[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2412 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2412

To require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow emergency haying under 
  the conservation reserve program during the primary nesting season 
                       under certain conditions.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 20, 2023

    Mr. Thune (for himself, Ms. Smith, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Cramer, Ms. 
  Klobuchar, and Mr. Hoeven) 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 require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow emergency haying under 
  the conservation reserve program during the primary nesting season 
                       under certain conditions.

    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 ``Conservation Reserve Program 
Flexibility Act of 2023'' or the ``CRP Flexibility Act of 2023''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY HAYING DURING THE PRIMARY NESTING SEASON.

    Section 1233(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3833(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ``subject to 
        subclauses (I) and (III) of clause (i), and subclauses (I) and 
        (II) of clause (ii), of subparagraph (B),'' before ``are 
        subject to''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
                    (A) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (VI) as 
                subclauses (II) through (VII), respectively;
                    (B) by inserting before subclause (II) (as so 
                redesignated) the following:
                                    ``(I) emergency haying in response 
                                to a localized or regional drought, 
                                flooding, wildfire, or other emergency, 
                                on all practices, during or outside the 
                                primary nesting season, when--
                                            ``(aa) the county is 
                                        designated as D2 (severe 
                                        drought) or greater according 
                                        to the United States Drought 
                                        Monitor;
                                            ``(bb) there is at least a 
                                        40 percent loss in forage 
                                        production in the county; or
                                            ``(cc) the Secretary, in 
                                        coordination with the State 
                                        technical committee, determines 
                                        that the program can assist in 
                                        the response to a natural 
                                        disaster event without 
                                        permanent damage to the 
                                        established cover;'';
                    (C) in subclause (II) (as so redesignated), in the 
                matter preceding item (aa), by striking ``emergency 
                haying, emergency grazing, or other emergency use'' and 
                inserting ``emergency grazing or other emergency use''; 
                and
                    (D) in subclause (IV) (as so redesignated), by 
                striking ``outside the primary nesting season'' and 
                inserting ``during or outside the primary nesting 
                season''.
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