,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #beeb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjah,mr4 ,peters 7for himself and ,mr4 
,perdue7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1
 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the
 ,consolidated ,farm and ,rural         
,development ,act to authorize the      
,secretary of ,agriculture to increase  
the maximum amounts of ,farm ,service   
,agency loans for years in which those  
maximum amounts are insufficient to     
satisfy demand1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,farm ,service ,agency ,loan    
,flexibility ,act4  #b4 ,increase in    
maximum amounts for loans authorized    
,section #cdf7;b7 of the ,consolidated  
,farm and ,rural ,development ,act 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #aiid7;b77 is amended by      
adding at the end the following3  7#e7  
,increase in authorized amounts  7,a7   
,in general ,if the ,secretary          

determines that the amount needed for a 
fiscal year for loans under subtitles ,a
 and ,b is greater than the aggregate   
principal amount authorized for that    
fiscal year by this ,act1 an            
appropriations ,act1 or any other       
provision of law1 the ,secretary may    
make or guarantee loans under subtitles 
,a and ,b from the ,agricultural ,credit
 ,insurance ,fund for that fiscal year  
in an amount that is not more than #abe 
percent of that aggregate principal     
amount4  7,b7 ,commodity ,credit        
,corporation  7i7 ,in general ,for a    
fiscal year for which the ,secretary    
uses the authority under subparagraph   
7,a71 the ,secretary may use of the     
funds of the ,commodity ,credit         
,corporation an amount equal to the     
difference between--  7,i7 the amount of
 the cost of making or guaranteeing     
loans under subtitles ,a and ,b for that
 fiscal year2 and  7,,ii7 the amount of 
discretionary appropriations for those  
loans for that fiscal year under an     

appropriations ,act or any other        
provision of law4  7ii7 ,applicability  
,clause 7i7 applies for a fiscal year   
only if the amount described in         
subclause 7,i7 of that clause is greater
 than the amount described in subclause 
7,,ii7 of that clause4  7,c7 ,notice    
,not later than #ae days before the date
 on which the ,secretary uses the       
authority under subparagraph 7,a71 the  
,secretary shall submit a notice of the 
use of that authority to--  7i7 the     
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,house of ,representatives2  7ii7 the   
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate2  7iii7 the ,committee on       
,agriculture of the ,house of           
,representatives2 and  7iv7 the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry of the ,senate4  4