A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that livestock producers who are not eligible for emergency livestock feed assistance in the 1996 crop year, and who have suffered feed losses due to drought, flooding, or other natural disasters in 1996, should receive special consideration for assistance from commodities or the sale or commodities currently available in the disaster reserve established under section 813 of the Agricultural Act of 1970, and for other purposes.
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6163)
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 12, 1996
Expresses the sense of the Senate that special consideration for disaster reserve assistance should be given to livestock producers who suffered losses in 1996 from natural disasters but did not qualify for emergency livestock feed assistance.
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