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[EX Q]: SECTION 1. PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS.

Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

''PART L--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS

''SEC. 10999A. SHORT TITLE.

''This part may be cited as the 'Physical Education for Progress
Act'.

''SEC. 10999B. PURPOSE.

''The purpose of this part is to award grants and contracts to
local educational agencies to enable the local educational agencies to
initiate, expand, and improve physical education programs for all
kindergarten through 12th grade students.

''SEC. 10999C. FINDINGS.

''Congress makes the following findings:
''(1) Physical education is essential to the development of
growing children.
''(2) Physical education helps improve the overall health
of children by improving their cardiovascular endurance,
muscular strength and power, and flexibility, and by enhancing
weight regulation, bone development, posture, skillful moving,
active lifestyle habits, and constructive use of leisure time.
''(3) Physical education helps improve the self esteem,
interpersonal relationships, responsible behavior, and
independence of children.
''(4) Children who participate in high quality daily
physical education programs tend to be more healthy and
physically fit.
''(5) The percentage of young people who are overweight has
more than doubled in the 30 years preceding 1999.
''(6) Low levels of activity contribute to the high
prevalence of obesity among children in the United States.
''(7) Obesity related diseases cost the United States
economy more than $100,000,000,000 every year.
''(8) Inactivity and poor diet cause at least 300,000
deaths a year in the United States.
''(9) Physically fit adults have significantly reduced risk
factors for heart attacks and stroke.
''(10) Children are not as active as they should be and
fewer than 1 in 4 children get 20 minutes of vigorous activity
every day of the week.
''(11) The Surgeon General's 1996 Report on Physical
Activity and Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, recommend daily physical education for all students
in kindergarten through grade 12.
''(12) Twelve years after Congress passed House Concurrent
Resolution 97, 100th Congress, agreed to December 11, 1987,
encouraging State and local governments and local educational
agencies to provide high quality daily physical education
programs for all children in kindergarten through grade 12,
little progress has been made.
''(13) Every student in our Nation's schools, from
kindergarten through grade 12, should have the opportunity to
participate in quality physical education. It is the unique
role of quality physical education programs to develop the
health-related fitness, physical competence, and cognitive
understanding about physical activity for all students so that
the students can adopt healthy and physically active
lifestyles.
''(14) Every student in our Nation's schools should have
the opportunity to achieve the goals established by Healthy
People 2000 and Healthy People 2010.

''SEC. 10999D. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

''The Secretary is authorized to award grants to, and enter into
contracts with, local educational agencies to pay the Federal share of
the costs of initiating, expanding, and improving physical education
programs for kindergarten through grade 12 students by--
''(1) providing equipment and support to enable students to
actively participate in physical education activities;
''(2) developing or enhancing physical education curricula
to meet national goals for physical education developed by the
Secretary in consultation with the National Association for
Sport and Physical Education; and
''(3) providing funds for staff and teacher training and
education.

''SEC. 10999E. APPLICATIONS; PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

''(a) Applications.--Each local educational agency desiring a grant
or contract under this part shall submit to the Secretary an
application that contains a plan to initiate, expand, or improve
physical education programs in the schools served by the agency in
order to make progress toward meeting--
''(1) the goals described in subsection (b); or
''(2) State standards for physical education.
''(b) Goals.--The goals referred to in subsection (a) are as
follows:
''(1) Physical education programs shall facilitate
achievement of the national goals for physical education
described in section 10999D(2), and the curriculum of the
programs may provide--
''(A) fitness education and assessment to help
children understand, improve, or maintain their
physical well-being;
''(B) instruction in a variety of motor skills and
physical activities designed to enhance the physical,
mental, and social or emotional development of every
child;
''(C) development of cognitive concepts about motor
skill and physical fitness that support a lifelong
healthy lifestyle;
''(D) opportunities to develop positive social and
cooperative skills through physical activity
participation; and
''(E) instruction in healthy eating habits and good
nutrition.
''(2) Teachers of physical education shall be afforded the
opportunity for professional development to stay abreast of the
latest research, issues, and trends in the field of physical
education.
''(c) Special Rule.--For the purpose of this part, extracurricular
activities such as team sports and Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(ROTC) program activities shall not be considered as part of the
curriculum of a physical education program assisted under this part.

