[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2050 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2050

 To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide to producers partial 
 payments under the livestock indemnity program for livestock sold for 
                                salvage.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            November 1, 2017

   Mr. Moran 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 Agricultural Act of 2014 to provide to producers partial 
 payments under the livestock indemnity program for livestock sold for 
                                salvage.

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

SECTION 1. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS FOR LIVESTOCK SOLD FOR SALVAGE.

    Section 1501(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(b)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph 
        (A), by inserting ``sold livestock for a reduced sale price in 
        excess of the normal mortality, or both,'' after 
        ``mortality,'';
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``on the day before the 
        date of death of the livestock, as determined by the 
        Secretary.'' and inserting the following: ``, as determined by 
        the Secretary on, as applicable--
                    ``(A) the day before the date of death of the 
                livestock; or
                    ``(B) the day before the date of sale of the 
                livestock.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(4) Payment reductions.--A payment made under paragraph 
        (1) to an eligible producer on a farm that sold livestock for a 
        reduced sale price in excess of the normal mortality shall be 
        reduced by the amount that the producer received for the 
        sale.''.
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