To nullify any reservation of funds during fiscal year 1999 for guaranteed
loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for qualified
beginning farmers or ranchers, and... (Enrolled Bill (Sent to President))
--H.R.882--
H.R.882
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To nullify any reservation of funds during fiscal year 1999 for guaranteed
loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for qualified
beginning farmers or ranchers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. NULLIFICATION OF RESERVATION OF FUNDS DURING FISCAL YEAR 1999
FOR GUARANTEED LOANS UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ACT FOR QUALIFIED BEGINNING FARMERS OR RANCHERS.
Amounts shall be made available pursuant to section 346(b)(1)(D) of
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act for guaranteed loans, without
regard to any reservation under section 346(b)(2)(B) of such Act.
SEC. 2. QUALIFIED BEGINNING FARMERS AND RANCHERS TO BE GIVEN PRIORITY IN
MAKING GUARANTEED LOANS UNDER THE CONSOLIDATED FARM AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ACT FROM SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.
In making guaranteed loans under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act from funds made available pursuant to any Act making supplemental appropriations
for fiscal year 1999, the Secretary of Agriculture shall, to the extent
practicable, give priority to making such loans to qualified beginning
farmers and ranchers (as defined in section 343(a)(11) of such Act).
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.