[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 38 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                               AMENDMENTS

  Under clause 6 of rule XXIII, proposed amendments were submitted as 
follows:

                               H.R. 3579

                  Offered By: Mr. Fazio of California

       Amendment No. 1: At the end of chapter 1 of title I 
     (relating to Department of Agriculture), insert the 
     following:

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

       Sec. 101. Notwithstanding the area loss requirements of 
     section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
     Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) and the regulations promulgated 
     under such section, agricultural producers in areas declared 
     a disaster pursuant to a Presidential declaration that 
     suffered an agricultural loss due to a natural disaster that 
     occurred between January 1, 1998, and the date of the 
     enactment of this section, shall be eligible for Noninsured 
     Crop Assistance Program payments calculated pursuant to such 
     section 196.