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This Act may be cited as the . Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. TITLE I—Commodity programs 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. Agriculture risk coverage. Sec. 1106. Producer agreement required as condition of provision of payments.
Sec. 1107. Period of effectiveness. Sec. 1108. Adjusted gross income limitation for conservation programs. Subtitle B—Marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments 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 competitive provisions for extra long staple cotton. Sec. 1208. Availability of recourse loans for high moisture feed grains and seed cotton. Sec. 1209. Adjustments of loans. Subtitle C—Sugar Sec. 1301. Sugar program. Subtitle D—Dairy Part I—Dairy production margin protection and dairy market stabilization programs Sec. 1401. Definitions. Sec. 1402. Calculation of average feed cost and actual dairy production margins. SUBPART A—Dairy production margin protection program Sec. 1411.
Establishment of dairy production margin protection program. Sec. 1412. Participation of dairy operations in production margin protection program. Sec. 1413. Production history of participating dairy operations. Sec. 1414. Basic production margin protection. Sec. 1415. Supplemental production margin protection. Sec. 1416. Effect of failure to pay administration 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 payments. Sec. 1433. Milk marketings information. Sec. 1434. Calculation and collection of reduced dairy operation payments. Sec. 1435. Remitting funds to the Secretary and use of funds. Sec. 1436. Suspension of reduced payment requirement. Sec. 1437. Enforcement. Sec. 1438. Audit requirements. Sec. 1439. Study; report. SUBPART C—Administration Sec. 1451. Duration. Sec. 1452. Administration and enforcement. Part II—Dairy market transparency Sec. 1461.
Dairy product mandatory reporting. Sec. 1462. Federal milk marketing order information. Part III—Repeal or reauthorization of other dairy-Related provisions Sec. 1471. Repeal of dairy product price support and milk income loss contract programs. Sec. 1472. Repeal of dairy export incentive program. Sec. 1473. Extension of dairy forward pricing program. Sec. 1474. Extension of dairy indemnity program. Sec. 1475. Extension of dairy promotion and research program. Sec. 1476. Extension of Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Commission.
Part IV—Federal milk marketing order reform Sec. 1481. Federal milk marketing orders. Part V—Effective date Sec. 1491. Effective date. Subtitle E—Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs Sec. 1501. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance programs. Subtitle F—Administration Sec. 1601. Administration generally. Sec. 1602. Suspension of permanent price support authority. Sec. 1603. Payment limitations. Sec. 1604. Payments limited to active farmers. Sec. 1605.
Adjusted gross income limitation. Sec. 1606. Geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Sec. 1607. Personal liability of producers for deficiencies. Sec. 1608. Prevention of deceased individuals receiving payments under farm commodity programs. Sec. 1609. Appeals. Sec. 1610. Technical corrections. Sec. 1611. Assignment of payments. Sec. 1612. Tracking of benefits. Sec. 1613. Signature authority. Sec. 1614. 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. Definitions. Sec. 2203. Establishment and administration. Sec. 2204. Evaluation of applications. Sec. 2205. Duties of producers. Sec. 2206. Limitation on payments. Sec. 2207. Conservation innovation grants and payments. Sec. 2208. 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. Terminal lakes assistance. 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. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. Sec. 2607. Rulemaking authority. Sec. 2608. Standards for State technical committees. Sec. 2609. Highly erodible land and wetland conservation for crop insurance. Subtitle H—Repeal of superseded program authorities and transitional provisions 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. Set-aside for support for organizations through which nonemergency assistance is provided. Sec. 3002. Food aid quality. Sec. 3003. Minimum levels of assistance. Sec. 3004. Reauthorization of Food Aid Consultative Group. Sec. 3005. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation of Food for Peace Act programs. Sec. 3006. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods.
Sec. 3007. Limitation on total volume of commodities monetized. Sec. 3008. Flexibility. Sec. 3009. Procurement, transportation, testing, and storage of agricultural commodities for prepositioning in the United States and foreign countries. Sec. 3010. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance. Sec. 3011. Minimum level of nonemergency food assistance. Sec. 3012. Coordination of foreign assistance programs report. Sec. 3013. Micronutrient fortification programs.
