[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 169 (Thursday, October 24, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6173-S6174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1127. Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. Feinstein) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 948 proposed by Mr. 
Shelby to the bill H.R. 3055, making appropriations for the Departments 
of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place in title VII of division B, 
     insert the following:
       Sec. 7__. (a) The Comptroller General of the United States 
     shall conduct a study evaluating payments made to 
     agricultural producers through the Market Facilitation 
     Program established pursuant to the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714 et seq.).
       (b) Not later than July 31, 2020, the Comptroller General 
     of the United States shall submit to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, the 
     Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives, and 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives a report describing the results of the 
     study conducted under subsection (a), including an evaluation 
     of--
       (1) whether the Department of Agriculture trade damage 
     models for the 2018 and 2019 Market Facilitation Programs 
     accurately assess all of the trade-related damages, including 
     tariff and nontariff damages, and whether the payments 
     proportionally and fairly addressed trade damage for all 
     types of crops and geographic regions;
       (2) the impact of applying the payment limitations and 
     eligibility requirements under the Agriculture Improvement 
     Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-334; 132 Stat. 4490) or the 
     payment limitation and eligibility requirements proposed in 
     the budget of the United States Government submitted by the 
     President under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, 
     for fiscal year 2020 to the 2018 and 2019 Market Facilitation 
     Programs; and
       (3) an analysis of what measures the Secretary of 
     Agriculture has implemented or planned to address waste, 
     fraud, and abuse in the 2018 and 2019 Market Facilitation 
     Programs, including a comparison of the types

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     of measures conducted by other Department of Agriculture 
     agencies to address waste, fraud, and abuse, such as those 
     measures under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
     et seq.) and nutrition programs, such as the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program established under the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.).
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