S.Amdt. 1316

SA 1316. Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. Cramer, and Mr. Marshall)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 891
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester,
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to
the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II
of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 1001, add the following:
(e) Implementation of COVID-19 Relief to Agricultural
Producers.--
(1) Funding.--Out of the amounts made available under
subsection (a), the Secretary of Agriculture shall use
$52,500,000 for salaries and expenses of the Farm Service
Agency associated with carrying out this subsection.
(2) Use of funds.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
the amounts made available by paragraph (1) for the following
purposes:
(A) Implementation of final rules.--Effective on the date
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture
shall--
(i) carry out all final rules published in the Federal
Register as of January 20, 2021, to provide assistance to
agricultural producers impacted by the effects of COVID-19;
and
(ii) disburse to agricultural producers all payments
required under those final rules.
(B) Payments for producers of certain crops and cattle.--
(i) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall
make--

(I) the supplemental payments to producers of price trigger
crops as required under the first proviso of section 751 of
division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021
(Public Law 116-260);
(II) the supplemental payments to producers of flat-rate
crops as required under the second proviso of that section;
and
(III) the payments to producers of cattle as required under
the seventh and eighth provisos of that section.

(ii) Applications.--In providing supplemental payments
described in subclauses (I) and (II) of clause (i) to
producers of price trigger crops and flat-rate crops,
respectively, the Secretary of Agriculture shall not require
a producer to submit an application for such a supplemental
payment.
(C) Expedited provision of other payments.--In providing
any payments or assistance not described in subparagraph (A)
or (B) to agricultural producers impacted by the effects of
COVID-19, the Secretary of Agriculture shall provide the
payments or assistance as soon as practicable.
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