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[CITE: 7USC1421]

 
                          TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
 
         CHAPTER 35A--PRICE SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1421. Price support


(a) Source

    The Secretary shall provide the price support authorized or required 
herein through the Commodity Credit Corporation and other means 
available to him.

(b) Authority of Secretary; factors considered

    Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the amounts, terms, and 
conditions of price support operations and the extent to which such 
operations are carried out, shall be determined or approved by the 
Secretary. The following factors shall be taken into consideration in 
determining, in the case of any commodity for which price support is 
discretionary, whether a price-support operation shall be undertaken and 
the level of such support and, in the case of any commodity for which 
price support is mandatory, the level of support in excess of the 
minimum level prescribed for such commodity: (1) the supply of the 
commodity in relation to the demand therefor, (2) the price levels at 
which other commodities are being supported and, in the case of feed 
grains, the feed values of such grains in relation to corn, (3) the 
availability of funds, (4) the perishability of the commodity, (5) the 
importance of the commodity to agriculture and the national economy, (6) 
the ability to dispose of stocks acquired through a price-support 
operation, (7) the need for offsetting temporary losses of export 
markets, (8) the ability and willingness of producers to keep supplies 
in line with demand and (9), in the case of upland cotton, changes in 
the cost of producing such cotton.

(c) Compliance by producer; program for diverted acres

    Compliance by the producer with acreage allotments, production goals 
and marketing practices (including marketing quotas when authorized by 
law), prescribed by the Secretary, may be required as a condition of 
eligibility for price support. In administering any program for diverted 
acres the Secretary may make his regulations applicable on an 
appropriate geographical basis. Such regulations shall be administered 
(1) in semiarid or other areas where good husbandry requires maintenance 
of a prudent feed reserve in such manner as to permit, to the extent so 
required by good husbandry, the production of forage crops for storage 
and subsequent use either on the farm or in feeding operations of the 
farm operator, and (2) in areas declared to be disaster areas by the 
President under the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act [42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.], in such manner as will most quickly restore the 
normal pattern of their agriculture.

(d) Time of determining levels

    The level of price support for any commodity shall be determined 
upon the basis of its parity price as of the beginning of the marketing 
year or season in the case of any commodity marketed on a marketing year 
or season basis and as of January 1 in the case of any other commodity.

(e) Processors' assurances; payment if assurances inadequate

    (1) Whenever any price support or surplus removal operation for any 
agricultural commodity is carried out through purchases from or loans or 
payments to processors, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, 
obtain from the processors such assurances as he deems adequate that the 
producers of the agricultural commodity involved have received or will 
receive maximum benefits from the price support or surplus removal 
operation.
    (2)(A) If the assurances under paragraph (1) are not adequate to 
cause the producers of sugar beets and sugarcane, because of the 
bankruptcy or other insolvency of the processor, to receive maximum 
benefits from the price support program within 30 days after the final 
settlement date provided for in the contract between such producers and 
processor, the Secretary, on demand made by such producers and on such 
assurances as to nonpayment as the Secretary shall require, shall pay 
such producers such maximum benefits less benefits previously received 
by such producers.
    (B) On such payment, the Secretary shall--
        (i) be subrogated to all claims of such producers against the 
    processor and other persons responsible for nonpayment; and
        (ii) have authority to pursue such claims as necessary to 
    recover the benefits not paid to the producers.

    (C) The Secretary shall carry out this paragraph through the 
Commodity Credit Corporation.

(Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, title IV, Sec. 401, 63 Stat. 1054; Aug. 28, 
1954, ch. 1041, title II, Secs. 206, 207, 68 Stat. 901; Pub. L. 88-297, 
title I, Sec. 103(c), Apr. 11, 1964, 78 Stat. 175; Pub. L. 99-198, title 
IX, Sec. 903(a), Dec. 23, 1985, 99 Stat. 1444; Pub. L. 100-707, title I, 
109(a)(1), Nov. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 4708.)

                       References in Text

    This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), is act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, 
63 Stat. 1051, as amended, known as the Agricultural Act of 1949, which 
is classified principally to this chapter (Sec. 1421 et seq.). For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
below and Tables.
    The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, referred to in 
subsec. (c), is Pub. L. 93-288, May 22, 1974, 88 Stat. 143, as amended, 
known as The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
Act, which is classified principally to chapter 68 (Sec. 5121 et seq.) 
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification 
of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5121 
of Title 42 and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1988--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-707, substituted ``the Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act'' for ``Public Law 875, Eighty-first 
Congress''.
    1985--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 99-198 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1) and added par. (2).
    1964--Subsec. (b)(9). Pub. L. 88-297 added cl. (9).
    1954--Subsec. (c). Act Aug. 28, 1954, Sec. 206, provided a program 
for diverted acres.
    Subsec. (e). Act Aug. 28, 1954, Sec. 207, added subsec. (e).


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Pub. L. 104-127, title II, Sec. 263(c), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 974, 
provided that: ``The amendments made by this section [repealing 
provisions set out as notes under this section and section 1446 of this 
title] shall be effective beginning with the 1996 crops of wheat, feed 
grains, upland cotton, and rice.''


                    Effective Date of 1991 Amendment

    Pub. L. 102-237, title XI, Sec. 1101, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1906, 
provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this 
Act and the amendments made by this Act [see Tables for classification] 
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 13, 1991].
    ``(b) Inclusion in Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990.--The amendments made by the following provisions of this Act shall 
take effect as if included in the provision of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-624) to which the 
amendment relates:
        ``(1) Section 201 [amending sections 5403, 5503, 5505, 5506, and 
    5822 of this title and provisions set out as a note under section 
    4201 of this title] (other than section 201(h) [enacting section 
    3125c of this title]).
        ``(2) Section 307 [amending section 1736bb-6 of this title].
        ``(3) Subsections (a) through (c), (e), (h), and (i) of section 
    501 [amending sections 1924, 1942, 1981, 1983, 2001, and 2006e of 
    this title].
        ``(4) Subsections (a), (b), (f) through (i), and (l) of section 
    502 [amending sections 2019, 2071, 2129, 2214, 2252, 2271, and 
    2278a-2 of Title 12, Banks and Banking].
        ``(5) Section 602(c) [amending provisions set out as a note 
    below].
        ``(6) Section 701 [amending sections 1926, 1926c, 1932, 1981, 
    1994, 2000, 2006f, 2008, 2008a, and 2008b of this title] (except as 
    provided in subsection (c) of this section).
        ``(7) Section 702 [amending sections 950aaa-1, 1926-1, 1991, 
    1994, 2007a, and 2007c to 2007e of this title and provisions set out 
    as a note under section 2006f of this title].
        ``(8) Section 703(c) [amending section 950aa of this title].
    ``(c) Miscellaneous Amendments to Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act.--The amendments made by section 701(h) of this Act 
[amending sections 1926, 1932, 1981, 1994, and 2000 of this title] to 
any provision specified therein shall take effect as if such amendments 
had been included in the Act that added the provision so specified at 
the time such Act became law.
    ``(d) Food and Nutrition Programs.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
    subsection, title IX of this Act [amending sections 1431e, 2012, 
    2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2025, 2026, 2028, 2029, and 2031 of 
    this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 
    2015, 2016, 2026, and 5930 of this title, and amending provisions 
    set out as notes under sections 612c and 2012 of this title], and 
    the amendments made by title IX of this Act, shall take effect and 
    be implemented no later than February 1, 1992.
        ``(2) PASS accounts exclusion.--
            ``(A) In general.--The amendment made by section 903(3) of 
        this Act [amending section 2014 of this title] shall take effect 
        on the earlier of--
                ``(i) the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 13, 1991];
                ``(ii) October 1, 1990, for food stamp households for 
            which the State agency knew, or had notice, that a member of 
            the household had a plan for achieving self-support as 
            provided under section 1612(b)(4)(B)(iv) of the Social 
            Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(4)(B)(iv)); or
                ``(iii) beginning on the date that a fair hearing was 
            requested under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
            seq.) contesting the denial of an exclusion for food stamp 
            purposes for amounts necessary for the fulfillment of such a 
            plan for achieving self-support.
            ``(B) Limitation on application of section.--Notwithstanding 
        section 11(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 [section 2020(b) of 
        this title] (as redesignated by section 941(6) of this Act), no 
        State agency shall be required to search its files for cases to 
        which the amendment made by section 903(3) of this Act [amending 
        section 2014 of this title] applies, except where the 
        excludability of amounts described in section 5(d)(16) of the 
        Food Stamp Act of 1977 [section 2014(d)(16) of this title] (as 
        added by section 903(3) of this Act) was raised with the State 
        agency prior to the date of enactment of the Act [Dec. 13, 
        1991].
        ``(3) Performance standards for employment and training 
    programs.--The amendments made by section 908 [907, amending section 
    2015 of this title] of this Act shall take effect on September 30, 
    1991.
        ``(4) Recovery of claims caused by nonfraudulent household 
    errors.--The amendment made by section 911 of this Act [amending 
    section 2022 of this title] shall take effect on the date of 
    enactment of this Act [Dec. 13, 1991].
        ``(5) Definition of retail food store.--The amendment made by 
    section 913 of this Act [amending provisions set out as a note under 
    section 2012 of this title] shall take effect on October 1, 1990, 
    and shall not apply with respect to any period occurring before such 
    date.''


                    Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XI, Sec. 1171, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3521, 
provided that:
    ``(a) In General.--Except as otherwise specifically provided in 
title I through this title [see Tables for classification], such titles 
and the amendments made by such titles shall become effective beginning 
with the 1991 crop of an agricultural commodity.
    ``(b) Prior Crops.--Except as otherwise specifically provided and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, title I through this title, 
and the amendments made by such titles, shall not affect the authority 
of the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a price support or 
production adjustment program for any of the 1986 through 1990 crops of 
an agricultural commodity established under a provision of law in effect 
immediately before the effective date prescribed by subsection (a).''


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

    Section 903(b) of Pub. L. 99-198 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by this section [amending this section] shall apply to nonpayments 
occurring after January 1, 1985.''


