,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bdhd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bg1     
#bjba,mr4 ,thune 7for himself1 ,ms4     
,smith1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,ms4 ,klobuchar1  
,mr4 ,hoeven1 and ,mr4 ,cramer7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry  ,a ,,bill  ,to require   
the ,secretary of ,agriculture to allow 
emergency haying under the conservation 
reserve program during the primary      
nesting season4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,conservation  
,reserve ,program ,flexibility ,act of  
#bjba or the ,,crp ,flexibility ,act of 
#bjba4  #b4 ,emergency haying during the
 primary nesting season ,section        
#abcc7;b77#a7 of the ,food ,security    
,act of #aihe 7#af ,u4,s4,c4            
#chcc7;b77#a77 is amended-- 7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,a77ii71 by inserting     
subject to subclauses 7,i7 and 7,,iii7  
of clause 7i71 and subclauses 7,i7 and  

7,,ii7 of clause 7ii71 of subparagraph  
7,b71 before are subject to2 and  7#b7  
in subparagraph 7,b77i7-- 7,a7 by       
redesignating subclauses 7,i7 through   
7,,vi7 as subclauses 7,,ii7 through     
7,,vii71 respectively2  7,b7 by         
inserting before subclause 7,,ii7 7as so
 redesignated7 the following3  7,i7     
emergency haying in response to a       
localized or regional drought1 flooding1
 wildfire1 or other emergency1 on all   
practices1 during or outside the primary
 nesting season1 when-- 7aa7 the county 
is designated as ,d#b 7severe drought7  
or greater according to the ,united     
,states ,drought ,monitor2  7bb7 there  
is at least a #dj percent loss in forage
 production in the county2 or  7cc7 the 
,secretary1 in coordination with the    
,state technical committee1 determines  
that the program can assist in the      
response to a natural disaster event    
without permanent damage to the         
established cover2  2  7,c7 in subclause
 7,,ii7 7as so redesignated71 in the    

matter preceding item 7aa71 by striking 
emergency haying1 emergency grazing1 or 
other emergency use and inserting       
emergency grazing or other emergency    
use2 and  7,d7 in subclause 7,,iv7 7as  
so redesignated71 by striking outside   
the primary nesting season and inserting
 during or outside the primary nesting  
season4