S.Amdt. 1067

1. Adds SEC. 12213. PROTECTION OF PRODUCER INFORMATION on page 1150, line 15

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   Inserted: SEC. 12213. PROTECTION OF PRODUCER INFORMATION.

   Inserted: (a) Definitions.--In this section:

   Inserted: (1) Department.--The term "Department" means the Department of Agriculture.

   Inserted: (2) Producer.--The term "producer" means an owner, operator, landlord, tenant, or sharecropper that shares in the risk of producing a crop and is entitled to share in the crop available for marketing from the farm, or would have shared had the crop been produced.

   Inserted: (b) Prohibition of Public Disclosure of Protected Information.--Except as provided in subsection (c), no officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture, contractor or cooperator of the Department, or officer or employee of another Federal agency shall disclose--

   Inserted: (1) to the Federal Government any information submitted by a producer or owner of agricultural land under this Act; or

   Inserted: (2) any other information provided by a producer or owner of agricultural land concerning the agricultural operation, farming or conservation practices, or the land to participate in any program administered by the Department or any other Federal agency.

   Inserted: (c) Exceptions.--The information described in subsection (a) may be disclosed if--

   Inserted: (1) the information is required to be made publicly available under any other provision of Federal law;

   Inserted: (2) the producer or owner of agricultural land who provided the information has lawfully publicly disclosed the information;

   Inserted: (3) the producer or owner of agricultural land who provided the information consents to the disclosure; or

   Inserted: (4)(A) the information is disclosed to the Attorney General; and

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   Inserted: (B) the disclosure is necessary to ensure compliance with and enforcement of Federal law.

   Inserted: (d) Notice of Disclosure.--Not later than 24 hours after information is disclosed pursuant to an exception provided in subsection (b), the officer or employee of the Department of Agriculture, contractor or cooperator of the Department, or officer or employee of another Federal agency shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee of Agriculture in the House of Representatives a report on the disclosed information.

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