SECTION 1. HAYING AND GRAZING.

    (a) Wheat.--Subparagraph (C) of section 107B(e)(4) of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-3a(e)(4)(C)) is amended to 
read as follows:
                    ``(C) Haying and grazing.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Haying and grazing of 
                        reduced acreage, acreage devoted to a 
                        conservation use under subsection (c)(1)(E), 
                        and acreage diverted from production under a 
                        land diversion program established under this 
                        section shall be permitted--
                                    ``(I) except during any consecutive 
                                5-month period that is established by 
                                the State committee established under 
                                section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
                                and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 
                                590h(b)) for a State; or
                                    ``(II) during the 5-month period 
                                referred to in subclause (I) by the 
                                Secretary for any producer who elects 
                                to pay a fee equal to--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of 
                                        grazing, the grazing fee in 
                                        effect as established by the 
                                        Bureau of Land Management; and
                                            ``(bb) in the case of 
                                        haying, a haying fee 
                                        established by the Bureau of 
                                        Land Management that is 
                                        comparable to the grazing fee.
                            ``(ii) 5-month period.--The State committee 
                        for a State shall, in consultation with 
                        wildlife agencies of the State, establish the 
                        5-month period referred to in clause (i) during 
                        the period beginning April 1, and ending 
                        October 31, of a year.
                            ``(iii) Alfalfa.--The Secretary may not 
                        exclude irrigated or irrigable acreage not 
                        planted to alfalfa when exercising the 
                        authority of the Secretary under this 
                        subparagraph.''.
    (b) Feed Grains.--Subparagraph (C) of section 105B(e)(4) of the 
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1444f(e)(4)(C)) is amended to read 
as follows:
                    ``(C) Haying and grazing.--
                            ``(i) In general.--Haying and grazing of 
                        reduced acreage, acreage devoted to a 
                        conservation use under subsection (c)(1)(E), 
                        and acreage diverted from production under a 
                        land diversion program established under this 
                        section shall be permitted--
                                    ``(I) except during any consecutive 
                                5-month period that is established by 
                                the State committee established under 
                                section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation 
                                and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 
                                590h(b)) for a State; or
                                    ``(II) during the 5-month period 
                                referred to in subclause (I) by the 
                                Secretary for any producer who elects 
                                to pay a fee equal to--
                                            ``(aa) in the case of 
                                        grazing, the grazing fee in 
                                        effect as established by the 
                                        Bureau of Land Management; and
                                            ``(bb) in the case of 
                                        haying, a haying fee 
                                        established by the Bureau of 
                                        Land Management that is 
                                        comparable to the grazing fee.
                            ``(ii) 5-month period.--The State committee 
                        for a State shall, in consultation with 
                        wildlife agencies of the State, establish the 
                        5-month period referred to in clause (i) during 
                        the period beginning April 1, and ending 
                        October 31, of a year.
                            ``(iii) Alfalfa.--The Secretary may not 
                        exclude irrigated or irrigable acreage not 
                        planted to alfalfa when exercising the 
                        authority of the Secretary under this 
                        subparagraph.''.
Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 to modify the authority for haying and grazing on wheat and feed grain reduced acreage, including a provision under which producers can elect to lease such acreage back for specified fees.
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