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This Act may be cited as the . Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Definition of Secretary. TITLE I—Commodities Subtitle A—Commodity Policy Sec. 1101. Payment acres. Sec. 1102. Producer election. Sec. 1103. Price loss coverage. Sec. 1104. Agriculture risk coverage. Sec. 1105. Repeal of transition assistance for producers of upland cotton. Sec. 1106. Option to change producer election.
Subtitle B—Marketing Loans Sec. 1201. Extensions. Sec. 1202. Repeal; unshorn pelts. Sec. 1203. Economic adjustment assistance for upland cotton users. Subtitle C—Sugar Sec. 1301. Sugar program. Subtitle D—Dairy PART I—Dairy Risk Coverage Sec. 1401. Dairy risk coverage. PART II—Reauthorizations and Other Dairy-Related Provisions Sec. 1411. Reauthorizations. Sec. 1412. Class I skim milk price. Sec. 1413. Milk donation program. Subtitle E—Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Sec. 1501.
Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance. Sec. 1502. Loss of peach and blueberry crops due to extreme cold. Subtitle F—Noninsured Crop Assistance Sec. 1601. Noninsured crop assistance program. Sec. 1602. Additional assistance for certain producers. Subtitle G—Administration Sec. 1701. Regulations. Sec. 1702. Suspension of permanent price support authority. Sec. 1703. Implementation. Sec. 1704. Definition of significant contribution of active personal management. Sec. 1705.
Actively engaged in farming requirement. Sec. 1706. Adjusted gross income limitation. Sec. 1707. Base acres review. Sec. 1708. Farm Service Agency accountability. Sec. 1709. Technical corrections. TITLE II—Conservation Subtitle A—Conservation Reserve Program Sec. 2101. Extension and enrollment requirements of conservation reserve program. Sec. 2102. Farmable wetland program. Sec. 2103. Duties of the Secretary. Sec. 2104. Payments. Sec. 2105. Conservation reserve enhancement program.
Sec. 2106. Contracts . Sec. 2107. Conservation reserve easements. Sec. 2108. Eligible land; State law requirements. Subtitle B—Conservation Stewardship Program Sec. 2201. Definitions. Sec. 2202. Establishment. Sec. 2203. Stewardship contracts. Sec. 2204. Duties of Secretary. Subtitle C—Environmental Quality Incentives Program Sec. 2301. Purposes. Sec. 2302. Definitions. Sec. 2303. Establishment and administration. Sec. 2304. Evaluation of applications. Sec. 2305. Duties of the Secretary.
Sec. 2306. Environmental quality incentives program plan. Sec. 2307. Limitation on payments. Sec. 2308. Conservation innovation grants and payments. Sec. 2309. Soil health demonstration pilot project. Subtitle D—Other Conservation Programs Sec. 2401. Wetland conservation. Sec. 2402. Conservation security program. Sec. 2403. Conservation of private grazing land. Sec. 2404. Soil health and income protection program. Sec. 2405. Grassroots source water protection program. Sec. 2406.
Soil testing and remediation assistance. Sec. 2407. Voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. Sec. 2408. Agriculture conservation experienced services program. Sec. 2409. Remote telemetry data system. Sec. 2410. Agricultural conservation easement program. Sec. 2411. Regional conservation partnership program. Sec. 2412. Wetland conversion. Sec. 2413. Delineation of wetlands. Sec. 2414. Emergency conservation program. Sec. 2415. Watershed protection and flood prevention.
Sec. 2416. Small watershed rehabilitation program. Sec. 2417. Repeal of Conservation Corridor Demonstration Program. Sec. 2418. Repeal of cranberry acreage reserve program. Sec. 2419. Repeal of National Natural Resources Foundation. Sec. 2420. Repeal of flood risk reduction. Sec. 2421. Repeal of study of land use for expiring contracts and extension of authority. Sec. 2422. Repeal of Integrated Farm Management Program Option. Sec. 2423. Repeal of clarification of definition of agricultural lands.