''SEC. 10999F. PROPORTIONALITY.

''The Secretary shall ensure that grants awarded and contracts
entered into under this part shall be equitably distributed between
local educational agencies serving urban and rural areas, and between
local educational agencies serving large and small numbers of students.

''SEC. 10999G. PRIVATE SCHOOL STUDENTS AND HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS.

''An application for funds under this part, consistent with the
number of home-schooled children or children enrolled in private
elementary schools, middle schools, and secondary schools located in
the school district of a local educational agency, may provide for the
participation of such children and their teachers in the activities
assisted under this part.

''SEC. 10999H. REPORT REQUIRED FOR CONTINUED FUNDING.

''As a condition to continue to receive grant or contract funding
after the first year of a multiyear grant or contract under this part,
the administrator of the grant or contract for the local educational
agency shall submit to the Secretary an annual report that describes
the activities conducted during the preceding year and demonstrates
that progress has been made toward achieving goals described in section
10999E(b) or meeting State standards for physical education.

''SEC. 10999I. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

''The Secretary shall submit a report to Congress not later than
June 1, 2003, that describes the programs assisted under this part,
documents the success of such programs in improving physical fitness,
and makes such recommendations as the Secretary determines appropriate
for the continuation and improvement of the programs assisted under
this part.

''SEC. 10999J. ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.

''Not more than 5 percent of the grant or contract funds made
available to a local educational agency under this part for any fiscal
year may be used for administrative costs.

''SEC. 10999K. FEDERAL SHARE; SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.

''(a) Federal Share.--The Federal share under this part may not
exceed--
''(1) 90 percent of the total cost of a project for the
first year for which the project receives assistance under this
part; and
''(2) 75 percent of such cost for the second and each
subsequent such year.
''(b) Supplement not Supplant.--Funds made available under this
part shall be used to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State,
and local funds available for physical education activities.

''SEC. 10999L. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

''There are authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal
year 2000, $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2001, and $100,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2002 through 2004, to carry out this part. Such
funds shall remain available until expended.''.
[EX A]: Requires such grants and contracts to be used for: (1) providing equipment and support to enable students to actively participate in physical education activities; (2) developing or enhancing physical education curricula to meet national goals developed by the Secretary; and (3) providing funds for staff and teacher training and education.
Requires LEA assistance applications for such assistance to contain plans for helping school physical education programs make progress toward meeting State standards for physical education or specified goals. Prohibits extracurricular activities such as team sports and Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program activities from consideration as part of the curriculum of a physical education program assisted under this Act.
Authorizes appropriations.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Veterans Mental Health Care Capacity
Enhancement Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Mental health treatment capacity at community-based
outpatient clinics remains inadequate and inconsistent, despite
the requirement under section 1706(c) of title 38, United
States Code, that every primary care health care facility of
the Department of Veterans Affairs develop and carry out a plan
to meet the mental health care needs of veterans who require
such services.
(2) In 2001, the minority staff of the Committee on
Veterans' Affairs of the Senate conducted a survey of
community-based outpatient clinics and found that there was no
established systemwide baseline of acceptable mental health
service levels at such clinics.
(3) In 2004, the Department of Veterans Affairs workgroup
on mental health care, which developed and submitted a
Comprehensive Mental Health Strategic Plan to the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, found service and funding gaps within the
Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, and made
numerous recommendations for improvements. As of May 2005,
Congress had not received a final report on the workgroup's
findings.
(4) In February 2005, the Government Accountability Office
reported that the Department of Veterans Affairs had not fully
met any of the 24 clinical care and education recommendations
made in 2004 by the Special Committee on Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder of the Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health
Administration.

