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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 1743

To provide temporary emergency livestock feed assistance for certain

producers, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 13, 1996

Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. DOMENICI, and Mr. DASCHLE) introduced

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee

on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

A BILL

To provide temporary emergency livestock feed assistance

for certain producers, 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,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Temporary Emergency

5 Livestock Feed Assistance Act of 1996’’.

6 SEC. 2. TEMPORARY REINSTATEMENT OF LIVESTOCK FEED

7 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

8 Section 171(b)(1)(L) of the Agricultural Market

9 Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7301(b)(1)(L)) is amended by

10 inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, ex-
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1 cept that title VI shall apply to livestock emergencies in

2 1996’’.

3 SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE LIVESTOCK.

4 Section 602 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

5 1471) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting

6 the following:

7 ‘‘(2) LIVESTOCK.—

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘livestock’

9 means cattle, sheep, and goats that have been

10 owned or leased for at least 180 days.

11 ‘‘(B) MINIMUM OWNERSHIP OR LEASING

12 REQUIREMENT.—The minimum period of own13 ership or leasing required under subparagraph

14 (A) shall not apply to livestock if the Secretary

15 determines that—

16 ‘‘(i) the livestock are—

17 ‘‘(I) offspring of eligible livestock;

18 ‘‘(II) inherited, purchased, or

19 leased as part of a complete livestock

20 operation;

21 ‘‘(III) purchased or leased as re22 placement breeding stock; or

23 ‘‘(IV) purchased or leased as part

24 of a change in the type of livestock

25 operation; or
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1 ‘‘(ii)(I) the feeding of livestock owned

2 or leased for less than the minimum period

3 is a normal practice of the owner or opera4 tor; and

5 ‘‘(II) the livestock are not purchased

6 or leased to obtain additional assistance

7 under this title.’’.

8 SEC. 4. CARRYING CAPACITY.

9 Section 605(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7

10 U.S.C. 1471c(a)) is amended—

11 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘Each’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph (4), each’’; and

13 (2) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘(4) CARRYING CAPACITY.—The amount of as15 sistance provided to a producer for grazing under

16 this title may not exceed a quantity sufficient to

17 maintain livestock based on the normal carrying ca18 pacity of the land of the producer, as determined by

19 the Secretary.’’.

20 SEC. 5. FUNDING.

21 Section 608 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.

22 1471f) is amended to read as follows:

23 ‘‘SEC. 608. FUNDING.

24 ‘‘To provide assistance for livestock feed emergencies

25 in 1996, the Secretary shall use no more than
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1 $18,000,000 to carry out this title that otherwise would

2 have been made available to carry out the cottonseed oil

3 and sunflowerseed oil export assistance programs estab4 lished under section 301(b) of the Disaster Assistance Act

5 of 1988 (Public Law 100–387; 7 U.S.C. 1464 note).’’.

6 SEC. 6. REPORT ON USE OF DISASTER RESERVE FOR LIVE7 STOCK ASSISTANCE.

8 Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment

9 of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a

10 report to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of

11 Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutri12 tion, and Forestry of the Senate on the feasibility and de13 sirability of using commodities in the reserve established

14 under section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970 (7

15 U.S.C. 1427a) to provide livestock assistance to producers

16 who are eligible for assistance under title VI of the Agri17 cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.).

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