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[H.R. 2213 Enrolled Bill (ENR)]
H.R.2213
One Hundred Seventh Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the third day of January, two thousand and one
An Act
To respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting
American agricultural producers.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

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(a) Assistance Authorized.--The Secretary of Agriculture (referred
to in this Act as the ``Secretary'') shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, use $4,622,240,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to make a market loss assistance payment to owners and
producers on a farm that are eligible for a final payment for fiscal
year 2001 under a production flexibility contract for the farm under
the Agriculture Market Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.).
(b) Amount.--The amount of assistance made available to owners and
producers on a farm under this section shall be proportionate to the
amount of the total contract payments received by the owners and
producers for fiscal year 2001 under a production flexibility contract
for the farm under the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

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The Secretary shall use $423,510,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make a supplemental payment under section 202 of
the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7
U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of the 2000 crop of oilseeds that
previously received a payment under such section.

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The Secretary shall use $54,210,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental payment under section
204(a) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers of quota peanuts or additional
peanuts for the 2000 crop year that previously received a payment under
such section. The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate specified in
such section to reflect the amount made available for payments under
this section.

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(a) Supplemental Payment.--The Secretary shall use $129,000,000 of
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental
payment under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of
2000 (Public Law 106-224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to eligible persons (as
defined in such section) that previously received a payment under such
section.
(b) Special Rule for Georgia.--The Secretary may make payments
under this section to eligible persons in Georgia only if the State of
Georgia agrees to use the sum of $13,000,000 to make payments at the
same time, or subsequently, to the same persons in the same manner as
provided for the Federal payments under this section, as required by
section 204(b)(6) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000.

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The Secretary shall use $16,940,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide a supplemental payment under section 814
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted by Public Law
106-387), to producers of wool, and producers of mohair, for the 2000
marketing year that previously received a payment under such section.
The Secretary shall adjust the payment rate specified in such section
to reflect the amount made available for payments under this section.

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The Secretary shall use $84,700,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide supplemental assistance under section
204(e) of the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
224; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) to producers and first-handlers of the 2000
crop of cottonseed that previously received assistance under such
section.

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(a) Base State Grants.--The Secretary shall use $26,000,000 of
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants to the several
States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be used to support
activities that promote agriculture. The amount of the grant shall be--
(1) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
(2) $1,000,000 to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(b) Grants for Value Of Production.--The Secretary shall use
$133,400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a
grant to each of the several States in an amount that represents the
proportion of the value of specialty crop production in the State in
relation to the national value of specialty crop production, as
follows:
(1) California, $63,320,000.
(2) Florida, $16,860,000.
(3) Washington, $9,610,000.
(4) Idaho, $3,670,000.
(5) Arizona, $3,430,000.
(6) Michigan, $3,250,000.
(7) Oregon, $3,220,000.
(8) Georgia, $2,730,000.
(9) Texas, $2,660,000.
(10) New York, $2,660,000.
(11) Wisconsin, $2,570,000.
(12) North Carolina, $1,540,000.
(13) Colorado, $1,510,000.
(14) North Dakota, $1,380,000.
(15) Minnesota, $1,320,000.
(16) Hawaii, $1,150,000.
(17) New Jersey, $1,100,000.
(18) Pennsylvania, $980,000.
(19) New Mexico, $900,000.
(20) Maine, $880,000.
(21) Ohio, $800,000.
(22) Indiana, $660,000.
(23) Nebraska, $640,000.
(24) Massachusetts,$640,000.
(25) Virginia, $620,000.
(26) Maryland, $500,000.
(27) Louisiana, $460,000.
(28) South Carolina, $440,000.
(29) Tennessee, $400,000.
(30) Illinois, $400,000.
(31) Oklahoma, $390,000.
(32) Alabama, $300,000.
(33) Delaware, $290,000.
(34) Mississippi, $250,000.
(35) Kansas, $210,000.
(36) Arkansas, $210,000.
(37) Missouri, $210,000.
(38) Connecticut, $180,000.
(39) Utah, $140,000.
(40) Montana, $140,000.
(41) New Hampshire, $120,000.
(42) Nevada, $120,000.
(43) Vermont, $120,000.
(44) Iowa, $100,000.
(45) West Virginia, $90,000.
(46) Wyoming, $70,000.
(47) Kentucky, $60,000.
(48) South Dakota, $40,000.
(49) Rhode Island, $40,000.
(50) Alaska, $20,000.
(c) Specialty Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt of a
grant under this section, a State shall agree to give priority to the
support of specialty crops in the use of the grant funds.
(d) Specialty Crop Defined.--In this section, the term ``specialty
crop'' means any agricultural crop, except wheat, feed grains,
oilseeds, cotton, rice, peanuts, and tobacco.

