[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 22, 2013)]
[Senate]
[Pages S180-S183]
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                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1. Mr. BAUCUS (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 152, making 
supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2013, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       On page 33, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:

     SEC. 1012. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible producer on a farm.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``eligible producer on a farm'' 
     means an individual or entity described in subparagraph (B) 
     that, as

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     determined by the Secretary, assumes the production and 
     market risks associated with the agricultural production of 
     crops or livestock.
       (B) Description.--An individual or entity referred to in 
     subparagraph (A) is--
       (i) a citizen of the United States;
       (ii) a resident alien;
       (iii) a partnership of citizens of the United States; or
       (iv) a corporation, limited liability corporation, or other 
     farm organizational structure organized under State law.
       (2) Farm.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``farm'' means, in relation to an 
     eligible producer on a farm, the total of all crop acreage in 
     all counties that is planted or intended to be planted for 
     harvest, for sale, or on-farm livestock feeding (including 
     native grassland intended for haying) by the eligible 
     producer.
       (B) Aquaculture.--In the case of aquaculture, the term 
     ``farm'' means, in relation to an eligible producer on a 
     farm, all fish being produced in all counties that are 
     intended to be harvested for sale by the eligible producer.
       (C) Honey.--In the case of honey, the term ``farm'' means, 
     in relation to an eligible producer on a farm, all bees and 
     beehives in all counties that are intended to be harvested 
     for a honey crop for sale by the eligible producer.
       (3) Farm-raised fish.--The term ``farm-raised fish'' means 
     any aquatic species that is propagated and reared in a 
     controlled environment.
       (4) Livestock.--The term ``livestock'' includes--
       (A) cattle (including dairy cattle);
       (B) bison;
       (C) poultry;
       (D) sheep;
       (E) swine;
       (F) horses; and
       (G) other livestock, as determined by the Secretary.
       (b) Livestock Indemnity Payments.--
       (1) Payments.--For each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the 
     Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make livestock 
     indemnity payments to eligible producers on farms that have 
     incurred livestock death losses in excess of the normal 
     mortality, as determined by the Secretary, due to--
       (A) attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the 
     Federal Government or protected by Federal law, including 
     wolves; or
       (B) adverse weather, as determined by the Secretary, during 
     the calendar year, including losses due to hurricanes, 
     floods, blizzards, disease, wildfires, extreme heat, and 
     extreme cold.
       (2) Payment rates.--Indemnity payments to an eligible 
     producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a 
     rate of 65 percent of the market value of the applicable 
     livestock on the day before the date of death of the 
     livestock, as determined by the Secretary.
       (3) Special rule for payments made due to disease.--The 
     Secretary shall ensure that payments made to an eligible 
     producer under paragraph (1) are not made for the same 
     livestock losses for which compensation is provided pursuant 
     to section 10407(d) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
     U.S.C. 8306(d)).
       (c) Livestock Forage Disaster Program.--
       (1) Establishment.--There is established a livestock forage 
     disaster program to provide 1 source for livestock forage 
     disaster assistance for weather-related forage losses, as 
     determined by the Secretary, by combining--
       (A) the livestock forage assistance functions of--
       (i) the noninsured crop disaster assistance program 
     established by section 196 of the Federal Agriculture 
     Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and
       (ii) the emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, 
     and farm-raised fish program under section 531(e) of the 
     Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(e)) (as in 
     existence on the day before the date of enactment of this 
     Act); and
       (B) the livestock forage disaster program under section 
     531(d) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(d)) 
     (as in existence on the day before the date of enactment of 
     this Act).
       (2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Covered livestock.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     term ``covered livestock'' means livestock of an eligible 
     livestock producer that, during the 60 days prior to the 
     beginning date of an eligible forage loss, as determined by 
     the Secretary, the eligible livestock producer--

       (I) owned;
       (II) leased;
       (III) purchased;
       (IV) entered into a contract to purchase;
       (V) was a contract grower; or
       (VI) sold or otherwise disposed of due to an eligible 
     forage loss during--