Sec. 3014. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. Sec. 3015. Prohibition on assistance for North Korea. Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Sec. 3101. Export credit guarantee programs. 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. Local and regional food aid procurement projects. Sec. 3208. Donald Payne Horn of Africa food resilience program. Sec. 3209. Agricultural trade enhancement study. TITLE IV—Nutrition Subtitle A—Supplemental nutrition assistance program Sec. 4001. Food distribution program on Indian reservations.
Sec. 4002. Standard utility allowances based on the receipt of energy assistance payments. Sec. 4003. Eligibility disqualifications. Sec. 4004. Ending supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits for lottery or gambling winners. Sec. 4005. Retail food stores. Sec. 4006. Improving security of food assistance. Sec. 4007. Technology modernization for retail food stores. Sec. 4008. Use of benefits for purchase of community-supported agriculture share. Sec. 4009. Restaurant meals program.
Sec. 4010. Quality control error rate determination. Sec. 4011. Performance bonus payments. Sec. 4012. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 4013. Assistance for community food projects. Sec. 4014. Emergency food assistance. Sec. 4015. Nutrition education. Sec. 4016. Retail food store and recipient trafficking. Sec. 4017. Technical and conforming amendments. 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. Technical and conforming amendments. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Sec. 4201. Purchase of fresh fruits and vegetables for distribution to schools and service institutions. Sec. 4202. Seniors farmers' market nutrition program. Sec. 4203. Nutrition information and awareness pilot program. Sec. 4204. Whole grain products. Sec. 4205. Hunger-free communities. Sec. 4206. Healthy Food Financing Initiative.
Sec. 4207. Pulse crop products. Sec. 4208. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Sec. 4209. Purchases of locally produced foods. TITLE V—Credit Subtitle A—Farmer loans, servicing, and other assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Sec. 5001. Farmer loans, servicing, and other assistance under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Subtitle B—Miscellaneous Sec. 5101. State agricultural mediation programs. Sec. 5102. Loans to purchasers of highly fractionated land.
Sec. 5103. Removal of duplicative appraisals. TITLE VI—Rural Development Subtitle A—Reorganization of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Sec. 6001. Reorganization of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Sec. 6002. Conforming amendments. Subtitle B—Rural electrification Sec. 6101. Definition of rural area. Sec. 6102. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes. Sec. 6103. Expansion of 911 access. Sec. 6104. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Sec. 6201. Distance learning and telemedicine. Sec. 6202. Rural energy savings program. Sec. 6203. Funding of pending rural development loan and grant applications. Sec. 6204. Study of rural transportation issues. Sec. 6205. Agricultural transportation policy. TITLE VII—Research, Extension, and Related Matters Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 Sec. 7101. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
Sec. 7102. Specialty crop committee. Sec. 7103. Veterinary services grant program. Sec. 7104. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. Sec. 7105. Agricultural and food policy research centers. Sec. 7106. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions. Sec. 7107. Nutrition education program. Sec. 7108. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. Sec. 7109. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.
Sec. 7110. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant institutions. Sec. 7111. Hispanic-serving institutions. Sec. 7112. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs. Sec. 7113. University research. Sec. 7114. Extension service. Sec. 7115. Supplemental and alternative crops. Sec. 7116. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. Sec. 7117. Aquaculture assistance programs. Sec. 7118.
Rangeland research programs. Sec. 7119. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. Sec. 7120. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher education. 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. National Agricultural Weather Information System. Sec. 7207. High-priority research and extension initiatives. Sec. 7208. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. Sec. 7209. Farm business management. Sec. 7210. Regional centers of excellence. Sec. 7211. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. Sec. 7212. 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. Support for research regarding diseases of wheat, triticale, and barley caused by Fusarium graminearum or by Tilletia indica. Sec. 7304. Grants for youth organizations. Sec. 7305. Specialty crop research initiative. Sec. 7306. Food animal residue avoidance database program. Sec. 7307. Office of pest management policy.
Sec. 7308. Authorization of regional integrated pest management centers. 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. Competitive, Special, and Facilities Research Grant Act. Sec. 7405. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program under Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994. Sec. 7406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978 .
Sec. 7407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980 . Sec. 7408. Beginning farmer and rancher development program under Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 . Subtitle E—Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 Part I—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 II—Miscellaneous Sec. 7511. Grazinglands research laboratory. Sec. 7512. Budget submission and funding. Sec. 7513. Natural products research program. Sec. 7514. Sun grant program. Subtitle F—Miscellaneous Sec. 7601. Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. Sec. 7602. Objective and scholarly agricultural and food law research and information. 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. Subtitle B—Reauthorization of Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 programs Sec. 8101. State-wide assessment and strategies for forest resources. Sec. 8102. Forest stewardship program.
