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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2696 

To extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and direct spending 

programs under the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

until after implementing legislation for the Doha Development Round 

of World Trade Organization negotiations is enacted into law, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 2, 2006 

Mr. TALENT (for himself, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. COLEMAN, Ms. LANDRIEU, Mr. 

PRYOR, Mr. BOND, Mr. DORGAN, and Mr. VITTER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To extend all of the authorizations of appropriations and 

direct spending programs under the Farm Security and 

Rural Investment Act of 2002 until after implementing 

legislation for the Doha Development Round of World 

Trade Organization negotiations is enacted into law, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF FARM SECURITY AND RURAL 

2 INVESTMENT ACT OF 2002 PENDING COMPLE3 TION OF DOHA TRADE ROUND. 

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) DOHA IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION.—The 

6 term ‘‘Doha implementing legislation’’ means legisla7 tion transmitted to Congress by the President to im8 plement the agreement of the Doha Development 

9 Round of World Trade Organization negotiations. 

10 (2) COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘commodity’’ 

11 means— 

12 (A) a covered commodity, loan commodity, 

13 and extra long staple cotton, as defined in sec14 tion 1001 of the Farm Security and Rural In15 vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901); and 

16 (B) peanuts, milk, sugar, high moisture 

17 feed grains, seed cotton, hay, silage, and 

18 unshorn pelts. 

19 (b) EXTENSION OF COMMODITY PROGRAMS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para21 graphs (2) and (3), each reference in title I of the 

22 Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 

23 (Public Law 107–171; 7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) and 

24 each amendment made by that title to the ‘‘2007 

25 crop year’’ or ‘‘2007 crop’’ of a commodity shall be 

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1 modity that is the first full crop year or crop imme2 diately following the effective date of the Doha im3 plementing legislation. 

4 (2) SPECIAL RULES.— 

5 (A) COTTON.—Each reference in sections 

6 1204(e)(1) and 1208(a) of the Farm Security 

7 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 

8 7934(e)(1), 7938(a)) to ‘‘July 31, 2008’’ shall 

9 be deemed to mean July 31 of the second full 

10 calendar year immediately following the effec11 tive date of the Doha implementing legislation. 

12 (B) DAIRY; PRICE SUPPORTS.—Each ref13 erence in subtitles E and F of the Farm Secu14 rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 

15 U.S.C. 7981 et seq.) to ‘‘2007’’ shall be deemed 

16 to mean the first full year immediately fol17 lowing the effective date of the Doha imple18 menting legislation. 

19 (3) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 

20 apply to section 1207(a) of the Farm Security and 

21 Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7937(a)), 

22 as it existed prior to the effective date of the amend23 ment made by section 1103(a)(1) of the Deficit Re24 duction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171; 120 

25 Stat. 4). 


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1 (c) EXTENSION OF OTHER TITLES.— 

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graph (2), each reference in titles II through X of 

4 the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 

5 2002 (Public Law 107–171; 7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) 

6 and each amendment made by those titles to ‘‘2007’’ 

7 shall be deemed to mean the first full year imme8 diately following the effective date of the Doha im9 plementing legislation. 

10 (2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) does not apply 

11 to paragraphs (1)(E) and (2)(E) of section 14(h) of 

12 the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act 

13 (16 U.S.C. 1012(h)). 

14 (3) SPECIAL RULES.—Any funding level, acre15 age, or tonnage level applicable to a program or au16 thority established under or extended by titles II 

17 through X of the Farm Security and Rural Invest18 ment Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–171), or any 

19 amendment made by those titles, for a period of fis20 cal or calendar years, as appropriate, shall be in21 creased, on a pro rata basis, to reflect the extension 

22 of the program or authority as a result of this Act, 

23 as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture. 

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