US SB954 | 2013-2014 | 113th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on June 11 2013 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-09-04 - By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional views filed.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Status: Engrossed on June 11 2013 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-09-04 - By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional views filed.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]
Summary
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013 - Title I: Commodity Programs - Subtitle A: Repeals and Reforms - (Sec. 1101) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal, but continue for crop year 2013: (1) direct payments, (2) countercyclical payments, and (3) the average crop revenue election program (ACRE). (Sec. 1105) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (USDA) to provide for a farm's base acreage adjustment for covered commodities if: (1) a conservation reserve contract expires or is voluntarily terminated, (2) cropland is released from conservation reserve contract coverage, (3) the producer has eligible pulse crop acreage, or (4) the producer has eligible oilseed acreage. (Sec. 1106) Directs the Secretary to establish a yield for each farm for any designated oilseed or eligible pulse crop for which a payment yield was not established under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002. (Sec. 1107) Directs the Secretary, for the 2014-2018 crop years for each covered commodity, to make adverse market payments to producers on farms for which payment yields and base acres are established for a covered commodity whose actual price is less than its reference price. (Sec. 1108) Authorizes agriculture risk coverage (ARC) payments for covered commodities for the 2014-2018 crop years. Requires producers to make a one-time, binding election to receive either individual or county coverage for all covered commodities and all acres under the control of the producer. Directs the Secretary to make ARC payments when a producer's actual crop revenue for a covered commodity is less than the agriculture risk coverage guarantee. Establishes the agriculture risk guarantee as 88% of the benchmark revenue. Sets forth payment rate and payment amount provisions. (Sec. 1109) Requires producers to comply with specified requirements, including conservation and wetland provisions, in order to qualify for ARC payments. Terminates ARC payments upon a change in the interest of the producer unless the transferee assumes all ARC obligations. Subtitle B: Marketing Assistance Loans and Loan Deficiency Payments - (Sec. 1201) Defines loan commodity as wheat, corn, grain sorghum, barley, oats, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, peanuts, soybeans, other oilseeds, graded wool, nongraded wool, mohair, honey, dry peas, lentils, small chickpeas, and large chickpeas. Directs the Secretary to make nonrecourse marketing assistance loans available to producers for each of the 2014-2018 crops of each loan commodity. Requires producers to comply with specified requirements, including conservation and wetland provisions, in order to qualify for such loans. Sets forth a special rule for peanuts. Permits a producer to obtain marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency payments through a marketing association or cooperative. Sets forth related storage provisions. (Sec. 1202) Establishes the following 2014-2018 crop year marketing assistance loan rates: (1) $2.94 per bushel for wheat; (2) $1.95 per bushel for corn; (3) $1.95 per bushel for grain sorghum; (4) $1.95 per bushel for barley; (5) $1.39 per bushel for oats; (6) for base upland cotton the simple average of the adjusted prevailing world price for the two preceding marketing years, but in no case less than $0.47 per pound or more than $0.52 per pound; (7) $0.7977 per pound for extra long staple cotton; (8) $6.50 per hundredweight for long grain rice; (9) $6.50 per hundredweight for medium grain rice; (10) $5.00 per bushel for soybeans; (11) $10.09 per hundredweight for sunflower seed, rapeseed, canola, safflower, flaxseed, mustard seed, crambe, sesame seed, and other oilseeds designated by the Secretary; (12) $5.40 per hundredweight for dry peas; (13) $11.28 per hundredweight for lentils; (14) $7.43 per hundredweight for small chickpeas; (15) $11.28 per hundredweight for large chickpeas; (16) $1.15 per pound for graded wool; (17) $0.40 per pound for nongraded wool; (18) $4.20 per pound for mohair; (19) $0.69 per pound for honey; and (20) $355 per ton for peanuts. Directs the Secretary to establish a single county loan rate for each kind of other oilseed. (Sec. 1203) Establishes a nine-month marketing assistance loan term. Prohibits extensions. (Sec. 1204) Authorizes producers to repay a marketing assistance loan for a commodity (other than upland cotton, long grain rice, medium grain rice, extra long staple cotton, peanuts and confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed [other than oil sunflower seed]) at a rate that is the lesser of: (1) the loan rate for the commodity plus interest; (2) a rate that is based on average market prices for the commodity during the preceding 30-day period that will minimize benefit discrepancies across state and county boundaries; or (3) a rate that will minimize loan forfeitures, minimize accumulated federal commodity stocks and related storage costs, allow the commodity to be freely marketed domestically and internationally, and minimize benefit discrepancies across state and county boundaries. Authorizes producers to repay a marketing assistance loan for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium grain rice at a rate that is the lesser of: (1) the loan rate established for the commodity plus interest, or (2) the prevailing world market price for the commodity. Authorizes producers to repay a marketing assistance loan for extra long staple cotton at a rate established for the commodity plus interest. Directs the Secretary to prescribe formulas to determine the prevailing world market price for upland cotton, long grain rice, and medium grain rice. Provides for adjustment of prevailing world market prices for upland cotton. Authorizes producers to repay a marketing assistance loan for confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed) at a rate that is the lesser of: (1) the loan rate established for the commodity plus interest, or (2) the repayment rate for oil sunflower seed. Directs the Secretary to make cotton storage payments for the 2014-2018 crop years in the same manner and at the same rates as made available for the 2006 crop of cotton, except that the rates shall be reduced by 20%. Authorizes producers to repay a marketing assistance loan for peanuts at a rate that is the lesser of: (1) the loan rate established for peanuts plus interest, or (2) a rate that will minimize loan forfeitures, minimize accumulated federal commodity stocks and related storage costs, and allow the commodity to be freely marketed domestically and internationally. Authorizes temporary repayment rate adjustments in the event of severe marketing, transportation, or infrastructure disruptions. (Sec. 1205) Authorizes the Secretary to make loan deficiency payments to: (1) producers that, although eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan with respect to a loan commodity, forgo the loan in return for loan deficiency payments; and (2) producers of unshorn pelts, hay, and silage even though such producers are not eligible for marketing assistance loans. Establishes the loan deficiency payment computation as the payment rate for the commodity multiplied by the quantity of the commodity produced. Sets forth payment rate computations for unshorn pelts and for hay and silage. States that this section shall not apply to extra long staple cotton. (Sec. 1206) Directs the Secretary to make payments in lieu of deficiency payments to producers electing to use wheat, barley, or oat acreage for livestock grazing through crop year 2018. Makes payments through crop year 2018 available to producers of triticale acreage used for grazing if such producers forgo any other triticale harvesting on such acreage. Establishes the payment computation as the loan deficiency payment rate for the commodity multiplied by the quantity of the commodity produced. Makes such acreage ineligible for crop insurance indemnity or non-insured crop assistance coverage. (Sec. 1207) Directs the Secretary to provide monthly adjustment assistance of 3 cents per pound beginning on August 1, 2012, to domestic users of upland cotton during the previous monthly period regardless of such cotton's origin. Requires that such assistance be used for acquisition, construction, installation, modernization, conversion, or expansion of land, plant, buildings, equipment, facilities, or machinery. (Sec. 1208) Directs the Secretary to make payments through July 31, 2019, to domestic users and exporters of U.S.