                      Short Title of 1993 Amendment

    Pub. L. 103-66, title I, Sec. 1001(a), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 312, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting sections 936c and 1314i of this 
title and section 460l-6c of Title 16, Conservation, amending sections 
511r, 608b, 1308, 1308-3, 1314c, 1314e, 1358-1, 1359a, 1359bb, 1441-2, 
1444-2, 1444f, 1445, 1445-1, 1445-2, 1445b-3a, 1445c-3, 1445j, 1446e, 
1446f, 1446g, 1446h, 1463, 1465, 1469, 1506, 1508, 1508a, 1782, 1783, 
1785, 5623, and 5641 of this title and sections 3830, 3831, and 3837 of 
Title 16, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 936c, 
1446e, 1506, and 5623 of this title, and amending provisions set out as 
notes under this section and sections 608c and 1445b-3a of this title] 
may be cited as the `Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1993'.''


                      Short Title of 1991 Amendment

    Pub. L. 102-237, Sec. 1, Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1818, provided 
that: ``This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 
`Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act Amendments of 1991'.''


                     Short Title of 1990 Amendments

    Pub. L. 101-624, Sec. 1(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3359, provided 
that: ``This Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 
`Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990'.''
    Pub. L. 101-508, title I, Sec. 1001(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 
1388, provided that: ``This title [enacting section 940d of this title, 
amending sections 511r, 1441-2, 1444-2, 1444f, 1445, 1445b-3a, 1445c-3, 
1445j, 1446e, 1446f to 1446h, 1722, 1736, 1736a, 1783, 1994, 1999, and 
5822 of this title and section 136a of Title 21, Food and Drugs, 
enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 
136w, 511r, and 1445b-3a of this title, and amending provisions set out 
as a note under this section] may be cited as the `Agricultural 
Reconciliation Act of 1990'.''


                     Short Title of 1989 Amendments

    Pub. L. 101-239, title I, Sec. 1001(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 
2106, provided that: ``This title [enacting section 1433d of this title, 
amending sections 1444e, 1445b-2, 1446, 1464, and 1736s of this title, 
enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1433d, 1444e, 1445b-
2, 1446, and 1464 of this title and section 2278b-9 of Title 12, Banks 
and Banking, and amending provisions set out as a note under this 
section] may be cited as the `Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 
1989'.''
    Pub. L. 101-82, Sec. 1(a), Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 564, provided 
that: ``This Act [enacting sections 1508a and 1926a of this title and 
section 493 of Title 25, Indians, amending sections 1359, 1464, 1471d, 
and 1471e of this title and section 2202 of Title 16, Conservation, 
enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 
1359, 1464, 1926a, 1929a, 1941, and 1961 of this title and sections 2202 
and 2203 of Title 16, and amending provisions set out as a note under 
this section] may be cited as the `Disaster Assistance Act of 1989'.''


                     Short Title of 1988 Amendments

    Pub. L. 100-418, title II, Sec. 2221, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1336, 
provided that: ``This part [part II (Secs. 2221-2227) of subtitle B of 
title II of Pub. L. 100-418, which amended section 1431 of this title 
and enacted provisions set out as notes under section 1431 of this 
title] may be cited as the `American Aid to Poland Act of 1988'.''
    Pub. L. 100-387, Sec. 1, Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 924, provided: 
``That this Act [see Tables for classification] may be cited as the 
`Disaster Assistance Act of 1988'.''
    Section 601 of title VI of act Oct. 31, 1949, ch. 792, as added Aug. 
11, 1988, Pub. L. 100-387, title I, Sec. 101(a), 102 Stat. 925, provided 
that: ``This title [enacting sections 1471 to 1471j of this title] may 
be cited as the `Emergency Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1988'.''


                     Short Title of 1987 Amendments

    Pub. L. 100-203, title I, Sec. 1001(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 
1330, provided that: ``This title [enacting sections 940b, 940c, 944a, 
1308-1 to 1308-3, and 2030 of this title, amending sections 608c, 946, 
948, 1308, 1308-1, 1314b, 1314c, 1423, 1431, 1441-1, 1444, 1444-1, 
1444e, 1445, 1445b-2, 1445b-3, 1445c-2, 1446, 1466, 1782, 1932, and 2371 
of this title and section 713a-11 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, 
enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 936a, 948, 1308 to 
1308-3, 1441-1, 1444, 1444-1, 1444e, 1445, 1445b-2, 1445b-3, 1445c-2, 
1446, 1466, and 1508 of this title, sections 713a-11 and 714b of Title 
15, and section 7545 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and 
amending provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited 
as the `Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1987'.''
    Pub. L. 100-45, Sec. 1, May 27, 1987, 101 Stat. 318, provided: 
``That this Act [amending sections 1441-1, 1444-1, 1444e, 1445b-3, and 
1446 of this title and section 701n of Title 33, Navigation and 
Navigable Waters, and enacting provisions set out as notes under 
sections 1441-1, 1444-1, 1444e, 1445b-3, and 1446 of this title and 
section 3835 of Title 16, Conservation] may be cited as the `Farm 
Disaster Assistance Act of 1987'.''


                      Short Title of 1984 Amendment

    Pub. L. 98-258, Sec. 1, Apr. 10, 1984, 98 Stat. 130, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting section 1981b of this title, amending sections 
1431, 1441, 1444, 1444d, 1445b-1, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1964, 1986, and 1994 
of this title, enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1921, 
1961, and 1981 of this title, and amending provisions set out as a note 
preceding section 1961 of this title] may be cited as the `Agricultural 
Programs Adjustment Act of 1984'.''


                     Short Title of 1983 Amendments

    Pub. L. 98-180, Sec. 1, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1128, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting sections 511r, 4501 to 4514, and 4531 to 4538 
of this title, amending section 608c, 1314b, 1314b-1, 1314b-2, 1314c, 
1314d, 1314e, 1379, 1445, 1445-1, 1445-2, and 1446 of this title, and 
enacting provisions set out as notes under this section and sections 
1314b, 1314c, 1314e, 1427, 1445, 1446, and 1727g of this title] may be 
cited as the `Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983'.''
    Pub. L. 98-180, title I, Sec. 101, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1128, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting sections 4501 to 4513 of this 
title, amending section 1446 of this title, and enacting provisions set 
out as notes under section 1446 of this title] may be cited as the 
`Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983'.''
    Pub. L. 98-180, title II, Sec. 201, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1143, 
provided that: ``This title [enacting section 511r of this title, 
amending sections 1314b, 1314b-1, 1314b-2, 1314c, 1314d, 1314e, 1379, 
1445, 1445-1, and 1445-2 of this title, and enacting provisions set out 
as notes under sections 1314b, 1314c, 1314e, and 1445 of this title] may 
be cited as the `Tobacco Adjustment Act of 1983'.''
    Pub. L. 98-88, Sec. 1, Aug. 26, 1983, 97 Stat. 494, provided: ``That 
this Act [amending sections 1308, 1427, 1441, and 1444 of this title, 
repealing section 1347 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as 
notes under sections 1342, 1347, and 1444 of this title] may be cited as 
the `Extra Long Staple Cotton Act of 1983'.''


                      Short Title of 1982 Amendment

    Pub. L. 97-358, Sec. 1, Oct. 21, 1982, 96 Stat. 1714, provided: 
``That this Act [enacting section 1433b of this title] may be cited as 
the `Surplus Agricultural Commodities Disposal Act of 1982'.''


                      Short Title of 1980 Amendment

    Pub. L. 96-213, Sec. 1, Mar. 18, 1980, 94 Stat. 119, provided: 
``That this Act [amending sections 1308, 1309, 1441, 1444, 1444c, and 
1445b of this title, and enacting provisions set out as notes under 
sections 1308 and 1309 of this title] may be cited as the `Agricultural 
Adjustment Act of 1980'.''


                               Short Title

    Section 1 of act Oct. 31, 1949, provided that: ``This Act [enacting 
this section and sections 1422 to 1431, 1432, 1433, 1441, 1443 to 1445a, 
1446, 1446a, 1446d, 1447 to 1449, and 1461 to 1468 of this title, 
amending sections 612c, 1301, 1322, 1328, 1343, 1344, 1345, and 1353 to 
1356 of this title, and repealing section 1302 of this title; amending 
sections 1134c and 1134j of Title 12, Banks and Banking, section 713a-4 
of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, section 410 of Title 42, The Public 
Health and Welfare] may be cited as the `Agricultural Act of 1949'.''


                                 Repeals

    Section 414 of act Oct. 31, 1949, provided in part that: ``any 
provision of law in conflict with the provisions of this Act [see Short 
Title note set out above] are hereby repealed.''


                               Regulations

    Pub. L. 106-224, title II, Sec. 263, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 427, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [June 20, 2000], the Secretary and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as 
are necessary to implement this title and the amendments made by this 
title [see Tables for classification]. The promulgation of the 
regulations and administration of this title shall be made without 
regard to--
        ``(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 
    5, United States Code;
        ``(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
    effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of 
    proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and
        ``(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known 
    as the `Paperwork Reduction Act').
    ``(b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under 
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.''


               Separability Provision for Pub. L. 101-624

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2518, formerly Sec. 2519, Nov. 28, 
1990, 104 Stat. 4078; renumbered Sec. 2518 by Pub. L. 104-66, title I, 
Sec. 1101(h), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 710, provided that: ``If any 
provision of this Act [see Short Title of 1990 Amendment note above] or 
the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, 
the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this 
Act which can be given effect without regard to the invalid provision or 
application, and to this end the provisions of this Act are severable.''


                Separability Provision for Pub. L. 98-180

    Pub. L. 98-180, title III, Sec. 305, Nov. 29, 1983, 97 Stat. 1152, 
provided that: ``Except as otherwise provided in this Act [see Short 
Title of 1983 Amendment note above], if any provision of this Act or the 
application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the 
validity of the remainder of this Act and of the application of such 
provision to other persons and circumstances shall not be affected 
thereby.''

                  Exceptions From Transfer of Functions

    Functions of Corporations of Department of Agriculture, boards of 
directors and officers of such corporations; Advisory Board of Commodity 
Credit Corporation; and Farm Credit Administration or any agency, 
officer, or entity of, under, or subject to supervision of said 
Administration excepted from functions of officers, agencies, and 
employees transferred to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan 
No. 2, Sec. 1, effective June 4, 1953, 18 F.R. 3219, 67 Stat. 633, set 
out as a note under section 2201 of this title.


