[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1210 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1210

   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to make prevented planting disaster payments for wheat, 
 feed grains, upland cotton, and rice under certain circumstances, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 1 (legislative day, June 30), 1993

Mr. Daschle (for himself, Mr. Durenberger, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Grassley, 
  Mr. Kohl, Mr. Pressler, and Mr. Wellstone) introduced the following 
      bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                  Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
  Agriculture to make prevented planting disaster payments for wheat, 
 feed grains, upland cotton, and rice under certain circumstances, and 
                          for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PREVENTED PLANTING DISASTER PAYMENTS.

    (a) Wheat.--Section 107B(c)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
U.S.C. 1445b-3a(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                subsections (c) and (f) of section 503,'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting wheat or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (b) Feed Grains.--Section 105B(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
1444f(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                subsections (c) and (f) of section 503,'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting feed grains or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (c) Upland Cotton.--Section 103B(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444-
2(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                subsections (c) and (f) of section 503,'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting upland cotton or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (d) Rice.--Section 101B(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1441-2(c)(2)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                subsections (c) and (f) of section 503,'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting rice or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (e) Crops.--The amendments made by this section shall be effective 
beginning with the 1993 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and 
rice.

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