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1 U:\2018 REPT\Supp\ SEN. APPRO. AMENDMENT Calendar Purpose: In the nature of a substitute. IN THE senate OF THE UNITED STATES 115th Cong., 2d Sess. (no.) lllllll (title)llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllReferre d to the Committee on llllllllll and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed AMENDMENTIN THENATURE OF ASUBSTITUTE intended to be proposed by lllllll Viz: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the fol-1lowing: 2 SECTION 1.

2 SHORT TITLE. 3(a) SHORTTITLE. This Act may be cited as the 4 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 . 5 February 7, 2018 (10:12 )2 U:\2018 REPT\Supp\ SEN. APPRO. DIVISION B SUPPLEMENTAL APPRO-1 PRIATIONS, TAX RELIEF, AND MED-2 ICAID CHANGES RELATING TO CER-3 TAIN DISASTERS AND FURTHER EX-4 TENSION OF CONTINUING APPRO-5 PRIATIONS 6 Subdivision 1 Further Additional Supple-7mental Appropriations for Disaster Relief 8 Requirements Act, 2018 9 The following sums in this subdivision are appro-10priated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 11appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 122018 and for other purposes, namely.

3 13 TITLE I 14 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 15 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 16 PROCESSING, RESEARCH ANDMARKETING 17 OFFICE OF THESECRETARY 18 For an additional amount for the Office of the Sec-19retary , $2,360,000,000, which shall remain available 20until December 31, 2019, for necessary expenses related 21to crops, trees, bushes, and vine losses related to the con-22sequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, and other 23hurricanes and wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017 24under such terms and conditions as determined by the 25 February 7, 2018 (10:12 )3 U:\2018 REPT\Supp\ SEN.

4 APPRO. Secretary: Provided, That the Secretary may provide as-1sistance for such losses in the form of block grants to eligi-2ble states and territories: Provided further, That the total 3amount of payments received under this heading and ap-4plicable policies of crop insurance under the Federal Crop 5 Insurance Act (7 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured 6 Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) under section 7196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 8 Act of 1996 (7 7333) shall not exceed 85 percent 9of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided fur-10ther, That the total amount of payments received under 11this heading for producers who did not obtain a policy or 12plan of insurance for an insurable commodity for the 2017 13crop year, or 2018 crop year as applicable, under the Fed-14eral Crop Insurance Act (7 1501 et seq.)

5 For the 15crop incurring the losses or did not file the required paper-16work and pay the service fee by the applicable State filing 17deadline for a noninsurable commodity for the 2017 crop 18year, or 2018 crop year as applicable, under NAP for the 19crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 65 percent of 20the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 21 That producers receiving payments under this heading, as 22determined by the Secretary, shall be required to purchase 23crop insurance where crop insurance is available for the 24next two available crop years, and producers receiving pay-25 February 7, 2018 (10:12 )4 U:\2018 REPT\Supp\ SEN.

6 APPRO. ments under this heading shall be required to purchase 1coverage under NAP where crop insurance is not available 2in the next two available crop years, as determined by the 3 Secretary: Provided further, That, not later than 90 days 4after the end of fiscal year 2018, the Secretary shall sub-5mit a report to the Congress specifying the type, amount, 6and method of such assistance by state and territory and 7the status of the amounts obligated and plans for further 8expenditure and include improvements that can be made 9to Federal Crop Insurance policies, either administratively 10or legislatively, to increase participation, particularly 11among underserved producers.

7 In higher levels of coverage 12in future years for crops qualifying for assistance under 13this heading: Provided further, That such amount is des-14ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-15quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-16anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 OFFICE OFINSPECTORGENERAL 18 For an additional amount for Office of Inspector 19 General , $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 20for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and activities 21funded by this subdivision and administered by the De-22partment of Agriculture: Provided, That such amount is 23designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-24 February 7, 2018 (10:12 )5 U:\2018 REPT\Supp\ SEN.

8 APPRO. quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-1anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 AGRICULTURALRESEARCHSERVICE 3 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 4 For an additional amount for Buildings and Facili-5ties , $22,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 6necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurri-7canes Harvey, Irma, and Maria: Provided, That such 8amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 9emergency requirement pursuant to section 10251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.

9 12 FARMSERVICEAGENCY 13 EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM 14 For an additional amount for the Emergency Con-15servation Program , for necessary expenses related to the 16consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and 17of wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017, and other 18natural disasters, $400,000,000, to remain available until 19expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 20the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-21suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 22and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 February 7, 2018 (10:12 )6 U:\2018 REPT\Supp\ SEN.

10 APPRO. NATURALRESOURCESCONSERVATIONSERVICE 1 WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 2 For an additional amount for Watershed and Flood 3 Prevention Operations , for necessary expenses for the 4 Emergency Watershed Protection Program related to the 5consequences of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and 6of wildfires occurring in calendar year 2017, and other 7natural disasters, $541,000,000, to remain available until 8expended: Provided, That such amount is designated by 9the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-10suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 11and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.