Sec. 8103. Forest Legacy Program. Sec. 8104. Community forest and open space conservation program. Sec. 8105. Urban and community forestry assistance. Subtitle C—Reauthorization of other forestry-Related laws Sec. 8201. Rural revitalization technologies. Sec. 8202. Office of International Forestry. Sec. 8203. Insect infestations and related diseases. Sec. 8204. Stewardship end result contracting projects. Sec. 8205. Healthy forests reserve program. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous provisions Sec. 8301.
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. Sec. 8302. Revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis. TITLE IX—Energy Sec. 9001. Definition of renewable chemical. Sec. 9002. Biobased markets program. Sec. 9003. Biorefinery, renewable chemical, and biobased product manufacturing 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. Repeal of forest biomass for energy. Sec. 9012. Community wood energy program. 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. Study on local food production and program evaluation. Sec. 10005. Organic agriculture. Sec. 10006. Food safety education initiatives. Sec. 10007. Coordinated plant management program. Sec. 10008. Specialty crop block grants. Sec. 10009. Recordkeeping, investigations, and enforcement. Sec. 10010. Report on honey. Sec. 10011. Effective date. TITLE XI—Crop insurance Sec. 11001. Supplemental coverage option.
Sec. 11002. Premium amounts for catastrophic risk protection. Sec. 11003. Permanent enterprise unit. Sec. 11004. Enterprise units for irrigated and nonirrigated crops. Sec. 11005. Data collection. Sec. 11006. Adjustment in actual production history to establish insurable yields. Sec. 11007. Submission and review of policies. Sec. 11008. Board review and approval. Sec. 11009. Consultation. Sec. 11010. Budget limitations on renegotiation of the Standard Reinsurance Agreement. Sec. 11011.
Stacked Income Protection Plan for producers of upland cotton. Sec. 11012. Peanut revenue crop insurance. Sec. 11013. Authority to correct errors. Sec. 11014. Implementation. Sec. 11015. Approval of costs for research and development. Sec. 11016. Whole farm risk management insurance. Sec. 11017. Study of food safety insurance. Sec. 11018. Crop insurance for livestock. Sec. 11019. Margin coverage for catfish. Sec. 11020. Poultry business disruption insurance policy. Sec. 11021.
Crop insurance for organic crops. Sec. 11022. Research and development. Sec. 11023. Pilot programs. Sec. 11024. Index-based weather insurance pilot program. Sec. 11025. Enhancing producer self-help through farm financial benchmarking. Sec. 11026. Beginning farmer and rancher provisions. Sec. 11027. Agricultural management assistance, risk management education, and organic certification cost share assistance. Sec. 11028. Crop production on native sod. Sec. 11029. Technical amendments.
Sec. 11030. Greater accessibility for crop insurance. Sec. 11031. GAO crop insurance fraud report. Sec. 11032. Limitation on premium subsidy based on average adjusted gross income. TITLE XII—Miscellaneous Subtitle A—Socially disadvantaged producers and limited resource producers Sec. 12001. Outreach and assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers and veteran farmers and ranchers. Sec. 12002. Office of Advocacy and Outreach. Subtitle B—Livestock Sec. 12101. Wildlife reservoir zoonotic disease initiative.
Sec. 12102. Trichinae certification program. Sec. 12103. National Aquatic Animal Health Plan. Sec. 12104. Sheep production and marketing grant program. Sec. 12105. Feral swine eradication pilot program. Subtitle C—Other miscellaneous provisions Sec. 12201. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. Sec. 12202. Information gathering. Sec. 12203. Grants to improve supply, stability, safety, and training of agricultural labor force. Sec. 12204. Noninsured crop assistance program. Sec. 12205.
Regional economic and infrastructure development. Sec. 12206. Canada geese removal. Sec. 12207. Office of Tribal Relations. Sec. 12208. Repeal of duplicative program. Sec. 12209. Sense of the Senate. Sec. 12210. Acer Access and Development Program. Sec. 12211. Definition of rural area for purposes of the Housing Act of 1949. Sec. 12212. Prohibition on attending an animal fight or causing a minor to attend an animal fight; enforcement of animal fighting provisions.