Sec. 2424. Resource conservation and development program. Sec. 2425. Wildlife management. Sec. 2426. Healthy forests reserve program. Sec. 2427. Watershed protection. Sec. 2428. Sense of Congress relating to increased watershed-based collaboration. Sec. 2429. Modifications to conservation easement program. Subtitle E—Funding and Administration Sec. 2501. Funding. Sec. 2502. Delivery of technical assistance. Sec. 2503. Administrative requirements for conservation programs. Sec. 2504.
Definition of acequia. Sec. 2505. Authorization of appropriations for water bank program. Sec. 2506. Report on land access, tenure, and transition. Sec. 2507. Report on small wetlands. Sec. 2508. State technical committees. Subtitle F—Technical Corrections Sec. 2601. Farmable wetland program. Sec. 2602. Report on program enrollments and assistance. Sec. 2603. Delivery of technical assistance. Sec. 2604. State technical committees. TITLE III—Trade Subtitle A—Food for Peace Act Sec. 3101.
Food aid quality. Sec. 3102. Generation and use of currencies by private voluntary organizations and cooperatives. Sec. 3103. Minimum levels of assistance. Sec. 3104. Food Aid Consultative Group. Sec. 3105. Oversight, monitoring, and evaluation. Sec. 3106. Assistance for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged foods. Sec. 3107. Allowance of distribution costs. Sec. 3108. Prepositioning of agricultural commodities. Sec. 3109.
Annual report regarding food aid programs and activities. Sec. 3110. Deadline for agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance. Sec. 3111. Nonemergency food assistance. Sec. 3112. Micronutrient fortification programs. Sec. 3113. John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter Farmer-to-Farmer Program. Subtitle B—Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 Sec. 3201. Priority trade promotion, development, and assistance. Subtitle C—Other Agricultural Trade Laws Sec. 3301. Food for Progress Act of 1985.
Sec. 3302. Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act. Sec. 3303. Promotion of agricultural exports to emerging markets. Sec. 3304. Cochran emerging market fellowship program. Sec. 3305. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. Sec. 3306. International food security technical assistance. Sec. 3307. McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. Sec. 3308. Global Crop Diversity Trust. Sec. 3309. Local and regional food aid procurement projects.
Sec. 3310. Foreign trade missions. TITLE IV—Nutrition Subtitle A—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Sec. 4101. Definition of certification period. Sec. 4102. Food distribution program on Indian reservations. Sec. 4103. Work requirements for supplemental nutrition assistance program. Sec. 4104. Improvements to electronic benefit transfer system. Sec. 4105. Retail incentives. Sec. 4106. Required action on data match information. Sec. 4107. Income verification. Sec. 4108.
Pilot projects to improve healthy dietary patterns related to fluid milk in the supplemental nutrition assistance program. Sec. 4109. Interstate data matching to prevent multiple issuances. Sec. 4110. Quality control. Sec. 4111. Requirement of live-production environments for certain pilot projects relating to cost sharing for computerization. Sec. 4112. Authorization of appropriations. Sec. 4113. Assistance for community food projects. Sec. 4114. Nutrition education State plans.
Sec. 4115. Emergency food assistance program. Sec. 4116. Technical and conforming amendments. Subtitle B—Commodity Distribution Programs Sec. 4201. Commodity distribution program. Sec. 4202. Commodity supplemental food program. Sec. 4203. Distribution of surplus commodities; special nutrition projects. Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Sec. 4301. Purchase of specialty crops. Sec. 4302. Seniors farmers' market nutrition program. Sec. 4303. The Gus Schumacher food insecurity nutrition incentive.
Sec. 4304. Harvesting health pilot projects. TITLE V—Credit Subtitle A—Farm Ownership Loans Sec. 5101. Modification of the 3-year experience requirement for purposes of eligibility for farm ownership loans. Sec. 5102. Conservation loan and loan guarantee program. Sec. 5103. Limitations on amount of farm ownership loans. Subtitle B—Operating Loans Sec. 5201. Limitations on amount of operating loans. Sec. 5202. Cooperative lending pilot projects. Subtitle C—Administrative Provisions Sec. 5301.
Beginning farmer and rancher individual development accounts pilot program. Sec. 5302. Loan authorization levels. Sec. 5303. Loan fund set-asides. Sec. 5304. Equitable relief. Sec. 5305. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; qualified beginning farmers and ranchers. Sec. 5306. Emergency loan eligibility. Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Sec. 5401. State agricultural mediation programs. Sec. 5402. Socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers. Sec. 5403. Sharing of privileged and confidential information.
