,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cihb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,ms4 
,letlow introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,agriculture1 for a      
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
establish a ,tariff ,response and       
,damages to ,exports fund1 and for other
 purposes4  #a4 ,tariff response and    
damages to exports fund  7a7 ,in general
 ,there is established in the general   
fund of the ,treasury a fund to be known
 as the ,tariff ,response ,and ,damages 
to ,exports ,fund or the ,,trade ,fund4 
,amounts made available to such fund    
pursuant to subsection 7b7 shall be made
 available without subsequent           
appropriation or fiscal year limitation 
to the ,secretary of ,agriculture for   

the purposes described in subsection    
7c74  7b7 ,tariff revenues ,the         
,president may deposit into the ,,trade 
,fund any revenues collected in the form
 of duties imposed on the importation of
 articles classified under any of       
chapters #a through #bd of the          
,harmonized ,tariff ,schedule of the    
,united ,states4  7c7 ,use of funds ,the
 ,secretary of ,agriculture shall use   
any amounts deposited in the ,,trade    
,fund to make payments to persons the   
,secretary determines are agricultural  
producers that have been affected by    
export competition1 reduction in access 
to foreign markets1 or other            
trade-related market disruptions1       
including losses the ,secretary         
determines are due to-- 7#a7 decreased  
exports2  7#b7 tariff or non-tariff     
barriers imposed by foreign countries2  
or  7#c7 increases in the costs of items
 and goods necessary for the production 
of agricultural commodities and         
livestock4  7d7 ,reporting  7#a7 ,in    

general ,not later than #fj days after  
the end of each fiscal year in which a  
direct payment is made under this       
section1 the ,secretary of ,agriculture 
shall submit to the appropriate         
congressional committees a report       
detailing-- 7,a7 the total revenues     
transferred into the ,,trade ,fund      
during such preceding fiscal year2  7,b7
 the economic impacts1 as determined by 
the ,secretary for purposes of the      
authority provided by subsection 7c71 of
 export competition1 reduction in access
 to foreign markets1 or other           
trade-related market disruptions on     
affected agricultural producers during  
such fiscal year2 and  7,c7 a summary of
 assistance provided to such producers  
pursuant to subsection 7c74  7#b7       
,appropriate congressional committees   
defined ,for purposes of this           
subsection1 the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,agriculture and the  
,committee on ,appropriations of the    

,house of ,representatives2 and  7,b7   
the ,committee on ,agriculture1         
,nutrition1 and ,forestry and the       
,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate4  7e7 ,sunset ,the authorities  
provided by this section shall terminate
 on ,september #cj1 #bjcj1 and the      
unobligated balances of all amounts     
available in the ,,trade ,fund as of    
such date shall be permanently          
rescinded4