,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfaj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bh1 #bjag,mrs4
 ,noem introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,agriculture  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the  
,food ,security ,act of #aihe to permit 
the donation of hay harvested under the 
conservation reserve program to certain 
disaster areas1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,donations in ,rough ,years     
7,,dry7 ,act4  #b4 ,donation of hay to  
certain areas ,section #abcc of the     
,food ,security ,act of #aihe 7#af      
,u4,s4,c4 #chcc7 is amended by adding at
 the end the following3  7e7 ,donation  
of hay to certain areas ,the ,secretary 
shall permit the donation of hay        
harvested in the course of an activity  
authorized under1 and conducted in      
accordance with the requirements of1    
this section1 to the owner or operator  
of a farm or ranch that is located in-- 
7#a7 the ,state in which the hay was    

harvested2 and  7#b7 a county--  7,a7   
that1 as determined by the ,united      
,states ,drought ,monitor1 is           
experiencing a drought-- 7i7 of an      
intensity classified as ,d#b that has   
existed for a period of #h weeks or     
more2 or  7ii7 of an intensity          
classified as ,d#c or higher2 or  7,b7  
with respect to which the ,president has
 issued a declaration under the ,robert 
,t4 ,stafford ,disaster ,relief and     
,emergency ,assistance ,act that a major
 disaster exists due to a fire4  4