,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dhfb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bc1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,bennet introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on          
,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 and ,forestry 
,a ,,bill  ,to direct the ,secretary of 
,agriculture to consider certain acreage
 not planted due to a lack of irrigation
 water to be eligible for prevented     
planting payments1 and for other        
purposes4  #a4 ,eligibility of acreage  
not planted due to lack of irrigation   
water  7a7 ,definitions ,in this        
section3 7#a7 ,covered program ,the term
 covered program means a program to     
which section #gah4ajc of title #g1     
,code of ,federal ,regulations 7or a    
successor regulation71 applies4  7#b7   
,irrigation water ,the term irrigation  
water means any water that-- 7,a7 a     
landowner has access to1 through        
appropriation1 allocation1 open access1 
or other availability1 for the use of   

irrigating crops2 and  7,b7 is sourced  
through snowmelt1 runoff1 stream flow1  
reservoir1 groundwater aquifer1 or      
another similar source4  7#c7 ,secretary
 ,the term ,secretary means the         
,secretary of ,agriculture1 acting      
through the ,administrator of the ,farm 
,service ,agency4  7b7 ,eligibility ,in 
carrying out any covered program1 the   
,secretary shall consider acreage on a  
farm to be prevented from planting for a
 crop year if-- 7#a7 the producers on   
the farm did not plant those acres based
 on a reasonable expectation that there 
would be insufficient irrigation water  
available for that crop year to irrigate
 those acres2  7#b7 the infrastructure  
to irrigate those acres is installed and
 functional for that crop year2  7#c7   
those acres have been irrigated in one  
or more of the previous #d crop years in
 which irrigation water was sufficient2 
7#d7 in one or more of the previous #d  
crop years1 the producers on the farm   
planted to those acres the same crop    

that was prevented from planting2 and   
7#e7 the land or environment for the    
acres prevented from planting does not  
support dryland farming for the crop    
that was prevented from planting4  7c7  
,limitations  7#a7 ,reduction in payment
 amounts ,the ,secretary shall reduce   
the amount of any payments provided     
under covered programs with respect to  
acreage that the ,secretary considers to
 be prevented from planting pursuant to 
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 for the fifth     
through eighth consecutive crop years by
 #ej percent2  7,b7 for the ninth and   
tenth consecutive crop years by #ge     
percent2 and  7,c7 for the eleventh     
consecutive crop year and each crop year
 thereafter by #ajj percent4  7#b7      
,ineligibility ,any acreage subject to a
 reduction under paragraph 7#a77;,c7    
shall be permanently ineligible for     
payments provided under covered         
programs4  7d7 ,revisions to regulations
  7#a7 ,drought conditions ,the         
,secretary of ,agriculture shall revise 

section #gah4ajc7;e7 of title #g1 ,code 
of ,federal ,regulations1 to provide    
that a lack of water resulting from     
drought conditions described in that    
section shall include a lack of water   
resulting from drought conditions at the
 source of an irrigation supply4  7#b7  
,disaster determination ,the ,secretary 
of ,agriculture shall revise section    
#gah4ajc7;g7 of title #g1 ,code of      
,federal ,regulations1 to provide that1 
in determining natural disasters        
described in that section1 the          
,commodity ,credit ,corporation shall   
consult with ,farm ,service ,agency     
county committees and ,state technical  
committees4