| To amend the emergency
crop loss assistance provisions of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001, to respond... (Introduced in the House)
HR 396 IH
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 396
To amend the emergency
crop loss assistance provisions of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001, to respond to the severe economic losses being incurred by crop producers,
livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of
the sharp increase in energy prices.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2001
Mr. PICKERING introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the emergency
crop loss assistance provisions of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
2001, to respond to the severe economic losses being incurred by crop producers,
livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result of
the sharp increase in energy prices.
Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EMERGENCY RELIEF
FROM HIGH ENERGY COSTS FOR CROP PRODUCERS, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCERS,
AND GREENHOUSE OPERATORS.
Section 815 of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-55), is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1),
by striking `paragraph (2)' and inserting `paragraph (2) and subsection
(c)(2)';
(2) in subsections (b)(2)
and (d), by striking `subsection (c)(2)' each place it appears and inserting
`subsection (c)(1)(B)'; and
(A) by redesignating paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and
moving the margins of such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right;
(B) by striking `Assistance'
and inserting the following:
`(1) LOSSES DUE TO DAMAGING
WEATHER AND RELATED CONDITIONS- '; and
(C) by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
`(2) ECONOMIC LOSSES DUE
TO HIGHER ENERGY COSTS- The Secretary shall also provide assistance under
this section to crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse
operators that have incurred higher operating costs during 2000 or 2001,
and consequently severe economic losses, as a result of increases in energy
prices.'.
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