2018 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture
Chapter 115 - Agricultural Commodity Policy and Programs
Subchapter I - Commodity Policy
Sec. 9015 - Producer election

For the 2014 through 2018 crop years (except as provided in subsection (g)) and for the 2019 through 2023 crop years (subject to subsection (h)), all of the producers on a farm shall make a 1-time, irrevocable election to obtain—

In the election under subsection (a) or (h), as applicable, the producers on a farm that elect to obtain agriculture risk coverage shall unanimously select whether to receive agriculture risk coverage payments based on—

If all the producers on a farm fail to make a unanimous election under subsection (a) for the 2014 crop year or the 2019 crop year, as applicable—

If all the producers on a farm select county coverage for a covered commodity under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary may not make price loss coverage payments under section 9016 of this title to the producers on the farm with respect to that covered commodity.

If all the producers on a farm select individual coverage under subsection (b)(2), in addition to the selection and election under this section applying to each producer on the farm, the Secretary shall consider, for purposes of making the calculations required by subsections (b)(2) and (c)(3) of section 9017 of this title, the producer's share of all farms in the same State—

The Secretary shall ensure that producers on a farm do not reconstitute the farm to void or change an election or selection made under this section.

(Pub. L. 113–79, title I, §1115, Feb. 7, 2014, 128 Stat. 667; Pub. L. 115–123, div. F, §60101(a)(7), Feb. 9, 2018, 132 Stat. 309; Pub. L. 115–334, title I, §1105, Dec. 20, 2018, 132 Stat. 4503.)

2018—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(1), substituted "For the 2014 through 2018 crop years (except as provided in subsection (g)) and for the 2019 through 2023 crop years (subject to subsection (h))" for "Except as provided in subsection (g), for the 2014 through 2018 crop years" in introductory provisions.

Pub. L. 115–123, §60101(a)(7)(A), substituted "Except as provided in subsection (g), for" for "For" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(2), substituted "In the election under subsection (a) or (h), as applicable, the producers on a farm that elect to obtain agriculture risk coverage" for "In the election under subsection (a), the producers on a farm that elect under paragraph (2) of such subsection to obtain agriculture risk coverage under section 9017 of this title" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(3)(A), inserted "or the 2019 crop year, as applicable" after "the 2014 crop year" in introductory provisions.

Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(3)(B), inserted "or the 2019 crop year, as applicable," after "the 2014 crop year".

Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(3)(C), added par. (2) and struck out former par. (2) which read as follows: "the producers on the farm shall be deemed to have elected price loss coverage under section 9016 of this title for all covered commodities on the farm for the 2015 through 2018 crop years."

Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 115–123, §60101(a)(7)(B), added subsec. (g).

Subsec. (g)(1). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(4), inserted "for the 2018 crop year," after "allocated to seed cotton on a farm,".

Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 115–334, §1105(5), added subsec. (h).

Amendment by Pub. L. 115–123 applicable beginning with the 2018 crop year, see section 60101(a)(13) of Pub. L. 115–123, set out as a note under section 9011 of this title.