Sec. 12611. Administrative units
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Section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9017 ) (as amended by section 1104(6)) is amended by adding at the end the following: For purposes of agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county coverage, a county may be divided into not greater than 2 administrative units in accordance with this subsection. A county that may be divided into administrative units under this subsection is a county that— is larger than 1,400 square miles; in contained within a State that is larger than 140,000 square miles; and contains more than 190,000 base acres.
Before making any agriculture risk coverage payments for the 2019 crop year, the Farm Service Agency State committee, in consultation with the Farm Service Agency county or area committee of a county described in paragraph (2), may make a 1-time election to divide the county into administrative units under this subsection along a boundary that better reflects differences in weather patterns, soil types, or other factors. For purposes of providing agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county coverage, the Secretary shall consider an administrative unit elected under paragraph
(3)to be a county for the 2019 through 2023 crop years. .
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