                (2)  Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice.--
                        (A) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain
                    separate base acres for long grain rice and medium
                    grain rice.
                        (B) Limitation.--In carrying out this paragraph,
                    the Secretary shall use the same total base acres and
                    payment yields established with respect to rice under
                    sections 1108 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
                    of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8718), as in effect on the day before
                    the date of enactment of this Act, subject to any
                    adjustment under section 1105.
        (c) Implementation.--The Secretary shall make available to the Farm
    Service Agency to carry out this title $100,000,000.

                             TITLE II--CONSERVATION

                    Subtitle A--Conservation Reserve Program

    SEC. 2001. EXTENSION AND ENROLLMENT REQUIREMENTS OF CONSERVATION
                  RESERVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Extension.--Section 1231(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985
    (16 U.S.C. 3831(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.
        (b) Eligible Land.--Section 1231(b) of the Food Security Act of
    1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(b)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``the date of
            enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008''
            and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Federal
            Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012'';
                (2) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraph
            (3) as paragraph (2);
                (3) by inserting before paragraph (4) the following new
            paragraph:
                ``(3) grasslands that--
                        ``(A) contain forbs or shrubland (including
                    improved rangeland and pastureland) for which grazing
                    is the predominant use;
                        ``(B) are located in an area historically dominated
                    by grasslands; and
                        ``(C) could provide habitat for animal and plant
                    populations of significant ecological value if the land
                    is retained in its current use or restored to a natural
                    condition;'';
                (4) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ``filterstrips devoted
            to trees or shrubs'' and inserting ``filterstrips or riparian
            buffers devoted to trees, shrubs, or grasses''; and
                (5) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following
            new paragraph:
                ``(5) the portion of land in a field not enrolled in the
            conservation reserve in a case in which--
                        ``(A) more than 50 percent of the land in the field
                    is enrolled as a buffer or filterstrip, or more than 75
                    percent of the land in the field is enrolled as a
                    conservation practice other than as a buffer or
                    filterstrip; and
                        ``(B) the remainder of the field is--
                                ``(i) infeasible to farm; and
                                ``(ii) enrolled at regular rental rates.''.
        (c) Planting Status of Certain Land.--Section 1231(c) of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(c)) is amended by striking ``if''
    and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting ``if,
    during the crop year, the land was devoted to a conserving use.''.
        (d) Enrollment.--Subsection (d) of section 1231 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(d) Enrollment.--
                ``(1) Maximum acreage enrolled.--The Secretary may maintain
            in the conservation reserve at any one time during--
                        ``(A) fiscal year 2012, no more than 32,000,000
                    acres;
                        ``(B) fiscal year 2013, no more than 29,000,000
                    acres;
                        ``(C) fiscal year 2014, no more than 26,000,000
                    acres;
                        ``(D) fiscal year 2015, no more than 26,000,000
                    acres;
                        ``(E) fiscal year 2016, no more than 25,500,000
                    acres; and
                        ``(F) fiscal year 2017, no more than 25,000,000
                    acres.
                ``(2) Grasslands.--
                        ``(A) Limitation.--For purposes of applying the
                    limitations in paragraph (1), no more than 2,000,000
                    acres of the land described in subsection (b)(3) may be
                    enrolled in the program at any one time during the 2013
                    through 2017 fiscal years.
                        ``(B) Priority.--In enrolling acres under
                    subparagraph (A), the Secretary may give priority to
                    land with expiring conservation reserve program
                    contracts.
                        ``(C) Method of enrollment.--In enrolling acres
                    under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall make the
                    program available to owners or operators of eligible
                    land on a continuous enrollment basis with one or more
                    ranking periods.''.
        (e) Duration of Contract.--Section 1231(e) of the Food Security Act
    of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(e)) is amended by striking paragraphs (2) and
    (3) and inserting the following new paragraph:
                ``(2) Special rule for certain land.--In the case of land
            devoted to hardwood trees, shelterbelts, windbreaks, or
            wildlife corridors under a contract entered into under this
            subchapter, the owner or operator of the land may, within the
            limitations prescribed under paragraph (1), specify the
            duration of the contract.''.
        (f) Conservation Priority Areas.--Section 1231(f) of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831(f)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``watershed areas of the
            Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great Lakes Region, the Long Island
            Sound Region, and other'';
                (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``watersheds.--
            Watersheds'' and inserting ``areas.--Areas''; and
                (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``a watershed's
            designation--'' and all that follows through the period at the
            end and inserting ``an area's designation if the Secretary
            finds that the area no longer contains actual and significant
            adverse water quality or habitat impacts related to
            agricultural production activities.''.

    SEC. 2002. FARMABLE WETLAND PROGRAM.

        (a) Extension.--Section 1231B(a)(1) of the Food Security Act of
    1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(a)(1)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''; and
                (2) by striking ``a program'' and inserting ``a farmable
            wetland program''.
        (b) Eligible Acreage.--Section 1231B(b)(1)(B) of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``flow
    from a row crop agriculture drainage system'' and inserting ``surface
    and subsurface flow from row crop agricultural production''.
        (c) Acreage Limitation.--Section 1231B(c)(1)(B) of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking
    ``1,000,000'' and inserting ``750,000''.
        (d) Clerical Amendment.--The heading of section 1231B of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831b) is amended to read as follows:
    ``farmable wetland program''.

    SEC. 2003. DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS.

        (a) Limitation on Harvesting, Grazing, or Commercial Use of
    Forage.--Section 1232(a)(8) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3832(a)(8)) is amended by striking ``except that'' and all that follows
    through the semicolon at the end of the paragraph and inserting
    ``except as provided in subsection (b) or (c) of section 1233;''.
        (b) Conservation Plan Requirements.--Subsection (b) of section 1232
    of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) is amended to read as
    follows:
        ``(b) Conservation Plans.--The plan referred to in subsection
    (a)(1) shall set forth--
                ``(1) the conservation measures and practices to be carried
            out by the owner or operator during the term of the contract;
            and
                ``(2) the commercial use, if any, to be permitted on the
            land during the term.''.
        (c) Rental Payment Reduction.--Section 1232 of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832) is amended by striking subsection (d).

    SEC. 2004. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

        Section 1233 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3833) is
    amended to read as follows:

    ``SEC. 1233. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

        ``(a) Cost-share and Rental Payments.--In return for a contract
    entered into by an owner or operator under the conservation reserve
    program, the Secretary shall--
                ``(1) share the cost of carrying out the conservation
            measures and practices set forth in the contract for which the
            Secretary determines that cost sharing is appropriate and in
            the public interest; and
                ``(2) for a period of years not in excess of the term of
            the contract, pay an annual rental payment in an amount
            necessary to compensate for--
                        ``(A) the conversion of highly erodible cropland or
                    other eligible lands normally devoted to the production
                    of an agricultural commodity on a farm or ranch to a
                    less intensive use;
                        ``(B) the retirement of any base history that the
                    owner or operator agrees to retire permanently; and
                        ``(C) the development and management of grasslands
                    for multiple natural resource conservation benefits,
                    including to soil, water, air, and wildlife.
        ``(b) Specified Activities Permitted.--The Secretary shall permit
    certain activities or commercial uses of land that is subject to a
    contract under the conservation reserve program in a manner that is
    consistent with a plan approved by the Secretary, as follows:
                ``(1) Harvesting, grazing, or other commercial use of the
            forage in response to a drought or other emergency created by a
            natural disaster, without any reduction in the rental rate.
                ``(2) Consistent with the conservation of soil, water
            quality, and wildlife habitat (including habitat during nesting
            seasons for birds in the area), and in exchange for a reduction
            of not less than 25 percent in the annual rental rate for the
            acres covered by the authorized activity--
                        ``(A) managed harvesting and other commercial use
                    (including the managed harvesting of biomass), except
                    that in permitting managed harvesting, the Secretary,
                    in coordination with the State technical committee--
                                ``(i) shall develop appropriate vegetation
                            management requirements; and
                                ``(ii) shall identify periods during which
                            managed harvesting may be conducted, such that
                            the frequency is not more than once every three
                            years;
                        ``(B) routine grazing or prescribed grazing for the
                    control of invasive species, except that in permitting
                    such routine grazing or prescribed grazing, the
                    Secretary, in coordination with the State technical
                    committee--
                                ``(i) shall develop appropriate vegetation
                            management requirements and stocking rates for
                            the land that are suitable for continued
                            routine grazing; and
                                ``(ii) shall identify the periods during
                            which routine grazing may be conducted, such
                            that the frequency is not more than once every
                            two years, taking into consideration regional
                            differences such as--
                                        ``(I) climate, soil type, and
                                    natural resources;
                                        ``(II) the number of years that
                                    should be required between routine
                                    grazing activities; and
                                        ``(III) how often during a year in
                                    which routine grazing is permitted that
                                    routine grazing should be allowed to
                                    occur; and
                        ``(C) the installation of wind turbines and
                    associated access, except that in permitting the
                    installation of wind turbines, the Secretary shall
                    determine the number and location of wind turbines that
                    may be installed, taking into account--
                                ``(i) the location, size, and other
                            physical characteristics of the land;
                                ``(ii) the extent to which the land
                            contains wildlife and wildlife habitat; and
                                ``(iii) the purposes of the conservation
                            reserve program under this subchapter.
                ``(3) The intermittent and seasonal use of vegetative
            buffer practices incidental to agricultural production on lands
            adjacent to the buffer such that the permitted use does not
            destroy the permanent vegetative cover.
        ``(c) Authorized Activities on Grasslands.--For eligible land
    described in section 1231(b)(3), the Secretary shall permit the
    following activities:
                ``(1) Common grazing practices, including maintenance and
            necessary cultural practices, on the land in a manner that is
            consistent with maintaining the viability of grassland, forb,
            and shrub species appropriate to that locality.
                ``(2) Haying, mowing, or harvesting for seed production,
            subject to appropriate restrictions during the nesting season
            for critical bird species in the area.
                ``(3) Fire presuppression, fire-related rehabilitation, and
            construction of fire breaks.
                ``(4) Grazing-related activities, such as fencing and
            livestock watering.
        ``(d) Resource Conserving Use.--
                ``(1) In general.--Beginning on the date that is 1 year
            before the date of termination of a contract under the program,
            the Secretary shall allow an owner or operator to make
            conservation and land improvements that facilitate maintaining
            protection of enrolled land after expiration of the contract.
                ``(2) Conservation plan.--The Secretary shall require an
            owner or operator carrying out the activities described in
            paragraph (1) to develop and implement a conservation plan.
                ``(3) Re-enrollment prohibited.--Land improved under
            paragraph (1) may not be re-enrolled in the conservation
            reserve program for 5 years after the date of termination of
            the contract.''.

    SEC. 2005. PAYMENTS.

        (a) Trees, Windbreaks, Shelterbelts, and Wildlife Corridors.--
    Section 1234(b)(3)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3834(b)(3)(A)) is amended--
                (1) in clause (i), by inserting ``and'' after the
            semicolon;
                (2) by striking clause (ii); and
                (3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).
        (b) Annual Rental Payments.--Section 1234(c) of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(c)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or other eligible
            lands'' after ``highly erodible cropland'' both places it
            appears; and
                (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following
            new paragraph:
                ``(2) Methods of determination.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The amounts payable to owners or
                    operators in the form of rental payments under
                    contracts entered into under this subchapter may be
                    determined through--
                                ``(i) the submission of bids for such
                            contracts by owners and operators in such
                            manner as the Secretary may prescribe; or
                                ``(ii) such other means as the Secretary
                            determines are appropriate.
                        ``(B) Grasslands.--In the case of eligible land
                    described in section 1231(b)(3), the Secretary shall
                    make annual payments in an amount that is not more than
                    75 percent of the grazing value of the land covered by
                    the contract.''.
        (c) Payment Schedule.--Subsection (d) of section 1234 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(d) Payment Schedule.--
                ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this
            section, payments under this subchapter shall be made in cash
            in such amount and on such time schedule as is agreed on and
            specified in the contract.
                ``(2) Advance payment.--Payments under this subchapter may
            be made in advance of determination of performance.''.
        (d) Payment Limitation.--Section 1234(f) of the Food Security Act
    of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3834(f)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``, including rental
            payments made in the form of in-kind commodities,'';
                (2) by striking paragraph (3); and
                (3) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (2).

    SEC. 2006. CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS.

        (a) Early Termination by Owner or Operator.--Section 1235(e) of the
    Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(e)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                        (A) by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting
                    ``During fiscal year 2013, the Secretary''; and
                        (B) by striking ``before January 1, 1995,'';
                (2) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (C) and
            inserting the following:
                        ``(C) Land devoted to hardwood trees.
                        ``(D) Wildlife habitat, duck nesting habitat,
                    pollinator habitat, upland bird habitat buffer,
                    wildlife food plots, State acres for wildlife
                    enhancement, shallow water areas for wildlife, and rare
                    and declining habitat.
                        ``(E) Farmable wetland and restored wetland.
                        ``(F) Land that contains diversions, erosion
                    control structures, flood control structures, contour
                    grass strips, living snow fences, salinity reducing
                    vegetation, cross wind trap strips, and sediment
                    retention structures.
                        ``(G) Land located within a federally-designated
                    wellhead protection area.
                        ``(H) Land that is covered by an easement under the
                    conservation reserve program.
                        ``(I) Land located within an average width,
                    according to the applicable Natural Resources
                    Conservation Service field office technical guide, of a
                    perennial stream or permanent water body.''; and
                (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``60 days after the date
            on which the owner or operator submits the notice required
            under paragraph (1)(C)'' and inserting ``upon approval by the
            Secretary''.
        (b) Transition Option for Certain Farmers or Ranchers.--Section
    1235(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835(f)) is
    amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)--
                        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
                    striking ``Duties'' and all that follows through ``a
                    beginning farmer'' and inserting ``Transition to
                    covered farmer or rancher.--In the case of a contract
                    modification approved in order to facilitate the
                    transfer of land subject to a contract from a retired
                    farmer or rancher to a beginning farmer'';
                        (B) in subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting ``,
                    including preparing to plant an agricultural crop''
                    after ``improvements'';
                        (C) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``the farmer
                    or rancher'' and inserting ``the covered farmer or
                    rancher''; and
                        (D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``section
                    1001A(b)(3)(B)'' and inserting ``section 1001''; and
                (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``requirement of section
            1231(h)(4)(B)'' and inserting ``option pursuant to section
            1234(c)(2)(A)(ii)''.
        (c) Final Year Contract.--Section 1235 of the Food Security Act of
    1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subsections:
        ``(g) Final Year of Contract.--The Secretary shall not consider an
    owner or operator to be in violation of a term or condition of the
    conservation reserve contract if--
                ``(1) during the year prior to expiration of the contract,
            the land is enrolled in the conservation stewardship program;
            and
                ``(2) the activity required under the conservation
            stewardship program pursuant to such enrollment is consistent
            with this subchapter.
        ``(h) Land Enrolled in Agricultural Conservation Easement
    Program.--The Secretary may terminate or modify a contract entered into
    under this subchapter if eligible land that is subject to such contract
    is transferred into the agricultural conservation easement program
    under subtitle H.''.

    SEC. 2007. CONVERSION OF LAND SUBJECT TO CONTRACT TO OTHER CONSERVING
                  USES.

        Section 1235A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3835a) is
    repealed.

    SEC. 2008. EFFECTIVE DATE.

        (a) In General.--The amendments made by this subtitle shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012, except the amendment made by section
    2001(d), which shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
    Act.
        (b) Effect on Existing Contracts.--
                (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
            amendments made by this subtitle shall not affect the validity
            or terms of any contract entered into by the Secretary of
            Agriculture under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of
            title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et
            seq.) before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be
            made in connection with the contract.
                (2) Updating of existing contracts.--The Secretary shall
            permit an owner or operator of land subject to a contract
            entered into under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of
            title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et
            seq.) before October 1, 2012, to update the contract to reflect
            the activities and uses of land under contract permitted under
            the terms and conditions of section 1233(b) of that Act (as
            amended by section 2004), as determined appropriate by the
            Secretary.

                  Subtitle B--Conservation Stewardship Program

    SEC. 2101. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

        (a) Revision of Current Program.--Subchapter B of chapter 2 of
    subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3838d et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

                ``Subchapter B--Conservation Stewardship Program

    ``SEC. 1238D. DEFINITIONS.

        ``In this subchapter:
                ``(1) Agricultural operation.--The term `agricultural
            operation' means all eligible land, whether or not contiguous,
            that is--
                        ``(A) under the effective control of a producer at
                    the time the producer enters into a contract under the
                    program; and
                        ``(B) operated with equipment, labor, management,
                    and production or cultivation practices that are
                    substantially separate from other agricultural
                    operations, as determined by the Secretary.
                ``(2) Conservation activities.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The term `conservation
                    activities' means conservation systems, practices, or
                    management measures.
                        ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `conservation
                    activities' includes--
                                ``(i) structural measures, vegetative
                            measures, and land management measures,
                            including agriculture drainage management
                            systems, as determined by the Secretary; and
                                ``(ii) planning needed to address a
                            priority resource concern.
                ``(3) Conservation stewardship plan.--The term
            `conservation stewardship plan' means a plan that--
                        ``(A) identifies and inventories priority resource
                    concerns;
                        ``(B) establishes benchmark data and conservation
                    objectives;
                        ``(C) describes conservation activities to be
                    implemented, managed, or improved; and
                        ``(D) includes a schedule and evaluation plan for
                    the planning, installation, and management of the new
                    and existing conservation activities.
                ``(4) Eligible land.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The term `eligible land' means--
                                ``(i) private or tribal land on which
                            agricultural commodities, livestock, or forest-
                            related products are produced; and
                                ``(ii) lands associated with the land
                            described in clause (i) on which priority
                            resource concerns could be addressed through a
                            contract under the program.
                        ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `eligible land'
                    includes--
                                ``(i) cropland;
                                ``(ii) grassland;
                                ``(iii) rangeland;
                                ``(iv) pasture land;
                                ``(v) nonindustrial private forest land;
                            and
                                ``(vi) other agricultural areas (including
                            cropped woodland, marshes, and agricultural
                            land used or capable of being used for the
                            production of livestock), as determined by the
                            Secretary.
                ``(5) Priority resource concern.--The term `priority
            resource concern' means a natural resource concern or problem,
            as determined by the Secretary, that--
                        ``(A) is identified at the national, State, or
                    local level as a priority for a particular area of a
                    State;
                        ``(B) represents a significant concern in a State
                    or region; and
                        ``(C) is likely to be addressed successfully
                    through the implementation of conservation activities
                    under this program.
                ``(6) Program.--The term `program' means the conservation
            stewardship program established by this subchapter.
                ``(7) Stewardship threshold.--The term `stewardship
            threshold' means the level of management required, as
            determined by the Secretary, to conserve and improve the
            quality and condition of a natural resource.

    ``SEC. 1238E. CONSERVATION STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM.

        ``(a) Establishment and Purpose.--During each of fiscal years 2013
    through 2017, the Secretary shall carry out a conservation stewardship
    program to encourage producers to address priority resource concerns in
    a comprehensive manner--
                ``(1) by undertaking additional conservation activities;
            and
                ``(2) by improving, maintaining, and managing existing
            conservation activities.
        ``(b) Exclusions.--
                ``(1) Land enrolled in other conservation programs.--
            Subject to paragraph (2), the following land (even if covered
            by the definition of eligible land) is not eligible for
            enrollment in the program:
                        ``(A) Land enrolled in the conservation reserve
                    program, unless--
                                ``(i) the conservation reserve contract
                            will expire at the end of the fiscal year in
                            which the land is to be enrolled in the
                            program; and
                                ``(ii) conservation reserve program
                            payments for land enrolled in the program cease
                            before the first program payment is made to the
                            applicant under this subchapter.
                        ``(B) Land enrolled in a wetland easement through
                    the agricultural conservation easement program.
                        ``(C) Land enrolled in the conservation security
                    program.
                ``(2) Conversion to cropland.--Eligible land used for crop
            production after October 1, 2012, that had not been planted,
            considered to be planted, or devoted to crop production for at
            least 4 of the 6 years preceding that date shall not be the
            basis for any payment under the program, unless the land does
            not meet the requirement because--
                        ``(A) the land had previously been enrolled in the
                    conservation reserve program;
                        ``(B) the land has been maintained using long-term
                    crop rotation practices, as determined by the
                    Secretary; or
                        ``(C) the land is incidental land needed for
                    efficient operation of the farm or ranch, as determined
                    by the Secretary.

    ``SEC. 1238F. STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTS.

        ``(a) Submission of Contract Offers.--To be eligible to participate
    in the conservation stewardship program, a producer shall submit to the
    Secretary a contract offer for the agricultural operation that--
                ``(1) demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary
            that the producer, at the time of the contract offer, meets or
            exceeds the stewardship threshold for at least 2 priority
            resource concerns; and
                ``(2) would, at a minimum, meet or exceed the stewardship
            threshold for at least 1 additional priority resource concern
            by the end of the stewardship contract by--
                        ``(A) installing and adopting additional
                    conservation activities; and
                        ``(B) improving, maintaining, and managing existing
                    conservation activities across the entire agricultural
                    operation in a manner that increases or extends the
                    conservation benefits in place at the time the contract
                    offer is accepted by the Secretary.
        ``(b) Evaluation of Contract Offers.--
                ``(1) Ranking of applications.--In evaluating contract
            offers submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall rank
            applications based on--
                        ``(A) the level of conservation treatment on all
                    applicable priority resource concerns at the time of
                    application;
                        ``(B) the degree to which the proposed conservation
                    activities effectively increase conservation
                    performance;
                        ``(C) the number of applicable priority resource
                    concerns proposed to be treated to meet or exceed the
                    stewardship threshold by the end of the contract;
                        ``(D) the extent to which other priority resource
                    concerns will be addressed to meet or exceed the
                    stewardship threshold by the end of the contract
                    period;
                        ``(E) the extent to which the actual and
                    anticipated conservation benefits from the contract are
                    provided at the least cost relative to other similarly
                    beneficial contract offers; and
                        ``(F) the extent to which priority resource
                    concerns will be addressed when transitioning from the
                    conservation reserve program to agricultural
                    production.
                ``(2) Prohibition.--The Secretary may not assign a higher
            priority to any application because the applicant is willing to
            accept a lower payment than the applicant would otherwise be
            eligible to receive.
                ``(3) Additional criteria.--The Secretary may develop and
            use such additional criteria that the Secretary determines are
            necessary to ensure that national, State, and local priority
            resource concerns are effectively addressed.
        ``(c) Entering Into Contracts.--After a determination that a
    producer is eligible for the program under subsection (a), and a
    determination that the contract offer ranks sufficiently high under the
    evaluation criteria under subsection (b), the Secretary shall enter
    into a conservation stewardship contract with the producer to enroll
    the eligible land to be covered by the contract.
        ``(d) Contract Provisions.--
                ``(1) Term.--A conservation stewardship contract shall be
            for a term of 5 years.
                ``(2) Required provisions.--The conservation stewardship
            contract of a producer shall--
                        ``(A) state the amount of the payment the Secretary
                    agrees to make to the producer for each year of the
                    conservation stewardship contract under section
                    1238G(d);
                        ``(B) require the producer--
                                ``(i) to implement a conservation
                            stewardship plan that describes the program
                            purposes to be achieved through 1 or more
                            conservation activities;
                                ``(ii) to maintain and supply information
                            as required by the Secretary to determine
                            compliance with the conservation stewardship
                            plan and any other requirements of the program;
                            and
                                ``(iii) not to conduct any activities on
                            the agricultural operation that would tend to
                            defeat the purposes of the program;
                        ``(C) permit all economic uses of the eligible land
                    that--
                                ``(i) maintain the agricultural nature of
                            the land; and
                                ``(ii) are consistent with the conservation
                            purposes of the conservation stewardship
                            contract;
                        ``(D) include a provision to ensure that a producer
                    shall not be considered in violation of the contract
                    for failure to comply with the contract due to
                    circumstances beyond the control of the producer,
                    including a disaster or related condition, as
                    determined by the Secretary;
                        ``(E) include provisions requiring that upon the
                    violation of a term or condition of the contract at any
                    time the producer has control of the land--
                                ``(i) if the Secretary determines that the
                            violation warrants termination of the
                            contract--
                                        ``(I) the producer shall forfeit
                                    all rights to receive payments under
                                    the contract; and
                                        ``(II) the producer shall refund
                                    all or a portion of the payments
                                    received by the producer under the
                                    contract, including any interest on the
                                    payments, as determined by the
                                    Secretary; or
                                ``(ii) if the Secretary determines that the
                            violation does not warrant termination of the
                            contract, the producer shall refund or accept
                            adjustments to the payments provided to the
                            producer, as the Secretary determines to be
                            appropriate;
                        ``(F) include provisions in accordance with
                    paragraphs (3) and (4) of this section; and
                        ``(G) include any additional provisions the
                    Secretary determines are necessary to carry out the
                    program.
                ``(3) Change of interest in land subject to a contract.--
                        ``(A) In general.--At the time of application, a
                    producer shall have control of the eligible land to be
                    enrolled in the program. Except as provided in
                    subparagraph (B), a change in the interest of a
                    producer in eligible land covered by a contract under
                    the program shall result in the termination of the
                    contract with regard to that land.
                        ``(B) Transfer of duties and rights.--Subparagraph
                    (A) shall not apply if--
                                ``(i) within a reasonable period of time
                            (as determined by the Secretary) after the date
                            of the change in the interest in eligible land
                            covered by a contract under the program, the
                            transferee of the land provides written notice
                            to the Secretary that all duties and rights
                            under the contract have been transferred to,
                            and assumed by, the transferee for the portion
                            of the land transferred;
                                ``(ii) the transferee meets the eligibility
                            requirements of the program; and
                                ``(iii) the Secretary approves the transfer
                            of all duties and rights under the contract.
                ``(4) Modification and termination of contracts.--
                        ``(A) Voluntary modification or termination.--The
                    Secretary may modify or terminate a contract with a
                    producer if--
                                ``(i) the producer agrees to the
                            modification or termination; and
                                ``(ii) the Secretary determines that the
                            modification or termination is in the public
                            interest.
                        ``(B) Involuntary termination.--The Secretary may
                    terminate a contract if the Secretary determines that
                    the producer violated the contract.
                ``(5) Repayment.--If a contract is terminated, the
            Secretary may, consistent with the purposes of the program--
                        ``(A) allow the producer to retain payments already
                    received under the contract; or
                        ``(B) require repayment, in whole or in part, of
                    payments received and assess liquidated damages.
        ``(e) Contract Renewal.--At the end of the initial 5-year contract
    period, the Secretary may allow the producer to renew the contract for
    1 additional 5-year period if the producer--
                ``(1) demonstrates compliance with the terms of the initial
            contract;
                ``(2) agrees to adopt and continue to integrate
            conservation activities across the entire agricultural
            operation, as determined by the Secretary; and
                ``(3) agrees, by the end of the contract period--
                        ``(A) to meet the stewardship threshold of at least
                    two additional priority resource concerns on the
                    agricultural operation; or
                        ``(B) to exceed the stewardship threshold of two
                    existing priority resource concerns that are specified
                    by the Secretary in the initial contract.

    ``SEC. 1238G. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.

        ``(a) In General.--To achieve the conservation goals of a contract
    under the conservation stewardship program, the Secretary shall--
                ``(1) make the program available to eligible producers on a
            continuous enrollment basis with 1 or more ranking periods, one
            of which shall occur in the first quarter of each fiscal year;
                ``(2) identify not less than 5 priority resource concerns
            in a particular watershed or other appropriate region or area
            within a State; and
                ``(3) establish a science-based stewardship threshold for
            each priority resource concern identified under paragraph (2).
        ``(b) Allocation to States.--The Secretary shall allocate acres to
    States for enrollment, based--
                ``(1) primarily on each State's proportion of eligible land
            to the total acreage of eligible land in all States; and
                ``(2) also on consideration of--
                        ``(A) the extent and magnitude of the conservation
                    needs associated with agricultural production in each
                    State;
                        ``(B) the degree to which implementation of the
                    program in the State is, or will be, effective in
                    helping producers address those needs; and
                        ``(C) other considerations to achieve equitable
                    geographic distribution of funds, as determined by the
                    Secretary.
        ``(c) Acreage Enrollment Limitation.--During the period beginning
    on October 1, 2012, and ending on September 30, 2021, the Secretary
    shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
                ``(1) enroll in the program an additional 9,000,000 acres
            for each fiscal year; and
                ``(2) manage the program to achieve a national average rate
            of $18 per acre, which shall include the costs of all financial
            assistance, technical assistance, and any other expenses
            associated with enrollment or participation in the program.
        ``(d) Conservation Stewardship Payments.--
                ``(1) Availability of payments.--The Secretary shall
            provide annual payments under the program to compensate the
            producer for--
                        ``(A) installing and adopting additional
                    conservation activities; and
                        ``(B) improving, maintaining, and managing
                    conservation activities in place at the agricultural
                    operation of the producer at the time the contract
                    offer is accepted by the Secretary.
                ``(2) Payment amount.--The amount of the conservation
            stewardship annual payment shall be determined by the Secretary
            and based, to the maximum extent practicable, on the following
            factors:
                        ``(A) Costs incurred by the producer associated
                    with planning, design, materials, installation, labor,
                    management, maintenance, or training.
                        ``(B) Income forgone by the producer.
                        ``(C) Expected conservation benefits.
                        ``(D) The extent to which priority resource
                    concerns will be addressed through the installation and
                    adoption of conservation activities on the agricultural
                    operation.
                        ``(E) The level of stewardship in place at the time
                    of application and maintained over the term of the
                    contract.
                        ``(F) The degree to which the conservation
                    activities will be integrated across the entire
                    agricultural operation for all applicable priority
                    resource concerns over the term of the contract.
                        ``(G) Such other factors as determined appropriate
                    by the Secretary.
                ``(3) Exclusions.--A payment to a producer under this
            subsection shall not be provided for--
                        ``(A) the design, construction, or maintenance of
                    animal waste storage or treatment facilities or
                    associated waste transport or transfer devices for
                    animal feeding operations; or
                        ``(B) conservation activities for which there is no
                    cost incurred or income forgone to the producer.
                ``(4) Delivery of payments.--In making payments under this
            subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable--
                        ``(A) prorate conservation performance over the
                    term of the contract so as to accommodate, to the
                    extent practicable, producers earning equal annual
                    payments in each fiscal year; and
                        ``(B) make payments as soon as practicable after
                    October 1 of each fiscal year for activities carried
                    out in the previous fiscal year.
        ``(e) Supplemental Payments for Resource-conserving Crop
    Rotations.--
                ``(1) Availability of payments.--The Secretary shall
            provide additional payments to producers that, in participating
            in the program, agree to adopt or improve resource-conserving
            crop rotations to achieve beneficial crop rotations as
            appropriate for the eligible land of the producers.
                ``(2) Beneficial crop rotations.--The Secretary shall
            determine whether a resource-conserving crop rotation is a
            beneficial crop rotation eligible for additional payments under
            paragraph (1) based on whether the resource-conserving crop
            rotation is designed to provide natural resource conservation
            and production benefits.
                ``(3) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a payment
            described in paragraph (1), a producer shall agree to adopt and
            maintain beneficial resource-conserving crop rotations for the
            term of the contract.
                ``(4) Resource-conserving crop rotation.--In this
            subsection, the term `resource-conserving crop rotation' means
            a crop rotation that--
                        ``(A) includes at least 1 resource conserving crop
                    (as defined by the Secretary);
                        ``(B) reduces erosion;
                        ``(C) improves soil fertility and tilth;
                        ``(D) interrupts pest cycles; and
                        ``(E) in applicable areas, reduces depletion of
                    soil moisture or otherwise reduces the need for
                    irrigation.
        ``(f) Payment Limitations.--A person or legal entity may not
    receive, directly or indirectly, payments under the program that, in
    the aggregate, exceed $200,000 under all contracts entered into during
    fiscal years 2013 through 2017, excluding funding arrangements with
    Indian tribes, regardless of the number of contracts entered into under
    the program by the person or legal entity.
        ``(g) Specialty Crop and Organic Producers.--The Secretary shall
    ensure that outreach and technical assistance are available, and
    program specifications are appropriate to enable specialty crop and
    organic producers to participate in the program.
        ``(h) Coordination With Organic Certification.--The Secretary shall
    establish a transparent means by which producers may initiate organic
    certification under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
    6501 et seq.) while participating in a contract under the program.
        ``(i) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate regulations
    that--
                ``(1) prescribe such other rules as the Secretary
            determines to be necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable
            application of the limitations established under subsection
            (f); and
                ``(2) otherwise enable the Secretary to carry out the
            program.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.
        (c) Effect on Existing Contracts.--
                (1) In general.--The amendment made by this section shall
            not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered into
            by the Secretary of Agriculture under subchapter B of chapter 2
            of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
            U.S.C. 3838d et seq.) before October 1, 2012, or any payments
            required to be made in connection with the contract.
                (2) Conservation stewardship program.--Funds made available
            under section 1241(a)(4) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
            U.S.C. 3841(a)(4)) (as amended by section 2601(a) of this
            title) may be used to administer and make payments to program
            participants that enrolled into contracts during any of fiscal
            years 2009 through 2012.

              Subtitle C--Environmental Quality Incentives Program

    SEC. 2201. PURPOSES.

        Section 1240 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa) is
    amended--
                (1) in paragraph (3)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the
                    end;
                        (B) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as
                    subparagraph (C) and, in such subparagraph, by
                    inserting ``and'' after the semicolon; and
                        (C) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the
                    following new subparagraph:
                        ``(B) developing and improving wildlife habitat;
                    and'';
                (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``; and'' and inserting a
            period; and
                (3) by striking paragraph (5).

    SEC. 2202. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION.

        Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-2)
    is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2014'' and inserting
            ``2017'';
                (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (2) and
            inserting the following new paragraph:
                ``(2) Term.--A contract under the program shall have a term
            that does not exceed 10 years.'';
                (3) in subsection (d)(4)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding
                    clause (i), by inserting ``, veteran farmer or rancher
                    (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food,
                    Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
                    U.S.C. 2279(e))),'' before ``or a beginning farmer or
                    rancher''; and
                        (B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
                    following new subparagraph:
                        ``(B) Advance payments.--
                                ``(i) In general.--Not more than 50 percent
                            of the amount determined under subparagraph (A)
                            may be provided in advance for the purpose of
                            purchasing materials or contracting.
                                ``(ii) Return of funds.--If funds provided
                            in advance are not expended during the 90-day
                            period beginning on the date of receipt of the
                            funds, the funds shall be returned within a
                            reasonable time frame, as determined by the
                            Secretary.'';
                (4) by striking subsection (f) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(f) Allocation of Funding.--
                ``(1) Livestock.--For each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017, at least 60 percent of the funds made available for
            payments under the program shall be targeted at practices
            relating to livestock production.
                ``(2) Wildlife habitat.--For each of fiscal years 2013
            through 2017, 5 percent of the funds made available for
            payments under the program shall be targeted at practices
            benefitting wildlife habitat.'';
                (5) in subsection (g)--
                        (A) in the subsection heading, by striking
                    ``Federally Recognized Native American Indian Tribes
                    and Alaska Native Corporations'' and inserting ``Indian
                    Tribes'';
                        (B) by striking ``federally recognized Native
                    American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations
                    (including their affiliated membership organizations)''
                    and inserting ``Indian tribes''; and
                        (C) by striking ``or Native Corporation''; and
                (6) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(j) Wildlife Habitat Incentive Practice.--The Secretary shall
    provide payments under the program for conservation practices that
    support the restoration, development, and improvement of wildlife
    habitat on eligible land, including--
                ``(1) upland wildlife habitat;
                ``(2) wetland wildlife habitat;
                ``(3) habitat for threatened and endangered species;
                ``(4) fish habitat;
                ``(5) habitat on pivot corners and other irregular areas of
            a field; and
                ``(6) other types of wildlife habitat, as determined
            appropriate by the Secretary.''.

    SEC. 2203. EVALUATION OF APPLICATIONS.

        Section 1240C(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3839aa-3(b)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``environmental'' and
            inserting ``conservation''; and
                (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``purpose of the
            environmental quality incentives program specified in section
            1240(1)'' and inserting ``purposes of the program''.

    SEC. 2204. DUTIES OF PRODUCERS.

        Section 1240D(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3839aa-4(2)) is amended by striking ``farm, ranch, or forest'' and
    inserting ``enrolled''.

    SEC. 2205. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.

        Section 1240G of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-7)
    is amended to read as follows:

    ``SEC. 1240G. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS.

        ``A person or legal entity may not receive, directly or indirectly,
    cost share or incentive payments under this chapter that, in aggregate,
    exceed $450,000 for all contracts entered into under this chapter by
    the person or legal entity during the period of fiscal years 2013
    through 2017, regardless of the number of contracts entered into under
    this chapter by the person or legal entity.''.

    SEC. 2206. CONSERVATION INNOVATION GRANTS AND PAYMENTS.

        Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa-8)
    is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``; and'' and
                    inserting a semicolon;
                        (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period and
                    inserting a semicolon; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following new
                    subparagraphs:
                        ``(E) facilitate on-farm conservation research and
                    demonstration activities; and
                        ``(F) facilitate pilot testing of new technologies
                    or innovative conservation practices.''; and
                (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(b) Reporting.--Not later than December 31, 2013, and every two
    years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on
    Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the status of
    projects funded under this section, including--
                ``(1) funding awarded;
                ``(2) project results; and
                ``(3) incorporation of project findings, such as new
            technology and innovative approaches, into the conservation
            efforts implemented by the Secretary.''.

    SEC. 2207. EFFECTIVE DATE.

        (a) In General.--The amendments made by this subtitle shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.
        (b) Effect on Existing Contracts.--The amendments made by this
    subtitle shall not affect the validity or terms of any contract entered
    into by the Secretary of Agriculture under chapter 4 of subtitle D of
    title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.)
    before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be made in
    connection with the contract.

             Subtitle D--Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

    SEC. 2301. AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT PROGRAM.

        (a) Establishment.--Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is
    amended by adding at the end the following new subtitle:

            ``Subtitle H--Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

    ``SEC. 1265. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.

        ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an agricultural
    conservation easement program for the conservation of eligible land and
    natural resources through easements or other interests in land.
        ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are to--
                ``(1) combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of
            the wetlands reserve program established under section 1237,
            the grassland reserve program established under section 1238N,
            and the farmland protection program established under section
            1238I, as such sections were in effect on September 30, 2012;
                ``(2) restore, protect, and enhance wetlands on eligible
            land;
                ``(3) protect the agricultural use and related conservation
            values of eligible land by limiting nonagricultural uses of
            that land; and
                ``(4) protect grazing uses and related conservation values
            by restoring and conserving eligible land.

    ``SEC. 1265A. DEFINITIONS.

        ``In this subtitle:
                ``(1) Agricultural land easement.--The term `agricultural
            land easement' means an easement or other interest in eligible
            land that--
                        ``(A) is conveyed for the purpose of protecting
                    natural resources and the agricultural nature of the
                    land; and
                        ``(B) permits the landowner the right to continue
                    agricultural production and related uses subject to an
                    agricultural land easement plan, as approved by the
                    Secretary.
                ``(2) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means--
                        ``(A) an agency of State or local government or an
                    Indian tribe (including a farmland protection board or
                    land resource council established under State law); or
                        ``(B) an organization that is--
                                ``(i) organized for, and at all times since
                            the formation of the organization has been
                            operated principally for, 1 or more of the
                            conservation purposes specified in clause (i),
                            (ii), (iii), or (iv) of section 170(h)(4)(A) of
                            the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                                ``(ii) an organization described in section
                            501(c)(3) of that Code that is exempt from
                            taxation under section 501(a) of that Code; or
                                ``(iii) described in--
                                        ``(I) paragraph (1) or (2) of
                                    section 509(a) of that Code; or
                                        ``(II) section 509(a)(3) of that
                                    Code and is controlled by an
                                    organization described in section
                                    509(a)(2) of that Code.
                ``(3) Eligible land.--The term `eligible land' means
            private or tribal land that is--
                        ``(A) in the case of an agricultural land easement,
                    agricultural land, including land on a farm or ranch--
                                ``(i) that is subject to a pending offer
                            for purchase of an agricultural land easement
                            from an eligible entity;
                                ``(ii) that--
                                        ``(I) has prime, unique, or other
                                    productive soil;
                                        ``(II) contains historical or
                                    archaeological resources; or
                                        ``(III) the protection of which
                                    will further a State or local policy
                                    consistent with the purposes of the
                                    program; and
                                ``(iii) that is--
                                        ``(I) cropland;
                                        ``(II) rangeland;
                                        ``(III) grassland or land that
                                    contains forbs, or shrubland for which
                                    grazing is the predominate use;
                                        ``(IV) pastureland; or
                                        ``(V) nonindustrial private forest
                                    land that contributes to the economic
                                    viability of an offered parcel or
                                    serves as a buffer to protect such land
                                    from development;
                        ``(B) in the case of a wetland easement, a wetland
                    or related area, including--
                                ``(i) farmed or converted wetlands,
                            together with adjacent land that is
                            functionally dependent on that land, if the
                            Secretary determines it--
                                        ``(I) is likely to be successfully
                                    restored in a cost effective manner;
                                    and
                                        ``(II) will maximize the wildlife
                                    benefits and wetland functions and
                                    values, as determined by the Secretary
                                    in consultation with the Secretary of
                                    the Interior at the local level;
                                ``(ii) cropland or grassland that was used
                            for agricultural production prior to flooding
                            from the natural overflow of--
                                        ``(I) a closed basin lake and
                                    adjacent land that is functionally
                                    dependent upon it, if the State or
                                    other entity is willing to provide 50
                                    percent share of the cost of an
                                    easement;
                                        ``(II) a pothole and adjacent land
                                    that is functionally dependent on it;
                                ``(iii) farmed wetlands and adjoining lands
                            that--
                                        ``(I) are enrolled in the
                                    conservation reserve program;
                                        ``(II) have the highest wetland
                                    functions and values, as determined by
                                    the Secretary; and
                                        ``(III) are likely to return to
                                    production after they leave the
                                    conservation reserve program;
                                ``(iv) riparian areas that link wetlands
                            that are protected by easements or some other
                            device that achieves the same purpose as an
                            easement; or
                                ``(v) other wetlands of an owner that would
                            not otherwise be eligible, if the Secretary
                            determines that the inclusion of such wetlands
                            in a wetland easement would significantly add
                            to the functional value of the easement; or
                        ``(C) in the case of either an agricultural land
                    easement or wetland easement, other land that is
                    incidental to land described in subparagraph (A) or
                    (B), if the Secretary determines that it is necessary
                    for the efficient administration of the easements under
                    this program.
                ``(4) Program.--The term `program' means the agricultural
            conservation easement program established by this subtitle.
                ``(5) Wetland easement.--The term `wetland easement' means
            a reserved interest in eligible land that--
                        ``(A) is defined and delineated in a deed; and
                        ``(B) stipulates--
                                ``(i) the rights, title, and interests in
                            land conveyed to the Secretary; and
                                ``(ii) the rights, title, and interests in
                            land that are reserved to the landowner.

    ``SEC. 1265B. AGRICULTURAL LAND EASEMENTS.

