7 U.S.C. § 8718 — Special rule for long grain and medium grain rice

(a) Calculation method — Subject to (b) and (c), to figure counter-cyclical payments for long grain and medium grain rice under section 8714, a farm's rice base acres are split between the two types using the 4-year average (2003–2006) of the percentage of the applicable state's acreage planted to each type, as the Secretary decides. (b) Producer election — Instead of (a)'s method, the Secretary must let producers choose to split their farm's rice base acres using the 4-year average of: (1) The percentage of the farm's own acreage planted to long grain and medium grain rice in 2003–2006; (2) The percentage of the farm's acreage the producers were prevented from planting to either type in 2003–2006 because of drought, flood, other natural disaster, or other conditions beyond their control, as the Secretary decides; and (3) For any 2003–2006 crop year in which a producer chose not to plant long or medium grain rice, the percentage of the applicable state's acreage planted to each type, as the Secretary decides. (c) Limitation — The Secretary must use the same total base acres, payment acres, and payment yields for rice that were set under sections 7911 and 7912, as they stood on September 30, 2007, subject to any adjustment under section 8711.