-produced extra long staple cotton to expand such cotton's domestic use and exports. Requires payments to be made when: (1) for a consecutive four-week period, the world market price for the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton is below the prevailing U.S. price for a competing growth of extra long staple cotton, and (2) the lowest priced competing growth of extra long staple cotton is less than 134% of the loan rate for extra long staple cotton. (Sec. 1209) Makes recourse loans available through crop year 2018 for: (1) high moisture feed grains (corn and grain sorghum with high moisture content), and (2) seed cotton. (Sec. 1210) Authorizes the Secretary to make loan rate adjustments for: (1) any loan commodity (other than cotton) for differences in grade, type, quality, and location; (2) cotton for differences in quality; and (3) long grain rice and medium grain rice for differences in grade and quality. Subtitle C: Sugar - (Sec. 1301) Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to direct the Secretary to make nonrecourse loans through crop year 2018 to processors of: (1) domestically grown sugarcane at 18.75 cents per pound, and (2) domestically grown sugar beets at a rate that is equal to 128.5% of the loan rate per pound of raw cane sugar through crop year 2017. Directs the Secretary to make sugarcane and sugar beet quantity estimates through crop year 2018 for: (1) human consumption, (2) carryover stocks, (3) carry-in stocks, and (4) domestic processing. Subtitle D: Dairy - Part 1: Dairy Production Margin Protection and Dairy Market Stabilization Programs - (Sec. 1402) Directs the Secretary to calculate average feed cost and actual dairy production margins using specified data. Subpart A: Dairy Production Margin Protection Program - (Sec. 1411) Directs the Secretary to establish a dairy production margin protection program under which participating dairy operations are paid: (1) basic production margin protection program payments when dairy production margins are less than threshold levels, and (2) supplemental production margin protection program payments if purchased by a participating dairy operation. (Sec. 1412) States that all U.S. dairy operations shall be eligible to participate in the production margin protection program if they register for basic or supplemental coverage. Authorizes a dairy operation: (1) to elect to participate in either the milk income loss program or the production margin protection program for the duration of the transition period in which both programs are in existence, and (2) that elects to participate in the milk income loss program to transfer to the production margin protection program during the transition period. Establishes an administrative fee (based on pounds of milk marketed) for the production margin protection program. Waives such fee for limited-resource operations. (Sec. 1413) Sets forth production history provisions. (Sec. 1414) Directs the Secretary to make a payment to participating dairy operations whenever the average actual dairy production margin for a consecutive two-month period is less than $4 per hundredweight of milk. Establishes the basic production margin protection payment for a participating dairy operation for a consecutive two-month period as the product of: (1) the difference between the average actual dairy production margin for the consecutive two-month period and $4, except that if the difference is more than $4 the Secretary shall use $4; and (2) the lesser of 80% of the production history of the participating dairy operation, divided by six, or the actual quantity of milk marketed by the participating dairy operation during the consecutive two-month period. (Sec. 1415) Authorizes a participating dairy operation to annually purchase supplemental production margin protection in 50-cent increments (not to exceed $8) to cover between 25%-90% of its annual production history. Requires a participating dairy operation to pay an annual premium based on coverage percentage, annual production history, and production. (Sec. 1416) States that a participating dairy operation that fails to pay the required administration fee or that is in arrears on premium payments for supplemental production margin protection: (1) remains legally obligated to pay the fee or premiums, and (2) may not receive basic production margin protection payments or supplemental production margin protection payments until the fees or premiums are fully paid. Subpart B: Dairy Market Stabilization Program - (Sec. 1431) Directs the Secretary to establish a dairy market stabilization program to assist in balancing the supply of milk with demand when participating dairy operations are experiencing low or negative operating margins. Authorizes participating dairy operations to elect either of two methods for calculating the stabilization program base. (Sec. 1432) Directs the Secretary to announce that the stabilization program is in effect and order reduced payments by handlers to participating dairy operations that exceed the applicable percentage of the participating dairy operation's stabilization program base whenever: (1) the actual dairy production margin has been $6 or less per hundredweight of milk for each of the immediately preceding two months, or (2) the actual dairy production margin has been $4 or less per hundredweight of milk for the immediately preceding month. (Sec. 1433) Directs the Secretary to establish a process to collect from participating dairy operations and handlers necessary milk marketing information for each month during which the stabilization program is in effect. (Sec. 1434) Requires handlers to reduce payments to each participating dairy operation from whom the handler receives milk during any month in which payment reductions are in effect. Sets forth three reduction calculations which shall be applied based upon actual dairy production margins. (Sec. 1435) Requires handlers after the end of each month during which stabilization payment reductions are in effect to remit to the Secretary an amount equal to the amount by which payments to participating dairy operations are reduced by the handler. Directs the Secretary to use such funds to purchase dairy products for donation to food banks and other programs and expand dairy product consumption. (Sec. 1436) Suspends the stabilization program if: (1) the actual dairy production margin is greater than $6 per hundredweight of milk for two consecutive months; (2) the actual dairy production margin is equal to or less than $6 (but greater than $5) for two consecutive months and, during the same two consecutive months, the U.S. price for cheddar cheese is equal to or greater than the world price of cheddar cheese or the U.S. price for nonfat dry milk is equal to or greater than the world price of skim milk powder; (3) the actual dairy production margin is equal to or less than $5 (but greater than $4) for two consecutive months and, during the same two consecutive months, the U.S. price for cheddar cheese is more than 5% above the world price of cheddar cheese or the U.S. price for nonfat dry milk is more than 5% above the world price of skim milk powder; or (4) the actual dairy production margin is equal to or less than $4 for two consecutive months and, during the same two consecutive months, the U.S. price for cheddar cheese is more than 7% above the world price of cheddar cheese or the U.S. price for nonfat dry milk is more than 7% above the world price of skim milk powder. (Sec. 1437) Makes it unlawful for any person subject to the stabilization program to willfully fail or refuse to provide, or delay the timely reporting of, accurate information and remittance of funds to the Secretary. Authorizes the Secretary to take specified actions to enforce compliance. (Sec. 1438) Authorizes the Secretary to conduct periodic audits of participating dairy operations and handlers. Directs the Secretary to submit audit results to Congress (Sec. 1439) Directs: (1) the Secretary to order the Office of the Chief Economist to conduct a study of the dairy market stabilization program's impacts, and (2) the Office of the Chief Economist to summit a related report to Congress. Subpart C: Administration - (Sec. 1451) Terminates the production margin protection program on December, 31, 2018. (Sec. 1452) Directs the Secretary to promulgate administrative and enforcement regulations for the production margin protection, supplemental production margin protection, and market stabilization programs. Part II: Dairy Market Transparency - (Sec. 1461) Amends the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to require at least monthly reports to the Secretary from: (1) each manufacturer concerning the price, quantity, and moisture content of dairy products sold by the manufacturer and any other product characteristics that may aid price discovery in the dairy markets; and (2) each manufacturer and other person storing dairy products, including dairy products in cold storage, concerning information on the quantity of dairy products stored. (Sec. 1462) Directs the Secretary to use the pre-hearing procedure provided for in this section to consider alternative formulas for Class III milk product pricing. Part III: Repeal or Reauthorization of Other Dairy-Related Provisions - (Sec. 1471) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to repeal: (1) the dairy price support program, and (2) the milk income loss contract program as of June 30, 2014. (Sec. 1472) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the dairy export incentive program. (Sec. 1473) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend the dairy forward pricing program through September 30, 2018. Permits contracts to extend through September 30, 2021. (Sec. 1474) Extends the dairy indemnity program through 2018. (Sec. 1475) Amends the the Dairy Production Stabilization Act of 1983 to extend the dairy promotion and research program through September 30, 2018. (Sec. 1476) Amends the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend the Federal Milk Marketing Order Review Board. Part IV: Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform - (Sec. 1481) Requires the Secretary to provide an analysis of the effects of amending each federal milk marketing order. Part V: Effective Date - Makes this subtitle, except as otherwise provided for, effective on October 1, 2013. Subtitle E: Supplemental Agricultural Disaster Assistance Programs - (Sec. 1501) Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to make livestock indemnity payments (at 65% of an animal's market value) through FY2018 to eligible producers on farms that have incurred excess livestock death losses due to: (1) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government or protected by federal law, including wolves; or (2) adverse