        ``(a) Availability of Assistance.--The Secretary shall facilitate
    and provide funding for--
                ``(1) the purchase by eligible entities of agricultural
            land easements and other interests in eligible land; and
                ``(2) technical assistance to provide for the conservation
            of natural resources pursuant to an agricultural land easement
            plan.
        ``(b) Cost-share Assistance.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall protect the
            agricultural use, including grazing, and related conservation
            values of eligible land through cost-share assistance to
            eligible entities for purchasing agricultural land easements.
                ``(2) Scope of assistance available.--
                        ``(A) Federal share.--An agreement described in
                    paragraph (4) shall provide for a Federal share
                    determined by the Secretary of an amount not to exceed
                    50 percent of the fair market value of the agricultural
                    land easement or other interest in land, as determined
                    by the Secretary using--
                                ``(i) the Uniform Standards of Professional
                            Appraisal Practice;
                                ``(ii) an area-wide market analysis or
                            survey; or
                                ``(iii) another industry-approved method.
                        ``(B) Non-federal share.--
                                ``(i) In general.--Under the agreement, the
                            eligible entity shall provide a share that is
                            at least equivalent to that provided by the
                            Secretary.
                                ``(ii) Source of contribution.--An eligible
                            entity may include as part of its share a
                            charitable donation or qualified conservation
                            contribution (as defined by section 170(h) of
                            the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) from the
                            private landowner if the eligible entity
                            contributes its own cash resources in an amount
                            that is at least 50 percent of the amount
                            contributed by the Secretary.
                        ``(C) Exception.--In the case of grassland of
                    special environmental significance, as determined by
                    the Secretary, the Secretary may provide an amount not
                    to exceed 75 percent of the fair market value of the
                    agricultural land easement.
                ``(3) Evaluation and ranking of applications.--
                        ``(A) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish
                    evaluation and ranking criteria to maximize the benefit
                    of Federal investment under the program.
                        ``(B) Considerations.--In establishing the
                    criteria, the Secretary shall emphasize support for--
                                ``(i) protecting agricultural uses and
                            related conservation values of the land; and
                                ``(ii) maximizing the protection of areas
                            devoted to agricultural use.
                        ``(C) Bidding down.--If the Secretary determines
                    that 2 or more applications for cost-share assistance
                    are comparable in achieving the purpose of the program,
                    the Secretary shall not assign a higher priority to any
                    of those applications solely on the basis of lesser
                    cost to the program.
                ``(4) Agreements with eligible entities.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall enter into
                    agreements with eligible entities to stipulate the
                    terms and conditions under which the eligible entity is
                    permitted to use cost-share assistance provided under
                    this section.
                        ``(B) Length of agreements.--An agreement shall be
                    for a term that is--
                                ``(i) in the case of an eligible entity
                            certified under the process described in
                            paragraph (5), a minimum of five years; and
                                ``(ii) for all other eligible entities, at
                            least three, but not more than five years.
                        ``(C) Minimum terms and conditions.--An eligible
                    entity shall be authorized to use its own terms and
                    conditions for agricultural land easements so long as
                    the Secretary determines such terms and conditions--
                                ``(i) are consistent with the purposes of
                            the program;
                                ``(ii) permit effective enforcement of the
                            conservation purposes of such easements;
                                ``(iii) include a right of enforcement for
                            the Secretary, that may be used only if the
                            terms of the easement are not enforced by the
                            holder of the easement;
                                ``(iv) subject the land in which an
                            interest is purchased to an agricultural land
                            easement plan that--
                                        ``(I) describes the activities
                                    which promote the long-term viability
                                    of the land to meet the purposes for
                                    which the easement was acquired;
                                        ``(II) requires the management of
                                    grasslands according to a grasslands
                                    management plan; and
                                        ``(III) includes a conservation
                                    plan, where appropriate, and requires,
                                    at the option of the Secretary, the
                                    conversion of highly erodible cropland
                                    to less intensive uses; and
                                ``(v) include a limit on the impervious
                            surfaces to be allowed that is consistent with
                            the agricultural activities to be conducted.
                        ``(D) Substitution of qualified projects.--An
                    agreement shall allow, upon mutual agreement of the
                    parties, substitution of qualified projects that are
                    identified at the time of the proposed substitution.
                        ``(E) Effect of violation.--If a violation occurs
                    of a term or condition of an agreement under this
                    subsection--
                                ``(i) the Secretary may terminate the
                            agreement; and
                                ``(ii) the Secretary may require the
                            eligible entity to refund all or part of any
                            payments received by the entity under the
                            program, with interest on the payments as
                            determined appropriate by the Secretary.
                ``(5) Certification of eligible entities.--
                        ``(A) Certification process.--The Secretary shall
                    establish a process under which the Secretary may--
                                ``(i) directly certify eligible entities
                            that meet established criteria;
                                ``(ii) enter into long-term agreements with
                            certified eligible entities; and
                                ``(iii) accept proposals for cost-share
                            assistance for the purchase of agricultural
                            land easements throughout the duration of such
                            agreements.
                        ``(B) Certification criteria.--In order to be
                    certified, an eligible entity shall demonstrate to the
                    Secretary that the entity will maintain, at a minimum,
                    for the duration of the agreement--
                                ``(i) a plan for administering easements
                            that is consistent with the purpose of this
                            subtitle;
                                ``(ii) the capacity and resources to
                            monitor and enforce agricultural land
                            easements; and
                                ``(iii) policies and procedures to ensure--
                                        ``(I) the long-term integrity of
                                    agricultural land easements on eligible
                                    land;
                                        ``(II) timely completion of
                                    acquisitions of such easements; and
                                        ``(III) timely and complete
                                    evaluation and reporting to the
                                    Secretary on the use of funds provided
                                    under the program.
                        ``(C) Review and revision.--
                                ``(i) Review.--The Secretary shall conduct
                            a review of eligible entities certified under
                            subparagraph (A) every three years to ensure
                            that such entities are meeting the criteria
                            established under subparagraph (B).
                                ``(ii) Revocation.--If the Secretary finds
                            that the certified eligible entity no longer
                            meets the criteria established under
                            subparagraph (B), the Secretary may--
                                        ``(I) allow the certified eligible
                                    entity a specified period of time, at a
                                    minimum 180 days, in which to take such
                                    actions as may be necessary to meet the
                                    criteria; and
                                        ``(II) revoke the certification of
                                    the eligible entity, if after the
                                    specified period of time, the certified
                                    eligible entity does not meet such
                                    criteria.
        ``(c) Method of Enrollment.--The Secretary shall enroll eligible
    land under this section through the use of--
                ``(1) permanent easements; or
                ``(2) easements for the maximum duration allowed under
            applicable State laws.
        ``(d) Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may provide technical
    assistance, if requested, to assist in--
                ``(1) compliance with the terms and conditions of
            easements; and
                ``(2) implementation of an agricultural land easement plan.

    ``SEC. 1265C. WETLAND EASEMENTS.

        ``(a) Availability of Assistance.--The Secretary shall provide
    assistance to owners of eligible land to restore, protect, and enhance
    wetlands through--
                ``(1) wetland easements and related wetland easement plans;
            and
                ``(2) technical assistance.
        ``(b) Easements.--
                ``(1) Method of enrollment.--The Secretary shall enroll
            eligible land under this section through the use of--
                        ``(A) 30-year easements;
                        ``(B) permanent easements;
                        ``(C) easements for the maximum duration allowed
                    under applicable State laws; or
                        ``(D) as an option for Indian tribes only, 30-year
                    contracts (which shall be considered to be 30-year
                    easements for the purposes of this subtitle).
                ``(2) Limitations.--
                        ``(A) Ineligible land.--The Secretary may not
                    acquire easements on--
                                ``(i) land established to trees under the
                            conservation reserve program, except in cases
                            where the Secretary determines it would further
                            the purposes of the program; and
                                ``(ii) farmed wetlands or converted
                            wetlands where the conversion was not commenced
                            prior to December 23, 1985.
                        ``(B) Changes in ownership.--No wetland easement
                    shall be created on land that has changed ownership
                    during the preceding 24-month period unless--
                                ``(i) the new ownership was acquired by
                            will or succession as a result of the death of
                            the previous owner;
                                ``(ii)(I) the ownership change occurred
                            because of foreclosure on the land; and
                                ``(II) immediately before the foreclosure,
                            the owner of the land exercises a right of
                            redemption from the mortgage holder in
                            accordance with State law; or
                                ``(iii) the Secretary determines that the
                            land was acquired under circumstances that give
                            adequate assurances that such land was not
                            acquired for the purposes of placing it in the
                            program.
                ``(3) Evaluation and ranking of offers.--
                        ``(A) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish
                    evaluation and ranking criteria to maximize the benefit
                    of Federal investment under the program.
                        ``(B) Considerations.--When evaluating offers from
                    landowners, the Secretary may consider--
                                ``(i) the conservation benefits of
                            obtaining a wetland easement, including the
                            potential environmental benefits if the land
                            was removed from agricultural production;
                                ``(ii) the cost-effectiveness of each
                            wetland easement, so as to maximize the
                            environmental benefits per dollar expended;
                                ``(iii) whether the landowner or another
                            person is offering to contribute financially to
                            the cost of the wetland easement to leverage
                            Federal funds; and
                                ``(iv) such other factors as the Secretary
                            determines are necessary to carry out the
                            purposes of the program.
                        ``(C) Priority.--The Secretary shall place priority
                    on acquiring wetland easements based on the value of
                    the wetland easement for protecting and enhancing
                    habitat for migratory birds and other wildlife.
                ``(4) Agreement.--To be eligible to place eligible land
            into the program through a wetland easement, the owner of such
            land shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary to--
                        ``(A) grant an easement on such land to the
                    Secretary;
                        ``(B) authorize the implementation of a wetland
                    easement plan developed for the eligible land under
                    subsection (f);
                        ``(C) create and record an appropriate deed
                    restriction in accordance with applicable State law to
                    reflect the easement agreed to;
                        ``(D) provide a written statement of consent to
                    such easement signed by those holding a security
                    interest in the land;
                        ``(E) comply with the terms and conditions of the
                    easement and any related agreements; and
                        ``(F) permanently retire any existing base history
                    for the land on which the easement has been obtained.
                ``(5) Terms and conditions of easement.--
                        ``(A) In general.--A wetland easement shall include
                    terms and conditions that--
                                ``(i) permit--
                                        ``(I) repairs, improvements, and
                                    inspections on the land that are
                                    necessary to maintain existing public
                                    drainage systems; and
                                        ``(II) owners to control public
                                    access on the easement areas while
                                    identifying access routes to be used
                                    for restoration activities and
                                    management and easement monitoring;
                                ``(ii) prohibit--
                                        ``(I) the alteration of wildlife
                                    habitat and other natural features of
                                    such land, unless specifically
                                    authorized by the Secretary;
                                        ``(II) the spraying of such land
                                    with chemicals or the mowing of such
                                    land, except where such spraying or
                                    mowing is authorized by the Secretary
                                    or is necessary--
                                                ``(aa) to comply with
                                            Federal or State noxious weed
                                            control laws;
                                                ``(bb) to comply with a
                                            Federal or State emergency pest
                                            treatment program; or
                                                ``(cc) to meet habitat
                                            needs of specific wildlife
                                            species;
                                        ``(III) any activities to be
                                    carried out on the owner's or
                                    successor's land that is immediately
                                    adjacent to, and functionally related
                                    to, the land that is subject to the
                                    easement if such activities will alter,
                                    degrade, or otherwise diminish the
                                    functional value of the eligible land;
                                    and
                                        ``(IV) the adoption of any other
                                    practice that would tend to defeat the
                                    purposes of the program, as determined
                                    by the Secretary;
                                ``(iii) provide for the efficient and
                            effective establishment of wildlife functions
                            and values; and
                                ``(iv) include such additional provisions
                            as the Secretary determines are desirable to
                            carry out the program or facilitate the
                            practical administration thereof.
                        ``(B) Violation.--On the violation of the terms or
                    conditions of a wetland easement, the wetland easement
                    shall remain in force and the Secretary may require the
                    owner to refund all or part of any payments received by
                    the owner under the program, together with interest
                    thereon as determined appropriate by the Secretary.
                        ``(C) Compatible uses.--Land subject to a wetland
                    easement may be used for compatible economic uses,
                    including such activities as hunting and fishing,
                    managed timber harvest, or periodic haying or grazing,
                    if such use is specifically permitted by the wetland
                    easement plan developed for the land under subsection
                    (f) and is consistent with the long-term protection and
                    enhancement of the wetland resources for which the
                    easement was established.
                        ``(D) Reservation of grazing rights.--The Secretary
                    may include in the terms and conditions of a wetland
                    easement a provision under which the owner reserves
                    grazing rights if--
                                ``(i) the Secretary determines that the
                            reservation and use of the grazing rights--
                                        ``(I) is compatible with the land
                                    subject to the easement;
                                        ``(II) is consistent with the
                                    historical natural uses of the land and
                                    the long-term protection and
                                    enhancement goals for which the
                                    easement was established; and
                                        ``(III) complies with the wetland
                                    easement plan developed for the land
                                    under subsection (f); and
                                ``(ii) the agreement provides for a
                            commensurate reduction in the easement payment
                            to account for the grazing value, as determined
                            by the Secretary.
                ``(6) Compensation.--
                        ``(A) Determination.--
                                ``(i) Permanent easements.--The Secretary
                            shall pay as compensation for a permanent
                            wetland easement acquired under the program an
                            amount necessary to encourage enrollment in the
                            program, based on the lowest of--
                                        ``(I) the fair market value of the
                                    land, as determined by the Secretary,
                                    using the Uniform Standards of
                                    Professional Appraisal Practice or an
                                    area-wide market analysis or survey;
                                        ``(II) the amount corresponding to
                                    a geographical cap, as determined by
                                    the Secretary in regulations; or
                                        ``(III) the offer made by the
                                    landowner.
                                ``(ii) 30-year easements.--Compensation for
                            a 30-year wetland easement shall be not less
                            than 50 percent, but not more than 75 percent,
                            of the compensation that would be paid for a
                            permanent wetland easement.
                        ``(B) Form of payment.--Compensation for a wetland
                    easement shall be provided by the Secretary in the form
                    of a cash payment, in an amount determined under
                    subparagraph (A).
                        ``(C) Payment schedule.--
                                ``(i) Easements valued at $500,000 or
                            less.--For wetland easements valued at $500,000
                            or less, the Secretary may provide easement
                            payments in not more than 10 annual payments.
                                ``(ii) Easements valued at more than
                            $500,000.--For wetland easements valued at more
                            than $500,000, the Secretary may provide
                            easement payments in at least 5, but not more
                            than 10 annual payments, except that, if the
                            Secretary determines it would further the
                            purposes of the program, the Secretary may make
                            a lump sum payment for such an easement.
        ``(c) Easement Restoration.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide financial
            assistance to owners of eligible land to carry out the
            establishment of conservation measures and practices and
            protect wetland functions and values, including necessary
            maintenance activities, as set forth in a wetland easement plan
            developed for the eligible land under subsection (f).
                ``(2) Payments.--The Secretary shall--
                        ``(A) in the case of a permanent wetland easement,
                    pay an amount that is not less than 75 percent, but not
                    more than 100 percent, of the eligible costs, as
                    determined by the Secretary; and
                        ``(B) in the case of a 30-year wetland easement,
                    pay an amount that is not less than 50 percent, but not
                    more than 75 percent, of the eligible costs, as
                    determined by the Secretary.
        ``(d) Technical Assistance.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall assist owners in
            complying with the terms and conditions of wetland easements.
                ``(2) Contracts or agreements.--The Secretary may enter
            into 1 or more contracts with private entities or agreements
            with a State, non-governmental organization, or Indian tribe to
            carry out necessary restoration, enhancement, or maintenance of
            a wetland easement if the Secretary determines that the
            contract or agreement will advance the purposes of the program.
        ``(e) Wetland Enhancement Option.--The Secretary may enter into 1
    or more agreements with a State (including a political subdivision or
    agency of a State), nongovernmental organization, or Indian tribe to
    carry out a special wetland enhancement option that the Secretary
    determines would advance the purposes of program.
        ``(f) Administration.--
                ``(1) Wetland easement plan.--The Secretary shall develop a
            wetland easement plan for eligible lands subject to a wetland
            easement, which shall include practices and activities
            necessary to restore, protect, enhance, and maintain the
            enrolled lands.
                ``(2) Delegation of easement administration.--The Secretary
            may delegate--
                        ``(A) any of the easement management, monitoring,
                    and enforcement responsibilities of the Secretary to
                    other Federal or State agencies that have the
                    appropriate authority, expertise, and resources
                    necessary to carry out such delegated responsibilities;
                    and
                        ``(B) any of the easement management
                    responsibilities of the Secretary to other conservation
                    organizations if the Secretary determines the
                    organization has the appropriate expertise and
                    resources.
                ``(3) Payments.--
                        ``(A) Timing of payments.--The Secretary shall
                    provide payment for obligations incurred by the
                    Secretary under this section--
                                ``(i) with respect to any easement
                            restoration obligation under subsection (c), as
                            soon as possible after the obligation is
                            incurred; and
                                ``(ii) with respect to any annual easement
                            payment obligation incurred by the Secretary,
                            as soon as possible after October 1 of each
                            calendar year.
                        ``(B) Payments to others.--If an owner who is
                    entitled to a payment under this section dies, becomes
                    incompetent, is otherwise unable to receive such
                    payment, or is succeeded by another person or entity
                    who renders or completes the required performance, the
                    Secretary shall make such payment, in accordance with
                    regulations prescribed by the Secretary and without
                    regard to any other provision of law, in such manner as
                    the Secretary determines is fair and reasonable in
                    light of all of the circumstances.

    ``SEC. 1265D. ADMINISTRATION.

        ``(a) Ineligible Land.--The Secretary may not use program funds for
    the purposes of acquiring an easement on--
                ``(1) lands owned by an agency of the United States, other
            than land held in trust for Indian tribes;
                ``(2) lands owned in fee title by a State, including an
            agency or a subdivision of a State, or a unit of local
            government;
                ``(3) land subject to an easement or deed restriction
            which, as determined by the Secretary, provides similar
            protection as would be provided by enrollment in the program;
            or
                ``(4) lands where the purposes of the program would be
            undermined due to on-site or off-site conditions, such as risk
            of hazardous substances, proposed or existing rights of way,
            infrastructure development, or adjacent land uses.
        ``(b) Priority.--In evaluating applications under the program, the
    Secretary may give priority to land that is currently enrolled in the
    conservation reserve program in a contract that is set to expire within
    1 year and--
                ``(1) in the case of an agricultural land easement, is
            grassland that would benefit from protection under a long-term
            easement; and
                ``(2) in the case of a wetland easement, is a wetland or
            related area with the highest functions and value and is likely
            to return to production after the land leaves the conservation
            reserve program.
        ``(c) Subordination, Exchange, Modification, and Termination.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may subordinate, exchange,
            modify, or terminate any interest in land, or portion of such
            interest, administered by the Secretary, either directly or on
            behalf of the Commodity Credit Corporation under the program if
            the Secretary determines that--
                        ``(A) it is in the Federal Government's interest to
                    subordinate, exchange, modify, or terminate the
                    interest in land;
                        ``(B) the subordination, exchange, modification, or
                    termination action--
                                ``(i) will address a compelling public need
                            for which there is no practicable alternative;
                            or
                                ``(ii) such action will further the
                            practical administration of the program; and
                        ``(C) the subordination, exchange, modification, or
                    termination action will result in comparable
                    conservation value and equivalent or greater economic
                    value to the United States.
                ``(2) Consultation.--The Secretary shall work with the
            owner, and eligible entity if applicable, to address any
            subordination, exchange, modification, or termination of the
            interest, or portion of such interest, in land.
                ``(3) Notice.--At least 90 days before taking any
            termination action described in paragraph (1), the Secretary
            shall provide written notice of such action to the Committee on
            Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee
            on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.
        ``(d) Land Enrolled in Conservation Reserve Program.--The Secretary
    may terminate or modify a contract entered into under section 1231(a)
    if eligible land that is subject to such contract is transferred into
    the program.
        ``(e) Allocation of Funds for Agricultural Land Easements.--Of the
    funds made available under section 1241 to carry out the program for a
    fiscal year, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, use for
    agricultural land easements--
                ``(1) no less than 40 percent in each of fiscal years 2013
            through 2016; and
                ``(2) no less than 50 percent in fiscal year 2017.''.
        (b) Compliance With Certain Requirements.--Before an eligible
    entity or owner of eligible land may receive assistance under subtitle
    H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, the eligible entity or
    person shall agree, during the crop year for which the assistance is
    provided and in exchange for the assistance--
                (1) to comply with applicable conservation requirements
            under subtitle B of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3811 et
            seq.); and
                (2) to comply with applicable wetland protection
            requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act (16
            U.S.C. 3821 et seq.).
        (c) Cross Reference; Calculation.--Section 1244 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (c)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)--
                                (i) by inserting ``and'' at the end of
                            subparagraph (A);
                                (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end of
                            subparagraph (B); and
                                (iii) by striking subparagraph (C);
                        (B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
                    (3); and
                        (C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
                    new subparagraph:
                ``(2) the agricultural conservation easement program
            established under subtitle H; and''; and
                (2) in subsection (f)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                            ``programs administered under subchapters B and
                            C of chapter 1 of subtitle D'' and inserting
                            ``conservation reserve program established
                            under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D
                            and wetland easements under section 1265C'';
                            and
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``an
                            easement acquired under subchapter C of chapter
                            1 of subtitle D'' and inserting ``a wetland
                            easement under section 1265C''; and
                        (B) by adding at the end the following new
                    paragraph:
                ``(5) Calculation.--In calculating the percentages
            described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include any
            acreage that was included in calculations of percentages made
            under such paragraph, as in effect on September 30, 2012, and
            that remains enrolled when the calculation is made after that
            date under paragraph (1).''.
        (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

             Subtitle E--Regional Conservation Partnership Program

    SEC. 2401. REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.

        (a) In General.--Title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 is
    amended by inserting after subtitle H, as added by section 2301, the
    following new subtitle:

            ``Subtitle I--Regional Conservation Partnership Program

    ``SEC. 1271. ESTABLISHMENT AND PURPOSES.

        ``(a) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish a regional
    conservation partnership program to implement eligible activities on
    eligible land through--
                ``(1) partnership agreements with eligible partners; and
                ``(2) contracts with producers.
        ``(b) Purposes.--The purposes of the program are as follows:
                ``(1) To use covered programs to accomplish purposes and
            functions similar to those of the following programs, as in
            effect on September 30, 2012:
                        ``(A) The agricultural water enhancement program
                    established under section 1240I.
                        ``(B) The Chesapeake Bay watershed program
                    established under section 1240Q.
                        ``(C) The cooperative conservation partnership
                    initiative established under section 1243.
                        ``(D) The Great Lakes basin program for soil
                    erosion and sediment control established under section
                    1240P.
                ``(2) To further the conservation, restoration, and
            sustainable use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural
            resources on eligible land on a regional or watershed scale.
                ``(3) To encourage eligible partners to cooperate with
            producers in--
                        ``(A) meeting or avoiding the need for national,
                    State, and local natural resource regulatory
                    requirements related to production on eligible land;
                    and
                        ``(B) implementing projects that will result in the
                    carrying out of eligible activities that affect
                    multiple agricultural or nonindustrial private forest
                    operations on a local, regional, State, or multi-State
                    basis.

    ``SEC. 1271A. DEFINITIONS.

        ``In this subtitle:
                ``(1) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means
            the following:
                        ``(A) The agricultural conservation easement
                    program.
                        ``(B) The environmental quality incentives program.
                        ``(C) The conservation stewardship program.
                ``(2) Eligible activity.--The term `eligible activity'
            means any of the following conservation activities:
                        ``(A) Water quality or quantity conservation,
                    restoration, or enhancement projects relating to
                    surface water and groundwater resources, including--
                                ``(i) the conversion of irrigated cropland
                            to the production of less water-intensive
                            agricultural commodities or dryland farming; or
                                ``(ii) irrigation system improvement and
                            irrigation efficiency enhancement.
                        ``(B) Drought mitigation.
                        ``(C) Flood prevention.
                        ``(D) Water retention.
                        ``(E) Air quality improvement.
                        ``(F) Habitat conservation, restoration, and
                    enhancement.
                        ``(G) Erosion control and sediment reduction.
                        ``(H) Other related activities that the Secretary
                    determines will help achieve conservation benefits.
                ``(3) Eligible land.--The term `eligible land' means land
            on which agricultural commodities, livestock, or forest-related
            products are produced, including--
                        ``(A) cropland;
                        ``(B) grassland;
                        ``(C) rangeland;
                        ``(D) pastureland;
                        ``(E) nonindustrial private forest land; and
                        ``(F) other land incidental to agricultural
                    production (including wetlands and riparian buffers) on
                    which significant natural resource issues could be
                    addressed under the program.
                ``(4) Eligible partner.--The term `eligible partner' means
            any of the following:
                        ``(A) An agricultural or silvicultural producer
                    association or other group of producers.
                        ``(B) A State or unit of local government.
                        ``(C) An Indian tribe.
                        ``(D) A farmer cooperative.
                        ``(E) A water district, irrigation district, rural
                    water district or association, or other organization
                    with specific water delivery authority to producers on
                    agricultural land.
                        ``(F) An institution of higher education.
                        ``(G) An organization with an established history
                    of working cooperatively with producers on agricultural
                    land, as determined by the Secretary, to address--
                                ``(i) local conservation priorities related
                            to agricultural production, wildlife habitat
                            development, or nonindustrial private forest
                            land management; or
                                ``(ii) critical watershed-scale soil
                            erosion, water quality, sediment reduction, or
                            other natural resource issues.
                ``(5) Partnership agreement.--The term `partnership
            agreement' means an agreement entered into under section 1271B
            between the Secretary and an eligible partner.
                ``(6) Program.--The term `program' means the regional
            conservation partnership program established by this subtitle.

    ``SEC. 1271B. REGIONAL CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS.

        ``(a) Partnership Agreements Authorized.--The Secretary may enter
    into a partnership agreement with an eligible partner to implement a
    project that will assist producers with installing and maintaining an
    eligible activity on eligible land.
        ``(b) Length.--A partnership agreement shall be for a period not to
    exceed 5 years, except that the Secretary may extend the agreement one
    time for up to 12 months when an extension is necessary to meet the
    objectives of the program.
        ``(c) Duties of Partners.--
                ``(1) In general.--Under a partnership agreement, the
            eligible partner shall--
                        ``(A) define the scope of a project, including--
                                ``(i) the eligible activities to be
                            implemented;
                                ``(ii) the potential agricultural or
                            nonindustrial private forest land operations
                            affected;
                                ``(iii) the local, State, multi-State, or
                            other geographic area covered; and
                                ``(iv) the planning, outreach,
                            implementation, and assessment to be conducted;
                        ``(B) conduct outreach to producers for potential
                    participation in the project;
                        ``(C) at the request of a producer, act on behalf
                    of a producer participating in the project in applying
                    for assistance under section 1271C;
                        ``(D) leverage financial or technical assistance
                    provided by the Secretary with additional funds to help
                    achieve the project objectives;
                        ``(E) conduct an assessment of the project's
                    effects; and
                        ``(F) at the conclusion of the project, report to
                    the Secretary on its results and funds leveraged.
                ``(2) Contribution.--An eligible partner shall provide a
            significant portion of the overall costs of the scope of the
            project that is the subject of the agreement entered into under
            subsection (a), as determined by the Secretary.
        ``(d) Applications.--
                ``(1) Competitive process.--The Secretary shall conduct a
            competitive process to select applications for partnership
            agreements and may assess and rank applications with similar
            conservation purposes as a group.
                ``(2) Criteria used.--In carrying out the process described
            in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make public the criteria
            used in evaluating applications.
                ``(3) Content.--An application to the Secretary shall
            include a description of--
                        ``(A) the scope of the project, as described in
                    subsection (c)(1)(A);
                        ``(B) the plan for monitoring, evaluating, and
                    reporting on progress made towards achieving the
                    project's objectives;
                        ``(C) the program resources requested for the
                    project, including the covered programs to be used and
                    estimated funding needed from the Secretary;
                        ``(D) eligible partners collaborating to achieve
                    project objectives, including their roles,
                    responsibilities, capabilities, and financial
                    contribution; and
                        ``(E) any other elements the Secretary considers
                    necessary to adequately evaluate and competitively
                    select applications for funding under the program.
                ``(4) Priority to certain applications.--The Secretary may
            give a higher priority to applications that--
                        ``(A) assist producers in meeting or avoiding the
                    need for a natural resource regulatory requirement;
                        ``(B) have a high percentage of eligible producers
                    in the area to be covered by the agreement;
                        ``(C) significantly leverage non-Federal financial
                    and technical resources and coordinate with other
                    local, State, or national efforts;
                        ``(D) deliver high percentages of applied
                    conservation to address conservation priorities or
                    regional, State, or national conservation initiatives;
                        ``(E) provide innovation in conservation methods
                    and delivery, including outcome-based performance
                    measures and methods; or
                        ``(F) meet other factors that are important for
                    achieving the purposes of the program, as determined by
                    the Secretary.

    ``SEC. 1271C. ASSISTANCE TO PRODUCERS.

        ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall enter into contracts with
    producers to provide financial and technical assistance to--
                ``(1) producers participating in a project with an eligible
            partner, as described in section 1271B; or
                ``(2) producers that fit within the scope of a project
            described in section 1271B or a critical conservation area
            designated under section 1271F, but who are seeking to
            implement an eligible activity on eligible land independent of
            a partner.
        ``(b) Terms and Conditions.--
                ``(1) Consistency with program rules.--Except as provided
            in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall ensure that the terms and
            conditions of a contract under this section are consistent with
            the applicable rules of the covered programs to be used as part
            of the project, as described in the application under section
            1271B(d)(3)(C).
                ``(2) Adjustments.--Except with respect to statutory
            program requirements governing appeals, payment limitations,
            and conservation compliance, the Secretary may adjust the
            discretionary program rules of a covered program--
                        ``(A)   to provide a simplified application and
                    evaluation process; and
                        ``(B) to better reflect unique local circumstances
                    and purposes if the Secretary determines such
                    adjustments are necessary to achieve the purposes of
                    the program.
        ``(c) Payments.--
                ``(1) In general.--In accordance with statutory
            requirements of the covered programs involved, the Secretary
            may make payments to a producer in an amount determined by the
            Secretary to be necessary to achieve the purposes of the
            program.
                ``(2) Payments to producers in states with water quantity
            concerns.--The Secretary may provide payments to producers
            participating in a project that addresses water quantity
            concerns for a period of five years in an amount sufficient to
            encourage conversion from irrigated farming to dryland farming.
                ``(3) Waiver authority.--To assist in the implementation of
            the program, the Secretary may waive the applicability of the
            limitation in section 1001D(b)(2) of this Act for participating
            producers if the Secretary determines that the waiver is
            necessary to fulfill the objectives of the program.

    ``SEC. 1271D. FUNDING.

        ``(a) Availability of Funds.--The Secretary shall use $100,000,000
    of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation for each of fiscal
    years 2013 through 2017 to carry out the program.
        ``(b) Duration of Availability.--Funds made available under
    subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.
        ``(c) Additional Funding and Acres.--
                ``(1) In general.--In addition to the funds made available
            under subsection (a), the Secretary shall reserve 6 percent of
            the funds and acres made available for a covered program for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017 in order to ensure
            additional resources are available to carry out this program.
                ``(2) Unused funds and acres.--Any funds or acres reserved
            under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year from a covered program
            that are not obligated under this program by April 1 of that
            fiscal year shall be returned for use under the covered
            program.
        ``(d) Allocation of Funding.--Of the funds and acres made available
    for the program under subsections (a) and (c), the Secretary shall
    allocate--
                ``(1) 25 percent of the funds and acres to projects based
            on a State competitive process administered by the State
            Conservationist, with the advice of the State technical
            committee established under subtitle G;
                ``(2) 50 percent of the funds and acres to projects based
            on a national competitive process to be established by the
            Secretary; and
                ``(3) 25 percent of the funds and acres to projects for the
            critical conservation areas designated under section 1271F.
        ``(e) Limitation on Administrative Expenses.--None of the funds
    made available under the program may be used to pay for the
    administrative expenses of eligible partners.

    ``SEC. 1271E. ADMINISTRATION.

        ``(a) Disclosure.--In addition to the criteria used in evaluating
    applications as described in section 1271B(d)(2), the Secretary shall
    make publicly available information on projects selected through the
    competitive process described in section 1271B(d)(1).
        ``(b) Reporting.--Not later than December 31, 2013, and every two
    years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
    Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the
    status of projects funded under the program, including--
                ``(1) the number and types of eligible partners and
            producers participating in the partnership agreements selected;
                ``(2) the number of producers receiving assistance; and
                ``(3) total funding committed to projects, including from
            Federal and non-Federal resources.

    ``SEC. 1271F. CRITICAL CONSERVATION AREAS.

        ``(a) In General.--In administering funds under section
    1271D(d)(3), the Secretary shall select applications for partnership
    agreements and producer contracts within critical conservation areas
    designated under this section.
        ``(b) Critical Conservation Area Designations.--
                ``(1) Priority.--In designating critical conservation areas
            under this section, the Secretary shall give priority to
            geographical areas based on the degree to which the
            geographical area--
                        ``(A) includes multiple States with significant
                    agricultural production;
                        ``(B) is covered by an existing regional, State,
                    binational, or multistate agreement or plan that has
                    established objectives, goals, and work plans and is
                    adopted by a Federal, State, or regional authority;
                        ``(C) would benefit from water quality improvement,
                    including through reducing erosion, promoting sediment
                    control, and addressing nutrient management activities
                    affecting large bodies of water of regional, national,
                    or international significance;
                        ``(D) would benefit from water quantity
                    improvement, including improvement relating to--
                                ``(i) groundwater, surface water, aquifer,
                            or other water sources; or
                                ``(ii) a need to promote water retention
                            and flood prevention; or
                        ``(E) contains producers that need assistance in
                    meeting or avoiding the need for a natural resource
                    regulatory requirement that could have a negative
                    economic impact on agricultural operations within the
                    area.
                ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary may not designate more
            than 8 geographical areas as critical conservation areas under
            this section.
        ``(c) Administration.--
                ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
            Secretary shall administer any partnership agreement or
            producer contract under this section in a manner that is
            consistent with the terms of the program.
                ``(2) Relationship to existing activity.--The Secretary
            shall, to the maximum extent practicable, ensure that eligible
            activities carried out in critical conservation areas
            designated under this section complement and are consistent
            with other Federal and State programs and water quality and
            quantity strategies.
                ``(3) Additional authority.--For a critical conservation
            area described in subsection (b)(1)(D), the Secretary may use
            authorities under the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention
            Act (16 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), other than section 14 of such Act
            (16 U.S.C. 1012), to carry out projects for the purposes of
            this section.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

                    Subtitle F--Other Conservation Programs

    SEC. 2501. CONSERVATION OF PRIVATE GRAZING LAND.

        Section 1240M(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3839bb(e)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 2502. GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM.

        Section 1240O(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3839bb-2) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(b) Funding.--
                ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--There is authorized
            to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for
            each of fiscal years 2008 through 2017.
                ``(2) Availability of funds.--In addition to funds made
            available under paragraph (1), of the funds of the Commodity
            Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use $5,000,000, to
            remain available until expended.''.

    SEC. 2503. VOLUNTARY PUBLIC ACCESS AND HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Funding.--Section 1240R(f) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3839bb-5(f)) is amended by inserting before the period at the
    end the following: ``and $30,000,000 for the period of fiscal years
    2013 through 2017''.
        (b) Report on Program Effectiveness.--Not later than two years
    after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
    Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House
    of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and
    Forestry of the Senate a report evaluating the effectiveness of the
    voluntary public access program established by section 1240R of the
    Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839bb-5), including--
                (1) identifying cooperating agencies;
                (2) identifying the number of land holdings and total acres
            enrolled by each State and tribal government;
                (3) evaluating the extent of improved access on eligible
            lands, improved wildlife habitat, and related economic
            benefits; and
                (4) any other relevant information and data relating to the
            program that would be helpful to such Committees.

    SEC. 2504. AGRICULTURE CONSERVATION EXPERIENCED SERVICES PROGRAM.

        (a) Funding.--Subsection (c) of section 1252 of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3851) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(c) Funding.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may carry out the ACES
            program using funds made available to carry out each program
            under this title.
                ``(2) Exclusion.--Funds made available to carry out the
            conservation reserve program may not be used to carry out the
            ACES program.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2505. SMALL WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM.

        (a) Availability of Funds.--Section 14(h)(1) of the Watershed
    Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(1)) is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and
            inserting a semicolon;
                (2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period and
            inserting a semicolon;
                (3) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period and
            inserting ``; and''; and
                (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(H) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2013, to remain
                    available until expended.''.
        (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 14(h)(2)(E) of the
    Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)(2)(E))
    is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 2506. AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

        (a) Uses.--Section 524(b)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
    U.S.C. 1524(b)(2)) is amended--
                (1) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating
            subparagraphs (C) through (F) as subparagraphs (B) through (E),
            respectively; and
                (2) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesignated)--
                        (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
                    ``or resource conservation practices''; and
                        (B) by striking clause (i) and redesignating
                    clauses (ii) through (iv) as clauses (i) through (iii),
                    respectively.
        (b) Commodity Credit Corporation.--
                (1) Funding.--Section 524(b)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop
            Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(B)) is amended to read as
            follows:
                        ``(B) Funding.--The Commodity Credit Corporation
                    shall make available to carry out this subsection not
                    less than $10,000,000 for each fiscal year.''.
                (2) Certain uses.--Section 524(b)(4)(C) of the Federal Crop
            Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1524(b)(4)(C)) is amended--
                        (A) in clause (i)--
                                (i) by striking ``50'' and inserting
                            ``30''; and
                                (ii) by striking ``(A), (B), and (C)'' and
                            inserting ``(A) and (B)''; and
                        (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``40'' and
                    inserting ``60''.

                     Subtitle G--Funding and Administration

    SEC. 2601. FUNDING.

        (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 1241 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(a) Annual Funding.--For each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017,
    the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the
    Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the following programs under
    this title (including the provision of technical assistance):
                ``(1) The conservation reserve program under subchapter B
            of chapter 1 of subtitle D, including, to the maximum extent
            practicable, $25,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2013
            through 2017 to carry out section 1235(f) to facilitate the
            transfer of land subject to contracts from retired or retiring
            owners and operators to beginning farmers or ranchers and
            socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers.
                ``(2) The agriculture conservation easement program under
            subtitle H, using, to the maximum extent practicable--
                        ``(A) $450,000,000 in fiscal year 2013;
                        ``(B) $475,000,000 in fiscal year 2014;
                        ``(C) $500,000,000 in fiscal year 2015;
                        ``(D) $525,000,000 in fiscal year 2016; and
                        ``(E) $266,000,000 in fiscal year 2017.
                ``(3) The conservation security program under subchapter A
            of chapter 2 of subtitle D, using such sums as are necessary to
            administer contracts entered into before September 30, 2008.
                ``(4) The conservation stewardship program under subchapter
            B of chapter 2 of subtitle D.
                ``(5) The environmental quality incentives program under
            chapter 4 of subtitle D, using, to the maximum extent
            practicable, $1,750,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
            through 2017.''.
        (b) Guaranteed Availability of Funds.--Section 1241 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended--
                (1) by redesignating subsections (b) through (h) as
            subsections (c) through (i); respectively; and
                (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
            subsection:
        ``(b) Availability of Funds.--Amounts made available by subsection
    (a) shall be used by the Secretary to carry out the programs specified
    in such subsection for fiscal years 2013 through 2017 and shall remain
    available until expended. Amounts made available for the programs
    specified in such subsection during a fiscal year through
    modifications, cancellations, terminations, and other related
    administrative actions and not obligated in that fiscal year shall
    remain available for obligation during subsequent fiscal years, but
    shall reduce the amount of additional funds made available in the
    subsequent fiscal year by an amount equal to the amount remaining
    unobligated.''.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2602. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

        (a) In General.--Subsection (c) of section 1241 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841), as redesignated by section
    2601(b)(1) of this Act, is amended to read as follows:
        ``(c) Technical Assistance.--
                ``(1) Availability of funds.--Commodity Credit Corporation
            funds made available for a fiscal year for each of the programs
            specified in subsection (a)--
                        ``(A) shall be available for the provision of
                    technical assistance for the programs for which funds
                    are made available as necessary to implement the
                    programs effectively; and
                        ``(B) shall not be available for the provision of
                    technical assistance for conservation programs
                    specified in subsection (a) other than the program for
                    which the funds were made available.
                ``(2) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2012, the
            Secretary shall submit (and update as necessary in subsequent
            years) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
            Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
            and Forestry of the Senate a report--
                        ``(A) detailing the amount of technical assistance
                    funds requested and apportioned in each program
                    specified in subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal
                    year; and
                        ``(B) any other data relating to this subsection
                    that would be helpful to such Committees.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2603. REGIONAL EQUITY.

        (a) In General.--Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3841) is amended by striking subsection (e) (as redesignated by
    section 2601(b)(1) of this Act) and inserting the following:
        ``(e) Regional Equity.--
                ``(1) Equitable distribution.--In determining funding
            allocations each fiscal year, the Secretary shall, after
            considering available funding and program demand in each State,
            provide a distribution of funds for conservation programs under
            subtitle D (excluding the conservation reserve program under
            subchapter B of chapter 1), subtitle H (excluding wetland
            easements under section 1265C), and subtitle I to ensure
            equitable program participation proportional to historical
            funding allocations and usage by all States.
                ``(2) Minimum percentage.--In determining the specific
            funding allocations under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall--
                        ``(A) ensure that during the first quarter of each
                    fiscal year each State has the opportunity to establish
                    that the State can use an aggregate allocation amount
                    of at least 0.6 percent of the funds made available for
                    those conservation programs; and
                        ``(B) for each State that can so establish, provide
                    an aggregate amount of at least 0.6 percent of the
                    funds made available for those conservation
                    programs.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2604. RESERVATION OF FUNDS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN
                  FARMERS OR RANCHERS FOR CONSERVATION ACCESS.

        (a) In General.--Subsection (h) of section 1241 of the Food
    Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) (as redesignated by section
    2601(b)(1)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(4) Preference.--In providing assistance under paragraph
            (1), the Secretary shall give preference to a veteran farmer or
            rancher (as defined in section 2501(e) of the Food,
            Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
            2279(e))) that qualifies under subparagraph (A) or (B) of
            paragraph (1).''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2605. ANNUAL REPORT ON PROGRAM ENROLLMENTS AND ASSISTANCE.

        (a) In General.--Subsection (i) (as redesignated by section
    2601(b)(1)) of section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3841) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``wetlands reserve
            program'' and inserting ``agricultural conservation easement
            program'';
                (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and redesignating
            paragraphs (4), (5), and (6) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4),
            respectively; and
                (3) in paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)--
                        (A) by striking ``agricultural water enhancement
                    program'' and inserting ``regional conservation
                    partnership program''; and
                        (B) by striking ``1240I(g)'' and inserting
                    ``1271C(c)(3)''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2606. REVIEW OF CONSERVATION PRACTICE STANDARDS.

        Section 1242(h)(1)(A) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3842(h)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``the Food, Conservation, and
    Energy Act of 2008'' and inserting ``the Federal Agriculture Reform and
    Risk Management Act of 2012''.

    SEC. 2607. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS APPLICABLE TO ALL CONSERVATION
                  PROGRAMS.

        (a) In General.--Section 1244 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3844) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(2), by adding at the end the
            following new subparagraph:
                        ``(E) Veteran farmers or ranchers (as defined in
                    section 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
                    and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e))).'';
                (2) in subsection (d), by inserting ``, H, and I'' before
            the period at the end;
                (3) in subsection (f)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ``country''
                    and inserting ``county''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ``subsection
                    (c)(2)(B) or (f)(4)'' and inserting ``subsection
                    (c)(2)(A)(ii) or (f)(2)''; and
                (4) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
        ``(j) Improved Administrative Efficiency and Effectiveness.--In
    administrating a conservation program under this title, the Secretary
    shall, to the maximum extent practicable--
                ``(1) seek to reduce administrative burdens and costs to
            producers by streamlining conservation planning and program
            resources; and
                ``(2) take advantage of new technologies to enhance
            efficiency and effectiveness.
        ``(k) Relation to Other Payments.--Any payment received by an owner
    or operator under this title, including an easement payment or rental
    payment, shall be in addition to, and not affect, the total amount of
    payments that the owner or operator is otherwise eligible to receive
    under any of the following:
                ``(1) This Act.
                ``(2) The Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.).
                ``(3) The Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management
            Act of 2012.
                ``(4) Any law that succeeds a law specified in paragraph
            (1), (2), or (3).''.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2608. STANDARDS FOR STATE TECHNICAL COMMITTEES.

        Section 1261(b) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3861(b)) is amended by striking ``Not later than 180 days after the
    date of enactment of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008,
    the Secretary shall develop'' and inserting ``The Secretary shall
    review and update as necessary''.

    SEC. 2609. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.

        Subtitle E of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3841 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    section:

    ``SEC. 1246. REGULATIONS.

        ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall promulgate such regulations
    as are necessary to implement programs under this title, including such
    regulations as the Secretary determines to be necessary to ensure a
    fair and reasonable application of the limitations established under
    section 1244(f).
        ``(b) Rulemaking Procedure.--The promulgation of regulations and
    administration of programs under this title--
                ``(1) shall be carried out without regard to--
                        ``(A) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary
                    effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating
                    to notices of proposed rulemaking and public
                    participation in rulemaking; and
                        ``(B) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code
                    (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act); and
                ``(2) shall be made as an interim rule effective on
            publication with an opportunity for notice and comment.
        ``(c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In promulgating
    regulations under this section, the Secretary shall use the authority
    provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.''.

     Subtitle H--Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional
                        Provisions; Technical Amendments

    SEC. 2701. COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1230 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3830) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of chapter 1 of subtitle D
    of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3830 et seq.)
    is amended to read as follows: ``CONSERVATION RESERVE''.