SEC. 3. REQUIRED CAPACITY FOR COMMUNITY-BASED OUTPATIENT CLINICS.

(a) Strengthening of Performance Measures for Mental Health
Programs.--Section 1706(b)(6) of title 38, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(D) The Under Secretary shall include, as goals in the
performance contracts entered into with Network Directors to prioritize
mental health services--
''(i) establishing appropriate staff-patient ratio levels
for various programs (including mental health services at
community-based outpatient clinics);
''(ii) fostering collaborative environments for providers;
and
''(iii) encouraging clinicians to conduct mental health
consultations during primary care visits.''.
(b) Inflationary Indexing of Capacity Requirements.--Section
1706(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:
''(7) For the purposes of meeting and reporting on the capacity
requirements under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall ensure that the
funding levels allocated for specialized treatment and rehabilitative
services for disabled veterans are adjusted for inflation each fiscal
year.''.
(c) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services.--Section 1706(c) of
title 38, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ''(1)'' before ''The Secretary''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(2) The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 90 percent of
community-based outpatient clinics have the capacity to provide onsite,
contract-referral, or tele-mental health services--
''(A) for at least 10 percent of all clinic visits by not
later than September 30, 2006; and
''(B) for at least 15 percent of all clinic visits by not
later than September 30, 2007.
''(3) The Secretary shall ensure that not less than 2 years after
the date of enactment of this paragraph--
''(A) each primary care health care facility of the
Department has the capacity and resources to provide not less
than 5 days of inpatient, residential detoxification services
onsite or at a nearby contracted or Department facility; and
''(B) a case manager is assigned to coordinate follow up
outpatient services at each community-based outpatient
clinic.''.
(d) Reporting Requirement.--Not later than January 31, 2008, the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit a report to Congress that--
(1) describes the status and availability of mental health
services at community-based outpatient clinics;
(2) describes the substance of services available at such
clinics;
(3) includes the ratios between mental health staff and
patients at such clinics; and
(4) includes the certification of the Inspector General of
the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SEC. 4. COOPERATION ON MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND PREVENTION.

(a) Agreement.--The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs shall enter into a Memorandum of Understanding--
(1) to ensure that separating servicemembers receive
standardized individual mental health and sexual trauma
assessments as part of separation exams; and
(2) includes the development of shared guidelines on how to
conduct the assessments.
(b) Establishment of Joint VA-DoD Workgroup on Mental Health.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish a joint workgroup
on mental health, which shall be comprised of not less than 7
leaders in the field of mental health appointed from their
respective departments.
(2) Study.--Not later than 1 year after the establishment
of the workgroup under paragraph (1), the workgroup shall
analyze the feasibility, content, and scope of initiatives
related to--
(A) combating stigmas and prejudices associated
with servicemembers who suffer from mental health
disorders or readjustment issues, through the use of
peer counseling programs or other educational
initiatives;
(B) ways in which the Department of Veterans
Affairs can make their expertise in treating mental
health disorders more readily available to Department
of Defense mental health care providers;
(C) family and spousal education to assist family
members of veterans and servicemembers to recognize and
deal with signs of potential readjustment issues or
other mental health disorders; and
(D) seamless transition of servicemembers who have
been diagnosed with mental health disorders from active
duty to veteran status (in consultation with the
Seamless Transition Task Force and other entities
assisting in this effort).
(3) Report.--Not later than June 30, 2007, the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit a
report to Congress containing the findings and recommendations
of the workgroup established under this subsection.

SEC. 5. PRIMARY CARE CONSULTATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH.

(a) Guidelines.--The Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health
Administration, shall establish systemwide guidelines for screening
primary care patients for mental health disorders and illnesses.
(b) Training.--Based upon the guidelines established under
subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health
Administration, shall conduct appropriate training for clinicians of
the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out mental health
consultations.
[EX A]: Veterans Mental Health Care Capacity Enhancement Act of 2005 - Requires the Under Secretary for Health for the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs to include as goals in performance contracts for prioritizing mental health services to veterans: (1) establishing appropriate staff-patient ratio levels; (2) fostering collaborative environments for providers; and (3) encouraging clinicians to conduct mental health consultations during primary care visits.

Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that not less than 90 percent of Department community-based outpatient clinics have the capacity to provide on-site, contract-referral, or tele-mental health services for at least: (1) ten percent of all clinic visits by no later than September 30, 2006; and (2) 15 percent of all clinic visits by no later than September 30, 2007.

Directs the Secretaries of Defense and Veterans Affairs to enter into a memorandum of understanding to ensure interdepartmental cooperation on mental health awareness and mental illness prevention.

Requires the Under Secretary to establish system-wide guidelines for screening primary care patients for mental health disorders and illnesses.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ''Emergency
Agricultural Response Act of 1998''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Use of disaster reserve authority to provide disaster
assistance to certain producers.
Sec. 3. Increase in loan rates for marketing assistance loans for
certain crops.
Sec. 4. Extension of marketing assistance loans.
Sec. 5. Reinstatement of farmer-owned reserve program.
Sec. 6. Strategic food reserve of loan commodities.
Sec. 7. Improved delivery of Farm Service Agency services at local and
area level.
Sec. 8. Temporary conservation reserve to respond to disease
infestations.
Sec. 9. Special crop insurance rules for counties subject to disaster
declaration.
Sec. 10. Doubling of budget authority and appropriations for direct
loan, loan guarantee, and interest rate
reduction programs for fiscal year 1999.

SEC. 2. USE OF DISASTER RESERVE AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE DISASTER
ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN PRODUCERS.

(a) Provision of Assistance.--Section 813(a) of the Agricultural
Act of 1970 (7 U.S.C. 1427a(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
''The Secretary shall use funds appropriated for the purposes of
this section to make cash payments to agricultural producers to augment
crop insurance benefits for the purpose of alleviating distress caused
by multiple year crop losses.''
(b) Appropriations.--There is hereby appropriated, out of any money
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,200,000,000 for the
reserve established under section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970
(7 U.S.C. 1427a).
(c) Designation of Emergency.--The amount appropriated under
subsection (b) shall be available only to the extent that the President
submits to Congress an official budget request for a specific dollar
amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.). The
entire amount of the funds is designated by Congress as an emergency
requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)).

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN LOAN RATES FOR MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS FOR
CERTAIN CROPS.