weather, including hurricanes, floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold. Establishes a livestock forage disaster program to provide one source for livestock forage disaster assistance for weather-related forage losses by combining: (1) the livestock forage assistance functions of the non insured crop disaster assistance program and the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish program; and (2) the livestock forage disaster program. Directs the Secretary to use CCC funds through FY2018 for assistance for forage losses: (1) due to drought on land that is native or improved pasture land with permanent vegetative cover, or is planted to a crop planted specifically for the purpose of providing grazing for covered livestock; (2) on federally-managed rangeland due to a fire; and (3) due to weather-related conditions other than drought or fire on land that is native or improved pasture land with permanent vegetative cover, or is planted to a crop planted specifically for the purpose of providing grazing for covered livestock. Directs the Secretary to use CCC funds through FY2018 for: (1) emergency assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires; and (2) assistance to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that planted trees for commercial purposes but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, and to eligible orchardists and nursery tree growers that have a production history for commercial purposes on planted or existing trees but lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster (requires tree mortality to exceed 15%). Subtitle F: Administration - (Sec. 1601) Directs the Secretary to use CCC funds, facilities, and authorities to carry out this title. Directs the Secretary: (1) if expenditures under this title that are subject to the total allowable domestic support levels under the Uruguay Round Agreements exceed the allowable levels for any applicable reporting period, to make adjustments in the amount of the expenditures during that period to ensure that the expenditures do not exceed the allowable levels; and (2) to notify Congress before making any such adjustments. (Sec. 1602) Suspends permanent price support authority under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Agricultural Act of 1949 for covered commodities, cotton, and sugar through crop year 2018, and for milk through December 31, 2018. (Sec. 1603) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to limit the total amount of ARC payments received by a person or legal entity (except a joint venture or general partnership) for any crop year to $50,000 for: (1) one or more covered commodities except peanuts, and (2) $50,000 for peanuts. Limits total amount of marketing loan gains and loan deficiency payments received by a person or legal entity (except a joint venture or general partnership) for any crop year for: (1) peanuts to $75,000, and (2) one or more other covered commodities to $75,000. (Sec. 1604) Removes individuals who serve in active personal management roles from "active farmer" eligibility for certain agricultural benefits. Considers a person to be actively engaged in farming if the person: (1) makes a significant contribution of management to the farming operation, (2) is the only person in the farming operation qualifying as actively engaged in farming, and (3) does not use such management contribution to qualify as actively engaged in more than one farming operation. (Sec. 1605) Prohibits a person or legal entity from receiving specified agricultural benefits during a crop, fiscal, or program year if the average adjusted gross income of such person or entity (over the three taxable years preceding the most immediately preceding complete taxable year) exceeds $750,000. (Sec. 1606) Amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to extend specified direct reimbursement payments for geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers through FY2018. (Sec. 1607) Amends the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 to extend personal liability protection for a deficiency arising from the sale of the collateral securing any nonrecourse loan made to loans made under this Act. (Sec. 1608) Directs the Secretary to: (1) reconcile with the Social Security Administration (SSA) at least twice each year the social security numbers of all individuals who receive benefits under this title to determine if the individuals are alive; and (2) preclude the issuance of payments to, and on behalf of, deceased individuals not eligible for payments. (Sec. 1610) Makes specified technical corrections to the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. (Sec. 1611) Requires that assignment of certain conservation and environmental payments be done in accordance with USDA regulations. (Sec. 1612) Authorizes the Secretary to track the benefits provided to individuals and entities under titles I and II of this Act. (Sec. 1613) Provides that in carrying out this title and title II, if the Secretary approves a document, the Secretary shall not subsequently determine the document is invalid because of the lack of authority of any person signing the document on behalf of the applicant or any other individual, entity, general partnership, or joint venture, or the documents relied upon were determined inadequate or invalid, unless the person signing the program document knowingly falsified the evidence of signature authority or a signature. (Sec. 1614) Directs the Secretary to: (1) seek to reduce administrative burdens and costs to producers by streamlining and reducing paperwork, forms, and other administrative requirements; and (2) on October 1, 2013, make $97 million available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title. Title II: Conservation - Subtitle A: Conservation Reserve Program - (Sec. 2001) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the conservation reserve program (CRP) through FY2018. Makes grasslands eligible for CRP enrollment, but limits enrollment to 1.5 million acres at any one time during FY2014-FY2018. Authorizes the Secretary to give priority to land with expiring program contracts. Sets forth maximum CRP acreage enrollments for FY2014-FY2018. Eliminates designation of the Chesapeake Bay Region, the Great Lakes Region, and the Long Island Sound Region as watershed areas. (Sec. 2002) Extends the farmable wetland program through FY2018. Eliminates the program's pilot program designation. (Sec. 2003) Revises CRP duties of owners and operators. (Sec. 2004) Sets forth CRP duties of the Secretary. (Sec. 2005) Authorizes incentive payments for thinning and other practices to improve the condition of land planted to trees, windbreaks, shelter belts, and wildlife corridors. Revises rental calculation provisions. Directs the Secretary to make annual grassland payments in an amount that is not more than 75% of the land's grazing value. Eliminates payment-in-commodity authority. (Permits cash payments only.) (Sec. 2006) Sets forth provisions regarding transition of CRP land from a retiring farmer or rancher to a beginning or socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher. (Sec. 2007) Repeals the provision permitting the conversion of highly erodible cropland devoted to vegetative cover to hardwood trees, windbreaks, shelter belts, or wildlife corridors. (Sec. 2008) States that amendments made by this title shall take effect on October 1, 2013, except the conservation acreage enrollment limitations which shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Sets forth CRP transition provisions for existing and updating of existing contracts. Subtitle B: Conservation Stewardship Program - (Sec. 2101) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to extend the conservation stewardship program through FY2018. Includes among program changes the following: revising program definitions; eliminating the 10% cap on enrollment of nonindustrial private forest land; requiring a producer contract to demonstrate that the producer is meeting the stewardship threshold for at least two priority resource concerns; including among contract ranking criteria the extent to which priority resource concerns will be addressed to meet or exceed the stewardship threshold by the end of the contract period; requiring a producer to have control of the land that is being enrolled in the program; revising the duties of the Secretary; requiring a renewing producer to meet the stewardship threshold for at least two additional priority resource concerns; establishing annual acreage enrollment limitations at 10,348,000 acres through FY2022; limiting aggregate payments to a person or entity to $200,000 during FY2014-FY2018; and providing outreach and technical assistance for specialty crop and organic producers. Makes the provisions of this section effective on October 1, 2013. Subtitle C: Environmental Quality Incentives Program - (Sec. 2201) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to: (1) include the development of wildlife habitat as a purpose of the environmental quality incentives program, and (2) eliminate the reduction of administrative burdens on producers as a program purpose. (Sec. 2202) Eliminates the definition of "national organic program" as the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. Redefines "organic system plan" as an organic plan approved under the national organic program established under the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990. (Sec. 2203) Extends the the environmental quality incentives program through FY2018. Includes among program changes the following: eliminating the one-year minimum contract requirement; revising program practices that may be used to determine forgone payment amounts; making farmers and ranchers who are veterans eligible for advance payments and cost share rates; requiring the return of unused advance payments within 90 days; requiring