    SEC. 2702. EMERGENCY FORESTRY CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3831a) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            section 1231A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
            3831a) before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be
            made in connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the conservation reserve program under subchapter B
            of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security
            Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2703. WETLANDS RESERVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII
    of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the
            Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.) before
            October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be made in
            connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the agricultural conservation easement program under
            subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
            added by section 2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2704. FARMLAND PROTECTION PROGRAM AND FARM VIABILITY PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Subchapter C of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII
    of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--The heading of chapter 2 of subtitle D
    of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838 et seq.)
    is amended by striking ``AND FARMLAND PROTECTION''.
        (c) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendments made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            subchapter C of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the
            Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838h et seq.) before
            October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be made in
            connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the agricultural conservation easement program under
            subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
            added by section 2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2705. GRASSLAND RESERVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII
    of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n et seq.) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle D of title XII of the
            Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n et seq.) before
            October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be made in
            connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the agricultural conservation easement program under
            subtitle H of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
            added by section 2301 of this Act, to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2706. AGRICULTURAL WATER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3839aa-9) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            section 1240I of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
            3839aa-9) before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to
            be made in connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the regional conservation partnership program under
            subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
            added by section 2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2707. WILDLIFE HABITAT INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3839bb-1) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            section 1240N of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
            3839bb-1) before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to
            be made in connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the environmental quality incentives program under
            chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act
            of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa et seq.) to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2708. GREAT LAKES BASIN PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1240P of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3839bb-3) is repealed.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2709. CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1240Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3839bb-4) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            section 1240Q of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
            3839bb-4) before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to
            be made in connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the regional conservation partnership program under
            subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
            added by section 2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2710. COOPERATIVE CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16
    U.S.C. 3843) is repealed.
        (b) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Effect on existing contracts.--The amendment made by
            this section shall not affect the validity or terms of any
            contract entered into by the Secretary of Agriculture under
            section 1243 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3843)
            before October 1, 2012, or any payments required to be made in
            connection with the contract.
                (2) Funding.--The Secretary may use funds made available to
            carry out the regional conservation partnership program under
            subtitle I of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985, as
            added by section 2401 of this Act, to continue to carry out
            contracts referred to in paragraph (1) using the provisions of
            law and regulation applicable to such contracts as they existed
            on September 30, 2012.
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 2711. ENVIRONMENTAL EASEMENT PROGRAM.

        Chapter 3 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of
    1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839 et seq.) is repealed.

    SEC. 2712. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

        (a) Definitions.--Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985
    (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
    striking ``E'' and inserting ``I''.
        (b) Program Ineligibility.--Section 1211(a) of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3811(a)) is amended by striking ``predominate''
    each place it appears and inserting ``predominant''.
        (c) Specialty Crop Producers.--Section 1242(i) of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3842(i)) is amended in the header by striking
    ``Speciality'' and inserting ``Specialty''.

                                TITLE III--TRADE

                         Subtitle A--Food for Peace Act

    SEC. 3001. GENERAL AUTHORITY.

        Section 201 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1721) is amended--
                (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting
            ``(to be implemented by the Administrator)'' after ``under this
            title''; and
                (2) by striking paragraph (7) and the second sentence and
            inserting the following new paragraph:
                ``(7) build resilience to mitigate and prevent food crises
            and reduce the future need for emergency aid.''.

    SEC. 3002. SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH WHICH ASSISTANCE IS
                  PROVIDED.

        Section 202(e)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(e)(1))
    is amended by striking ``13 percent'' and inserting ``11 percent''.

    SEC. 3003. FOOD AID QUALITY.

        Section 202(h) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1722(h)) is
    amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)--
                        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                                (i) by striking ``The Administrator'' and
                            inserting ``In consultation with the Secretary,
                            the Administrator''; and
                                (ii) by inserting ``to establish a
                            mechanism'' after ``this title'';
                        (B) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
                    (B); and
                        (C) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
                    following new paragraphs:
                        ``(C) to evaluate, as necessary, the use of current
                    and new agricultural commodities and products thereof
                    in different program settings and for particular
                    recipient groups, including the testing of prototypes;
                        ``(D) to establish and implement appropriate
                    protocols for quality assurance of food products
                    procured by the Secretary for food aid programs; and
                        ``(E) to periodically update program guidelines on
                    the recommended use of agricultural commodities and
                    food products in food aid programs to reflect findings
                    from the implementation of this subsection and other
                    relevant information.'';
                (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``The Administrator'' and
            inserting ``In consultation with the Secretary, the
            Administrator''; and
                (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``fiscal years 2009
            through 2011, not more than $4,500,000'' and inserting ``fiscal
            years 2013 through 2017, not more than $1,000,000''.

    SEC. 3004. MINIMUM LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE.

        Section 204(a) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1724(a)) is
    amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''; and
                (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''.

    SEC. 3005. FOOD AID CONSULTATIVE GROUP.

        (a) Membership.--Section 205(b) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
    1725(b)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6);
                (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (8); and
                (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new
            paragraph:
                ``(7) representatives from the United States agricultural
            processing sector involved in providing agricultural
            commodities for programs under this Act; and''.
        (b) Consultation.--Section 205(d) of the Food for Peace Act (7
    U.S.C. 1725(d)) is amended--
                (1) by striking the first sentence and inserting the
            following:
                ``(1) Consultation in advance of issuance of implementation
            regulations, handbooks, and guidelines.--Not later than 45 days
            before a proposed regulation, handbook, or guideline
            implementing this title, or a proposed significant revision to
            a regulation, handbook, or guideline implementing this title,
            becomes final, the Administrator shall provide the proposal to
            the Group for review and comment.''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(2) Consultation regarding food aid quality efforts.--The
            Administrator shall seek input from and consult with the Group
            on the implementation of section 202(h).''.
        (c) Reauthorization.--Section 205(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7
    U.S.C. 1725(f)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3006. OVERSIGHT, MONITORING, AND EVALUATION.

        (a) Regulations and Guidance.--Section 207(c) of the Food for Peace
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(c)) is amended--
                (1) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``and
            Guidance'' after ``Regulations'';
                (2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following
            new sentence: ``Not later than 270 days after the date of the
            enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management
            Act of 2012, the Administrator shall issue all regulations and
            revisions to agency guidance necessary to implement the
            amendments made to this title by such Act.''; and
                (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``and guidance'' after
            ``develop regulations''.
        (b) Funding.--Section 207(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
    1726a(f)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (2)--
                        (A) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
                    (D);
                        (B) by striking ``; and'' at the end of
                    subparagraph (E) and inserting the period; and
                        (C) by striking subparagraph (F);
                (2) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4); and
                (3) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs
            (3) and (4), respectively; and
                (4) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``, except for
                    paragraph (2)(F), for which only $2,500,000 shall be
                    made available during fiscal year 2009'' and inserting
                    ``and up to $10,000,000 of such funds for each of
                    fiscal years 2013 through 2017''; and
                        (B) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``2012''
                    and inserting ``2017''.
        (c) Implementation Reports.--Not later than 270 days after the date
    of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Agency for
    International Development shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture,
    Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committees on Agriculture
    and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report
    describing--
                (1) the implementation of section 207(c) of the Food for
            Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726a(c));
                (2) the surveys, studies, monitoring, reporting, and audit
            requirements for programs conducted under title II of such Act
            (7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.) by an eligible organization that is a
            nongovernmental organization (as such term is defined in
            section 402 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1732)); and
                (3) the surveys, studies, monitoring, reporting, and audit
            requirements for such programs by an eligible organization that
            is an intergovernmental organization, such as the World Food
            Program or other multilateral organization.

    SEC. 3007. ASSISTANCE FOR STOCKPILING AND RAPID TRANSPORTATION,
                  DELIVERY, AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHELF-STABLE PREPACKAGED
                  FOODS.

        Section 208(f) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1726b(f)) is
    amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3008. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

        (a) Impact on Local Farmers and Economy.--Section 403(b) of the
    Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1733(b)) is amended by adding at the end
    the following new sentence: ``The Secretary or the Administrator, as
    appropriate, shall seek information, as part of the regular proposal
    and submission process, from implementing agencies on the potential
    benefits to the local economy of sales of agricultural commodities
    within the recipient country.''.
        (b) Prevention of Price Disruptions.--Section 403(e) of the Food
    for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1733(e)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``reasonable market
            price'' and inserting ``fair market value''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(3) Coordination on assessments.--The Secretary and the
            Administrator shall coordinate in assessments to carry out
            paragraph (1) and in the development of approaches to be used
            by implementing agencies for determining the fair market value
            described in paragraph (2).''.
        (c) Report on Use of Funds.--Section 403 of the Food for Peace Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1733) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subsection:
        ``(m) Report on Use of Funds.--Not later than 180 days after the
    date of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
    Management Act of 2012, and annually thereafter, the Administrator
    shall submit to Congress a report--
                ``(1) specifying the amount of funds (including funds for
            administrative costs, indirect cost recovery, and internal
            transportation, storage and handling, and associated
            distribution costs) provided to each eligible organization that
            received assistance under this Act in the previous fiscal year;
            and
                ``(2) describing how those funds were used by the eligible
            organization.''.

    SEC. 3009. PREPOSITIONING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

        Section 407(c)(4) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(c)(4))
    is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                        (A) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017'';
                    and
                        (B) by striking ``for each such fiscal year not
                    more than $10,000,000 of such funds'' and inserting
                    ``for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2012 not more
                    than $10,000,000 of such funds and for each of fiscal
                    years 2013 through 2017 not more than $15,000,000 of
                    such funds''; and
                (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the
            following new subparagraph:
                        ``(B) Additional prepositioning sites.--The
                    Administrator may establish additional sites for
                    prepositioning in foreign countries or change the
                    location of current sites for prepositioning in foreign
                    countries after conducting, and based on the results
                    of, assessments of need, feasibility, and cost.''.

    SEC. 3010. ANNUAL REPORT REGARDING FOOD AID PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.

        Section 407(f)(1) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736a(f)(1))
    is amended--
                (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``agricultural
            trade'' and inserting ``food aid'';
                (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting before the
            semicolon at the end the following: ``and the intended
            beneficiaries of the project or activity''; and
                (3) in subparagraph (B)(iii)--
                        (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subclause
                    (I);
                        (B) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subclause
                    (II); and
                        (C) by inserting after subclause (II) the following
                    new subclause:
                                        ``(III) the McGovern-Dole
                                    International Food for Education and
                                    Child Nutrition Program established by
                                    section 3107 of the Farm Security and
                                    Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
                                    1736o-1);''.

    SEC. 3011. DEADLINE FOR AGREEMENTS TO FINANCE SALES OR TO PROVIDE OTHER
                  ASSISTANCE.

        Section 408 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736b) is amended
    by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3012. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

        (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 412(a)(1) of the Food
    for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``for
    fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year thereafter, $2,500,000,000'' and
    inserting ``$2,500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012
    and $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.
        (b) Minimum Level of Nonemergency Food Assistance.--Paragraph (1)
    of section 412(e) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736f(e)) is
    amended to read as follows:
                ``(1) Funds and commodities.--For each of fiscal years 2013
            through 2017, of the amounts made available to carry out
            emergency and nonemergency food assistance programs under title
            II, not less than $400,000,000 shall be expended for
            nonemergency food assistance programs under such title.''.

    SEC. 3013. MICRONUTRIENT FORTIFICATION PROGRAMS.

        (a) Elimination of Obsolete Reference to Study.--Section
    415(a)(2)(B) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736g-2(a)(2)(B)) is
    amended by striking ``, using recommendations'' and all that follows
    through ``quality enhancements''.
        (b) Extension.--Section 415(c) of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C.
    1736g-2(c)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3014. JOHN OGONOWSKI AND DOUG BEREUTER FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM.

        Section 501 of the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1737) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (d), in the matter preceding paragraph
            (1), by inserting ``, and not less than the greater of
            $15,000,000 or 0.5 percent of the amounts made available for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017,'' after ``2012''; and
                (2) in subsection (e)(1), by striking ``2012'' and
            inserting ``2017''.

                   Subtitle B--Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

    SEC. 3101. FUNDING FOR EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM.

        Section 211(b) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
    5641(b)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3102. 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 ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 3103. FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT COOPERATOR PROGRAM.

        Section 703(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 U.S.C.
    5723(a)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

                   Subtitle C--Other Agricultural Trade Laws

    SEC. 3201. FOOD FOR PROGRESS ACT OF 1985.

        (a) Extension.--The Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o)
    is amended--
                (1) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``2012'' and
            inserting ``2017'';
                (2) in subsection (g), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017'';
                (3) in subsection (k), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''; and
                (4) in subsection (l)(1), by striking ``2012'' and
            inserting ``2017''.
        (b) Repeal of Completed Project.--Subsection (f) of the Food for
    Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o) is amended by striking paragraph
    (6).

    SEC. 3202. BILL EMERSON HUMANITARIAN TRUST.

        Section 302 of the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act (7 U.S.C.
    1736f-1) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(i), by striking ``2012'' both
            places it appears and inserting ``2017''; and
                (2) in subsection (h), by striking ``2012'' both places it
            appears and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3203. PROMOTION OF AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS TO EMERGING MARKETS.

        (a) Direct Credits or Export Credit Guarantees.--Section 1542(a) of
    the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law
    101-624; 7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
    inserting ``2017''.
        (b) Development of Agricultural Systems.--Section 1542(d)(1)(A)(i)
    of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public
    Law 101-624; 7 U.S.C. 5622 note) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
    inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 3204. MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD
                  NUTRITION PROGRAM.

        (a) Reauthorization.--Section 3107(l)(2) of the Farm Security and
    Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(l)(2)) is amended by
    striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.
        (b) Technical Correction.--Section 3107(d) of the Farm Security and
    Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1736o-1(d)) is amended by
    striking ``to'' in the matter preceding paragraph (1).

    SEC. 3205. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIALTY CROPS.

        (a) Purpose.--Section 3205(b) of the Farm Security and Rural
    Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680(b)) is amended by striking
    ``related barriers to trade'' and inserting ``technical barriers to
    trade''.
        (b) Funding.--Section 3205(e)(2) of the Farm Security and Rural
    Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5680(e)(2)) is amended--
                (1) by inserting ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            and
                (2) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) and inserting the
            following new subparagraph:
                        ``(D) $9,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011
                    through 2017.''.

    SEC. 3206. GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST.

        Section 3202(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 22 U.S.C. 2220a note) is amended by striking
    ``section'' and all that follows through the period and inserting the
    following: ``section--
                ``(1) $60,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2008
            through 2012; and
                ``(2) $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2013
            through 2017.''.

    SEC. 3207. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL
                  SERVICES.

        (a) In General.--Subtitle B of the Department of Agriculture
    Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 225 (7
    U.S.C. 6931) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 225A. UNDER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE FOR FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL
                  SERVICES.

        ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary is authorized to establish in
    the Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for
    Foreign Agricultural Services.
        ``(b) Confirmation Required.--If the Secretary establishes the
    position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural
    Services under subsection (a), the Under Secretary shall be appointed
    by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
        ``(c) Functions of Under Secretary.--
                ``(1) Principal functions.--Upon establishment, the
            Secretary shall delegate to the Under Secretary of Agriculture
            for Foreign Agricultural Services those functions under the
            jurisdiction of the Department that are related to foreign
            agricultural services.
                ``(2) Additional functions.--The Under Secretary of
            Agriculture for Foreign Agricultural Services shall perform
            such other functions as may be required by law or prescribed by
            the Secretary.
        ``(d) Succession.--Any official who is serving as Under Secretary
    of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services on the date
    of the enactment of this section and who was appointed by the
    President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall not
    be required to be reappointed under subsection (b) or section 225(b) to
    the successor position authorized under subsection (a) or section
    225(a) if the Secretary establishes the position, and the official
    occupies the new position, with 180 days after the date of the
    enactment of this section (or such later date set by the Secretary if
    litigation delays rapid succession).''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 225 of the Department of
    Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6931) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm
            and Foreign Agricultural Services'' each place it appears and
            inserting ``Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Services'';
            AND
                (2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``and foreign
            agricultural''.
        (c) Permanent Authority.--Section 296(b) of the Department of
    Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and
            inserting a semicolon; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(8) the authority of the Secretary to establish in the
            Department the position of Under Secretary of Agriculture for
            Foreign Agricultural Services in accordance with section
            225A;''.

                              TITLE IV--NUTRITION

             Subtitle A--Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    SEC. 4001. RETAILERS.

        (a) Definition of Retail Food Store.--Section 3(p)(1)(A) of the
    Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(p)(1)(A)) is amended by
    striking ``at least 2'' and inserting ``at least 3''.
        (b) Alternative Benefit Delivery.--Section 7(f) of the Food and
    Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(f)) is amended--
                (1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
                ``(2) Imposition of costs.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
                    subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall require
                    participating retailers (including restaurants
                    participating in a State option restaurant program
                    intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and homeless)
                    to pay 100 percent of the costs of acquiring, and
                    arrange for the implementation of, electronic benefit
                    transfer point-of-sale equipment and supplies.
                        ``(B) Exemptions.--The Secretary may exempt from
                    subparagraph (A)--
                                ``(i) farmers' markets, military
                            commissaries, nonprofit food buying
                            cooperatives, and establishments,
                            organizations, programs, or group living
                            arrangements described in paragraphs (5), (7),
                            and (8) of section 3(k); and
                                ``(ii) establishments described in
                            paragraphs (3), (4), and (9) of section 3(k),
                            other than restaurants participating in a State
                            option restaurant program.''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(4) Termination of manual vouchers.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Effective beginning on the
                    effective date of this paragraph, except as provided in
                    subparagraph (B), no State shall issue manual vouchers
                    to a household that receives supplemental nutrition
                    assistance under this Act or allow retailers to accept
                    manual vouchers as payment, unless the Secretary
                    determines that the manual vouchers are necessary, such
                    as in the event of an electronic benefit transfer
                    system failure or a disaster situation.
                        ``(B) Exemptions.--The Secretary may exempt
                    categories of retailers or individual retailers from
                    subparagraph (A) based on criteria established by the
                    Secretary.
                ``(5) Unique identification number required.--In an effort
            to enhance the antifraud protections of the program, the
            Secretary shall require all parties providing electronic
            benefit transfer services to provide for and maintain a unique
            terminal identification number information through the
            supplemental nutrition assistance program electronic benefit
            transfer transaction routing system. In developing the
            regulations implementing this paragraph, the Secretary shall
            consider existing commercial practices for other point-of-sale
            debit transactions. The Secretary shall issue proposed
            regulations implementing this paragraph not earlier than 2
            years after the date of enactment of this paragraph.''.
        (c) Electronic Benefit Transfers.--Section 7(h)(3)(B) of the Food
    and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(3)(B)) is amended by
    striking ``is operational--'' and all that follows through ``(ii) in
    the case of other participating stores,'' and inserting ``is
    operational''.
        (d) Approval of Retail Food Stores and Wholesale Food Concerns.--
    Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is
    amended--
                (1) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a)(1) by striking ``;
            and (C)'' and inserting ``; (C) whether the applicant is
            located in an area with significantly limited access to food;
            and (D)'';
                (2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(3) Retail food stores with significant sales of excluded
            items.--
                        ``(A) In general.--No retail food store for which
                    at least 45 percent of the total sales of the retail
                    food store is from the sale of excluded items described
                    in section 3(k)(1) may be authorized to accept and
                    redeem benefits unless the Secretary determines that
                    the participation of the retail food store is required
                    for the effective and efficient operation of the
                    supplemental nutrition assistance program.
                        ``(B) Application.--Subparagraph (A) shall be
                    effective--
                                ``(i) in the case of retail food stores
                            applying to be authorized for the 1st time,
                            beginning on the date that is 1 year after the
                            effective date of this paragraph; and
                                ``(ii) in the case of retail food stores
                            participating in the program on the effective
                            date of this paragraph, during periodic
                            reauthorization in accordance with subsection
                            (a)(2)(A).''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(g) EBT Service Requirement.--An approved retail food store shall
    provide adequate EBT service as described in section 7(h)(3)(B).''.

    SEC. 4002. ENHANCING SERVICES TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED SUPPLEMENTAL
                  NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM RECIPIENTS.

        (a) Enhancing Services to Elderly and Disabled Program
    Recipients.--Section 3(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 2012(p)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (3) by striking ``and'' at the end,
                (2) in paragraph (4) by striking the period at the end and
            inserting ``; and'', and
                (3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
                ``(5) a governmental or private nonprofit food purchasing
            and delivery service that--
                        ``(A) purchases food for, and delivers such food
                    to, individuals who are--
                                ``(i) unable to shop for food; and
                                ``(ii)(I) not less than 60 years of age; or
                                ``(II) physically or mentally handicapped
                            or otherwise disabled;
                        ``(B) clearly notifies the participating household
                    at the time such household places a food order--
                                ``(i) of any delivery fee associated with
                            the food purchase and delivery provided to such
                            household by such service; and
                                ``(ii) that a delivery fee cannot be paid
                            with benefits provided under supplemental
                            nutrition assistance program; and
                        ``(C) sells food purchased for such household at
                    the price paid by such service for such food and
                    without any additional cost markup.''.
        (b) Implementation.--
                (1) Issuance of rules.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
            issue regulations that--
                        (A) establish criteria to identify a food
                    purchasing and delivery service referred to in section
                    3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as
                    amended by this Act, and
                        (B) establish procedures to ensure that such
                    service--
                                (i) does not charge more for a food item
                            than the price paid by the such service for
                            such food item,
                                (ii) offers food delivery service at no or
                            low cost to households under such Act,
                                (iii) ensures that benefits provided under
                            the supplemental nutrition assistance program
                            are used only to purchase food, as defined in
                            section 3 of such Act,
                                (iv) limits the purchase of food, and the
                            delivery of such food, to households eligible
                            to receive services described in section
                            3(p)(5) of such Act as so amended,
                                (v) has established adequate safeguards
                            against fraudulent activities, including
                            unauthorized use of electronic benefit cards
                            issued under such Act, and
                                (vi) such other requirements as the
                            Secretary deems to be appropriate.
                (2) Limitation.--Before the issuance of rules under
            paragraph (1) , the Secretary of Agriculture may not approve
            more than 20 food purchasing and delivery services referred to
            in section 3(p)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 as
            amended by this Act, to participate as retail food stores under
            the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

    SEC. 4003. FOOD DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.

        Section 4(b)(6)(F) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2013(b)(6)(F)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 4004. UPDATING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.

        Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is
    amended--
                (1) in the 2d sentence of subsection (a) by striking
            ``households in which each member receives benefits'' and
            inserting ``households in which each member receives cash
            assistance'', and
                (2) in subsection (j) by striking ``or who receives
            benefits under a State program'' and inserting ``or who
            receives cash assistance under a State program''.

    SEC. 4005. EXCLUSION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA FROM EXCESS MEDICAL EXPENSE
                  DEDUCTION.

        Section 5(e)(5) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2014(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                        ``(C) Exclusion of medical marijuana.--The
                    Secretary shall promulgate rules to ensure that medical
                    marijuana is not treated as a medical expense for
                    purposes of this paragraph.''.

    SEC. 4006. STANDARD UTILITY ALLOWANCES BASED ON THE RECEIPT OF ENERGY
                  ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.

        (a) Standard Utility Allowances in the Supplemental Nutrition
    Assistance Program.--Section 5(e)(6)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act
    of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)) is amended--
                (1) in clause (i) by inserting ``, subject to clause (iv)''
            after ``Secretary''; and
                (2) in clause (iv)(I) by striking ``the household still
            incurs'' and all that follows through the end of the subclause
            and inserting ``the payment received by, or made on behalf of,
            the household exceeds $10 or a higher amount annually, as
            determined by the Secretary.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 2605(f)(2)(A) of the Low-Income
    Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624(f)(2)(A)) is amended
    by inserting before the semicolon at the end ``, except that, for
    purposes of the supplemental nutrition assistance program established
    under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), such
    payments or allowances exceed $10 or a higher amount annually, as
    determined by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with section
    5(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I) of that Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)(6)(C)(iv)(I))''.
        (c) Effective and Implementation Date.--
                (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), this
            section and the amendments made by this section shall take
            effect beginning on October 1, 2013, for all certification
            periods beginning after that date.
                (2) State option to delay implementation for current
            recipients.--A State may, at the option of the State, implement
            a policy that eliminates or minimizes the effect of the
            amendments made by this section for households that receive a
            standard utility allowance as of the date of enactment of this
            Act for not more than a 180-day period beginning on the date on
            which the amendments made by this section would otherwise
            affect the benefits received by a household.

    SEC. 4007. ELIGIBILITY DISQUALIFICATIONS.

        Section 6(e)(3)(B) of Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2015(e)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``section;'' and inserting the
    following:
                    ``section, subject to the condition that the course or
                    program of study--
                                ``(i) is part of a program of career and
                            technical education (as defined in section 3 of
                            the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
                            Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)) that
                            may be completed in not more than 4 years at an
                            institution of higher education (as defined in
                            section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965
                            (20 U.S.C. 1002)); or
                                ``(ii) is limited to remedial courses,
                            basic adult education, literacy, or English as
                            a second language;''.

    SEC. 4008. ENDING SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM BENEFITS
                  FOR LOTTERY OR GAMBLING WINNERS.

        (a) In General.--Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(r) Ineligibility for Benefits Due to Receipt of Substantial
    Lottery or Gambling Winnings.--
                ``(1) In general.--Any household in which a member receives
            substantial lottery or gambling winnings, as determined by the
            Secretary, shall lose eligibility for benefits immediately upon
            receipt of the winnings.
                ``(2) Duration of ineligibility.--A household described in
            paragraph (1) shall remain ineligible for participation until
            the household meets the allowable financial resources and
            income eligibility requirements under subsections (c), (d),
            (e), (f), (g), (i), (k), (l), (m), and (n) of section 5.
                ``(3) Agreements.--As determined by the Secretary, each
            State agency, to the maximum extent practicable, shall
            establish agreements with entities responsible for the
            regulation or sponsorship of gaming in the State to determine
            whether individuals participating in the supplemental nutrition
            assistance program have received substantial lottery or
            gambling winnings.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 5(a) of the Food and Nutrition
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(a)) is amended in the 2d sentence by
    striking ``sections 6(b), 6(d)(2), and 6(g)'' and inserting
    ``subsections (b), (d)(2), (g), and (r) of section 6''.

    SEC. 4009. IMPROVING SECURITY OF FOOD ASSISTANCE.

        Section 7(h)(8) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2016(h)(8)) is amended--
                (1) in the heading by striking ``card fee'' and inserting
            ``of cards'';
                (2) by striking ``A State'' and inserting the following:
                        ``(A) Fees.--A State''; and
                (3) by adding after subparagraph (A) (as so designated by
            paragraph (2)) the following:
                        ``(B) Purposeful loss of cards.--
                                ``(i) In general.--Subject to terms and
                            conditions established by the Secretary in
                            accordance with clause (ii), if a household
                            makes excessive requests for replacement of the
                            electronic benefit transfer card of the
                            household, the Secretary may require a State
                            agency to decline to issue a replacement card
                            to the household unless the household, upon
                            request of the State agency, provides an
                            explanation for the loss of the card.
                                ``(ii) Requirements.--The terms and
                            conditions established by the Secretary shall
                            provide that--
                                        ``(I) the household be given the
                                    opportunity to provide the requested
                                    explanation and meet the requirements
                                    under this paragraph promptly;
                                        ``(II) after an excessive number of
                                    lost cards, the head of the household
                                    shall be required to review program
                                    rights and responsibilities with State
                                    agency personnel authorized to make
                                    determinations under section 5(a); and
                                        ``(III) any action taken, including
                                    actions required under section 6(b)(2),
                                    other than the withholding of the
                                    electronic benefit transfer card until
                                    an explanation described in subclause
                                    (I) is provided, shall be consistent
                                    with the due process protections under
                                    section 6(b) or 11(e)(10), as
                                    appropriate.
                        ``(C) Protecting vulnerable persons.--In
                    implementing this paragraph, a State agency shall act
                    to protect homeless persons, persons with disabilities,
                    victims of crimes, and other vulnerable persons who
                    lose electronic benefit transfer cards but are not
                    intentionally committing fraud.
                        ``(D) Effect on eligibility.--While a State may
                    decline to issue an electronic benefits transfer card
                    until a household satisfies the requirements under this
                    paragraph, nothing in this paragraph shall be
                    considered a denial of, or limitation on, the
                    eligibility for benefits under section 5.''.

    SEC. 4010. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFITS OF MOBILE
                  TRANSACTIONS.

        Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2016(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                ``(14) Demonstration projects on acceptance of benefits of
            mobile transactions.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall pilot the
                    use of mobile technologies determined by the Secretary
                    to be appropriate to test the feasibility and
                    implications for program integrity, by allowing retail
                    food stores, farmers markets, and other direct
                    producer-to-consumer marketing outlets to accept
                    benefits from recipients of supplemental nutrition
                    assistance through mobile transactions.
                        ``(B) Demonstration projects.--To be eligible to
                    participate in a demonstration project under subsection
                    (a), a retail food store, farmers market, or other
                    direct producer-to-consumer marketing outlet shall
                    submit to the Secretary for approval a plan that
                    includes--
                                ``(i) a description of the technology;
                                ``(ii) the manner by which the retail food
                            store, farmers market or other direct producer-
                            to-consumer marketing outlet will provide proof
                            of the transaction to households;
                                ``(iii) the provision of data to the
                            Secretary, consistent with requirements
                            established by the Secretary, in a manner that
                            allows the Secretary to evaluate the impact of
                            the demonstration on participant access, ease
                            of use, and program integrity; and
                                ``(iv) such other criteria as the Secretary
                            may require.
                        ``(C) Date of completion.--The demonstration
                    projects under this paragraph shall be completed and
                    final reports submitted to the Secretary by not later
                    than July 1, 2015.
                        ``(D) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall
                    submit a report to the Committee on Agriculture of the
                    House of Representatives and the Committee on
                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate that
                    includes a finding, based on the data provided under
                    subparagraph (C) whether or not implementation in all
                    States is in the best interest of the supplemental
                    nutrition assistance program.''.

    SEC. 4011. USE OF BENEFITS FOR PURCHASE OF COMMUNITY-SUPPORTED
                  AGRICULTURE SHARE.

        Section 10 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2019) is
    amended in the 1st sentence by inserting ``agricultural producers who
    market agricultural products directly to consumers shall be authorized
    to redeem benefits for the initial cost of the purchase of a community-
    supported agriculture share,'' after ``food so purchased,''.

    SEC. 4012. RESTAURANT MEALS PROGRAM.

        (a) In General.--Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of
    2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (22) by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in paragraph (23)(C) by striking the period at the end
            and inserting ``; and''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(24) if the State elects to carry out a program to
            contract with private establishments to offer meals at
            concessional prices, as described in paragraphs (3), (4), and
            (9) of section 3(k)--
                        ``(A) the plans of the State agency for operating
                    the program, including--
                                ``(i) documentation of a need that eligible
                            homeless, elderly, and disabled clients are
                            underserved in a particular geographic area;
                                ``(ii) the manner by which the State agency
                            will limit participation to only those private
                            establishments that the State determines
                            necessary to meet the need identified in clause
                            (i); and
                                ``(iii) any other conditions the Secretary
                            may prescribe, such as the level of security
                            necessary to ensure that only eligible
                            recipients participate in the program; and
                        ``(B) a report by the State agency to the Secretary
                    annually, the schedule of which shall be established by
                    the Secretary, that includes--
                                ``(i) the number of households and
                            individual recipients authorized to participate
                            in the program, including any information on
                            whether the individual recipient is elderly,
                            disabled, or homeless; and
                                ``(ii) an assessment of whether the program
                            is meeting an established need, as documented
                            under subparagraph (A)(i).''.
        (b) Approval of Retail Food Stores and Wholesale Food Concerns.--
    Section 9 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2018) is
    amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(h) Private Establishments.--
                ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), no private
            establishment that contracts with a State agency to offer meals
            at concessional prices as described in paragraphs (3), (4), and
            (9) of section 3(k) may be authorized to accept and redeem
            benefits unless the Secretary determines that the participation
            of the private establishment is required to meet a documented
            need in accordance with section 11(e)(24).
                ``(2) Existing contracts.--
                        ``(A) In general.--If, on the day before the
                    effective date of this subsection, a State has entered
                    into a contract with a private establishment described
                    in paragraph (1) and the Secretary has not determined
                    that the participation of the private establishment is
                    necessary to meet a documented need in accordance with
                    section 11(e)(24), the Secretary shall allow the
                    operation of the private establishment to continue
                    without that determination of need for a period not to
                    exceed 180 days from the date on which the Secretary
                    establishes determination criteria, by regulation,
                    under section 11(e)(24).
                        ``(B) Justification.--If the Secretary determines
                    to terminate a contract with a private establishment
                    that is in effect on the effective date of this
                    subsection, the Secretary shall provide justification
                    to the State in which the private establishment is
                    located for that termination.
                ``(3) Report to congress.--Not later than 90 days after
            September 30, 2013, and 90 days after the last day of each
            fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall report to the
            Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and
            the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
            Senate on the effectiveness of a program under this subsection
            using any information received from States under section
            11(e)(24) as well as any other information the Secretary may
            have relating to the manner in which benefits are used.''.
        (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended by inserting ``subject to
    section 9(h)'' after ``concessional prices'' each place it appears.

    SEC. 4013. STATE VERIFICATION OPTION.

        Section 11(p) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2020(p)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(p) State Verification Option.--In carrying out the supplemental
    nutrition assistance program, a State agency shall be required to use
    an income and eligibility, or an immigration status, verification
    system established under section 1137 of the Social Security Act (42
    U.S.C. 1320b-7), in accordance with standards set by the Secretary.''.

    SEC. 4014. REPEAL OF GRANT PROGRAM.

        Section 11(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2020(t)) is repealed.

    SEC. 4015. DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDIZATION FOR IMPROVED INTEROPERABILITY.

        (a) Data Exchange Standardization.--Section 11 of the Food and
    Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020) is amended by adding at the end
    the following:
        ``(v) Data Exchange Standardization for Improved
    Interoperability.--
                ``(1) Data exchange standards.--
                        ``(A) Designation.--The Secretary, in consultation
                    with an interagency work group which shall be
                    established by the Office of Management and Budget, and
                    considering State perspectives, shall, by rule,
                    designate a data exchange standard for any category of
                    information required to be reported under this Act.
                        ``(B) Data exchange standards must be
                    nonproprietary and interoperable.--The data exchange
                    standard designated under subparagraph (A) shall, to
                    the extent practicable, be nonproprietary and
                    interoperable.
                        ``(C) Other requirements.--In designating data
                    exchange standards under this subsection, the Secretary
                    shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate--
                                ``(i) interoperable standards developed and
                            maintained by an international voluntary
                            consensus standards body, as defined by the
                            Office of Management and Budget, such as the
                            International Organization for Standardization;
                                ``(ii) interoperable standards developed
                            and maintained by intergovernmental
                            partnerships, such as the National Information
                            Exchange Model; and
                                ``(iii) interoperable standards developed
                            and maintained by Federal entities with
                            authority over contracting and financial
                            assistance, such as the Federal Acquisition
                            Regulatory Council.
                ``(2) Data exchange standards for reporting.--
                        ``(A) Designation.--The Secretary, in consultation
                    with an interagency work group established by the
                    Office of Management and Budget, and considering State
                    perspectives, shall, by rule, designate data exchange
                    standards to govern the data reporting required under
                    this part.
                        ``(B) Requirements.--The data exchange standards
                    required by subparagraph (A) shall, to the extent
                    practicable--
                                ``(i) incorporate a widely-accepted,
                            nonproprietary, searchable, computer-readable
                            format;
                                ``(ii) be consistent with and implement
                            applicable accounting principles; and
                                ``(iii) be capable of being continually
                            upgraded as necessary.
                        ``(C) Incorporation of nonproprietary standards.--
                    In designating reporting standards under this
                    subsection, the Secretary shall, to the extent
                    practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary
                    standards, such as the eXtensible Markup Language.''.
        (b) Effective Dates.--
                (1) Data exchange standards.--The Secretary of Agriculture
            shall issue a proposed rule under section 11(v)(1) of the Food
            and Nutrition Act of 2008 within 12 months after the effective
            date of this section, and shall issue a final rule under such
            section after public comment, within 24 months after such
            effective date.
                (2) Data reporting standards.--The reporting standards
            required under section 11(v)(2) of such Act shall become
            effective with respect to reports required in the first
            reporting period, after the effective date of the final rule
            referred to in paragraph (1) of this subsection, for which the
            authority for data collection and reporting is established or
            renewed under the Paperwork Reduction Act.

    SEC. 4016. REPEAL OF BONUS PROGRAM.

        Section 16(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2025(d)) is repealed.

    SEC. 4017. FUNDING OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS.

        Section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2025(h)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``$90,000,000'' and inserting
    ``$79,000,000''.

    SEC. 4018. MONITORING EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM.

        (a) Reporting Measures.--Section 16(h)(5) of the Food and Nutrition
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(5)) is amended to read:
                ``(5)(A) In general.--The Secretary shall monitor the
            employment and training programs carried out by State agencies
            under section 6(d)(4) and assess their effectiveness in--
                        ``(i) preparing members of households participating
                    in the supplemental nutrition assistance program for
                    employment, including the acquisition of basic skills
                    necessary for employment; and
                        ``(ii) increasing the numbers of household members
                    who obtain and retain employment subsequent to their
                    participation in such employment and training programs.
                ``(B) Reporting measures.--The Secretary, in consultation
            with the Secretary of Labor, shall develop reporting measures
            that identify improvements in the skills, training education or
            work experience of members of households participating in the
            supplemental nutrition assistance program. Measures shall be
            based on common measures of performance for federal workforce
            training programs, so long as they reflect the challenges
            facing the types of members of households participating in the
            supplemental nutrition assistance program who participate in a
            specific employment and training component. The Secretary shall
            require that each State employment and training plan submitted
            under section 11(3)(19) identify appropriate reporting measures
            for each of their proposed components that serve at least 100
            people. Such measures may include:
                        ``(i) the percentage and number of program
                    participants who received employment and training
                    services and are in unsubsidized employment subsequent
                    to the receipt of those services;
                        ``(ii) the percentage and number of program
                    participants who obtain a recognized postsecondary
                    credential, including a registered apprenticeship, or a
                    regular secondary school diploma or its recognized
                    equivalent, while participating in or within 1 year
                    after receiving employment and training services;
                        ``(iii) the percentage and number of program
                    participants who are in an education or training
                    program that is intended to lead to a recognized
                    postsecondary credential, including a registered
                    apprenticeship or on-the-job training program, a
                    regular secondary school diploma or its recognized
                    equivalent, or unsubsidized employment;
                        ``(iv) subject to the terms and conditions set by
                    the Secretary, measures developed by each State agency
                    to assess the skills acquisition of employment and
                    training program participants that reflect the goals of
                    their specific employment and training program
                    components, which may include, but are not limited to--
                                ``(I) the percentage and number of program
                            participants who are meeting program
                            requirements in each component of the State's
                            education and training program; and
                                ``(II) the percentage and number of program
                            participants who are gaining skills likely to
                            lead to employment as measured through testing,
                            quantitative or qualitative assessment or other
                            method; and
                        ``(v) other indicators as approved by the
                    Secretary.
                ``(C) State report.--Each State agency shall annually
            prepare and submit to the Secretary a report on the State's
            employment and training program that includes the numbers of
            supplemental nutrition assistance program participants who have
            gained skills, training, work or experience that will increase
            their ability to obtain regular employment using measures
            identified in subparagraph (B).
                ``(D) Modifications to the state employment and training
            plan.--Subject to the terms and conditions established by the
            Secretary, if the Secretary determines that the state agency's
            performance with respect to employment and training outcomes is
            inadequate, the Secretary may require the State agency to make
            modifications to their employment and training plan to improve
            such outcomes.
                ``(E) Periodic evaluation.--
                        ``(i) In general.--Subject to terms and conditions
                    established by the Secretary, not later than October 1,
                    2015, and not less frequently than once every 5 years
                    thereafter, the Secretary shall conduct a study to
                    review existing practice and research to identify
                    employment and training program components and
                    practices that--
                                ``(I) effectively assist members of
                            households participating in the supplemental
                            nutrition assistance program in gaining skills,
                            training, work, or experience that will
                            increase their ability to obtain regular
                            employment, and
                                ``(II) are best integrated with statewide
                            workforce development systems.
                        ``(ii) Report to congress.--The Secretary shall
                    submit a report that describes the results of the study
                    under clause (i) to the Committee on Agriculture in the
                    House of Representatives, and the Committee on
                    Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry in the Senate.''.
        (b) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding section 4(c) of the Food and
    Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(a)), the Secretary shall issue
    interim final regulations implementing the amendment made by subsection
    (a) no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.
    States shall include such reporting measures in their employment and
    training plans for the 1st fiscal year thereafter that begins no sooner
    than 6 months after the date that such regulations are published.

    SEC. 4019. COOPERATION WITH PROGRAM RESEARCH AND EVALUATION.

        Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is
    amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(l) Cooperation With Program Research and Evaluation.--States,
    State agencies, local agencies, institutions, facilities such as data
    consortiums, and contractors participating in programs authorized under
    this Act shall cooperate with officials and contractors acting on
    behalf of the Secretary in the conduct of evaluations and studies under
    this Act and shall submit information at such time and in such manner
    as the Secretary may require.''.

    SEC. 4020. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

        Section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2027(a)(1)) is amended in the 1st sentence by striking ``2012'' and
    inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 4021. LIMITATION ON USE OF BLOCK GRANT TO PUERTO RICO.

        Section 19(a)(2)(B) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2028(a)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                                ``(iii) Limitation on use of funds.--None
                            of the funds made available to the Commonwealth
                            of Puerto Rico under this subparagraph may be
                            used to provide nutrition assistance in the
                            form of cash benefits.''.

    SEC. 4022. ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FOOD PROJECTS.

        (a) Definition.--Section 25(a)(1)(B)(i) of the Food and Nutrition
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034(a)(1)(B)(i)) is amended--
                (1) in subclause (II) by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in subclause (III) by striking ``or'' at the end and
            inserting ``and''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                        ``(IV) to provide incentives for
                                    the consumption of fruits and
                                    vegetables among low-income
                                    individuals; or''.
        (b) Additional Funding.--Section 25(b) of the Food and Nutrition
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2034) is amended by adding at the end the
    following:
                ``(3) Funding.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Out of any funds in the Treasury
                    not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the
                    Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary to carry out
                    this section not less than $10,000,000 for fiscal year
                    2013 and each fiscal year thereafter. Of the amount
                    made available under this subparagraph for each such
                    fiscal year, $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out
                    subsection (a)(1)(B)(I)(IV).
                        ``(B) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall
                    be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to
                    carry out this section, the funds transferred under
                    subparagraph (A) without further appropriation.
                        ``(C) Maintenance of funding.--The funding provided
                    under subparagraph (A) shall supplement (and not
                    supplant) other Federal funding made available to the
                    Secretary to carry out this section.''.

    SEC. 4023. EMERGENCY FOOD ASSISTANCE.

        (a) Purchase of Commodities.--Section 27(a) of the Food and
    Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``2008 through 2012'' and
            inserting ``2012 through 2017''; and
                (2) in paragraph (2)--
                        (A) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and
                    inserting the following:
                        ``(A) for fiscal year 2012, $260,250,000;
                        ``(B) for fiscal year 2013 the dollar amount of
                    commodities specified in subparagraph (A) adjusted by
                    the percentage by which the thrifty food plan has been
                    adjusted under section 3(u)(4) between June 30, 2011
                    and June 30, 2012, and subsequently increased by
                    $20,000,000;'';
                        (B) in subparagraph (C)--
                                (i) by striking ``2010 through 2012, the
                            dollar amount of commodities specified in'' and
                            inserting ``2014 through 2017, the total amount
                            of commodities under''; and
                                (ii) by striking ``2008'' and inserting
                            ``2012''; and
                                (iii) by striking the period at the end and
                            inserting:``; and''; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following:
                        ``(D) for fiscal year 2013 the dollar amount of
                    commodities specified in subparagraph (B), and for each
                    of the fiscal years 2014 through 2017 the respective
                    dollar amount of commodities specified in subparagraph
                    (C), increased by $5,000,000.''.
        (b) Emergency Food Program Infrastructure Grants.--Section 209(d)
    of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7511a(d)) is
    amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 4024. NUTRITION EDUCATION.

        Section 28(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2036a(b)) is amended by inserting ``and physical activity'' after
    ``healthy food choices''.

    SEC. 4025. RETAILER TRAFFICKING.

        The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is
    amended by adding at the end the following:

    ``SEC. 29. RETAILER TRAFFICKING.

        ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to provide the
    Department of Agriculture with additional resources to prevent
    trafficking in violation of this Act by strengthening recipient and
    retailer program integrity. Additional funds are provided to supplement
    the Department's payment accuracy, and retailer and recipient integrity
    activities.
        ``(b) Funding.--
                ``(1) In general.--Out of any funds in the Treasury not
            otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
            transfer to the Secretary to carry out this section not less
            than $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year
            thereafter.
                ``(2) Receipt and acceptance.--The Secretary shall be
            entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out
            this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1) without
            further appropriation.
                ``(3) Maintenance of funding.--The funding provided under
            paragraph (1) shall supplement (and not supplant) other Federal
            funding for programs carried out under this Act.''.

