HR 396 IH

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.

February 6, 2001

Mr. PICKERING introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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

(3) in subsection (c)--

(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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