Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consider acreage not planted due to lack of irrigation water as eligible for prevented planting payments.

The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments. It specifies that the Secretary shall reduce the amount of any payments for such acreage over consecutive crop years. The bill also mandates revisions to regulations to include drought conditions at the source of an irrigation supply and requires consultation with Farm Service Agency county committees and State technical committees in determining natural disasters.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consider acreage not planted due to lack of irrigation water as eligible for prevented planting payments.

The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture to consider certain acreage not planted due to a lack of irrigation water to be eligible for prevented planting payments. It specifies that the Secretary shall reduce the amount of any payments for such acreage over consecutive crop years. The bill also mandates revisions to regulations to include drought conditions at the source of an irrigation supply and requires consultation with Farm Service Agency county committees and State technical committees in determining natural disasters.