,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aj1 #bjah
 ,mr4 ,hoeven introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,agriculture1      
,nutrition1 and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill    
,to amend the ,agricultural ,act of     
#bjad to improve the calculation of     
county-level agriculture risk coverage  
payments4  #a4 ,agriculture risk        
coverage ,section #aaag7;e7 of the      
,agricultural ,act of #bjad 7#g         
,u4,s4,c4 #ijag7;e77 is amended-- 7#a7  
by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and    
7#b7 as subparagraphs 7,a7 and 7,b71    
respectively1 and indenting             
appropriately2  7#b7 by striking ,if    
agriculture and inserting the following3
  7#a7 ,in general ,if agriculture  2   
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7#b7 ,calculation for county
 coverage ,in the case of county        
coverage1 the agriculture risk coverage 
payment shall be calculated--  7,a7     

using county data of the ,national      
,agricultural ,statistics ,service2 or  
7,b7 if the data described in           
subparagraph 7,a7 is unavailable1 using 
county data comparable to the data      
described in subparagraph 7,a71 as      
determined by the applicable ,state     
office of the ,farm ,service ,agency4  4