[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2251 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2251

To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to increase 
                      the loan rate for safflower.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 29, 2004

 Mr. Baucus (for himself and Mr. Burns) 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 increase 
                      the loan rate for safflower.

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

SECTION 1. LOAN RATES FOR NONRECOURSE MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS.

    Section 1202(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 7932(b)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (10) through (17) as 
        paragraphs (11) through (18), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) In the case of safflower, $0.1210 per pound.''; and
            (3) in paragraph (11) (as redesignated by paragraph (1))--
                    (A) by inserting ``(except safflower)'' after 
                ``other oilseeds'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (D); and
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (I) 
                as subparagraphs (D) through (H), respectively.
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