[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1743 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1743

 To provide temporary emergency livestock feed assistance for certain 
                   producers, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 13, 1996

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Domenici, 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 provide temporary emergency livestock feed assistance for certain 
                   producers, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Temporary Emergency Livestock Feed 
Assistance Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REINSTATEMENT OF LIVESTOCK FEED ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Section 171(b)(1)(L) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 
U.S.C. 7301(b)(1)(L)) is amended by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ``, except that title VI shall apply to livestock 
emergencies in 1996''.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE LIVESTOCK.

    Section 602 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471) is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Livestock.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The term `livestock' means 
                cattle, sheep, and goats that have been owned or leased 
                for at least 180 days.
                    ``(B) Minimum ownership or leasing requirement.--
                The minimum period of ownership or leasing required 
                under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to livestock if 
                the Secretary determines that--
                            ``(i) the livestock are--
                                    ``(I) offspring of eligible 
                                livestock;
                                    ``(II) inherited, purchased, or 
                                leased as part of a complete livestock 
                                operation;
                                    ``(III) purchased or leased as 
                                replacement breeding stock; or
                                    ``(IV) purchased or leased as part 
                                of a change in the type of livestock 
                                operation; or
                            ``(ii)(I) the feeding of livestock owned or 
                        leased for less than the minimum period is a 
                        normal practice of the owner or operator; and
                            ``(II) the livestock are not purchased or 
                        leased to obtain additional assistance under 
                        this title.''.

SEC. 4. CARRYING CAPACITY.

    Section 605(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471c(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``Each'' and inserting 
        ``Subject to paragraph (4), each''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Carrying capacity.--The amount of assistance provided 
        to a producer for grazing under this title may not exceed a 
        quantity sufficient to maintain livestock based on the normal 
        carrying capacity of the land of the producer, as determined by 
        the Secretary.''.

SEC. 5. FUNDING.

    Section 608 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471f) is 
amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 608. FUNDING.

    ``To provide assistance for livestock feed emergencies in 1996, the 
Secretary shall use no more than $18,000,000 to carry out this title 
that otherwise would have been made available to carry out the 
cottonseed oil and sunflowerseed oil export assistance programs 
established under section 301(b) of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 
(Public Law 100-387; 7 U.S.C. 1464 note).''.

SEC. 6. REPORT ON USE OF DISASTER RESERVE FOR LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a report to the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate on the feasibility 
and desirability of using commodities in the reserve established under 
section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a) to provide 
livestock assistance to producers who are eligible for assistance under 
title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).
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