S.Amdt. 3148

SA 3148. Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. Daines) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2, to provide
for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of
the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2023, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

In section 1104(6), strike the closing quotation marks and
the following period and insert the following:
``(i) Administrative Units.--
``(1) In general.--For purposes of agriculture risk
coverage payments in the case of county coverage, a county
may be divided into not greater than 2 administrative units
in accordance with this subsection.
``(2) Eligible counties.--A county that may be divided into
administrative units under this subsection is a county that--
``(A) is larger than 1,400 square miles;
``(B) in contained within a State that is larger than
140,000 square miles; and
``(C) contains more than 190,000 base acres.
``(3) Elections.--Before making any agriculture risk
coverage payments for the 2019 crop year, the Farm Service
Agency State committee, in consultation with the Farm Service
Agency county or area committee of a county described in
paragraph (2), may make a 1-time election to divide the
county into administrative units under this subsection along
a boundary that better reflects differences in weather
patterns, soil types, or other factors.
``(4) Administration.--For purposes of providing
agriculture risk coverage payments in the case of county
coverage, the Secretary shall consider an administrative unit
elected under paragraph (3) to be a county for the 2019
through 2023 crop years.''.
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