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PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Fairness to Local Contractors Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCEMENT OF STATE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE TAX, EMPLOYMENT, AND
LICENSING LAWS AGAINST CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS.

(a) Requirement for State Tax Clearance From Potential Construction
Contractors.--
(1) Defense contracts.--Section 2305(b) of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(10) In order to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror
for a contract for the construction of a public building, facility, or
work, a bidder or offeror shall submit with the bid or offer a tax
clearance from the State in which the contract is to be performed. For
purposes of this paragraph, a tax clearance is a document from an
appropriate State agency indicating that the bidder or offeror is in
compliance with all the tax laws of the State in which the contract is
to be performed.''.
(2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 303B of title III
of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41 U.S.C. 253b) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
''(n) Tax Clearance.--In order to be considered a responsible
bidder or offeror for a contract for the construction of a public
building, facility, or work, a bidder or offeror shall submit with the
bid or offer a tax clearance from the State in which the contract is to
be performed. For purposes of this paragraph, a tax clearance is a
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the bidder or
offeror is in compliance with all the tax laws of the State in which
the contract is to be performed.''.
(b) Requirement To Withhold Final Contract Payment Until Receipt of
State Tax Clearance and Certification of Compliance With Employment
Laws From Contractor.--
(1) Defense contracts.--Section 2307 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(j) Requirement To Withhold Final Payment.--(1) The head of an
agency shall withhold final payment under a contract for the
construction of a public building, facility, or work until the
contractor submits to the agency both of the following:
''(A) A tax clearance from the State in which the contract
is or was performed.
''(B) A certification stating that the contractor is in
compliance (or was in compliance during the performance of the
contract) with all applicable State laws that require employers
to make payments to or for the benefit of employees, including
laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers compensation,
health insurance, and disability insurance.
''(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tax clearance is a
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the
contractor is or was in compliance with all the tax laws of the State
in which the contract is or was performed.''.
(2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 305 of title III of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41 U.S.C. 255) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
''(h) Requirement To Withhold Final Payment.--(1) The head of an
executive agency shall withhold final payment under a contract for the
construction of a public building, facility, or work until the
contractor submits to the agency both of the following:
''(A) A tax clearance from the State in which the contract
is or was performed.
''(B) A certification stating that the contractor is in
compliance (or was in compliance during the performance of the
contract) with all applicable State laws that require employers
to make payments to or for the benefit of employees, including
laws relating to unemployment insurance, workers compensation,
health insurance, and disability insurance.
''(2) For purposes of this subsection, a tax clearance is a
document from an appropriate State agency indicating that the
contractor is or was in compliance with all the tax laws of the State
in which the contract is or was performed.''.
(c) Authority To Withhold Payment to Contractor of Amounts
Necessary To Meet State Tax Obligations.--
(1) Defense contracts.--Section 2307 of title 10, United
States Code, is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
''(k) Authority To Withhold Payment To Meet State Tax
Obligations.--The head of an agency may withhold, from any payment due
to a contractor under a contract made by the agency for the
construction of a public building, facility, or work, an amount
considered necessary by the head of the agency to pay to the State in
which the contract is being performed the amount of the contractor's
State tax liability that is attributable to the contract. The head of
the agency that so withholds a payment may, upon request of the State
in which the contract is being performed and with such documentation as
the head of the agency considers necessary, pay such tax liability
amount directly to the State from the withheld payment. Any amount of a
withheld payment that exceeds the actual State tax liability amount
shall be paid to the contractor.''.
(2) Civilian agency contracts.--Section 305 of title III of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41 U.S.C. 255) is further amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
''(i) Authority To Withhold Payment To Meet State Tax
Obligations.--The head of an executive agency may withhold, from any
payment due to a contractor under a contract made by the agency for the
construction of a public building, facility, or work, an amount
considered necessary by the head of the agency to pay to the State in
which the contract is being performed the amount of the contractor's
State tax liability that is attributable to the contract. The head of
the executive agency that so withholds a payment may, upon request of
the State in which the contract is being performed and with such
documentation as the head of the agency considers necessary, pay such
tax liability amount directly to the State from the withheld payment.
Any amount of a withheld payment that exceeds the actual State tax
liability amount shall be paid to the contractor.''.
(d) Requirement for Construction Contractors To Obtain Applicable
State Licenses.--
(1) Defense contracts.--(A) Chapter 141 of title 10, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
''Sec. 2410n. Construction contracts: requirement to obtain applicable
State licenses
''The Secretary of Defense shall require, in any contract entered
into by the Secretary for the construction of a public building,
facility, or work which is to be performed in a State that requires
persons performing the type of work to be performed under the contract
to be licensed, that the contractor be so licensed.''.
(B) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

''2410n. Construction contracts: requirement to obtain applicable State
licenses.''.
(2) Civilian agency contracts.--Title III of the Federal
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 251
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:

''SEC. 318. CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS: REQUIREMENT TO OBTAIN APPLICABLE
STATE LICENSES.