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The Secretary shall use $10,000,000 of funds of the Commodity
Credit Corporation to make a grant to each of the several States to be
used by the States to cover direct and indirect costs related to the
processing, transportation, and distribution of commodities to eligible
recipient agencies. The grants shall be allocated to States in the
manner provided under section 204(a) of the Emergency Food Assistance
Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)).

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PRODUCERS.
(a) Conditions on Payment to State.--Subsection (b) of section 1121
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration,
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section
101(a) of division A of Public Law 105-277 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note)), and
as amended by section 754 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
(as enacted by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-42), is amended to
read as follows:
``(b) Conditions on Payment to State.--The Secretary of Agriculture
shall make the payment to the State of Georgia under subsection (a)
only if the State--
``(1) contributes $5,000,000 to the indemnity fund and agrees
to expend all amounts in the indemnity fund by not later than
January 1, 2002 (or as soon as administratively practical
thereafter), to provide compensation to cotton producers as
provided in such subsection;
``(2) requires the recipient of a payment from the indemnity
fund to repay the State, for deposit in the indemnity fund, the
amount of any duplicate payment the recipient otherwise recovers
for such loss of cotton, or the loss of proceeds from the sale of
cotton, up to the amount of the payment from the indemnity fund;
and
``(3) agrees to deposit in the indemnity fund the proceeds of
any bond collected by the State for the benefit of recipients of
payments from the indemnity fund, to the extent of such
payments.''.
(b) Additional Disbursements From the Indemnity Fund.--Subsection
(d) of such section is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Additional Disbursement to Cotton Ginners.--The State of
Georgia shall use funds remaining in the indemnity fund, after the
provision of compensation to cotton producers in Georgia under
subsection (a) (including cotton producers who file a contingent claim,
as defined and provided in section 5.1 of chapter 19 of title 2 of the
Official Code of Georgia), to compensate cotton ginners (as defined and
provided in such section) that--
``(1) incurred a loss as the result of--
``(A) the business failure of any cotton buyer doing
business in Georgia; or
``(B) the failure or refusal of any such cotton buyer to
pay the contracted price that had been agreed upon by the
ginner and the buyer for cotton grown in Georgia on or after
January 1, 1997, and had been purchased or contracted by the
ginner from cotton producers in Georgia;
``(2) paid cotton producers the amount which the cotton ginner
had agreed to pay for such cotton received from such cotton
producers in Georgia; and
``(3) satisfy the procedural requirements and deadlines
specified in chapter 19 of title 2 of the Official Code of Georgia
applicable to cotton ginner claims.''.
(c) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (c) of such section is
amended by striking ``Upon the establishment of the indemnity fund, and
not later than October 1, 1999, the'' and inserting ``The''.

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PAYMENTS AND MARKETING LOAN GAINS.
Notwithstanding section 1001(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
U.S.C. 1308(1)), the total amount of the payments specified in section
1001(3) of that Act that a person shall be entitled to receive for one
or more contract commodities and oilseeds under the Agricultural Market
Transition Act (7 U.S.C. 7201 et seq.) during the 2001 crop year may
not exceed $150,000.

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(a) Deadline for Expenditures.--All expenditures required by this
Act shall be made not later than September 30, 2001. Any funds made
available by this Act and remaining unexpended by October 1, 2001,
shall be deemed to be unexpendable, and the authority provided by this
Act to expend such funds is rescinded effective on that date.
(b) Total Amount of Expenditures.--The total amount expended under
this Act may not exceed $5,500,000,000. If the payments required by
this Act would result in expenditures in excess of such amount, the
Secretary shall reduce such payments on a pro rata basis as necessary
to ensure that such expenditures do not exceed such amount.

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(a) Promulgation.--As soon as practicable after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit
Corporation, as appropriate, shall promulgate such regulations as are
necessary to implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act.
The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this Act
shall be made without regard to--
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title
5, United States Code;
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture
effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices
of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known
as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
(b) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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