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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Agricultural Mediation Improvement
Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF AGRICULTURAL ISSUES COVERED BY STATE MEDIATION
PROGRAMS.

(a) Expansion of Mediation Programs.--Section 501 of the
Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 (7 U.S.C. 5101) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ''an agricultural loan
mediation program'' and inserting ''a mediation program''; and
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ''agricultural loan'';
and
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following
new subsection:
''(c) Requirements of State Mediation Programs.--
''(1) Agricultural issues covered.--To be certified as a
qualifying State, the mediation program of the State must
provide mediation services to producers, their creditors (if
applicable), other persons directly affected by actions of the
Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Agriculture,
involved in one or more of the following agricultural issues:
''(A) Agricultural loans.
''(B) Wetlands determinations under the
jurisdiction of the Department.
''(C) Compliance with farm programs, including
conservation programs of the Department.
''(D) Agricultural credit.
''(E) Rural water loan programs.
''(F) Grazing on National Forest System lands.
''(G) Pesticides.
''(H) Such other agricultural issues under the
jurisdiction of the Department as the Secretary
considers appropriate.
''(2) Certification conditions.--The Secretary shall
certify a State as a qualifying State with respect to the
agricultural issues proposed to be covered by the mediation
program of the State if the mediation program--
''(A) provides for mediation services that, if
decisions are reached, result in mediated, mutually
agreeable decisions between the parties to the
mediation;
''(B) is authorized or administered by an agency of
the State government or by the Governor of the State;
''(C) provides for the training of mediators;
''(D) provides that the mediation sessions shall be
confidential;
''(E) ensures, in the case of agricultural loans,
that all lenders and borrowers of agricultural loans
receive adequate notification of the mediation program;
and
''(F) ensures, in the case of other agricultural
issues covered by the mediation program, that persons
directly affected by actions of the Department of
Agriculture receive adequate notification of the
mediation program.
''(3) Time for certification.--The Secretary shall make a
determination whether to certify a State as a qualifying State
not later than 15 days after the Secretary receives a
description of the proposed mediation program of the State.''.
(b) Participation of Department.--Section 503 of such Act (7 U.S.C.
5103) is amended--
(1) by striking ''agricultural loan'' each place it
appears;
(2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) of subsection
(a)(1)--
(A) by inserting ''or agency'' after ''program'';
and
(B) by striking ''that makes, guarantees, or
insures agricultural loans'';
(3) in subsection (a)(1)(A)--
(A) by inserting ''or agency'' after ''such
program''; and
(B) by inserting ''certified under section 501''
after ''mediation program'';
(4) in subsection (a)(1)(B)--
(A) by striking '', effective beginning on the date
of the enactment of this Act,''; and
(B) by inserting ''certified under section 501''
after ''mediation programs''; and
(5) in subsection (a)(1)(C)--
(A) in clause (i), by striking ''described in'' and
inserting ''certified under''; and
(B) in clause (ii), by inserting ''if applicable,''
before ''present''.
(c) Regulations.--Section 504 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 5104) is
amended--
(1) by striking ''Within 150 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the '' and inserting ''The''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ''The
regulations prescribed by the Secretary shall require
qualifying States to adequately train mediators to address all
of the agricultural issues covered by the mediation program of
the State.''.
(d) Report.--Section 505 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 5105) is amended by
striking ''1990'' and inserting ''1998''.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 506 of such Act (7
U.S.C. 5106) is amended by striking ''1995'' and inserting ''2000''.
(f) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) References to agricultural loans.--Subtitle A of title
V of such Act is amended--
(A) in sections 502 and 505(1) (7 U.S.C. 5102,
5105(1)), by striking ''agricultural loan'' each place
it appears; and
(B) in section 505(3) (7 U.S.C. 5105(3)), by
striking ''an agricultural loan mediation'' and
inserting ''a mediation''.
(2) Waiver of farm credit mediation rights by borrowers.--
Section 4.14E of the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2202e)
is amended by striking ''agricultural loan''.
(3) Waiver of fmha mediation rights by borrowers.--Section
358 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7
U.S.C. 2006) is amended by striking ''agricultural loan''.
Solution:
Agricultural Mediation Improvement Act of 1994 - Amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 to expand the types of agricultural issues covered by State mediation programs.
Extends the authorization of appropriations for such programs.