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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7047
To provide for expedited additional support under the farm and ranch stress
assistance network, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 28, 2020
Mr. EMMER (for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To provide for expedited additional support under the farm
and ranch stress assistance network, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. EXPEDITED ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FARM
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AND RANCH STRESS ASSISTANCE NETWORK.
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Section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy
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Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL.—THE SEC-
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RETARY’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘IN GEN-
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ERAL.—
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‘‘(1) COMPETITIVE GRANTS.—The Secretary’’;
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and
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(B) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(2) EXPEDITED
ADDITIONAL
AWARDS
FOR
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FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Not later than 60 days after
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the date of the enactment of this paragraph, from
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the amounts made available under subsection (d)(1),
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the Secretary shall award to each eligible recipient
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that meets the criteria determined by the Secretary,
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and submits an application within the time period
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specified by the Secretary, an amount to be deter-
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mined by the Secretary, except in no case may such
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amount exceed $500,000.’’; and
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(2) by amending subsection (d) to read as fol-
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lows:
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‘‘(d) FUNDING.—
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‘‘(1) FISCAL
YEAR
2020
EMERGENCY
FUND-
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ING.—Out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise
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appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out this
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section $10,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2021. Such funds are designated by the
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
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Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—
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There is authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
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retary to carry out this section $20,000,000 for each
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of fiscal years 2020 through 2023.’’.
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