S.Amdt. 3159

SA 3159. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Cornyn, Mr.
Wyden, Mr. Inhofe, Mrs. Murray, and Mr. Blunt) 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 2414, add at the end the following:
(d) Repair or Replacement of Fencing.--
(1) In general.--Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act
of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``wildfires,'' after ``hurricanes,'';
(B) by striking the section designation and all that
follows through ``The Secretary of Agriculture'' and
inserting the following:

``SEC. 401. PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS.

``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred
to in this title as the `Secretary')''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Repair or Replacement of Fencing.--
``(1) In general.--With respect to a payment to an
agricultural producer under subsection (a) for the repair or
replacement of fencing, the Secretary shall give the
agricultural producer the option of receiving not more than
25 percent of the payment, determined by the Secretary based
on the applicable percentage of the fair market value of the
cost of the repair or replacement, before the agricultural
producer carries out the repair or replacement.
``(2) Return of funds.--If the funds provided under
paragraph (1) are not expended by the end of the 60-day
period beginning on the date on which the agricultural
producer receives those funds, the funds shall be returned
within a reasonable timeframe, as determined by the
Secretary.''.
(2) Conforming amendments.--
(A) Sections 402, 403, 404, and 405 of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2202, 2203, 2204, 2205) are
amended by striking ``Secretary of Agriculture'' each place
it appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
(B) Section 407(a) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978
(16 U.S.C. 2206(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
(e) Cost Share Payments.--Title IV of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) is amended by
inserting after section 402 the following:

``SEC. 402A. COST-SHARE REQUIREMENT.

``(a) Cost-share Rate.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c),
the maximum cost-share payment under sections 401 and 402
shall not exceed, 75 percent of the total allowable cost, as
determined by the Secretary.
``(b) Exception.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), a payment
to a limited resource farmer or rancher, a socially
disadvantaged farmer or rancher (as defined in 2501(a) of the
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 2279(a)), or a beginning farmer or rancher under
section 401 or 402 shall not exceed 90 percent of the total
allowable cost, as determined by the Secretary.
``(c) Limitation.--The total payment under sections 401 and
402 for a single event may not exceed 50 percent of the
agriculture value of the land, as determined by the
Secretary.''.
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