| To provide market loss
assistance for apple producers. (Introduced in the Senate)
S 1018 IS
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1018
To provide market
loss assistance for apple producers.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES
June 12, 2001
Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms.
SNOWE, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. SCHUMER, Ms. STABENOW, and Ms. CANTWELL) introduced
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To provide market
loss assistance for 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 the funds, facilities, and authorities
of the Commodity Credit Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $250,000,000,
to make payments, as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment
of this Act, to apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets
during the 2000 crop year.
(1) IN GENERAL- Subject
to paragraph (2), the payment quantity of apples for which the producers
on a farm are eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to
the quantity of the 2000 crop of apples produced by the producers on the
farm.
(2) MAXIMUM QUANTITY- The
payment quantity of apples for which the producers on a farm are eligible
for payments under this section shall not exceed 20,000,000 pounds of apples
produced on the farm.
(c) LIMITATIONS- Subject
to subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall not establish a payment limitation,
or gross income eligibility limitation, with respect to payments made under
this section.
(d) APPLICABILITY- This
section applies only with respect to the 2000 crops of apples and producers
of that crop.
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