Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents

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This Act may be cited as the . Beginning Farmer and Rancher Opportunity Act of 2013 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. TITLE I—Conservation Subtitle A—Conservation reserve program Sec. 101. Extension of conservation reserve program. Sec. 102. Contracts. Subtitle B—Farmland protection program Sec. 111. Farmland protection program. Subtitle C—Environmental quality incentives program Sec. 121. Establishment and administration of environmental quality incentives program.

Sec. 122. Conservation innovation grants and payments. Subtitle D—Funding and administration Sec. 131. Funding of conservation programs under Food Security Act of 1985. Sec. 132. Assistance to certain farmers or ranchers for conservation access. Sec. 133. Comprehensive conservation planning. TITLE II—Credit Subtitle A—Farm ownership loans Sec. 201. Direct farm ownership experience requirement. Sec. 202. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. Sec. 203. Indexing of direct farm ownership loans.

Sec. 204. Joint financing arrangement. Sec. 205. Loan terms for down payment loan program. Sec. 206. Limited resource loan rate. Sec. 207. Definition of qualified beginning farmer or rancher. Subtitle B—Operating loans Sec. 211. Young beginning farmer or rancher microloans. Subtitle C—Administrative provisions Sec. 221. Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program. Sec. 222. Transition to private commercial or other sources of credit. Sec. 223. Direct loans for beginning farmers and ranchers.

TITLE III—Rural development Sec. 301. Value-added producer grants. TITLE IV—Research, education, and extension Sec. 401. Beginning farmer and rancher development program. Sec. 402. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative. TITLE V—Crop insurance Sec. 501. Risk management partnership programs. TITLE VI—Miscellaneous Sec. 601. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison. Sec. 602. Budgetary effects. Sec. 603. Effective date.