[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S2584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. Cochran, and Mr. Hutchinson):
  S. 568. A bill to amend the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, to 
respond to the severe economic losses being incurred by crop producers, 
livestock and poultry producers, and greenhouse operators as a result 
of the sharp increase in energy costs or input costs from energy 
sources; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of 
the bill be printed in the Record.
  There being no objection, the bill was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                                 S. 568

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

     SECTION 1. EMERGENCY RELIEF FROM HIGH ENERGY COSTS FOR CROP 
                   PRODUCERS, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCERS, AND 
                   GREENHOUSE OPERATORS.

       Section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
     Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
     2001 (114 Stat. 1549, 1549A-55), is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and 
     inserting ``paragraph (2) and subsection (c)(2)'';
       (2) in subsections (b)(2) and (d), by striking ``subsection 
     (c)(2)'' each place it appears and inserting ``subsection 
     (c)(1)(B)'';
       (3) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) as 
     subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (B) by striking ``Assistance'' and inserting the following:
       ``(1) Losses due to damaging weather and related 
     conditions.--Assistance''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Economic losses due to higher energy costs.--The 
     Secretary shall also provide assistance under this section to 
     crop producers, livestock and poultry producers, and 
     greenhouse operators for any severe increased operating costs 
     that the producers and operators have experienced, or are 
     likely to experience, during calendar year 2000 or 2001 as 
     the result of an increase in energy costs or input costs from 
     energy sources.''; and
       (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``Assistance'' and 
     inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (c)(2), 
     assistance''.
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