                       Inapplicability of Section

    Section inapplicable to 1996 through 2002 crops of loan commodities, 
peanuts, and sugar and inapplicable to milk during period beginning Apr. 
4, 1996, and ending Dec. 31, 2002, see section 7301(b)(1)(J) of this 
title.


               Crop and Pasture Flood Compensation Program

    Pub. L. 106-224, title II, Sec. 257(a)-(d), June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 
424, 425, provided that:
    ``(a) Definition of Covered Land.--In this section:
        ``(1) In general.--The term `covered land' means land that--
            ``(A) was unusable for agricultural production during the 
        2000 crop year as the result of flooding;
            ``(B) was used for agricultural production during at least 
        one of the 1992 through 1999 crop years;
            ``(C) is a contiguous parcel of land of at least 1 acre; and
            ``(D) is located in a county in which producers were 
        eligible for assistance under the 1998 Flood Compensation 
        Program established under part 1439 of title 7, Code of Federal 
        Regulations.
        ``(2) Exclusions.--The term `covered land' excludes any land for 
    which a producer is insured, enrolled, or assisted during the 2000 
    crop year under--
            ``(A) a policy or plan of insurance authorized under the 
        Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.);
            ``(B) the noninsured crop assistance program operated under 
        section 196 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 
        7333);
            ``(C) any crop disaster program established for the 2000 
        crop year;
            ``(D) the conservation reserve program established under 
        subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act 
        of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.);
            ``(E) the wetlands reserve program established under 
        subchapter C of chapter 1 of subtitle D of the Food Security Act 
        of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3837 et seq.);
            ``(F) any emergency watershed protection program or Federal 
        easement program that prohibits crop production or grazing; or
            ``(G) any other Federal or State water storage program, as 
        determined by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Compensation.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
$24,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to compensate 
producers with covered land described with respect to losses from long-
term flooding.
    ``(c) Payment Rate.--The payment rate for compensation provided to a 
producer under this section shall equal the average county cash rental 
rate per acre established by the National Agricultural Statistics 
Service for the 2000 crop year.
    ``(d) Payment Limitation.--The total amount of payments made to a 
person (as defined in section 1001(5) of the Food Security Act (7 U.S.C. 
1308(5))) under this section may not exceed $40,000.''


           Restoration of Eligibility for Crop Loss Assistance

    Pub. L. 106-224, title II, Sec. 259, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 426, 
as amended by Pub. L. 106-472, title III, Sec. 315, Nov. 9, 2000, 114 
Stat. 2081, provided that:
    ``(a) Effect of Change in Legal Structure.--In the case of an 
individual or entity that was not eligible for a payment pursuant to 
subsection (c) of section 1102 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (as contained in section 101(a) of division A of Public Law 105-
277; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note), solely because the individual or entity 
changed the legal structure of the individual's or entity's farming 
operation, the individual or entity shall be eligible for the payment 
the individual or entity would have received pursuant to that subsection 
had the individual or entity not changed the legal structure, less the 
amount of any payment received by the individual or entity pursuant to 
subsection (b) of that section.
    ``(b) Multiple Farming Operations.--
        ``(1) Eligible individuals.--In the case of an individual not 
    described in subsection (a) that farmed acreage as a producer as a 
    part of more than one farming operation, none of which received a 
    payment pursuant to subsection (c) of section 1102 of the 
    Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
    Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, the individual shall be 
    eligible for a payment pursuant to that subsection for losses that 
    the Secretary determines would have been eligible for compensation 
    with respect to that acreage based on the individual's interest in 
    the production from that acreage.
        ``(2) Reduction.--A payment made pursuant to paragraph (1) to an 
    individual shall be reduced by the amount of a payment made pursuant 
    to subsection (b) of that section 1102 attributed directly or 
    indirectly to the individual with respect to the acreage described 
    in paragraph (1).
    ``(c) Commodity Credit Corporation.--The Secretary shall use the 
funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to carry out this section.''


             Emergency and Disaster Assistance for Producers

    Pub. L. 106-224, title II, subtitle A, June 20, 2000, 114 Stat. 398, 
as amended by Pub. L. 106-387, Sec. 1(a) [title VIII, Sec. 816], Oct. 
28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-57, provided that:
``SEC. 201. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 
title [see Tables for classification] as the `Secretary') shall use 
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance in the 
form of a market loss assistance payment to owners and producers on a 
farm that are eligible for a final payment for fiscal year 2000 under a 
production flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricultural 
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
    ``(b) Amount and Manner.--In providing payments under this section, 
the Secretary shall--
        ``(1) use the same contract payment rates as are used under 
    section 802(b) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
    Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 (7 
    U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 106-78); and
        ``(2) provide the payments in a manner that is consistent with 
    section 802(c) of that Act.
    ``(c) Timing.--The Secretary shall make the payments required by 
this section not earlier than September 1, 2000, and not later than 
September 30, 2000.
``SEC. 202. OILSEEDS.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $500,000,000 of funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of the 
2000 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to obtain a marketing assistance 
loan under section 131 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7231).
    ``(b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under this 
section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying--
        ``(1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
        ``(2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
    as determined under subsection (c); and
        ``(3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, as 
    determined under subsection (d).
    ``(c) Acreage.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
    acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under subsection 
    (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres planted to the oilseed 
    by the producers on the farm during the 1997, 1998, or 1999 crop 
    year, whichever is greatest, as reported by the producers on the 
    farm to the Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed 
    late).
        ``(2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
    planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2000 crop year but not the 
    1997, 1998, or 1999 crop year, the acreage of the producers for the 
    oilseed under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of 
    acres planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during the 
    2000 crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the 
    Secretary (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
    ``(d) Yield.--
        ``(1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the 
    case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
    subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest of--
            ``(A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1995 through 1999 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with 
        the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
            ``(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1997, 1998, or 1999 crop year.
        ``(2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in 
    the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the producers 
    on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest 
    of--
            ``(A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1995 through 1999 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with 
        the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
            ``(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1997, 1998, or 1999 crop year.
        ``(3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
    planted acreage to an oilseed during the 2000 crop year but not the 
    1997, 1998, or 1999 crop year, the yield of the producers on a farm 
    under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
            ``(A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1995 through 1999 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with 
        the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
            ``(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        2000 crop.
        ``(4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
    Secretary shall use data provided by the National Agricultural 
    Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.
``SEC. 203. SPECIALTY CROPS.
    ``(a) Replenishment of Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act 
Fund.--Of the amount made available under section 261(a)(2) [114 Stat. 
427], $30,450,000 shall--
        ``(1) be deposited in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities 
    Act Fund established by section 3(b)(5) of the Perishable 
    Agricultural Commodities Act, 1930 (7 U.S.C. 499c(b)(5));
        ``(2) be merged with other amounts in the Perishable 
    Agricultural Commodities Act Fund; and
        ``(3) be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
    period as other amounts in the Perishable Agricultural Commodities 
    Act Fund.
    ``(b) Replenishment of Trust Funds for Services under Agricultural 
Marketing Act of 1946.--Of the amount made available under section 
261(a)(2) [114 Stat. 427], $29,000,000 shall--
        ``(1) be deposited in the trust fund account established to 
    cover the cost of inspection, certification, and identification 
    services provided under section 203(h) of the Agricultural Marketing 
    Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1622(h));
        ``(2) be merged with other amounts in the trust fund account; 
    and
        ``(3) be available for the same purposes and for the same time 
    period as other amounts in the trust fund account.
    ``(c) Inspection Services Improvements.--Of the amount made 
available under section 261(a)(2) [114 Stat. 427], $11,550,000 shall be 
used by the Secretary to improve the infrastructure and system used for 
inspecting fruits and vegetables, including improving--
        ``(1) the program used to train inspectors, including the 
    establishment of an inspector training center;
        ``(2) the technological resources used by inspectors;
        ``(3) the use of digital imaging by inspectors; and
        ``(4) the office space and grading tables used by inspectors.
    ``(d) Surplus Crop Purchases.--
        ``(1) Purchases.--Of the amount made available under section 
    261(a)(2) [114 Stat. 427], $200,000,000 shall be used by the 
    Secretary to purchase specialty crops that have experienced low 
    prices during the 1998 or 1999 crop years, including apples, black-
    eyed peas, cherries, citrus, cranberries or cranberry products 
    (including cranberry juice concentrate and frozen cranberry fruit), 
    onions, melons, peaches, and potatoes.
        ``(2) Displacement.--The Secretary shall ensure that purchases 
    of specialty crops under this subsection will not displace purchases 
    by the Secretary under any other law.
    ``(e) Grower Compensation.--
        ``(1) Compensation.--Of the amount made available under section 
    261(a)(2) [114 Stat. 427], $25,000,000 shall be used by the 
    Secretary to compensate--
            ``(A) growers covered by the Secretary's Declaration of 
        Extraordinary Emergency published on March 2, 2000 (65 Fed. Reg. 
        11280), regarding the plum pox virus;
            ``(B) growers for losses due to Pierce's disease; and
            ``(C) commercial producers for losses due to citrus canker.
        ``(2) Report.--Not later than July 19, 2000, the Secretary, in 
    coordination with the Inspector General of the Department of 
    Agriculture, 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 analyzes--
            ``(A) the economic losses to the produce industry as a 
        result of allegations of false inspection certificates prepared 
        by graders of the Department of Agriculture at Hunts Point 
        Terminal Market, Bronx, New York; and
            ``(B) the restitution by the Secretary for persons damaged 
        as a result of losses described in subparagraph (A).
    ``(f) Apple Loans.--
        ``(1) Requirement.--The Secretary, acting through the Farm 
    Service Agency, shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
    to make loans to producers of apples that are suffering economic 
    loss as the result of low prices for apples.
        ``(2) Term.--The term of a loan made under this subsection shall 
    be not more than 3 years.
        ``(3) Interest rate.--The interest rate for a loan made under 
    this subsection shall be at a rate equal to the then current cost of 
    money to the Government of the United States for loans of similar 
    maturity.
        ``(4) Security.--The Secretary may require a loan made under 
    this subsection to be secured by real property or such other 
    collateral as the Secretary considers appropriate and protects the 
    interests of the Federal Government.
        ``(5) Limitation.--The cost of all loans made under this 
    subsection shall not exceed $5,000,000.
``SEC. 204. OTHER COMMODITIES.
    ``(a) Peanuts.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use funds of the 
    Commodity Credit Corporation to provide payments to producers of 
    quota peanuts or additional peanuts to partially compensate the 
    producers for continuing low commodity prices, and increasing costs 
    of production, for the 2000 crop year.
        ``(2) Amount.--The amount of a payment made to producers on a 
    farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph (1) 
    shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
            ``(A) the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts 
        produced or considered produced by the producers; and
            ``(B) a payment rate equal to--
                ``(i) in the case of quota peanuts, $30.50 per ton; and
                ``(ii) in the case of additional peanuts, $16.00 per 
            ton.
    ``(b) Tobacco.--
        ``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
            ``(A) Eligible person.--The term `eligible person' means a 
        person that owns or operates, or produces eligible tobacco on, a 
        farm--
                ``(i) for which the quantity of quota of eligible 
            tobacco allotted to the farm under part I of subtitle B of 
            title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 
            U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) was reduced from the 1999 crop year to 
            the 2000 crop year; and
                ``(ii) that is used for the production of eligible 
            tobacco during the 2000 crop year.
            ``(B) Eligible tobacco.--The term `eligible tobacco' means 
        each of the following kinds of tobacco:
                ``(i) Flue-cured tobacco, comprising types 11, 12, 13, 
            and 14.
                ``(ii) Fire-cured tobacco, comprising type 21.
                ``(iii) Burley tobacco, comprising type 31.
                ``(iv) Cigar-filler and cigar-binder tobacco, comprising 
            types 42, 43, 44, 54, and 55.
        ``(2) Payments.--Effective beginning October 1, 2000, the 
    Secretary shall use $340,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit 
    Corporation to make payments to eligible persons.
        ``(3) Allocation of funds among states.--The funds made 
    available for eligible persons under paragraph (2) shall be 
    allocated among States in the following dollar amounts:




