[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4438]
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  SA 3159. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
Wyden, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Blunt) 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 2414, add at the end the following:
       (d) Repair or Replacement of Fencing.--
       (1) In general.--Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act 
     of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201) is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``wildfires,'' after ``hurricanes,'';
       (B) by striking the section designation and all that 
     follows through ``The Secretary of Agriculture'' and 
     inserting the following:

     ``SEC. 401. PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred 
     to in this title as the `Secretary')''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(b) Repair or Replacement of Fencing.--
       ``(1) In general.--With respect to a payment to an 
     agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or 
     replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the 
     agricultural producer the option of receiving not more than 
     25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based 
     on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the 
     cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural 
     producer carries out the repair or replacement.
       ``(2) Return of funds.--If the funds provided under 
     paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 60-day 
     period beginning on the date on which the agricultural 
     producer receives those funds, the funds shall be returned 
     within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the 
     Secretary.''.
       (2) Conforming amendments.--
       (A) Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205) are 
     amended by striking ``Secretary of Agriculture'' each place 
     it appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
       (B) Section 407(a) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 
     (16 U.S.C. 2206(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
       (e) Cost Share Payments.--Title IV of the Agricultural 
     Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is amended by 
     inserting after section 402 the following:

     ``SEC. 402A. COST-SHARE REQUIREMENT.

       ``(a) Cost-share Rate.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), 
     the maximum cost-share payment under sections 401 and 402 
     shall not exceed, 75 percent of the total allowable cost, as 
     determined by the Secretary.
       ``(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a payment 
     to a limited resource farmer or rancher, a socially 
     disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in 2501(a) of the 
     Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
     U.S.C. 2279(a)), or a beginning farmer or rancher under 
     section 401 or 402 shall not exceed 90 percent of the total 
     allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.
       ``(c) Limitation.--The total payment under sections 401 and 
     402 for a single event may not exceed 50 percent of the 
     agriculture value of the land, as determined by the 
     Secretary.''.
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