[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. Res. 259 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 259

 To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture 
 should use the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the 
    Agricultural Act of 1970 to alleviate distress to all livestock 
 producers who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or 
   other natural disasters in 1996 in the most cost efficient manner 
 practicable, including cash payments from the sale of commodities in 
    the disaster reserve, and should provide voluntary conservation 
 assistance to persons who hay or graze on conservation reserve lands, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 1996

 Mr. Bingaman (for himself, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Domenici, Mr. Daschle, and 
Mr. Pressler) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 
                             and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 To express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture 
 should use the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the 
    Agricultural Act of 1970 to alleviate distress to all livestock 
 producers who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or 
   other natural disasters in 1996 in the most cost efficient manner 
 practicable, including cash payments from the sale of commodities in 
    the disaster reserve, and should provide voluntary conservation 
 assistance to persons who hay or graze on conservation reserve lands, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Resolved, 

SECTION 1. USE OF DISASTER RESERVE FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture 
should use the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a) to alleviate distress to 
livestock producers caused by drought, flood, or other natural 
disasters in 1996, in the most efficient manner practicable, including 
cash payments from the sale of commodities currently in the disaster 
reserve. A livestock producer should be eligible to receive the 
assistance during the period beginning May 1, 1996, and ending not 
sooner than August 31, 1996.

SEC. 2. VOLUNTARY CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of Agriculture 
should use the authorities provided in the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-127) to provide 
voluntary conservation assistance to any person who is permitted to hay 
or graze conservation reserve land on an emergency basis.
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