---
kind: "section"
citation: "7 U.S.C. § 7313"
title: "7"
title_heading: "Agriculture"
number: "7313"
heading: "Comprehensive review of past and future of production agriculture"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/7/7313"
units:
  - "Chapter 100 — Agricultural Market Transition"
  - "Subchapter VII — Commission on 21"
---

# §7313. Comprehensive review of past and future of production agriculture

- (a) **Initial review—** The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive review of changes in the condition of production agriculture in the [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15) since April 4, 1996, and the extent to which the changes are the result of this chapter and the amendments made by this chapter. The review shall include the following:
  - (1) An assessment of the initial success of [production flexibility contracts](/usc/7/7202.md?p=3) in supporting the economic viability of farming in the [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15).
  - (2) An assessment of economic risks to farms delineated by size of farm operation (such as small, medium, or large farms) and region of production.
  - (3) An assessment of the food [security](/usc/7/24.md?p=b) situation in the [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15) in the areas of trade, consumer prices, international competitiveness of [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15) production agriculture, food supplies, and humanitarian relief.
  - (4) An assessment of the changes in farmland values and agricultural [producer](/usc/7/7202.md?p=12) incomes since April 4, 1996.
  - (5) An assessment of the extent to which regulatory relief for agricultural [producers](/usc/7/7202.md?p=12) has been enacted and implemented, including the application of cost/benefit principles in the issuance of agricultural regulations.
  - (6) An assessment of the extent to which tax relief for agricultural [producers](/usc/7/7202.md?p=12) has been enacted in the form of capital gains tax reductions, estate tax exemptions, and mechanisms to average tax loads over high- and low-income years.
  - (7) An assessment of the effect of any Federal Government interference in agricultural export [markets](/usc/7/198.md?p=1), such as the imposition of trade embargoes, and the degree of implementation and success of international trade agreements and [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15) export programs.
  - (8) An assessment of the likely effect of the sale, lease, or transfer of farm poundage quota for peanuts across [State](/usc/7/7202.md?p=14) lines.
- (b) **Subsequent review—** The Commission shall conduct a comprehensive review of the future of production agriculture in the [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15) and the appropriate role of the Federal Government in support of production agriculture. The review shall include the following:
  - (1) An assessment of changes in the condition of production agriculture in the [United States](/usc/7/7202.md?p=15) since the initial review conducted under [subsection (a)](#a).
  - (2) Identification of the appropriate future relationship of the Federal Government with production agriculture after 2002.
  - (3) An assessment of the personnel and infrastructure requirements of the [Department](/usc/7/7202.md?p=7) of Agriculture necessary to support the future relationship of the Federal Government with production agriculture.
  - (4) An assessment of economic risks to farms delineated by size of farm operation (such as small, medium, or large farms) and region of production.
- (c) **Recommendations—** In carrying out the subsequent review under [subsection (b)](#b), the Commission shall develop specific recommendations for legislation to achieve the appropriate future relationship of the Federal Government with production agriculture identified under [subsection (a)(2)](#a-2).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–127, title I, § 183, Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 939.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

For definition of “this chapter”, referred to in subsec. (a), see note set out under section 7201 of this title.