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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2316 

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to make available to Native Americans 

who own horses for noncommercial use livestock indemnity payments 

and payments under the livestock forage disaster program, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 17, 2018 

Mr. THUNE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to make available 

to Native Americans who own horses for noncommercial 

use livestock indemnity payments and payments under 

the livestock forage disaster program, 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 ‘‘Native American Live5 stock Assistance Act of 2018’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSIST2 ANCE. 

3 Section 1501(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 

4 U.S.C. 9081(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

6 (A) by striking ‘‘means an individual’’ and 

7 inserting the following: ‘‘means— 

8 ‘‘(i) an individual’’; 

9 (B) in clause (i) (as so designated), by 

10 striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 

11 and’’; and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a payment under 

14 subsection (b) or (c), a member of an In15 dian tribe (as defined in section 4 of the 

16 Indian Self-Determination and Education 

17 Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), as cer18 tified to the Secretary by the Chairperson 

19 of that Indian tribe (or a designee).’’; and 

20 (2) in paragraph (3)(F), by inserting ‘‘(includ21 ing, in the case of a payment under subsection (b) 

22 or (c), horses owned by an eligible producer on a 

23 farm described in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) that are not 

24 used for commercial agricultural purposes)’’ before 

25 ‘‘; and’’. 


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1 SEC. 3. PASTURE, RANGELAND, AND FORAGE POLICY OF IN2 SURANCE. 

3 Section 523(i)(4)(B) of the Federal Crop Insurance 

4 Act (7 U.S.C. 1523(i)(4)(B)) is amended— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘The premium subsidy’’ and in6 serting the following: 

7 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

8 (ii), the premium subsidy’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘(ii) PASTURE, RANGELAND, AND

11 FORAGE POLICY FOR MEMBERS OF INDIAN

12 TRIBES.—With respect to a policy or plan 

13 of insurance established under this sub14 section for producers of livestock commod15 ities the source of feedstock of which is 

16 pasture, rangeland, and forage, the pre17 mium subsidy for a member of an Indian 

18 tribe (as defined in section 4 of the Indian 

19 Self-Determination and Education Assist20 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), as certified to 

21 the Secretary by the Chairperson of that 

22 Indian tribe (or a designee), shall be— 

23 ‘‘(I) 90 percent for the first pur24 chase of that policy or plan of insur25 ance by that member of an Indian 

26 tribe; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) determined under clause (i) 

2 for any subsequent purchase of that 

3 policy or plan of insurance by that 

4 member of an Indian tribe.’’. 

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