Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 6611 Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 23, 2020 Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for himself, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. BAIRD, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. KELLY of Mis- sissippi, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr. COL- LINS of Georgia, Mr. CUELLAR, Mrs. AXNE, Mr. BOST, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. BACON, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. YOHO, Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SOTO, Mr. DUNN, and Ms. SCHRIER) in- troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ap- propriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a pe- riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con- sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com- mittee concerned A BILL Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for the Department of Agriculture to respond to the COVID- 19 pandemic, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:06 Apr 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H6611.IH H6611 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 6611 IH SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION FOR USDA TO RESPOND TO 1 COVID-19 PANDEMIC. 2 (a) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of any 3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for fis- 4 cal year 2020 for an additional amount for the ‘‘Depart- 5 ment of Agriculture—Office of the Secretary’’, 6 $50,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 7 prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID–19 pan- 8 demic by providing support for agricultural producers im- 9 pacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, provided that the Sec- 10 retary shall not apply any limitation on payments made 11 to producers using funding provided under this section, 12 except to ensure that total payments made to producers 13 do not exceed total damages related to the COVID–19 14 pandemic, as determined by the Secretary. 15 (b) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amount appro- 16 priated by subsection (a) is designated by the Congress 17 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall only be avail- 20 able if the President subsequently so designates such 21 amount and transmits such designation to the Congress. 22 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:06 Apr 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H6611.IH H6611 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS