[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4452-S4453]
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  SA 3208. Mr. MERKLEY 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 2503, redesignate subsections (c) through (f) as 
     subsections (d) through (g), respectively.
       In section 2503, insert after subsection (b) the following:
       (c) Encouragement of Pollinator Habitat Development and 
     Protection.--Section 1244(h) of the Food Security Act of 1985 
     (16 U.S.C. 3844(h)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon;
       (3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
     subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, and indenting 
     appropriately;
       (4) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C) the development of a conservation and recovery plan 
     for protection of pollinators through conservation biological 
     control or practices and strategies to integrate natural 
     predators and parasites of crop pests into agricultural 
     systems for pest control; and
       ``(D) training for producers relating to background 
     science, implementation, and promotion of conservation 
     biological control such that producers base conservation 
     activities on practices and techniques that conserve or 
     enhance natural habitat for beneficial insects as a way of 
     reducing pest problems and pesticide applications on 
     farms.'';
       (5) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) (as so 
     redesignated), by striking ``In carrying out'' and inserting 
     the following:
       ``(1) In general.--In carrying out''; and
       (6) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) Monarch milkweed corridor.--
       ``(A) In general.--In accordance with subparagraph (B), the 
     Secretary shall--

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       ``(i) designate as a `Monarch milkweed corridor' any area 
     in the United States that the Secretary, in consultation with 
     the Secretary of the Interior, determines to be an area of 
     prime habitat and forage for Monarch butterflies; and
       ``(ii) implement pollinator habitat development and 
     protection plans under this subsection in those Monarch 
     milkweed corridors for Monarch butterflies.
       ``(B) Applicable areas.--The Secretary may designate a 
     Monarch milkweed corridor under subparagraph (A) in areas 
     determined to be appropriate by the Secretary, including on 
     public lands (as defined in section 203 of the Public Lands 
     Corps Act of 1993 (16 U.S.C. 1722)), including National 
     Forest System land and land under the jurisdiction of the 
     Secretary of the Interior, that have high forage and habitat 
     value for Monarch butterflies.''.
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