    SEC. 4026. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

        (a) Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)
    is amended--
                (1) in subsection (g) by striking ``coupon,'' the last
            place it appears and inserting ``coupon'';
                (2) in subsection (k)(7) by striking ``or are'' and
            inserting ``and'';
                (3) by striking subsection (l);
                (4) by redesignating subsections (m) through (t) as
            subsections (l) through (s), respectively; and
                (5) by inserting after subsection (s) (as so redesignated)
            the following:
        ``(t) `Supplemental nutritional assistance program' means the
    program operated pursuant to this Act.''.
        (b) Section 4(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2013(a)) is amended by striking ``benefits'' the last place it appears
    and inserting ``Benefits''.
        (c) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014)
    is amended--
                (1) in the last sentence of subsection (i)(2)(D) by
            striking ``section 13(b)(2)'' and inserting ``section 13(b)'';
            and
                (2) in subsection (k)(4)(A) by striking ``paragraph
            (2)(H)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2)(G)''.
        (d) Section 6(d)(4) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2015(d)(4)) is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (B)(vii) by moving the left margin 2
            ems to the left, and
                (2) in subparagraph(F)(iii) by moving the left margin 4 ems
            to the left.
        (e) Section 7(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2016(h)) is amended by redesignating the 2d paragraph (12) as paragraph
    (13).
        (f) Section 9(a)(3) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2018(a)) is amended by moving the left margin 2 ems to the left.
        (g) Section 12 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2021) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b)(3)(C) by striking ``civil money
            penalties'' and inserting ``civil penalties''; and
                (2) in subsection (g)(1) by striking ``(7 U.S.C. 1786)''
            and inserting ``(42 U.S.C. 1786)''.
        (h) Section 15(b)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 2024(b)(1)) is amended in the 1st sentence by striking ``an
    benefit'' and inserting ``a benefit''.
        (i) Section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2025(a)) is amended in the proviso following paragraph (8) by striking
    ``, as amended.''.
        (j) Section 18(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
    2027(e)) is amended in the 1st sentence by striking ``sections 7(f)''
    and inserting ``section 7(f)''.
        (k) Section 22(b)(10)(B)(i) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 2031(b)(10)(B)(i)) is amended in the last sentence by
    striking ``Food benefits'' and inserting ``Benefits''.
        (l) Section 26(f)(3)(C) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 2035(f)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``subsection'' and
    inserting ``subsections''.
        (m) Section 27(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 2036(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``(Public Law 98-8; 7 U.S.C.
    612c note)'' and inserting ``(7 U.S.C. 7515)''.
        (n) Section 509 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C.
    3056g) is amended in the section heading by striking ``food stamp
    programs'' and inserting ``supplemental nutrition assistance program''.
        (o) Section 4115(c)(2)(H) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
    of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 1871) is amended by striking
    ``531'' and inserting ``454''.
        (p) Section 3803(c)(2)(C)(vii) of title 31 of the United States
    Code is amended by striking ``section 3(l)'' each place it appears and
    inserting ``section 3(s)''.
        (q) Section 115 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
    Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(2) by striking ``section 3(l)'' and
            inserting ``section 3(s)'';
                (2) in subsection (b)(2) by striking ``section 3(l)'' and
            inserting ``section 3(s)''; and
                (3) in subsection (e)(2) by striking ``section 3(l)'' and
            inserting ``section 3(s)''.
        (r) The Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C.
    612c) is amended--
                (1) in section 4(a) by striking ``Food Stamp Act of 1977''
            and inserting ``Food and Nutrition Act of 2008''; and
                (2) in section 5--
                        (A) in subsection (i)(1) by striking ``Food Stamp
                    Act of 1977'' and inserting ``Food and Nutrition Act of
                    2008''; and
                        (B) in subsection (l)(2)(B) by striking ``Food
                    Stamp Act of 1977'' and inserting ``Food and Nutrition
                    Act of 2008''.
        (s) The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended--
                (1) in the heading of section 453(j)(10) by striking ``food
            stamp'' and inserting ``supplemental nutrition assistance'';
                (2) in section 1137--
                        (A) in subsection (a)(5)(B) by striking ``food
                    stamp'' and inserting ``supplemental nutrition
                    assistance''; and
                        (B) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ``food stamp
                    program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977'' and
                    inserting ``supplemental nutrition assistance program
                    under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008''; and
                (3) in the heading of section 1631(n) by striking ``food
            Stamp'' and inserting ``supplemental Nutrition Assistance''.

    SEC. 4027. TOLERANCE LEVEL FOR EXCLUDING SMALL ERRORS.

        The Secretary shall set the tolerance level for excluding small
    errors for the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food and Nutrition Act
    of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c))--
                (1) for fiscal year 2013 at an amount no greater than $25;
            and
                (2) for each fiscal year thereafter, the amount specified
            in paragraph (1) adjusted by the percentage by which the
            thrifty food plan is adjusted under section 3(u)(4) of such Act
            between June 30, 2011, and June 30 of the immediately preceding
            fiscal year.

    SEC. 4028. COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PILOT PROGRAM.

        (a) Study.--
                (1) In general.--Prior to establishing the pilot program
            under subsection (b), the Secretary shall conduct a study to be
            completed not later than 2 years after the effective date of
            this section to assess--
                        (A) the capabilities of the Commonwealth of the
                    Northern Mariana Islands to operate the supplemental
                    nutrition assistance program in the same manner in
                    which the program is operated in the States (as defined
                    in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act (7 U.S.C.
                    2011 et seq)); and
                        (B) alternative models of the supplemental
                    nutrition assistance program operation and benefit
                    delivery that best meet the nutrition assistance needs
                    of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
                (2) Scope.--The study conducted under paragraph (1)(A) will
            assess the capability of the Commonwealth to fulfill the
            responsibilities of a State agency, including--
                        (A) extending and limiting participation to
                    eligible households, as prescribed by sections 5 and 6
                    of the Act;
                        (B) issuing benefits through EBT cards, as
                    prescribed by section 7 of the Act;
                        (C) maintaining the integrity of the program,
                    including operation of a quality control system, as
                    prescribed by section 16(c) of the Act;
                        (D) implementing work requirements, including
                    operating an employment and training program, as
                    prescribed by section 6(d) of the Act; and
                        (E) paying a share of administrative costs with
                    non-Federal funds, as prescribed by section 16(a) of
                    the Act.
        (b) Establishment.--If the Secretary determines that a pilot
    program is feasible, the Secretary shall establish a pilot program for
    the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to operate the
    supplemental nutrition assistance program in the same manner in which
    the program is operated in the States.
        (c) Scope.--The Secretary shall utilize the information obtained
    from the study conducted under subsection (a) to establish the scope of
    the pilot program established under subsection (b).
        (d) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2018, the Secretary shall
    submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives
    and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate
    a report on the pilot program carried out under this section, including
    an analysis of the feasibility of operating in the Commonwealth of the
    Northern Mariana Islands the supplemental nutrition assistance program
    as it is operated in the States.
        (e) Funding.--
                (1) Study.--Of the funds made available under section
            18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, the Secretary
            may use not more than $1,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2013
            and 2014 to conduct the study described in subsection (a).
                (2) Pilot program.--Of the funds made available under
            section 18(a)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, for the
            purposes of establishing and carrying out the pilot program
            established under subsection (b) of this section, including the
            Federal costs for providing technical assistance to the
            Commonwealth, authorizing and monitoring retail food stores,
            and assessing pilot operations, the Secretary may use not more
            than--
                        (A) $13,500,000 in fiscal year 2015; and
                        (B) $8,500,000 in each of fiscal years 2016 and
                    2017.

    SEC. 4029. ANNUAL STATE REPORT ON VERIFICATION OF SNAP PARTICIPATION.

        (a) Annual Report.--Not later 1 year after the date specified by
    the Secretary in the 180-period beginning on the date of the enactment
    of this Act, and annually thereafter, each State agency that carries
    out the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall submit to the
    Secretary a report containing sufficient information for the Secretary
    to determine whether the State agency has, for the then most recently
    concluded fiscal year preceding such annual date, verified that
    households to which such State agency provided such assistance in such
    fiscal year--
                (1) did not obtain benefits attributable to a deceased
            individual; and
                (2) did not include an individual who was simultaneously
            included in a household receiving such assistance in another
            State.
        (b) Penalty for Noncompliance.--For any fiscal year for which a
    State agency fails to comply with subsection (a), the Secretary shall
    reduce by 50 percent the amount otherwise payable to such State agency
    under section 16(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 with respect
    to such fiscal year.

                  Subtitle B--Commodity Distribution Programs

    SEC. 4101. COMMODITY DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM.

        Section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973
    (7 U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93-86) is amended in the 1st sentence
    by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 4102. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM.

        Section 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7
    U.S.C. 612c note; Public Law 93-86) is amended--
                (1) in paragraphs (1) and (2)(B) of subsection (a) by
            striking ``2012'' each place it appears and inserting ``2017'';
                (2) in the 1st sentence of subsection (d)(2) by striking
            ``2012'' and inserting ``2017'';
                (3) by striking subsection (g) and inserting the following:
        ``(g) Eligibility.--Except as provided in subsection (m), the
    States shall only provide assistance under the commodity supplemental
    food program to low-income individuals aged 60 and older.''; and
                (4) by adding at the end the following:
        ``(m) Phase-out.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
    individual who receives assistance under the commodity supplemental
    food program on the day before the effective date of this subsection
    shall continue to receive that assistance until the date on which the
    individual no longer qualifies for assistance under the eligibility
    criteria for the program in effect on the day before the effective date
    of this subsection.''.

    SEC. 4103. DISTRIBUTION OF SURPLUS COMMODITIES TO SPECIAL NUTRITION
                  PROJECTS.

        Section 1114(a)(2)(A) of the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (7
    U.S.C. 1431e(2)(A)) is amended in the 1st sentence by striking ``2012''
    and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 4104. PROCESSING OF COMMODITIES.

        (a) Section 17 of the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC
    Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by--
                (1) striking the heading and inserting ``commodity
            donations and processing''; and
                (2) adding at the end the following:
        ``(c) Processing.--For any program included in subsection (b), the
    Secretary may, notwithstanding any other provision of State or Federal
    law relating to the procurement of goods and services--
                ``(1) retain title to commodities delivered to a processor,
            on behalf of a State (including a State distributing agency and
            a recipient agency), until such time as end products containing
            such commodities, or similar commodities as approved by the
            Secretary, are delivered to a State distributing agency or to a
            recipient agency; and
                ``(2) promulgate regulations to ensure accountability for
            commodities provided to a processor for processing into end
            products, and to facilitate processing of commodities into end
            products for use by recipient agencies. Such regulations may
            provide that--
                        ``(A) a processor that receives commodities for
                    processing into end products, or provides a service
                    with respect to such commodities or end products, in
                    accordance with its agreement with a State distributing
                    agency or a recipient agency, provide to the Secretary
                    a bond or other means of financial assurance to protect
                    the value of such commodities; and
                        ``(B) in the event a processor fails to deliver to
                    a State distributing agency or a recipient agency an
                    end product in conformance with the processing
                    agreement entered into under this Act, the Secretary
                    take action with respect to the bond or other means of
                    financial assurance pursuant to regulations promulgated
                    under this paragraph and distribute any proceeds
                    obtained by the Secretary to one or more State
                    distributing agencies and recipient agencies as
                    determined appropriate by the Secretary.''.
        (b) Definitions.--Section 18 of the Commodity Distribution Reform
    Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is amended by
    striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following:
                ``(1) The term `commodities' means agricultural commodities
            and their products that are donated by the Secretary for use by
            recipient agencies.
                ``(2) The term `end product' means a food product that
            contains processed commodities.''.
        (c) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 3 of the
    Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 (7 U.S.C.
    612c note; Public Law 100-237) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) in paragraph (2) by striking subparagraph (B)
                    and inserting the following:
                        ``(B) the program established under section 4(b) of
                    the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
                    2013(b));''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (3)(D) by striking ``the Committee
                    on Education and Labor'' and inserting ``the Committee
                    on Education and the Workforce'';
                (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii) by striking ``section 32 of
            the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)'' and
            inserting ``section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (7 U.S.C.
            612c)'';
                (3) in subsection (e)(1)(D)(iii) by striking subclause (II)
            and inserting the following:
                                        ``(II) the program established
                                    under section 4(b) of the Food and
                                    Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
                                    2013(b));''; and
                (4) in subsection (k) by striking ``the Committee on
            Education and Labor'' and inserting ``the Committee on
            Education and the Workforce''.

                           Subtitle C--Miscellaneous

    SEC. 4201. FARMERS' MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM.

        Section 4402 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
    (7 U.S.C. 3007) is amended--
                (1) in the section heading by striking ``seniors'';
                (2) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
        ``(a) Funding.--
                ``(1) In general.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit
            Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use to carry
            out and expand the farmers market nutrition program $20,600,000
            for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
                ``(2) Additional funding.--There is authorized to be
            appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this
            subsection for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.'';
                (3) in subsection (b)--
                        (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
                    striking ``seniors''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``, and low-
                    income families who are determined to be at nutritional
                    risk'' after ``low-income seniors'';
                (4) in subsection (c) by striking ``seniors'';
                (5) in subsection (d) by striking ``seniors'';
                (6) in subsection (e) by striking ``seniors'';
                (7) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) as
            subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
                (8) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
        ``(c) State Grants and Other Assistance.--The Secretary shall carry
    out the Program through grants and other assistance provided in
    accordance with agreements made with States, for implementation through
    State agencies and local agencies, that include provisions--
                ``(1) for the issuance of coupons or vouchers to
            participating individuals;
                ``(2) establishing an appropriate annual percentage
            limitation on the use of funds for administrative costs; and
                ``(3) specifying other terms and conditions as the
            Secretary deems appropriate to encourage expanding the
            participation of small scale farmers in Federal nutrition
            programs.''.

    SEC. 4202. NUTRITION INFORMATION AND AWARENESS PILOT PROGRAM.

        Section 4403 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
    (7 U.S.C. 3171 note; Public Law 107-171) is repealed.

    SEC. 4203. FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM.

        Section 19 of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
    U.S.C. 1769a) is amended--
                (1) in the section heading, by striking ``fresh'';
                (2) in subsection (a), by striking ``fresh'';
                (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``fresh''; and
                (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``fresh''.

    SEC. 4204. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR PURCHASE OF FRESH FRUITS,
                  VEGETABLES, AND OTHER SPECIALTY FOOD CROPS.

        Section 10603 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
    (7 U.S.C. 612c-4) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017'';
                (2) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
                (3) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new
            subsection:
        ``(c) Pilot Grant Program for Purchase of Fresh Fruits and
    Vegetables.--
                ``(1) In general.--Using amounts made available to carry
            out subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct
            a pilot program under which the Secretary will give not more
            than five participating States the option of receiving a grant
            in an amount equal to the value of the commodities that the
            participating State would otherwise receive under this section
            for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
                ``(2) Use of grant funds.--A participating State receiving
            a grant under this subsection may use the grant funds solely to
            purchase fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to
            schools and service institutions in the State that participate
            in the food service programs under the Richard B. Russell
            National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and the
            Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).
                ``(3) Selection of participating states.--The Secretary
            shall select participating States from applications submitted
            by the States.
                ``(4) Reporting requirements.--
                        ``(A) School and service institution requirement.--
                    Schools and service institutions in a participating
                    State shall keep records of purchases of fresh fruits
                    and vegetables made using the grant funds and report
                    such records to the State.
                        ``(B) State requirement.--Each participating State
                    shall submit to the Secretary a report on the success
                    of the pilot program in the State, including
                    information on--
                                ``(i) the amount and value of each type of
                            fresh fruit and vegetable purchased by the
                            State; and
                                ``(ii) the benefit provided by such
                            purchases in conducting the school food service
                            in the State, including meeting school meal
                            requirements.''.

    SEC. 4205. ENCOURAGING LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY GROWN AND RAISED FOOD.

        (a) Commodity Purchase Streamlining.--The Secretary may permit each
    school food authority with a low annual commodity entitlement value, as
    determined by the Secretary, to elect to substitute locally and
    regionally grown and raised food for the authority's allotment, in
    whole or in part, of commodity assistance for the school meal programs
    under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751
    et seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.),
    if--
                (1) the election is requested by the school food authority;
                (2) the Secretary determines that the election will reduce
            State and Federal administrative costs; and
                (3) the election will provide the school food authority
            with greater flexibility to purchase locally and regionally
            grown and raised foods.
        (b) Farm-to-school Demonstration Programs.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary may establish farm-to-school
            demonstration programs under which school food authorities,
            agricultural producers producing for local and regional
            markets, and other farm-to-school stakeholders will collaborate
            with the Agriculture Marketing Service to, on a cost neutral
            basis, source food for the school meal programs under the
            Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et
            seq.) and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et
            seq.) from local farmers and ranchers in lieu of the commodity
            assistance provided to the school food authorities for the
            school meal programs.
                (2) Requirements.--
                        (A) In general.--Each demonstration program carried
                    out under this subsection shall--
                                (i) facilitate and increase the purchase of
                            unprocessed and minimally processed locally and
                            regionally grown and raised agricultural
                            products to be served under the school meal
                            programs;
                                (ii) test methods to improve procurement,
                            transportation, and meal preparation processes
                            for the school meal programs;
                                (iii) assess whether administrative costs
                            can be saved through increased school authority
                            flexibility to source locally and regionally
                            produced foods for the school meal programs;
                            and
                                (iv) undertake rigorous evaluation and
                            share information about results of the
                            demonstration program, including cost savings,
                            with the Secretary, other school food
                            authorities, agricultural producers producing
                            for the local and regional market, and the
                            general public.
                        (B) Plans.--In order to be selected to carry out a
                    demonstration program under this subsection, a school
                    food authority shall submit to the Secretary a plan at
                    such time and in such manner as the Secretary may
                    require, and containing information with respect to the
                    requirements described in clauses (i) through (iv) of
                    subparagraph (A).
                (3) Technical assistance.--The Secretary shall provide
            technical assistance to demonstration program participants to
            assist such participants to acquire bids from potential vendors
            in a timely and cost-effective manner.
                (4) Length.--The Secretary shall determine the appropriate
            length of time for each demonstration program under this
            subsection.
                (5) Coordination.--The Secretary shall coordinate among
            relevant agencies of the Department of Agriculture and non-
            governmental organizations with appropriate expertise to
            facilitate the provision of training and technical assistance
            necessary to the successful implementation of demonstration
            programs carried out under this subsection.
                (6) Number.--Subject to the availability of funds to carry
            out this subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
            implement at least 10 demonstration programs under this
            subsection.
                (7) Diversity and balance.--In carrying out demonstration
            programs under this subsection, the Secretary shall, to the
            maximum extent practicable, ensure--
                        (A) geographical diversity;
                        (B) at least half of the demonstration programs are
                    completed in collaboration with school food authorities
                    with small annual commodity entitlements, as determined
                    by the Secretary;
                        (C) at least half of the demonstration programs are
                    completed in rural or tribal communities;
                        (D) equitable treatment of school food authorities
                    with a high percentage of students eligible for free or
                    reduced price lunches, as determined by the Secretary;
                    and
                        (E) at least one of the demonstration programs is
                    completed on a military installation as defined in
                    section 2687(e)(1) of title 10, United States Code.

                                TITLE V--CREDIT

                        Subtitle A--Farm Ownership Loans

    SEC. 5001. ELIGIBILITY FOR FARM OWNERSHIP LOANS.

        (a) In General.--Section 302(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(a)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``(a) In General.--The'' and inserting the
            following:
        ``(a) In General.--
                ``(1) Eligibility requirements.--The'';
                (2) in the 1st sentence, by inserting after ``limited
            liability companies'' the following: ``, and such other legal
            entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,'';
                (3) in the 2nd sentence, by redesignating clauses (1)
            through (4) as clauses (A) through (D), respectively;
                (4) in each of the 2nd and 3rd sentences, by striking ``and
            limited liability companies'' each place it appears and
            inserting ``limited liability companies, and such other legal
            entities'';
                (5) in the 3rd sentence, by striking ``(3)'' and ``(4)''
            and inserting ``(C)'' and ``(D)'', respectively; and
                (6) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(2) Special deeming rules.--
                        ``(A) Eligibility of certain operating-only
                    entities.--An entity that is or will become only the
                    operator of a family farm is deemed to meet the owner-
                    operator requirements of paragraph (1) if the
                    individuals that are the owners of the family farm own
                    more than 50 percent (or such other percentage as the
                    Secretary determines is appropriate) of the entity.
                        ``(B) Eligibility of certain embedded entities.--An
                    entity that is an owner-operator described in paragraph
                    (1), or an operator described in subparagraph (A) of
                    this paragraph that is owned, in whole or in part, by
                    other entities, is deemed to meet the direct ownership
                    requirement imposed under paragraph (1) if at least 75
                    percent of the ownership interests of each embedded
                    entity of such entity is owned directly or indirectly
                    by the individuals that own the family farm.''.
        (b) Direct Farm Ownership Experience Requirement.--Section
    302(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1922(b)(1)) is amended by inserting
    ``or has other acceptable experience for a period of time, as
    determined by the Secretary,'' after ``3 years''.
        (c) Conforming Amendments.--
                (1) Section 304(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)(2)) by
            striking ``paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 302(a)'' and
            inserting ``clauses (A) and (B) of section 302(a)(1)''.
                (2) Section 310D of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1934) is amended--
                        (A) by inserting after ``partnership'' the
                    following: ``, or such other legal entities as the
                    Secretary deems appropriate,''; and
                        (B) by striking ``or partners'' each place it
                    appears and inserting ``partners, or owners''.

    SEC. 5002. CONSERVATION LOAN AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM.

        (a) Eligibility.--Section 304(c) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(c)) is amended by inserting after
    ``limited liability companies'' the following: ``, or such other legal
    entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,''.
        (b) Limitation on Loan Guarantee Amount.--Section 304(e) of such
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1924(e)) is amended by striking ``75 percent'' and
    inserting ``90 percent''.
        (c) Extension of Program.--Section 304(h) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
    1924(h)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 5003. DOWN PAYMENT LOAN PROGRAM.

        (a) In General.--Section 310E(b)(1)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and
    Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1935(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking
    ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$667,000''.
        (b) Technical Correction.--Section 310E(b) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
    1935(b)) is amended by striking the 2nd paragraph (2).

    SEC. 5004. ELIMINATION OF MINERAL RIGHTS APPRAISAL REQUIREMENT.

        Section 307 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
    U.S.C. 1927) is amended by striking subsection (d) and redesignating
    subsection (e) as subsection (d).

                          Subtitle B--Operating Loans

    SEC. 5101. ELIGIBILITY FOR FARM OPERATING LOANS.

        Section 311(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1941(a)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``(a) In General.--The'' and inserting the
            following:
        ``(a) In General.--
                ``(1) Eligibility requirements.--The'';
                (2) in the 1st sentence, by inserting after ``limited
            liability companies'' the following: ``, and such other legal
            entities as the Secretary deems appropriate,'';
                (3) in the 2nd sentence, by redesignating clauses (1)
            through (4) as clauses (A) through (D), respectively;
                (4) in each of the 2nd and 3rd sentences, by striking ``and
            limited liability companies'' each place it appears and
            inserting ``limited liability companies, and such other legal
            entities'';
                (5) in the 3rd sentence, by striking ``(3)'' and ``(4)''
            and inserting ``(C)'' and ``(D)'', respectively; and
                (6) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(2) Special deeming rule.--An entity that is an operator
            described in paragraph (1) that is owned, in whole or in part,
            by other entities, is deemed to meet the direct ownership
            requirement imposed under paragraph (1) if at least 75 percent
            of the ownership interests of each embedded entity of such
            entity is owned directly or indirectly by the individuals that
            own the family farm.''.

    SEC. 5102. ELIMINATION OF RURAL RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR OPERATING
                  LOANS TO YOUTH.

        Section 311(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1941(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``who are rural
    residents''.

    SEC. 5103. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR YOUTH LOANS DUE TO
                  CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND BORROWER CONTROL.

        Section 311(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1941(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
        ``(5) The Secretary may, on a case by case basis, waive the
    personal liability of a borrower for a loan made under this subsection
    if any default on the loan was due to circumstances beyond the control
    of the borrower.''.

    SEC. 5104. MICROLOANS.

        (a) In General.--Section 313 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1943) is amended by adding at the end the
    following:
        ``(c) Microloans.--
                ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
            may establish a program to make or guarantee microloans.
                ``(2) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not make or
            guarantee a microloan under this subsection that exceeds
            $35,000 or that would cause the total principal indebtedness
            outstanding at any 1 time for microloans made under this
            chapter to any 1 borrower to exceed $70,000.
                ``(3) Applications.--To the maximum extent practicable, the
            Secretary shall limit the administrative burdens and streamline
            the application and approval process for microloans under this
            subsection.
                ``(4) Cooperative lending projects.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                    Secretary may contract with community-based and
                    nongovernmental organizations, State entities, or other
                    intermediaries, as the Secretary determines
                    appropriate--
                                ``(i) to make or guarantee a microloan
                            under this subsection; and
                                ``(ii) to provide business, financial,
                            marketing, and credit management services to
                            borrowers.
                        ``(B) Requirements.--Before contracting with an
                    entity described in subparagraph (A), the Secretary--
                                ``(i) shall review and approve--
                                        ``(I) the loan loss reserve fund
                                    for microloans established by the
                                    entity; and
                                        ``(II) the underwriting standards
                                    for microloans of the entity; and
                                ``(ii) establish such other requirements
                            for contracting with the entity as the
                            Secretary determines necessary.''.
        (b) Exceptions for Direct Loans.--Section 311(c)(2) of such Act (7
    U.S.C. 1941(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
                ``(2) Exceptions.--In this subsection, the term `direct
            operating loan' shall not include--
                        ``(A) a loan made to a youth under subsection (b);
                    or
                        ``(B) a microloan made to a young beginning farmer
                    or rancher or a military veteran farmer, as defined by
                    the Secretary.''.
        (c) Section 312(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1942(a)) is amended by
    inserting ``(including a microloan, as defined by the Secretary)''
    after ``A direct loan''.
        (d) Section 316(a)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1946(a)(2)) is amended
    by inserting ``a microloan to a beginning farmer or rancher or military
    veteran farmer or'' after ``The interest rate on''.

                          Subtitle C--Emergency Loans

    SEC. 5201. ELIGIBILITY FOR EMERGENCY LOANS.

        Section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``owner-operators (in the case of loans for
            a purpose under subtitle A) or operators (in the case of loans
            for a purpose under subtitle B)'' each place it appears and
            inserting ``(in the case of farm ownership loans in accordance
            with subtitle A) owner-operators or operators, or (in the case
            of loans for a purpose under subtitle B) operators'';
                (2) by inserting after ``limited liability companies'' the
            1st place it appears the following: ``, or such other legal
            entities as the Secretary deems appropriate''; and
                (3) by inserting after ``limited liability companies'' the
            2nd place it appears the following: ``, or other legal
            entities'';
                (4) by striking ``and limited liability companies,'' and
            inserting ``limited liability companies, and such other legal
            entities'';
                (5) by striking ``ownership and operator'' and inserting
            ``ownership or operator''; and
                (6) by adding at the end the following: ``An entity that is
            an owner-operator or operator described in this subsection is
            deemed to meet the direct ownership requirement imposed under
            this subsection if at least 75 percent of the ownership
            interests of each embedded entity of such entity is owned
            directly or indirectly by the individuals that own the family
            farm.''.

                     Subtitle D--Administrative Provisions

    SEC. 5301. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNTS
                  PILOT PROGRAM.

        Section 333B(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1983b(h)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 5302. ELIGIBLE BEGINNING FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

        (a) Conforming Amendments Relating to Changes in Eligibility
    Rules.--Section 343(a)(11) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)) is
    amended--
                (1) by inserting after ``joint operation,'' the 1st place
            it appears the following: ``or such other legal entity as the
            Secretary deems appropriate,'';
                (2) by striking ``or joint operators'' each place it
            appears and inserting ``joint operators, or owners''; and
                (3) by inserting after ``joint operation,'' the 2nd and 3rd
            place it appears the following: ``or such other legal
            entity,''.
        (b) Modification of Acreage Ownership Limitation.--Section
    343(a)(11)(F) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(11)(F)) is amended by
    striking ``median acreage'' and inserting ``average acreage''.

    SEC. 5303. LOAN AUTHORIZATION LEVELS.

        Section 346(b)(1) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)) is amended in the matter preceding
    subparagraph (A) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 5304. PRIORITY FOR PARTICIPATION LOANS.

        Section 346(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by adding at the
    end the following:
                                        ``(III) Priority.--In order to
                                    maximize the number of borrowers served
                                    under this clause, the Secretary--
                                                ``(aa) shall give priority
                                            to applicants who apply under
                                            the down payment loan program
                                            under section 310E or joint
                                            financing arrangements under
                                            section 307(a)(3)(D); and
                                                ``(bb) may offer other
                                            financing options under this
                                            subtitle to applicants only if
                                            the Secretary determines that
                                            down payment or other
                                            participation loan options are
                                            not a viable approach for the
                                            applicants.''.

    SEC. 5305. LOAN FUND SET-ASIDES.

        Section 346(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(2)(A)(ii)(III)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''; and
                (2) by striking ``of the total amount''.

    SEC. 5306. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO BORROWER TRAINING PROVISION,
                  RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY CHANGES.

        Section 359(c)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 2006a(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``section 302(a)(2)
    or 311(a)(2)'' and inserting ``section 302(a)(1)(B) or 311(a)(1)(B)''.

               Subtitle E--State Agricultural Mediation Programs

    SEC. 5401. STATE AGRICULTURAL MEDIATION PROGRAMS.

        Section 506 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5106)
    is amended by striking ``2015'' and inserting ``2017''.

          Subtitle F--Loans to Purchasers of Highly Fractionated Land

    SEC. 5501. LOANS TO PURCHASERS OF HIGHLY FRACTIONATED LAND.

        The first section of Public Law 91-229 (25 U.S.C. 488) is amended
    in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``pursuant to section 205(c) of the
    Indian Land Consolidation Act (25 U.S.C. 2204(c))'' and inserting ``or
    to intermediaries in order to establish revolving loan funds for the
    purchase of highly fractionated land''.

                          TITLE VI--RURAL DEVELOPMENT

            Subtitle A--Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act

    SEC. 6001. WATER, WASTE DISPOSAL, AND WASTEWATER FACILITY GRANTS.

        Section 306(a)(2)(B)(vii) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(2)(B)(vii)) by striking ``$30,000,000
    for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and inserting
    ``$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6002. RURAL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY GRANTS.

        Section 306(a)(11)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11)(D)) is amended by striking
    ``$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and
    inserting ``$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6003. ELIMINATION OF RESERVATION OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES GRANT
                  PROGRAM FUNDS.

        Section 306(a)(19) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(19)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).

    SEC. 6004. RURAL WATER AND WASTEWATER CIRCUIT RIDER PROGRAM.

        Section 306(a)(22) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(22)) is amended to read as follows:
                ``(22) Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall continue a
                    national rural water and wastewater circuit rider
                    program that--
                                ``(i) is consistent with the activities and
                            results of the program conducted before the
                            date of enactment of this paragraph, as
                            determined by the Secretary; and
                                ``(ii) receives funding from the Secretary,
                            acting through the Rural Utilities Service.
                        ``(B) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
                    authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
                    paragraph $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each
                    fiscal year thereafter.''.

    SEC. 6005. TRIBAL COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY ESSENTIAL COMMUNITY
                  FACILITIES.

        Section 306(a)(25)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(25)(C)) is amended by striking
    ``$10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and
    inserting ``$5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6006. EMERGENCY AND IMMINENT COMMUNITY WATER ASSISTANCE GRANT
                  PROGRAM.

        Section 306A(i)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1926a(i)(2)) is amended by striking ``$35,000,000 for
    each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and inserting ``$27,000,000
    for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6007. GRANTS TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO FINANCE THE
                  CONSTRUCTION, REFURBISHING, AND SERVICING OF
                  INDIVIDUALLY-OWNED HOUSEHOLD WATER WELL SYSTEMS IN RURAL
                  AREAS FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH LOW OR MODERATE INCOMES.

        Section 306E(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1926e(d)) is amended by striking ``$10,000,000 for each of
    fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and inserting ``$5,000,000 for each of
    fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6008. RURAL BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOAN PROGRAM.

        (a) Flexibility for the Business and Loan Program.--Section
    310B(a)(2)(A) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
    U.S.C. 1932(a)(2)(A)) is amended by inserting ``including working
    capital'' after ``employment''.
        (b) Greater Flexibility for Adequate Collateral Through Accounts
    Receivable.--Section 310B(g)(7) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(7)) is
    amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the discretion of the
    Secretary, if the Secretary determines that the action would not create
    or otherwise contribute to an unreasonable risk of default or loss to
    the Federal Government, the Secretary may take account receivables as
    security for the obligations entered into in connection with loans and
    a borrower may use account receivables as collateral to secure a loan
    made or guaranteed under this subsection.''.
        (c) Regulations.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall promulgate such regulations
    as are necessary to implement the amendments made by this section.

    SEC. 6009. RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.

        Section 310B(e)(12) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(e)(12)) is amended by striking ``$50,000,000 for
    each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and inserting ``$40,000,000
    for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6010. LOCALLY OR REGIONALLY PRODUCED AGRICULTURAL FOOD PRODUCTS.

        Section 310B(g)(9)(B)(v)(I) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1932(g)(9)(B)(v)(I)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''; and
                (2) by inserting ``and not more than 7 percent'' after ``5
            percent''.

    SEC. 6011. INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM.

        (a) In General.--Subtitle A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1922-1936a) is amended by adding at the end
    the following:

    ``SEC. 310H. INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM.

        ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make loans to the entities,
    for the purposes, and subject to the terms and conditions specified in
    the 1st, 2nd, and last sentences of section 623(a) of the Community
    Economic Development Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9812(a)).
        ``(b) Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations.--For loans
    under subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated to the
    Secretary not more than $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
    through 2017.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1323(b)(2) of the Food Security
    Act of 1985 (Public Law 99-198; 7 U.S.C. 1932 note) is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (A), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``; and'' and
            inserting a period; and
                (3) by striking subparagraph (C).

    SEC. 6012. ENHANCING PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO SUPPORT RURAL WATER
                  AND WASTE DISPOSAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

        Section 333 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
    U.S.C. 1983) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``require'';
                (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``require'' after
            ``(1)'';
                (3) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, require'' after
            ``314'';
                (4) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``require'' after
            ``loans,'';
                (5) in paragraph (4)--
                        (A) by inserting ``require'' after ``(4)''; and
                        (B) by striking ``and'' after the semicolon;
                (6) in paragraph (5)--
                        (A) by inserting ``require'' after ``(5)''; and
                        (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting
                    ``; and''; and
                (7) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(6) with respect to water and waste disposal direct and
            guaranteed loans provided under section 306, encourage, to the
            maximum extent practicable, private or cooperative lenders to
            finance rural water and waste disposal facilities by--
                        ``(A) maximizing the use of loan guarantees to
                    finance eligible projects in rural communities where
                    the population exceeds 5,500;
                        ``(B) maximizing the use of direct loans to finance
                    eligible projects in rural communities where the impact
                    on rate payers will be material when compared to
                    financing with a loan guarantee;
                        ``(C) establishing and applying a materiality
                    standard when determining the difference in impact on
                    rate payers between a direct loan and a loan guarantee;
                        ``(D) in the case of projects that require interim
                    financing in excess of $500,000, requiring that such
                    projects initially seek such financing from private or
                    cooperative lenders; and
                        ``(E) determining if an existing direct loan
                    borrower can refinance with a private or cooperative
                    lender, including with a loan guarantee, prior to
                    providing a new direct loan.''.

    SEC. 6013. SIMPLIFIED APPLICATIONS.

        (a) In General.--Section 333A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
    Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1983a) is amended by adding at the end the
    following:
        ``(h) Simplified Application Forms.--Except as provided in
    subsection (g)(2) of this section, the Secretary shall, to the maximum
    extent practicable, develop a simplified application process, including
    a single page application where possible, for grants and relending
    authorized under sections 306, 306C, 306D, 306E, 310B(b), 310B(c),
    310B(e), 310B(f), 310H, 379B, and 379E.''.
        (b) Report to the Congress.--Within 2 years after the date of the
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
    Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a written report
    that contains an evaluation of the implementation of the amendment made
    by subsection (a).

    SEC. 6014. REAUTHORIZATION OF STATE RURAL DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS.

        Section 378(h) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 2008m(h)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 6015. GRANTS FOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO TRANSMITTERS.

        Section 379B(d) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 2008p(d)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section $1,000,000 for each of fiscal
    years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 6016. RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

        Section 379E(d)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``$40,000,000 for
    each of fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' and inserting ``$20,000,000
    for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6017. DELTA REGIONAL AUTHORITY.

        (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 382M(a) of the
    Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa-12(a)) is
    amended by striking ``$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
    2012'' and inserting ``$12,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
    through 2017''.
        (b) Termination of Authority.--Section 382N of such Act (7 U.S.C.
    2009aa-13) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 6018. NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS REGIONAL AUTHORITY.

        (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 383N(a) of the
    Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009bb-12(a)) is
    amended by striking ``$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
    2012'' and inserting ``$2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
    2017''.
        (b) Termination of Authority.--Section 383O of such Act (7 U.S.C.
    2009bb-13) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 6019. RURAL BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROGRAM.

        Section 384S of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
    U.S.C. 2009cc-18) is amended by striking ``$50,000,000 for the period
    of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and inserting ``$20,000,000 for
    each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

                 Subtitle B--Rural Electrification Act of 1936

    SEC. 6101. RELENDING FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

        (a) In General.--The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
    901 et seq.) is amended--
                (1) in section 2(a), by inserting ``(including relending
            for this purpose as provided in section 4)'' after
            ``efficiency'';
                (2) in section 4(a), by inserting ``(including relending to
            ultimate consumers for this purpose by borrowers enumerated in
            the proviso in this section)'' after ``efficiency''; and
                (3) in section 313(b)(2)(B)--
                        (A) by inserting ``(acting through the Rural
                    Utilities Service)'' after ``Secretary''; and
                        (B) by inserting ``energy efficiency (including
                    relending to ultimate consumers for this purpose),''
                    after ``promoting''.
        (b) Current Authority.--The authority provided in this section is
    in addition to any other relending authority of the Secretary under the
    Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et. seq.) or any other
    law.
        (c) Administration.--The Secretary (acting through the Rural
    Utilities Service) shall continue to carry out section 313 of the Rural
    Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 940c) in the same manner as on
    the day before enactment of this Act until such time as any regulations
    necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section are fully
    implemented.

    SEC. 6102. FEES FOR CERTAIN LOAN GUARANTEES.

        The Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is
    amended by inserting after section 4 the following:

    ``SEC. 5. FEES FOR CERTAIN LOAN GUARANTEES.

        ``(a) In General.--For electrification baseload generation loan
    guarantees, the Secretary shall, at the request of the borrower, charge
    an upfront fee to cover the costs of the loan guarantee.
        ``(b) Fee.--The fee described in subsection (a) for a loan
    guarantee shall be equal to the costs of the loan guarantee (within the
    meaning of section 502(5)(C) of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990
    (2 U.S.C. 661a(5)(C))).
        ``(c) Limitation.--Funds received from a borrower to pay the fee
    described in this section shall not be derived from a loan or other
    debt obligation that is made or guaranteed by the Federal
    Government.''.

    SEC. 6103. GUARANTEES FOR BONDS AND NOTES ISSUED FOR ELECTRIFICATION OR
                  TELEPHONE PURPOSES.

        Section 313A(f) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
    940c-1(f)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 6104. EXPANSION OF 911 ACCESS.

        Section 315(d) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
    940e(d)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 6105. ACCESS TO BROADBAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES IN RURAL
                  AREAS.

        Section 601 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
    950bb) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (c), by striking paragraph (2) and
            inserting the following:
                ``(2) Priorities.--In making or guaranteeing loans under
            paragraph (1), the Secretary shall give--
                        ``(A) the highest priority to applicants that offer
                    to provide broadband service to the greatest proportion
                    of households that, prior to the provision of the
                    broadband service, had no incumbent service provider;
                    and
                        ``(B) priority to applicants that offer in their
                    applications to provide broadband service not
                    predominantly for business service, but where at least
                    25 percent of customers in the proposed service
                    territory are commercial interests.'';
                (2) in subsection (d)--
                        (A) in paragraph (5)--
                                (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of
                            subparagraph (B);
                                (ii) by striking the period at the end of
                            subparagraph (C) and inserting a semicolon; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                        ``(D) the amount and type of support requested; and
                        ``(E) a list of the census block groups or tracts
                    proposed to be so served.''; and
                        (B) by adding at the end the following:
                ``(8) Additional process.--The Secretary shall establish a
            process under which an incumbent service provider which, as of
            the date of the publication of notice under paragraph (5) with
            respect to an application submitted by the provider, is
            providing broadband service to a remote rural area, may (but
            shall not be required to) submit to the Secretary, not less
            than 15 and not more than 30 days after that date, information
            regarding the broadband services that the provider offers in
            the proposed service territory, so that the Secretary may
            assess whether the application meets the requirements of this
            section with respect to eligible projects.'';
                (3) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following:
                ``(3) Requirement.--In considering the technology needs of
            customers in a proposed service territory, the Secretary shall
            take into consideration the upgrade or replacement cost for the
            construction or acquisition of facilities and equipment in the
            territory.''; and
                (4) in each of subsections (k)(1) and (l), by striking
            ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

                           Subtitle C--Miscellaneous

    SEC. 6201. DISTANCE LEARNING AND TELEMEDICINE.

        (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2335A of the Food,
    Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 950aaa-5) is
    amended by striking ``$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008
    through 2012'' and inserting ``$65,000,000 for each of fiscal years
    2013 through 2017''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1(b) of Public Law 102-551 (7
    U.S.C. 950aaa note) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 6202. VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL MARKET DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM GRANTS.

        Section 231(b)(7) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000
    (7 U.S.C. 1632a(b)(7)) is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                        (A) by striking ``2008'' and inserting ``2012'';
                    and
                        (B) by striking ``$15,000,000'' and inserting
                    ``$50,000,000''; and
                (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''.

    SEC. 6203. AGRICULTURE INNOVATION CENTER DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

        Section 6402(i) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (7 U.S.C. 1632b(i)) is amended by striking ``$6,000,000 for each
    of fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' and inserting ``$1,000,000 for each
    of fiscal years 2013 through 2017''.

    SEC. 6204. PROGRAM METRICS.

        (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall collect data
    regarding economic activities created through grants and loans,
    including any technical assistance provided as a component of the grant
    or loan program, and measure the short and long term viability of award
    recipients and any entities to whom those recipients provide assistance
    using award funds under section 231 of the Agricultural Risk Protection
    Act of 2000 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 106-224), section 9007 of
    the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107),
    section 313(b)(2) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C.
    940c(b)(2)), or section 306(a)(11), 310B(c), 310B(e), 310B(g), 310H, or
    379E, or subtitle E, of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(11), 1932(c), 1932(e), 1932(g), 2008s, or 2009
    through 2009m).
        (b) Data.--The data collected under subsection (a) shall include
    information collected from recipients both during the award period and
    after the period as determined by the Secretary, but not less than 2
    years after the award period ends.
        (c) Report.--Not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of
    this Act, and every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to
    the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
    Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
    report that contains the data described in subsection (a). The report
    shall include detailed information regarding--
                (1) actions taken by the Secretary to utilize the data;
                (2) the number of jobs, including self-employment and the
            value of salaries and wages;
                (3) how the provision of funds from the grant or loan
            involved affected the local economy;
                (4) any benefit, such as an increase in revenue or customer
            base; and
                (5) such other information as the Secretary deems
            appropriate.

    SEC. 6205. STUDY OF RURAL TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

        (a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of
    Transportation shall publish an updated version of the study described
    in section 6206 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.
        (b) Report to Congress.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary
    of Transportation shall submit to the Congress the updated version of
    the study required by subsection (a).

    SEC. 6206. AGRICULTURAL TRANSPORTATION POLICY.

        The Secretary of Agriculture shall participate on behalf of the
    interests of agriculture and rural America in all policy development
    proceedings or other proceedings of the Surface Transportation Board
    that may establish freight rail transportation policy affecting
    agriculture and rural America.

    SEC. 6207. CERTAIN FEDERAL ACTIONS NOT TO BE CONSIDERED MAJOR FOR
                  PURPOSES OF ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.

        In the case of a loan, loan guarantee, or grant program in the
    rural development mission area of the Department of Agriculture, an
    action of the Secretary before, on, or after the date of enactment of
    this Act that does not involve the provision by the Department of
    Agriculture of Federal dollars or a Federal loan guarantee, including--
                (1) the approval by the Department of Agriculture of the
            decision of a borrower to commence a privately funded activity;
                (2) a lien accommodation or subordination;
                (3) a debt settlement or restructuring; or
                (4) the restructuring of a business entity by a borrower,
    shall not be considered a major Federal action.

              TITLE VII--RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND RELATED MATTERS

      Subtitle A--National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
                               Policy Act of 1977

    SEC. 7101. OPTION TO NOT BE INCLUDED AS HISPANIC-SERVING AGRICULTURAL
                  COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.

        Section 1404(10)(A) of the National Agricultural Research,
    Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103(10)(A)) is
    amended--
                (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking
            ``that'';
                (2) in clause (i)--
                        (A) by inserting ``that'' before ``qualify''; and
                        (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (3) in clause (ii)--
                        (A) by inserting ``that'' before ``offer''; and
                        (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting
                    ``; and''; and
                (4) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                                ``(iii) with respect to which the Secretary
                            has not received a statement of the declaration
                            of the intent of a college or university to not
                            be considered a Hispanic-serving agricultural
                            college or university.''.

