| HR 2128 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2128
To provide market
loss assistance to apple producers.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 12, 2001
Mr. HINCHEY (for himself, Mr.
HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. WALSH, Mr. REYNOLDS, and Mr. SWEENEY) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To provide market
loss assistance to apple producers.
Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE
FOR APPLE PRODUCERS.
(a) ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE-
The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $250,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make payments as soon as possible after the date
of the enactment of this Act to apple producers to provide relief for the
loss of markets for their 2000 crop.
(b) PAYMENT BASIS- The amount
of the payment to a producer under subsection (a) shall be made on a per
pound basis equal to each qualifying producer's 2000 production of apples,
except that the Secretary shall not make payments for that amount of a
particular farm's apple production that is in excess of 20,000,000 pounds.
(c) DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS-
A producer shall be ineligible for payments under this section with respect
to a market loss for apples to the extent of that amount that the producer
received as compensation or assistance for the same loss under any other
Federal program, other than under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.).
(d) OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS-
The Secretary shall not establish any terms or conditions for producer
eligibility, such as limits based upon gross income, other than those specified
in this section.
(e) APPLICABILITY- This
section applies only with respect to the 2000 crop of apples and producers
of that crop.
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