[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2772 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2772

To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide a variant of 
 loan deficiency payments to producers who are otherwise eligible for 
  such payments, but who elect to use acreage planted to the eligible 
                commodity for the grazing of livestock.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 5, 1999

Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                    to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to provide a variant of 
 loan deficiency payments to producers who are otherwise eligible for 
  such payments, but who elect to use acreage planted to the eligible 
                commodity for the grazing of livestock.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT IN LIEU OF A LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 135 of the Agricultural Market Transition 
Act (7 U.S.C. 7235) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(e) Payments in Lieu of Loan Deficiency Payments.--
            ``(1) Eligibility.--In the case of a producer who would be 
        eligible for a loan deficiency payment under this section for a 
        loan commodity, but who elects to use acreage planted to the 
        commodity for the grazing of livestock, the Secretary shall 
        make a payment to the producer under this subsection if the 
        producer enters into an agreement with the Secretary to forego 
        any other harvesting of the commodity on that acreage during 
        that crop year.
            ``(2) Calculation.--The payment under this section shall be 
        calculated by multiplying--
                    ``(A) the loan deficiency payment rate determined 
                under subsection (c) in effect, as of the date of the 
                agreement, in the county in which the acreage is 
                located; by
                    ``(B) the quantity of the loan commodity involved, 
                which shall be determined by multiplying--
                            ``(i) the total acreage on which the 
                        producer agrees to forego harvest; by
                            ``(ii) the higher of the producer's 
                        established yield for the commodity or the 
                        county average yield for the commodity, as 
                        determined by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Time for payment.--A payment under this subsection 
        shall be made as soon as practicable after the producer and the 
        Secretary enter into the agreement required by paragraph (1), 
        without regard to the stage of maturity of the loan commodity 
        involved.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Within 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall issue regulations to 
carry out the amendment made by subsection (a). The issuance of the 
regulations shall be made without regard to--
            (1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
        title 5, United States Code;
            (2) the statement of policy of the Secretary of Agriculture 
        effective July 24, 1971 (36 FR 13804), relating to notices of 
        proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking;
            (3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
        known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''); and
            (4) other provisions of law which would delay the 
        implementation of the amendment made by subsection (a) beyond 
        90 days.
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