S.Amdt. 2278

SA 2278. Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Mr. Sanders, and Mr. Specter)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1908
submitted by Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Brownback) to the bill H.R.
2997, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 85, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 7__. (a) There is appropriated, out of any funds in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such funds as are
necessary for the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the
milk income loss contract program under section 1506 of the
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8773)
for the period beginning on March 1, 2009, and ending on June
30, 2009, in accordance with this section.
(b) In carrying out the milk income loss contract program
during the period described in subsection (a), the Secretary
shall use--
(1) the payment rate described in section 1506(c) of the
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C.
8773(c)), except that the percentage in paragraph (3) of that
subsection shall be 90 percent; and
(2) the payment quantity described in section 1506(e) of
that Act, except that the pound limitation in paragraph
(2)(A) of that subsection shall be the pro rata share of
5,960,000 pounds for each fiscal year.
(c) For purposes of Senate enforcement, this section is
designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to meet
emergency needs pursuant to section 403 of S. Con Res. 13
(111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2010.
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