  Alabama............................................          $100,000
  Arkansas...........................................            $1,000
  Florida............................................        $2,500,000
  Georgia............................................       $13,000,000
  Indiana............................................        $5,400,000
  Kansas.............................................           $23,000
  Kentucky...........................................      $140,000,000
  Missouri...........................................        $2,000,000
  North Carolina.....................................      $100,000,000
  Ohio...............................................        $6,000,000
  Oklahoma...........................................            $1,000
  South Carolina.....................................       $15,000,000
  Tennessee..........................................       $35,000,000
  Virginia...........................................       $19,000,000
  Wisconsin..........................................          $675,000
  West Virginia......................................        $1,300,000.


        ``(4) Allocation of funds among farms in a state.--The Secretary 
    shall divide the amount allocated to a State under paragraph (3) 
    among farms in the State based on the quota of eligible tobacco 
    available to each farm of an eligible person for the 2000 crop year.
        ``(5) Division of farm payments among eligible persons in a 
    state.--Not later than October 20, 2000, the Secretary shall divide 
    amounts made available to farms in a State under paragraph (4) among 
    eligible persons who are quota owners, quota lessees, and tobacco 
    producers on farms in the State, and make payments to the eligible 
    persons, on the basis of--
            ``(A) in the case of a State that is a party to the National 
        Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, the formula in the Trust used 
        to allocate funds among quota owners, quota lessees, and tobacco 
        producers on farms in the State, with such adjustments as the 
        Secretary determines are necessary to enable the payments to be 
        made by October 20, 2000; or
            ``(B) in the case of a State that is not a party to the 
        National Tobacco Grower Settlement Trust, a formula established 
        by the Secretary.
        ``(6) Payments to eligible persons in georgia.--The Secretary 
    shall use the amount allocated to the State of Georgia under 
    paragraph (3) to make payments to eligible persons in Georgia only 
    if the State of Georgia agrees to use an equal amount (not to exceed 
    $13,000,000) to make payments at the same time, or subsequently, to 
    the same eligible persons in the same manner as provided for the 
    Federal payment under paragraphs (4) and (5).
        ``(7) Use for administrative costs.--None of the funds made 
    available under paragraphs (1) through (7) may be used to pay 
    administrative costs incurred in carrying out those paragraphs.
        ``(8) Transfer of allotments.--[Amended section 1314d of this 
    title.]
        ``(9) Burley tobacco inventories of producer associations.--
    [Amended section 1314e of this title.]
        ``(10) Limitations on burley tobacco quota adjustments.--
    [Amended section 1314e of this title.]
        ``(11) Lease and transfer of burley tobacco quota.--[Amended 
    section 1314e of this title.]
        ``(12) Recordkeeping and sale of burley tobacco quota and 
    acreage.--[Amended section 1314e of this title.]
    ``(c) Honey.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use funds of the 
    Commodity Credit Corporation to make available recourse loans to 
    producers of the 2000 crop of honey on fair and reasonable terms and 
    conditions, as determined by the Secretary.
        ``(2) Loan rate.--The loan rate for a loan under paragraph (1) 
    shall be equal to 85 percent of the average price of honey during 
    the 5-crop year period preceding the 2000 crop year, excluding the 
    crop year in which the average price of honey was the highest and 
    the crop year in which the average price of honey was the lowest in 
    the period.
    ``(d) Wool and Mohair.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use funds of the 
    Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of wool, 
    and producers of mohair, for the 1999 marketing year.
        ``(2) Payment rate.--The payment rate for payments made to 
    producers under paragraph (1) shall be equal to--
            ``(A) in the case of wool, 20 cents per pound; and
            ``(B) in the case of mohair, 40 cents per pound.
    ``(e) Cottonseed.--The Secretary shall use $100,000,000 of funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers and 
first-handlers of the 2000 crop of cottonseed.
``SEC. 205. PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.
    ``(a) Eligible Producers.--Effective for the 2001 crop year, in the 
case of a producer that would be eligible for a loan deficiency payment 
under section 135 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 
7235) for wheat, barley, or oats, but that elects to use acreage planted 
to the wheat, barley, or oats for the grazing of livestock, the 
Secretary shall make a payment to the producer under this section if the 
producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forgo any other 
harvesting of the wheat, barley, or oats on that acreage.
    ``(b) Payment Amount.--The amount of a payment made to a producer on 
a farm under this section shall be equal to the amount determined by 
multiplying--
        ``(1) the loan deficiency payment rate determined under section 
    135(c) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235(c)) 
    in effect, as of the date of the agreement, for the county in which 
    the farm is located; by
        ``(2) the payment quantity determined by multiplying--
            ``(A) the quantity of the grazed acreage on the farm with 
        respect to which the producer elects to forgo harvesting of 
        wheat, barley, or oats; and
            ``(B) the greater of--
                ``(i) the established yield for the crop on the farm; or
                ``(ii) the average county yield per harvested acre of 
            the crop, as determined by the Secretary.
    ``(c) Time, Manner, and Availability of Payment.--
        ``(1) Time and manner.--A payment under this section shall be 
    made at the same time and in the same manner as loan deficiency 
    payments are made under section 135 of the Agricultural Market 
    Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235), except that the payment shall be 
    made not later than September 30, 2001.
        ``(2) Availability.--The Secretary shall establish an 
    availability period for the payment authorized by this section that 
    is consistent with the availability period for wheat, barley, and 
    oats established by the Secretary for marketing assistance loans 
    authorized by subtitle C of the Agricultural Market Transition Act 
    (7 U.S.C. 7231 et seq.).
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate under section 263 
[set out as a note above] such regulations as are necessary to 
administer the payments authorized by this section in a fair and 
equitable manner with respect to producers of wheat and feed grains that 
do not receive a payment under this section.
    ``(e) Funding.--The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to carry out this section.
``SEC. 206. EXPANSION OF PRODUCERS ELIGIBLE FOR LOAN DEFICIENCY 
        PAYMENTS.
    ``[Amended section 7235 of this title.]''
    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(5) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 
113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-290, provided in part that: ``For an additional 
amount for specialty crop assistance authorized by section 803(c)(1) of 
Public Law 106-78 [set out below], $2,800,000: Provided, That the 
definition of eligible persons in section 803(c)(2) of Public Law 106-78 
shall include producers who have suffered quality or quantity losses due 
to natural disasters on crops harvested and placed in a warehouse and 
not sold.''
    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(5) [title I], Nov. 29, 1999, 
113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-290, as amended by Pub. L. 106-387, Sec. 1(a) 
[title VIII, Sec. 802], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-49, 
provided in part that: ``For an additional amount for livestock 
assistance authorized by section 805 of Public Law 106-78 [set out 
below], $10,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of Agriculture may use 
this additional amount to provide assistance to persons who raise 
livestock owned by other persons for income losses sustained with 
respect to livestock from January 1, 1999, through February 7, 2000 if 
the Secretary finds that such losses are the result of natural 
disasters.''
    Pub. L. 106-78, title VIII, Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1175, as 
amended by Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(5) [title I, Sec. 102], 
Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-291, provided that:

          ``Subtitle A--Crop and Market Loss Assistance

``SEC. 801. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this 
title as the `Secretary') shall use $1,200,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance 
available to producers on a farm that have incurred losses in a 1999 
crop due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available 
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 1102 of 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public 
Law 105-277), including using the same loss thresholds as were used in 
administering that section.
    ``(c) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may be made 
for losses associated with crops that are, as determined by the 
Secretary--
        ``(1) quantity losses;
        ``(2) quality losses; or
        ``(3) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or related 
    condition.
    ``(d) Crops Covered.--Assistance under this section shall be 
applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of trees from which 
a crop is harvested, livestock, and fisheries), as determined by the 
Secretary, due to disasters.
    ``(e) Crop Insurance.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary 
shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a farm that have 
purchased crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.).
    ``(f) Rice Loan Deficiency Payments.--In the case of producers of 
the 1999 crop of rice that harvested such rice on or before August 4, 
1999, the Secretary may use funds made available under this section to--
        ``(1) make loan deficiency payments to producers that received, 
    or that were eligible to receive, such payments under section 135 of 
    the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) in a manner 
    that results in the same total payment that would have been made if 
    the payment had been requested by the producers on August 5, 1999; 
    and
        ``(2) recalculate any repayment made for a marketing assistance 
    loan for the 1999 crop of rice on or before August 4, 1999, as if 
    the repayment had been made on August 5, 1999.
    ``(g) Honey Recourse Loans.--
        ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
    in order to assist producers of honey to market their honey in an 
    orderly manner during a period of disastrously low prices, the 
    Secretary may use funds made available under this section to make 
    available recourse loans to producers of the 1999 crop of honey on 
    fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the 
    Secretary.
        ``(2) Loan rate.--The loan rate of the loans shall be 85 percent 
    of the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period 
    preceding the 1999 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the 
    average price of honey was the highest and the crop year in which 
    the average price of honey was the lowest in the period.
    ``(h) Recourse Loans for Mohair.--
        ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding 
    any other provision of law, during fiscal year 2000, the Secretary 
    may use funds made available under this section to make recourse 
    loans available in accordance with section 137(c) of the 
    Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7237(c)) to producers 
    of mohair produced during or before that fiscal year.
        ``(2) Interest.--Section 137(c)(4) of that Act shall not apply 
    to a loan made under paragraph (1).
``SEC. 802. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary shall use not more than 
$5,544,453,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
assistance to owners and producers on a farm that are eligible for final 
payments for fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract 
for the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 
et seq.).
    ``(b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to owners and 
producers on a farm under this section shall be proportionate to the 
amount of the contract payment received by the owners and producers for 
fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract for the farm 
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act.
    ``(c) Protection of Tenants and Sharecroppers; Sharing of 
Payments.--Sections 111(c) and 114(g) of the Agricultural Market 
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7211(c), 7214(g)) shall apply to the payments 
made under subsection (a).
``SEC. 803. SPECIALTY CROPS.
    ``(a) Peanuts.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use such amounts as are 
    necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide 
    payments to producers of quota peanuts or additional peanuts to 
    partially compensate the producers for continuing low commodity 
    prices, and increasing costs of production, for the 1999 crop year.
        ``(2) Amount.--The amount of a payment made to producers on a 
    farm of quota peanuts or additional peanuts under paragraph (1) 
    shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying--
            ``(A) the quantity of quota peanuts or additional peanuts 
        produced or considered produced by the producers; and
            ``(B) an amount equal to 5 percent of the loan rate 
        established for quota peanuts or additional peanuts, 
        respectively, under section 155 of the Agricultural Market 
        Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7271).
    ``(b) Condition on Payment of Salaries and Expenses.--None of the 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any other 
Act may be used to pay the salaries and expenses of personnel of the 
Department of Agriculture to carry out or enforce section 156(f) of the 
Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7272(f)) through fiscal 
year 2001.
    ``(c) Tobacco.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $328,000,000 of funds 
    of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to States on 
    behalf of persons described in paragraph (2) for the reduction in 
    the quantity of quota allotted to certain farms under part I of 
    subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 
    (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) from the 1998 crop year to the 1999 crop 
    year.
        ``(2) Eligible persons.--To be eligible to receive a payment 
    under paragraphs (1) through (5), a person must own or operate, or 
    produce tobacco on, a farm--
            ``(A) for which the quantity of quota allotted to the farm 
        under part I of subtitle B of title III of the Agricultural 
        Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.) was reduced from 
        the 1998 crop year to the 1999 crop year; and
            ``(B) that was used for the production of tobacco during the 
        1998 or 1999 crop year.
        ``(3) Allocation to states.--The Secretary shall allocate funds 
    made available under paragraph (1) to States with eligible persons 
    described in paragraph (2) in proportion to the relative quantity of 
    quota allotted to farms in the States that was reduced from the 1998 
    crop year to the 1999 crop year.
        ``(4) Distribution by states.--
            ``(A) In general.--In the case of a State described in 
        paragraph (3) that is a party to the National Tobacco Grower 
        Settlement Trust, the State shall distribute funds made 
        available under paragraph (3) to eligible persons in the State 
        in accordance with the formulas established pursuant to the 
        Trust.
            ``(B) Other states.--Subject to the approval of the 
        Secretary, in the case of a State described in paragraph (3) 
        that is not a party to the National Tobacco Grower Settlement 
        Trust, the State shall distribute funds made available under 
        paragraph (3) to eligible persons in the State in a manner 
        determined by the State.
        ``(5) Alternative distribution.--In lieu of making payments 
    under this subsection to States, the Secretary may distribute funds 
    directly to eligible persons using the facilities of private 
    disbursing agents, facilities of the Farm Service Agency, or other 
    available facilities.
        ``(6) Flue-cured tobacco.--
            ``(A) Limitation on quantity of allotment leased or sold.--
        [Amended section 1314b of this title.]
            ``(B) Transfers of quota or allotment across county lines in 
        a state.--[Amended section 1314b of this title.]
            ``(C) Same grower in contiguous counties.--[Amended section 
        1379 of this title.]
``SEC. 804. OILSEEDS.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall use $475,000,000 of funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to producers of the 
1999 crop of oilseeds that are eligible to obtain a marketing assistance 
loan under section 131 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7231).
    ``(b) Computation.--A payment to producers on a farm under this 
section for an oilseed shall be equal to the product obtained by 
multiplying--
        ``(1) a payment rate determined by the Secretary;
        ``(2) the acreage of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, 
    as determined under subsection (c); and
        ``(3) the yield of the producers on the farm for the oilseed, as 
    determined under subsection (d).
    ``(c) Acreage.--
        ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
    acreage of the producers on the farm for an oilseed under subsection 
    (b)(2) shall be equal to the greater of--
            ``(A) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
        producers on the farm during the 1997 crop year, as reported by 
        the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
        acreage reports that are filed late); or
            ``(B) the number of acres planted to the oilseed by the 
        producers on the farm during the 1998 crop year, as reported by 
        the producers on the farm to the Secretary (including any 
        acreage reports that are filed late).
        ``(2) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
    planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the 
    1997 or 1998 crop year, the acreage of the producers for the oilseed 
    under subsection (b)(2) shall be equal to the number of acres 
    planted to the oilseed by the producers on the farm during the 1999 
    crop year, as reported by the producers on the farm to the Secretary 
    (including any acreage reports that are filed late).
    ``(d) Yield.--
        ``(1) Soybeans.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in the 
    case of soybeans, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
    subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest of--
            ``(A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with 
        the lowest yield per harvested acre;
            ``(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1997 crop year; or
            ``(C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1998 crop year.
        ``(2) Other oilseeds.--Except as provided in paragraph (3), in 
    the case of oilseeds other than soybeans, the yield of the producers 
    on a farm under subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greatest 
    of--
            ``(A) the average national yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with 
        the lowest yield per harvested acre;
            ``(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1997 crop year; or
            ``(C) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1998 crop year.
        ``(3) New producers.--In the case of producers on a farm that 
    planted acreage to an oilseed during the 1999 crop year but not the 
    1997 or 1998 crop year, the yield of the producers on a farm under 
    subsection (b)(3) shall be equal to the greater of--
            ``(A) the average county yield per harvested acre for each 
        of the 1994 through 1998 crop years, excluding the crop year 
        with the highest yield per harvested acre and the crop year with 
        the lowest yield per harvested acre; or
            ``(B) the actual yield of the producers on the farm for the 
        1999 crop.
        ``(4) Data source.--To the maximum extent available, the 
    Secretary shall use data provided by the National Agricultural 
    Statistics Service to carry out this subsection.
``SEC. 805. LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY.
    ``The Secretary shall use $325,000,000 of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to provide assistance directly to livestock and dairy 
producers, in a manner determined appropriate by the Secretary, to 
compensate the producers for economic losses incurred during 1999.
``SEC. 806. UPLAND COTTON.
    ``[Amended section 7236 of this title.]
``SEC. 807. MILK
    ``(a) In General.--[Amended section 7251 of this title.]
    ``(b) Conforming Amendment.--[Amended section 7252 of this title.]

