S.Amdt. 2248

SA 2248. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 3240, to reauthorize agricultural programs through 2017, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Beginning on page 1 of the amendment, strike line 10 and all that follows through the end of the amendment and insert the following:

“(3) State option for cash equivalent of certain percentage of commodities for purchase of locally produced commodities.--For not more than 15 percent of the commodities that a State would otherwise receive for a fiscal year under this Act, the Secretary shall allow the State the option of receiving a cash payment equal to the value of that percentage of the commodities, in lieu of receiving the commodities, to purchase locally produced commodities for use in accordance with this Act.”.