Sec. 5404. Removal and prohibition authority; industry-wide prohibition. Sec. 5405. Jurisdiction over institution-affiliated parties. Sec. 5406. Definition of institution-affiliated party. Sec. 5407. Repeal of obsolete provisions; technical corrections. Sec. 5408. Corporation as conservator or receiver; certain other powers. Sec. 5409. Reporting. Sec. 5410. Sense of the Senate. TITLE VI—Rural Development Subtitle A—Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act Sec. 6101. Water, waste disposal, and wastewater facility grants.
Sec. 6102. Rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training programs. Sec. 6103. Rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. Sec. 6104. Tribal college and university essential community facilities. Sec. 6105. Community facilities direct loans and grants for substance use disorder treatment services. Sec. 6106. Emergency and imminent community water assistance grant program. Sec. 6107. Water systems for rural and native villages in Alaska. Sec. 6108. Rural decentralized water systems.
Sec. 6109. Solid waste management grants. Sec. 6110. Rural business development grants. Sec. 6111. Rural cooperative development grants. Sec. 6112. Locally or regionally produced agricultural food products. Sec. 6113. Appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program. Sec. 6114. Rural economic area partnership zones. Sec. 6115. Intemediary relending program. Sec. 6116. Single application for broadband. Sec. 6117. Loan guarantee loan fees. Sec. 6118. Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs technical assistance and training.
Sec. 6119. National rural development partnership. Sec. 6120. Grants for NOAA weather radio transmitters. Sec. 6121. Rural microentrepreneur assistance program. Sec. 6122. Health care services. Sec. 6123. Strategic economic and community development. Sec. 6124. Delta Regional Authority. Sec. 6125. Rural business investment program. Subtitle B—Rural Electrification Act of 1936 Sec. 6201. Electric loan refinancing. Sec. 6202. Technical assistance for rural electrification loans.
Sec. 6203. Loans for telephone service. Sec. 6204. Cushion of credit payments program. Sec. 6205. Guarantees for bonds and notes issued for electrification or telephone purposes. Sec. 6206. Access to broadband telecommunications services in rural areas. Sec. 6207. Community Connect Grant Program. Sec. 6208. Transparency in the Telecommunications Infrastructure Loan Program. Sec. 6209. Refinancing of broadband and telephone loans. Sec. 6210. Cybersecurity and grid security improvements.
Subtitle C—Miscellaneous Sec. 6301. Distance learning and telemedicine. Sec. 6302. Rural energy savings program. Sec. 6303. Rural health and safety education programs. Sec. 6304. Northern Border Regional Commission reauthorization. Sec. 6305. Council on Rural Community Innovation and Economic Development. TITLE VII—Research, Extension, and Related Matters Subtitle A—National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 Sec. 7101. Purposes of agricultural research, extension, and education.
Sec. 7102. Matters relating to certain school designations and declarations. Sec. 7103. National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board. Sec. 7104. Citrus disease subcommittee of specialty crop committee. Sec. 7105. Veterinary services grant program. Sec. 7106. Grants and fellowships for food and agriculture sciences education. Sec. 7107. Research equipment grants. Sec. 7108. Agricultural and food policy research centers. Sec. 7109. Education grants to Alaska Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serving institutions.
Sec. 7110. Next generation agriculture technology challenge. Sec. 7111. Nutrition education program. Sec. 7112. Authorization for appropriations for Federal agricultural research facilities. Sec. 7113. Continuing animal health and disease research programs. Sec. 7114. Extension at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University; report. Sec. 7115. Report on agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. Sec. 7116. Grants to upgrade agricultural and food sciences facilities at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University.
Sec. 7117. Grants to upgrade agriculture and food sciences facilities and equipment at insular area land-grant institutions. Sec. 7118. New Beginning for Tribal Students. Sec. 7119. Hispanic-serving institutions. Sec. 7120. Binational agricultural research and development. Sec. 7121. Partnerships to build capacity in international agricultural research, extension, and teaching. Sec. 7122. Competitive grants for international agricultural science and education programs. Sec. 7123.