       (aa) the current production year; or
       (bb) subject to paragraph (4)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2 
     production years immediately preceding the current production 
     year.
       (ii) Exclusion.--The term ``covered livestock'' does not 
     include livestock that were or would have been in a feedlot, 
     on the beginning date of the eligible forage loss, as a part 
     of the normal business operation of the eligible livestock 
     producer, as determined by the Secretary.
       (B) Drought monitor.--The term ``drought monitor'' means a 
     system for classifying drought severity according to a range 
     of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, as defined by the 
     Secretary.
       (C) Eligible forage loss.--The term ``eligible forage 
     loss'' means 1 or more forage losses that occur due to 
     weather-related conditions, including drought, flood, 
     blizzard, hail, excessive moisture, hurricane, and fire, 
     occurring during the normal grazing period, as determined by 
     the Secretary, if the forage--
       (i) is grown on land that is native or improved pastureland 
     with permanent vegetative cover; or
       (ii) is a crop planted specifically for the purpose of 
     providing grazing for covered livestock of an eligible 
     livestock producer.
       (D) Eligible livestock producer.--
       (i) In general.--The term ``eligible livestock producer'' 
     means an eligible producer on a farm that--

       (I) is an owner, cash or share lessee, or contract grower 
     of covered livestock that provides the pastureland or grazing 
     land, including cash-leased pastureland or grazing land, for 
     the covered livestock;
       (II) provides the pastureland or grazing land for covered 
     livestock, including cash-leased pastureland or grazing land 
     that is physically located in a county affected by an 
     eligible forage loss;
       (III) certifies the eligible forage loss; and
       (IV) meets all other eligibility requirements established 
     under this subsection.

       (ii) Exclusion.--The term ``eligible livestock producer'' 
     does not include an owner, cash or share lessee, or contract 
     grower of livestock that rents or leases pastureland or 
     grazing land owned by another person on a rate-of-gain basis.
       (E) Normal carrying capacity.--The term ``normal carrying 
     capacity'', with respect to each type of grazing land or 
     pastureland in a county, means the normal carrying capacity, 
     as determined under paragraph (4)(D)(i), that would be 
     expected from the grazing land or pastureland for livestock 
     during the normal grazing period, in the absence of an 
     eligible forage loss that diminishes the production of the 
     grazing land or pastureland.
       (F) Normal grazing period.--The term ``normal grazing 
     period'', with respect to a county, means the normal grazing 
     period during the calendar year for the county, as determined 
     under paragraph (4)(D)(i).
       (3) Program.--For each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, the 
     Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide compensation 
     under paragraphs (4) through (6), as determined by the 
     Secretary for eligible forage losses affecting covered 
     livestock of eligible livestock producers.
       (4) Assistance for eligible forage losses due to drought 
     conditions.--
       (A) Eligible forage losses.--
       (i) In general.--An eligible livestock producer of covered 
     livestock may receive assistance under this paragraph for 
     eligible forage losses that occur due to drought on land 
     that--

       (I) is native or improved pastureland with permanent 
     vegetative cover; or
       (II) is planted to a crop planted specifically for the 
     purpose of providing grazing for covered livestock.

       (ii) Exclusions.--An eligible livestock producer may not 
     receive assistance under this paragraph for eligible forage 
     losses that occur on land used for haying or grazing under 
     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.), unless the 
     land is grassland eligible for the grassland reserve program 
     established under subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle D of 
     title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n 
     et seq.).
       (B) Monthly payment rate.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), the 
     payment rate for assistance for 1 month under this paragraph 
     shall, in the case of drought, be equal to 60 percent of the 
     lesser of--

       (I) the monthly feed cost for all covered livestock owned 
     or leased by the eligible livestock producer, as determined 
     under subparagraph (C); or
       (II) the monthly feed cost calculated by using the normal 
     carrying capacity of the eligible grazing land of the 
     eligible livestock producer.

       (ii) Partial compensation.--In the case of an eligible 
     livestock producer that sold or otherwise disposed of covered 
     livestock due to drought conditions in 1 or both of the 2 
     production years immediately preceding the current production 
     year, as determined by the Secretary, the payment rate shall 
     be 80 percent of the payment rate otherwise calculated in 
     accordance with clause (i).
       (C) Monthly feed cost.--
       (i) In general.--The monthly feed cost shall equal the 
     product obtained by multiplying--

       (I) 30 days;
       (II) a payment quantity that is equal to the feed grain 
     equivalent, as determined under clause (ii); and
       (III) a payment rate that is equal to the corn price per 
     pound, as determined under clause (iii).

       (ii) Feed grain equivalent.--For purposes of clause 
     (i)(II), the feed grain equivalent shall equal--

       (I) in the case of an adult beef cow, 15.7 pounds of corn 
     per day; or
       (II) in the case of any other type of weight of livestock, 
     an amount determined by the

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     Secretary that represents the average number of pounds of 
     corn per day necessary to feed the livestock.

