S.Amdt. 2409

1. Adds SEC. __. TAX SUBSIDIES FOR MEMBERS OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES wherever appropriate

   Adds a section

   Inserted: SEC. __. TAX SUBSIDIES FOR MEMBERS OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES.

   Inserted: Section 36B(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(4) Eligibility for members of agricultural cooperatives.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--Members of agricultural cooperatives that were in existence on March 23, 2010, shall be considered to be enrolled in a qualified health plan if--

   Inserted: "(i) such members purchase their health insurance coverage-- "(I) through their agricultural cooperative rather than through an Exchange; or

   Inserted: "(II) from a health care cooperative organized to provide health care coverage for agricultural producers and agribusinesses; and

   Inserted: "(ii) the agricultural cooperative health plan meets all the minimum benefit requirements of a qualified health plan.

   Inserted: "(B) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the term 'members of agricultural cooperatives' means farmers and agri-business owners who meet membership criteria of the legally established agricultural cooperatives in which they are enrolled, in addition to their spouses and dependents, and their employees, their spouses and dependents.".

   The amendment doesn't say where this goes; the clerk decides.

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   At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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