                 ``Subtitle B--Other Assistance

``SEC. 811. AUTHORITY FOR ADVANCE PAYMENT IN FULL OF REMAINING PAYMENTS 
        UNDER PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY CONTRACTS.
    ``[Amended section 7212 of this title.]
``SEC. 812. COMMODITY CERTIFICATES.
    ``[Enacted section 7286 of this title.]
``SEC. 813. LIMITATION ON MARKETING LOAN GAINS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY 
        PAYMENTS.
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(1) [1308(2)]), the total amount of 
the payments specified in section 1001(3) of that Act that a person 
shall be entitled to receive under the Agricultural Market Transition 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) for one or more contract commodities and 
oilseeds produced during the 1999 crop year may not exceed $150,000.
    ``(b) 1999 Marketings.--In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall allow a producer that has marketed a quantity of an 
eligible 1999 crop for which the producer has not received a loan 
deficiency payment or marketing loan gain under section 134 or 135 of 
the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7234, 7235) to receive 
such payment or gain as of the date on which the quantity was marketed 
or redeemed, as determined by the Secretary.
``SEC. 814. ASSISTANCE FOR PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL CROP INSURANCE 
        COVERAGE.
    ``The Secretary shall transfer $400,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
to be used to assist agricultural producers in purchasing additional 
coverage for the 2000 crop year (and 2001 crop year for citrus fruit, 
avocados in California, and macadamia nuts) under the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
``SEC. 815. FORGIVENESS OF CERTAIN WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL LOANS.
    ``The Secretary shall forgive the principal indebtedness and accrued 
interest owed by the City of Stroud, Oklahoma, to the Rural Utilities 
Service on water and waste disposal loans numbered 9105 and 9107.
``SEC. 816. NATIONAL SHEEP INDUSTRY IMPROVEMENT CENTER.
    ``[Amended section 2008j of this title.]
``SEC. 817. FISHERIES.
    ``(a) Norton Sound Fisheries Failure.--
        ``(1) Income eligibility.--[Amended section 101(a) [title VII, 
    Sec. 763(a)] of Pub. L. 105-277, 112 Stat. 2681-36.]
        ``(2) Emergency assistance.--[Amended section 101(a) [title XI, 
    Sec. 1124] of Pub. L. 105-277, set out below.]
        ``(3) Appropriation.--
            ``(A) In general.--In addition to amounts appropriated or 
        otherwise made available by this Act [see Tables for 
        classification], there is appropriated to the Department of 
        Agriculture for fiscal year 2001, out of any money in the 
        Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain 
        available until expended, to provide emergency disaster 
        assistance to persons or entities affected by the 1999 fisheries 
        failure in the Norton Sound region of Alaska.
            ``(B) Transfer.--To carry out this paragraph, the Secretary 
        shall transfer to the Secretary of Commerce for obligation and 
        expenditure--
                ``(i) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 for grants under 
            section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Development Act 
            of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149); and
                ``(ii) $5,000,000 for fiscal year 2001 for carrying out 
            section 312 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
            Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a).
    ``(b) Commercial Fisheries Failure.--
        ``(1) In general.--In addition to amounts appropriated or 
    otherwise made available by this Act, there is appropriated to the 
    Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2001, out of any money in 
    the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain 
    available until expended, which shall be transferred to the 
    Department of Commerce to provide emergency disaster assistance for 
    the commercial fishery failure under section 308(b)(1) of the 
    Interjurisdictional Fisheries Act of 1986 (16 U.S.C. 4107(b)(1)) 
    with respect to Northeast multispecies fisheries.
        ``(2) Use.--Amounts made available under this subsection shall 
    be used to support cooperative research and management activities 
    administered by the National Marine Fisheries Services and based on 
    recommendations by the New England Fishery Management Council.
``SEC. 818. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING FAST-TRACK AUTHORITY AND 
        FUTURE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION NEGOTIATIONS.
    ``It is the sense of the Congress that--
        ``(1) the President should make a formal request for appropriate 
    fast-track authority for future United States trade negotiations;
        ``(2) regarding future World Trade Organization negotiations--
            ``(A) rules for trade in agricultural commodities should be 
        strengthened and trade-distorting import and export practices 
        should be eliminated or substantially reduced;
            ``(B) the rules of the World Trade Organization should be 
        strengthened regarding the practices or policies of a foreign 
        government that unreasonably--
                ``(i) restrict market access for products of new 
            technologies, including products of biotechnology; or
                ``(ii) delay or preclude implementation of a report of a 
            dispute panel of the World Trade Organization; and
            ``(C) negotiations within the World Trade Organization 
        should be structured so as to provide the maximum leverage 
        possible to ensure the successful conclusion of negotiations on 
        agricultural products;
        ``(3) the President should--
            ``(A) conduct a comprehensive evaluation of all existing 
        export and food aid programs, including--
                ``(i) the export credit guarantee program established 
            under section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 (7 
            U.S.C. 5622);
                ``(ii) the market access program established under 
            section 203 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5623);
                ``(iii) the export enhancement program established under 
            section 301 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5651);
                ``(iv) the foreign market development cooperator program 
            established under section 702 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 5722); 
            and
                ``(v) programs established under the Agricultural Trade 
            Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et 
            seq.); and
            ``(B) transmit to Congress--
                ``(i) the results of the evaluation under subparagraph 
            (A); and
                ``(ii) recommendations on maximizing the effectiveness 
            of the programs described in subparagraph (A); and
        ``(4) the Secretary should carry out a purchase and donation or 
    concessional sales initiative in each of fiscal years 1999 and 2000 
    to promote the export of additional quantities of soybeans, beef, 
    pork, poultry, and products of such commodities (including soybean 
    meal, soybean oil, textured vegetable protein, and soy protein 
    concentrates and isolates) using programs established under--
            ``(A) the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 
        U.S.C. 714 et seq.);
            ``(B) section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
        1431);
            ``(C) titles I and II of the Agricultural Trade Development 
        and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and
            ``(D) the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736o).

                  ``Subtitle C--Administration

``SEC. 821. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
    ``The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this title.
``SEC. 822. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
    ``(a) Reservation of Funds.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the 
Secretary may reserve up to $56,000,000 of the amounts made available 
under subtitle A to cover administrative costs incurred by the Farm 
Service Agency directly related to carrying out that subtitle.
    ``(b) Proportional Reservation.--The amount reserved by the 
Secretary from the amounts made available under each section of subtitle 
A (other than section 802) shall bear the same proportion to the total 
amount reserved under subsection (a) as the administrative costs 
incurred by the Farm Service Agency to carry out that section (other 
than section 802) bear to the total administrative costs incurred by the 
Farm Service Agency to carry out that subtitle (other than section 802).
    ``(c) Exception for Market Loss Assistance.--The Secretary may not 
reserve any portion of the amount made available under section 802 to 
pay administrative costs.
``SEC. 823. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.
    ``The entire amount necessary to carry out this title and the 
amendments made by this title shall be available only to the extent that 
an official budget request for the entire amount, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 [see Short Title note set out under section 900 of 
Title 2, The Congress], as amended, is transmitted by the President to 
the Congress: Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
such Act [2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)].
``SEC. 824. REGULATIONS.
    ``(a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of the 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 22, 1999], the Secretary and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as 
are necessary to implement subtitle A and the amendments made by 
subtitle A. The promulgation of the regulations and administration of 
subtitle A shall be made without regard to--
        ``(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 
    5, United States Code;
        ``(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
    effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of 
    proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and
        ``(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known 
    as the `Paperwork Reduction Act').
    ``(b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under 
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
``SEC. 825. LIVESTOCK AND DAIRY ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) Livestock Assistance.--Of the funds provided in sections 801 
and 805, no less than $200,000,000 shall be in the form of assistance to 
livestock producers for losses due to drought or other natural 
disasters.
    ``(b) Dairy Assistance.--Of the funds provided in section 805, no 
less than $125,000,000 shall be in the form of assistance to dairy 
producers.
    ``(c) Form of Assistance.--Assistance for livestock losses shall be 
in the form of grants and or other in-kind assistance, but shall not 
include loans.''
    Pub. L. 106-31, title I, Sec. 101, May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 61, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Crop Loss Assistance for Certain Multiyear Losses.--From funds 
remaining in a reserve held under subsection (c) of section 1102 of the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public 
Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-43), for errors, omissions, and appeals, the 
Secretary of Agriculture may use not more than 15 percent of the reserve 
funds to provide assistance to a producer described in subsection (b) 
who incurred losses to a commodity due to disasters in two crop years 
during the five-crop year period beginning with the 1994 crop year.
    ``(b) Eligibility Criteria.--A producer on a farm is eligible for 
assistance under subsection (a) only if--
        ``(1) the producer received a federally insured indemnity 
    payment for crop losses in two crop years of such five-crop year 
    period;
        ``(2) the producer acquired federally insured crop insurance in 
    one additional crop year during such period, but did not receive a 
    federally insured indemnity payment;
        ``(3) the producer received a non-federally insured indemnity 
    payment for crop losses in the crop year referred to in paragraph 
    (2); and
        ``(4) the producer does not receive a payment under subsection 
    (b) or (c) of such section 1102.
    ``(c) Crop Years Covered; Payment Rate.--Any payment to a producer 
under subsection (a) may be paid only for losses incurred during the 
crop years described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b). The payment 
rate may not exceed the payment rate used under subsection (c) of such 
section 1102.
    ``(d) Effect on Existing Authority.--Nothing in this section 
authorizes the Secretary to delay the provision of crop loss assistance 
under such section 1102, and the Secretary shall complete the payment of 
multiyear assistance under subsection (c) of such section 1102 before 
making any payment under the authority of this section.
    ``(e) Designation as Emergency Requirement.--Such sums as are 
necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsection (a): Provided, 
That such amount shall be available only to the extent an official 
budget request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended [see Short Title 
note set out under section 900 of Title 2, The Congress], is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement under 
section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act [2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)].''
    Pub. L. 106-31, title I, Sec. 104, May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 62, 
provided that: ``For an additional amount for the Livestock Assistance 
Program under Public Law 105-277 [see section 101(a) [title XI] of Pub. 
L. 105-277, set out below], $70,000,000: Provided, That for the purposes 
of section 1103 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public 
Law 105-277) [set out below], notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, the definition of `livestock' shall include `reindeer': 
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the 
extent an official budget request for $70,000,000, that includes 
designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985, as amended [see Short Title note set out under 
section 900 of Title 2, The Congress], is transmitted by the President 
to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A) of such Act [2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)].''
    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(a) [title XI], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681, 2681-42, as amended by Pub. L. 106-31, title III, Sec. 3018, 
May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 99; Pub. L. 106-78, title VIII, Sec. 817(a)(2), 
title IX, Sec. 913(b), Oct. 22, 1999, 113 Stat. 1184, 1205; Pub. L. 106-
387, Sec. 1(a) [title VII, Sec. 754], Oct. 28, 2000, 114 Stat. 1549, 
1549A-42, provided that:

 ``Subtitle A--Emergency Assistance for Crop and Livestock Feed 
                     Losses Due to Disasters