''The head of an executive agency shall require, in any contract
entered into by the agency for the construction of a public building,
facility, or work which is to be performed in a State that requires
persons performing the type of work to be performed under the contract
to be licensed, that the contractor be so licensed.''.
(e) Requirement To Explain Hawaii Excise Tax in Federal Acquisition
Regulation.--The Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to
contain provisions explaining the general excise tax law of the State
of Hawaii.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply
with respect to contracts entered into after the date of the enactment
of this Act.

SOLUTION: Fairness to Local Contractors Act - Amends the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and defense contract law to require a bidder or offeror, to be considered a responsible bidder or offeror for the construction of a public building, facility, or work, to submit a tax clearance (a document stating that such entity is in compliance with all State tax laws) from the State in which the contract is to be performed. Requires the head of a Federal or defense agency to withhold the final payment under such a contract until the contractor submits both a tax clearance and a certification of compliance with all State laws concerning payments to employees under a contract, including unemployment insurance, workers compensation, health insurance, and disability insurance.

Authorizes the head of a Federal or defense agency to: (1) withhold from any contractor payments amounts necessary to pay any State tax liability attributable to the contract; and (2) pay such amount directly to such State.

Directs the Secretary of Defense or agency head to require a contractor to be licensed if the State in which a construction contract is to be performed requires a license.

Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to explain the general excise tax law of Hawaii.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Remote Monitoring Access Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF REMOTE PATIENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR CHRONIC
HEALTH CARE CONDITIONS.

(a) In General.--Section 1861(s)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (Y), by striking ''and'' at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (Z), by inserting ''and'' at the end;
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (Z) the following new
subparagraph:
''(AA) remote patient management services (as
defined in subsection (bbb));''.
(b) Services Described.--Section 1861 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:

''Remote Patient Management Services

''(bbb)(1) The term 'remote patient management services' means the
remote monitoring and management of an individual with a covered
chronic health condition (as defined in paragraph (2)) through the
utilization of a system of technology that allows a remote interface to
collect and transmit clinical data between the individual and the
responsible physician or supplier for the purposes of clinical review
or response by the physician or supplier.
''(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 'covered chronic
health condition' includes--
''(A) heart failure;
''(B) diabetes;
''(C) cardiac arrhythmia; and
''(D) any other chronic condition determined by the
Secretary to be appropriate for treatment through remote
patient management services.
''(3)(A) The Secretary, in consultation with appropriate physician
groups, may develop guidelines on the frequency of billing for remote
patient management services. Such guidelines shall be determined based
on medical necessity and shall be sufficient to ensure appropriate and
timely monitoring of individuals being furnished such services.
''(B) The Secretary, acting through the Agency for Health Care
Research and Quality, shall do the following:
''(i) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
the Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2005, develop, in
consultation with appropriate physician groups, a standard of
care and quality standards for remote patient management
services for the covered chronic health conditions specified in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (2).
''(ii) If the Secretary makes a determination under
paragraph (2)(D) with respect to a chronic condition, develop,
in consultation with appropriate physician groups, a standard
of care and quality standards for remote patient management
services for such condition within 1 year of such
determination.
''(iii) Periodically review and update such standards of
care and quality standards under this subparagraph as
necessary.''.
(c) Payment Under the Physician Fee Schedule.--Section 1848 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-4) is amended--
(1) in subsection (c)(2)--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in clause (ii)(II), by striking
''clause (iv)'' and inserting ''clauses (iv)
and (v)''; and
(ii) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
''(v) Budgetary treatment of certain
services.--The additional expenditures
attributable to services described in section
1861(s)(2)(AA) shall not be taken into account
in applying clause (ii)(II) for 2006.''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(7) Treatment of remote patient management services.--In
determining relative value units for remote patient management
services (as defined in section 1861(bbb)), the Secretary, in
consultation with appropriate physician groups, shall take into
consideration--
''(A) costs associated with such services,
including physician time involved, installation and
information transmittal costs, costs of remote patient
management technology (including devices and software),
and resource costs necessary for patient monitoring and
follow-up (but not including costs of any related item
or non-physician service otherwise reimbursed under
this title); and
''(B) the level of intensity of services provided,
based on--
''(i) the frequency of evaluation necessary
to manage the individual being furnished the
services;
''(ii) the amount of time necessary for,
and the complexity of, the evaluation,
including the information that must be
obtained, reviewed, and analyzed; and
''(iii) the number of possible diagnoses
and the number of management options that must
be considered.''; and
(2) in subsection (j)(3), by inserting ''(2)(AA),'' after
''(2)(W),''.
(d) Incentive Payments.--Section 1833 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
''(v) Incentive for Meeting Certain Standards of Care and Quality
Standards in the Furnishing of Remote Patient Management Services.--In
the case of remote patient management services (as defined in section
1861(bbb)) that are furnished by a physician who the Secretary
determines meets or exceeds the standards of care and quality standards
developed by the Secretary under paragraph (3)(B) of such section for
such services, in addition to the amount of payment that would
otherwise be made for such services under this part, there shall also
be paid to the physician (or to an employer or facility in cases
described in clause (A) of section 1842(b)(6)) (on a monthly or
quarterly basis) from the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust
Fund an amount equal to 10 percent of the payment amount for the
service under this part.''.
(e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2006.