       (iii) Corn price per pound.--For purposes of clause 
     (i)(III), the corn price per pound shall equal the quotient 
     obtained by dividing--

       (I) the higher of--

       (aa) the national average corn price per bushel for the 12-
     month period immediately preceding March 1 of the year for 
     which the disaster assistance is calculated; or
       (bb) the national average corn price per bushel for the 24-
     month period immediately preceding that March 1; by

       (II) 56.

       (D) Normal grazing period and drought monitor intensity.--
       (i) FSA county committee determinations.--

       (I) In general.--The Secretary shall determine the normal 
     carrying capacity and normal grazing period for each type of 
     grazing land or pastureland in the county served by the 
     applicable Farm Service Agency committee.
       (II) Changes.--No change to the normal carrying capacity or 
     normal grazing period established for a county under 
     subclause (I) shall be made unless the change is requested by 
     the appropriate State and county Farm Service Agency 
     committees.

       (ii) Drought intensity.--

       (I) D2.--An eligible livestock producer that owns or leases 
     grazing land or pastureland that is physically located in a 
     county that is rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a 
     D2 (severe drought) intensity in any area of the county for 
     at least 8 consecutive weeks during the normal grazing period 
     for the county, as determined by the Secretary, shall be 
     eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph in an 
     amount equal to 1 monthly payment using the monthly payment 
     rate determined under subparagraph (B).
       (II) D3.--An eligible livestock producer that owns or 
     leases grazing land or pastureland that is physically located 
     in a county that is rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as 
     having at least a D3 (extreme drought) intensity in any area 
     of the county at any time during the normal grazing period 
     for the county, as determined by the Secretary, shall be 
     eligible to receive assistance under this paragraph--

       (aa) in an amount equal to 3 monthly payments using the 
     monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B);
       (bb) if the county is rated as having a D3 (extreme 
     drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 
     weeks during the normal grazing period for the county, or is 
     rated as having a D4 (exceptional drought) intensity in any 
     area of the county at any time during the normal grazing 
     period, in an amount equal to 4 monthly payments using the 
     monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B); or
       (cc) if the county is rated as having a D4 (exceptional 
     drought) intensity in any area of the county for at least 4 
     weeks during the normal grazing period, in an amount equal to 
     5 monthly payments using the monthly rate determined under 
     subparagraph (B).
       (iii) Annual payment based on drought conditions determined 
     by means other than the u.s. drought monitor.--

       (I) In general.--An eligible livestock producer that owns 
     grazing land or pastureland that is physically located in a 
     county that has experienced on average, over the preceding 
     calendar year, precipitation levels that are 50 percent or 
     more below normal levels, according to sufficient 
     documentation as determined by the Secretary, may be 
     eligible, subject to a determination by the Secretary, to 
     receive assistance under this paragraph in an amount equal to 
     not more than 1 monthly payment using the monthly payment 
     rate under subparagraph (B).
       (II) No duplicate payment.--A producer may not receive a 
     payment under both clause (ii) and this clause.

       (5) Assistance for losses due to fire on public managed 
     land.--
       (A) In general.--An eligible livestock producer may receive 
     assistance under this paragraph only if--
       (i) the eligible forage losses occur on rangeland that is 
     managed by a Federal agency; and
       (ii) the eligible livestock producer is prohibited by the 
     Federal agency from grazing the normal permitted livestock on 
     the managed rangeland due to a fire.
       (B) Payment rate.--The payment rate for assistance under 
     this paragraph shall be equal to 50 percent of the monthly 
     feed cost for the total number of livestock covered by the 
     Federal lease of the eligible livestock producer, as 
     determined under paragraph (4)(C).
       (C) Payment duration.--
       (i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), an eligible 
     livestock producer shall be eligible to receive assistance 
     under this paragraph for the period--

       (I) beginning on the date on which the Federal agency 
     excludes the eligible livestock producer from using the 
     managed rangeland for grazing; and
       (II) ending on the last day of the Federal lease of the 
     eligible livestock producer.