that 60% of FY2014-FY2018 program funds be used for livestock production practices, and that 5% of such funds be used for wildlife habitat practices; eliminating discretionary funding for federally recognized Native American Indian Tribes and Alaska Native Corporations; providing payments for wildlife habitat development; and permitting the enrollment of certain submerged or riparian land. (Sec. 2204) Revises application evaluation provisions. (Sec. 2205) Provides that duties of producers shall apply to enrolled lands. (Current law refers to farm, ranch, or forest land.) (Sec. 2206) Applies program limitations to the period FY2014-FY2018 in lieu of a six-year period. (Sec. 2207) Extends conservation innovation grants and payments through FY2018. Requires the Secretary to submit a program report to Congress every two years. (Sec. 2208) Makes the amendments of this subtitle effective on October 1, 2013. States that such amendments shall not affect contracts entered into prior to such date. Subtitle D: Agricultural Conservation Easement Program - (Sec. 2301) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish an agricultural conservation easement program to conserve eligible land and natural resources through easements or other interests in land. (Combines the purposes and coordinates the functions of the wetlands reserve program, the grassland reserve program, and the farmland protection program.) Sets forth agricultural land and wetland easement provisions. Makes the provisions of this subtitle effective on October 1, 2013. Subtitle E: Regional Conservation Partnership Program - (Sec. 2401) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to establish a regional conservation partnership program to: (1) combine the purposes and coordinate the functions of the agricultural water enhancement program, the Chesapeake Bay watershed program, the cooperative conservation partnership initiative, and the Great Lakes basin program; (2) further the conservation use of soil, water, wildlife, and related natural resources on a regional or watershed scale; and (3) encourage partners to cooperate with producers in meeting or avoiding the need for regulatory requirements related to production on eligible land and implementing projects that affect multiple agricultural or nonindustrial private forest operations on a local, state, or regional basis. Authorizes the Secretary to enter into a partnership agreement for up to five years, with a one-time, 12-month extension. Sets forth provisions regarding duties of partners and assistance to producers, including alternative funding arrangements. Provides program funding for FY2014-FY2018. Sets forth funding allocation provisions. Directs the Secretary to: (1) designate up to six critical conservation areas (five-year maximum designation), and (2) submit a program report to Congress every two years. Makes the provisions of this subtitle effective on October 1, 2013. Subtitle F: Other Conservation Programs - (Sec. 2501) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize appropriations through FY2018 for the conservation of private grazing land program. (Sec. 2502) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the grass roots source water protection program. (Sec. 2503) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the voluntary public access and habitat incentive program. Directs the Secretary to report to Congress every two years on the program's effectiveness. (Sec. 2504) Permits funding for the agriculture conservation experienced services program to come from any of the conservation programs under the Food Security Act of 1985, except the CRP. Makes this section effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2505) Amends the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act to authorize appropriations through FY2018 for the small watershed rehabilitation program. (Sec. 2506) Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to modify or terminate a floodplain easement if the owner agrees and such modification or termination will address a compelling public need for which there is no practicable alternative. (Sec. 2507) Amends the Food, Security, and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to establish a terminal lakes assistance program (in lieu of the desert lakes program) for the purchase of eligible private land (including land in which a state has a property interest resulting from a state water law) impacted by flooded or terminal lakes and their associated watershed or riparian resources. Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to states for eligible land purchases. States that: (1) the sale of any such land shall be voluntary, and (2) any such purchased land shall lose eligibility for other federal benefits. Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior, through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to use specified CCC funds to administer and provide financial assistance for water and assistance to a terminal lake through willing sellers or willing participants only to: (1) lease water; (2) purchase land, water appurtenant to the land, and related interests; and (3) carry out research and conservation activities for associated fish, wildlife, plant, and habitat resources. Prohibits such funds from being used for assistance to the Great Salt Lake in Utah, lakes that are considered dry lakes, or other lakes that do not meet the purposes of this section. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 2508) Directs the Secretary to carry out a study of potential improvements to the wetland mitigation process. Subtitle G: Funding and Administration - (Sec. 2601) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to authorize the use of CCC funds through FY2018 for: (1) the conservation reserve program, including specified amounts for tree thinning and transferring of contract land from retiring owners and operators to beginning and disadvantaged farmers and ranchers; (2) the agricultural conservation easement program; (3) the conservation security program; (4) the conservation stewardship program; and (5) the environmental quality incentives program. Makes the provisions of this section effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2602) Makes funds available for technical assistance. Directs the Secretary to submit a related report to Congress. (Sec. 2603) Replaces the annual regional conservation programs equity allocation of $15 million with an allocation of at least 0.6% amount of such funds for states that show that they can use an aggregate allocation of at least such amount. (Sec. 2604) Extends the beginning and socially disadvantaged farmer and rancher set-aside for the environmental quality incentives and the conservation stewardship programs through FY2018. Provides preference for farmers and ranchers who are veterans. (Sec. 2605) Revises specified enrollment and assistance reporting requirements. (Sec. 2606) Revises and consolidates specified conservation administrative provisions. (Sec. 2607) Directs the Secretary to promulgate implementing regulations. (Sec. 2608) Directs the Secretary to review and update as necessary state technical operating standards. (Sec. 2609) Makes a producer violating certain conservation requirements under the highly erodible land or wetlands programs ineligible for insurance premiums paid by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) for reinsurance years after the final determination of a violation. Sets forth exceptions. (Sec. 2610) Eliminates the Secretary's authority to waive the $1 million adjusted gross (non-farm) income limitation for certain conservation program eligibility. Subtitle H: Repeal of Superseded Program Authorities and Transitional Provisions - (Sec. 2701) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to repeal the comprehensive conservation enhancement program. (Sec. 2702) Repeals the emergency forestry conservation reserve program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2703) Repeals the wetlands reserve program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2704) Repeals the farmland protection program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2705) Repeals the grassland reserve program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2706) Repeals the agricultural water enhancement program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2707) Repeals the wildlife habitat incentive program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2708) Repeals the Great Lakes basin program. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2709) Repeals the Chesapeake Bay watershed program. