[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3101 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3101

   To respond to drought conditions in various States by authorizing 
   farmers and ranchers in drought areas to use certain conservation 
   reserve lands for haying and grazing during the remainder of 1999.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 19, 1999

 Mr. Bryant (for himself, Mr. Tanner, and Mr. Hilleary) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
   To respond to drought conditions in various States by authorizing 
   farmers and ranchers in drought areas to use certain conservation 
   reserve lands for haying and grazing during the remainder of 1999.

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

SECTION 1. 1999 EMERGENCY HAYING AND GRAZING ON CERTAIN CONSERVATION 
              RESERVE PROGRAM ACREAGE.

    (a) Haying and Grazing Authorized.--Notwithstanding section 
1232(a)(7) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3832(a)(7)), the 
owner or operator of a farm or ranch covered by a contract under 
subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of title XII of such Act (16 
U.S.C. 3831 et seq.) may hay and graze, without loss of payments due 
under the contract, land that--
            (1) is part of that farm or ranch;
            (2) is enrolled in the conservation reserve established 
        under such Act;
            (3) is designated as conservation practice 1 land; and
            (4) is located in a designated drought disaster area.
    (b) Designated Drought Disaster Areas.--In this section, the term 
``designated drought disaster area'' means an area that, at any time 
during 1999--
            (1) was covered by a Presidential declaration of major 
        disaster issued in response to drought conditions under section 
        401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
        Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); or
            (2) determined to be a disaster area by the Secretary under 
        subpart A of part 1945 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 
        as a result of drought conditions.
    (c) Effective Period.--Subsection (a) shall be effective during the 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
December 31, 1999.
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