Sec. 2602. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
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## SEC. 2602 TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended by striking subsection
(c)(as redesignated by section 2601(b)(1)) and inserting the following: > > ### “(c) Technical Assistance > > > #### “(1) Availability > > Commodity Credit Corporation funds made available for a fiscal year for each of the programs specified in subsection (a)— > > > ##### “(A) > > shall be available for the provision of technical assistance for the programs for which funds are made available as necessary to implement the programs effectively; > > > ##### “(B) > > except for technical assistance for the conservation reserve program under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D, shall be apportioned for the provision of technical assistance in the amount determined by the Secretary, at the sole discretion of the Secretary; and > > > ##### “(C) > > shall not be available for the provision of technical assistance for conservation programs specified in subsection
(a)other than the program for which the funds were made available. > > > #### “(2) Priority > > > ##### “(A) In general > > In the delivery of technical assistance under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.), the Secretary shall give priority to producers who request technical assistance from the Secretary in order to comply for the first time with the requirements of subtitle B and subtitle C of this title as a result of the amendments made by section 2611 of the Agricultural Act of 2014. > > > ##### “(B) Report > > Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report regarding the extent to which the conservation compliance requirements contained in the amendments made by section 2611 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 apply to and impact specialty crop growers, including national analysis and surveys to determine the extent of specialty crop acreage that includes highly erodible land and wetlands. > > > #### “(3) Report > > Not later than December 31, 2014, the Secretary shall submit (and update as necessary in subsequent years) to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report— > > > ##### “(A) > > detailing the amount of technical assistance funds requested and apportioned in each program specified in subsection
(a)during the preceding fiscal year; and > > > ##### “(B) > > any other data relating to this provision that would be helpful to such Committees. > > > #### “(4) Compliance report > > Not later than November 1 of each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report that includes— > > > ##### “(A) > > a description of the extent to which the requests for highly erodible land conservation and wetland compliance determinations are being addressed in a timely manner; > > > ##### “(B) > > the total number of requests completed in the previous fiscal year; > > > ##### “(C) > > the incomplete determinations on record; and > > > ##### “(D) > > the number of requests that are still outstanding more than 1 year since the date on which the requests were received from the producer.” > .
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