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2710) Repeals the cooperative conservation partnership initiative. States that such repeal shall not affect contracts entered into before October 1, 2013. Makes this provision effective on October 1, 2013. (Sec. 2711) Repeals the environmental easement program. (Sec. 2712) Makes specified technical amendments to the Food Security Act of 1985. Title III: Trade - Subtitle A: Food for Peace Act - (Sec. 3001) Amends the Food for Peace Act to increase to 15% the maximum amount of emergency and non emergency food assistance (title II) funds available to private voluntary organizations, cooperatives, and intergovernmental organizations. (Sec. 3002) Extends authority of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through FY2014 and subsequent fiscal years to assess the types and quality of agricultural commodities and products donated for food aid. Authorizes funding through FY2018. Expands the scope of such authority to include: adoption of new specifications or improvement of existing specifications for micronutrient fortified food aid products; development of new program guidance to facilitate improved matching of products to nutritional intent; development of improved guidance for implementing partners on how to address nutritional deficiencies that emerge among recipients for whom food assistance is the sole source of diet in certain emergency programs; and evaluation of the performance and cost-effectiveness of new or modified specialized food products and program approaches designed to meet the nutritional needs of the most vulnerable groups, such as pregnant and lactating mothers and children under the age of five. (Sec. 3003) Extends minimum emergency and non emergency food assistance levels through FY2018. (Sec. 3004) Extends the termination date for the Food Aid Consultative Group to December 31, 2018. (Sec. 3005) Extends funding for monitoring of emergency food assistance through FY2018. (Sec. 3006) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for stockpiling and rapid transportation, delivery, and distribution of shelf-stable prepackaged food. (Sec. 3007) Prohibits a commodity from being made available unless its rate of return (as defined in this section) is at least 70%. Authorizes the Administrator to waive such limitation. Requires submission of a related report to Congress. (Sec. 3008) Authorizes up to 20% of funds to be used to pay the costs of activities conducted in recipient countries by nonprofit voluntary organizations, cooperatives, or intergovernmental agencies or organizations. (Sec. 3009) Extends funding through FY2018 to procure, transport, and store agricultural commodities for prepositioning within the United States and in foreign countries. Authorizes funds to be used for agricultural product testing. (Sec. 3010) Extends authority to enter into agreements to finance sales or to provide other assistance under such Act until December 31, 2018. (Sec. 3011) Revises minimum food assistance levels under title II to provide that: (1) of the amounts made available to carry out emergency and non emergency food assistance programs not less than 20% nor more than 30% for each of FY2014-FY2018 shall be expended for non emergency food assistance programs, and (2) the amount made available for non emergency food assistance programs shall not be less than $275 million for any fiscal year. (Sec. 3012) Eliminates the provision requiring a report describing efforts taken by the Administrator and the Secretary to improve planning for food and transportation procurement. (Sec. 3013) Extends micronutrient fortification programs through FY2018. (Sec. 3014) Extends and increases funding for the John Ogonowski and Doug Bereuter farmer-to-farmer program through FY2018. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for programs: (1) for sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Basin countries, and (2) for certain developing or middle-income countries or emerging markets. (Sec. 3015) Prohibits title II assistance from being provided to North Korea. Authorizes the President to waive such prohibition if in the U.S. national interest. Subtitle B: Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 - (Sec. 3101) Amends the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978 to extend export credit guarantee programs through FY2018. (Sec. 3102) Extends the market access program through FY2018. (Sec. 3103) Extends the foreign market cooperator program through FY2018. Subtitle C: Other Agricultural Trade Laws - (Sec. 3201) Amends the Food for Progress Act to extend funding for the food for progress program through FY2018. Eliminates the FY2009 Malawi program provision. Authorizes up to 20% of funds to be used by nonprofit voluntary organizations, cooperatives, or intergovernmental agencies or organizations for activities in recipient countries. Prohibits a commodity from being made available unless its rate of return (as defined in this section) is at least 70%. Authorizes the Secretary to waive such limitation. Requires submission of a related report to Congress. (Sec. 3202) Amends the Bill Emerson Humanitarian Trust Act to extend authority to replenish stocks of eligible commodities to maintain the Trust through FY2018. (Sec. 3203) Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to extend through FY2018: (1) funding of export credit guarantees for exports to emerging democracies, and (2) authority to make U.S. expertise available to assess the food and rural business systems needs of emerging democracies. (Sec. 3204) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend funding for the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program through FY2018. (Sec. 3205) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend funding for specialty crop technical assistance through FY2018. (Sec. 3206) Amends the the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to authorize appropriations through FY2018 for the Global Crop Diversity Trust. (Sec. 3207) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for local and regional food aid procurement projects. Directs the Secretary to submit a related annual report to Congress. Authorizes the Secretary to give a preference to eligible organizations that have, or are working toward, projects under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program. (Sec. 3208) States that the purpose of this section is to establish a pilot program to integrate all U.S.-funded emergency and long-term development activities to improve food security in the Horn of Africa in order to: (1) reduce the impacts of future crises, (2) enhance local capacity for emergency response, (3) enhance sustainability of long-term development programs targeting poor and vulnerable households, and (4) reduce the need for repeated costly emergency operations. Directs the Administrator to initiate a study, and submit a related report to Congress, regarding prior programs to support resilience in the Horn of Africa conducted by: (1) other donor countries; (2) private voluntary organizations; (3) the world food program of the United Nations (U.N.); and (4) multilateral institutions, including the World Bank. Directs the Administrator to provide grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements with, eligible organizations to carry out field-based projects that build resilience in the Horn of Africa. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018. (Sec. 3209) Directs the Secretary to reorganize USDA international trade functions for imports and exports, including establishment of an Under Secretary of Agriculture for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. Title IV: Nutrition - Subtitle A: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program - (Sec. 4001) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 regarding access to grocery delivery for home bound seniors and individuals with disabilities eligible for the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly known as the food stamp program). (Sec. 4002) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to authorize appropriations through FY2018 for the food distribution on Indian reservations program. (Sec. 4003) Permits only a low-income home energy assistance program payment in excess of $10 annually to be used in calculating the standard utility allowance for purposes of SNAP benefits. Authorizes a state to delay implementation of this section for up to 180 days for households that currently receive such allowance. (Sec. 4004) Limits SNAP eligibility for college students to students participating in career and technical training programs that may be completed in not more than four years, including remedial courses, basic adult education, literacy, or English as a second language. (Sec. 4005) Terminates SNAP benefits for a household in which a member receives substantial lottery or gambling winnings until the household meets the allowable financial resources and income eligibility requirements. (Sec. 4006) Requires participating retail food stores to: (1) offer perishable goods in at least three staple food categories, and (2) provide adequate electronic benefit transfer service (EBT). Requires, with specified exceptions, participating retail food stores (including restaurants participating in a state option restaurant program intended to serve the elderly, disabled, and homeless) to pay 100% of the costs of acquiring, and arranging for the implementation of, EBT point-of-sale equipment and supplies. Prohibits a state from issuing manual vouchers unless the Secretary determines that such vouchers are necessary, such as in the event of an EBT system failure or a disaster situation. Requires all parties providing EBT services to maintain unique terminal identification number information through the SNAP EBT routing system. (Sec. 4007) States that if a household makes excessive requests for replacement of its EBT card the Secretary may require a state agency to decline to issue a replacement card unless the household provides an explanation for the card's loss. Requires states in implementing such provision to protect vulnerable persons, such as disabled persons, crime victims, or homeless person. States that nothing in this section shall affect SNAP eligibility. (Sec. 4008) Directs the Secretary to permit a retail food store to redeem benefits through electronic means other than wired point of sale devices for EBT transactions if the store: (1) establishes recipient protections regarding privacy, ease of use, access, and support similar to the protections provided in retail food stores; (2) bears the costs of obtaining, installing, and maintaining mobile technologies; (3) demonstrates that foods purchased with benefits issued through mobile technologies are purchased at a price not higher than the price of the same foods purchased by other methods used by the retail food store; and (4) provides adequate transaction documentation. Directs the Secretary to: (1) establish demonstration projects before authorizing such mobile technologies in all states; (2) submit a related report to Congress; and (3) authorize implementation of such programs by January 