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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 2642 (EAH) — 113 HR 2642 EAH: Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 · Sec. 1612

Sec. 1612. Implementation

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In implementing this title, the Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable— seek to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements; improve coordination, information sharing, and administrative work with the Risk Management Agency and the Natural Resources Conservation Service; and take advantage of new technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of program delivery to producers.
The Secretary shall maintain, for each covered commodity and upland cotton, base acres and payment yields on a farm established under— 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 in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of that Act ( 7 U.S.C. 7952 ); and 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 in the case of peanuts, section 1302 of that Act ( 7 U.S.C. 8752 ).
The Secretary shall maintain separate base acres for long grain rice and medium grain rice. 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. The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title $100,000,000.
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