[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. Res. 260 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 260

To express the sense of the Senate that livestock producers who are not 
eligible for emergency livestock feed assistance in the 1996 crop year, 
 and who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or other 
  natural disasters in 1996, should receive special consideration for 
   assistance from commodities or the sale of commodities currently 
available in the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the 
           Agricultural Act of 1970, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 1996

Mr. Domenici (for himself, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Gramm, Mrs. Hutchison, 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 livestock producers who are not 
eligible for emergency livestock feed assistance in the 1996 crop year, 
 and who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or other 
  natural disasters in 1996, should receive special consideration for 
   assistance from commodities or the sale of commodities currently 
available in the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the 
           Agricultural Act of 1970, and for other purposes.

    Resolved,

SECTION 1. SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    It is the sense of the Senate that livestock producers who do not 
qualify for emergency livestock feed assistance for the 1996 crop year, 
but have incurred feed losses in 1996 due to drought, flooding, or 
other natural disasters, should receive special consideration for 
assistance from commodities or the sale of commodities currently 
available in the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the 
Agricultural Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a). 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.
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