(a) Wheat.--Subsection (a) of section 132 of the Agricultural
Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7232) is amended by striking paragraph
(1) and inserting the following new paragraph:
''(1) Loan rate.--Subject to paragraph (2), the loan rate
for a marketing assistance loan under section 131 for wheat
shall be equal to the greater of--
''(A) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of wheat, as determined by the
Secretary, during the marketing years for the
immediately preceding 5 crops of wheat, excluding the
year in which the average price was the highest and the
year in which the average price was the lowest in the
period; and
''(B) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of wheat, as determined by the
Secretary, during the 1994 through 1998 marketing
years, excluding the year in which the average price
was the highest and the year in which the average price
was the lowest in the period.''.
(b) Feed Grains.--Subsection (b) of such section is amended by
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following new paragraph:
''(1) Loan rate for corn.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under section 131 for
corn shall be equal to the greater of--
''(A) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of corn, as determined by the
Secretary, during the marketing years for the
immediately preceding 5 crops of corn, excluding the
year in which the average price was the highest and the
year in which the average price was the lowest in the
period; and
''(B) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of corn, as determined by the
Secretary, during the 1994 through 1998 marketing
years, excluding the year in which the average price
was the highest and the year in which the average price was the lowest
in the period.''.
(c) Upland Cotton.--Subsection (c)(2) of such section is amended by
striking ''or more than $0.5192 per pound''.
(d) Extra Long Staple Cotton.--Subsection (d) of such section is
amended to read as follows:
''(d) Extra Long Staple Cotton.--The loan rate for a marketing
assistance loan under section 131 for extra long staple cotton shall be
equal to the greater of--
''(1) 85 percent of the simple average price received by
producers of extra long staple cotton, as determined by the
Secretary, during 3 years of the 5-year period ending July 31
of the year preceding the year in which the crop is planted,
excluding the year in which the average price was the highest
and the year in which the average price was the lowest in the
period; and
''(2) 85 percent of the simple average price received by
producers of extra long staple cotton, as determined by the
Secretary, during the 1994 through 1998 marketing years,
excluding the year in which the average price was the highest
and the year in which the average price was the lowest in the
period.''.
(e) Rice.--Subsection (e) of such section is amended to read as
follows:
''(e) Rice.--The loan rate for a marketing assistance loan under
section 131 for rice shall be equal to the greater of--
''(1) 85 percent of the simple average price received by
producers of rice, as determined by the Secretary, during the
marketing years for the immediately preceding 5 crops of rice,
excluding the year in which the average price was the highest
and the year in which the average price was the lowest in the
period; and
''(2) 85 percent of the simple average price received by
producers of rice, as determined by the Secretary, during the
1994 through 1998 marketing years, excluding the year in which
the average price was the highest and the year in which the
average price was the lowest in the period; and
''(3) $6.50 per hundredweight.''.
(f) Oilseeds.--Subsection (f) of such section is amended by
striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following new
paragraphs:
''(1) Soybeans.--The loan rate for a marketing assistance
loan under section 131 for soybeans shall be equal to the
greater of--
''(A) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of soybeans, as determined by the
Secretary, during the marketing years for the
immediately preceding 5 crops of soybeans, excluding
the year in which the average price was the highest and
the year in which the average price was the lowest in
the period; and
''(B) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of soybeans, as determined by the
Secretary, during the 1994 through 1998 marketing
years, excluding the year in which the average price
was the highest and the year in which the average price
was the lowest in the period.
''(2) Sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed, safflower, mustard
seed, and flaxseed.--The loan rate for a marketing assistance
loan under section 131 for sunflower seed, canola, rapeseed,
safflower, mustard seed, and flaxseed, individually, shall be
equal to the greater of--
''(A) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of such oilseed, as determined by
the Secretary, during the marketing years for the
immediately preceding 5 crops of such oilseed,
excluding the year in which the average price was the
highest and the year in which the average price was the
lowest in the period; and
''(B) 85 percent of the simple average price
received by producers of such oilseed, as determined by
the Secretary, during the 1994 through 1998 marketing
years, excluding the year in which the average price
was the highest and the year in which the average price
was the lowest in the period.''.

SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF MARKETING ASSISTANCE LOANS.

Section 133 of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C.
7233) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the
following:
''(c) Extension.--The Secretary may extend the term of marketing
assistance loans made to producers under this subtitle for any loan
commodity for a 6-month period if the Secretary determines that the
extension will promote the orderly delivery of the loan commodity,
materially reduce program costs to the Government, or result in a
significant improvement in income for producers.''.

SEC. 5. REINSTATEMENT OF FARMER-OWNED RESERVE PROGRAM.

Section 171(b)(1) of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7
U.S.C. 7301(b)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph (E).

SEC. 6. STRATEGIC FOOD RESERVE OF LOAN COMMODITIES.

Subtitle C of the Agricultural Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7231
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

''SEC. 138. STRATEGIC FOOD RESERVE.