    SEC. 7102. NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, EDUCATION, AND
                  ECONOMICS ADVISORY BOARD.

        (a) Extension of Termination Date.--Section 1408(h) of the National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
    U.S.C. 3123(h)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.
        (b) Duties of National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education,
    and Economics Advisory Board.--Section 1408(c) of the National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
    U.S.C. 3123(c)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking the period at the end
            and inserting ``; and''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(5) consult with industry groups on agricultural
            research, extension, education, and economics, and make
            recommendations to the Secretary based on that consultation.''.

    SEC. 7103. SPECIALTY CROP COMMITTEE.

        Section 1408A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3123a(c)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Measures'' and
            inserting ``Programs'';
                (2) by striking paragraph (2);
                (3) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as
            paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; and
                (4) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated)--
                        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
                    striking ``Programs that would'' and inserting
                    ``Research, extension, and teaching programs designed
                    to improve competitiveness in the specialty crop
                    industry, including programs that would'';
                        (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``including
                    improving the quality and taste of processed specialty
                    crops'' before the semicolon; and
                        (C) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ``the remote
                    sensing and the'' before ``mechanization''.

    SEC. 7104. VETERINARY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.

        The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
    Act of 1977 is amended by inserting after section 1415A (7 U.S.C.
    3151a) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 1415B. VETERINARY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM.

        ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
                ``(1) Qualified entity.--The term `qualified entity'
            means--
                        ``(A) a for-profit or nonprofit entity located in
                    the United States that, or an individual who, operates
                    a veterinary clinic providing veterinary services--
                                ``(i) in a rural area, as defined in
                            section 343(a) of the Consolidated Farm and
                            Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)); and
                                ``(ii) in a veterinarian shortage
                            situation;
                        ``(B) a State, national, allied, or regional
                    veterinary organization or specialty board recognized
                    by the American Veterinary Medical Association;
                        ``(C) a college or school of veterinary medicine
                    accredited by the American Veterinary Medical
                    Association;
                        ``(D) a university research foundation or
                    veterinary medical foundation;
                        ``(E) a department of veterinary science or
                    department of comparative medicine accredited by the
                    Department of Education;
                        ``(F) a State agricultural experiment station; or
                        ``(G) a State, local, or tribal government agency.
                ``(2) Veterinarian shortage situation.--The term
            `veterinarian shortage situation' means a veterinarian shortage
            situation as determined by the Secretary under section 1415A.
        ``(b) Establishment.--
                ``(1) Competitive grants.--The Secretary shall carry out a
            program to make competitive grants to qualified entities that
            carry out programs or activities described in paragraph (2) for
            the purpose of developing, implementing, and sustaining
            veterinary services.
                ``(2) Eligibility requirements.--A qualified entity shall
            be eligible to receive a grant described in paragraph (1) if
            the entity carries out programs or activities that the
            Secretary determines will--
                        ``(A) substantially relieve veterinarian shortage
                    situations;
                        ``(B) support or facilitate private veterinary
                    practices engaged in public health activities; or
                        ``(C) support or facilitate the practices of
                    veterinarians who are providing or have completed
                    providing services under an agreement entered into with
                    the Secretary under section 1415A(a)(2).
        ``(c) Award Processes and Preferences.--
                ``(1) Application, evaluation, and input processes.--In
            administering the grant program established under this section,
            the Secretary shall--
                        ``(A) use an appropriate application and evaluation
                    process, as determined by the Secretary; and
                        ``(B) seek the input of interested persons.
                ``(2) Coordination preference.--In selecting recipients of
            grants to be used for any of the purposes described in
            subsection (d)(1), the Secretary shall give a preference to
            qualified entities that provide documentation of coordination
            with other qualified entities, with respect to any such
            purpose.
                ``(3) Consideration of available funds.--In selecting
            recipients of grants to be used for any of the purposes
            described in subsection (d), the Secretary shall take into
            consideration the amount of funds available for grants and the
            purposes for which the grant funds will be used.
                ``(4) Nature of grants.--A grant awarded under this section
            shall be considered to be a competitive research, extension, or
            education grant.
        ``(d) Use of Grants to Relieve Veterinarian Shortage Situations and
    Support Veterinary Services.--
                ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a
            qualified entity may use funds provided by a grant awarded
            under this section to relieve veterinarian shortage situations
            and support veterinary services for any of the following
            purposes:
                        ``(A) To promote recruitment (including for
                    programs in secondary schools), placement, and
                    retention of veterinarians, veterinary technicians,
                    students of veterinary medicine, and students of
                    veterinary technology.
                        ``(B) To allow veterinary students, veterinary
                    interns, externs, fellows, and residents, and
                    veterinary technician students to cover expenses (other
                    than the types of expenses described in section
                    1415A(c)(5)) to attend training programs in food safety
                    or food animal medicine.
                        ``(C) To establish or expand accredited veterinary
                    education programs (including faculty recruitment and
                    retention), veterinary residency and fellowship
                    programs, or veterinary internship and externship
                    programs carried out in coordination with accredited
                    colleges of veterinary medicine.
                        ``(D) To provide continuing education and
                    extension, including veterinary telemedicine and other
                    distance-based education, for veterinarians, veterinary
                    technicians, and other health professionals needed to
                    strengthen veterinary programs and enhance food safety.
                        ``(E) To provide technical assistance for the
                    preparation of applications submitted to the Secretary
                    for designation as a veterinarian shortage situation
                    under this section or section 1415A.
                ``(2) Qualified entities operating veterinary clinics.--A
            qualified entity described in subsection (a)(1)(A) may only use
            funds provided by a grant awarded under this section to
            establish or expand veterinary practices, including--
                        ``(A) equipping veterinary offices;
                        ``(B) sharing in the reasonable overhead costs of
                    such veterinary practices, as determined by the
                    Secretary; or
                        ``(C) establishing mobile veterinary facilities in
                    which a portion of the facilities will address
                    education or extension needs.
        ``(e) Special Requirements for Certain Grants.--
                ``(1) Terms of service requirements.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Funds provided through a grant
                    made under this section to a qualified entity described
                    in subsection (a)(1)(A) and used by such entity under
                    subsection (d)(2) shall be subject to an agreement
                    between the Secretary and such entity that includes a
                    required term of service for such entity (including a
                    qualified entity operating as an individual), as
                    prospectively established by the Secretary.
                        ``(B) Considerations.--In establishing a term of
                    service under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
                    consider only--
                                ``(i) the amount of the grant awarded; and
                                ``(ii) the specific purpose of the grant.
                ``(2) Breach remedies.--
                        ``(A) In general.--An agreement under paragraph (1)
                    shall provide remedies for any breach of the agreement
                    by the qualified entity referred to in paragraph
                    (1)(A), including repayment or partial repayment of the
                    grant funds, with interest.
                        ``(B) Waiver.--The Secretary may grant a waiver of
                    the repayment obligation for breach of contract if the
                    Secretary determines that such qualified entity
                    demonstrates extreme hardship or extreme need.
                        ``(C) Treatment of amounts recovered.--Funds
                    recovered under this paragraph shall--
                                ``(i) be credited to the account available
                            to carry out this section; and
                                ``(ii) remain available until expended
                            without further appropriation.
        ``(f) Prohibition on Use of Grant Funds for Construction.--Except
    as provided in subsection (d)(2), funds made available for grants under
    this section may not be used--
                ``(1) to construct a new building or facility; or
                ``(2) to acquire, expand, remodel, or alter an existing
            building or facility, including site grading and improvement
            and architect fees.
        ``(g) Regulations.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the
    enactment of this section, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations
    to carry out this section.
        ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section $10,000,000 for
    fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year thereafter, to remain available
    until expended.''.

    SEC. 7105. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS FOR FOOD AND AGRICULTURE SCIENCES
                  EDUCATION.

        Section 1417(m) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3152(m)) is amended by
    striking ``section $60,000,000'' and all that follows and inserting the
    following: ``section--
                ``(1) $60,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1990 through
            2012; and
                ``(2) $40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7106. POLICY RESEARCH CENTERS.

        Section 1419A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3155) is amended--
                (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``agricultural and
            food'' before ``policy'';
                (2) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph
            (1)--
                        (A) by striking ``Secretary may'' and inserting
                    ``Secretary shall, acting through the Office of the
                    Chief Economist,'';
                        (B) by striking ``make grants, competitive grants,
                    and special research grants to, and enter into
                    cooperative agreements and other contracting
                    instruments with,'' and inserting ``make competitive
                    grants to or enter into cooperative agreements with'';
                    and
                        (C) by inserting ``with a history of providing
                    unbiased, nonpartisan economic analysis to Congress''
                    after ``subsection (b)'';
                (3) in subsection (b), by striking ``other research
            institutions'' and all that follows through ``shall be
            eligible'' and inserting ``and other public research
            institutions and organizations shall be eligible'';
                (4) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
            (d) and (e), respectively;
                (5) by inserting after subsection (b), the following new
            subsection:
        ``(c) Preference.--In awarding grants under this section, the
    Secretary shall give a preference to policy research centers that have
    extensive databases, models, and demonstrated experience in providing
    Congress with agricultural market projections, rural development
    analysis, agricultural policy analysis, and baseline projections at the
    farm, multiregional, national, and international levels.''; and
                (6) by striking subsection (e) (as redesignated by
            paragraph (4)) and inserting the following new subsection:
        ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            1996 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7107. REPEAL OF HUMAN NUTRITION INTERVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION
                  RESEARCH PROGRAM.

        Section 1424 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3174) is repealed.

    SEC. 7108. REPEAL OF PILOT RESEARCH PROGRAM TO COMBINE MEDICAL AND
                  AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH.

        Section 1424A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3174a) is repealed.

    SEC. 7109. NUTRITION EDUCATION PROGRAM.

        Section 1425(f) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3175(f)) is amended by
    striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7110. CONTINUING ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

        Section 1433 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3195) is amended by striking the
    section designation and heading and all that follows through subsection
    (a) and inserting the following:

    ``SEC. 1433. APPROPRIATIONS FOR CONTINUING ANIMAL HEALTH AND DISEASE
                  RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

        ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--
                ``(1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated
            to support continuing animal health and disease research
            programs at eligible institutions--
                        ``(A) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991
                    through 2012; and
                        ``(B) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017.
                ``(2) Use of funds.--Funds made available under this
            section shall be used--
                        ``(A) to meet the expenses of conducting animal
                    health and disease research, publishing and
                    disseminating the results of such research, and
                    contributing to the retirement of employees subject to
                    the Act of March 4, 1940 (7 U.S.C. 331);
                        ``(B) for administrative planning and direction;
                    and
                        ``(C) to purchase equipment and supplies necessary
                    for conducting the research described in subparagraph
                    (A).''.

    SEC. 7111. REPEAL OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR RESEARCH ON NATIONAL OR
                  REGIONAL PROBLEMS.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1434 of the National Agricultural Research,
    Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3196) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--
                (1) Matching funds.--Section 1438 of the National
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
            1977 (7 U.S.C. 3200) is amended in the first sentence by
            striking ``, exclusive of the funds provided for research on
            specific national or regional animal health and disease
            problems under the provisions of section 1434 of this title,''.
                (2) Authorization of appropriations for existing and
            certain new agricultural research programs.--Section 1463(c) of
            the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
            Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3311(c)) is amended by striking
            ``sections 1433 and 1434'' and inserting ``section 1433''.

    SEC. 7112. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD SCIENCES FACILITIES
                  AT 1890 LAND-GRANT COLLEGES, INCLUDING TUSKEGEE
                  UNIVERSITY.

        Section 1447(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b(b)) is amended by
    striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7113. GRANTS TO UPGRADE AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SCIENCE FACILITIES
                  AND EQUIPMENT AT INSULAR AREA LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS.

        (a) Supporting Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research.--
                (1) In general.--Section 1447B(a) of the National
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
            1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b-2(a)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(a) Purpose.--It is the intent of Congress to assist the land-
    grant colleges and universities in the insular areas in efforts to--
                ``(1) acquire, alter, or repair facilities or relevant
            equipment necessary for conducting agricultural research; and
                ``(2) support tropical and subtropical agricultural
            research, including pest and disease research.''.
                (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1447B of the National
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
            1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b-2) is amended in the heading--
                        (A) by inserting ``and support tropical and
                    subtropical agricultural research'' after
                    ``equipment''; and
                        (B) by striking ``institutions'' and inserting
                    ``colleges and universities''.
        (b) Extension.--Section 1447B(d) of the National Agricultural
    Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222b-
    2(d)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7114. REPEAL OF NATIONAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING VIRTUAL CENTERS.

        Section 1448 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3222c) is repealed.

    SEC. 7115. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS.

        Section 1455(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241(c)) is amended by
    striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7116. COMPETITIVE GRANTS FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
                  AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

        Section 1459A(c) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3292b(c)) is amended to read
    as follows:
        ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            1999 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7117. REPEAL OF RESEARCH EQUIPMENT GRANTS.

        Section 1462A of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3310a) is repealed.

    SEC. 7118. UNIVERSITY RESEARCH.

        Section 1463 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3311) is amended in both of
    subsections (a) and (b) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7119. EXTENSION SERVICE.

        Section 1464 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3312) is amended by striking
    ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7120. AUDITING, REPORTING, BOOKKEEPING, AND ADMINISTRATIVE
                  REQUIREMENTS.

        Section 1469 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3315) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) in paragraph (2), by adding ``and'' at the end;
                        (B) by striking paragraph (3); and
                        (C) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
                    (3);
                (2) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as
            subsections (c), (d), and (e), respectively; and
                (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
            subsection:
        ``(b) Administrative Expenses.--
                ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) and
            notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may
            retain not more than 4 percent of amounts made available for
            agricultural research, extension, and teaching assistance
            programs for the administration of those programs authorized
            under this Act or any other Act.
                ``(2) Exceptions.--The limitation on administrative
            expenses under paragraph (1) shall not apply to peer panel
            expenses under subsection (d) or any other provision of law
            related to the administration of agricultural research,
            extension, and teaching assistance programs that contains a
            limitation on administrative expenses that is less than the
            limitation under paragraph (1).''.

    SEC. 7121. SUPPLEMENTAL AND ALTERNATIVE CROPS.

        (a) Authorization of Appropriations and Termination.--Section 1473D
    of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
    Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319d) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(e) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this
    section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012; and
                ``(2) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.
        (b) Competitive Grants.--Section 1473D(c)(1) of the National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
    U.S.C. 3319d(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``use such research funding,
    special or competitive grants, or other means, as the Secretary
    determines,'' and inserting ``make competitive grants''.

    SEC. 7122. CAPACITY BUILDING GRANTS FOR NLGCA INSTITUTIONS.

        Section 1473F(b) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319i(b)) is amended by
    striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7123. AQUACULTURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

        (a) Competitive Grants.--Section 1475(b) of the National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
    U.S.C. 3322(b)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
    inserting ``competitive'' before ``grants''.
        (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 1477 of the National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
    U.S.C. 3324) is amended to read as follows:

    ``SEC. 1477. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

        ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated to carry
    out this subtitle--
                ``(1) $7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 through
            2012; and
                ``(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.
        ``(b) Prohibition on Use.--Funds made available under this section
    may not be used to acquire or construct a building.''.

    SEC. 7124. RANGELAND RESEARCH PROGRAMS.

        Section 1483(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3336(a)) is amended by
    striking ``subtitle'' and all that follows and inserting the following:
    ``subtitle--
                ``(1) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1991 through
            2012; and
                ``(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7125. SPECIAL AUTHORIZATION FOR BIOSECURITY PLANNING AND RESPONSE.

        Section 1484(a) of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3351(a)) is amended by
    striking ``response such sums as are necessary'' and all that follows
    and inserting the following: ``response--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2002 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7126. DISTANCE EDUCATION AND RESIDENT INSTRUCTION GRANTS PROGRAM
                  FOR INSULAR AREA INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.

        (a) Distance Education Grants for Insular Areas.--
                (1) Competitive grants.--Section 1490(a) of the National
            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of
            1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362(a)) is amended by striking ``or
            noncompetitive''.
                (2) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 1490(f) of
            the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
            Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3362(f)) is amended by striking
            ``section'' and all that follows and inserting the following:
            ``section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2002 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.
        (b) Resident Instruction Grants for Insular Areas.--Section 1491(c)
    of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy
    Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3363(c)) is amended by striking ``such sums as
    are necessary'' and all that follows and inserting the following: ``to
    carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2002 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7127. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT.

        (a) In General.--The National Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) is amended by
    adding at the end the following new subtitle:

                        ``Subtitle P--General Provisions

    ``SEC. 1492. MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT.

        ``(a) Matching Funds Requirement.--The recipient of a competitive
    grant that is awarded by the Secretary under a covered law and that
    involves applied research or extension that is commodity-specific or
    State-specific shall provide funds, in-kind contributions, or a
    combination of both, from sources other than funds provided through
    such grant in an amount at least equal to the amount of such grant.
        ``(b) Waiver Authority.--The Secretary may waive the matching funds
    requirement under subsection (a) with respect to a competitive grant
    that involves applied research or extension that the National
    Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory
    Board has determined is a national priority under section 1408(c).
        ``(c) Definitions.--In this section:
                ``(1) Applied research.--The term `applied research' has
            the meaning given such term in section 251(f)(1)(B) of the
            Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
            6971(f)(1)(B)).
                ``(2) Covered law.--The term `covered law' means each of
            the following provisions of law:
                        ``(A) This title.
                        ``(B) Title XVI of the Food, Agriculture,
                    Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5801 et
                    seq.).
                        ``(C) The Agricultural Research, Extension, and
                    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.).
                        ``(D) Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural
                    Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f).
                        ``(E) Part III of subtitle E of title VII of the
                    Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
                    3202 et seq.).
                        ``(F) The Competitive, Special, and Facilities
                    Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i).''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Paragraph (9) of section 2(b) of the
    Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C.
    450i(b)) is amended--
                (1) by striking subparagraph (B);
                (2) in the heading, by inserting ``for equipment grants''
            after ``funds'';
                (3) by striking ``(A) Equipment grants.--''; and
                (4) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as subparagraphs
            (A) and (B), respectively, and moving the margins of such
            subparagraphs two ems to the left.
        (c) Application to Amendments.--
                (1) New grants.--Section 1492 of the National Agricultural,
            Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977, as added
            by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to grants described
            in such section awarded after October 1, 2012, unless the
            provision of a covered law under which such grants are awarded
            specifically exempts such grants from the matching funds
            requirement under such section.
                (2) Existing grants.--A matching funds requirement in
            effect on or before October 1, 2012, under a covered law shall
            continue to apply to a grant awarded under such provision of
            law on or before that date.

       Subtitle B--Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990

    SEC. 7201. BEST UTILIZATION OF BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS.

        Section 1624 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5814) is amended in the first sentence--
                (1) by striking ``$40,000,000 for each fiscal year''; and
                (2) by inserting ``$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years
            2012 through 2017'' after ``chapter''.

    SEC. 7202. INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS.

        Section 1627(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
    Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5821(d)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section through the National Institute
    of Food and Agriculture $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012
    through 2017.''.

    SEC. 7203. SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER
                  PROGRAM.

        Section 1628(f) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
    Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5831(f)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012; and
                ``(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7204. NATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM.

        Section 1629(i) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
    Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5832(i)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out the National Training Program $20,000,000 for
    each of fiscal years 2012 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 7205. NATIONAL GENETICS RESOURCES PROGRAM.

        Section 1635(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
    Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5844(b)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``such funds as may be necessary''; and
                (2) by striking ``subtitle'' and all that follows and
            inserting the following: ``subtitle--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            1991 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $1,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7206. REPEAL OF NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL WEATHER INFORMATION SYSTEM.

        Subtitle D of title XVI of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
    Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) is repealed.

    SEC. 7207. REPEAL OF RURAL ELECTRONIC COMMERCE EXTENSION PROGRAM.

        Section 1670 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5923) is repealed.

    SEC. 7208. REPEAL OF AGRICULTURAL GENOME INITIATIVE.

        Section 1671 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5924) is repealed.

    SEC. 7209. HIGH-PRIORITY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVES.

        Section 1672 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925) is amended--
                (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking
            ``subsections (e) through (i)'' and inserting ``subsections (e)
            through (g)'';
                (2) in subsection (b)(2), in the first sentence, by
            striking ``subsections (e) through (i)'' and inserting
            ``subsections (e) through (g)'';
                (3) in subsection (c)(2)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'' at the
                    end;
                        (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
                    the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following new
                    subparagraph:
                        ``(C) the project involves a pest that has been
                    designated as a pest of public health significance by
                    the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for
                    Disease Control and Prevention, as described in section
                    2(nn) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
                    Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(nn)).'';
                (4) by striking subsections (e), (f), and (i);
                (5) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), and (j) as
            subsections (e), (f), and (h), respectively;
                (6) in subsection (e) (as redesignated by paragraph (5))--
                        (A) in the heading, by inserting ``, Bed Bugs, and
                    Other Pests'' after ``termite''; and
                        (B) by inserting ``, bed bugs, and other pests,
                    including pests that the Secretary determines are a
                    risk to public health'' after ``termites'' each place
                    it appears in paragraphs (1), (2)(A), and (3);
                (7) in subsection (f) (as redesignated by paragraph (5))--
                        (A) by striking ``2012'' each place it appears in
                    paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), and (3) and inserting
                    ``2017''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (4)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and
                            honey bee health disorders'' after
                            ``collapse''; and
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``,
                            including best management practices'' after
                            ``strategies'';
                (8) by inserting after subsection (f) (as redesignated by
            paragraph (5)), the following new subsection:
        ``(g) Bed Bug Control.--
                ``(1) Authorization and use of grants.--The Secretary, in
            consultation with a task force appointed under subsection
            (b)(2), shall award grants under this subsection for purposes
            of--
                        ``(A) developing more efficacious methods of
                    detecting, preventing, and managing bed bugs; and
                        ``(B) conducting basic and applied bed bug biology
                    research.
                ``(2) Grants.--
                        ``(A) Requests for proposals.--The Secretary shall,
                    not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
                    of this subsection and in consultation with the task
                    force, publish a request for openly competitive grant
                    proposals for research projects for the purposes
                    described in paragraph (1).
                        ``(B) Award of grants.--Not later than 180 days
                    after the date of such publication, the Secretary
                    shall--
                                ``(i) evaluate the grant proposals referred
                            to in subparagraph (A) in consultation with the
                            task force; and
                                ``(ii) award grants to entities that
                            submitted grant proposals for research projects
                            the Secretary determines are meritorious for
                            the purposes described in paragraph (1).
                        ``(C) Notification requirement.--The Secretary
                    shall notify the task force of any award made under
                    subparagraph (B) not later than 30 days after awarding
                    such grant.
                ``(3) Consultation and coordination.--To expedite the
            approval or registration under section 3, section 18, or
            section 24 of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
            Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a, 136p, and 136v) of the methods
            identified or discovered through research projects funded under
            this subsection, the Secretary shall consult and coordinate
            with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
            regarding--
                        ``(A) the awarding of grants under this subsection;
                    and
                        ``(B) the evaluation of the results of such
                    research projects.''; and
                (9) in subsection (h) (as redesignated by paragraph (5)),
            by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7210. REPEAL OF NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH AND EXTENSION
                  INITIATIVE.

        Section 1672A of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925a) is repealed.

    SEC. 7211. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVE.

        Section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b) is amended--
                (1) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(e) Farm Business Management Encouraged.--Following the
    completion of a peer review process for grant proposals received under
    this section, the Secretary shall provide a priority to grant proposals
    found in the review process to be scientifically meritorious using the
    same criteria the Secretary uses to give priority to grants under
    section 1672D(b).''; and
                (2) in subsection (f)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                            ``and'' at the end;
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
                            period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following
                            new subparagraph:
                        ``(C) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017.''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2012'' and
                    inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7212. REPEAL OF AGRICULTURAL BIOENERGY FEEDSTOCK AND ENERGY
                  EFFICIENCY RESEARCH AND EXTENSION INITIATIVE.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 1672C of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
    and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925e) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 251(f)(1)(D) of the Department
    of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(D)) is
    amended--
                (1) by striking clause (xi); and
                (2) by redesignating clauses (xii) and (xiii) as clauses
            (xi) and (xii), respectively.

    SEC. 7213. FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.

        Section 16f72D(d) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
    Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925f(d)) is amended by striking ``such sums as
    are necessary to carry out this section.'' and inserting the following:
    ``to carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012; and
                ``(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7214. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

        The Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 is
    amended by inserting after section 1672D (7 U.S.C. 5925f) the following
    new section:

    ``SEC. 1673. REGIONAL CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE.

        ``(a) Funding Priorities.--The Secretary shall prioritize regional
    centers of excellence established for specific agricultural commodities
    for the receipt of funding for any competitive research or extension
    program administered by the Secretary.
        ``(b) Composition.--A regional center of excellence is composed of
    1 or more of the eligible entities specified in section 2(b)(7) of the
    Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C.
    450i(b)(7)).
        ``(c) Criteria for Regional Centers of Excellence.--The criteria
    for consideration to be recognized as a regional center of excellence
    shall include efforts--
                ``(1) to ensure coordination and cost effectiveness by
            reducing unnecessarily duplicative efforts regarding research,
            teaching, and extension;
                ``(2) to leverage available resources by using public/
            private partnerships among agricultural industry groups,
            institutions of higher education, and the Federal Government;
                ``(3) to implement teaching initiatives to increase
            awareness and effectively disseminate solutions to target
            audiences through extension activities;
                ``(4) to increase the economic returns to rural communities
            by identifying, attracting, and directing funds to high-
            priority agricultural issues; and
                ``(5) to improve teaching capacity and infrastructure at
            colleges and universities (including land-grant institutions,
            schools of forestry, schools of veterinary medicine, and NLGCA
            Institutions).''.

    SEC. 7215. REPEAL OF RED MEAT SAFETY RESEARCH CENTER.

        Section 1676 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act
    of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5929) is repealed.

    SEC. 7216. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM FOR FARMERS WITH DISABILITIES.

        Section 1680(c)(1) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
    Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933(c)(1)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``is'' and inserting ``are''; and
                (2) by striking ``section'' and all that follows and
            inserting the following: ``section--
                        ``(A) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1999
                    through 2012; and
                        ``(B) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017.''.

    SEC. 7217. NATIONAL RURAL INFORMATION CENTER CLEARINGHOUSE.

        Section 2381(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade
    Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 3125b(e)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
    inserting ``2017''.

    Subtitle C--Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act
                                    of 1998

    SEC. 7301. RELEVANCE AND MERIT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND
                  EDUCATION FUNDED BY THE DEPARTMENT.

        Section 103(a)(2) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7613(a)(2)) is amended--
                (1) in the heading by striking ``Merit review of
            extension'' and inserting ``Relevance and merit review of
            research, extension,'';
                (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                        (A) by inserting ``relevance and'' before
                    ``merit''; and
                        (B) by striking ``extension or education'' and
                    inserting ``research, extension, or education''; and
                (3) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``on a continuous
            basis'' after ``procedures''.

    SEC. 7302. INTEGRATED RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION COMPETITIVE
                  GRANTS PROGRAM.

        Section 406(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7626(f)) is amended by striking
    ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7303. REPEAL OF COORDINATED PROGRAM OF RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND
                  EDUCATION TO IMPROVE VIABILITY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE
                  DAIRY, LIVESTOCK, AND POULTRY OPERATIONS.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 407 of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
    and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7627) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 251(f)(1)(D) of the Department
    of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6971(f)(1)(D)), as
    amended by section 7212(b), is further amended--
                (1) by striking clause (xi) (as redesignated by section
            7212(b)); and
                (2) by redesignating clause (xii) (as redesignated by
            section 7212(b)) as clause (xi).

    SEC. 7304. REPEAL OF BOVINE JOHNE'S DISEASE CONTROL PROGRAM.

        Section 409 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
    Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7629) is repealed.

    SEC. 7305. GRANTS FOR YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS.

        Section 410(d) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7630(d)) is amended by striking
    ``section such sums as are necessary'' and all that follows and
    inserting the following: ``section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2008 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7306. SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE.

        Section 412 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
    Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and genomics''
                    and inserting ``genomics, and other methods''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``handling and
                    processing,'' after ``production efficiency,'';
                (2) by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(d) Research Projects.--In carrying out this section, the
    Secretary shall award competitive grants on the basis of--
                ``(1) an initial scientific peer review conducted by a
            panel of subject matter experts from Federal agencies, non-
            Federal entities, and the specialty crop industry; and
                ``(2) a final funding determination made by the Secretary
            based on a review and ranking for merit, relevance, and impact
            conducted by a panel of specialty crop industry representatives
            for the specific specialty crop.''; and
                (3) in subsection (h)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)--
                                (i) by striking ``(1) In general.--Of the
                            funds'' and inserting the following:
                ``(1) Mandatory funding.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Of the funds''; and
                                (ii) by adding at the end the following new
                            subparagraph:
                        ``(B) Subsequent funding.--Of the funds of the
                    Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall make
                    available to carry out this section--
                                ``(i) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
                                ``(ii) $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years
                            2014 and 2015;
                                ``(iii) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2016;
                            and
                                ``(iv) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2017 and
                            each fiscal year thereafter.''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2012'' and
                    inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7307. FOOD ANIMAL RESIDUE AVOIDANCE DATABASE PROGRAM.

        Section 604(e) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7642(e)) is amended by striking
    ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7308. REPEAL OF NATIONAL SWINE RESEARCH CENTER.

        Section 612 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education
    Reform Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-185; 112 Stat. 605) is repealed.

    SEC. 7309. OFFICE OF PEST MANAGEMENT POLICY.

        Section 614(f) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7653(f)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``such sums as are necessary''; and
                (2) by striking ``section'' and all that follows and
            inserting the following: ``section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            1999 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7310. REPEAL OF STUDIES OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EXTENSION, AND
                  EDUCATION.

        Subtitle C of title VI of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and
    Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7671 et seq.) is repealed.

                             Subtitle D--Other Laws

    SEC. 7401. CRITICAL AGRICULTURAL MATERIALS ACT.

        Section 16(a) of the Critical Agricultural Materials Act (7 U.S.C.
    178n(a)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``such sums as are necessary''; and
                (2) by striking ``Act'' and all that follows and inserting
            the following: ``Act--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            1991 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7402. EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL LAND-GRANT STATUS ACT OF 1994.

        (a) Definition of 1994 Institutions.--Section 532 of the Equity in
    Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public
    Law 103-382) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``Memorial'';
                (2) in paragraph (26), by striking ``Community'';
                (3) by striking paragraphs (5), (10), and (27);
                (4) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (6),
            (7), (8), (9), (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (16), (17), (18),
            (19), (20), (21), (22), (23), (24), (25), (26), (28), (29),
            (30), (31), (32), (33), and (34) as paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
            (8), (9), (10), (5), (11), (12), (13), (14), (16), (18), (19),
            (20), (21), (23), (24), (25), (26), (33), (27), (28), (29),
            (30), (31), (32), (34), (35), (36), and (15) respectively, and
            transferring the paragraphs so as to appear in numerical order;
                (5) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated),
            the following new paragraph:
                ``(1) Aaniih Nakoda College.'';
                (6) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so redesignated),
            the following new paragraphs:
                ``(6) College of the Muscogee Nation.
                ``(7) Comanche Nation College.'';
                (7) by inserting after paragraph (16) (as so redesignated)
            the following new paragraph:
                ``(17) Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College.''; and
                (8) by inserting after paragraph (21) (as so redesignated)
            the following new paragraph:
                ``(22) Navajo Technical College.''.
        (b) Endowment for 1994 Institutions.--Section 533(b) of the Equity
    in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public
    Law 103-382) is amended in the first sentence by striking ``2012'' and
    inserting ``2017''.
        (c) Institutional Capacity Building Grants.--Section 535 of the
    Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note;
    Public Law 103-382) is amended by striking ``2012'' each place it
    appears in subsections (b)(1) and (c) and inserting ``2017''.
        (d) Research Grants.--
                (1) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 536(c) of the
            Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
            301 note; Public Law 103-382) is amended in the first sentence
            by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.
                (2) Research grant requirements.--Section 536(b) of the
            Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C.
            301 note; Public Law 103-382) is amended by striking ``with at
            least 1 other land-grant college or university'' and all that
            follows and inserting the following: ``with--
                ``(1) the Agricultural Research Service of the Department
            of Agriculture; or
                ``(2) at least 1--
                        ``(A) other land-grant college or university
                    (exclusive of another 1994 Institution);
                        ``(B) non-land-grant college of agriculture (as
                    defined in section 1404 of the National Agricultural
                    Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7
                    U.S.C. 3103)); or
                        ``(C) cooperating forestry school (as defined in
                    that section).''.

    SEC. 7403. RESEARCH FACILITIES ACT.

        Section 6(a) of the Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390d(a)) is
    amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7404. REPEAL OF CARBON CYCLE RESEARCH.

        Section 221 of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (7
    U.S.C. 6711) is repealed.

    SEC. 7405. COMPETITIVE, SPECIAL, AND FACILITIES RESEARCH GRANT ACT.

        (a) Extension.--Section 2(b)(11)(A) of the Competitive, Special,
    and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(11)(A)) is amended
    in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.
        (b) Priority Areas.--Section 2(b)(2) of the Competitive, Special,
    and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(2)) is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                        (A) in clause (vi), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                        (B) in clause (vii), by striking the period at the
                    end and inserting ``; and''; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                                ``(viii) plant-based foods that are major
                            sources of nutrients of concern (as determined
                            by the Secretary).'';
                (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                        (A) in clause (vii), by striking ``and'' at the
                    end;
                        (B) in clause (viii), by striking the period at the
                    end and inserting a semicolon; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following new clauses:
                                ``(ix) the research and development of
                            surveillance methods, vaccines, vaccination
                            delivery systems, or diagnostic tests for
                            zoonotic diseases in wildlife reservoirs
                            presenting a potential concern to public health
                            or domestic livestock; and
                                ``(x) the identification of animal drug
                            needs and the generation and dissemination of
                            data for safe and effective therapeutic
                            applications of animal drugs for minor species
                            and minor uses of such drugs in major
                            species.'';
                (3) in subparagraph (C)--
                        (A) in clause (ii), by inserting before the
                    semicolon ``, including the effects of plant-based
                    foods that are major sources of nutrients of concern on
                    diet and health'';
                        (B) in clause (iii), by inserting before the
                    semicolon ``, including plant-based foods that are
                    major sources of nutrients of concern'';
                        (C) in clause (iv), by inserting before the
                    semicolon ``, including postharvest practices conducted
                    with respect to plant-based foods that are major
                    sources of nutrients of concern''; and
                        (D) in clause (v), by inserting before the period
                    ``, including improving the functionality of plant-
                    based foods that are major sources of nutrients of
                    concern'';
                (4) in subparagraph (D)--
                        (A) by redesignating clauses (iv), (v), and (vi) as
                    clauses (v), (vi), and (vii), respectively; and
                        (B) by inserting after clause (iii) the following
                    new clause:
                                ``(iv) the effectiveness of conservation
                            practices and technologies designed to address
                            nutrient losses and improve water quality;'';
                            and
                (5) in subparagraph (F)--
                        (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
                    inserting ``economics,'' after ``trade,'';
                        (B) by redesignating clauses (v) and (vi) as
                    clauses (vi) and (vii), respectively; and
                        (C) by inserting after clause (iv) the following
                    new clause:
                                ``(v) the economic costs, benefits, and
                            viability of producers adopting conservation
                            practices and technologies designed to improve
                            water quality;''.
        (c) General Administration.--Section 2(b)(4) of the Competitive,
    Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(4)) is
    amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end
            and inserting ``; and''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(F) establish procedures under which a commodity
                    board established under a commodity promotion law (as
                    such term is defined under section 501(a) of the
                    Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
                    (7 U.S.C. 7401(a))) or a State commodity board (or
                    other equivalent State entity) may directly submit to
                    the Secretary proposals for requests for applications
                    to specifically address particular issues related to
                    the priority areas specified in paragraph (2).''.
        (d) Special Considerations.--Section 2(b)(6) of the Competitive,
    Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b)(6)) is
    amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end
            and inserting ``; and''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(E) to eligible entities to carry out the
                    specific research proposals submitted under procedures
                    established under paragraph (4)(F).''.
        (e) Inter-Regional Research Project Number 4.--Section 2(e) of the
    Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C.
    450i(e)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``minor use
            pesticides'' and inserting ``pesticides for minor agricultural
            use and for use on specialty crops (as defined in section 3 of
            the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621
            note)''; and
                (2) in paragraph (4)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and for use
                    on specialty crops'' after ``minor agricultural use'';
                        (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the
                    end;
                        (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as
                    subparagraph (G); and
                        (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the
                    following new subparagraphs:
                        ``(C) prioritize potential pest management
                    technology for minor agricultural use and for use on
                    specialty crops;
                        ``(D) conduct research to develop the data
                    necessary to facilitate pesticide registrations,
                    reregistrations, and associated tolerances;
                        ``(E) assist in removing trade barriers caused by
                    residues of pesticides registered for minor
                    agricultural use and for use on domestically grown
                    specialty crops;
                        ``(F) assist in the registration and reregistration
                    of pest management technologies for minor agricultural
                    use and for use on specialty crops; and''.
        (f) Emphasis on Sustainable Agriculture.--Section 2 of the
    Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i)
    is amended by striking subsection (k).

    SEC. 7406. RENEWABLE RESOURCES EXTENSION ACT OF 1978.

        (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 6 of the Renewable
    Resources Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1675) is amended in the
    first sentence by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.
        (b) Termination Date.--Section 8 of the Renewable Resources
    Extension Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1671 note; Public Law 95-306) is
    amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7407. NATIONAL AQUACULTURE ACT OF 1980.

        Section 10 of the National Aquaculture Act of 1980 (16 U.S.C. 2809)
    is amended by striking ``2012'' each place it appears and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 7408. REPEAL OF USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA.

        Section 892 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
    of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 5935) is repealed.

    SEC. 7409. REPEAL OF REPORTS UNDER FARM SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT
                  ACT OF 2002.

        (a) Repeal of Report on Producers and Handlers for Organic
    Products.--Section 7409 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
    of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5925b note; Public Law 107-171) is repealed.
        (b) Repeal of Report on Genetically Modified Pest-protected
    Plants.--Section 7410 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (Public Law 107-171; 116 Stat. 462) is repealed.
        (c) Repeal of Study on Nutrient Banking.--Section 7411 of the Farm
    Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 5925a note; Public
    Law 107-171) is repealed.

    SEC. 7410. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

        Section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
    (7 U.S.C. 3319f) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (c)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A)
                    through (R) and inserting the following new
                    subparagraphs:
                        ``(A) basic livestock, forest management, and crop
                    farming practices;
                        ``(B) innovative farm, ranch, and private,
                    nonindustrial forest land transfer strategies;
                        ``(C) entrepreneurship and business training;
                        ``(D) financial and risk management training
                    (including the acquisition and management of
                    agricultural credit);
                        ``(E) natural resource management and planning;
                        ``(F) diversification and marketing strategies;
                        ``(G) curriculum development;
                        ``(H) mentoring, apprenticeships, and internships;
                        ``(I) resources and referral;
                        ``(J) farm financial benchmarking;
                        ``(K) assisting beginning farmers or ranchers in
                    acquiring land from retiring farmers and ranchers;
                        ``(L) agricultural rehabilitation and vocational
                    training for veterans; and
                        ``(M) other similar subject areas of use to
                    beginning farmers or ranchers.'';
                        (B) in paragraph (7), by striking ``and community-
                    based organizations'' and inserting ``, community-based
                    organizations, and school-based agricultural
                    educational organizations'';
                        (C) by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the
                    following new paragraph:
                ``(8) Military veteran beginning farmers and ranchers.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Not less than 5 percent of the
                    funds used to carry out this subsection for a fiscal
                    year shall be used to support programs and services
                    that address the needs of military veteran beginning
                    farmers and ranchers.
                        ``(B) Coordination permitted.--A recipient of a
                    grant under this section using the grant as described
                    in subparagraph (A) may coordinate with a recipient of
                    a grant under section 1680 of the Food, Agriculture,
                    Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5933) in
                    addressing the needs of military veteran beginning
                    farmers and ranchers with disabilities.''; and
                        (D) by adding at the end the following new
                    paragraph:
                ``(11) Limitation on indirect costs.--A recipient of a
            grant under this section may not use more than 10 percent of
            the funds provided by the grant for the indirect costs of
            carrying out the initiatives described in paragraph (1).'';
                (2) in subsection (h)(1)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the
                    end;
                        (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at
                    the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following new
                    subparagraph:
                        ``(C) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017, to remain available until expended.'';
                    and
                (3) in subsection (h)(2), by striking ``2012'' and
            inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 7411. INCLUSION OF NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS AS A STATE UNDER
                  MCINTIRE-STENNIS COOPERATIVE FORESTRY ACT.

        Section 8 of Public Law 87-788 (commonly known as the McIntire-
    Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act; 16 U.S.C. 582a-7) is amended by
    striking ``and Guam'' and inserting ``Guam, and the Commonwealth of the
    Northern Mariana Islands''.

             Subtitle E--Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

                         PART 1--AGRICULTURAL SECURITY

    SEC. 7501. AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY COMMUNICATION CENTER.

        Section 14112(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8912(c)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2008 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7502. ASSISTANCE TO BUILD LOCAL CAPACITY IN AGRICULTURAL
                  BIOSECURITY PLANNING, PREPARATION, AND RESPONSE.

        Section 14113 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 8913) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                        (A) by striking ``such sums as may be necessary'';
                    and
                        (B) by striking ``subsection'' and all that follows
                    and inserting the following: ``subsection--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2008 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''; and
                (2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``is authorized to be
            appropriated to carry out this subsection'' and all that
            follows and inserting the following: ``are authorized to be
            appropriated to carry out this subsection--
                ``(1) $25,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
            2012; and
                ``(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7503. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COUNTERMEASURES.

        Section 14121(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8921(b)) is amended by striking ``is authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section'' and all that follows and
    inserting the following: ``are authorized to be appropriated to carry
    out this section--
                ``(1) $50,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2008 through
            2012; and
                ``(2) $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 7504. AGRICULTURAL BIOSECURITY GRANT PROGRAM.

        Section 14122(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8922(e)) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``sums as are necessary''; and
                (2) by striking ``section'' and all that follows and
            inserting the following: ``section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2008 through 2012, to remain available until expended; and
                ``(2) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017, to remain available until expended.''.

                             PART 2--MISCELLANEOUS

    SEC. 7511. ENHANCED USE LEASE AUTHORITY PILOT PROGRAM.

        Section 308 of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform and Department of
    Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 3125a) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b)(6)(A), by striking ``5 years'' and
            inserting ``9 years''; and
                (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking ``1, 3, and 5 years''
            and inserting ``5, 7, and 9 years''.

    SEC. 7512. GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY.

        Section 7502 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2019) is amended by striking ``5-year
    period'' and inserting ``9-year period''.

    SEC. 7513. BUDGET SUBMISSION AND FUNDING.

        Section 7506 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 7614c) is amended--
                (1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
                ``(1) Covered program.--The term `covered program' means--
                        ``(A) each research program carried out by the
                    Agricultural Research Service or the Economic Research
                    Service for which annual appropriations are requested
                    in the annual budget submission of the President; and
                        ``(B) each competitive program carried out by the
                    National Institute of Food and Agriculture for which
                    annual appropriations are requested in the annual
                    budget submission of the President.
                ``(2) Request for awards.--The term `request for awards'
            means a funding announcement published by the National
            Institute of Food and Agriculture that provides detailed
            information on funding opportunities at the Institute,
            including the purpose, eligibility, restriction, focus areas,
            evaluation criteria, regulatory information, and instructions
            on how to apply for such opportunities.''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new subsections:
        ``(e) Additional Presidential Budget Submission Requirement.--
                ``(1) In general.--Each year, the President shall submit to
            Congress, together with the annual budget submission of the
            President, the information described in paragraph (2) for each
            funding request for a covered program.
                ``(2) Information described.--The information described in
            this paragraph includes--
                        ``(A) baseline information, including with respect
                    to each covered program--
                                ``(i) the funding level for the program for
                            the fiscal year preceding the year the annual
                            budget submission of the President is
                            submitted;
                                ``(ii) the funding level requested in the
                            annual budget submission of the President,
                            including any increase or decrease in the
                            funding level; and
                                ``(iii) an explanation justifying any
                            change from the funding level specified in
                            clause (i) to the level specified in clause
                            (ii);
                        ``(B) with respect to each covered program that is
                    carried out by the Economic Research Service or the
                    Agricultural Research Service, the location and staff
                    years of the program;
                        ``(C) the proposed funding levels to be allocated
                    to, and the expected publication date, scope, and
                    allocation level for, each request for awards to be
                    published under or associated with--
                                ``(i) each priority area specified in
                            section 2(b)(2) of the Competitive, Special,
                            and Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C.
                            450i(b)(2));
                                ``(ii) each research and extension project
                            carried out under section 1621(a) of the Food,
                            Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of
                            1990 (7 U.S.C. 5811(a));
                                ``(iii) each grant to be awarded under
                            section 1672B(a) of the Food, Agriculture,
                            Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
                            5925b(a));
                                ``(iv) each grant awarded under section
                            412(d) of the Agricultural Research, Extension,
                            and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
                            7632(d)); and
                                ``(v) each grant awarded under 7405(c)(1)
                            of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act
                            of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f(c)(1)); or
                        ``(D) any other information the Secretary
                    determines will increase congressional oversight with
                    respect to covered programs.
                ``(3) Prohibition.--Unless the President submits the
            information described in paragraph (2)(C) for a fiscal year,
            the President may not carry out any program during the fiscal
            year that is authorized under--
                        ``(A) section 2(b) of the Competitive, Special, and
                    Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 450i(b));
                        ``(B) section 1621 of the Food, Agriculture,
                    Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5811);
                        ``(C) section 1672B of the Food, Agriculture,
                    Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b);
                        ``(D) section 412 of the Agricultural Research,
                    Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C.
                    7632); or
                        ``(E) section 7405 of the Farm Security and Rural
                    Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 3319f).
        ``(f) Report of the Secretary of Agriculture.--Each year on a date
    that is not later than the date on which the President submits the
    annual budget, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
    containing a description of the agricultural research, extension, and
    education activities carried out by the Federal Government during the
    fiscal year that immediately precedes the year for which the report is
    submitted, including--
                ``(1) a review of the extent to which those activities--
                        ``(A) are duplicative or overlap within the
                    Department of Agriculture; or
                        ``(B) are similar to activities carried out by--
                                ``(i) other Federal agencies;
                                ``(ii) the States (including the District
                            of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
                            and other territories or possessions of the
                            United States);
                                ``(iii) institutions of higher education
                            (as defined in section 101 of the Higher
                            Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)); or
                                ``(iv) the private sector; and
                ``(2) for each report submitted under this section on or
            after January 1, 2013, a 5-year projection of national
            priorities with respect to agricultural research, extension,
            and education, taking into account domestic needs.''.

