[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 610 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 610

   To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt the triple base 
 acreage of the producers on a farm from the highly erodible land and 
 wetland conservation requirements of such Act, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 18 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

   Mr. Kerrey (for himself, Mr. Exon, Mr. Grassley, and Mr. Daschle) 
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 Food Security Act of 1985 to exempt the triple base 
 acreage of the producers on a farm from the highly erodible land and 
 wetland conservation requirements of such Act, 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. EXEMPTION OF TRIPLE BASE ACREAGE FROM CERTAIN CONSERVATION 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Highly Erodible Land Conservation.--Section 1212 of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3812) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the producers on 
a farm--
            ``(1) may designate the specific acres on the farm that are 
        in a quantity equal to the crop acreage base for a crop on the 
        farm less the quantity of payment acres for the crop under 
        section 107B(c)(1)(C)(ii), 105B(c)(1)(C)(ii), 
        103B(c)(1)(C)(ii), or 101B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act 
        of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-3a(c)(1)(C)(ii), 1444f(c)(1)(C)(ii), 
        1444-2(c)(1)(C)(ii), or 1441-2(c)(1)(C)(ii)); and
            ``(2) shall be exempt from the requirements of this 
        subtitle with respect to the specific acres that are designated 
        under paragraph (1).''.
    (b) Wetland Conservation.--Section 1222 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 
3822) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(k) Production on Triple Base Acreage.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the producers on a farm--
            ``(1) may designate the specific acres on the farm that are 
        in a quantity equal to the crop acreage base for a crop on the 
        farm less the quantity of payment acres for the crop under 
        section 107B(c)(1)(C)(ii), 105B(c)(1)(C)(ii), 
        103B(c)(1)(C)(ii), or 101B(c)(1)(C)(ii) of the Agricultural Act 
        of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-3a(c)(1)(C)(ii), 1444f(c)(1)(C)(ii), 
        1444-2(c)(1)(C)(ii), or 1441-2(c)(1)(C)(ii)); and
            ``(2) shall be exempt from the requirements of this 
        subtitle with respect to the specific acres that are designated 
        under paragraph (1).''.
    (c) Crops.--The amendments made by this section shall be effective 
only for the 1993 through 1995 crops of a commodity.

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