[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3094 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3094

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to clarify 
the rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency 
  payments for other oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 10, 2002

Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Craig, 
 Mr. Burns, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Allard, Mr. Brownback, and Mr. Campbell) 
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 amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to clarify 
the rates applicable to marketing assistance loans and loan deficiency 
  payments for other oilseeds, dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas.

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

SECTION 1. MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS AND LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS FOR 
              OTHER OILSEEDS, DRY PEAS, LENTILS, AND SMALL CHICKPEAS.

    (a) Definition of Other Oilseed.--Section 1001(9) of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901(9)) is amended 
by inserting ``crambe, sesame seed,'' after ``mustard seed,''.
    (b) Loan Rates for Nonrecourse Marketing Assistance Loans.--Section 
1202 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
7932) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking paragraph (10) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0960 per pound for 
        each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                    ``(A) Sunflower seed.
                    ``(B) Rapeseed.
                    ``(C) Canola.
                    ``(D) Safflower.
                    ``(E) Flaxseed.
                    ``(F) Mustard seed.
                    ``(G) Crambe.
                    ``(H) Sesame seed.
                    ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the 
                Secretary.'';
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (10) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(10) In the case of other oilseeds, $.0930 per pound for 
        each of the following kinds of oilseeds:
                    ``(A) Sunflower seed.
                    ``(B) Rapeseed.
                    ``(C) Canola.
                    ``(D) Safflower.
                    ``(E) Flaxseed.
                    ``(F) Mustard seed.
                    ``(G) Crambe.
                    ``(H) Sesame seed.
                    ``(I) Other oilseeds designated by the 
                Secretary.'';
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Single County Loan Rate for Other Oilseeds.--The Secretary 
shall establish a single loan rate in each county for each kind of 
other oilseeds described in subsections (a)(10) and (b)(10).
    ``(d) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small Chickpeas.--
The loan rate for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas shall be based 
on--
            ``(1) in the case of dry peas, United States feed peas;
            ``(2) in the case of lentils, United States number 3 
        lentils; and
            ``(3) in the case of small chickpeas, United States number 
        3 small chickpeas that drop below a 20/64 screen.''.
    (c) Repayment of Loans.--Section 1204 of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7934) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``and extra long staple 
        cotton'' and inserting ``extra long staple cotton, and 
        confectionery and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than 
        oil sunflower seed)'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (h); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Repayment Rates for Confectionery and Other Kinds of 
Sunflower Seeds.--The Secretary shall permit the producers on a farm to 
repay a marketing assistance loan under section 1201 for confectionery 
and each other kind of sunflower seed (other than oil sunflower seed) 
at a rate that is the lesser of--
            ``(1) the loan rate established for the commodity under 
        section 1202, plus interest (determined in accordance with 
        section 163 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
        Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7283)); or
            ``(2) the repayment rate established for oil sunflower 
        seed.
    ``(g) Quality Grades for Dry Peas, Lentils, and Small Chickpeas.--
The loan repayment rate for dry peas, lentils, and small chickpeas 
shall be based on the quality grades for the applicable commodity 
specified in section 1202(d).''.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section take effect as if included in the provisions of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-171) to which 
this section and the amendments relate.
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