[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 26, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Page S4455]
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  SA 3219. 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 corridor.--
       ``(A) In general.--In accordance with subparagraph (B), the 
     Secretary may--
       ``(i) designate as a `Monarch 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 
     corridors for Monarch butterflies.
       ``(B) Applicable areas.--The Secretary may designate a 
     Monarch 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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