Jeff Fortenberry: “I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson). The Acting CHAIR. The…”

“I have an amendment at the desk as the designee of the gentleman from California (Mr. Thompson). The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 260, line 11, strike the closed quotation mark and the final period. Page 260, after line 11, insert the following: ``(3) Priority.-- ``(A) In general.--In the delivery of technical assistance under the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590a et seq.), the Secretary shall give priority to producers who request technical assistance from the Secretary in order to comply for the first time with the requirements of subtitle B and subtitle C of this title as a result of the amendments made by section 2801 of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013. ``(B) Report.--Not later than 270 days after the date of enactment of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report regarding the extent to which the conservation compliance requirements contained in the amendments made by section 2801 of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 apply to and impact specialty crop growers, including national analysis and surveys to determine the extent of specialty crop acreage on highly erodible land and wetlands.''.…”