[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4442]
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SA 3171. Mr. MORAN 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(5), redesignate subparagraphs (A) through
(C) as subparagraphs (B) through (D), respectively.
In section 1104(5), insert before subparagraph (B) (as so
redesignated) the following:
(A) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``in accordance with
subsection (h),'' before ``to the maximum extent
practicable'';
In section 1104(6), strike ``(h) Publications.--'' and
insert the following:
``(h) Calculation of Separate Actual Crop Revenue and
Agriculture Risk Coverage Guarantee.--
``(1) In general.--On request of a county Farm Service
Agency committee, in coordination with a Farm Service Agency
State committee, the Secretary shall consider a 1-time
request to calculate a separate actual crop revenue and
agriculture risk coverage guarantee for irrigated and
nonirrigated covered commodities under subsection (g)(2) in a
county if, during the 2014 through 2018 crop years--
``(A) an average of not less than 5 percent of the planted
and considered planted acreage of a covered commodity in the
county was irrigated; and
``(B) an average of not less than 5 percent of the planted
and considered planted acreage of the covered commodity in
the county was nonirrigated.
``(2) Source of information.--In considering a request
described in paragraph (1) and calculating a separate actual
crop revenue and agriculture risk coverage guarantee for
irrigated and nonirrigated covered commodities in a county,
the Secretary may use other sources of yield information,
including the yield history of representative farms in the
State, region, or crop reporting district, as determined by
the Secretary.
``(i) Publications.--
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