    SEC. 7514. REPEAL OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION GRANTS FOR THE STUDY OF
                  ANTIBIOTIC-RESISTANT BACTERIA.

        Section 7521 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 3202) is repealed.

    SEC. 7515. REPEAL OF FARM AND RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK.

        Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 5936) is repealed.

    SEC. 7516. REPEAL OF SEED DISTRIBUTION.

        Section 7523 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 415-1) is repealed.

    SEC. 7517. NATURAL PRODUCTS RESEARCH PROGRAM.

        Section 7525(e) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 5937(e)) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section $7,000,000 for each of fiscal
    years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 7518. SUN GRANT PROGRAM.

        (a) In General.--Section 7526 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8114) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(4)(B), by striking ``the Department
            of Energy'' and inserting ``other appropriate Federal agencies
            (as determined by the Secretary)'';
                (2) in subsection (c)(1)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``multistate''
                    and all that follows through the period and inserting
                    ``integrated, multistate research, extension, and
                    education programs on technology development and
                    technology implementation.'';
                        (B) by striking subparagraph (C); and
                        (C) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
                    subparagraph (C);
                (3) in subsection (d)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)--
                                (i) by striking ``in accordance with
                            paragraph (2)'';
                                (ii) by striking ``gasification'' and
                            inserting ``bioproducts''; and
                                (iii) by striking ``the Department of
                            Energy'' and inserting ``other appropriate
                            Federal agencies'';
                        (B) by striking paragraph (2); and
                        (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
                    paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
                (4) in subsection (g), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''.
        (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 7526(f)(1) of the Food,
    Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8114(f)(1)) is amended
    by striking ``subsection (c)(1)(D)(i)'' and inserting ``subsection
    (c)(1)(C)(i)''.

    SEC. 7519. REPEAL OF STUDY AND REPORT ON FOOD DESERTS.

        Section 7527 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2039) is repealed.

    SEC. 7520. REPEAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND
                  EDUCATION.

        Section 7529 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 5938) is repealed.

    SEC. 7521. CONVEYANCE OF LAND COMPRISING SUBTROPICAL HORTICULTURE
                  RESEARCH STATION.

        (a) Definitions.--In this section:
                (1) County.--The term ``County'' means Miami-Dade County in
            the State of Florida.
                (2) Property.--The term ``Property'' means approximately 2
            acres, more or less, of the federally owned land comprising the
            Subtropical Horticulture Research Station in the County,
            which--
                        (A) has been mutually delineated by the Secretary
                    and the authorized representative of the County; and
                        (B) fronts on SW 67th Avenue in Palmetto Bay,
                    Florida.
                (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
            of Agriculture.
        (b) Property Conveyance.--
                (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date on
            which the County deposits the consideration under paragraph (2)
            and cost reimbursement provided in this section with the
            Department of Agriculture, the Secretary shall convey and
            quitclaim to the County, all rights, title, and interests of
            the United States in the Property, subject to easements and
            rights of record and such other reservations, terms, and
            conditions as the Secretary may prescribe.
                (2) Consideration.--
                        (A) In general.--As consideration for the
                    conveyance of the Property, the County shall pay to the
                    Secretary an amount in cash equal to the market value
                    of the property.
                        (B) Appraisal.--To determine the market value of
                    the Property, the Secretary shall have the Property
                    appraised for the highest and best use of the Property
                    in conformity with the Uniform Appraisal Standards for
                    Federal Land Acquisitions developed by the Interagency
                    Land Acquisition Conference. The approved appraisal
                    shall at all times be the property of the United
                    States.
                (3) Corrections.--With the agreement of the County, the
            Secretary may make minor corrections or modifications to the
            legal description of the Property.
                (4) Costs.--
                        (A) Transaction costs.--Except as provided in
                    subparagraph (C), the County shall, at closing for the
                    conveyance of the Property under this section, pay or
                    reimburse the Secretary, as appropriate, for the
                    reasonable transaction and administrative personnel
                    costs associated with the conveyance authorized by this
                    section, including the transaction costs of appraisal,
                    title, hazardous substances examination, and closing
                    costs.
                        (B) Administrative costs.--In addition to
                    transaction costs under subparagraph (A), the County
                    shall pay administrative costs in the liquidated amount
                    of $50,000.
                        (C) Attorneys' fees.--The County and the Secretary
                    shall each bear their own attorneys' fees.
                (5) Survey.--The County shall, at its cost, survey the
            exterior boundaries of the Subtropical Horticulture Research
            Station and the Property in accordance with Federal survey
            standards and to the satisfaction of the Secretary, and shall
            provide to the Secretary certified originals with signature and
            raised seal.
                (6) Release.--The County, by a recordable instrument that
            the Secretary determines is satisfactory, shall release the
            Department of Agriculture from the instrument dated September
            8, 2006, titled ``Unity of Title''.
                (7) Security fencing.--On or before closing for the
            conveyance of the Property under this section, the County
            shall, at its cost, contract for the construction of a security
            fence located on the boundary between the Property and the
            adjacent land administered by the Secretary. The fence shall be
            of materials and standards approved in advance by the
            Secretary. The Secretary may approve temporary security
            structures for use during construction phases of the fence.
                (8) Other terms.--The Secretary and the County may
            otherwise effect the purpose of this section on such additional
            terms as are mutually acceptable and which are not inconsistent
            with the provisions of this section.
        (c) Receipts.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary shall deposit all funds
            received from the conveyance authorized under this section,
            including the market value consideration and the reimbursement
            for costs, into the Treasury of the United States to be
            credited to the appropriation for the Agricultural Research
            Service.
                (2) Use of funds.--Notwithstanding any limitation in
            applicable appropriation Acts for the Department of Agriculture
            or the Agricultural Research Service, all funds deposited into
            the Treasury pursuant to subsection (b) shall be available to
            the Secretary until expended, without further appropriation,
            for the operation, upkeep, and maintenance of the Subtropical
            Horticulture Research Station.

    SEC. 7522. CONCESSIONS, FEES, AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES AT NATIONAL
                  ARBORETUM.

        Section 6 of the Act of March 4, 1927 (20 U.S.C. 196) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``or nonprofit
            organizations that support the purpose of the National
            Arboretum'' after ``mission of the National Arboretum''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(d) Recognition of Donors.--A non-profit organization granted a
    concession under subsection (a)(1) may recognize donors if such
    recognition is approved in advance by the Secretary.''.

    SEC. 7523. COTTON DISEASE RESEARCH REPORT.

        Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
    Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the fungus
    fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum race 4 (referred to in this
    section as ``FOV Race 4'') and the impact of such fungus on cotton,
    including--
                (1) an overview of the threat FOV Race 4 poses to the
            cotton industry in the United States;
                (2) the status and progress of Federal research initiatives
            to detect, contain, or eradicate FOV Race 4, including current
            FOV Race 4-specific research projects; and
                (3) a comprehensive strategy to combat FOV Race 4 that
            establishes--
                        (A) detection and identification goals;
                        (B) containment goals;
                        (C) eradication goals; and
                        (D) a plan to partner with the cotton industry in
                    the United States to maximize resources, information
                    sharing, and research responsiveness and effectiveness.

    SEC. 7524. MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.

        Sections 7408 and 7409 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of
    2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2013) are both amended by striking
    ``Title III of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of
    1994'' and inserting ``Title III of the Federal Crop Insurance Reform
    and Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994''.

                              TITLE VIII--FORESTRY

                Subtitle A--Repeal of Certain Forestry Programs

    SEC. 8001. FOREST LAND ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 4 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act
    of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103) is repealed.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 8002 of the Farm Security and
    Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-171; 16 U.S.C. 2103 note)
    is amended by striking subsection (a).
        (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 8002. WATERSHED FORESTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 6 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act
    of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103b) is repealed.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 8003. EXPIRED COOPERATIVE NATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS MARKETING
                  PROGRAM.

        Section 18 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16
    U.S.C. 2112) is repealed.

    SEC. 8004. HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTION AGRICULTURAL LAND NATIONAL
                  RESOURCES LEADERSHIP PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 8402 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act
    of 2008 (16 U.S.C. 1649a) is repealed.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 8005. TRIBAL WATERSHED FORESTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 303 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of
    2003 (16 U.S.C. 6542) is repealed.
        (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
    effect on October 1, 2012.

    SEC. 8006. SEPARATE FOREST SERVICE DECISIONMAKING AND APPEALS PROCESS.

        Section 322 of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
    Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-381; 16 U.S.C. 1612 note) is
    repealed. Section 428 of division E of the Consolidated Appropriations
    Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74; 125 Stat. 1046; 16 U.S.C. 6515 note)
    shall not apply to any project or activity implementing a land and
    resource management plan developed under section 6 of the Forest and
    Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (16 U.S.C. 1604)
    that is categorically excluded from documentation in an environmental
    assessment or an environmental impact statement under the National
    Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).

     Subtitle B--Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of
                                 1978 Programs

    SEC. 8101. FOREST LEGACY PROGRAM.

        Subsection (m) of section 7 of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance
    Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(m) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
    there are authorized to be appropriated--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012; and
                ``(2) $55,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 8102. COMMUNITY FOREST AND OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION PROGRAM.

        Subsection (g) of section 7A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance
    Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103d) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
    there are authorized to be appropriated--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012; and
                ``(2) $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

           Subtitle C--Reauthorization of Other Forestry-Related Laws

    SEC. 8201. RURAL REVITALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES.

        Section 2371(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
    Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6601(d)(2)) is amended by striking ``2012''
    and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 8202. OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY.

        Subsection (d) of section 2405 of the Global Climate Change
    Prevention Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 6704) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--To carry out this section,
    there are authorized to be appropriated--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            1996 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $6,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 8203. CHANGE IN FUNDING SOURCE FOR HEALTHY FORESTS RESERVE
                  PROGRAM.

        Section 508 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16
    U.S.C. 6578) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``In General'' and
            inserting ``Fiscal Years 2009 Through 2012'';
                (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (d); and
                (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new
            subsections:
        ``(b) Fiscal Years 2013 Through 2017.--There is authorized to be
    appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out this section
    $9,750,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
        ``(c) Additional Source of Funds.--In addition to funds
    appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
    subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary may use such amount of
    the funds appropriated for that fiscal year to carry out the Soil
    Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.) as the
    Secretary determines necessary to cover the cost of technical
    assistance, management, and enforcement responsibilities for land
    enrolled in the healthy forests reserve program pursuant to subsections
    (a) and (b) of section 504.''.

    SEC. 8204. STEWARDSHIP END RESULT CONTRACTING PROJECT AUTHORITY.

        Section 347(a) of the Department of the Interior and Related
    Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 101(e) of
    division A of Public Law 105-277; 16 U.S.C. 2104 note) is amended by
    striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2017''.

               Subtitle D--National Forest Critical Area Response

    SEC. 8301. DEFINITIONS.

        In this title:
                (1) Critical area.--The term ``critical area'' means an
            area of the National Forest System designated by the Secretary
            under section 8302
                (2) National forest system.--The term ``National Forest
            System'' has the meaning given that term in section 11(a) of
            the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of
            1974 (16 U.S.C. 1609(a)).
                (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
            of Agriculture.

    SEC. 8302. DESIGNATION OF CRITICAL AREAS.

        (a) Designation Requirements.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
    designate critical areas within the National Forest System for the
    purposes of addressing--
                (1) deteriorating forest health conditions in existence as
            of the date of the enactment of this Act due to insect
            infestation, drought, disease, or storm damage; and
                (2) the future risk of insect infestations or disease
            outbreaks through preventative treatments.
        (b) Designation Method.--In considering National Forest System land
    for designation as a critical area, the Secretary shall use--
                (1) for purposes of subsection (a)(1), the most recent
            annual forest health aerial surveys of mortality and
            defoliation; and
                (2) for purposes of subsection (a)(2), the National Insect
            and Disease Risk Map.
        (c) Time for Initial Designations.--The first critical areas shall
    be designated by the Secretary not later than 60 days after the date of
    the enactment of this Act.
        (d) Duration of Designation.--The designation of a critical area
    shall expire not later than 10 years after the date of the designation.

    SEC. 8303. APPLICATION OF EXPEDITED PROCEDURES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE
                  HEALTHY FORESTS RESTORATION ACT OF 2003 TO CRITICAL
                  AREAS.

        (a) Applicability.--Subject to subsections (b) through (e), title I
    of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.)
    (including the environmental analysis requirements of section 104 of
    that Act (16 U.S.C. 6514), the special administrative review process
    under section 105 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 6515), and the judicial review
    process under section 106 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 6516)), shall apply to
    all Forest Service projects and activities carried out in a critical
    area.
        (b) Application of Other Law.--Section 322 of Public Law 102-381
    (16 U.S.C. 1612 note; 106 Stat. 1419) shall not apply to projects
    conducted in accordance with this section.
        (c) Required Modifications.--In applying title I of the Healthy
    Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.) to Forest
    Service projects and activities in a critical area, the Secretary shall
    make the following modifications:
                (1) The authority shall apply to the entire critical area,
            including land that is outside of a wildland-urban interface
            area or that does not satisfy any of the other eligibility
            criteria specified in section 102(a) of that Act (16 U.S.C.
            6512(a)).
                (2) All projects and activities of the Forest Service,
            including necessary connected actions (as described in section
            1508.25(a)(1) of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a
            successor regulation)), shall be considered to be authorized
            hazardous fuel reduction projects for purposes of applying the
            title.
        (d) Smaller Projects.--
                (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), a
            project conducted in a critical area in accordance with this
            section that comprises less than 10,000 acres shall be--
                        (A) considered an action categorically excluded
                    from the requirements for an environmental assessment
                    or an environmental impact statement under section
                    1508.4 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or a
                    successor regulation); and
                        (B) exempt from the special administrative review
                    process under section 105 of the Healthy Forests
                    Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6515).
                (2) Exclusion of certain areas.--Paragraph (1) does not
            apply to--
                        (A) a component of the National Wilderness
                    Preservation System;
                        (B) any Federal land on which, by Act of Congress
                    or Presidential proclamation, the removal of vegetation
                    is restricted or prohibited;
                        (C) a congressionally designated wilderness study
                    area; or
                        (D) an area in which activities under paragraph (1)
                    would be inconsistent with the applicable land and
                    resource management plan.
        (e) Forest Management Plans.--All projects and activities carried
    out in a critical area pursuant to this subtitle shall be consistent
    with the land and resource management plan established under section 6
    of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974
    (16 U.S.C. 1604) for the unit of the National Forest System containing
    the critical area.

    SEC. 8304. GOOD NEIGHBOR AUTHORITY.

        (a) Definitions.--In this section:
                (1) Eligible state.--The term ``eligible State'' means a
            State that contains National Forest System land.
                (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
            of Agriculture.
                (3) State forester.--The term ``State forester'' means the
            head of a State agency with jurisdiction over State forestry
            programs in an eligible State.
        (b) Cooperative Agreements and Contracts.--
                (1) In general.--The Secretary may enter into a cooperative
            agreement or contract (including a sole source contract) with a
            State forester to authorize the State forester to provide the
            forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection
            services described in paragraph (2) on National Forest System
            land in the eligible State.
                (2) Authorized services.--The forest, rangeland, and
            watershed restoration and protection services referred to in
            paragraph (1) include the conduct of--
                        (A) activities to treat insect infected trees;
                        (B) activities to reduce hazardous fuels; and
                        (C) any other activities to restore or improve
                    forest, rangeland, and watershed health, including fish
                    and wildlife habitat.
                (3) State as agent.--Except as provided in paragraph (6), a
            cooperative agreement or contract entered into under paragraph
            (1) may authorize the State forester to serve as the agent for
            the Secretary in providing the restoration and protection
            services authorized under that paragraph.
                (4) Subcontracts.--In accordance with applicable contract
            procedures for the eligible State, a State forester may enter
            into subcontracts to provide the restoration and protection
            services authorized under a cooperative agreement or contract
            entered into under paragraph (1).
                (5) Timber sales.--Subsections (d) and (g) of section 14 of
            the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a)
            shall not apply to services performed under a cooperative
            agreement or contract entered into under paragraph (1).
                (6) Retention of nepa responsibilities.--Any decision
            required to be made under the National Environmental Policy Act
            of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) with respect to any
            restoration and protection services to be provided under this
            section by a State forester on National Forest System land
            shall not be delegated to a State forester or any other officer
            or employee of the eligible State.
                (7) Applicable law.--The restoration and protection
            services to be provided under this section shall be carried out
            on a project-to-project basis under existing authorities of the
            Forest Service.

                      Subtitle E--Miscellaneous Provisions

    SEC. 8401. REVISION OF STRATEGIC PLAN FOR FOREST INVENTORY AND
                  ANALYSIS.

        (a) Revision Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
    the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall revise
    the strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis initially prepared
    pursuant to section 3(e) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable
    Resources Research Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) to address the
    requirements imposed by subsection (b).
        (b) Elements of Revised Strategic Plan.--In revising the strategic
    plan, the Secretary of Agriculture shall describe in detail the
    organization, procedures, and funding needed to achieve each of the
    following:
                (1) Complete the transition to a fully annualized forest
            inventory program and include inventory and analysis of
            interior Alaska.
                (2) Implement an annualized inventory of trees in urban
            settings, including the status and trends of trees and forests,
            and assessments of their ecosystem services, values, health,
            and risk to pests and diseases.
                (3) Report information on renewable biomass supplies and
            carbon stocks at the local, State, regional, and national
            level, including by ownership type.
                (4) Engage State foresters and other users of information
            from the forest inventory and analysis in reevaluating the list
            of core data variables collected on forest inventory and
            analysis plots with an emphasis on demonstrated need.
                (5) Improve the timeliness of the timber product output
            program and accessibility of the annualized information on that
            database.
                (6) Foster greater cooperation among the forest inventory
            and analysis program, research station leaders, and State
            foresters and other users of information from the forest
            inventory and analysis.
                (7) Promote availability of and access to non-Federal
            resources to improve information analysis and information
            management.
                (8) Collaborate with the Natural Resources Conservation
            Service, National Aeronautics and Space Administration,
            National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and United
            States Geological Survey to integrate remote sensing, spatial
            analysis techniques, and other new technologies in the forest
            inventory and analysis program.
                (9) Understand and report on changes in land cover and use.
                (10) Expand existing programs to promote sustainable forest
            stewardship through increased understanding, in partnership
            with other Federal agencies, of the over 10 million family
            forest owners, their demographics, and the barriers to forest
            stewardship.
                (11) Implement procedures to improve the statistical
            precision of estimates at the sub-State level.
        (c) Submission of Revised Strategic Plan.--The Secretary of
    Agriculture shall submit the revised strategic plan to the Committee on
    Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate.

    SEC. 8402. FOREST SERVICE PARTICIPATION IN ACES PROGRAM.

        The Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the
    Forest Service, may use funds derived from conservation-related
    programs executed on National Forest System lands to utilize the
    Agriculture Conservation Experienced Services Program established
    pursuant to section 1252 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
    3851) to provide technical services for conservation-related programs
    and authorities carried out by the Secretary on National Forest System
    lands.

                                TITLE IX--ENERGY

    SEC. 9001. DEFINITION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM.

        Section 9001 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
    (7 U.S.C. 8101) is amended by--
                (1) striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:
                ``(4) Biobased product.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The term `biobased product'
                    means a product determined by the Secretary to be a
                    commercial or industrial product (other than food or
                    feed) that is--
                                ``(i) composed, in whole or in significant
                            part, of biological products, including
                            renewable domestic agricultural materials and
                            forestry materials; or
                                ``(ii) an intermediate ingredient or
                            feedstock.
                        ``(B) Inclusion.--The term `biobased product', with
                    respect to forestry materials, includes forest products
                    that meet biobased content requirements,
                    notwithstanding the market share the product holds, the
                    age of the product, or whether the market for the
                    product is new or emerging.'';
                (2) redesignating paragraphs (9), (10), (11), (12), (13),
            and (14) as paragraphs (10), (11), (12), (13), (14), and (16);
                (3) inserting after paragraph (8), the following new
            paragraph:
                ``(9) Forest product.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The term `forest product' means
                    a product made from materials derived from the practice
                    of forestry or the management of growing timber.
                        ``(B) Inclusions.--The term `forest product'
                    includes--
                                ``(i) pulp, paper, paperboard, pellets, and
                            wood products; and
                                ``(ii) any recycled products derived from
                            forest materials.''; and
                (4) inserting after paragraph (14) (as so redesignated),
            the following new paragraph:
                ``(15) Renewable energy system.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                    term `renewable energy system' means a system that--
                                ``(i) produces usable energy from a
                            renewable energy source; and
                                ``(ii) may include distribution components
                            necessary to move energy produced by such
                            system to the initial point of sale.
                        ``(B) Limitation.--A system described in
                    subparagraph (A) may not include a mechanism for
                    dispensing energy at retail.''.

    SEC. 9002. BIOBASED MARKETS PROGRAM.

        Section 9002(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (7 U.S.C. 8102(h)) is amended--
                (1) in the heading of paragraph (1), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2008 through 2012'' after ``funding'';
                (2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(3) Fiscal years 2013 through 2017.--There are authorized
            to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 9003. BIOREFINERY ASSISTANCE.

        (a) Program Adjustments.--Section 9003 of the Farm Security and
    Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (c), by striking ``to eligible entities''
            and all that follows through ``guarantees for loans'' and
            inserting ``to eligible entities guarantees for loans'';
                (2) by striking subsection (d);
                (3) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as
            subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
                (4) in subsection (d) (as so redesignated)--
                        (A) by striking ``subsection (c)(2)'' each place it
                    appears and inserting ``subsection (c)''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``subsection
                    (h)'' and inserting ``subsection (g)''.
        (b) Funding.--Section 9003(g) of the Farm Security and Rural
    Investment Act of 2002, as redesignated by subsection (a)(3), is
    amended--
                (1) in the heading of paragraph (1), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 and 2010'' after ``funding'';
                (2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(3) Fiscal years 2013 through 2017.--There are authorized
            to be appropriated to carry out this section $75,000,000 for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 9004. REPEAL OF REPOWERING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AND TRANSFER OF
                  REMAINING FUNDS.

        (a) Repeal.--Subject to subsection (b), section 9004 of the Farm
    Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8104) is repealed.
        (b) Use of Remaining Funding for Rural Energy for America
    Program.--Funds made available pursuant to subsection (d) of such
    section 9004 that are unobligated on the day before the date of the
    enactment of this section shall--
                (1) remain available until expended;
                (2) be used by the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out
            financial assistance for energy efficiency improvements and
            renewable energy systems under section 9007(a)(2) of the Farm
            Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
            8107(a)(2)); and
                (3) be in addition to any other funds made available to
            carry out that program.

    SEC. 9005. BIOENERGY PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED BIOFUELS.

        Section 9005(g) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (7 U.S.C. 8105(c)) is amended--
                (1) in the heading of paragraph (1), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding'';
                (2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding'';
                (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and
                (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new
            paragraph:
                ``(3) Fiscal years 2013 through 2017.--There are authorized
            to be appropriated to carry out this section $50,000,000 for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 9006. BIODIESEL FUEL EDUCATION PROGRAM.

        Subsection (d) of section 9006 of the Farm Security and Rural
    Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8106(d)) is amended to read as
    follows:
        ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000 for each of fiscal
    years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 9007. RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM.

        (a) Program Adjustments.--
                (1) Repeal of feasibility studies.--Section 9007(c) of the
            Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
            8107(c)) is amended by striking paragraph (3).
                (2) Tiered application process.--Section 9007(c) of the
            Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
            8107(c)) is further amended by--
                        (A) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
                    and
                        (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
                    new paragraph:
                ``(2) Tiered application process.--In carrying out this
            subsection, the Secretary shall establish a three-tiered
            application, evaluation, and oversight process that varies
            based on the cost of the proposed project with the process most
            simplified for projects referred to in subparagraph (A), more
            comprehensive for projects referred to in subparagraph (B), and
            most comprehensive for projects referred to in subparagraph
            (C). The three tiers for such process shall be as follows:
                        ``(A) Tier 1.--Projects for which the cost of the
                    project funded under this subsection is not more than
                    $80,000.
                        ``(B) Tier 2.--Projects for which the cost of the
                    project funded under this subsection is more than
                    $80,000 but less than $200,000.
                        ``(C) Tier 3.--Projects for which the cost of the
                    project funded under this subsection is $200,000 or
                    more.''.
        (b) Funding.--Section 9007(g) of the Farm Security and Rural
    Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107(g)) is amended--
                (1) in the heading of paragraph (1), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding'';
                (2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding'';
                (3) in the heading of paragraph (3), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding''; and
                (4) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(4) Fiscal years 2013 through 2017.--There are authorized
            to be appropriated to carry out this section $45,000,000 for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 9008. BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

        Section 9008(h) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (7 U.S.C. 8108(h)) is amended--
                (1) in the heading of paragraph (1), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding'';
                (2) in the heading of paragraph (2), by inserting ``for
            fiscal years 2009 through 2012'' after ``funding''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(3) Fiscal years 2013 through 2017.--There are authorized
            to be appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for
            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.''.

    SEC. 9009. FEEDSTOCK FLEXIBILITY PROGRAM FOR BIOENERGY PRODUCERS.

        Section 9010(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (7 U.S.C. 8110(b)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''; and
                (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``2012'' and inserting
            ``2017''.

    SEC. 9010. BIOMASS CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

        Section 9011 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
    (7 U.S.C. 8111) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
                        (B) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as
                    paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;
                (2) in subsection (b)--
                        (A) by striking ``Program to'' and all that follows
                    through ``support the establishment'' and inserting
                    ``Program to support the establishment'';
                        (B) by striking ``; and'' and inserting a period;
                    and
                        (C) by striking paragraph (2);
                (3) in subsection (c)--
                        (A) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                                (i) in clause (viii), by striking ``; and''
                            and inserting a semicolon;
                                (ii) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause
                            (x); and
                                (iii) by inserting after clause (viii) the
                            following new clause:
                                ``(ix) existing project areas that have
                            received funding under this section and the
                            continuation of funding of such project areas
                            to advance the maturity of such project areas;
                            and''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (5)(C)(ii)--
                                (i) by striking subclause (III); and
                                (ii) by redesignating subclauses (IV) and
                            (V) as subclauses (III) and (IV), respectively;
                (4) by striking subsection (d);
                (5) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as subsections
            (d) and (e), respectively; and
                (6) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated)--
                        (A) by striking ``(e) Funding.--Of the funds'' and
                    inserting ``(e) Funding.--
                ``(1) Fiscal years 2008 through 2012.--Of the funds''; and
                        (B) by adding at the end the following new
                    paragraph:
                ``(2) Fiscal years 2013 through 2017.--
                        ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B),
                    there are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
                    this section $75,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017.
                        ``(B) Multiyear contracts.--For each multiyear
                    contract entered into by the Secretary during a fiscal
                    year under this section, the Secretary shall ensure
                    that sufficient funds are obligated from the
                    appropriation for that fiscal year to fully cover all
                    payments required by the contract for all years of the
                    contract.''.

    SEC. 9011. COMMUNITY WOOD ENERGY PROGRAM.

        Section 9013(e) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
    2002 (7 U.S.C. 8113(e)) is amended by striking ``carry out this
    section'' and all that follows and inserting the following: ``carry out
    this section--
                ``(1) $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009 through
            2012; and
                ``(2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 9012. REPEAL OF BIOFUELS INFRASTRUCTURE STUDY.

        Section 9002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2095) is repealed.

    SEC. 9013. REPEAL OF RENEWABLE FERTILIZER STUDY.

        Section 9003 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 2096) is repealed.

                             TITLE X--HORTICULTURE

    SEC. 10001. SPECIALTY CROPS MARKET NEWS ALLOCATION.

        Section 10107(b) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 1622b(b)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 10002. REPEAL OF GRANT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE MOVEMENT OF SPECIALTY
                  CROPS.

        Section 10403 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7
    U.S.C. 1622c) is repealed.

    SEC. 10003. FARMERS MARKET AND LOCAL FOOD PROMOTION PROGRAM.

        Section 6 of the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976 (7
    U.S.C. 3005) is amended--
                (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and local food''
            after ``farmers' market'';
                (2) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) by inserting ``and Local Food'' after
                    ``Farmers' Market'';
                        (B) by striking ``farmers' markets and to
                    promote''; and
                        (C) by striking the period and inserting ``and
                    assist in the development of local food business
                    enterprises.'';
                (3) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) and
            inserting the following new paragraph:
                ``(1) In general.--The purposes of the Program are to
            increase domestic consumption of, and consumer access to,
            locally and regionally produced agricultural products by
            assisting in the development, improvement, and expansion of--
                        ``(A) domestic farmers' markets, roadside stands,
                    community-supported agriculture programs, agritourism
                    activities, and other direct producer-to-consumer
                    market opportunities; and
                        ``(B) local and regional food business enterprises
                    that process, distribute, aggregate, and store locally
                    or regionally produced food products.'';
                (4) in subsection (c)(1)--
                        (A) by inserting ``or other agricultural business
                    entity'' after ``cooperative''; and
                        (B) by inserting ``, including a community
                    supported agriculture network or association'' after
                    ``association'';
                (5) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (g);
                (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
            subsections:
        ``(e) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the
    Secretary shall give priority to applications submitted by eligible
    entities that include proposals for projects that--
                ``(1) benefit underserved communities;
                ``(2) develop market opportunities for small and mid-sized
            farm and ranch operations; and
                ``(3) include a strategic plan to maximize the use of funds
            to build capacity for local and regional food systems in a
            community.
        ``(f) Funds Requirements for Eligible Entities.--
                ``(1) Matching funds.--An entity receiving a grant under
            this section for a project to carry out a purpose described in
            subsection (b)(1)(B) shall provide matching funds in the form
            of cash or an in-kind contribution in an amount equal to 25
            percent of the total cost of such project.
                ``(2) Limitation on use of funds.--An eligible entity may
            not use a grant or other assistance provided under this section
            for the purchase, construction, or rehabilitation of a building
            or structure.''; and
                (7) in subsection (g) (as redesignated by paragraph (5))--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                            ``and'' at the end;
                                (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the
                            period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following
                            new subparagraph:
                        ``(D) $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017.'';
                        (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (4);
                        (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph
                    (5); and
                        (D) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following
                    new paragraphs:
                ``(2) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
            authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
            $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
                ``(3) Use of funds.--Of the funds made available to carry
            out this section for a fiscal year, 50 percent of such funds
            shall be used for the purposes described in subparagraph (A) of
            subsection (b)(1) and 50 percent of such funds shall be used
            for the purposes described in subparagraph (B) of such
            subsection.
                ``(4) Limitation on administrative expenses.--Not more than
            5 percent of the total amount made available to carry out this
            section for a fiscal year may be used for administrative
            expenses.''.

    SEC. 10004. ORGANIC AGRICULTURE.

        (a) Organic Production and Market Data Initiatives.--Section
    7407(d) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
    5925c(d)) is amended--
                (1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3);
                (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new
            paragraph:
                ``(2) Mandatory funding.--In addition to funds made
            available under paragraph (1), of the funds of the Commodity
            Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this
            section $5,000,000, to remain available until expended.''; and
                (3) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
                        (A) by striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting
                    ``paragraphs (1) and (2)''; and
                        (B) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017''.
        (b) Modernization and Technology Upgrade for National Organic
    Program.--Section 2122 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7
    U.S.C. 6521) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subsection:
        ``(c) Modernization and Technology Upgrade for National Organic
    Program.--The Secretary shall modernize database and technology systems
    of the national organic program.''.
        (c) Authorization of Appropriations for National Organic Program.--
    Section 2123 of the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
    6522) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b)--
                        (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' at the
                    end;
                        (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph
                    (7); and
                        (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following
                    new paragraph:
                ``(6) $11,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017; and''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(c) Modernization and Technology Upgrade for National Organic
    Program.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation and in
    addition to any other funds made available to carry out section
    2122(c), the Secretary shall use to carry out such section $5,000,000
    for fiscal year 2013, to remain available until expended.''.
        (d) National Organic Certification Cost-share Program.--Section
    10606 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C.
    6523) is repealed.

    SEC. 10005. INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE ORGANIC FOODS
                  PRODUCTION ACT OF 1990.

        The Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 is amended by inserting
    after section 2122 (7 U.S.C. 6521) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 2122A. INVESTIGATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT.

        ``(a) Investigation.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may take such
            investigative actions as the Secretary considers to be
            necessary to carry out this title--
                        ``(A) to verify the accuracy of any information
                    reported or made available under this title; and
                        ``(B) to determine, with regard to actions,
                    practices, or information required under this title,
                    whether a person covered by this title has committed a
                    violation of any provision of this title.
                ``(2) Investigative powers.--The Secretary may administer
            oaths and affirmations, subpoena witnesses, compel attendance
            of witnesses, take evidence, and require the production of any
            records required to be maintained under section 2112(d) or
            2116(c) that are relevant to the investigation.
        ``(b) Unlawful Act.--It shall be unlawful and a violation of this
    title for any person covered by this title--
                ``(1) to refuse to provide information required by the
            Secretary under this title; or
                ``(2) to violate--
                        ``(A) a suspension or revocation of the organic
                    certification of a producer or handler; or
                        ``(B) a suspension or revocation of the
                    accreditation of a certifying agent.
        ``(c) Enforcement.--
                ``(1) Suspension.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Secretary may, after notice
                    and opportunity for an expedited administrative
                    hearing, suspend the organic certification of a
                    producer or handler, or accreditation of a certifying
                    agent, if the Secretary has reason to believe that a
                    person producing or handling an agricultural product,
                    or a certifying agent, has violated or is violating any
                    provision of this title. The decision to suspend a
                    certification under this subparagraph by the Secretary
                    may be appealed to a United States district court not
                    later than 30 days after such decision is made and
                    shall not take effect until judicial review of such
                    decision is completed.
                        ``(B) Continuation of suspension through appeal.--
                    If the Secretary determines subsequent to an
                    investigation that a violation of this title by a
                    person covered by this title has occurred, the
                    suspension shall remain in effect until the Secretary
                    issues a revocation of the certification of the person
                    or of the accreditation of the certifying agent,
                    covered by this title, after an expedited
                    administrative appeal under section 2121 has been
                    completed.
                ``(2) Revocation.--After notice and opportunity for an
            administrative appeal under section 2121, if a violation of
            this title is determined to have occurred, the Secretary shall
            revoke the organic certification of the producer or handler, or
            the accreditation of the certifying agent.
        ``(d) Appeal.--
                ``(1) In general.--A revocation of a certification or an
            accreditation under subsection (c)(2) shall be final and
            conclusive unless the affected person files an appeal of the
            revocation, if the affected person so elects, to a United
            States district court as provided in section 2121(b) not later
            than 30 days after the date of the revocation under subsection
            (c)(2).
                ``(2) Standard.--A revocation of a certification or an
            accreditation under subsection (c)(2) shall be set aside only
            if the revocation of such certification or such accreditation
            is clearly erroneous.
        ``(e) Noncompliance.--
                ``(1) In general.--If a person covered by this title fails
            to obey a revocation of a certification or an accreditation
            under subsection (c)(2) after such revocation has become final
            and conclusive or after the appropriate United States district
            court has entered a final judgment in favor of the Secretary,
            the United States may apply to the appropriate United States
            district court for enforcement of such revocation.
                ``(2) Enforcement.--If the court determines that the
            revocation was lawfully made and duly served and that the
            person violated the revocation, the court shall enforce the
            revocation.
                ``(3) Civil penalty.--If the court finds that the person
            violated the revocation of a certification or an accreditation
            under subsection (c)(2), the person shall be subject to one or
            more of the penalties provided in subsections (a) and (b) of
            section 2120.''.

    SEC. 10006. FOOD SAFETY EDUCATION INITIATIVES.

        Section 10105(c) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 7655a(c)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 10007. SPECIALTY CROP BLOCK GRANTS.

        Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7
    U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108-465) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) by striking ``subsection (j)'' and inserting
                    ``subsection (l)''; and
                        (B) by striking ``2012'' and inserting ``2017'';
                (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following
            new subsection:
        ``(b) Grants Based on Value and Acreage.--Subject to subsection
    (c), for each State whose application for a grant for a fiscal year
    that is accepted by the Secretary under subsection (f), the amount of
    the grant for such fiscal year to the State under this section shall
    bear the same ratio to the total amount made available under subsection
    (l)(1) for such fiscal year as--
                ``(1) the average of the most recent available value of
            specialty crop production in the State and the acreage of
            specialty crop production in the State, as demonstrated in the
            most recent Census of Agriculture data; bears to
                ``(2) the average of the most recent available value of
            specialty crop production in all States and the acreage of
            specialty crop production in all States, as demonstrated in the
            most recent Census of Agriculture data.'';
                (3) by redesignating subsection (j) as subsection (l);
                (4) by inserting after subsection (i) the following new
            subsections:
        ``(j) Multistate Projects.--Not later than 180 days after the
    effective date of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management
    Act of 2012, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue guidance for the
    purpose of making grants to multistate projects under this section for
    projects involving--
                ``(1) food safety;
                ``(2) plant pests and disease;
                ``(3) research;
                ``(4) crop-specific projects addressing common issues; and
                ``(5) any other area that furthers the purposes of this
            section, as determined by the Secretary.
        ``(k) Administration.--
                ``(1) Department.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not use
            more than 3 percent of the funds made available to carry out
            this section for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.
                ``(2) States.--A State receiving a grant under this section
            may not use more than 8 percent of the funds received under the
            grant for a fiscal year for administrative expenses.''; and
                (5) in subsection (l) (as redesignated by paragraph (3))--
                        (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)
                    as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and
                    moving such subparagraphs two ems to the right;
                        (B) by striking ``Of the funds'' and inserting the
                    following:
                ``(1) In general.--Of the funds'';
                        (C) in paragraph (1) (as so designated)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by
                            subparagraph (A)), by striking ``and'' at the
                            end;
                                (ii) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated
                            by subparagraph (A)), by striking the period at
                            the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following
                            new subparagraph:
                        ``(D) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each
                    fiscal year thereafter.''; and
                        (D) by adding at the end the following new
                    paragraph:
                ``(2) Multistate projects.--Of the funds made available
            under paragraph (1), the Secretary may use to carry out
            subsection (j), to remain available until expended--
                        ``(A) $1,000,000 for fiscal year 2013;
                        ``(B) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 2014;
                        ``(C) $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2015;
                        ``(D) $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2016; and
                        ``(E) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.''.

    SEC. 10008. REPORT ON SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCTION BY CERTAIN FARMERS.

        (a) Report Required.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall, in
    consultation with interested persons, submit to the Committee on
    Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on specialty crop
    production by small-holder, women, minority, and socially disadvantaged
    producers (as defined in section 355(e) of the Consolidated Farm and
    Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2003(e))) throughout the United States,
    including--
                (1) an assessment of--
                        (A) the number of such producers in the United
                    States;
                        (B) the economic and social challenges such
                    producers have in increasing production capacity and
                    value; and
                        (C) the resources needed to increase or add value
                    to the production of such producers;
                (2) a list of the resources available at the Department of
            Agriculture to provide assistance to such producers;
                (3) an evaluation of private sector resources and
            initiatives that could be used to increase production capacity
            and value for the crops grown by such producers; and
                (4) an evaluation of how geographic differences affect
            opportunities available to small-holder producers.
        (b) Updates and Completion.--The Secetary shall submit the
    completed report required under subsection (a) not later than one year
    after the date of the enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and
    Risk Management Act of 2012. Beginning on such date of enactment, the
    Secretary shall update the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
    Representatives every 90 days on the progress made toward completing
    the report.

    SEC. 10009. REPORT ON HONEY.

        (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation
    with persons affected by the potential establishment of a Federal
    standard for the identity of honey, shall submit to the Commissioner of
    Food and Drugs a report describing how an appropriate Federal standard
    for the identity of honey would be in the interest of consumers, the
    honey industry, and United States agriculture.
        (b) Considerations.--In preparing the report required under
    subsection (a), the Secretary shall take into consideration the March,
    2006, Standard of Identity citizens petition filed with the Food and
    Drug Administration, including any current industry amendments or
    clarifications necessary to update such petition.

    SEC. 10010. BULK SHIPMENTS OF APPLES TO CANADA.

        (a) Bulk Shipment of Apples to Canada.--Section 4 of the Export
    Apple Act (7 U.S.C. 584) is amended--
                (1) by striking ``Apples in'' and inserting ``(a) Apples
            in''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(b) Apples may be shipped to Canada in bulk bins without
    complying with the provisions of this Act.''.
        (b) Definition of Bulk Bin.--Section 9 of the Export Apple Act (7
    U.S.C. 589) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    paragraph:
        ``(5) The term `bulk bin' means a bin that contains a quantity of
    apples weighing more than 100 pounds.''.
        (c) Regulations.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the
    enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue
    regulations to carry out the amendments made by this section

    SEC. 10011. INCLUSION OF OLIVE OIL IN IMPORT CONTROLS UNDER THE
                  AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT.

        Section 8e(a) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (7 U.S.C. 608e-
    1(a)) is amended by inserting ``olive oil,'' after ``olives (other than
    Spanish-style green olives),''.

    SEC. 10012. PETITIONS TO DETERMINE ORGANISM NOT A PLANT PEST.

        (a) Petition to Determine Organism Not a Plant Pest.--The Plant
    Protection Act is amended by inserting after section 411 (7 U.S.C.
    7711) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 411A. PETITION TO DETERMINE ORGANISM NOT A PLANT PEST.