''(a) Reserve Required.--The Secretary shall build a reserve stock
of a loan commodity whenever prices for that commodity fall below 75
percent of the loan rate for marketing assistance loans for that
commodity.
''(b) Methods of Acquisition.--Loan commodities for inclusion in
the reserve may be acquired--
''(1) through purchases--
''(A) from producers; or
''(B) in the market, if the Secretary determines
that the purchases will not unduly disrupt the market;
or
''(2) by designation by the Secretary of stocks of loan
commodities of the Commodity Credit Corporation.
''(c) Release of Eligible Commodities.--The Secretary may release
stocks of a loan commodity in the reserve only when there is such a
domestic shortage of the loan commodity that--
''(1) widespread concern exists about the supply of
affordable food for residents of the United States; and
''(2) prices for the commodity exceed 200 percent of the
loan rate for marketing assistance loans for the commodity.
''(d) Administration.--To the maximum extent practicable consistent
with the fulfillment of the purposes of this section and the effective
and efficient administration of this section, the Secretary shall use
the usual and customary channels, facilities, arrangements, and
practices of trade and commerce to release stocks of a loan commodity
maintained in the reserve. The Secretary shall administer the release
of stocks from the reserve so as to ensure that the prices received by
agricultural producers of that commodity are not depressed as a result
of the release.
''(e) Limitation on Total Quantity Acquired.--The Secretary may not
acquire for inclusion in the reserve more than 25 percent of the
average annual production of a loan commodity.
''(f) Management of Commodities.--The Secretary shall provide--
''(1) for the management of loan commodities in the
reserve, including the selection of storage locations; and
''(2) for the periodic rotation or replacement of stocks of
loan commodities in the reserve to avoid spoilage and
deterioration of the commodities.
''(g) Use of Commodity Credit Corporation.--The funds, facilities,
and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation shall be used by
the Secretary in carrying out this section, except that any restriction
applicable to the acquisition, storage, or disposition of commodities
owned or controlled by the Commodity Credit Corporation shall not
apply.''.

SEC. 7. IMPROVED DELIVERY OF FARM SERVICE AGENCY SERVICES AT LOCAL AND
AREA LEVEL.

(a) Transfer of Funds for Fiscal Year 1999.--To ensure the prompt
response of the Farm Service Agency during fiscal year 1999 to requests
submitted by producers, the Secretary of Agriculture may transfer to
the Farm Service Agency from other appropriations or funds available to
the agencies or corporations of the Department of Agriculture an amount
equal to not more than 25 percent of the operating budget for that
fiscal year of local and area offices of the Farm Service Agency.
Amounts transferred under this subsection may be used only for
activities at local and area offices of the Farm Service Agency.
(b) Subsequent Years.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall include
in the materials submitted to Congress in support of the budget request
for the Department of Agriculture for each fiscal year a certification
that the amount requested for the operation of local and area offices
of the Farm Service Agency will be sufficient to meet the expected
needs of agricultural producers for services.

SEC. 8. TEMPORARY CONSERVATION RESERVE TO RESPOND TO DISEASE
INFESTATIONS.

Subtitle D of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3801 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1256 the following
new section:

''SEC. 1257. THREE-YEAR CONSERVATION RESERVE FOR DISEASED CROPLANDS.

''(a) Reserve Required.--Using the authority provided in subchapter
B, the Secretary shall formulate and carry out the enrollment of lands
described in subsection (b) in a conservation reserve program through
the use of contracts to assist owners and operators of such lands to
combat plant diseases that have devastated the lands.
''(b) Eligible Lands.--The Secretary shall include in the program
only those croplands that have been devastated by a plant disease for
which effective responses are reasonably anticipated within four years,
but are otherwise suitable for the production of crops or livestock.
''(c) Term of Contract.--A contract under this section shall have a
term of three years.''.

SEC. 9. SPECIAL CROP INSURANCE RULES FOR COUNTIES SUBJECT TO DISASTER
DECLARATION.

