; and (B) the payment that the agricultural producer would receive using the alternate calculation method. (d) (1) There is appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds of the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020, to carry out the pilot program described in this section. (2) Of the funds appropriated, the Secretary shall use not more than $5,000,000 to carry out the pilot program described in this section. (e) (1) To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall select States to participate in the pilot program under this section so the cost of the pilot program equals the amount provided under subsection (d). (2) To the extent that the cost of the pilot program exceeds the amount made available, the Secretary shall reduce all payments under the pilot program on a pro rata basis. (f) Nothing in this section affects the calculation of actual yield for purposes of county-level agriculture risk coverage payments under section 1117(b)(1) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9017(b)(1) ) other than payments made in accordance with the pilot program under this section. (g) A calculation of actual yield made using the alternate calculation method described in subsection (b) shall not be used as a basis for any agriculture risk coverage payment determinations under section 1117 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9017 ) other than for purposes of the pilot program under this section. 748. The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary’s designees are hereby granted the same access to information and subject to the same requirements applicable to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as provided in section 453 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 653 ) and section 6103(1)(7)(D)(ix) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ( 26 U.S.C. 1603(1)(7)(D)(ix) ) to verify the income for individuals participating in sections 502, 504, 521, and 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 ( 42 U.S.C. 1472 , 1474, 1490a, and 1490r), notwithstanding section 453(l)(1)