Sec. 9. Producer agreements
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Before the producers on a farm may receive payments under this Act with respect to the farm, the producers shall agree, during the crop year for which the payments are made and in exchange for the payments— to comply with applicable conservation requirements under subtitle B of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 ( 16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.); to comply with applicable wetland protection requirements under subtitle C of title XII of that Act ( 16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.); to effectively control noxious weeds and otherwise maintain the land in accordance with sound agricultural practices, as determined by the Secretary; and to use the land on the farm, in a quantity equal to the attributable base acres for the farm and any base acres for an agricultural or conserving use, and not for a nonagricultural commercial, industrial, or residential use, as determined by the Secretary.
The Secretary may issue such rules as the Secretary considers necessary to ensure producer compliance with the requirements of paragraph (1). At the request of the transferee or owner, the Secretary may modify the requirements of this subsection if the modifications are consistent with the objectives of this subsection, as determined by the Secretary. Except as provided in paragraph (2), a transfer of (or change in) the interest of the producers on a farm for which payments under this Act are provided shall result in the termination of the payments, unless the transferee or owner of the acreage agrees to assume all obligations under subsection (a).
The termination shall take effect on the date determined by the Secretary. If a producer entitled to a payment under this Act dies, becomes incompetent, or is otherwise unable to receive the payment, the Secretary shall make the payment in accordance with rules issued by the Secretary. As an additional condition on receiving agriculture risk coverage payments for individual coverage, the Secretary shall require a producer on a farm to submit to the Secretary annual production reports with respect to all covered commodities produced on all farms in the same State— in which the producer has an interest; and for which individual coverage has been selected.
No penalty with respect to benefits under this Act shall be assessed against a producer on a farm for an inaccurate acreage or production report unless the Secretary determines that the producer on the farm knowingly and willfully falsified the acreage or production report. In carrying out this Act, the Secretary shall provide adequate safeguards to protect the interests of tenants and sharecroppers. The Secretary shall provide for the sharing of payments made under this Act among the producers on a farm on a fair and equitable basis.
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