S 124 IS 

108th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 124

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to suspend the requirement that rental payments under the conservation reserve program be reduced by reason of harvesting or grazing conducted in response to a drought or other emergency.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

January 9, 2003

Mr. ROBERTS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 


A BILL

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to suspend the requirement that rental payments under the conservation reserve program be reduced by reason of harvesting or grazing conducted in response to a drought or other emergency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF RENTAL PAYMENT REDUCTION FOR HARVESTING OR GRAZING CONDUCTED IN RESPONSE TO DROUGHT OR OTHER EMERGENCY.

    Section 1232(a)(7)(A)(iii) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)(A)(iii)) is amended by inserting before the semicolon the following: `, except that this clause shall not apply during the 2002 calendar year'.
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