       (ii) Limitation.--An eligible livestock producer may only 
     receive assistance under this paragraph for losses that occur 
     on not more than 180 days per year.
       (6) Assistance for eligible forage losses due to other than 
     drought or fire.--
       (A) Eligible forage losses.--
       (i) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), an eligible 
     livestock producer of covered livestock may receive 
     assistance under this paragraph for eligible forage losses 
     that occur due to weather-related conditions other than 
     drought or fire on land that--

       (I) is native or improved pastureland with permanent 
     vegetative cover; or
       (II) is planted to a crop planted specifically for the 
     purpose of providing grazing for covered livestock.

       (ii) Exclusions.--An eligible livestock producer may not 
     receive assistance under this paragraph for eligible forage 
     losses that occur on land used for haying or grazing under 
     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.), unless the 
     land is grassland eligible for the grassland reserve program 
     established under subchapter D of chapter 2 of subtitle D of 
     title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3838n 
     et seq.).
       (B) Payments for eligible forage losses.--
       (i) In general.--The Secretary shall provide assistance 
     under this paragraph to an eligible livestock producer for 
     eligible forage losses that occur due to weather-related 
     conditions other than--

       (I) drought under paragraph (4); and
       (II) fire on public managed land under paragraph (5).

       (ii) Terms and conditions.--The Secretary shall establish 
     terms and conditions for assistance under this paragraph that 
     are consistent with the terms and conditions for assistance 
     under this subsection.
       (7) No duplicative payments.--An eligible livestock 
     producer may elect to receive assistance for eligible forage 
     losses under either paragraph (4), (5), or (6), if 
     applicable, but may not receive assistance under more than 1 
     of those paragraphs for the same loss, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (8) Determinations by secretary.--A determination made by 
     the Secretary under this subsection shall be final and 
     conclusive.
       (d) Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and 
     Farm-raised Fish.--
       (1) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, 
     the Secretary shall use not more than $5,000,000 of the funds 
     of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emergency 
     relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and 
     farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to 
     disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as 
     blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary, that 
     are not covered under subsection (b) or (c).
       (2) Use of funds.--Funds made available under this 
     subsection shall be used to reduce losses caused by feed or 
     water shortages, disease, or other factors as determined by 
     the Secretary.
       (3) Availability of funds.--Any funds made available under 
     this subsection shall remain available until expended.
       (e) Tree Assistance Program.--
       (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
       (A) Eligible orchardist.--The term ``eligible orchardist'' 
     means a person that produces annual crops from trees for 
     commercial purposes.
       (B) Natural disaster.--The term ``natural disaster'' means 
     plant disease, insect infestation, drought, fire, freeze, 
     flood, earthquake, lightning, or other occurrence, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       (C) Nursery tree grower.--The term ``nursery tree grower'' 
     means a person who produces nursery, ornamental, fruit, nut, 
     or Christmas trees for commercial sale, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (D) Tree.--The term ``tree'' includes a tree, bush, and 
     vine.
       (2) Eligibility.--
       (A) Loss.--Subject to subparagraph (B), for each of fiscal 
     years 2012 and 2013, the Secretary shall use such sums as are 
     necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to 
     provide assistance--
       (i) under paragraph (3) to eligible orchardists and nursery 
     tree growers that planted trees for commercial purposes but 
     lost the trees as a result of a natural disaster, as 
     determined by the Secretary; and
       (ii) under paragraph (3)(B) to eligible orchardists and 
     nursery tree growers that have a production history for 
     commercial purposes on planted or existing trees but lost the 
     trees as a result of a natural disaster, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (B) Limitation.--An eligible orchardist or nursery tree 
     grower shall qualify for assistance under subparagraph (A) 
     only if the tree mortality of the eligible orchardist or 
     nursery tree grower, as a result of damaging weather or 
     related condition, exceeds 15 percent (adjusted for normal 
     mortality).
       (3) Assistance.--Subject to paragraph (4), the assistance 
     provided by the Secretary to eligible orchardists and nursery 
     tree growers for losses described in paragraph (2) shall 
     consist of--
       (A)(i) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of 
     replanting trees lost due to a natural disaster, as 
     determined by the Secretary, in excess of 15 percent 
     mortality (adjusted for normal mortality); or
       (ii) at the option of the Secretary, sufficient seedlings 
     to reestablish a stand; and
       (B) reimbursement of 50 percent of the cost of pruning, 
     removal, and other costs incurred by an eligible orchardist 
     or nursery tree grower to salvage existing trees or, in the 
     case of tree mortality, to prepare the land to replant trees 
     as a result of damage or tree