16, 2016, unless the Secretary determines such implementation is not in the best interests of SNAP. (Sec. 4009) Authorizes the use of SNAP benefits for shares of community-supported agriculture. (Sec. 4010) Sets forth additional responsibilities for state agencies before restaurants may participate in a restaurant meals program. Prohibits a private establishment that contracts with a state agency to offer meals at concessional prices from being authorized to accept SNAP benefits unless the Secretary determines that such establishment's participation is required to meet a documented need. Authorizes participating restaurants to continue to accept SNAP benefits without meeting the additional requirements for up to 180 days. Directs the Secretary to submit a related annual report to Congress. (Sec. 4011) Eliminates the Secretary's authority to waive a state agency's responsibility to pay all or any portion of the liability for a state with a high payment error rate. (Sec. 4012) Authorizes a state agency to use high performance bonus payments only to carry out SNAP, including investments in: (1) technology; (2) improvements in administration and distribution; and (3) actions to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. (Sec. 4013) Provides funding through FY2018 for employment and training programs. (Sec. 4014) Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for SNAP. (Sec. 4015) Revises community food project provisions. (Sec. 4016) Extends commodity purchase authority for the emergency food assistance program through FY2018. Makes annual commodity funding available for a two-year period and permits states to carry over unexpended balances to the next fiscal year. Amends the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 to authorize appropriations through FY2018 for emergency food program infrastructure grants. (Sec. 4017) Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to include physical activity as an eligible use of SNAP nutrition education funds. (Sec. 4018) Provides funding through FY2018 to provide USDA with additional resources to prevent SNAP trafficking by strengthening recipient and retail food store program integrity. (Sec. 4019) Makes specified technical and conforming amendments. (Sec. 4020) Disqualifies certain convicted felons from SNAP participation. Subtitle B: Commodity Distribution Programs - (Sec. 4101) Amends the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to extend through FY2018 the Secretary's authority to purchase and distribute agricultural commodities to maintain the traditional level of assistance for food assistance programs. (Sec. 4102) Extends the commodity supplemental food program through FY2108. Phases out women, infants, and children from program participation. (Permits an existing participant to continue to receive benefits until he or she is no longer eligible for assistance.) (Sec. 4103) Amends the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 to extend authority for the distribution of surplus commodities to special nutrition projects through FY2018. (Sec. 4104) Amends the Commodity Distribution Reform Act and WIC Amendments of 1987 to authorize the Secretary to retain title to commodities delivered to a processor prior to their final delivery to a state distributing agency or to a recipient agency. Subtitle C: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 4201) Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend authority for fresh fruit and vegetable purchases for school and service institution distribution through FY2018. (Sec. 4202) Extends funding for the senior farmers' market nutrition program through FY2018. (Sec. 4203) Repeals authority for the nutrition information and awareness pilot program. (Sec. 4204) Revises the hunger-free communities program to: (1) eliminate hunger-free communities infrastructure grants, (2) establish a category of incentive grants for projects to increase fruit and vegetable purchases by SNAP participants (limits the federal cost share to 50%), (3) authorize appropriations through FY2018 for collaborative grants, and (4) direct the Secretary to use specified funds for incentive grants for each of FY2014-FY2018. (Sec. 4205) Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to direct the Secretary to establish a healthy food financing initiative to improve access to healthy foods in underserved areas, create quality jobs, and revitalize low-income communities by providing loans and grants to fresh food retailers to overcome higher entry costs in underserved areas. Authorizes funds to be used to provide loans to finance eligible projects or partnerships to: (1) expand or preserve the availability of staple foods in underserved areas by maintaining or increasing the number of retail outlets that offer perishable food and staple food items, and (2) accept SNAP benefits. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4206) Directs the Secretary, in addition to the commodities delivered under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act, to purchase eligible pulse crops (dry beans, dry peas, lentils, and chickpeas) and pulse crop products for the school lunch and school breakfast programs. Requires a related program evaluation report to Congress. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 4207) Amends the National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act of 1990 to require that no later than the 2020 report the USDA/ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) "Dietary Guidelines for Americans" include specifications for pregnant women and children under the age of two. (Sec. 4208) Amends the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act to direct the Secretary to: (1) conduct at least five demonstration projects through certain school food authorities to facilitate the purchase of unprocessed and minimally processed locally grown and locally raised agricultural products; and (2) ensure that at least one project is located in the Pacific Northwest Region, the Northeast Region, the Western Region, the Midwest Region, and the Southern Region. Sets forth priority criteria for selecting participating states. (Sec. 4209) Amends the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to direct the Secretary to establish in the office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services a multiagency task force to coordinate commodity programs. (Sec. 4210) Directs the Secretary to establish a Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program to increase knowledge of agriculture and improve the nutritional health of children. Authorizes appropriations. Title V: Credit - Subtitle A: Farmer Loans, Servicing, and Other Assistance Under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - (Sec. 5001) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (as amended by this Act) to authorize the Secretary to allow: (1) additional legal entities to qualify for farm ownership loans, and (2) other acceptable experiences to qualify for the three-year farming eligibility requirement for direct loans. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the conservation loan and loan guarantee program. Increases maximum down payment loan program amounts. Revises direct farm operating loan provisions to: (1) authorize the Secretary to allow additional legal entities to qualify for such loans, (2) change the time calculation for a farmer who has received a loan to be able to receive another loan, (3) establish a pilot loan program to support healthy food for the hungry, (4) require a farmer to obtain hazard insurance on the property to be acquired with the loan, and (5) authorize the Secretary to reserve a portion of the loan to be used by the borrower for family purposes. Eliminates term limits on guaranteed farm operating loans. Sets forth loan term and loan restriction provisions. Revises emergency loan provisions to: (1) authorize the Secretary to allow additional legal entities to qualify for such loans, (2) include for loan eligibility commercial fishermen and eliminate from eligibility equine farmers or ranchers, (3) eliminate the hazard insurance requirement exception for poultry farmers, and (4) revise interest rate provisions. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the new farmer individual development accounts pilot program. Authorizes specific loan levels for direct and guaranteed farm ownership and farm operating loans through FY2018, including set asides for beginning and low-income farmers. Subtitle B: Miscellaneous - (Sec. 5101) Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to authorize appropriations through FY2018 for state agricultural mediation programs. (Sec. 5102) Amends the loan and loan guarantee program for Indian tribes and tribal corporations to purchase highly fractioned land within the reservation to: (1) require that loans be direct loans, (2) permit loans to intermediaries to establish revolving loan funds for such purchases, and (3) require the Secretary to consult with the Secretary of the Interior in determining regulations and procedures to define eligible purchasers. (Sec. 5103) Provides that borrowers who are Indian tribes, members of Indian tribes, or tribal corporations shall only be required to obtain one appraisal by the Secretary or the Secretary of the Interior. Title VI: Rural Development - Subtitle A: Reorganization of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act - (Sec. 6001) Amends the Agricultural Act of 1961 to revise and reorganize the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act. Eliminates the 10,000 population eligibility limit for rural water and waste disposal grants and loans, and the 20,000 population eligibility limit for rural community facility grants and loans (thus providing such assistance to rural areas with a population limit of 50,000). Revises criteria for determining areas "rural in character." Authorizes a unit of local government in an urbanized area, or the Under Secretary for Rural Development, to determine that part of an area is rural. Revises the definition of "state." Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for: (1) water and waste disposal grants, loans, and loan guarantees; and (2) revolving funds for financing water and wastewater projects. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the emergency and imminent community water assistance program. Revises the water and waste facility loans and grants to alleviate health risks program to: (1) increase the authorization of appropriations for loans and for grants; (2) make assistance available to rural or native villages in Alaska and Native Hawaiian Home Lands; (3) require matching funds from specified entities; and (4) establish preferences for certain Indian reservations, rural or native villages in Alaska, Native Hawaiian Home Lands, and rural subdivisions (colonias). Provides funding through FY2018 for solid waste management grants. Authorizes appropriations for: (1) rural water and wastewater technical assistance and training programs, and (2) the rural water and wastewater circuit rider program. Authorizes funding for the special evaluation assistance for rural communities and households (SEARCH) program. Authorizes appropriations for rural water and waste disposal loans, loan guarantees, and grants. Replaces the community facilities grant program with a community facilities loan, loan guarantee, and grant program which shall: (1) make assistance available to associations, Indian tribes, and public and quasi-public agencies; (2) provide debt restructuring and loan servicing for delinquent community facility program loans to hospitals and health care facilities; (3) give priority to rural communities that have a population of less than 20,000 permanent residents, are experiencing outmigration, have a high percentage of low-income residents, or are isolated from other significant population centers; (4) authorize grants to tribal colleges and universities (authorizes appropriations through FY2018); and (5) authorize program appropriations. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the Delta Regional Authority. Combines and revises the rural business opportunity grant program and the rural business enterprise grant program into the rural business development grant program. Authorizes rural business development grants to be made to governmental entities, Indian tribes, and nonprofit entities: (1) for specified business opportunity projects; and (2) to finance small and emerging business development, rural distance learning, and job training. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018. Revises the value-added producer grant program, including establishing priority for projects in which at least 25% of the recipients are beginning or socially disadvantaged farmers or ranchers. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018. Provides program funding for FY2014-FY2018. Revises the rural cooperative development grant program to: (1) authorize appropriations through FY2018; (2) exclude from the definition of "United States" the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the other U.S. territories and possessions; and (3) direct the Secretary to chair an interagency working group to ensure coordination with appropriate federal agencies and national and local cooperative organizations. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the appropriate technology transfer for rural areas program. Authorizes appropriations and provides funding for the business and industry direct and guaranteed loan program through FY2018. Increases the initial fee to 3%. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for the intermediate relending program. Authorizes appropriations and provides funding for the micro-entrepreneur assistance program through FY2018. Revises the rural business investment program to: (1) authorize program appropriations through FY2017, (2) revise rural business investment company capital requirements, (3) subject rural business investment companies to examination, and (4) revise reporting requirements. Sets forth general provisions for loans and grants. Authorizes the Secretary to: (1) give priority to multi-jurisdictional community and economic development plans; and (2) guarantee a loan made by any federal or state chartered bank, savings and loan association, cooperative lending agency, or other legally organized lending agency. Authorizes the Secretary to designate additional rural economic area partnership zones with priority given to rural areas with excessive unemployment or underemployment, a high percentage of low-income residents, or high rates of outmigration. Directs the Secretary to streamline application procedures. Directs the Secretary to support the state rural development partnership (comprised of state rural development councils) in order to build the capacity of states, regions, and rural communities to design responses to their rural development needs in a manner that maximizes collaborative public- and private-sector cooperation and minimizes regulatory redundancy. Authorizes: (1) federal cooperation and financial assistance, (2) the creation of state rural development councils, and (3) authorization of appropriations through FY2018. Terminates such provisions on September 30, 2018. Authorizes appropriations through FY2018 for: (1) the Delta Regional Authority, and (2) the Northern Great Plains Regional Authority. Terminates the Authorities on October 1, 2018. Directs the Secretary to establish a certified lenders program. Subtitle B: Rural Electrification - (Sec. 6101) Amends the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to revise the definition of "rural area" to
Title
Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013
Sponsors
| Sen. Debbie Stabenow [D-MI] |
Roll Calls
2013-06-10 - Senate - On Passage of the Bill S. 954 (Y: 66 N: 27 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-10 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 998 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 48 N: 38 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-06 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 954 (Y: 75 N: 22 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-03 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 987 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 72 N: 18 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 953 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 59 N: 33 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1031 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 923 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 44 N: 52 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 965 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 27 N: 71 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-22 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 925 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 45 N: 54 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-22 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 960 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 36 N: 60 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-21 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 26 N: 70 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-21 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 948 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 40 N: 58 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-21 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 919 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 87 N: 8 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-10 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 998 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 48 N: 38 NV: 14 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-06 - Senate - On the Cloture Motion S. 954 (Y: 75 N: 22 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-06-03 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 987 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 72 N: 18 NV: 9 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 953 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 59 N: 33 NV: 8 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1031 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 94 N: 0 NV: 6 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 923 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 44 N: 52 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-23 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 965 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 27 N: 71 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-22 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 925 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 45 N: 54 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-22 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 960 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 36 N: 60 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-21 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 931 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 26 N: 70 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-21 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 948 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 40 N: 58 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2013-05-21 - Senate - On the Amendment S.Amdt. 919 to S. 954 (Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013) (Y: 87 N: 8 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-04 | House | By Senator Stabenow from Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry filed written report under authority of the order of the Senate of 08/01/2013. Report No. 113-88. Additional views filed. |
| 2013-07-18 | House | See also H.R. 2642. |