SOLUTION: Remote Monitoring Access Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage of remote patient management services for chronic health care conditions.

PROBLEM: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Family Farm
Empowerment Act of 1995''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Marketing loans for 1996 through 2002 crops of certain
agricultural commodities.
Sec. 3. Total acreage base system.
Sec. 4. Conforming amendments to current price support programs for
program crops.
Sec. 5. Elimination of acreage reduction programs.
Sec. 6. Extension of cottonseed oil and sunflower oil export programs.
Sec. 7. Suspension of permanent price support authority.
Sec. 8. Removal of three-entity rule; direct attribution.

SEC. 2. MARKETING LOANS FOR 1996 THROUGH 2002 CROPS OF CERTAIN
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

Title I of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1441 et seq.) is
amended by adding at the end the following:

''SEC. 116. MARKETING LOANS FOR 1996 THROUGH 2002 CROPS OF CERTAIN
AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES.

''(a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this section:
''(1) Covered commodities.--The term 'covered commodities'
means rice, upland cotton, feed grains, wheat, and oilseeds.
''(2) Feed grains.--The term 'feed grains' means corn,
grain sorghums, barley, oats, and rye.
''(3) Oilseeds.--The term 'oilseeds' means soybeans,
sunflower seeds, canola, rapeseed, safflower, flaxseed, mustard
seed, and such other oilseeds as the Secretary may designate.
''(b) Marketing Loans.--
''(1) Availability.--The Secretary shall make available to
eligible producers on a farm a nonrecourse marketing loan for
each of the 1996 through 2002 crops of covered commodities
produced on the farm. The term of the marketing loan shall be
15 months in length.
''(2) Eligible producers.--To be eligible for a loan under
this subsection, the producers on a farm may not plant covered
commodities on a farm in excess of the total acreage base of
the farm, as determined under section 503.
''(3) Loan rate.--Loans made under this subsection shall be
made at the rate of 115 percent of the simple average national
price received by producers of the covered commodity, as
determined by the Secretary, during the marketing years for the
immediately preceding 5 crops of the covered commodity,
excluding the year in which the average price was the highest
and the year in which the average price was the lowest in such
period.
''(c) Limitation on Total Value of Marketing Loans.--The combined
annual value of loans made to a producer under subsection (b) may not
exceed $175,000.
''(d) Repayment.--
''(1) Repayment rate.--Producers on a farm may repay loans
made under subsection (b) for a covered commodity at a level
that is the lesser of--
''(A) the loan rate determined for the commodity;
or
''(B) the prevailing domestic market price for the
commodity, as determined by the Secretary.
''(2) Prevailing domestic market price.--The Secretary
shall prescribe by regulation--
''(A) a formula to determine the prevailing
domestic market price for each covered commodity, which
may include adjustments for differences in quality but
not for differences in location; and
''(B) a mechanism by which the Secretary shall
announce periodically the prevailing domestic market
prices established under this subsection.
''(e) Adjustment Account.--
''(1) Establishment.--The Secretary shall establish an
Adjustment Account, which shall be used to make--
''(A) payments to producers of the 1996 through
2002 crops of covered commodities who participate in
the marketing loan program established under subsection
(b); and
''(B) payments to producers of the 1994 and 1995
crops of covered commodities that are authorized under
sections 101B, 103B, 105B, 107B, and 205, but not paid
before the date of the enactment of this section.
''(2) Amount in account.--The Secretary shall transfer into
the Adjustment Account from funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation such sums as shall be necessary to implement this
section and make marketing loans available under subsection
(b).
''(3) Availability of funds.--Funds in the Adjustment
Account shall remain available until expended.
''(f) Advance Payment.--At the request of a producer who intends to
obtain a marketing loan under subsection (b) for a crop of a covered
commodity, the Secretary shall make available to the producer in
advance of planting not more than 10 percent of the projected marketing
loan for that crop year.
''(g) Marketing Loan Deficiency Payments.--
''(1) In general.--For each of the 1996 through 2002 crops
of covered commodities, the Secretary may make payments
available to producers who, although eligible to obtain a
marketing loan under subsection (b), agree to forego obtaining
the loan in return for payments under this subsection.
''(2) Computation.--A payment under this subsection shall
be computed by multiplying--
''(A) the loan payment rate; by
''(B) the quantity of the covered commodity which
the producer is eligible to place under loan but for
which the producer foregoes obtaining the loan in
return for payments under this subsection.
''(3) Loan payment rate.--For purposes of this subsection,
the loan payment rate shall be the amount by which--
''(A) the loan rate for the commodity determined
under subsection (b); exceeds
''(B) the repayment rate for the commodity
determined under subsection (d).''.

