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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2590 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2590

   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make prevented planted disaster payments for wheat, feed 
 grains, upland cotton, and rice under certain circumstances, and for 
                            other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 1993

  Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Mr. Minge, and Mr. Penny) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL

 
   To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to require the Secretary of 
Agriculture to make prevented planted disaster payments for wheat, feed 
 grains, upland cotton, and rice under certain circumstances, and for 
                            other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. PREVENTED PLANTING DISASTER PAYMENTS.

    (a) Wheat.--Section 107B(c)(2) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
U.S.C. 1445b-3a(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                section 503(c)(2),'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting wheat or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (b) Feed Grains.--Section 105B(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
1444f(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                section 503(c)(2),'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting feed grains or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (c) Upland Cotton.--Section 103B(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444-
2(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                section 503(c)(2),'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting upland cotton or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (d) Rice.--Section 101B(c)(2) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1441-2(c)(2)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``Except as provided in 
                subparagraph (C), if the Secretary determines that'' 
                and inserting ``If''; and
                    (B) by striking ``control of the producers,'' and 
                inserting ``control of the producers as provided in 
                section 503(c)(2),'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``for--'' and all that 
        follows through ``(ii) reduced'' and inserting ``for reduced''; 
        and
            (3) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``disaster payment'' and inserting 
                ``reduced yield disaster payment''; and
                    (B) in subclause (I), by striking ``either from 
                being prevented from planting rice or other 
                nonconserving crops or''.
    (e) Other Crops.--Section 208(a) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1446i(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``the Secretary determines that''; and
            (2) by striking ``Secretary may make'' and inserting 
        ``Secretary shall make''.
    (f) Crops.--The amendments made by this section shall be effective 
beginning with the 1993 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, 
rice, peanuts, soybeans, sugar beets, and sugarcane.

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