[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1018 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1018

         To provide market loss assistance for apple producers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 12, 2001

   Mr. Levin (for himself, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schumer, Ms. 
 Stabenow, and Ms. Cantwell) introduced the following bill; which was 
read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
                                Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
         To provide market loss assistance for apple producers.

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

SECTION 1. MARKET LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR APPLE PRODUCERS.

    (a) Assistance Available.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $250,000,000, to make payments, 
as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, to 
apple producers to provide relief for the loss of markets during the 
2000 crop year.
    (b) Payment Quantity.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the payment 
        quantity of apples for which the producers on a farm are 
        eligible for payments under this section shall be equal to the 
        quantity of the 2000 crop of apples produced by the producers 
        on the farm.
            (2) Maximum quantity.--The payment quantity of apples for 
        which the producers on a farm are eligible for payments under 
        this section shall not exceed 20,000,000 pounds of apples 
        produced on the farm.
    (c) Limitations.--Subject to subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall 
not establish a payment limitation, or gross income eligibility 
limitation, with respect to payments made under this section.
    (d) Applicability.--This section applies only with respect to the 
2000 crops of apples and producers of that crop.
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