University research. Sec. 7124. Extension service. Sec. 7125. Supplemental and alternative crops; hemp. Sec. 7126. New Era Rural Technology program. Sec. 7127. Capacity building grants for NLGCA institutions. Sec. 7128. Agriculture Advanced Research and Development Authority pilot. Sec. 7129. Aquaculture assistance programs. Sec. 7130. Repeal of rangeland research programs. Sec. 7131. Special authorization for biosecurity planning and response. Sec. 7132. Distance education and resident instruction grants program for insular area institutions of higher education.
Sec. 7133. Limitation on designation of entities eligible to receive funds under a capacity program. Sec. 7134. Scholarship program for students attending 1890 Institutions. 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 strategic germplasm and cultivar collection assessment and utilization plan.
Sec. 7206. National Genetics Resources Program. Sec. 7207. National Agricultural Weather Information System. Sec. 7208. Agricultural genome to phenome initiative. Sec. 7209. High-priority research and extension initiatives. Sec. 7210. Organic agriculture research and extension initiative. Sec. 7211. Farm business management. Sec. 7212. Urban, indoor, and other emerging agricultural production research, education, and extension initiative. Sec. 7213. Centers of excellence at 1890 Institutions.
Sec. 7214. Assistive technology program for farmers with disabilities. Sec. 7215. National Rural Information Center Clearinghouse. Subtitle C—Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 Sec. 7301. National food safety training, education, extension, outreach, and technical assistance program. 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. Forestry products advanced utilization research. 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. Agricultural and food research initiative. Sec. 7405.
Extension design and demonstration initiative. Sec. 7406. Renewable Resources Extension Act of 1978. Sec. 7407. National Aquaculture Act of 1980. Sec. 7408. Repeal of review of Agricultural Research Service. Sec. 7409. Biomass research and development. Sec. 7410. Reinstatement of matching requirement for Federal funds used in extension work at the University of the District of Columbia. Sec. 7411. Enhanced use lease authority pilot program. Sec. 7412. Transfer of administrative jurisdiction over portion of Henry A.
Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland. Sec. 7413. Foundation for food and agriculture research. Sec. 7414. Assistance for forestry research under the McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry Act. Sec. 7415. Legitimacy of industrial hemp research. Sec. 7416. Collection of data relating to barley area planted and harvested. Sec. 7417. Collection of data relating to the size and location of dairy farms. Sec. 7418. Agriculture innovation center demonstration program.
Sec. 7419. Smith-Lever community extension program. 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 Provisions Sec. 7511. Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance Network.
Sec. 7512. Natural products research program. Sec. 7513. Sun grant program. Sec. 7514. Mechanization and automation for specialty crops. Subtitle F—Matching Funds Requirement Sec. 7601. Matching funds requirement. Sec. 7602. Extension and agricultural research at 1890 land-grant colleges, including Tuskegee University. TITLE VIII—Forestry Subtitle A—Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 Sec. 8101. State and private forest landscape-scale restoration program. Subtitle B—Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Research Act of 1978 Sec. 8201.
Repeal of recycling research. Sec. 8202. Repeal of forestry student grant program. Subtitle C—Global Climate Change Prevention Act of 1990 Sec. 8301. Repeals. Subtitle D—Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 Sec. 8401. Promoting cross-boundary wildfire mitigation. Sec. 8402. Authorization of appropriations for hazardous fuel reduction on Federal land. Sec. 8403. Repeal of biomass commercial utilization grant program. Sec. 8404. Water Source Protection Program. Sec. 8405. Watershed Condition Framework.
Sec. 8406. Authorization of appropriations to combat insect infestations and related diseases. Sec. 8407. Healthy Forests Reserve Program reauthorization. Sec. 8408. Authorization of appropriations for designation of treatment areas. Sec. 8409. Administrative review of collaborative restoration projects. Subtitle E—Repeal or Reauthorization of Miscellaneous Forestry Programs Sec. 8501. Repeal of revision of strategic plan for forest inventory and analysis. Sec. 8502. Semiarid agroforestry research center.
