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139 STAT. 88 PUBLIC LAW 119–21—JULY 4, 2025 ‘‘(C) TOTAL NUMBER OF BASE ACRES FOR COVERED COMMODITIES.—The amount described in this subpara- graph, with respect to a farm, is the total number of base acres for covered commodities on the farm (excluding unassigned crop base), as in effect on September 30, 2024. ‘‘(D) EFFECT OF NO RECENT PLANTINGS OF COVERED COMMODITIES.—In the case of a farm for which the amount determined under clause (i) of subparagraph (B) is equal to zero, that farm shall be ineligible to receive an allocation of base acres under this subsection. ‘‘(E) ACREAGE PLANTED ON THE FARM TO ELIGIBLE NON- COVERED COMMODITIES DEFINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘acreage planted on the farm to eligible noncovered commodities’ means acreage planted on a farm to commod- ities other than covered commodities, trees, bushes, vines, grass, or pasture (including cropland that was idle or fal- low), as determined by the Secretary. ‘‘(4) NUMBER OF BASE ACRES.—Subject to paragraphs (3) and (8), the number of base acres allocated to an eligible farm shall— ‘‘(A) be equal to the difference obtained by subtracting the amount determined under subparagraph (C) of para- graph (3) from the amount determined under subparagraph (B) of that paragraph; and ‘‘(B) include unassigned crop base. ‘‘(5) ALLOCATION OF ACRES.— ‘‘(A) ALLOCATION.—The Secretary shall allocate the number of base acres under paragraph (4) among those covered commodities planted on the farm at any time during the 2019 through 2023 crop years. ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION FORMULA.—The allocation of addi- tional base acres for covered commodities shall be in propor- tion to the ratio of— ‘‘(i) the 5-year average of— ‘‘(I) the acreage planted on the farm to each covered commodity for harvest, grazing, haying, silage, or other similar purposes for the 2019 through 2023 crop years; and ‘‘(II) any acreage on the farm that the pro- ducers were prevented from planting during the 2019 through 2023 crop years to that covered com- modity because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or other condition beyond the control of the producers, as determined by the Secretary; to ‘‘(ii) the 5-year average determined under para- graph (3)(B)(i). ‘‘(C) INCLUSION OF ALL 5 YEARS IN AVERAGE.—For the purpose of determining a 5-year acreage average under subparagraph (B) for a farm, the Secretary shall not exclude any crop year in which a covered commodity was not planted. ‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE PLANTING OR PREVENTED PLANTING.—For the purpose of determining under subpara- graph (B) the acreage on a farm that producers planted or were prevented from planting during the 2019 through 2023 crop years to covered commodities, if the acreage Time periods. Determinations. Effective date.