A bill to amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program for the repair or replacement of fencing.

Bill: 115-s-2054
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Moran, Jerry [R-KS]
Introduced: 2017-11-01
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Agricultural conservation and pollution

Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit

Disaster relief and insurance

Farmland

Natural disasters

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2017-11-01
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-11-01
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to give agricultural producers the option of receiving advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) for the repair or replacement of fencing. </p> <p>(The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and to implement emergency water conservation measures in periods of severe drought.)</p> <p>The advance payments must be provided before the producer carries out the repair or replacement and be based on the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement approved by USDA under the program. </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2054 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 1, 2017 Mr. Moran introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to establish a program to provide advance payments under the Emergency Conservation Program for the repair or replacement of fencing.

1. Repair or replacement of fencing under Emergency Conservation Program (a) In general Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2201 ) is amended— (1) by striking the section designation and all that follows through The Secretary of Agriculture and inserting the following: 401. Payments to producers (a) In general The Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this title as the Secretary ) ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (b) Repair or replacement of fencing With respect to a payment to an agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the agricultural producer the option of receiving the payment, determined based on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the cost of the repair or replacement, as determined by the Secretary, before the agricultural producer carries out the repair or replacement. . (b) Conforming amendments (1) Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2202 , 2203, 2204, 2205) are amended by striking Secretary of Agriculture each place it appears and inserting Secretary . (2) Section 407(a) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 ( 16 U.S.C. 2206(a) ) is amended by striking paragraph (4).