Sec. 8503. National Forest Foundation Act. Sec. 8504. Conveyance of Forest Service administrative sites. Subtitle F—Forest Management Sec. 8601. Definitions. PART I—Expedited environmental analysis and availability of categorical exclusions to expedite forest management activities Sec. 8611. Categorical exclusion for greater sage-grouse and mule deer habitat. PART II—Miscellaneous forest management activities Sec. 8621. Additional authority for sale or exchange of small parcels of National Forest System land.
Sec. 8622. Forest Service participation in ACES program. Sec. 8623. Authorization for lease of Forest Service sites. Sec. 8624. Good neighbor authority. Sec. 8625. Wildland-urban interface. Sec. 8626. Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land adjustment. Sec. 8627. Tennessee wilderness. Sec. 8628. Additions to Rough Mountain and Rich Hole Wildernesses. Sec. 8629. Kisatchie National Forest land conveyance. Sec. 8630. Purchase of Natural Resources Conservation Service property, Riverside County, California.
Sec. 8631. Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program. Sec. 8632. Utility infrastructure rights-of-way vegetation management pilot program. Sec. 8633. Okhissa Lake rural economic development land conveyance. Sec. 8634. Prairie dogs. PART III—Timber innovation Sec. 8641. Definitions. Sec. 8642. Clarification of research and development program for wood building construction. Sec. 8643. Wood innovation grant program. TITLE IX—Energy Sec. 9101. Definitions. Sec. 9102. Biobased markets program.
Sec. 9103. Biorefinery assistance. Sec. 9104. Repowering assistance program. Sec. 9105. Bioenergy program for advanced biofuel. Sec. 9106. Biodiesel fuel education program. Sec. 9107. Rural Energy for America Program. Sec. 9108. Rural energy self-sufficiency initiative. Sec. 9109. Feedstock flexibility program for bioenergy producers. Sec. 9110. Biomass Crop Assistance Program. Sec. 9111. Biogas research and adoption of biogas systems. Sec. 9112. Community Wood Energy Program.
Sec. 9113. Carbon utilization education program. TITLE X—Horticulture Sec. 10101. Specialty crops market news allocation. Sec. 10102. Local Agriculture Market Program. Sec. 10103. Organic production and market data initiatives. Sec. 10104. Organic certification. Sec. 10105. National organic certification cost-share program. Sec. 10106. Food safety education initiatives. Sec. 10107. Specialty crop block grants. Sec. 10108. Plant variety protection. Sec. 10109. Multiple crop and pesticide use survey.
Sec. 10110. Clarification of use of funds for technical assistance. Sec. 10111. Hemp production. Sec. 10112. Rule of construction. TITLE XI—Crop Insurance Sec. 11101. Definitions. Sec. 11102. Data collection. Sec. 11103. Sharing of records. Sec. 11104. Use of resources. Sec. 11105. Specialty crops. Sec. 11106. Insurance period. Sec. 11107. Cover crops. Sec. 11108. Underserved producers. Sec. 11109. Expansion of performance-based discount. Sec. 11110. Enterprise units. Sec. 11111.
Pasture, rangeland, and forage policy for members of Indian tribes. Sec. 11112. Submission of policies and materials to board. Sec. 11113. Whole farm revenue agent incentives. Sec. 11114. Crop production on native sod. Sec. 11115. Use of national agricultural statistics service data to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. Sec. 11116. Submission of information to corporation. Sec. 11117. Acreage report streamlining initiative. Sec. 11118. Continuing education for loss adjusters and agents.
Sec. 11119. Funding for information technology. Sec. 11120. Agricultural commodity. Sec. 11121. Reimbursement of research, development, and maintenance costs. Sec. 11122. Research and development authority. Sec. 11123. Education assistance. Sec. 11124. Cropland report annual updates. TITLE XII—Miscellaneous Subtitle A—Livestock Sec. 12101. Sheep production and marketing grant program. Sec. 12102. National animal health laboratory network. Sec. 12103. National Animal Disease Preparedness, Response, and Recovery Program;
National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank. Sec. 12104. Study on livestock dealer statutory trust. Sec. 12105. Definition of livestock. Subtitle B—Agriculture and Food Defense Sec. 12201. Repeal of Office of Homeland Security. Sec. 12202. Office of Homeland Security. Sec. 12203. Agriculture and food defense. Sec. 12204. Biological agents and toxins list. Sec. 12205. Authorization of appropriations. Subtitle C—Historically Underserved Producers Sec. 12301. Farming opportunities training and outreach.