``SEC. 1101. GENERAL PROVISIONS.
    ``(a) Fair and Equitable Distribution.--Assistance made available 
under this subtitle shall be distributed in a fair and equitable manner 
to producers who have incurred crop and livestock feed losses in all 
affected geographic regions of the United States.
    ``(b) Program Administration.--In carrying out this subtitle, the 
Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as the `Secretary') 
may determine--
        ``(1) 1 or more loss thresholds producers on a farm must incur 
    with respect to a crop to be eligible for assistance;
        ``(2) the payment rate for crop and livestock feed losses 
    incurred; and
        ``(3) eligibility and payment limitation criteria (as defined by 
    the Secretary) for persons to receive assistance under this 
    subtitle, which, in the case of assistance received under any 
    section of this subtitle, shall be in addition to--
            ``(A) assistance made available under any other section of 
        this subtitle and subtitle B;
            ``(B) payments or loans received by a person under the 
        Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.);
            ``(C) payments received by a person for the 1998 crop under 
        the noninsured crop assistance program established under section 
        196 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 7333);
            ``(D) crop insurance indemnities provided for the 1998 crop 
        under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.); 
        and
            ``(E) emergency loans made available for the 1998 crop under 
        subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
        U.S.C. 1961 et seq.).
``SEC. 1102. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall administer a program under 
which emergency financial assistance is made available to producers on a 
farm who have incurred losses associated with crops due to disasters (as 
determined by the Secretary).
    ``(b) Losses Incurred for 1998 Crop.--Subject to section 1132, the 
Secretary shall use not more than $1,500,000,000 to make available 
assistance to producers on a farm who have incurred losses in the 1998 
crop due to disasters.
    ``(c) Multiyear Losses.--Subject to section 1132, the Secretary 
shall use not more than $875,000,000 to make available assistance to 
producers on a farm who have incurred multiyear losses (as defined by 
the Secretary) in the 1998 and preceding crops of a commodity due to 
disasters (including, but not limited to, diseases such as scab).
    ``(d) Relationship Between Assistance.--The Secretary shall make 
assistance available to producers on a farm under either subsection (b) 
or (c).
    ``(e) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may be made 
for losses associated with crops that are due to, as determined by the 
Secretary--
        ``(1) quantity losses;
        ``(2) quality (including, but not limited to, aflatoxin) losses; 
    or
        ``(3) severe economic losses due to damaging weather or related 
    condition.
    ``(f) Crops Covered.--Assistance under this section shall be 
applicable to losses for all crops (including losses of trees from which 
a crop is harvested), as determined by the Secretary, due to disasters.
    ``(g) Crop Insurance.--
        ``(1) Administration.--In carrying out this section, the 
    Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize producers on a 
    farm who have purchased crop insurance under the Federal Crop 
    Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
        ``(2) Encouraging future crop insurance participation.--Subject 
    to section 1132, the Secretary, acting through the Federal Crop 
    Insurance Corporation, may use the funds made available under 
    subsections (b) and (c), and only those funds, to provide premium 
    refunds or other assistance to purchasers of crop insurance for 
    their 1998 insured crops, or their preceding (including 1998) 
    insured crops.
        ``(3) Producers who have not purchased crop insurance for 1998 
    crop.--As a condition of receiving assistance under this section, 
    producers on a farm who have not purchased crop insurance for the 
    1998 crop under that Act shall agree by contract to purchase crop 
    insurance for the 1999 and 2000 crops produced by the producers.
        ``(4) Liquidated damages.--
            ``(A) In general.--The contract under paragraph (3) shall 
        provide for liquidated damages to be paid by the producers due 
        to the failure of the producers to purchase crop insurance as 
        provided in paragraph (3).
            ``(B) Notice of damages.--The amount of the liquidated 
        damages shall be established by the Secretary and specified in 
        the contract agreed to by the producers.
        ``(5) Funding for crop insurance purchase requirement.--Subject 
    to section 1132, such sums as may be necessary, to remain available 
    until expended, shall be available to the Federal Crop Insurance 
    Corporation to cover costs incurred by the Corporation as a result 
    of the crop insurance purchase requirement of paragraph (3). Funds 
    made available under subsections (b) and (c) may not be used to 
    cover such costs.
``SEC. 1103. EMERGENCY LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE.
    ``Subject to section 1132, the Secretary shall use not more than 
$200,000,000 to make available livestock feed assistance to livestock 
producers affected by disasters during calendar year 1998.

              ``Subtitle B--Market Loss Assistance

``SEC. 1111. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE.
    ``(a) In General.--Subject to section 1132 and except as provided in 
subsection (d), the Secretary shall use not more than $3,057,000,000 for 
assistance to owners and producers on a farm who are eligible for final 
payments for fiscal year 1998 under a production flexibility contract 
for the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 
et seq.) to partially compensate the owners and producers for the loss 
of markets for the 1998 crop of a commodity.
    ``(b) Amount.--Except as provided in subsection (d), the amount of 
assistance made available to owners and producers on a farm under this 
section shall be proportional to the amount of the contract payment 
received by the owners and producers for fiscal year 1998 under a 
production flexibility contract for the farm under the Agricultural 
Market Transition Act.
    ``(c) Time for Payment.--The assistance made available under this 
section for an eligible owner or producer shall be made as soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].
    ``(d) Of the total amount provided under subsection (a), 
$200,000,000 shall be available to provide assistance to dairy producers 
in a manner determined by the Secretary: Provided, That no payments made 
under this section shall affect any decision with respect to rulemaking 
activities described under section 143 of Public Law 104-127 [7 U.S.C. 
7253].

                 ``Subtitle C--Other Assistance

``SEC. 1121. INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR COTTON PRODUCERS.
    ``(a) Federal Contribution.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall pay $5,000,000 to the State of Georgia to 
help fund an indemnity fund, to be established and managed by that 
State, to compensate cotton producers in that State for losses incurred 
in 1998 or 1999 from the loss of properly stored, harvested cotton as 
the result of the bankruptcy of a warehouseman or other party in 
possession of warehouse receipts evidencing title to the commodity, an 
improper conversion or transfer of the cotton, or such other potential 
hazards as determined appropriate by the State.
    ``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall make the payment to the State of Georgia under subsection (a) only 
if the State also contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and 
agrees to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not later than 
January 1, 2001, to provide compensation to cotton producers as provided 
in such subsection. If the State of Georgia fails to make its 
contribution of $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund by July 1, 1999, the 
funds that would otherwise be paid to the State shall be available to 
the Secretary for the purpose of providing partial compensation to 
cotton producers as provided in such subsection.
    ``(c) Reporting Requirements.--Upon the establishment of the 
indemnity fund, and not later than October 1, 1999, the State of Georgia 
shall submit a report to the Secretary of Agriculture and the Congress 
describing the State's efforts to use the indemnity fund to provide 
compensation to injured cotton producers.
    ``(d) Additional Disbursement.--
        ``(1) Cotton stored in georgia.--The State of Georgia may use 
    funds remaining in the indemnity fund established in accordance with 
    this section to compensate cotton producers in other States who 
    stored cotton in the State of Georgia and incurred losses in 1998 or 
    1999 as the result of the events described in subsection (a).
        ``(2) Ginners and others.--The State of Georgia may also use 
    funds remaining in the indemnity fund established in accordance with 
    this section to compensate cotton ginners and others in the business 
    of producing, ginning, warehousing, buying, or selling cotton for 
    losses they incurred in 1998 or 1999 as the result of the events 
    described in subsection (a), if--
            ``(A) as of March 1, 2000, the indemnity fund has not been 
        exhausted,
            ``(B) the State of Georgia provides cotton producers an 
        additional time period prior to May 1, 2000, in which to 
        establish eligibility for compensation under this section;
            ``(C) the State of Georgia determines during calendar year 
        2000 that all cotton producers in that State and cotton 
        producers in other States as described in paragraph (d)(1) have 
        been appropriately compensated for losses incurred in 1998 or 
        1999 as described in subsection (a); and
            ``(D) such additional compensation is not made available 
        until May 1, 2000.
``SEC. 1122. HONEY RECOURSE LOANS.
    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in 
order to assist producers of honey to market their honey in an orderly 
manner during a period of disastrously low prices, the Secretary shall 
make available recourse loans to producers of the 1998 crop of honey on 
fair and reasonable terms and conditions, as determined by the 
Secretary.
    ``(b) Loan Rate.--The loan rate of the loans shall be 85 percent of 
the average price of honey during the 5-crop year period preceding the 
1998 crop year, excluding the crop year in which the average price of 
honey was the highest and the crop year in which the average price of 
honey was the lowest in the period.
    ``(c) No Net Cost Basis.--Repayment of a loan under this section 
shall include repayment for interest and administrative costs as 
necessary to operate the program established under this section on a no 
net cost basis: Provided, That no administrative costs shall be charged 
against this program which would have been incurred otherwise.
``SEC. 1123. NONINSURED CROP ASSISTANCE TO RAISIN PRODUCERS.
    ``Notwithstanding any of the provisions of section 196 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) 
that would exclude the following producers from benefits thereunder, the 
Secretary shall make Noninsured Crop Assistance Program payments in 
fiscal year 1999 to raisin producers who obtained catastrophic risk 
protection but because of adverse weather conditions were not able to 
comply with the policy deadlines for laying the raisins in trays.
``SEC. 1124. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.
    ``In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by 
this Act [probably means the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999, Pub. 
L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(a), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681, see 
Tables for classification], $50,000,000 is appropriated to the 
Department of Agriculture, to remain available until expended, to 
provide emergency disaster assistance to persons or entities who have 
incurred losses from a failure under section 312(a) of Public Law 94-265 
[16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)] or a fisheries failure in the Norton Sound region 
of Alaska that has resulted in the closure of commercial and subsistence 
fisheries to persons that depend on fish as their primary source of food 
and income.
``SEC. 1125. FOOD FOR PROGRESS.
    ``[Amended section 1736o of this title.]
``SEC. 1126. TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF RECOURSE LOAN AUTHORITY.
    ``[Amended section 7237 of this title.]
``SEC. 1127. PILOT PROGRAMS.
    ``(a) Domestic Market Reporting Pilot Program.--[Enacted section 
229a of this title.]
    ``(b) Export Market Reporting.--The Secretary shall--
        ``(1) implement a streamlined electronic system for collecting 
    export sales and shipments data, in the least intrusive manner 
    possible, for fresh or frozen muscle cuts of meat food products; and
        ``(2) develop a data-reporting program to disseminate summary 
    information in a timely manner (in the case of beef, consistent with 
    the reporting under section 602(a) of the Agricultural Trade Act of 
    1978 (7 U.S.C. 5712(a))).
    ``(c) Funding. --An amount of $250,000 is hereby appropriated to 
carry out subsection (b).

