PRODUCTION OF BLACK-EYED PEAS FOR DONATION.

SEC. 126. PRODUCTION OF BLACK-EYED PEAS FOR DONATION. (a) 50/92 Program for Cotton.— Section 103B(c)(l)(D) (7 U.S.C. 1444–2(c)(l)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: “(ix) Black-eyed peas for donation.— The Secretary may permit, under such terms and conditions as will ensure optimum producer participation, all or any part of the acreage required to be devoted to conservation uses as a condition for qualifying for payments under this subparagraph to be devoted to the production of black-eyed peas if— “(I) the producer agrees to donate the harvested peas from the acreage to a food bank, food pantry, or soup kitchen (as defined in paragraphs (3), (4), and (7) of section 110(b) of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 612c note)) that is approved by the Secretary; and “(II) the Secretary finds that such action will not result in the disruption of normal channels of trade.”. (b) Acreage Reduction Program.— Section 103B(e)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444–2(e)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: “(G) Black-eyed peas for donation.— The Secretary may permit, under such terms and conditions as will ensure optimum producer participation, producers on a farm to plant black-eyed peas on not more than one-half of the reduced acreage on the farm if— “(i) the producer agrees to donate the harvested peas from such acreage to a food bank, food pantry, or soup kitchen (as defined in paragraphs (3), (4), and (7) of section 110(b) of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988 (7105 STAT. 1846 U.S.C. 612c note)) that is approved by the Secretary; and “(ii) the Secretary finds that such action will not result in the disruption of normal channels of trade.”.