Sec. 12302. Urban agriculture. Sec. 12303. Office of Advocacy and Outreach. Sec. 12304. Tribal Advisory Committee. Sec. 12305. Experienced services program. Sec. 12306. Youth outreach and beginning farmer coordination. Sec. 12307. Availability of Department of Agriculture programs for veteran farmers and ranchers. Subtitle D—Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 amendments Sec. 12401. Office of Congressional Relations and Intergovernmental Affairs. Sec. 12402. Military Veterans Agricultural Liaison.
Sec. 12403. Civil rights analyses. Sec. 12404. Farm Service Agency. Sec. 12405. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm Production and Conservation. Sec. 12406. Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development. Sec. 12407. Administrator of the Rural Utilities Service. Sec. 12408. Rural Health Liaison. Sec. 12409. Healthy Food Financing Initiative. Sec. 12410. Natural Resources Conservation Service. Sec. 12411. Office of the Chief Scientist. Sec. 12412. Trade and foreign agricultural affairs.
Sec. 12413. Repeals. Sec. 12414. Technical corrections. Sec. 12415. Effect of subtitle. Sec. 12416. Termination of authority. Subtitle E—Other Miscellaneous Provisions Sec. 12501. Acer access and development program. Sec. 12502. South Carolina inclusion in Virginia/Carolina peanut producing region. Sec. 12503. Pet and Women Safety. Sec. 12504. Data on conservation practices. Sec. 12505. Marketing orders. Sec. 12506. Study on food waste. Sec. 12507. Report on business centers.
Sec. 12508. Information technology modernization. Sec. 12509. Report on personnel. Sec. 12510. Report on absent landlords. Sec. 12511. Restriction on use of certain poisons for predator control. Sec. 12512. Century farms program. Sec. 12513. Report on the importation of live dogs. Sec. 12514. Establishment of technical assistance program. Sec. 12515. Promise Zones. Sec. 12516. Precision agriculture connectivity. Sec. 12517. Improved soil moisture and precipitation monitoring.
Sec. 12518. Study of marketplace fraud of traditional foods and Tribal seeds. Sec. 12519. Dairy business innovation initiatives. Sec. 12520. Report on funding for the National Institute of Food and Agriculture and other extension programs. Sec. 12521. Prohibition on slaughter of dogs and cats for human consumption. Subtitle F—General Provisions Sec. 12601. Expedited exportation of certain species. Sec. 12602. Baiting of migratory game birds. Sec. 12603. Pima agriculture cotton trust fund.
Sec. 12604. Agriculture wool apparel manufacturers trust fund. Sec. 12605. Wool research and promotion. Sec. 12606. Emergency Citrus Disease Research and Development Trust Fund. Sec. 12607. Extension of merchandise processing fees. Sec. 12608. Conforming changes to Controlled Substances Act. Sec. 12609. National Flood Insurance Program reauthorization. Sec. 12610. Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish. Sec. 12611. Administrative units. Sec. 12612.
Drought and water conservation agreements. Sec. 12613. Encouragement of pollinator habitat development and protection. Sec. 12614. Repair or replacement of fencing; cost share payments. Sec. 12615. Food donation standards. Sec. 12616. Micro-grants for food security. Sec. 12617. Use of additional Commodity Credit Corporation funds for direct operating microloans under certain conditions. Sec. 12618. Business and innovation services essential community facilities. Sec. 12619. Rural innovation stronger economy grant program.
Sec. 12620. Dryland farming agricultural systems. Sec. 12621. Remote sensing technologies. Sec. 12622. Buy American requirements. Sec. 12623. Eligibility for operators on heirs property land to obtain a farm number. Sec. 12624. Loans to purchasers of land with undivided interest and no administrative authority. Sec. 12625. Farmland ownership data collection. Sec. 12626. Rural business investment program. Sec. 12627. National Oilheat Research Alliance. Sec. 12628. Reauthorization of rural emergency medical services training and equipment assistance program.