        ``(a) Petition.--A person may petition the Secretary for a
    determination that an organism that is subject to regulation by the
    Secretary as a plant pest under this Act is not a plant pest for
    purposes of this Act.
        ``(b) Review of Petition.--
                ``(1) Assessment and analysis required.--In reviewing a
            petition submitted under subsection (a), the Secretary shall
            conduct the following with respect to an organism that is the
            subject of the petition:
                        ``(A) Plant pest risk assessment.--An assessment of
                    the likelihood that such organism is a plant pest.
                        ``(B) Environmental analysis.--An analysis of any
                    likely adverse effects of such organism on the soil,
                    water, air quality, non-target organisms, and listed
                    threatened and endangered species and the critical
                    habitat of such species for the environment in which
                    such organism is likely to be grown or otherwise used
                    under the conditions specified in such petition.
                ``(2) Determination.--The Secretary shall issue a
            determination that an organism is not a plant pest for purposes
            of this Act if the Secretary determines, based on sound science
            and the plant pest risk assessment conducted under paragraph
            (1)(A), that an organism is not likely to be a plant pest.
                ``(3) Review period.--
                        ``(A) Initial review period.--Not later than one
                    year after the date on which the Secretary determines
                    that a petition submitted under subsection (a) is
                    complete, the Secretary shall complete the plant pest
                    risk assessment and the environmental analysis required
                    under paragraph (1) and issue a determination with
                    respect to such petition under paragraph (2).
                        ``(B) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the one-
                    year review period referred to in subparagraph (A) for
                    a petition for one additional period of not more than
                    180 days if the Secretary determines that additional
                    review is necessary. The Secretary shall notify the
                    person who submitted the petition, in writing, of the
                    reasons for the extension and an estimate of the time
                    period necessary to complete the review.
                ``(4) Effect of failure to meet time period.--
            Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if after completing
            the plant pest risk assessment, but not the environmental
            analysis, required under paragraph (1), the Secretary finds
            that there is no reason to believe that an organism is a plant
            pest and does not grant or deny a petition submitted under
            subsection (a) with respect to such organism within the time
            period required under paragraph (3), such organism shall be
            deemed not to be a plant pest for purposes of this Act.
                ``(5) Effect on pesticide registration.--In the case of an
            organism containing a plant-incorporated protectant (as defined
            in section 174.3 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations, or
            any successor regulation) with respect to which an application
            for registration of the plant-incorporated protectant is
            pending under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
            Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a et seq.), a determination made
            under paragraph (2) that an organism is not a plant pest or the
            deeming that an organism is not a plant pest under paragraph
            (4) shall not be effective until the registration of the plant-
            incorporated protectant contained in such organism is approved
            under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act
            (7 U.S.C. 136a et seq.). If such registration is not approved,
            a determination made under paragraph (2) that an organism is
            not a plant pest or a deeming that an organism is not a plant
            pest under paragraph (4) shall not become effective.
                ``(6) Subsequent authority to regulate.--Notwithstanding a
            determination that an organism is not a plant pest under
            paragraph (2) or that such organism has been deemed not to be a
            plant pest under paragraph (4), the Secretary may issue a
            determination, based on information discovered after the date
            of such determination or the date on which the organism was so
            deemed and sound science, that an organism is a plant pest for
            purposes of this Act.
                ``(7) Public notice.--
                        ``(A) Notice.--The Secretary shall publish notice
                    in the Federal Register of--
                                ``(i) the grant or denial of a petition
                            submitted under subsection (a) with respect to
                            an organism; or
                                ``(ii) the deeming that such organism is
                            not a plant pest under paragraph (4).
                        ``(B) Risk assessments and environmental
                    analysis.--The Secretary shall provide to the person
                    who submitted a petition under subsection (a), and make
                    available to the public, the risk assessment and
                    environmental analysis prepared under paragraph (1)
                    with respect to such petition.
        ``(c) Applicability of Environmental Analysis Conducted for
    Petition to Determine Organism Not a Plant Pest.--
                ``(1) Exclusive analysis performed.--Notwithstanding any
            other provision of law, the environmental analysis required
            under subsection (b)(1) and as specifically described in such
            subsection shall be the only analysis or procedure regarding
            the effects on the environment of an organism that is the
            subject of a petition submitted under subsection (a) required
            or authorized by law with respect to reviewing and taking
            action on such a petition.
                ``(2) Prohibition on use of funds for other analyses.--No
            funds made available by any Act shall be obligated, expended,
            or used for any analysis or procedure regarding the effects on
            the environment of an organism conducted for purposes of this
            section other than the environmental analysis required under
            subsection (b)(1).
                ``(3) Prohibition on solicitation of funds for
            environmental analysis.--The Secretary shall not require or
            solicit any financial assistance from a person submitting a
            petition under subsection (a) for any analysis or procedure
            regarding the effects on the environment of an organism or for
            any other analysis or procedure not specifically authorized by
            subsection (b)(1).
        ``(d) Use of Data From Permits for Purposes of Petition for a
    Determination That an Organism Not a Plant Pest.--Notwithstanding any
    other provision of law, the Secretary shall use data collected under a
    permit issued by the Secretary under section 411(a) with respect to an
    organism, among other relevant data, for purposes of the review of a
    petition submitted under subsection (a) with respect to such
    organism.''.
        (b) Authority of Review for and Environmental Analysis Applicable
    to Permits.--Section 411 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7711) is
    amended--
                (1) by redesignating subsections (c), (d), and (e) as
            subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively; and
                (2) by inserting after subsection (b), the following new
            subsections:
        ``(c) Limitation on Analyses and Procedures for Permits.--
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the analyses or procedures
    required under the regulations issued by the Secretary under the
    Federal Plant Pest Act and continued in effect in accordance with
    section 438(c) shall be the only analyses or procedures required or
    authorized by law with respect to reviewing and taking action on an
    application for a permit submitted under subsection (a).
        ``(d) Environmental Analysis Applicable to Certain Permits.--
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in reviewing an application
    for a permit submitted under subsection (a) that is not excluded from
    environmental review under regulations issued by the Secretary in
    effect on the date of the enactment of this subsection (or any
    successor regulations), the Secretary shall conduct an environmental
    analysis described in section 411A(b)(1)(B). Such analysis shall be the
    only environmental analysis or procedure required or authorized by law
    with respect to reviewing and taking action on such an application.''.
        (c) Transitional Provisions.--
                (1) Completeness.--
                        (A) Completeness of petitions.--Notwithstanding any
                    other provision of law, including section 411A of the
                    Plant Protection Act (as added by subsection (a)), if
                    the Secretary of Agriculture determined that a petition
                    submitted before the date of the enactment of this
                    section under section 340.6 of title 7, Code of Federal
                    Regulations, for a determination that an organism is
                    not a plant pest was complete before such date, the
                    Secretary shall consider such petition to be complete
                    and maintain the status such petition had in the
                    process for the review of such petition on such date
                    under section 340.6 of title 7, Code of Federal
                    Regulations.
                        (B) Completeness of applications for permits.--
                    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
                    subsection (c) of section 411 of the Plant Protection
                    Act (7 U.S.C. 7711) (as amended by subsection (b)), if
                    the Secretary of Agriculture determined that an
                    application for a permit submitted under subsection (a)
                    of such section (7 U.S.C. 7711) before the date of the
                    enactment of this section was complete before such
                    date, the Secretary shall consider such application to
                    be complete and maintain the status such application
                    had in the process for the review of such application
                    on such date under subsection (a) of such section.
                (2) Use of environmental analysis.--
                        (A) Use of environmental analysis for petitions.--
                    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
                    Secretary of Agriculture shall use any environmental
                    analysis conducted for purposes of a petition submitted
                    under section 340.6 of title 7, Code of Federal
                    Regulations, before the date of the enactment of this
                    section with respect to an organism to the greatest
                    extent possible to complete the environmental analysis
                    conducted under section 411A of the Plant Protection
                    Act (as added by subsection (a)) for purposes of a
                    petition submitted under subsection (a) of such section
                    with respect to such organism.
                        (B) Use of environmental analysis for applications
                    for permits.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
                    law, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use any
                    environmental analysis conducted for purposes of an
                    application for a permit submitted under subsection (a)
                    of section 411 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
                    7711) before the date of the enactment of this section
                    with respect to such organism to the greatest extent
                    possible to complete the environmental analysis
                    conducted under subsection (d) of such section (as
                    amended by subsection (b)) with respect to such
                    organism.
                (3) Special consideration for review of certain
            petitions.--
                        (A) Pending petitions without a completed plant
                    pest risk assessment.--Notwithstanding section
                    411A(b)(3) of the Plant Protection Act (as added by
                    subsection (a)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall
                    determine the length of the period for the review of
                    petitions submitted under section 340.6 of title 7,
                    Code of Federal Regulations, before the date of the
                    enactment of this section for which a plant pest risk
                    assessment has not been completed on or before such
                    date of enactment.
                        (B) Pending petitions with a completed plant pest
                    risk assessment.--
                                (i) Deeming of certain petitions.--
                            Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
                            with respect to each covered petition, if the
                            Secretary finds that there is no reason to
                            believe that the organism that is the subject
                            of such covered petition is a plant pest and
                            the Secretary does not grant or deny such
                            covered petition not later than 90 days after
                            the date of the enactment of this section, such
                            organism shall be deemed not to be a plant pest
                            for purposes of the Plant Protection Act (7
                            U.S.C. 7701 et seq.).
                                (ii) Covered petition defined.--In this
                            subparagraph, the term ``covered petition''
                            means a petition submitted before the date of
                            the enactment of this section under section
                            340.6 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations,
                            for a determination that an organism is not a
                            plant pest for which a plant pest risk
                            assessment and an environmental assessment have
                            been published and a notice and comment period
                            on each assessment has been completed as of
                            such date of enactment.
                (4) Regulations.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
            the enactment of this section, the Secretary of Agriculture
            shall issue such regulations as the Secretary considers
            necessary to carry out the amendments made by this section.

    SEC. 10013. CONSOLIDATION OF PLANT PEST AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AND
                  DISASTER PREVENTION PROGRAMS.

        (a) Relocation of Legislative Language Relating to National Clean
    Plant Network.--Section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721)
    is amended--
                (1) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (f); and
                (2) by inserting after subsection (d) the following new
            subsection:
        ``(e) National Clean Plant Network.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a program
            to be known as the `National Clean Plant Network' (referred to
            in this subsection as the `Program').
                ``(2) Requirements.--Under the Program, the Secretary shall
            establish a network of clean plant centers for diagnostic and
            pathogen elimination services--
                        ``(A) to produce clean propagative plant material;
                    and
                        ``(B) to maintain blocks of pathogen-tested plant
                    material in sites located throughout the United States.
                ``(3) Availability of clean plant source material.--Clean
            plant source material produced or maintained under the Program
            may be made available to--
                        ``(A) a State for a certified plant program of the
                    State; and
                        ``(B) private nurseries and producers.
                ``(4) Consultation and collaboration.--In carrying out the
            Program, the Secretary shall--
                        ``(A) consult with--
                                ``(i) State departments of agriculture; and
                                ``(ii) land-grant colleges and universities
                            and NLGCA Institutions (as those terms are
                            defined in section 1404 of the National
                            Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching
                            Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103)); and
                        ``(B) to the extent practicable and with input from
                    the appropriate State officials and industry
                    representatives, use existing Federal or State
                    facilities to serve as clean plant centers.''.
        (b) Funding.--Subsection (f) of section 420 of the Plant Protection
    Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) (as so redesignated) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the end;
                (2) in paragraph (4), by striking ``and each fiscal year
            thereafter.'' and inserting ``; and''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(5) $71,500,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each fiscal year
            thereafter.''.
        (c) Repeal of Existing Provision.--Section 10202 of the Food,
    Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 7761) is repealed.
        (d) Clarification of Use of Funds for Technical Assistance.--
    Section 420 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7721) (as amended by
    subsection (a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subsection:
        ``(g) Relationship to Other Law.--The use of Commodity Credit
    Corporation funds under this section to provide technical assistance
    shall not be considered an allotment or fund transfer from the
    Commodity Credit Corporation for purposes of the limit on expenditures
    for technical assistance imposed by section 11 of the Commodity Credit
    Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714i).''.

    SEC. 10014. AUTHORITY FOR REGULATION OF PLANTS.

        (a) Regulation of Plants Under Plant Protection Act.--Subject to
    subsection (b), any living stage of a plant, including any nucleic acid
    or other genetic material as contained in such plant, shall be
    exclusively subject to regulation under statutes under which the
    Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to issue regulations with
    respect to plants, including the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 7701 et
    seq.).
        (b) Regulation of Certain Pesticidal Substances Under Federal
    Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.--A pesticidal substance
    contained in a plant shall be subject to regulation as a plant-
    incorporated protectant (as defined in section 174.3 of title 40, Code
    of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation) under the Federal
    Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.).
        (c) Requirements for Regulation of Certain Pesticidal Substances
    Under Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.--The
    regulations issued by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection
    Agency with respect to plant-incorporated protectants under the Federal
    Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.),
    including section 3(c)(1)(C) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(1)(C)),
    section 3(c)(2)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(c)(2)(A)), section 7 of
    such Act (7 U.S.C. 136e), section 8 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136f),
    section 9 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136g), and section 17 of such Act (7
    U.S.C. 136o), shall--
                (1) be based on sound science;
                (2) use the least burdensome requirements; and
                (3) provide for exemptions from the requirements otherwise
            applicable to pesticides that are not plant-incorporated
            protectants.
        (d) Definitions.--In this section:
                (1) Plant.--The term ``plant'' has the meaning given such
            term in section 403 of the Plant Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
            7702).
                (2) Pesticidal substance.--The term ``pesticidal
            substance'' means a substance or a mixture of substances that--
                        (A) is contained in any living stage of a plant
                    that--
                                (i) as of the date of the enactment of this
                            subsection, is subject to part 340 of title 7,
                            Code of Federal Regulations; or
                                (ii) has been determined not to be a plant
                            pest under section 411A(b)(2) or deemed not to
                            be a plant pest under section 411A(b)(4); and
                        (B) is intended for preventing, destroying,
                    repelling, or mitigating any pest.

    SEC. 10015. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY.

        Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
    section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Health
    and Human Services and the Administrator of the Environmental
    Protection Agency, shall submit to Congress a report on the measures
    taken and proposed to be taken by the Secretaries and the Administrator
    to provide for balanced and appropriate regulatory oversight of
    agricultural biotechnology products, by--
                (1) reducing regulatory burdens on research conducted by
            academic institutions, small businesses, and public entities in
            developing lower-cost plant and animal sources of food, feed,
            fuel, and fiber developed through biotechnology, with special
            emphasis on minor use crops, orphan crops, and sources of
            protein;
                (2) identifying categories of products developed through
            biotechnology for which a history of safe use has been
            established and providing with respect to such products reduced
            data requirements, expedited review periods, exemptions from
            regulation, and other measures, as appropriate, based on sound
            science; and
                (3) developing and implementing a cohesive national policy
            for the low-level presence of agronomic biotechnology material
            in crops, including grain and other commodity crops, for food,
            feed, and processing.

    SEC. 10016. PESTICIDE REGISTRATION IMPROVEMENT.

        (a) Maintenance Fees.--
                (1) Fees.--Section 4(i) of the Federal Insecticide,
            Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a-1(i)) is
            amended--
                        (A) in paragraph (5)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking
                            ``aggregate amount of'' and all that follows
                            through the end of the subparagraph and
                            inserting ``aggregate amount of $27,800,000 for
                            each of fiscal years 2013 through 2017.'';
                                (ii) in subparagraph (D)--
                                        (I) in clause (i), by striking
                                    ``shall be'' and all that follows
                                    through the semicolon and inserting
                                    ``shall be $115,500 for each of fiscal
                                    years 2013 through 2017;''; and
                                        (II) in clause (ii), by striking
                                    ``shall be'' and all that follows
                                    through the period and inserting
                                    ``shall be $184,800 for each of fiscal
                                    years 2013 through 2017.'';
                                (iii) in subparagraph (E)(i)--
                                        (I) in subclause (I), by striking
                                    ``shall be'' and all that follows
                                    through the semicolon and inserting
                                    ``shall be $70,600 for each of fiscal
                                    years 2013 through 2017;''; and
                                        (II) in subclause (II), by striking
                                    ``shall be'' and all that follows
                                    through the period and inserting
                                    ``shall be $122,100 for each of fiscal
                                    years 2013 through 2017.'';
                                (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (F),
                            (G), and (H) as subparagraphs (G), (H), and
                            (I), respectively;
                                (v) by inserting after subparagraph (E),
                            the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(F) Fee reduction for certain small businesses.--
                                ``(i) Waiver.--Except as provided in clause
                            (ii), the Administrator shall waive 25 percent
                            of the fee under this paragraph applicable to
                            the first registration of any qualified small
                            business entity under this paragraph.
                                ``(ii) Limitation.--The Administrator shall
                            not grant a waiver under clause (i) to a
                            qualified small business entity if the
                            Administrator determines that the entity has
                            been formed or manipulated primarily for the
                            purpose of qualifying for the waiver.
                                ``(iii) Definition.--For purposes of this
                            subparagraph, the term `qualified small
                            business entity' means a corporation,
                            partnership, or unincorporated business that--
                                        ``(I) has 500 or fewer employees;
                                        ``(II) during the 3-year period
                                    prior to the most recent maintenance
                                    fee billing cycle, had an average
                                    annual global gross revenue from all
                                    sources that did not exceed
                                    $10,000,000; and
                                        ``(III) holds not more than 5
                                    pesticide registrations under this
                                    paragraph.'';
                                (vi) in subparagraph (G) (as redesignated
                            by clause (iv)), by striking ``paragraph (3)''
                            and inserting ``this paragraph''; and
                                (vii) in subparagraph (I) (as so
                            redesignated), by striking ``2012'' and
                            inserting ``2017'';
                        (B) in paragraph (6)--
                                (i) by striking ``2014'' and inserting
                            ``2019''; and
                                (ii) by striking ``paragraphs (1) through
                            (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (5)'';
                        (C) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), and
                    (7); and
                        (D) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as
                    paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.
                (2) Extension of prohibition on tolerance fees.--Section
            408(m)(3) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21
            U.S.C. 346a(m)(3)) is amended by striking ``September 30,
            2012'' and inserting ``September 30, 2017''.
                (3) Reregistration and expedited processing fund.--
                        (A) Source and use.--Section 4(k)(2)(A) of the
                    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7
                    U.S.C. 136a-1(k)(2)(A)) is amended--
                                (i) by inserting ``, to enhance the
                            information systems capabilities to improve the
                            tracking of pesticide registration decisions,''
                            after ``paragraph (3)'' each place it appears;
                            and
                                (ii) in clause (i)--
                                        (I) by inserting ``offset'' before
                                    ``the costs of reregistration''; and
                                        (II) by striking ``in the same
                                    portion as appropriated funds''.
                        (B) Expedited processing of similar applications.--
                    Section 4(k)(3)(A) of the Federal Insecticide,
                    Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a-
                    1(k)(3)(A)) is amended--
                                (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
                            striking ``2008 through 2012, between 1/8 and
                            1/7'' and inserting ``2013 through 2017,
                            between 1/9 and 1/8''; and
                                (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``new''.
                        (C) Enhancements of information technology systems
                    for improvement in review of pesticide applications.--
                    Section 4(k) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
                    Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a-1(k)) is amended--
                                (i) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5)
                            as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively;
                                (ii) by inserting after paragraph (3) the
                            following new paragraph:
                ``(4) Enhancements of information technology systems for
            improvement in review of pesticide applications.--
                        ``(A) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017, the Administrator shall use not more than
                    $800,000 of the amounts made available to the
                    Administrator in the Reregistration and Expedited
                    Processing Fund for the activities described in
                    subparagraph (B).
                        ``(B) Activities.--The Administrator shall use
                    amounts made available from such Fund to improve the
                    information systems capabilities for the Office of
                    Pesticide Programs to enhance tracking of pesticide
                    registration decisions, which shall include--
                                ``(i) the electronic tracking of--
                                        ``(I) registration submissions; and
                                        ``(II) the status of conditional
                                    registrations;
                                ``(ii) enhancing the database for
                            information regarding endangered species
                            assessments for registration review;
                                ``(iii) implementing the capability to
                            electronically review labels submitted with
                            registration actions; and
                                ``(iv) acquiring and implementing the
                            capability to electronically assess and
                            evaluate confidential statements of formula
                            submitted with registration actions.''; and
                                (iii) in the first sentence of paragraph
                            (6) (as redesignated by clause (i)), by
                            striking ``to carry out the goals established
                            under subsection (l)'' and inserting ``for the
                            purposes described in paragraphs (2), (3), and
                            (4) and to carry out the goals established
                            under subsection (l)''.
        (b) Pesticide Registration Service Fees.--
                (1) Amount of fees.--Section 33(b) of the Federal
            Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-
            8(b)) is amended--
                        (A) in paragraph (3)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking
                            ``Pesticide Registration Improvement Renewal
                            Act'' and inserting ``Federal Agriculture
                            Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012''; and
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
                            ``S10409'' and all that follows through the
                            period and inserting ``S___ through S___, dated
                            ___.'';
                        (B) in paragraph (6)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                        (I) by striking ``October 1, 2008''
                                    and inserting ``October 1, 2013''; and
                                        (II) by striking ``September 30,
                                    2010'' and inserting ``September 30,
                                    2015''; and
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                        (I) by striking ``October 1, 2010''
                                    and inserting ``October 1, 2015''; and
                                        (II) by striking ``September 30,
                                    2010'' and inserting ``September 30,
                                    2015''; and
                        (C) in paragraph (8)(C)(ii)--
                                (i) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at
                            the end;
                                (ii) in subclause (II), by striking the
                            period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following
                            new subclause:
                                        ``(III) on the basis that the
                                    Administrator rejected the application
                                    under subsection (f)(4)(B).''.
                (2) Pesticide registration fund.--Section 33(c)(3)(B) of
            the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7
            U.S.C. 136w-8(c)(3)(B)) is amended--
                        (A) in clause (i), by striking ``2008 through
                    2012'' and inserting ``2013 through 2017'';
                        (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``grants'' and all
                    that follows through the end of clause (ii) and
                    inserting ``grants, for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017, $500,000.''; and
                        (C) in clause (iii), by striking ``2008 through
                    2012'' and inserting ``2013 through 2017''.
                (3) Assessment of fees.--Section 33(d) of the Federal
            Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-
            8(d)) is amended--
                        (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2002'' each
                    place it appears and inserting ``2012'';
                        (B) by striking paragraph (4); and
                        (C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph
                    (4).
                (4) Reforms to reduce decision time review periods.--
            Section 33(e) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
            Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(e)) is amended by striking
            ``Pesticide Registration Improvement Act of 2003'' and
            inserting ``Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
            of 2012''.
                (5) Decision time review periods.--Section 33(f) of the
            Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C.
            136w-8(f)) is amended--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Pesticide
                    Registration Improvement Renewal Act'' and inserting
                    ``Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of
                    2012'';
                        (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``S10409'' and
                    all that follows through the period and inserting ``S__
                    through S___, dated ___.''; and
                        (C) in paragraph (4)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``and
                            fee'' before the period; and
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                        (I) in the heading, by striking
                                    ``Completeness of application'' and
                                    inserting ``Initial content and
                                    preliminary technical screenings'';
                                        (II) in clause (i)--
                                                (aa) by striking ``Not
                                            later'' and inserting the
                                            following:
                                        ``(I) Not later''.
                                                (bb) by adding at the end
                                            the following new subclause:
                                        ``(II) After conducting the initial
                                    content screening described in
                                    subclause (I) and in accordance with
                                    clause (iv), the Administrator shall
                                    conduct a preliminary technical
                                    screening--
                                                ``(aa) not later than 45
                                            days after the date on which
                                            the decision time review period
                                            begins (for applications with
                                            decision time review periods of
                                            not more than 180 days); and
                                                ``(bb) not later than 90
                                            days after the date on which
                                            the decision time review period
                                            begins (for applications with
                                            decision time review periods
                                            greater than 180 days).'';
                                        (III) in clause (ii) by striking
                                    ``under clause (i)'' and all that
                                    follows through the period and
                                    inserting ``at any time before the
                                    Administrator completes the preliminary
                                    technical screening under clause
                                    (i)(II) that the application failed the
                                    initial content or preliminary
                                    technical screening and the applicant
                                    does not correct such failure before
                                    the date that is 10 business days after
                                    the applicant receives a notification
                                    of the failure, the Administrator shall
                                    reject the application. The
                                    Administrator shall make every effort
                                    to provide a written notification of
                                    such rejection during the 10-day period
                                    that begins on the date the
                                    Administrator completes the preliminary
                                    technical screening.'';
                                        (IV) in clause (iii)--
                                                (aa) in the heading, by
                                            inserting ``initial content''
                                            before ``screening'' ;
                                                (bb) in the matter
                                            preceding subclause (I), by
                                            inserting ``content'' after
                                            ``initial''; and
                                                (cc) in subclause (II), by
                                            striking ``contains'' and
                                            inserting ``appears to
                                            contain''; and
                                        (V) by adding at the end the
                                    following new clause:
                                ``(iv) Requirements of preliminary
                            technical screening.--In conducting a
                            preliminary technical screening of an
                            application, the Administrator shall determine
                            if--
                                        ``(I) the application and the data
                                    and information submitted with such
                                    application are accurate and complete;
                                    and
                                        ``(II) the application, data, and
                                    information are consistent with the
                                    proposed labeling and any proposal for
                                    a tolerance or exemption from the
                                    requirement for a tolerance under
                                    section 408 of the Federal Food, Drug,
                                    and Cosmetic Act, and are such that,
                                    subject to full review under the
                                    standards of this Act, could result in
                                    the granting of the application.''.
                (6) Reports.--Section 33(k) of the Federal Insecticide,
            Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w-8(k)) is
            amended--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``March 1, 2014''
                    and inserting ``March 1, 2017''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                        (I) in clause (vi), by striking
                                    ``and'' at the end;
                                        (II) in clause (vii), by inserting
                                    ``and'' at the end; and
                                        (III) by adding at the end the
                                    following new clause:
                                ``(viii) the number of extensions of
                            decision time review periods agreed to under
                            subsection (f)(5) along with a description of
                            the reason that the Administrator was unable to
                            make a decision within the initial decision
                            time review period;'';
                                (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking
                            ``and'' at the end;
                                (iii) in subparagraph (F), by striking the
                            period and inserting a semicolon; and
                                (iv) by adding at the end the following new
                            subparagraphs:
                        ``(G) a review of the progress made toward--
                                ``(i) carrying out section 4(k)(4) and the
                            amounts from the Reregistration and Expedited
                            Processing Fund used for the purposes described
                            in such section;
                                ``(ii) implementing systems for the
                            electronic tracking of registration submissions
                            by December 31, 2013;
                                ``(iii) implementing a system for tracking
                            the status of conditional registrations,
                            including making non-confidential information
                            related to such conditional registrations
                            publicly available by December 31, 2013;
                                ``(iv) implementing enhancements to the
                            endangered species knowledge database,
                            including making non-confidential information
                            related to such database publicly available;
                                ``(v) implementing the capability to
                            electronically submit and review labels
                            submitted with registration actions;
                                ``(vi) acquiring and implementing the
                            capability to electronically assess and
                            evaluate confidential statements of formula
                            submitted with registration actions by December
                            31, 2014; and
                                ``(vii) facilitating public participation
                            in certain registration actions and the
                            registration review process by providing
                            electronic notification to interested parties
                            of additions to the public docket;
                        ``(H) the number of applications rejected by the
                    Administrator under the initial content and preliminary
                    technical screening conducted under subsection (f)(4);
                        ``(I) a review of the progress made in updating the
                    Pesticide Incident Data System, including progress
                    toward making the information contained in such System
                    available to the public (as the Administrator
                    determines is appropriate); and
                        ``(J) an assessment of the public availability of
                    summary pesticide usage data.''.
                (7) Termination of effectiveness.--Section 33(m) of the
            Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C.
            136w-8(m)) is amended--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``2012'' and
                    inserting ``2017''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                        (I) in the heading, by striking
                                    ``2013'' and inserting ``2018'';
                                        (II) by striking ``2013,'' and
                                    inserting ``2018,''; and
                                        (III) by striking ``September 30,
                                    2012'' and inserting ``September 30,
                                    2017'';
                                (ii) in subparagraph (B)--
                                        (I) in the heading by striking
                                    ``2014'' and inserting ``2019'';
                                        (II) by striking ``2014,'' and
                                    inserting ``2019,''; and
                                        (III) by striking ``September 30,
                                    2012'' and inserting ``September 30,
                                    2017'';
                                (iii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                        (I) in the heading by striking
                                    ``2014'' and inserting ``2019''; and
                                        (II) by striking ``September 30,
                                    2014'' and inserting ``September 30,
                                    2019''; and
                                (iv) in subparagraph (D), by striking
                            ``2012'' each place it appears and inserting
                            ``2017''.

    SEC. 10017. MODIFICATION, CANCELLATION, OR SUSPENSION ON BASIS OF A
                  BIOLOGICAL OPINION.

        (a) In General.--Except in the case of a voluntary request from a
    pesticide registrant to amend a registration under section 3 of the
    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a), a
    registration of a pesticide may be modified, canceled, or suspended on
    the basis of the implementation of a Biological Opinion issued by the
    National Marine Fisheries Service or the United States Fish and
    Wildlife Service prior to the date of completion of the study referred
    to in subsection (b), or January 1, 2014, whichever is earlier, only
    if--
                (1) the modification, cancellation, or suspension is
            undertaken pursuant to section 6 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 136d);
            and
                (2) the Biological Opinion complies with the
            recommendations contained in the study referred to in
            subsection (b).
        (b) National Academy of Sciences Study.--The study commissioned by
    the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on March 10,
    2011, shall include, at a minimum, each of the following:
                (1) A formal, independent, and external peer review,
            consistent with Office of Management and Budget policies, of
            each Biological Opinion described in subsection (a).
                (2) Assessment of economic impacts of measures or
            alternatives recommended in each such Biological Opinion.
                (3) An examination of the specific scientific and
            procedural questions and issues pertaining to economic
            feasibility contained in the June 23, 2011 letter sent to the
            Administrator (and other Federal officials) by the Chairmen of
            the Committee on Agriculture, the Committee on Natural
            Resources, and the Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and
            Related Agencies of the Committee on Appropriations, of the
            House of Representatives.

    SEC. 10018. USE AND DISCHARGES OF AUTHORIZED PESTICIDES.

        (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Reducing
    Regulatory Burdens Act of 2012''.
        (b) Use of Authorized Pesticides.--Section 3(f) of the Federal
    Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136a(f)) is
    amended by adding at the end the following:
                ``(5) Use of authorized pesticides.--Except as provided in
            section 402(s) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the
            Administrator or a State may not require a permit under such
            Act for a discharge from a point source into navigable waters
            of a pesticide authorized for sale, distribution, or use under
            this Act, or the residue of such a pesticide, resulting from
            the application of such pesticide.''.
        (c) Discharges of Pesticides.--Section 402 of the Federal Water
    Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1342) is amended by adding at the end
    the following:
        ``(s) Discharges of Pesticides.--
                ``(1) No permit requirement.--Except as provided in
            paragraph (2), a permit shall not be required by the
            Administrator or a State under this Act for a discharge from a
            point source into navigable waters of a pesticide authorized
            for sale, distribution, or use under the Federal Insecticide,
            Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, or the residue of such a
            pesticide, resulting from the application of such pesticide.
                ``(2) Exceptions.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the
            following discharges of a pesticide or pesticide residue:
                        ``(A) A discharge resulting from the application of
                    a pesticide in violation of a provision of the Federal
                    Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act that is
                    relevant to protecting water quality, if--
                                ``(i) the discharge would not have occurred
                            but for the violation; or
                                ``(ii) the amount of pesticide or pesticide
                            residue in the discharge is greater than would
                            have occurred without the violation.
                        ``(B) Stormwater discharges subject to regulation
                    under subsection (p).
                        ``(C) The following discharges subject to
                    regulation under this section:
                                ``(i) Manufacturing or industrial effluent.
                                ``(ii) Treatment works effluent.
                                ``(iii) Discharges incidental to the normal
                            operation of a vessel, including a discharge
                            resulting from ballasting operations or vessel
                            biofouling prevention.''.

    SEC. 10019. INCLUSION OF BED BUGS IN DEFINITION OF VECTOR ORGANISMS.

        (a) Definition.--Section 2(oo) of the Federal Insecticide,
    Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136(oo)) is amended by
    inserting ``bed bugs,'' after ``cockroaches,''.
        (b) Efficacy Data for Exempted Pesticides.--Section 25(b) of the
    Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. 136w(b))
    is amended by adding at the end the following new sentences:
    ``Notwithstanding the exemption of a pesticide under this subsection,
    the Administrator shall require the submission of efficacy data (and
    evaluate such data) if the pesticide is labeled for or proposed to be
    labeled for the control of a pest of public health significance. The
    Administrator shall not permit the sale or distribution of any product
    that is marketed, distributed, or sold with a claim that such product
    will control a public health pest if the efficacy data submitted under
    this subsection does not support such claim.''.

    SEC. 10020. EFFECTIVE DATE.

        (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this title
    and the amendments made by this title take effect on October 1, 2012.
        (b) Exceptions.--The following provisions of this title shall take
    effect on the date of the enactment of this Act:
                (1) Section 10008.
                (2) Section 10009.
                (3) Section 10010.

                            TITLE XI--CROP INSURANCE

    SEC. 11001. INFORMATION SHARING.

        Section 502(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(c))
    is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(4) Information.--
                        ``(A) Request.--Subject to subparagraph (B), the
                    Farm Service Agency shall, in a timely manner, provide
                    to an agent or an approved insurance provider
                    authorized by the producer any information (including
                    Farm Service Agency Form 578s (or any successor form)
                    or maps (or any corrections to those forms or maps)
                    that may assist the agent or approved insurance
                    provider in insuring the producer under a policy or
                    plan of insurance under this subtitle.
                        ``(B) Privacy.--Except as provided in subparagraph
                    (C), an agent or approved insurance provider that
                    receives the information of a producer pursuant to
                    subparagraph (A) shall treat the information in
                    accordance with paragraph (1).
                        ``(C) Sharing.--Nothing in this section prohibits
                    the sharing of the information of a producer pursuant
                    to subparagraph (A) between the agent and the approved
                    insurance provider of the producer.''.

    SEC. 11002. PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION ON VIOLATIONS OF PROHIBITION ON
                  PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS.

        Section 508(a)(9) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
    1508(a)(9)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subparagraph:
                        ``(C) Publication of violations.--
                                ``(i) Publication required.--Subject to
                            clause (ii), the Corporation shall publish in a
                            timely manner on the website of the Risk
                            Management Agency information regarding each
                            violation of this paragraph, including any
                            sanctions imposed in response to the violation,
                            in sufficient detail so that the information
                            may serve as effective guidance to approved
                            insurance providers, agents, and producers.
                                ``(ii) Protection of privacy.--In providing
                            information under clause (i) regarding
                            violations of this paragraph, the Corporation
                            shall redact the identity of the persons and
                            entities committing the violations in order to
                            protect their privacy.''.

    SEC. 11003. SUPPLEMENTAL COVERAGE OPTION.

        (a) Availability of Supplemental Coverage Option.--Paragraph (3) of
    section 508(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is
    amended to read as follows:
                ``(3) Yield and loss basis options.--A producer shall have
            the option of purchasing additional coverage based on--
                        ``(A)(i) an individual yield and loss basis; or
                        ``(ii) an area yield and loss basis;
                        ``(B) an individual yield and loss basis,
                    supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and
                    loss basis to cover a part of the deductible under the
                    individual yield and loss policy, as described in
                    paragraph (4)(C); or
                        ``(C) a margin basis alone or in combination with
                    the coverages available in subparagraph (A) or (B).''.
        (b) Level of Coverage.--Paragraph (4) of section 508(c) of the
    Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(c)) is amended to read as
    follows:
                ``(4) Level of coverage.--
                        ``(A) Dollar denomination and percentage of
                    yield.--Except as provided in subparagraph (C), the
                    level of coverage--
                                ``(i) shall be dollar denominated; and
                                ``(ii) may be purchased at any level not to
                            exceed 85 percent of the individual yield or 95
                            percent of the area yield (as determined by the
                            Corporation).
                        ``(B) Information.--The Corporation shall provide
                    producers with information on catastrophic risk and
                    additional coverage in terms of dollar coverage (within
                    the allowable limits of coverage provided in this
                    paragraph).
                        ``(C) Supplemental coverage option.--
                                ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding
                            subparagraph (A), in the case of the
                            supplemental coverage option described in
                            paragraph (3)(B), the Corporation shall offer
                            producers the opportunity to purchase coverage
                            in combination with a policy or plan of
                            insurance offered under this subtitle that
                            would allow indemnities to be paid to a
                            producer equal to a part of the deductible
                            under the policy or plan of insurance--
                                        ``(I) at a county-wide level to the
                                    fullest extent practicable; or
                                        ``(II) in counties that lack
                                    sufficient data, on the basis of such
                                    larger geographical area as the
                                    Corporation determines to provide
                                    sufficient data for purposes of
                                    providing the coverage.
                                ``(ii) Trigger.--Coverage offered under
                            paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall be
                            triggered only if the losses in the area exceed
                            10 percent of normal levels (as determined by
                            the Corporation).
                                ``(iii) Coverage.--Subject to the trigger
                            described in clause (ii), coverage offered
                            under paragraph (3)(B) and clause (i) shall not
                            exceed the difference between--
                                        ``(I) 90 percent; and
                                        ``(II) the coverage level selected
                                    by the producer for the underlying
                                    policy or plan of insurance.
                                ``(iv) Ineligible crops and acres.--Crops
                            for which the producer has elected under
                            section 1107(c)(1) of the Federal Agriculture
                            Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012 to
                            receive revenue loss coverage and acres that
                            are enrolled in the stacked income protection
                            plan under section 508B shall not be eligible
                            for supplemental coverage under this
                            subparagraph.
                                ``(v) Calculation of premium.--
                            Notwithstanding subsection (d), the premium for
                            coverage offered under paragraph (3)(B) and
                            clause (i) shall--
                                        ``(I) be sufficient to cover
                                    anticipated losses and a reasonable
                                    reserve; and
                                        ``(II) include an amount for
                                    operating and administrative expenses
                                    established in accordance with
                                    subsection (k)(4)(F).''.
        (c) Payment of Portion of Premium by Corporation.--Section
    508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)) is
    amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(H) In the case of the supplemental coverage
                    option authorized in subsection (c)(4)(C), the amount
                    shall be equal to the sum of--
                                ``(i) 70 percent of the additional premium
                            associated with the coverage; and
                                ``(ii) the amount determined under
                            subsection (c)(4)(C)(vi)(II), subject to
                            subsection (k)(4)(F), for the coverage to cover
                            operating and administrative expenses.''.
        (d) Effective Date.--The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation shall
    begin to provide additional coverage based on an individual yield and
    loss basis, supplemented with coverage based on an area yield and loss
    basis, not later than for the 2013 crop year.

    SEC. 11004. PREMIUM AMOUNTS FOR CATASTROPHIC RISK PROTECTION.

        Subparagraph (A) of section 508(d)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(d)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
                        ``(A) In the case of catastrophic risk protection,
                    the amount of the premium established by the
                    Corporation for each crop for which catastrophic risk
                    protection is available shall be reduced by the
                    percentage equal to the difference between the average
                    loss ratio for the crop and 100 percent, plus a
                    reasonable reserve.''.

    SEC. 11005. REPEAL OF PERFORMANCE-BASED DISCOUNT.

        (a) Repeal.--Section 508(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
    U.S.C. 1508(d)) is amended--
                (1) by striking paragraph (3); and
                (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 508(a)(9)(B) of the Federal Crop
    Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(a)(9)(B)) is amended--
                (1) by inserting ``or'' at the end of clause (i);
                (2) by striking clause (ii); and
                (3) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii).

    SEC. 11006. PERMANENT ENTERPRISE UNIT SUBSIDY.

        Subparagraph (A) of section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
                        ``(A) In general.--The Corporation may pay a
                    portion of the premiums for plans or policies of
                    insurance for which the insurable unit is defined on a
                    whole farm or enterprise unit basis that is higher than
                    would otherwise be paid in accordance with paragraph
                    (2).''.

    SEC. 11007. ENTERPRISE UNITS FOR IRRIGATED AND NONIRRIGATED CROPS.

        Section 508(e)(5) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
    1508(e)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subparagraph:
                        ``(D) Nonirrigated crops.--Beginning with the 2013
                    crop year, the Corporation shall make available
                    separate enterprise units for irrigated and
                    nonirrigated acreage of crops in counties.''.

    SEC. 11008. DATA COLLECTION.

        Section 508(g)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
    1508(g)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subparagraph:
                        ``(E) Sources of yield data.--To determine yields
                    under this paragraph, the Corporation--
                                ``(i) shall use county data collected by
                            the Risk Management Agency or the National
                            Agricultural Statistics Service, or both; or
                                ``(ii) if sufficient county data is not
                            available, may use other data considered
                            appropriate by the Secretary.''.

    SEC. 11009. ADJUSTMENT IN ACTUAL PRODUCTION HISTORY TO ESTABLISH
                  INSURABLE YIELDS.

        Section 508(g)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
    1508(g)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ``60'' each place it appears and
    inserting ``70''.

    SEC. 11010. SUBMISSION AND REVIEW OF POLICIES.

        Section 508(h) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(h))
    is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)--
                        (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as
                    clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting
                    appropriately;
                        (B) by striking ``(1) In general.--In addition''
                    and inserting the following:
                ``(1) Authority to submit.--
                        ``(A) In general.--In addition''; and
                        (C) by adding at the end the following new
                    subparagraph:
                        ``(B) Review and submission by corporation.--The
                    Corporation shall review any policy developed under
                    section 522(c) or any pilot program developed under
                    section 523 and submit the policy or program to the
                    Board under this subsection if the Corporation, at the
                    sole discretion of the Corporation, finds that the
                    policy or program--
                                ``(i) will likely result in a viable and
                            marketable policy consistent with this
                            subsection;
                                ``(ii) would provide crop insurance
                            coverage in a significantly improved form; and
                                ``(iii) adequately protects the interests
                            of producers.''; and
                (2) in paragraph (3)--
                        (A) by striking ``A policy'' and inserting the
                    following:
                        ``(A) In general.--A policy''; and
                        (B) by adding at the end the following new
                    subparagraph:
                        ``(B) Specified review and approval priorities.--In
                    reviewing policies and other materials submitted to the
                    Board under this subsection for approval, the Board--
                                ``(i) shall make the development and
                            approval of a revenue policy for peanut
                            producers a priority so that a revenue policy
                            is available to peanut producers in time for
                            the 2013 crop year;
                                ``(ii) shall make the development and
                            approval of a downed rice policy and margin
                            coverage policy for rice producers a priority
                            so that each policy is available to rice
                            producers in time for the 2013 crop year; and
                                ``(iii) may approve a submission that is
                            made pursuant to this subsection that would,
                            beginning with the 2013 crop year, allow
                            producers that purchase policies in accordance
                            with subsection (e)(5)(A) to separate
                            enterprise units by risk rating for acreage of
                            crops in counties.''.

    SEC. 11011. EQUITABLE RELIEF FOR SPECIALTY CROP POLICIES.

        Section 508(k)(8)(E) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7
    U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)(E)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    clause:
                                ``(iii) Equitable relief for specialty crop
                            policies.--
                                        ``(I) In general.--For each of the
                                    2011 through 2015 reinsurance years, in
                                    addition to the total amount of funding
                                    for reimbursement of administrative and
                                    operating costs that is otherwise
                                    required to be made available in each
                                    such reinsurance year pursuant to an
                                    agreement entered into by the
                                    Corporation, the Corporation shall use
                                    $41,000,000 to provide additional
                                    reimbursement with respect to eligible
                                    insurance contracts for any
                                    agricultural commodity that is not
                                    eligible for a benefit under subtitles
                                    A, B or C of title I of the Federal
                                    Agriculture Reform and Risk Management
                                    Act of 2012.
                                        ``(II) Treatment.--Additional
                                    reimbursements made under this clause
                                    shall be included as part of the base
                                    level of administrative and operating
                                    expense reimbursement to which any
                                    limit on compensation to persons
                                    involved in the direct sale and service
                                    of any eligible crop insurance contract
                                    required under an agreement entered
                                    into by the Corporation is applied.
                                        ``(III) Rule of construction.--
                                    Nothing in this clause shall be
                                    construed as statutory assent to the
                                    limit described in subclause (II).''.

    SEC. 11012. BUDGET LIMITATIONS ON RENEGOTIATION OF THE STANDARD
                  REINSURANCE AGREEMENT.

        Section 508(k)(8) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7
    U.S.C. 1508(k)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
    subparagraph:
                        ``(F) Budget.--
                                ``(i) In general.--The Board shall ensure
                            that any Standard Reinsurance Agreement
                            negotiated under subparagraph (A)(ii), as
                            compared to the previous Standard Reinsurance
                            Agreement--
                                        ``(I) to the maximum extent
                                    practicable, shall be budget neutral;
                                    and
                                        ``(II) in no event, may
                                    significantly depart from budget
                                    neutrality.
                                ``(ii) Use of savings.--To the extent that
                            any budget savings is realized in the
                            renegotiation of a Standard Reinsurance
                            Agreement under subparagraph (A)(ii), and the
                            savings are determined not to be a significant
                            departure from budget neutrality under clause
                            (i), the savings shall be used to increase the
                            obligations of the Corporation under
                            subsections (e)(2) or (k)(4) or section 523.''.

    SEC. 11013. CROP PRODUCTION ON NATIVE SOD.

