[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2716 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2716

   To provide supplemental market loss payments for farm owners and 
                   producers for certain 1999 crops.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1999

Mr. Smith of Michigan (for himself, Mr. Phelps, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, 
Mr. Barcia, Mr. Boswell, and Mr. Thune) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to 
the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdication of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide supplemental market loss payments for farm owners and 
                   producers for certain 1999 crops.

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

SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FOR FARM OWNERS AND 
              PRODUCERS.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (e), the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall use not more than $5,500,000,000 for assistance to 
owners and producers on a farm who are eligible for final payments for 
fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract for the farm 
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) to 
partially compensate the owners and producers for the loss of markets 
for the 1999 crop of a commodity.
    (b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to owners and 
producers on a farm under this section shall be proportional to the 
amount of the contract payment received by the owners and producers for 
fiscal year 1999 under a production flexibility contract for the farm 
under the Agricultural Market Transition Act.
    (c) Time for Payment.--The assistance made available under this 
section for an eligible owner or producer shall be made as soon as 
practicable after the date of enactment of this Act.
    (d) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.--Subject to subsection 
(e), the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this section.
    (e) Emergency Requirement.--Notwithstanding the last sentence of 
section 252(e) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, amounts made available by this section are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 252(e) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, 
That such amounts shall be available only to the extent that an 
official budget request that includes designation of the entire amount 
of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, is transmitted by the 
President to Congress.
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