STUDY ON UPDATING YIELDS.

SEC. 10903. STUDY ON UPDATING YIELDS. (a) In General.—The Comptroller General shall conduct a study and make findings and recommendations with respect to determining how producer income would be affected by updating yield bases, including— (1) whether crop yields have increased over the past 20 crop years for program crops and oilseeds; (2) whether program payments would be disbursed differently under title I if yield bases were updated further; (3) what impact the target prices under title I would have on producer income if the yield bases of the target prices were further updated; and (4) what impact lower target prices with updated yield bases would have on producer income, as compared with the impact of target prices under title I. (b) Report.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 116 STAT. 537 a report on the study, findings, and recommendations required by subsection (a).