[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1367]
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  SA 1316. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Marshall) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891 
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, 
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to 
the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II 
of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 1001, add the following:
       (e) Implementation of COVID-19 Relief to Agricultural 
     Producers.--
       (1) Funding.--Out of the amounts made available under 
     subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
     $52,500,000 for salaries and expenses of the Farm Service 
     Agency associated with carrying out this subsection.
       (2) Use of funds.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use 
     the amounts made available by paragraph (1) for the following 
     purposes:
       (A) Implementation of final rules.--Effective on the date 
     of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 
     shall--
       (i) carry out all final rules published in the Federal 
     Register as of January 20, 2021, to provide assistance to 
     agricultural producers impacted by the effects of COVID-19; 
     and
       (ii) disburse to agricultural producers all payments 
     required under those final rules.
       (B) Payments for producers of certain crops and cattle.--
       (i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     make--

       (I) the supplemental payments to producers of price trigger 
     crops as required under the first proviso of section 751 of 
     division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
     (Public Law 116-260);
       (II) the supplemental payments to producers of flat-rate 
     crops as required under the second proviso of that section; 
     and
       (III) the payments to producers of cattle as required under 
     the seventh and eighth provisos of that section.

       (ii) Applications.--In providing supplemental payments 
     described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) to 
     producers of price trigger crops and flat-rate crops, 
     respectively, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not require 
     a producer to submit an application for such a supplemental 
     payment.
       (C) Expedited provision of other payments.--In providing 
     any payments or assistance not described in subparagraph (A) 
     or (B) to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of 
     COVID-19, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the 
     payments or assistance as soon as practicable.
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