[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4434]
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  SA 3148. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide 
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of 
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       In section 1104(6), strike the closing quotation marks and 
     the following period and insert the following:
       ``(i) Administrative Units.--
       ``(1) In general.--For purposes of agriculture risk 
     coverage payments in the case of county coverage, a county 
     may be divided into not greater than 2 administrative units 
     in accordance with this subsection.
       ``(2) Eligible counties.--A county that may be divided into 
     administrative units under this subsection is a county that--
       ``(A) is larger than 1,400 square miles;
       ``(B) in contained within a State that is larger than 
     140,000 square miles; and
       ``(C) contains more than 190,000 base acres.
       ``(3) Elections.--Before making any agriculture risk 
     coverage payments for the 2019 crop year, the Farm Service 
     Agency State committee, in consultation with the Farm Service 
     Agency county or area committee of a county described in 
     paragraph (2), may make a 1-time election to divide the 
     county into administrative units under this subsection along 
     a boundary that better reflects differences in weather 
     patterns, soil types, or other factors.
       ``(4) Administration.--For purposes of providing 
     agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county 
     coverage, the Secretary shall consider an administrative unit 
     elected under paragraph (3) to be a county for the 2019 
     through 2023 crop years.''.
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