S.Amdt. 3404

1. Inserts new text at the end of title I

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   In H.R. 1 · Placed on Calendar Senate

   For pay, allowances, clothing, subsistence, gratuities, travel, and related expenses for personnel of the Air National Guard on duty under section 10211, 10305, or 12402 of title 10 or section 708 of title 32, United States Code, or while serving on duty under section 12301(d) of title 10 or section 502(f) of title 32, United States Code, in connection with performing duty specified in section 12310(a) of title 10, United States Code, or while undergoing training, or while performing drills or equivalent duty or other duty, and expenses authorized by section 16131 of title 10, United States Code; and for payments to the Department of Defense Military Retirement Fund, $3,060,098,000.

   Inserted: GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS CHAPTER

   Inserted: Sec. 101. (a) Section 531 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking "The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary from the Trust Fund" and inserting "Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (d)(2), by striking "The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary from the Trust Fund" and inserting "Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012";

   Inserted: (3) in subsection (e)(1)--

   Inserted: (A) by striking "The Secretary" and inserting "Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary"; and

   Inserted: (B) by striking "per year from the Trust Fund" and inserting "for fiscal year 2012";

   Inserted: (4) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking "the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary from the Trust Fund" and inserting "of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary for fiscal year 2012"; and

   Inserted: (5) in subsection (i), by striking "September 30, 2011" and inserting "September 30, 2012 (except in the case of subsection (b), which shall be September 30, 2011)".

   Inserted: (b) This section is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to--

   Inserted: (1) section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)); and

   Inserted: (2) section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)).

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   Inserted: Sec. 102. (a) Section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) is amended--

   Inserted: (1) in subsection (a)--

   Inserted: (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--

   Inserted: "(A) Coverages.--In the case of an eligible crop described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall operate a noninsured crop disaster assistance program to provide coverages based on individual yields (other than for value-loss crops) equivalent to--

   Inserted: "(i) catastrophic risk protection available under section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)); or

   Inserted: "(ii) additional coverage available under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 65 percent.

   Inserted: "(B) Administration.--The Secretary shall carry out this section through the Farm Service Agency (referred to in this section as the 'Agency')."; and

   Inserted: (B) in paragraph (2)--

   Inserted: (i) in subparagraph (A)--

   Inserted: (I) in clause (i), by striking "and" after the semicolon at the end;

   Inserted: (II) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and

   Inserted: (III) by inserting after clause (i) the following:

   Inserted: "(ii) for which additional coverage under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) is not available; and"; and

   Inserted: (ii) in subparagraph (B)--

   Inserted: (I) by inserting "(except ferns)" after "floricultural";

   Inserted: (II) by inserting "(except ferns)" after "ornamental nursery"; and

   Inserted: (III) by striking "(including ornamental fish)" and inserting "(including ornamental fish, but excluding tropical fish)";

   Inserted: (2) in subsection (d), by striking "The Secretary" and inserting "Subject to subsection (l), the Secretary";

   Inserted: (3) in subsection (k)(1)--

   Inserted: (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking "$250" and inserting "$260"; and

   Inserted: (B) in subparagraph (B)--

   Inserted: (i) by striking "$750" and inserting "$780"; and

   Inserted: (ii) by striking "$1,875" and inserting "$1,950"; and

   Inserted: (4) by adding at the end the following:

   Inserted: "(l) Payment Equivalent to Additional Coverage.--

   Inserted: "(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make available to a producer eligible for noninsured assistance under this section a payment equivalent to an indemnity for additional coverage under subsections (c) and (h) of section 508 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508) that does not exceed 65 percent, computed by multiplying--

   Inserted: "(A) the quantity that is less than 50 to 65 percent of the established yield for the crop, as determined by the Secretary, specified in increments of 5 percent;

   Inserted: "(B) 100 percent of the average market price for the crop, as determined by the Secretary; and

   Inserted: "(C) a payment rate for the type of crop, as determined by the Secretary, that reflects--

   Inserted: "(i) in the case of a crop that is produced with a significant and variable harvesting expense, the decreasing cost incurred in the production cycle for the crop that is, as applicable--

   Inserted: "(I) harvested;

   Inserted: "(II) planted but not harvested; or

   Inserted: "(III) prevented from being planted because of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary; or

   Inserted: "(ii) in the case of a crop that is produced without a significant and variable harvesting expense, such rate as shall be determined by the Secretary.

   Inserted: "(2) Premium.--To be eligible to receive a payment under this subsection, a producer shall pay--

   Inserted: "(A) the service fee required by subsection (k); and

   Inserted: "(B) a premium for the applicable crop year that is equal to--

   Inserted: "(i) the product obtained by multiplying--

   Inserted: "(I) the number of acres devoted to the eligible crop;

   Inserted: "(II) the yield, as determined by the Secretary under subsection (e);

   Inserted: "(III) the coverage level elected by the producer;

   Inserted: "(IV) the average market price, as determined by the Secretary; and

   Inserted: "(ii) 5.25-percent premium fee.

   Inserted: "(3) Limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged farmers.--The additional coverage made available under this subsection shall be available to limited resource, beginning, and socially disadvantaged producers, as determined by the Secretary, in exchange for a premium that is 50 percent of the premium determined for a producer under paragraph (2).

   Inserted: "(4) Additional availability.--

   Inserted: "(A) In general.--As soon as practicable, the Secretary shall make assistance available to producers of an otherwise eligible crop described in subsection (a)(2) that suffered losses--

   Inserted: "(i) to a 2012 annual fruit crop grown on a bush or tree; and

   Inserted: "(ii) in a county covered by a declaration by the Secretary of a natural disaster for production losses due to a freeze or frost.

   Inserted: "(B) Assistance.--The Secretary shall make assistance available under subparagraph (A) in an amount equivalent to assistance available under paragraph (1), less any fees not previously paid under paragraph (2).

   Inserted: (b)(1) Effective October 1, 2017, subsection (a) and the amendments made by subsection (a) (other than the amendments made by clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of subsection (a)(1)(B)) are repealed.

   Inserted: (2) Effective October 1, 2017, section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) shall be applied and administered as if subsection (a) and the amendments made by subsection (a) (other than the amendments made by clauses (i)(I) and (ii) of subsection (a)(1)(B)) had not been enacted.

   Inserted: (c) This section is designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to--

   Inserted: (1) section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i)); and

   Inserted: (2) section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-139; 2 U.S.C. 933(g)).

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