(a) Multi-Peril Crop Insurance.--For purposes of administering the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for producers
operating in a county described in subsection (c), the Secretary of
Agriculture may not--
(1) include the producer in any nonstandard classification
list on account of the inclusion of the county in a designated
disaster area; or
(2) determine, without the consent of the producer, the
actual production history of the producer using production
records of any crop year during which the county was included
in a designated disaster area.
(b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply to a disaster that
the Secretary of Agriculture determines is a reoccurring, frequent, and
well-known risk of farming in the locale, and the risks cannot
reasonably be expected to be controlled or eliminated by crop
protection efforts within a 7-year period.
(c) Covered Counties.--This section applies with respect to a
county that is included in whole or in part in a designated disaster
area.
(d) Designated Disaster Area Defined.--In this section, the term
''designated disaster area'' means an area--
(1) covered by a Presidential declaration of major disaster
issued under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) on account
of damaging weather or a related condition in the area; or
(2) determined to be a disaster area by the Secretary of
Agriculture under subpart A of part 1945 of title 7, Code of
Federal Regulations, on account of damaging weather or a
related condition in the area.
(e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply beginning with the
1999 crop year for each commodity that is grown in a covered county and
for which multi-peril crop insurance is generally available in the
United States.

SEC. 10. DOUBLING OF BUDGET AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR DIRECT
LOAN, LOAN GUARANTEE, AND INTEREST RATE REDUCTION
PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999.

(a) Budget Authority.--
(1) Direct loan and loan guarantee programs.--Section
346(b)(1)(D) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 1994(b)(1)(D)) is amended by striking
''$3,325,000,000'', ''$585,000,000'', ''$85,000,000'',
''$500,000,000'', $2,740,000,000'', ''$690,000,000'', and
''$2,050,000,000'' and inserting ''$6,650,000'',
''$1,170,000,000'', ''$170,000,000'', ''$1,000,000,000'',
''$5,480,000,000'', ''$1,380,000,000'', and ''$4,100,000,000'',
respectively.
(2) Interest rate reduction program.--Section 351 of such
Act (7 U.S.C. 1999) is amended--
(A) in subsection (c), by striking ''4'' and
inserting ''8''; and
(B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking
''$490,000,000'' and inserting ''$980,000,000''.
(b) Appropriations.--Out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, there are appropriated for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1999:
(1) For gross obligations for the principal amount of
direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by sections 308 and
309 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, to be
available from funds in the Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund,
as follows:
(A) Farm ownership loans, $1,021,298,000, of which
$850,000,000 shall be for guaranteed loans.
(B) Operating loans, $3,576,756,000, of which
$1,985,812,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed
loans and $470,000,000 shall be for subsidized
guaranteed loans.
(2) For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, including
the cost of modifying loans as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as follows:
(A) Farm ownership loans, $39,160,000, of which
$13,516,000 shall be for guaranteed loans.
(B) Operating loans, $140,674,000, of which
$23,036,000 shall be for unsubsidized guaranteed loans
and $41,078,000 shall be for subsidized guaranteed
loans.
[EX A]:
Emergency Agricultural Response Act of 1998 - Amends the Agricultural Act of 1970 to authorize the use of disaster reserve authority to augment crop insurance benefits for producers affected by multiple year crop losses. Appropriates funds subject to presidential emergency budget designation.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Agricultural Market Transition Act to revise marketing assistance loan rates for: (1) wheat; (2) feed grains (corn); (3) upland cotton; (4) extra long staple cotton; (5) rice; and (6) oilseeds. Authorizes six-month loan extensions.
(Sec. 5) Repeals the temporary suspension of the farmer owned reserve program.
(Sec. 6) Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to build and manage a reserve stock of a loan commodity whenever such commodity's prices fall below 75 percent of its marketing assistance loan rate.
(Sec. 7) Authorizes the Secretary to transfer specified Department of Agriculture funds to the Farm Service Agency in order to improve local and area Agency services.
(Sec. 8) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to direct the Secretary to carry out a three-year conservation reserve for certain diseased croplands.
(Sec. 9) Sets forth specified crop insurance rules for disaster- designated counties.
(Sec. 10) Amends the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to increase FY 1999 budget authority and appropriations for direct loan, loan guarantee, and interest rate reduction programs.