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or (I I ) int h e c ase of an ins u lar area (as defined in section 140 4of the N ational A g ricultural R esearch ,Ex tension, and T eaching P olicy Act of 1 97 7(7 U.S . C . 3 103)), a compara b le percentage of the allowance for the fiscal year, as determined by the Secretary. ( B ) LIM I TA TI ON . — The total amount of direct reimburse - ment payments pro v ided by the Secretary under this sec- tion shall not exceed $ 1 5 ,000,000 for a fiscal year. (d) A U T H O R I Z ATION O F A P PROPRIATION S .—There are authori z ed to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out this section for each of fiscal years 2 009 through 2012. SEC.162 2. IMPL EME NTA TI O N. The Secretary shall make available to the Farm Service Agency to carry out this title $50,000,000. SEC. 162 3 . R EPEALS. (a) COMMISSION ON APP L I C ATION OF PA Y M E NT LIMITATIONS.— Section 1 6 05 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7993) is repealed. (b) RENE W E D A V AILA B ILITY OF M AR K ET LOSS ASSISTANCE AND CERTAIN EMER G ENCY ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS THAT FAILED TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE UNDER EARLIER AUTHORITIES.—Section 1617 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8 000) is repealed. TI T LE II —CONS E RVA TION S ubti t le A— D e f i n iti o n sa n dH i gh l y E r odible Land and W etland Conser v ation SEC. 2 0 01. D E F INITIONS RELATIN G TO CONSER V ATION TITLE OF FOOD SEC U RIT Y ACTOF1 985 . (a) BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCHER.—Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6), (7) through (11), (12), (13) through (15), (16), (17), and (18) as paragraphs (3) through (7), (9) through (13), (15), (20) through (22), (24), (26), and (27), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new para- graph
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‘(2) BEGINNING FARMER OR RANCHER.—The term ‘beginning farmer or rancher ’ has the meaning given the term in section 343(a)(8) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural D evelopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(8)).’’. (b) FARM.—Section 1201(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (7), as redesignated by subsection (a)(1), the following new paragraph: ‘‘(8) FARM.—The term ‘farm’ means a farm that— ‘‘(A) is under the general control of one operator; ‘‘(B) has one or more owners; ‘‘(C) consists of one or more tracts of land, whether or not contiguous; 7USC8 7 93.
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