| To amend the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations
Act, 2001, to respond to the severe economic losses being incurred by...
(Introduced in the Senate)
S 568 IS
107th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 568
To amend 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 costs or input costs from energy
sources.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED
STATES
March 20, 2001
Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr.
COCHRAN, and Mr. HUTCHINSON) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Agricultural, Nutrition, and Forestry
A BILL
To amend 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 costs or input costs from energy
sources.
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 (114 Stat. 1549, 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)';
(A) by redesignating paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and
indenting appropriately;
(B) by striking `Assistance'
and inserting the following:
`(1) LOSSES DUE TO DAMAGING
WEATHER AND RELATED CONDITIONS- Assistance'; and
(C) by adding at the end
the following:
`(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 for any severe increased operating costs that the producers and
operators have experienced, or are likely to experience, during calendar
year 2000 or 2001 as the result of an increase in energy costs or input
costs from energy sources.'; and
(4) in subsection (e), by
striking `Assistance' and inserting `Except as provided in subsection (c)(2),
assistance'.
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