[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4710 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4710
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow emergency haying under
the conservation reserve program during the primary nesting season.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 27, 2021
Mr. Johnson of South Dakota (for himself, Ms. Craig, Mr. Emmer, Mrs.
Fischbach, Mr. Hagedorn, Mr. Stauber, and Mr. Armstrong) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agriculture
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to allow emergency haying under
the conservation reserve program during the primary nesting season.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``CRP Flexibility Act''.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY HAYING DURING THE PRIMARY NESTING SEASON.
Section 1233(b)(1) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C.
3833(b)(1)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by inserting ``subject to
subclauses (I) and (III) of clause (i), and subclauses (I) and
(II) of clause (ii), of subparagraph (B),'' before ``are
subject to''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
(A) by redesignating subclauses (I) through (VI) as
subclauses (II) through (VII), respectively;
(B) by inserting before subclause (II) (as so
redesignated) the following:
``(I) emergency haying in response
to a localized or regional drought,
flooding, wildfire, or other emergency,
on all practices, during or outside the
primary nesting season, when--
``(aa) the county is
designated as D2 (severe
drought) or greater according
to the United States Drought
Monitor;
``(bb) there is at least a
40 percent loss in forage
production in the county; or
``(cc) the Secretary, in
coordination with the State
technical committee, determines
that the program can assist in
the response to a natural
disaster event without
permanent damage to the
established cover;'';
(C) in subclause (II) (as so redesignated), in the
matter preceding item (aa), by striking ``emergency
haying, emergency grazing, or other emergency use'' and
inserting ``emergency grazing or other emergency use'';
and
(D) in subclause (IV) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``outside the primary nesting season'' and
inserting ``during or outside the primary nesting
season''.
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