[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3435 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3435

 To allow certain participants in the conservation reserve program to 
   participate in the critical feed use program of the Secretary of 
                              Agriculture.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 1, 2008

   Mr. Dorgan (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Conrad) 
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 allow certain participants in the conservation reserve program to 
   participate in the critical feed use program of the Secretary of 
                              Agriculture.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Critical Feed Use Fairness Act of 
2008''.

SEC. 2. CRITICAL FEED USE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN CONSERVATION RESERVE 
              PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Conservation reserve program.--The term ``conservation 
        reserve program'' means the conservation reserve program 
        established under subchapter B of chapter 1 of subtitle D of 
        title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3831 et 
        seq.).
            (2) Critical feed use program.--The term ``critical feed 
        use program'' means the program described in the notice 
        entitled ``Notice of Voluntary Modification of Conservation 
        Reserve Program Contract'' (73 Fed. Reg. 31053), dated May 30, 
        2008.
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    (b) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if an 
owner or operator of land enrolled in the conservation reserve program 
submits to the Secretary an affidavit stating that the owner or 
operator attempted or intended to enroll in the critical feed use 
program prior to July 8, 2008, the Secretary shall modify the 
conservation reserve program contract of the owner or operator to allow 
critical feed use (including haying or grazing) of the enrolled land in 
accordance with the terms and conditions of the critical feed use 
program.
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