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     mortality due to a natural disaster, as determined by the 
     Secretary, in excess of 15 percent damage or mortality 
     (adjusted for normal tree damage and mortality).
       (4) Limitations on assistance.--
       (A) Definitions of legal entity and person.--In this 
     paragraph, the terms ``legal entity'' and ``person'' have the 
     meaning given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)).
       (B) Amount.--The total amount of payments received, 
     directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity 
     (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) under this 
     subsection may not exceed $100,000 for any crop year, or an 
     equivalent value in tree seedlings.
       (C) Acres.--The total quantity of acres planted to trees or 
     tree seedlings for which a person or legal entity shall be 
     entitled to receive payments under this subsection may not 
     exceed 500 acres.
       (f) Payments.--
       (1) Payment limitations.--
       (A) Definitions of legal entity and person.--In this 
     subsection, the terms ``legal entity'' and ``person'' have 
     the meanings given those terms in section 1001(a) of the Food 
     Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(a)).
       (B) Amount.--The total amount of disaster assistance 
     payments received, directly or indirectly, by a person or 
     legal entity (excluding a joint venture or general 
     partnership) under this section (excluding payments received 
     under subsection (e)) may not exceed $100,000 for any crop 
     year.
       (C) Direct attribution.--Subsections (d) and (e) of section 
     1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) or any 
     successor provisions relating to direct attribution shall 
     apply with respect to assistance provided under this section.
       (2) Payment delivery.--The Secretary shall make payments 
     under this section after October 1, 2013, for losses incurred 
     in the 2012 and 2013 fiscal years.

     SEC. 1013. FRUIT CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Eligible crop.--The term ``eligible crop'' means each 
     commercial crop of annual fruit that is grown on a bush or 
     tree--
       (A)(i) for which catastrophic risk protection under section 
     508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)) 
     was not available for the 2012 crop year; and
       (ii) that is produced for food or fiber; and
       (B) that is located in a county covered by a declaration by 
     the Secretary of a natural disaster for production losses 
     under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) due to freeze or frost in 
     2012.
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture, acting through the Administrator of the Farm 
     Service Agency and using the funds, facilities, and 
     authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation consistent 
     with this section.
       (b) Disaster Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--In the case of an eligible crop, the 
     Secretary shall provide disaster assistance under this 
     section and to the maximum extent practicable subject to the 
     availability of funds under subsection (c)(3).
       (2) Payment.--In the case of an eligible crop, the 
     Secretary shall provide disaster assistance under this 
     section in the form of a payment for losses suffered in 
     excess of 35 percent of the established yield for the 
     eligible crop, as determined by the Secretary, compensated at 
     a rate of 100 percent of the average market price for the 
     eligible crop, as determined by the Secretary.
       (c) Administration.--
       (1) Payment limitations.--
       (A) Definitions.--In this subsection, the terms ``legal 
     entity'' and ``person'' have the meanings given those terms 
     in section 1001(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 
     1308(a)).
       (B) Payment limitation.--The total amount of payments 
     received, directly or indirectly, by a person or legal entity 
     (excluding a joint venture or general partnership) for any 
     crop year under this section may not exceed $100,000.
       (C) Limitation on multiple benefits for same loss.--
       (i) In general.--Except as provided in clause (ii), if a 
     producer who is eligible to receive benefits under this 
     section is also eligible to receive assistance for the same 
     loss under any other program administered by the Secretary, 
     the producer shall not receive benefits in excess of 100 
     percent of the loss, as determined by the Secretary.
       (ii) Exception.--Clause (i) shall not apply to emergency 
     loans under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
     Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.).
       (2) Regulations.--
       (A) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
     paragraph, not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such 
     regulations as are necessary to implement this section and 
     the amendments made by this section.
       (B) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and 
     administration of this section shall be made without regard 
     to--
       (i) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of 
     title 5, United States Code;
       (ii) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly 
     known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act''); and
       (iii) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
     Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), 
     relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public 
     participation in rulemaking.
       (C) Congressional review of agency rulemaking.--In carrying 
     out this paragraph, the Secretary shall use the authority 
     provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
       (3) Mandatory funding.--Of the funds of the Commodity 
     Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use to carry out this 
     section $125,000,000, to remain available until expended.
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  SA 2. Mr. REID (for Mr. Udall of Colorado (for himself and Mr. 
Bennet)) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. Reid of 
NV to the bill H.R. 152, making supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table.

       On page 32, line 17, strike ``and'' and insert ``or''.

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