        (a) Federal Crop Insurance.--Section 508(o) of the Federal Crop
    Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(o)) is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ``, or the producer
            cannot substantiate that the ground has ever been tilled,''
            after ``tilled'';
                (2) in paragraph (2)--
                        (A) in the paragraph heading, by striking
                    ``Ineligibility for'' and inserting ``Reduction in'';
                    and
                        (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``for benefits
                    under--'' and all that follows through the period at
                    the end and inserting ``for--
                                ``(i) a portion of crop insurance premium
                            subsidies under this subtitle in accordance
                            with paragraph (3);
                                ``(ii) benefits under section 196 of the
                            Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
                            of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and
                                ``(iii) payments described in subsection
                            (b) or (c) of section 1001 of the Food Security
                            Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308).''; and
                (3) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following
            new paragraphs:
                ``(3) Administration.--
                        ``(A) In general.--During the first 4 crop years of
                    planting on native sod acreage by a producer described
                    in paragraph (2)--
                                ``(i) paragraph (2) shall apply to 65
                            percent of the transitional yield of the
                            producer; and
                                ``(ii) the crop insurance premium subsidy
                            provided for the producer under this subtitle
                            shall be 50 percentage points less than the
                            premium subsidy that would otherwise apply.
                        ``(B) Yield substitution.--During the period native
                    sod acreage is covered by this subsection, a producer
                    may not substitute yields for the native sod acreage.
                ``(4) Application.--This subsection shall only apply to
            native sod in the Prairie Pothole National Priority Area.''.
        (b) Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance.--Section 196(a)(4) of the
    Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C.
    7333(a)(4)) is amended--
                (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``ineligibility''
            and inserting ``benefit reduction'';
                (2) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ``, or the
            producer cannot substantiate that the ground has ever been
            tilled,'' after ``tilled'';
                (3) in subparagraph (B)--
                        (A) in the subparagraph heading, by striking
                    ``Ineligibility'' and inserting ``Reduction in''; and
                        (B) in clause (i), by striking ``for benefits
                    under--'' and all that follows through the period at
                    the end and inserting ``for--
                                        ``(I) benefits under this section;
                                        ``(II) a portion of crop insurance
                                    premium subsidies under the Federal
                                    Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
                                    seq.) in accordance with subparagraph
                                    (C); and
                                        ``(III) payments described in
                                    subsection (b) or (c) of section 1001
                                    of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
                                    U.S.C. 1308).''; and
                (4) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
            following new subparagraphs:
                        ``(C) Administration.--
                                ``(i) In general.--During the first 4 crop
                            years of planting on native sod acreage by a
                            producer described in subparagraph (B)--
                                        ``(I) subparagraph (B) shall apply
                                    to 65 percent of the transitional yield
                                    of the producer; and
                                        ``(II) the crop insurance premium
                                    subsidy provided for the producer under
                                    the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
                                    U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) shall be 50
                                    percentage points less than the premium
                                    subsidy that would otherwise apply.
                                ``(ii) Yield substitution.--During the
                            period native sod acreage is covered by this
                            paragraph, a producer may not substitute yields
                            for the native sod acreage.
                        ``(D) Application.--This paragraph shall only apply
                    to native sod in the Prairie Pothole National Priority
                    Area.''.
        (c) Cropland Report.--
                (1) Baseline.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
            enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
            submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
            Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
            and Forestry of the Senate a report that describes the cropland
            acreage in each applicable county and State, and the change in
            cropland acreage from the preceding year in each applicable
            county and State, beginning with calendar year 2000 and
            including that information for the most recent year for which
            that information is available.
                (2) Annual updates.--Not later than January 1, 2014, and
            each January 1 thereafter through January 1, 2017, the
            Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on
            Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee
            on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report
            that describes--
                        (A) the cropland acreage in each applicable county
                    and State as of the date of submission of the report;
                    and
                        (B) the change in cropland acreage from the
                    preceding year in each applicable county and State.

    SEC. 11014. COVERAGE LEVELS BY PRACTICE.

        Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C.
    1508) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(p) Coverage Levels by Practice.--Beginning with the 2014 crop
    year, a producer that produces an agricultural commodity on both dry
    land and irrigated land may elect a different coverage level for each
    production practice.''.

    SEC. 11015. BEGINNING FARMER AND RANCHER PROVISIONS.

        (a) Definition.--Section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act
    (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)) is amended--
                (1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (9) as
            paragraphs (4) through (10), respectively; and
                (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
                ``(3) Beginning farmer or rancher.--The term `beginning
            farmer or rancher' means a farmer or rancher who has not
            actively operated and managed a farm or ranch with a bona fide
            insurable interest in a crop or livestock as an owner-operator,
            landlord, tenant, or sharecropper for more than 5 crop years,
            as determined by the Secretary.''.
        (b) Premium Adjustments.--Section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance
    Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is amended--
                (1) in subsection (b)(5)(E), by inserting ``and beginning
            farmers or ranchers'' after ``limited resource farmers'';
                (2) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following
            new paragraph:
                ``(8) Premium for beginning farmers or ranchers.--
            Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection
            regarding payment of a portion of premiums, a beginning farmer
            or rancher shall receive premium assistance that is 10
            percentage points greater than premium assistance that would
            otherwise be available under paragraphs (2) (except for
            subparagraph (A) of that paragraph), (5), (6), and (7) for the
            applicable policy, plan of insurance, and coverage level
            selected by the beginning farmer or rancher.''; and
                (3) in subsection (g)--
                        (A) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                                (i) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at
                            the end;
                                (ii) in clause (ii)(III), by striking the
                            period at the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                                ``(iii) if the producer is a beginning
                            farmer or rancher who was previously involved
                            in a farming or ranching operation, including
                            involvement in the decisionmaking or physical
                            involvement in the production of the crop or
                            livestock on the farm, for any acreage obtained
                            by the beginning farmer or rancher, a yield
                            that is the higher of--
                                        ``(I) the actual production history
                                    of the previous producer of the crop or
                                    livestock on the acreage determined
                                    under subparagraph (A); or
                                        ``(II) a yield of the producer, as
                                    determined in clause (i).''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (4)(B)(ii) (as amended by section
                    11009)--
                                (i) by inserting ``(I)'' after ``(ii)'';
                                (ii) by striking the period at the end and
                            inserting ``; or''; and
                                (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                                                ``(II) in the case of
                                            beginning farmers or ranchers,
                                            replace each excluded yield
                                            with a yield equal to 80
                                            percent of the applicable
                                            transitional yield.''.

    SEC. 11016. STACKED INCOME PROTECTION PLAN FOR PRODUCERS OF UPLAND
                  COTTON.

        (a) Availability of Stacked Income Protection Plan for Producers of
    Upland Cotton.--The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting
    after section 508A (7 U.S.C. 1508a) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 508B. STACKED INCOME PROTECTION PLAN FOR PRODUCERS OF UPLAND
                  COTTON.

        ``(a) Availability.--Beginning not later than the 2013 crop of
    upland cotton, the Corporation shall make available to producers of
    upland cotton an additional policy (to be known as the `Stacked Income
    Protection Plan'), which shall provide coverage consistent with the
    Group Risk Income Protection Plan (and the associated Harvest Revenue
    Option Endorsement) offered by the Corporation for the 2011 crop year.
        ``(b) Required Terms.--The Corporation may modify the Stacked
    Income Protection Plan on a program-wide basis, except that the Stacked
    Income Protection Plan shall comply with the following requirements:
                ``(1) Provide coverage for revenue loss of not less than 10
            percent and not more than 30 percent of expected county
            revenue, specified in increments of 5 percent. The deductible
            is the minimum percent of revenue loss at which indemnities are
            triggered under the plan, not to be less than 10 percent of the
            expected county revenue.
                ``(2) Be offered to producers of upland cotton in all
            counties with upland cotton production--
                        ``(A) at a county-wide level to the fullest extent
                    practicable; or
                        ``(B) in counties that lack sufficient data, on the
                    basis of such larger geographical area as the
                    Corporation determines to provide sufficient data for
                    purposes of providing the coverage.
                ``(3) Be purchased in addition to any other individual or
            area coverage in effect on the producer's acreage or as a
            stand-alone policy, except that if a producer has an individual
            or area coverage for the same acreage, the maximum coverage
            available under the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall not
            exceed the deductible for the individual or area coverage.
                ``(4) Establish coverage based on--
                        ``(A) an expected price that is the higher of--
                                ``(i) the expected price established under
                            existing Group Risk Income Protection or area
                            wide policy offered by the Corporation for the
                            applicable county (or area) and crop year; or
                                ``(ii) $0.6861 per pound; and
                        ``(B) an expected county yield that is the higher
                    of--
                                ``(i) the expected county yield established
                            for the existing area-wide plans offered by the
                            Corporation for the applicable county (or area)
                            and crop year (or, in geographic areas where
                            area-wide plans are not offered, an expected
                            yield determined in a manner consistent with
                            those of area-wide plans); or
                                ``(ii) the average of the applicable yield
                            data for the county (or area) for the most
                            recent 5 years, excluding the highest and
                            lowest observations, from the Risk Management
                            Agency or the National Agricultural Statistics
                            Service (or both) or, if sufficient county data
                            is not available, such other data considered
                            appropriate by the Secretary.
                ``(5) Use a multiplier factor to establish maximum
            protection per acre (referred to as a `protection factor') of
            not less than the higher of the level established on a program
            wide basis or 120 percent.
                ``(6) Pay an indemnity based on the amount that the
            expected county revenue exceeds the actual county revenue, as
            applied to the individual coverage of the producer. Indemnities
            under the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall not include or
            overlap the amount of the deductible selected under paragraph
            (1).
                ``(7) In all counties for which data are available,
            establish separate coverage levels for irrigated and non-
            irrigated practices.
        ``(c) Reinsurance.--When the $0.6861 reference price is equal to or
    greater than the expected price established under the existing Group
    Risk Income Protection or area wide policy offered by the Corporation
    for the applicable county (or area) and crop year or the yield
    established under subsection (b)(4)(B) is used to establish the
    expected county yield, the Corporation shall reinsure at 100 percent
    that portion of the indemnity that is attributable to the difference
    between--
                ``(1) the $0.6861 reference price and the expected price
            established under the existing Group Risk Income Protection or
            area wide policy offered by the Corporation for the applicable
            county (or area) and crop year; and
                ``(2) the yield established under subsection (b)(4)(B).
        ``(d) Premium.--Notwithstanding section 508(d), the premium for the
    Stacked Income Protection Plan shall--
                ``(1) be sufficient to cover anticipated losses and a
            reasonable reserve; and
                ``(2) include an amount for operating and administrative
            expenses established in accordance with section 508(k)(4)(F).
        ``(e) Payment of Portion by Corporation.--Subject to section
    508(e)(4), the amount of premium paid by the Corporation for all
    qualifying coverage levels of the Stacked Income Protection Plan shall
    be--
                ``(1) 80 percent of the amount of the premium established
            under subsection (d) for the coverage level selected; and
                ``(2) the amount determined under subsection (d)(2),
            subject to section 508(k)(4)(F), for the coverage to cover
            administrative and operating expenses.
        ``(f) Relation to Other Coverages.--The Stacked Income Protection
    Plan is in addition to all other coverages available to producers of
    upland cotton.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 508(k)(4)(F) of the Federal Crop
    Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(k)(4)(F)) is amended by inserting ``or
    authorized under subsection (c)(4)(C) or section 508B'' after ``of this
    subparagraph''.

    SEC. 11017. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE.

        The Federal Crop Insurance Act is amended by inserting after
    section 508B, as added by the previous section, the following new
    section:

    ``SEC. 508C. PEANUT REVENUE CROP INSURANCE.

        ``(a) In General.--Effective beginning with the 2013 crop year, the
    Risk Management Agency and the Corporation shall make available to
    producers of peanuts a revenue crop insurance program for peanuts.
        ``(b) Effective Price.--Subject to subsection (c), for purposes of
    the revenue crop insurance program and the multiperil crop insurance
    program under this Act, the effective price for peanuts shall be equal
    to the Rotterdam price index for peanuts, as adjusted to reflect the
    farmer stock price of peanuts in the United States.
        ``(c) Adjustments.--
                ``(1) In general.--The effective price for peanuts
            established under subsection (b) may be adjusted by the Risk
            Management Agency and the Corporation to correct distortions.
                ``(2) Administration.--If an adjustment is made under
            paragraph (1), the Risk Management Agency and the Corporation
            shall--
                        ``(A) make the adjustment in an open and
                    transparent manner; and
                        ``(B) submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the
                    House of Representatives and the Committee on
                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
                    report that describes the reasons for the
                    adjustment.''.

    SEC. 11018. AUTHORITY TO CORRECT ERRORS.

        Section 515(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1515(c))
    is amended--
                (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Secretary''
            and inserting the following:
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary'';
                (2) in the second sentence, by striking ``Beginning with''
            and inserting the following:
                ``(2) Frequency.--Beginning with''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(3) Corrections.--
                        ``(A) In general.--In addition to the corrections
                    permitted by the Corporation as of the date of
                    enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
                    Management Act of 2012, the Corporation shall allow an
                    agent or an approved insurance provider, subject to
                    subparagraph (B)--
                                ``(i) within a reasonable amount of time
                            following the applicable sales closing date, to
                            correct unintentional errors in information
                            that is provided by a producer for the purpose
                            of obtaining coverage under any policy or plan
                            of insurance made available under this subtitle
                            to ensure that the eligibility information is
                            correct;
                                ``(ii) within a reasonable amount of time
                            following--
                                        ``(I) the acreage reporting date,
                                    to correct unintentional errors in
                                    factual information that is provided by
                                    a producer after the sales closing date
                                    to reconcile the information with the
                                    information reported by the producer to
                                    the Farm Service Agency; or
                                        ``(II) the date of any subsequent
                                    correction of data by the Farm Service
                                    Agency made as a result of the
                                    verification of information; and
                                ``(iii) at any time, to correct
                            unintentional errors that were made by the Farm
                            Service Agency or an agent or approved
                            insurance provider in transmitting the
                            information provided by the producer to the
                            approved insurance provider or the Corporation.
                        ``(B) Limitation.--In accordance with the
                    procedures of the Corporation, correction to the
                    information described in clauses (i) and (ii) of
                    subparagraph (A) may only be made if the corrections do
                    not allow the producer--
                                ``(i) to avoid ineligibility requirements
                            for insurance;
                                ``(ii) to obtain, enhance, or increase an
                            insurance guarantee or indemnity, or avoid
                            premium owed, if a cause of loss exists or has
                            occurred before any correction has been made;
                            or
                                ``(iii) to avoid an obligation or
                            requirement under any Federal or State law.
                        ``(C) Exception to late filing sanctions.--Any
                    corrections made pursuant to this paragraph shall not
                    be subject to any late filing sanctions authorized in
                    the reinsurance agreement with the Corporation.''.

    SEC. 11019. IMPLEMENTATION.

        Section 515 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1515) is
    amended--
                (1) in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (1) and
            inserting the following new paragraph:
                ``(1) Systems maintenance and upgrades.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall maintain and
                    upgrade the information management systems of the
                    Corporation used in the administration and enforcement
                    of this subtitle.
                        ``(B) Requirement.--
                                ``(i) In general.--In maintaining and
                            upgrading the systems, the Secretary shall
                            ensure that new hardware and software are
                            compatible with the hardware and software used
                            by other agencies of the Department to maximize
                            data sharing and promote the purposes of this
                            section.
                                ``(ii) Acreage report streamlining
                            initiative project.--As soon as practicable,
                            the Secretary shall develop and implement an
                            acreage report streamlining initiative project
                            to allow producers to report acreage and other
                            information directly to the Department.''; and
                (2) in subsection (k), by striking paragraph (1) and
            inserting the following new paragraph:
                ``(1) Information technology.--
                        ``(A) In general.--For purposes of subsection
                    (j)(1), the Corporation may use, from amounts made
                    available from the insurance fund established under
                    section 516(c), not more than--
                                ``(i)(I) for fiscal year 2013, $25,000,000;
                            and
                                ``(II) for each of fiscal years 2014
                            through 2017, $10,000,000; or
                                ``(ii) if the Acreage Crop Reporting
                            Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project is
                            substantially completed by September 30, 2014,
                            not more than $15,000,000 for each of the
                            fiscal years 2014 through 2017.
                        ``(B) Notification.--The Secretary shall notify the
                    Committee on Agriculture of the House of
                    Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
                    Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate of the
                    substantial completion of the Acreage Crop Reporting
                    Streamlining Initiative (ACRSI) project not later than
                    July 1, 2014.''.

    SEC. 11020. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES.

        Section 522(c)(6) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
    1522(c)(6)) is amended by striking ``a pasture, range, and forage
    program'' and inserting ``policies that increase participation by
    producers of underserved agricultural commodities, including sweet
    sorghum, biomass sorghum, rice, peanuts, and sugarcane''.

    SEC. 11021. ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTING
                  REQUIREMENTS.

        Section 522(c) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1522(c))
    is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (10)--
                        (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``the Food,
                    Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008'' and inserting
                    ``the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management
                    Act of 2012'';
                        (B) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking ``2009''
                    and inserting ``2013''; and
                        (C) in subparagraph (C)--
                                (i) in clause (ii), by striking ``2010''
                            and inserting ``2013''; and
                                (ii) in clause (iii), by striking ``Food,
                            Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008'' and
                            inserting ``the Federal Agriculture Reform and
                            Risk Management Act of 2012'';
                (2) by redesignating paragraph (17) as paragraph (24); and
                (3) by inserting after paragraph (16), the following new
            paragraphs:
                ``(17) Margin coverage for catfish.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall offer to
                    enter into a contract with a qualified entity to
                    conduct research and development regarding a policy to
                    insure producers against reduction in the margin
                    between the market value of catfish and selected costs
                    incurred in the production of catfish.
                        ``(B) Eligibility.--Eligibility for the policy
                    described in subparagraph (A) shall be limited to
                    freshwater species of catfish that are propagated and
                    reared in controlled or selected environments.
                        ``(C) Implementation.--The Board shall review the
                    policy described in subparagraph (B) under subsection
                    508(h) and approve the policy if the Board finds that
                    the policy--
                                ``(i) will likely result in a viable and
                            marketable policy consistent with this
                            subsection;
                                ``(ii) would provide crop insurance
                            coverage in a significantly improved form;
                                ``(iii) adequately protects the interests
                            of producers; and
                                ``(iv) the proposed policy meets other
                            requirements of this subtitle determined
                            appropriate by the Board.
                ``(18) Biomass and sweet sorghum energy crop insurance
            policies.--
                        ``(A) Authority.--The Corporation shall offer to
                    enter into 1 or more contracts with qualified entities
                    to carry out research and development regarding--
                                ``(i) a policy to insure biomass sorghum
                            that is grown expressly for the purpose of
                            producing a feedstock for renewable biofuel,
                            renewable electricity, or biobased products;
                            and
                                ``(ii) a policy to insure sweet sorghum
                            that is grown for a purpose described in clause
                            (i).
                        ``(B) Research and development.--Research and
                    development with respect to each of the policies
                    required in subparagraph (A) shall evaluate the
                    effectiveness of risk management tools for the
                    production of biomass sorghum or sweet sorghum,
                    including policies and plans of insurance that--
                                ``(i) are based on market prices and
                            yields;
                                ``(ii) to the extent that insufficient data
                            exist to develop a policy based on market
                            prices and yields, evaluate the policies and
                            plans of insurance based on the use of weather
                            indices, including excessive or inadequate
                            rainfall, to protect the interest of crop
                            producers; and
                                ``(iii) provide protection for production
                            or revenue losses, or both.
                ``(19) Study on swine catastrophic disease program.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall contract
                    with a qualified person to conduct a study to determine
                    the feasibility of insuring swine producers for a
                    catastrophic event.
                        ``(B) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
                    of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation
                    shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the
                    House of Representatives and the Committee on
                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
                    report that describes the results of the study
                    conducted under subparagraph (A).
                ``(20) Whole farm diversified risk management insurance
            plan.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall conduct
                    activities or enter into contracts to carry out
                    research and development to develop a whole farm risk
                    management insurance plan, with a liability limitation
                    of $1,000,000, that allows a diversified crop or
                    livestock producer the option to qualify for an
                    indemnity if actual gross farm revenue is below 85
                    percent of the average gross farm revenue or the
                    expected gross farm revenue that can reasonably be
                    expected of the producer, as determined by the
                    Corporation.
                        ``(B) Eligible producers.--The Corporation shall
                    permit producers (including direct-to-consumer
                    marketers and producers servicing local and regional
                    and farm identity-preserved markets) who produce
                    multiple agricultural commodities, including specialty
                    crops, industrial crops, livestock, and aquaculture
                    products, to participate in the plan in lieu of any
                    other plan under this subtitle.
                        ``(C) Diversification.--The Corporation may provide
                    diversification-based additional coverage payment
                    rates, premium discounts, or other enhanced benefits in
                    recognition of the risk management benefits of crop and
                    livestock diversification strategies for producers that
                    grow multiple crops or that may have income from the
                    production of livestock that uses a crop grown on the
                    farm.
                        ``(D) Market readiness.--The Corporation may
                    include coverage for the value of any packing,
                    packaging, or any other similar on-farm activity the
                    Corporation determines to be the minimum required in
                    order to remove the commodity from the field.
                        ``(E) Report.--Not later than 2 years after the
                    date of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation
                    shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the
                    House of Representatives and the Committee on
                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
                    report that describes the results and feasibility of
                    the research and development conducted under this
                    paragraph, including an analysis of potential adverse
                    market distortions.
                ``(21) Study of food safety insurance.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall offer to
                    enter into a contract with 1 or more qualified entities
                    to conduct a study to determine whether offering
                    policies that provide coverage for specialty crops from
                    food safety and contamination issues would benefit
                    agricultural producers.
                        ``(B) Subject.--The study described in subparagraph
                    (A) shall evaluate policies and plans of insurance
                    coverage that provide protection for production or
                    revenue impacted by food safety concerns including, at
                    a minimum, government, retail, or national consumer
                    group announcements of a health advisory, removal, or
                    recall related to a contamination concern.
                        ``(C) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
                    of enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall
                    submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
                    Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
                    Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that
                    describes the results of the study conducted under
                    subparagraph (A).
                ``(22) Study on poultry catastrophic disease program.--
                        ``(A) In general.--The Corporation shall contract
                    with a qualified person to conduct a study to determine
                    the feasibility of insuring poultry producers for a
                    catastrophic event.
                        ``(B) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date
                    of the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation
                    shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the
                    House of Representatives and the Committee on
                    Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a
                    report that describes the results of the study
                    conducted under subparagraph (A).
                ``(23) Poultry business interruption insurance policy.--
                        ``(A) Authority.--The Corporation shall offer to
                    enter into a contract or cooperative agreement with a
                    university or other legal entity to carry out research
                    and development regarding a policy to insure the
                    commercial production of poultry against business
                    interruptions caused by integrator bankruptcy.
                        ``(B) Research and development.--As part of the
                    research and development conducted pursuant to a
                    contract or cooperative agreement entered into under
                    subparagraph (A), the entity shall--
                                ``(i) evaluate the market place for
                            business interruption insurance that is
                            available to poultry growers;
                                ``(ii) determine what statutory authority
                            would be necessary to implement a business
                            interruption insurance through the Corporation;
                                ``(iii) assess the feasibility of a policy
                            or plan of insurance offered under this
                            subtitle to insure against losses due to the
                            bankruptcy of an business integrator; and
                                ``(iv) analyze the costs to the Federal
                            Government of a Federal business interruption
                            insurance program for poultry growers.
                        ``(C) Definitions.--In this paragraph, the terms
                    `poultry' and `poultry grower' have the meanings given
                    those terms in section 2(a) of the Packers and
                    Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 182(a)).
                        ``(D) Deadline for contract or cooperative
                    agreement.--Not later than six months after the date of
                    the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall
                    enter into the contract or cooperative agreement
                    required by subparagraph (A).
                        ``(E) Deadline for completion of research and
                    development.--Not later than one year after the date of
                    the enactment of this paragraph, the Corporation shall
                    submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of
                    Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture,
                    Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that
                    describes the results of the research and development
                    conducted pursuant to the contract or cooperative
                    agreement entered into under subparagraph (A).''.

    SEC. 11022. PILOT PROGRAMS.

        Section 523(a) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1523(a))
    is amended--
                (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``, at the sole
            discretion of the Corporation,'' after ``may''; and
                (2) by striking paragraph (5).

    SEC. 11023. LIMITATION ON EXPENDITURES FOR LIVESTOCK PILOT PROGRAMS.

        Section 523(b)(10) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
    1523(b)(10)) is amended--
                (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``fiscal year 2004 and
            each subsequent fiscal year'' and inserting ``each of fiscal
            years 2004 through 2012''; and
                (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(D) $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2013 and each
                    subsequent fiscal year.''.

    SEC. 11024. NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

        Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act
    of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333), as amended by section 11013(b)) is further
    amended--
                (1) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
                    following new paragraph:
                ``(1) In general.--
                        ``(A) Coverages.--In the case of an eligible crop
                    described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of
                    Agriculture shall operate a noninsured crop disaster
                    assistance program to provide coverages based on
                    individual yields (other than for value-loss crops)
                    equivalent to--
                                ``(i) catastrophic risk protection
                            available under section 508(b) of the Federal
                            Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)); or
                                ``(ii) additional coverage available under
                            subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of that
                            Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 65
                            percent.
                        ``(B) Administration.--The Secretary shall carry
                    out this section through the Farm Service Agency
                    (referred to in this section as the `Agency').''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                                (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and''
                            after the semicolon at the end;
                                (ii) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause
                            (iii); and
                                (iii) by inserting after clause (i) the
                            following new clause:
                                        ``(ii) for which additional
                                    coverage under subsections (c) and (h)
                                    of section 508 of that Act (7 U.S.C.
                                    1508) is not available; and'';
                (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``The Secretary'' and
            inserting ``Subject to subsection (l), the Secretary''; and
                (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
        ``(l) Payment Equivalent to Additional Coverage.--
                ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make available to a
            producer eligible for noninsured assistance under this section
            a payment equivalent to an indemnity for additional coverage
            under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of the Federal
            Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 65
            percent of the established yield for the eligible crop on the
            farm, computed by multiplying--
                        ``(A) the quantity that is not greater than 65
                    percent of the established yield for the crop, as
                    determined by the Secretary, specified in increments of
                    5 percent;
                        ``(B) 100 percent of the average market price for
                    the crop, as determined by the Secretary; and
                        ``(C) a payment rate for the type of crop, as
                    determined by the Secretary, that reflects--
                                ``(i) in the case of a crop that is
                            produced with a significant and variable
                            harvesting expense, the decreasing cost
                            incurred in the production cycle for the crop
                            that is, as applicable--
                                        ``(I) harvested;
                                        ``(II) planted but not harvested;
                                    or
                                        ``(III) prevented from being
                                    planted because of drought, flood, or
                                    other natural disaster, as determined
                                    by the Secretary; or
                                ``(ii) in the case of a crop that is
                            produced without a significant and variable
                            harvesting expense, such rate as shall be
                            determined by the Secretary.
                ``(2) Premium.--To be eligible to receive a payment under
            this subsection, a producer shall pay--
                        ``(A) the service fee required by subsection (k);
                    and
                        ``(B) a premium for the applicable crop year that
                    is equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
                                ``(i) the number of acres devoted to the
                            eligible crop;
                                ``(ii) the established yield for the
                            eligible crop, as determined by the Secretary
                            under subsection (e);
                                ``(iii) the coverage level elected by the
                            producer;
                                ``(iv) the average market price, as
                            determined by the Secretary; and
                                ``(v) .0525.
                ``(3) Limited resource, beginning, and socially
            disadvantaged farmers.--The additional coverage made available
            under this subsection shall be available to limited resource,
            beginning, and socially disadvantaged producers, as determined
            by the Secretary, in exchange for a premium that is 50 percent
            of the premium determined for a producer under paragraph (2).
                ``(4) Premium payment and application deadline.--
                        ``(A) Premium payment.--A producer electing
                    additional coverage under this subsection shall pay the
                    premium amount owed for the additional coverage by
                    September 30 of the crop year for which the additional
                    coverage is purchased.
                        ``(B) Application deadline.--The latest date on
                    which additional coverage under this subsection may be
                    elected shall be the application closing date described
                    in subsection (b)(1).
                ``(5) Effective date.--Additional coverage under this
            subsection shall be available beginning with the 2014
            crop.''.workhome100now . com

    SEC. 11025. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

        (a) Eligibility for Department Programs.--Section 508(b) of the
    Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)) is amended--
                (1) by striking paragraph (7); and
                (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (11) as
            paragraphs (7) through (10), respectively.
        (b) Exclusions to Assistance for Losses Due to Drought
    Conditions.--
                (1) In general.--Section 531(d)(3)(A) of the Federal Crop
            Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(d)(3)(A)) is amended--
                        (A) by striking ``(A) Eligible losses.--'' and all
                    that follows through ``An eligible'' in clause (i) and
                    inserting the following:
                        ``(A) Eligible losses.--An eligible'';
                        (B) by striking clause (ii); and
                        (C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as
                    clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting
                    appropriately.
                (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 901(d)(3)(A) of the
            Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(d)(3)(A)) is amended--
                        (A) by striking ``(A) Eligible losses.--'' and all
                    that follows through ``An eligible'' in clause (i) and
                    inserting the following:
                        ``(A) Eligible losses.--An eligible'';
                        (B) by striking clause (ii); and
                        (C) by redesignating subclauses (I) and (II) as
                    clauses (i) and (ii), respectively, and indenting
                    appropriately.

                            TITLE XII--MISCELLANEOUS

                             Subtitle A--Livestock

    SEC. 12101. NATIONAL SHEEP INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT CENTER.

        Section 375(e)(6)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
    Act (7 U.S.C. 2008j(e)(6)(C)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and
    inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 12102. TRICHINAE CERTIFICATION PROGRAM.

        Section 10405(d)(1) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C.
    8304(d)(1)) is amended in subparagraphs (A) and (B) by striking
    ``2012'' each place it appears and inserting ``2017''.

    SEC. 12103. NATIONAL AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH PLAN.

        Section 11013(d) of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (7 U.S.C. 8322(d)) is amended by striking ``2012'' and inserting
    ``2017''.

    SEC. 12104. REPORT ON COMPLIANCE WITH WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION DECISION
                  REGARDING COUNTRY OF ORIGIN LABELING.

        Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
    Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture,
    Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture
    of the House of representatives a report detailing the steps the
    Secretary will take so that the United States is in compliance with the
    decision of the World Trade Organization in United States - Certain
    Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Requirements (DS384, DS386).

    SEC. 12105. REPEAL OF CERTAIN REGULATIONS UNDER THE PACKERS AND
                  STOCKYARDS ACT, 1921.

        (a) Repeal of Certain Regulation Requirement.--Section 11006 of the
    Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-246; 122
    Stat. 2120) is repealed.
        (b) Repeal of Certain Existing Regulations.--The following
    provisions of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, are repealed:
                (1) Subsections (n) and (o) of section 201.2.
                (2) Subsection (a) of section 201.3.
                (3) Subsection (a) of section 201.215.
        (c) Prohibition on Enforcement of Certain Regulations or Issuance
    of Similar Regulations.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
    the Secretary of Agriculture shall not--
                (1) enforce the provisions of title 9, Code of Federal
            Regulations, referred to in subsection (b);
                (2) finalize or implement section 201.2(l), 201.2(t),
            201.2(u), 201.3(c), 201.210, 201.211, 201.213, and 201.214 of
            title 9, Code of Federal Regulations, as proposed to be added
            by the rule entitled ``Implementation of Regulations Required
            Under Title XI of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of
            2008; Conduct in Violation of the Act'' (75 Fed. Reg. 35338
            (June 22, 2010)); or
                (3) issue regulations or adopt a policy similar to the
            provisions referred to in subsection (b) or in paragraph (2).

    SEC. 12106. MEAT AND POULTRY PROCESSING REPORT.

        Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
    Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with States,
    processors, and producers, shall submit to Congress a report
    describing--
                (1) additional steps that can be taken to better meet the
            needs of small and very small meat and poultry producers and
            processors that are subject to Federal or State inspection; and
                (2) methods to create an electronic submission option for
            the approval of meat labels and to provide improved public
            access to information on the label approval process.

       Subtitle B--Socially Disadvantaged Producers and Limited Resource
                                   Producers

    SEC. 12201. OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
                  AND RANCHERS AND VETERAN FARMERS AND RANCHERS.

        (a) Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and
    Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers.--Section 2501 of the Food,
    Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279) is
    amended--
                (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``and veteran
            farmers and ranchers'' after ``ranchers'';
                (2) in subsection (a)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and veteran
                    farmers or ranchers'' after ``ranchers'';
                        (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(i), by inserting ``and
                    veteran farmers or ranchers'' after ``ranchers''; and
                        (C) in paragraph (4)--
                                (i) in subparagraph (A)--
                                        (I) in clause (i), by striking
                                    ``and'' at the end;
                                        (II) in clause (ii), by striking
                                    the period at the end and inserting ``;
                                    and''; and
                                        (III) by adding at the end the
                                    following new clause:
                                ``(iii) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
                            years 2013 through 2017.''; and
                                (ii) by adding at the end the following new
                            subparagraph:
                        ``(D) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
                    authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section
                    $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
                    2017.'';
                (3) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``or veteran farmers
            and ranchers'' after ``socially disadvantaged farmers and
            ranchers'';
                (4) in subsection (c)--
                        (A) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``veteran
                    farmers or ranchers and'' before ``members''; and
                        (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``veteran
                    farmers or ranchers and'' before ``members''; and
                (5) in subsection (e)(5)(A)--
                        (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``and veteran
                    farmers or ranchers'' after ``ranchers''; and
                        (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ``and veteran
                    farmers or ranchers'' after ``ranchers''.
        (b) Definition of Veteran Farmer or Rancher.--Section 2501(e) of
    the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C.
    2279(e)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
                ``(7) Veteran farmer or rancher.--The term `veteran farmer
            or rancher' means a farmer or rancher who served in the active
            military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or
            released from the service under conditions other than
            dishonorable.''.

    SEC. 12202. OFFICE OF ADVOCACY AND OUTREACH.

        Paragraph (3) of section 226B(f) of the Department of Agriculture
    Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 6934(f)) is amended to read as
    follows:
                ``(3) Authorization of appropriations.--There are
            authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subsection--
                        ``(A) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal
                    years 2009 through 2012; and
                        ``(B) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013
                    through 2017.''.

                   Subtitle C--Other Miscellaneous Provisions

    SEC. 12301. GRANTS TO IMPROVE SUPPLY, STABILITY, SAFETY, AND TRAINING
                  OF AGRICULTURAL LABOR FORCE.

        Subsection (d) of section 14204 of the Food, Conservation, and
    Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2008q-1) is amended to read as follows:
        ``(d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section--
                ``(1) such sums as are necessary for each of fiscal years
            2008 through 2012; and
                ``(2) $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 through
            2017.''.

    SEC. 12302. EVALUATION REQUIRED FOR PURPOSES OF PROHIBITION ON CLOSURE
                  OR RELOCATION OF COUNTY OFFICES FOR THE FARM SERVICE
                  AGENCY.

        (a) Prohibition on Closure or Relocation of Offices With High
    Workload Volume.--Section 14212 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy
    Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 6932a) is amended by striking subsection (a) and
    inserting the following new subsection:
        ``(a) Prohibition on Closure or Relocation of Offices With High
    Workload Volume.--The Secretary of Agriculture may not close or
    relocate a county or field office of the Farm Service Agency in a State
    if the Secretary determines, after conducting the evaluation required
    under subsection (b)(1)(B), that the office has a high workload volume
    compared with other county offices in the State.''.
        (b) Workload Evaluation.--Section 14212(b)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
    6932a(b)(1)) is amended--
                (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as clauses
            (i) and (ii), respectively, and moving the margins of such
            clauses two ems to the right;
                (2) by striking ``the Farm Service Agency, to the maximum
            extent practicable'' and inserting ``the Farm Service Agency--
                        ``(A) to the maximum extent practicable'';
                (3) in clause (ii) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
                        (A) by inserting ``as of the date of the enactment
                    of this Act'' after ``employees''; and
                        (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting
                    ``; and''; and
                (4) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                        ``(B) conduct and complete an evaluation of all
                    workload assessments for Farm Service Agency county
                    offices that were open and operational as of January 1,
                    2012, during the period that begins on a date that is
                    not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment
                    of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management
                    Act of 2012 and ends on the date that is 18 months
                    after such date of enactment.''.

    SEC. 12303. PROHIBITION ON ATTENDING AN ANIMAL FIGHT OR CAUSING A MINOR
                  TO ATTEND AN ANIMAL FIGHT.

        Section 26(a)(1) of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2156(a)(1)) is
    amended by striking the period and inserting ``or to knowingly attend
    or knowingly cause a minor to attend an animal fighting venture.''.

    SEC. 12304. PROGRAM BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY STATUS FOR PARTICIPANTS IN HIGH
                  PLAINS WATER STUDY.

        Section 2901 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
    (Public Law 110-246; 122 Stat. 1818) is amended by striking ``this Act
    or an amendment made by this Act'' and inserting ``this Act, an
    amendment made by this Act, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk
    Management Act of 2012, or an amendment made by the Federal Agriculture
    Reform and Risk Management Act of 2012''.

    SEC. 12305. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS.

        (a) In General.--Title III of the Department of Agriculture
    Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by adding after section 308 (7
    U.S.C. 3125a note; Public Law 103-354) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 309. OFFICE OF TRIBAL RELATIONS.

        ``The Secretary shall establish in the Office of the Secretary an
    Office of Tribal Relations to advise the Secretary on policies related
    to Indian tribes.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 296(b) of the Department of
    Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended by
    inserting after paragraph (8), as added by section 3207, the following
    new paragraph:
                ``(9) the authority of the Secretary to establish in the
            Office of the Secretary the Office of Tribal Relations in
            accordance with section 309; and''.

    SEC. 12306. MILITARY VETERANS AGRICULTURAL LIAISON.

        (a) In General.--Subtitle A of the Department of Agriculture
    Reorganization Act of 1994 is amended by inserting after section 218 (7
    U.S.C. 6918) the following new section:

    ``SEC. 219. MILITARY VETERANS AGRICULTURAL LIAISON.

        ``(a) Authorization.--The Secretary shall establish in the
    Department the position of Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.
        ``(b) Duties.--The Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison shall--
                ``(1) provide information to returning veterans about, and
            connect returning veterans with, beginning farmer training and
            agricultural vocational and rehabilitation programs appropriate
            to the needs and interests of returning veterans, including
            assisting veterans in using Federal veterans educational
            benefits for purposes relating to beginning a farming or
            ranching career;
                ``(2) provide information to veterans concerning the
            availability of and eligibility requirements for participation
            in agricultural programs, with particular emphasis on beginning
            farmer and rancher programs;
                ``(3) serve as a resource for assisting veteran farmers and
            ranchers, and potential farmers and ranchers, in applying for
            participation in agricultural programs; and
                ``(4) advocate on behalf of veterans in interactions with
            employees of the Department.''.
        (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 296(b) of the Department of
    Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 7014(b)) is amended by
    inserting after paragraph (9), as added by section 12305, the following
    new paragraph:
                ``(10) the authority of the Secretary to establish in the
            Department the position of Military Veterans Agricultural
            Liaison in accordance with section 219.''.

    SEC. 12307. ACER ACCESS AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

        (a) Grants Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture may make
    grants to States, tribal governments, and research institutions to
    support the efforts of such States, tribal governments, and research
    institutions to promote the domestic maple syrup industry through the
    following activities:
                (1) Promotion of research and education related to maple
            syrup production.
                (2) Promotion of natural resource sustainability in the
            maple syrup industry.
                (3) Market promotion for maple syrup and maple-sap
            products.
                (4) Encouragement of owners and operators of privately-held
            land containing species of trees in the genus Acer--
                        (A) to initiate or expand maple-sugaring activities
                    on the land; or
                        (B) to voluntarily make the land available,
                    including by lease or other means, for access by the
                    public for maple-sugaring activities.
        (b) Application.--In submitting an application for a grant under
    this section, a State or tribal government shall include--
                (1) a description of the activities to be supported using
            the grant funds;
                (2) a description of the benefits that the State or tribal
            government intends to achieve as a result of engaging in such
            activities; and
                (3) an estimate of the increase in maple-sugaring
            activities or maple syrup production that the State or tribal
            government anticipates will occur as a result of engaging in
            such activities.
        (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be
    construed so as to preempt a State or tribal government law, including
    a State or tribal government liability law.
        (d) Definition of Maple-sugaring.--In this section, the term
    ``maple-sugaring'' means the collection of sap from any species of tree
    in the genus Acer for the purpose of boiling to produce food.
        (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate
    such regulations as are necessary to carry out this section.
        (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
    appropriated to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each of fiscal
    years 2013 through 2017.

    SEC. 12308. PROHIBITION AGAINST INTERFERENCE BY STATE AND LOCAL
                  GOVERNMENTS WITH PRODUCTION OR MANUFACTURE OF ITEMS IN
                  OTHER STATES.

        (a) In General.--The government of a State or locality therein
    shall not impose a standard or condition on the production or
    manufacture of any agricultural product sold or offered for sale in
    interstate commerce if--
                (1) such production or manufacture occurs in another State;
            and
                (2) the standard or condition is in addition to the
            standards and conditions applicable to such production or
            manufacture pursuant to--
                        (A) Federal law; and
                        (B) the laws of the State and locality in which
                    such production or manufacture occurs.
        (b) Agricultural Product Defined.--In this section, the term
    ``agricultural product'' has the meaning given such term in section 207
    of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1626).

    SEC. 12309. INCREASED PROTECTION FOR AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS IN THE
                  MISSOURI RIVER BASIN.

        (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
                (1) Record runoff occurred in the Missouri River basin
            during 2011 as a result of historic rainfall over portions of
            the upper basin coupled with heavy plains and mountain
            snowpack.
                (2) Runoff above Sioux City, Iowa, during the 5-month
            period of March through July totaled an estimated 48,400,000
            acre-feet (referred to in this section as ``MAF''). This runoff
            volume was more than 20 percent greater than the design storm
            for the Missouri River Mainstem Reservoir System (referred to
            in this section as ``System''), which was based on the 1881
            runoff of 40.0 MAF during the same 5-month period.
                (3) During the 2011 runoff season, nearly 61,000,000 acre-
            feet of water entered the Missouri River system, far surpassing
            the previous record of 49 MAF in runoff that was set during the
            flood of 1997.
                (4) Given the incredible amount of water entering the
            reservoir system, the summer months were spent working to
            evacuate as much water from the reservoir system as possible,
            ultimately leading to record high water releases from Gavins
            Point Dam of 160,000 cubic feet per second, a rate that more
            than doubled the previous release record of 70,000 cubic feet
            per second set in 1997.
                (5) For nearly 4 months, these extremely high releases from
            Gavins Point were maintained, resulting in severe and sustained
            flooding, with much of western Iowa and eastern Nebraska as
            well as portions of South Dakota, Kansas, and Missouri
            inundated by a flooding river 3 to 5 feet deep, up to 11 miles
            wide, and flowing at a rate of 4 to miles per hour.
                (6) Thousands of homes and businesses were damaged or
            destroyed and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage was
            done to roads and other public infrastructure.
                (7) In addition to the homes, businesses, and
            infrastructure impacted by the flooding, hundreds of thousands
            of acres of cropland were affected.
                (8) The Department of Agriculture has estimated that
            400,000 to 500,000 acres of some of the most productive crop
            land in the world was flooded in 2011.
                (9) Local Farm Services Agency representatives have
            estimated that $82,100,000 was lost in 2011 alone due to
            damaged or lost crops and unplanted acres.
                (10) Not only did the flooding eliminate the crop, but it
            is highly unlikely that many farmers will be able to put this
            land back into production at any point in the near future.
                (11) Producers will have to contend with large piles of
            sand, silt, and other debris that have been deposited in their
            fields, meaning the impact of this flood will be felt in the
            agricultural communities up and down the river for many, many
            years to come.
                (12) Currently, the amount of storage capacity in the
            reservoir system that is set aside for flood control is based
            upon the vacated space required to control the 1881 flood,
            because prior to the 2011 flood, the 1881 flood was seen as the
            ``high water mark''.
                (13) Given the historic flooding that took place in 2011,
            it is clear that that year's flooding now represents a new
            ``high water mark'', surpassing the flooding of even the 1881
            flood.
                (14) It is important that the flood control related
            functions of the System management be adjusted to reflect the
            reality of the 2011 flood as the new ``worst case scenario''
            for flooding along the Missouri River.
                (15) System management may begin to be adjusted to account
            for the 2011 flood through a recalculation of the amount of
            storage space within the System that is allocated to flood
            control, using the model not of the 1881 flood, but of the
            greatest flood experienced--the flood of 2011.
                (16) As a result of the flooding in 2011, many States
            received disaster declarations from the Department of
            Agriculture to help farmers and producers recover from the
            damage done by the high water.
                (17) Though helpful, even the assistance provided by the
            Department of Agriculture will not provide many in the
            agriculture community with the resources to put their land back
            into production any time soon.
                (18) Without the protection that will come from a
            fundamental change in the reservoir System's flood control
            storage allocations, farmers, producers, and other agricultural
            interests who may be in a position to restart their operations
            will find it difficult to justify doing so, given the fact that
            they will not be protected from similar flooding in the future.
                (19) On behalf of Agribusiness in Hamburg, Iowa, and its
            neighboring communities, the Secretary of Agriculture should
            use any authority and all relationships the Secretary has with
            other Federal agencies to ensure that the area and local
            agricultural economy are protected from flooding.
        (b) Updated Management of the Missouri River to Protect
    Agricultural Interests.--In order to strengthen the agricultural
    economy, revitalize the rural communities, and conserve the natural
    resources of the Missouri River basin, the Congress directs the
    Secretary of Agriculture to take action to promote immediate increased
    flood protection for farmers, producers, and other agricultural
    interests in the Missouri River basin by working within his
    jurisdiction to support efforts--
                (1) to recalculate the amount of space within the System
            that is allocated to flood control storage using the 2011 flood
            as the model; and
                (2) to increase the River's channel capacity between the
            reservoirs and below Gavins Point.
                                                     Union Calendar No. 481

    112th CONGRESS

      2d Session

                                   H. R. 6083

                              [Report No. 112-669]

    _______________________________________________________________________

                                     A BILL

     To provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other
    programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2017, and
                              for other purposes.

    _______________________________________________________________________

                               September 13, 2012

      Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
           House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed