[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4394 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4394

   To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the conservation 
                            reserve program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 4, 1998

  Mr. Peterson of Minnesota introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To establish temporary enrollment priorities for the conservation 
                            reserve program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PRIORITY ENROLLMENT OF CERTAIN LANDS IN CONSERVATION RESERVE 
              PROGRAM.

    (a) Temporary Enrollment Priorities.--During the period specified 
in subsection (b), the Secretary of Agriculture shall give the highest 
priority to the enrollment of croplands in the conservation reserve 
program that--
            (1) are located in a county that has been declared either a 
        presidential or secretarial disaster area during three out of 
        the preceding five years; and
            (2) are located in an area repeatedly infected with 
        Fusarium graminearum or vomitoxin.
    (b) Determination of Infection History.--In determining whether an 
area meets the requirements of subsection (a)(2), the Secretary shall 
consider crop insurance records and grain elevator receipts.
    (c) Period of Priority.--The priority established in subsection (a) 
shall apply during the period--
            (1) beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act; and
            (2) ending on the final day of the first signup period for 
        the conservation reserve program commencing after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.
    (d) Conservation Reserve Program.--In this section, the term 
``conservation reserve program'' means the program established under 
subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et seq.).
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