S.Amdt. 3307

SA 3307. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 3224 proposed by Mr. Roberts (for himself and Ms.
Stabenow) 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:

At the end of subtitle B of title I, add the following:

SEC. 12__. REPORT ON LOANS FOR ORGANIC LOAN COMMODITIES.

Subtitle B of title I of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7
U.S.C. 9031 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:

``SEC. 1211. REPORT ON LOANS FOR ORGANIC LOAN COMMODITIES.

``Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of
this section, the Secretary, acting through the Administrator
of the Farm Service Agency, shall submit to Congress a report
that includes--
``(1) an assessment of the demand of producers for market
assistance loans for loan commodities that are certified
organic during the 2014 through 2018 crop years, organized by
State and type of loan commodity;
``(2) an evaluation of the ability to adjust nonrecourse
loan rates under section 1210 for loan commodities that are
certified organic;
``(3) an analysis of the expected impact of the adjustment
described in paragraph (2) on loan rates for loan commodities
that are not certified organic;
``(4) an analysis on whether premiums associated with loan
commodities that are certified organic are sufficiently
significant to affect loan rates for loan commodities that
are not certified organic;
``(5) an evaluation of the risks and benefits of developing
a program to provide nonrecourse marketing assistance loans
for loan commodities that are certified organic that includes
a premium paid at the time that the loan is made;
``(6) an evaluation of the logistics of--
``(A) verifying the certification of loan commodities that
are certified organic;
``(B) storing those commodities; and
``(C) handling commodities that are forfeited to maintain
segregation of those commodities; and
``(7) any other relevant information, as determined by the
Secretary.''.
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