| 2013-07-18 | House | Senate incorporated this measure in H.R.2642 as an amendment. |
| 2013-06-12 | House | Senate ordered measure printed as passed. |
| 2013-06-11 | House | Held at the desk. |
| 2013-06-11 | House | Received in the House. |
| 2013-06-11 | Senate | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2013-06-10 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 66 - 27. Record Vote Number: 145. (text: CR 6/11/2013 S4232-4349) |
| 2013-06-10 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Amendment SA 998 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 38. Record Vote Number: 144. |
| 2013-06-10 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4043, S4051) |
| 2013-06-10 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S4043-4053) |
| 2013-06-06 | Senate | Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 75 - 22. Record Vote Number: 141. (consideration: CR S3976; text: CR S3976) |
| 2013-06-06 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3971) |
| 2013-06-06 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3971-3976) |
| 2013-06-04 | Senate | Cloture motion on the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S3949; text: CR S3949) |
| 2013-06-04 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3924) |
| 2013-06-04 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3923-3926, S3927-3949) |
| 2013-06-03 | Senate | S.AMDT.1079 Amendment SA 1079 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. |
| 2013-06-03 | Senate | S.AMDT.1079 Amendment SA 1079 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Coons. (consideration: CR S3901; text: CR S3901)To modify a provision relating to funding of local and regional food aid procurement projects. |
| 2013-06-03 | Senate | S.AMDT.987 Amendment SA 987 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 72 - 18. Record Vote Number: 140. |
| 2013-06-03 | Senate | S.AMDT.987 Amendment SA 987 proposed by Senator Moran. (consideration: CR S3900-3901; text: CR S3900)To require the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation to carry out research and development regarding a crop insurance program for alfalfa. |
| 2013-06-03 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3895) |
| 2013-06-03 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3895-3902) |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.953 Amendment SA 953 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 33. Record Vote Number: 139. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.1031 Amendment SA 1031 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 94 - 0. Record Vote Number: 138. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.953 Amendment SA 953 proposed by Senator Durbin. (consideration: CR S3817-3819, S3820; text: CR S3819)To limit the amount of premium subsidy provided by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation on behalf of any person or legal entity with an average adjusted gross income in excess of $750,000, with a delayed application of the limitation until completion of a study on the effects of the limitation. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.1031 Amendment SA 1031 proposed by Senator Hagan. (consideration: CR S3817, S3819-3820; text: CR S3817)To authorize the use of the insurance fund to reduce fraud and maintain program integrity in the crop insurance program. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.923 Amendment SA 923, under the order of 5/23/13, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 52. Record Vote Number: 137. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.923 Amendment SA 923 proposed by Senator Feinstein. (consideration: CR S3805-3809, S3816-3817; text: CR S3805)To prohibit the payment by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation of any portion of the premium for a policy or plan of insurance for tobacco. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.965 Amendment SA 965, under the order of 5/22/13, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 27 - 71. Record Vote Number: 135. |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3797) |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | S.AMDT.965 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3797) |
| 2013-05-23 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3797-3809, S3816-3826) |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.965 Amendment SA 965 proposed by Senator Sanders. (consideration: CR S3749-3752 ; text: CR S3749-3750)To permit States to require that any food, beverage, or other edible product offered for sale have a label on indicating that the food, beverage, or other edible product contains a genetically engineered ingredient. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.925 Amendment SA 925 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 45 - 54. Record Vote Number: 134. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.925 Amendment SA 925 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Shaheen. (consideration: CR S3727-3728, S3734-3736, S3745-3746; text: CR S3727-3728)To reform the Federal sugar program, and for other purposes. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.1056 Amendment SA 1056 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.992 Amendment SA 992 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.1056 Amendment SA 1056 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Vitter. (consideration: CR S3716-3717; text: CR S3717)To end food stamp eligibility for convicted violent rapists, pedophiles, and murderers. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.992 Amendment SA 992 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Franken. (consideration: CR S3716-3717; text; CR S3716-3717)To provide access to grocery delivery for homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.960 Amendment SA 960 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 36 - 60. Record Vote Number: 132. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.960 Amendment SA 960 proposed by Senator Inhofe. (consideration: CR S3712-3716; text: CR S3713-3714)To repeal the nutrition entitlement programs and establish a nutrition assistance block grant program. |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3712) |
| 2013-05-22 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3712-3736, S3745-3752) |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.998 Amendment SA 998 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Leahy. (consideration: CR S3652)To establish a pilot program for gigabit Internet projects in rural areas. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.931 Amendment SA 931 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 26 - 70. Record Vote Number: 131. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.948 Amendment SA 948 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 40 - 58. Record Vote Number: 130. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.948 Amendment SA 948 proposed by Senator Roberts. (consideration: CR S3641-3647; text: CR S3641-3642)To improve and extend certain nutrition programs. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.945 Amendment SA 945 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (text as modified: CR S3637) |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.945 Amendment SA 945 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Sessions. (consideration: CR S3637)To clarify eligibility criteria for agricultural irrigation assistance. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.931 Amendment SA 931 proposed by Senator Gillibrand. (consideration: CR S3636-3637, S3637, S3647-3648; text: CR S3636-3637)To strike a reduction in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, with an offset that limits crop insurance reimbursements to providers. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.919 Amendment SA 919 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 87 - 8. Record Vote Number: 129. |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | S.AMDT.919 Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3634, S3636) |
| 2013-05-21 | Senate | Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S3634-3637, S3637-3648, S3652) |
| 2013-05-20 | Senate | S.AMDT.919 Amendment SA 919 proposed by Senator Stabenow for Senator Cantwell. (consideration: CR S3592; text: CR S3592)To allow Indian tribes to participate in certain soil and water conservation programs. |
| 2013-05-20 | Senate | Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S3591-3595, S3597) |
| 2013-05-15 | Senate | Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S3519-3525) |
| 2013-05-14 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 73. |
| 2013-05-14 | Senate | Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Stabenow. Without written report. |
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Agricultural research
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Department of Agriculture
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Electric power generation and transmission
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Executive agency funding and structure
Farmland
Fires
Food assistance and relief
Food industry and services
Food supply, safety, and labeling
Foreign aid and international relief
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Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Government studies and investigations
Grain
Great Lakes
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Insects
Lakes and rivers
Land transfers
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Manufacturing
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Minority and disadvantaged businesses
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New York City
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Public contracts and procurement
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