,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bbfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ba1 
#bjag ,mr4 ,donnelly 7for himself and   
,mr4 ,young7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,agricultural ,act of     
#bjad to require base acres planted to  
fruits1 vegetables1 and wild rice to be 
considered planted to a covered         
commodity for purposes of any           
recalculation of base acres4  #a4 ,short
 title  ,this ,act may be cited as the  
,fruit and ,vegetable ,planting         
,flexibility ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,effect
 of planting fruits and vegetables      
,section #aaad of the ,agricultural ,act
 of #bjad 7#g ,u4,s4,c4 #ijad7 is       
amended by striking subsection 7e7 and  
inserting the following3  7e7 ,effect of
 planting fruits and vegetables  7#a7   
,reduction required ,in the manner      
provided in this subsection1 payment    

acres on a farm shall be reduced in any 
crop year in which fruits1 vegetables   
7other than mung beans and pulse crops71
 or wild rice have been planted on base 
acres on a farm4  7#b7 ,price loss      
coverage and county coverage ,in the    
case of price loss coverage payments and
 agricultural risk coverage payments    
using county coverage1 the reduction    
under paragraph 7#a7 shall be the amount
 equal to the base acres planted to     
crops referred to in that paragraph in  
excess of #ae percent of base acres4    
7#c7 ,individual coverage ,in the case  
of agricultural risk coverage payments  
using individual coverage1 the reduction
 under paragraph 7#a7 shall be the      
amount equal to the base acres planted  
to crops referred to in that paragraph  
in excess of #ce percent of base acres4 
7#d7 ,reduction exceptions ,no reduction
 to payment acres shall be made under   
this subsection if-- 7,a7 cover crops or
 crops described in paragraph 7#a7 are  
grown solely for conservation purposes  

and not harvested for use or sale1 as   
determined by the ,secretary2 or  7,b7  
in any region in which there is a       
history of double-cropping covered      
commodities with crops described in     
paragraph 7#a71 those crops were so     
double-cropped on the base acres1 as    
determined by the ,secretary4  7#e7     
,recalculation of base acres  7,a7 ,in  
general ,for each crop year for which   
fruits1 vegetables 7other than mung     
beans and pulse crops71 or wild rice are
 planted to base acres on a farm for    
which a reduction in payment acres is   
made under this subsection1 the         
,secretary shall consider those base    
acres to be planted or prevented from   
planting to a covered commodity for     
purposes of any reallocation1           
adjustment1 or reduction of base acres  
for the farm under section #aaab4  7,b7 
,prohibition ,nothing in this paragraph 
provides authority to the ,secretary to 
reallocate1 adjust1 reduce1 or otherwise
 recalculate base acres for a farm4  4