S.Amdt. 2325Senate112th Congress (2011-2013)

S.Amdt. 2325

What it does: 2 changes: replaces text, inserts text
Submitted June 11, 2012

What it changes

2 changes to S. 3240

Replaces textInserts text
  1. Change 1: Replaces “If” with “Except as provided in subsection (d), if”

    ReplacesPage 20, line 17Printed page

    [struck: If][inserted: Except as provided in subsection (d), if]

    Original wording

    On page 20, line 17, strike “If” and insert “Except as provided in subsection (d), if”.

  2. Change 2: Inserts new text on page 27, line 25

    Inserted: (d) Alternative Counter-cyclical Payments for Rice and Peanuts.--

    Inserted: (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for the period of crop years 2013 through 2017, producers of rice and peanuts may make a 1-time, irrevocable election to receive counter-cyclical payments for rice and peanuts in accordance with the terms and conditions of section 1304 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8754) (as it existed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), in lieu of receiving payments for rice and peanuts in accordance with subsections (a) through (c).

    Inserted: (2) Administration.--For purposes of payments made under paragraph (1)--

    Inserted: (A) the target price for peanuts shall be $534 per ton;

    Inserted: (B) the target price for long grain rice shall be $13.98 per hundredweight;

    Inserted: (C) the target price for medium grain rice shall be $13.98 per hundredweight; and

    Inserted: (D) payment acres shall be 100 percent of the acres planted to rice and peanuts, not to exceed eligible acres.

    Original wording

    On page 27, after line 25, add the following:

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As printed

SA 2325. Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Pryor, and Ms. Landrieu) 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:

On page 20, line 17, strike “If” and insert “Except as provided in subsection (d), if”.

On page 27, after line 25, add the following:

(d) Alternative Counter-cyclical Payments for Rice and Peanuts.--

(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2) and notwithstanding any other provision of this section, for the period of crop years 2013 through 2017, producers of rice and peanuts may make a 1-time, irrevocable election to receive counter-cyclical payments for rice and peanuts in accordance with the terms and conditions of section 1304 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 8754) (as it existed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act), in lieu of receiving payments for rice and peanuts in accordance with subsections (a) through (c).

(2) Administration.--For purposes of payments made under paragraph (1)--

(A) the target price for peanuts shall be $534 per ton;

(B) the target price for long grain rice shall be $13.98 per hundredweight;

(C) the target price for medium grain rice shall be $13.98 per hundredweight; and

(D) payment acres shall be 100 percent of the acres planted to rice and peanuts, not to exceed eligible acres.

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June 11, 2012