SEC. 3. TOTAL ACREAGE BASE SYSTEM.

(a) Definitions.--Section 502 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1462) is amended by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the
following new paragraphs:
''(3) Feed grains.--The term 'feed grains' means corn,
grain sorghums, barley, oats, and rye.
''(4) Covered commodity.--The term 'covered commodity'
means rice, upland cotton, feed grains, wheat, or oilseeds.''.
(b) Crop Acreage Base.--Section 503 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1463) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the
following new paragraph:
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide for the
establishment and maintenance of a total crop acreage base for
covered commodities, including any covered commodity crop
produced under an established practice of double cropping'';
and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ''The sum of the
crop acreage bases'' and inserting ''The total crop
acreage base'';
(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
''(b) Calculation.--The total crop acreage base for a farm for a
crop year shall be the number of acres that is equal to the average of
the acreage planted and considered planted to one of the covered
commodity crops for harvest on the farm in each of the 5 crop years
preceding that crop year.'';
(3) by striking subsection (g); and
(4) in subsection (h)--
(A) by striking ''(1) In general.--''; and
(B) by striking paragraph (2).''.
(c) Application of Title.--Section 509 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1469)
is amended by striking ''1991 through 1997 program crops'' and
inserting ''1991 through 2002 crops of covered commodities''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO CURRENT PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR
PROGRAM CROPS.

(a) Wheat 0/85 Program.--Section 107B(c)(1)(E) of the Agricultural
Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445b-3a(c)(1)(E)) is amended by striking
''through 1997'' in clauses (i) and (vii) each place it appears and
inserting ''and 1995''.
(b) Feed Grains 0/85 Program.--Section 105B(c)(1)(E) of such Act (7
U.S.C. 1444f(c)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ''through 1997'' in
clauses (i) and (vii) each place it appears and inserting ''and 1995''.
(c) Cotton Program.--Section 103B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444-2) is
amended--
(1) in the section heading, by striking ''1997'' and
inserting ''1995'';
(2) in subsections (a)(1), (b)(1), (c)(1)(A),
(c)(1)(B)(ii), and (o), by striking ''1997'' each place it
appears and inserting ''1995'';
(3) in subsection (c)(1)(D)(i) and (c)(1)(D)(v)(II) by
striking ''through 1997'' each place it appears and inserting
''and 1995'';
(4) in the heading of subsection (c)(1)(D)(v)(II), by
striking ''through 1997 crops'' and inserting ''and 1995
crops'';
(5) in subsection (e)(1)(D), by striking ''29/2\ percent
for each of the 1995 and 1996 crops, and 29 percent for the
1997 crop'' and inserting ''29/2\ percent for the 1995
crop''; and
(6) in subparagraphs (B)(i), (D)(i), (E)(i), and (F)(i) of
subsection (a)(5), by striking ''1998'' each place it appears
and inserting ''1996''.
(d) Rice 50/85 Program.--Section 101B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1441-2)
is amended--
(1) in subsections (c)(1)(D)(i) and (c)(1)(D)(v)(II), by
striking ''through 1997'' each place it appears and inserting
''and 1995''; and
(2) in the heading of subsection (c)(1)(D)(v)(II), by
striking ''through 1997 crops'' and inserting ''and 1995
crops''.
(e) Oilseeds.--Section 205(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1446f(c)) is
amended by striking ''through 1997'' both places it appears and
inserting ''and 1995''.

