[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 63 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. CON. RES. 63

  To express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture 
  should dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve 
 maintained under the Agricultural Act of 1970 to relieve the distress 
of livestock producers whose ability to maintain livestock is adversely 
affected by the prolonged drought conditions existing in certain areas 
             of the United States, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 24, 1996

Mrs. Kassebaum submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
   referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
  To express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture 
  should dispose of all remaining commodities in the disaster reserve 
 maintained under the Agricultural Act of 1970 to relieve the distress 
of livestock producers whose ability to maintain livestock is adversely 
affected by the prolonged drought conditions existing in certain areas 
             of the United States, and for other purposes.

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 

SECTION 1. USE OF DISASTER RESERVE FOR ASSISTANCE TO LIVESTOCK 
              PRODUCERS.

    In light of the prolonged drought conditions existing in certain 
areas of the United States, the Secretary of Agriculture should 
promptly dispose of all commodities in the disaster reserve maintained 
under section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a) to 
relieve the distress of livestock producers whose ability to maintain 
livestock is adversely affected by the prolonged drought.
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