[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3794 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3794

  To defer temporarily the deadline for compliance with conservation 
 plans for certain highly erodible cropland due to damage to such land 
            caused by damaging weather or related condition.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1994

Mr. Roberts (for himself, Mr. Emerson, Mr. Dooley, Mr. Smith of Oregon, 
Mr. Gunderson, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. 
 Ewing, Mr. Camp, and Mr. Oxley) introduced the following bill; which 
              was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
  To defer temporarily the deadline for compliance with conservation 
 plans for certain highly erodible cropland due to damage to such land 
            caused by damaging weather or related condition.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY DEFERRAL OF THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH 
              CONSERVATION PLANS FOR CERTAIN HIGHLY ERODIBLE CROPLAND.

    (a) In General.--Section 1212(a)(2) of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812(a)(2)) is amended by--
            (1) inserting ``(A)'' after ``(2)''; and
            (2) adding at the end the following:
            ``(B) If a person demonstrates to the Secretary that 
        damaging weather or related condition has caused damage to 
        highly erodible land subject to a conservation plan of the type 
        described in subparagraph (A), and that such damage will 
        prevent the person from complying with the plan by January 1, 
        1995, the person shall have until January 1, 1996, to comply 
        with the plan without being subject to program ineligibility.
            ``(C) A person who has received crop loss assistance under 
        chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII of the Food, Agriculture, 
        Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note), as 
        extended by appropriations Acts, in 3 or more of the 1990 
        through 1994 calendar years shall have until January 1, 1996, 
        to comply with any conservation plan of the type described in 
        subparagraph (A) to which the land is subject without being 
        subject to program ineligibility.''.
    (b) Documentation Required For Temporary Variances From 
Conservation Plans For Highly Erodible Cropland.--Section 1214(f)(4) of 
such Act (6 U.S.C. 3814(f)(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
        and inserting ``, and''; and
            (2) by adding flush at the end the following:
                ``documents the reasons for making the determination or 
                granting the variance.''.
    (c) Definition.--Section 1201 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 
U.S.C. 3801) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph:
            ``(17) The term `damaging weather or related condition' 
        includes but is not limited to drought, hail, excessive 
        moisture, freeze, tornado, hurricane, earthquake, or excessive 
        wind, or any combination thereof.''.

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