                  ``Subtitle D--Administration

``SEC. 1131. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
    ``Subject to section 1132, the Secretary shall use the funds, 
facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out subtitles A, B, and C of this title.
``SEC. 1132. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.
    ``Notwithstanding the last sentence of section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 [2 U.S.C. 
901(b)(2)(A)], as amended, amounts made available by subtitles A, B, and 
C of this title are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
request that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as 
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended [see Short Title note set out 
under section 900 of Title 2, The Congress], is transmitted by the 
President to Congress.
``SEC. 1133. REGULATIONS.
    ``(a) Issuance of Regulations.--As soon as practicable after the 
date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998], the Secretary and the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to implement subtitles A, B, and C of this 
title. The issuance of the regulations shall be made without regard to--
        ``(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 
    5, United States Code;
        ``(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
    effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of 
    proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and
        ``(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known 
    as the `Paperwork Reduction Act').
    ``(b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under 
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.''
    [Amendment by section 913(b) of Pub. L. 106-78 to terminate 5 years 
after Oct. 22, 1999, see section 942 of Pub. L. 106-78, set out in a 
Livestock Mandatory Reporting note under section 1635 of this title.]


 Programs for Farmers and Ranchers Who Were Activated Reservists During 
                          Persian Gulf Conflict

    Pub. L. 102-25, title III, Secs. 381-388, Apr. 6, 1991, 105 Stat. 
95-98, established programs for farmers and ranchers who were activated 
reservists during Persian Gulf conflict to provide for protection of 
producer's crop acreage base for any program crop, waiver of minimum 
planting requirement, temporary waiver of conservation requirements, 
relief for borrowers under farm credit provisions, and authority of a 
spouse or close relative to participate in programs administered by 
Secretary of Agriculture on behalf of activated reservists.


                     Survey of Program Participants

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XI, Sec. 1148, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3517, 
directed Secretary of Agriculture to require producers, during sign-up 
period for commodity programs under section 1421 et seq. of this title 
in the 1992 calendar year, to complete survey regarding preference of 
producers, either to increase efficiency of their farming operation or 
to assist in meeting conservation requirements for farm, for 
redistribution of any crop acreage bases on each producer's farm, to 
compile and analyze data collected from survey to determine potential 
increases and decreases in State, regional, and national acreage that 
would be planted to various program crops, potential commodity program 
costs or savings, and potential impact of such redistribution on 
competitiveness of United States agriculture in world markets, and, not 
later than Jan. 31, 1993, to submit to Congress results of survey.


                          Options Pilot Program

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XI, subtitle E, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
3518, as amended by Pub. L. 102-237, title I, Sec. 114(a)(2), Dec. 13, 
1991, 105 Stat. 1838, known as Options Pilot Program Act of 1990, 
authorized Secretary of Agriculture to conduct pilot program for each of 
the 1991 through 1995 crops of corn and for each of the 1993 through 
1995 crops of wheat and soybeans, to determine whether regulated 
agricultural commodity options trading could be used by producers to 
obtain protection from fluctuations in market prices of commodities 
produced and impact of such trading on prices of the commodities, 
authorized terms and conditions for participation in pilot program, 
provided for consultation with representatives of commodity futures 
trading industry, and provided that the pilot program was to be carried 
out by and through the Commodity Credit Corporation, prior to repeal by 
Pub. L. 104-127, title I, Sec. 191(i), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 942.


        Hurricane Hugo Forestry Assistance; Cost-Share Assistance

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XXII, Sec. 2235(b), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
3960, directed Secretary of Agriculture to develop and implement cost-
share program to provide financial assistance to owners of private 
timber stands that were damaged in 1989 by Hurricane Hugo.


 Appropriations for Forestry Assistance and Double Cropping on Disaster 
                                  Areas

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XXII, Sec. 2235(c), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
3961, provided that benefits or assistance provided under section 2235 
of Pub. L. 101-624 or amendments made by such that (enacting provisions 
set out above and amending provisions set out below) were to be provided 
only to extent provided for in advance by appropriation acts and 
authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1991 through 1995.


                        Scarce Federal Resources

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2515, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4075, authorized Secretary of Agriculture, after concurrence of certain 
Members of Congress, to rank by priority studies or reports authorized 
by Pub. L. 101-624 and determine which of those studies or reports was 
to be completed, but directed Secretary to complete at least 12 of the 
studies or reports.


                        Recordkeeping Improvement

    Pub. L. 101-624, title XXV, Sec. 2516, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 
4075, which provided that section could be cited as ``Agricultural 
Program Reporting and Recordkeeping Improvement Act of 1990'', directed 
Secretary of Agriculture, not later than 240 days after Nov. 28, 1990, 
to submit to Congress a report containing specific proposals for 
reducing and simplifying recordkeeping and other paperwork required of 
producers participating in programs administered by Secretary and 
directed Secretary to take appropriate action to integrate various data 
bases of Department relating to agricultural program data, and to 
facilitate sharing of relevant data among various agencies of 
Department.


                     Readjustment of Support Levels

    Pub. L. 101-508, title I, Sec. 1302, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-
12, as amended by Pub. L. 103-66, title I, Sec. 1301(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 
107 Stat. 330, provided that, if by June 30, 1992, and by June 30, 1993, 
the United States had not entered into agricultural trade agreement in 
Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations under General Agreement 
on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) the Secretary of Agriculture was to 
reconsider and adjust agricultural acreage limitation and price support 
and production adjustment programs and export promotion levels, as 
appropriate to protect interests of American agricultural producers and 
ensure international competitiveness of United States agriculture and 
that such provisions were to cease to be effective if President 
certified to Congress that failure to enter into such agreement was 
result in whole or in part of provisions of 19 U.S.C. 2191, or 
essentially similar provisions, not applying or in effect not applying 
during period ending May 31, 1991 (or during period June 1, 1991, 
through May 31, 1993, if condition of 19 U.S.C. 2903(b)(1)(B)(i) was 
satisfied) to implementing bills submitted with respect to such an 
agreement entered into during applicable period under 19 U.S.C. 2902(b), 
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 104-127, title II, Sec. 263(a), Apr. 4, 1996, 
110 Stat. 974.


                Repayment of Advance Deficiency Payments

    Pub. L. 101-220, Sec. 14, Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1885, provided 
that effective only for the 1988 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland 
cotton, and rice, produced by producers that qualified for assistance 
under section 201(a) of Pub. L. 100-387 or section 101(a) of Pub. L. 
101-82 (set out below), if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that 
any portion of the advance deficiency payment made to producers for such 
crop under section 1445b-2 of this title had to be refunded, such refund 
could not be required to be made prior to July 31, 1990.


                  Pilot Project on Clean Grain Premiums

    Pub. L. 100-518, Sec. 3, Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2587, directed 
Secretary of Agriculture to conduct study of schedule of premiums and 
discounts applied to loans made in accordance with this chapter to 
determine how premiums and discounts could be used to encourage 
production, marketing, and exporting of high quality, clean grain, to 
submit, not later than May 1, 1989, to Congress report on results of 
such study, to include recommendations with respect to schedule of 
premiums and discounts in such report, and to establish pilot project 
for 1989 crops of wheat, soybeans, and feed grains to test effectiveness 
of such recommendations, and to submit report describing result of 
project, not later than 180 days after end of 1989 marketing year for 
feed grains.


                     Emergency Crop Loss Assistance

    Pub. L. 102-229, title I, Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1712, as amended 
by Pub. L. 102-368, title VI, Sept. 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 1130, 
appropriated an additional $1,750,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for losses associated with 1990 crops as authorized by Pub. L. 
101-624, formerly set out below, and for losses associated with 1991 and 
1992 crops under same terms and conditions.
    Pub. L. 101-624, title XXII, Secs. 2241-2272, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 
Stat. 3962-3977, as amended by Pub. L. 101-508, title I, Sec. 1204(d), 
Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1388-12; Pub. L. 102-237, title I, 
Sec. 114(a)(4)-(16), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 1838, 1839, related to 
emergency crop loss assistance for the 1990 crop of wheat, feed grains, 
upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, and rice, for orchards, and for 
forest crops, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-354, title I, Sec. 119(c), 
Oct. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 3208. Similar provisions for prior crop years 
were contained in:
    Pub. L. 101-82, title I, Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 565, as amended by 
Pub. L. 101-134, Sec. 1, Oct. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 780; Pub. L. 101-220, 
Sec. 9(a)-(c), Dec. 12, 1989, 103 Stat. 1882; Pub. L. 101-624, title 
XXII, Secs. 2231, 2232, 2235(a), Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3958, 3959; 
Pub. L. 102-237, title VI, Sec. 602(a), (c), Dec. 13, 1991, 105 Stat. 
1878.
    Pub. L. 100-387, title II, Aug. 11, 1988, 102 Stat. 933, as amended 
by Pub. L. 101-82, title VI, Sec. 602, Aug. 14, 1989, 103 Stat. 587; 
Pub. L. 101-239, title I, Sec. 1004(a), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2108.


           Special Study and Pilot Projects on Futures Trading

    Pub. L. 99-198, title XVII, subtitle E, Secs. 1741-1743, Dec. 23, 
1985, 99 Stat. 1643, 1644, as amended by Pub. L. 100-203, title I, 
Sec. 1502, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-27, directed Secretary of 
Agriculture to conduct study to determine manner in which commodity 
futures markets and commodity options markets might be used by producers 
of commodities traded on such markets to provide price stability and 
income protection, extent of price stability and income protection 
producers might reasonably expect to receive from such participation, 
and Federal budgetary impact of such participation compared with cost of 
applicable established price support programs, to report results of 
study to Congress on or before Dec. 31, 1989, and in connection with 
such study, to conduct pilot program with respect to crops of wheat, 
feed grains, soybean, and cotton.


 Farm Income Protection Insurance Program Task Force, Study, and Report

    Pub. L. 97-98, title XI, Sec. 1112, Dec. 22, 1981, 95 Stat. 1267, 
directed Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a special task force to 
study and report to Congress, not later than 18 months after Dec. 22, 
1981, as to whether farm income protection insurance would provide the 
basis for an acceptable alternative to the commodity price support, 
income maintenance, and disaster assistance programs currently 
administered by the Department of Agriculture for the benefit of 
farmers.


   Studies in Rice Price Support; Report to Congress; Termination Date

    Section 315 of act Aug. 28, 1954, directed Secretary of Agriculture 
to study various two-price systems of price support and marketing which 
could be made applicable to rice and to submit to Congress on or before 
Mar. 1, 1955, a detailed report thereon.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1425, 1428, 1444, 1444b, 
1445a, 1448 of this title.
