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[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Con. Res. 77 Engrossed in Senate (ES)]

  1st Session
S. CON. RES. 77

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

    Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), 
That the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in the enrollment of 
the bill (H.R. 3194), making appropriations for the government of the 
District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in 
part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, shall make the following 
correction:
    At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following:

                      Commodity Credit Corporation

           producer-owned marketing associations forgiveness

    Section. 1. (a) The Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 
amount of any principal due on a loan made to a marketing association 
incorporated in the State of North Carolina for the 1999 crop of an 
agricultural commodity by at least 75 percent if the marketing 
association suffered losses of the agricultural commodity in a county 
with respect to which--(1) a natural disaster was declared by the 
Secretary for losses due to Hurricane Dennis, Floyd, or Irene; or (2) a 
major disaster or emergency was declared by the President for losses 
due to Hurricane Dennis, Floyd, or Irene under the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.)
    (b) If the Secretary assigns a grade quality for the 1999 crop of 
an agricultural commodity marketed by an association described in this 
section that is below the base quality of the agricultural commodity, 
the Secretary shall compensate the association for losses incurred by 
the association as a result of the reduction in grade quality.
    (c) Up to $81,000,000 of the resources of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation shall be used for the cost of this section: Provided, That 
the entire amount necessary to carry out this section shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request for the 
entire amount, that includes designation of the entire amount of the 
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted 
by the President to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire 
amount is designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) and section 252(e) of such Act.
    Sec. 2. In administering $50,000,000 in emergency supplemental 
funding for the Emergency Conservation Program, the Secretary shall 
give priority to the repair of structures essential to the operation of 
the farm.

            Passed the Senate November 19, 1999.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
106th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                            S. CON. RES. 77

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

      Making technical corrections to the enrollment of H.R. 3194.
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