SEC. 5. ELIMINATION OF ACREAGE REDUCTION PROGRAMS.

(a) Wheat.--Section 107B of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1445b-3a) is amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating
subsections (f) through (q) as subsections (e) through (p),
respectively.
(b) Feed Grains.--Section 105B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444f) is
amended by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f)
through (r) as subsections (e) through (q), respectively.
(c) Cotton.--Section 103B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1444-2) is amended
by striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) through
(o) as subsections (e) through (n), respectively.
(d) Rice.--Section 101B of such Act (7 U.S.C. 1441-2) is amended by
striking subsection (e) and redesignating subsections (f) through (n)
as subsections (e) through (m), respectively.

SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF COTTONSEED OIL AND SUNFLOWER OIL EXPORT PROGRAMS.

Section 301(b)(2)(A) of the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (7
U.S.C. 1464 note) is amended by striking ''through 1995'' and inserting
''through 2002''.

SEC. 7. SUSPENSION OF PERMANENT PRICE SUPPORT AUTHORITY.

(a) Wheat.--
(1) Nonapplicability of certificate requirements.--Sections
379d through 379j of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1379d-1379j) shall not be applicable to wheat processors
or exporters during the period June 1, 1995, through May 31,
2003.
(2) Suspension of land use, wheat marketing allocation, and
producer certificate provisions.--Sections 331 through 339,
379b, and 379c of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7
U.S.C. 1331 through 1339, 1379b, and 1379c) shall not be
applicable to the 1996 through 2002 crops of wheat.
(3) Suspension of certain quota provisions.--The joint
resolution entitled ''A joint resolution relating to corn and
wheat marketing quotas under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of
1938, as amended'', approved May 26, 1941 (7 U.S.C. 1330 and
1340), shall not be applicable to the crops of wheat planted
for harvest in the calendar years 1996 through 2002.
(4) Nonapplicability of section 107 of the agricultural act
of 1949.--Section 107 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1445a) shall not be applicable to the 1996 through 2002 crops
of wheat.
(b) Feed Grains.--
(1) Nonapplicability of section 105 of the agricultural act
of 1949.--Section 105 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1444b) shall not be applicable to the 1996 through 2002 crops
of feed grains.
(2) Recourse loan program for silage.--Section 403 of the
Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1444e-1) is amended by
striking ''1996'' and inserting ''2002''.
(c) Oilseeds.--Section 201(a) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1446(a)) is amended by striking ''oilseeds'' and all that
follows through ''determine),''.

SEC. 8. REMOVAL OF THREE-ENTITY RULE; DIRECT ATTRIBUTION.

Section 1001A of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-1) is
amended by striking subsection (a) and inserting the following new
subsection:
''(a) Direct Attribution.--In the case of payments specified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 1001, the Secretary shall attribute--
''(1) payments received by an individual directly to the
individual; and
''(2) payments received by an entity to individuals who own
the entity in proportion to the ownership interest of the
individual in the entity.''.

SOLUTION:
Family Farm Empowerment Act of 1995 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1949 (Act) to provide nonrecourse marketing loans through 2002 for wheat, feed grains, rice, upland cotton, and oilseeds. Requires repayment at the lower of the loan rate or the prevailing domestic market price. Authorizes marketing loan deficiency payments for producers who forgo obtaining such loans.
Provides for a total acreage base for such crops.
Makes conforming amendments to certain price support programs.
Eliminates acreage reduction programs for wheat, feed grains, cotton, and rice.
Amends the Disaster Assistance Act to extend funding obligations for the cottonseed and sunflower oil export programs.
Amends the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 and the Act to suspend specified permanent price support provisions for wheat, feed grains (including silage), and oilseeds.
Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to replace the three-entity rule (consideration as separate entities for limitations purposes) with a direct attribution rule (based upon ownership percentage).