Nutrient Management Technical Service Provider Certification Act

Download PDF
3 downloads 136 Views 35KB Size Report
Comment
Feb 12, 2018 - A BILL. To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to eligibility to become a third-party provid
G:\M\15\BOST\BOST_031.XML

..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member)

115TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION

H. R. ll

To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to eligibility to become a third-party provider, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. BOST introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on llllllllllllll

A BILL To amend the Food Security Act of 1985 with respect to eligibility to become a third-party provider, and for other purposes. 1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-

2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 4

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Nutrient Management

5 Technical Service Provider Certification Act of 2018’’.

g:\VHLC\021218\021218.068.xml February 12, 2018 (1:00 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002

13:00 Feb 12, 2018

Jkt 000000

(680295|19) PO 00000

Frm 00001

Fmt 6652

Sfmt 6201

C:\USERS\ECBLOUNT\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\BOST_031.X

G:\M\15\BOST\BOST_031.XML

2 1

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE FOOD SECURITY ACT OF 1985.

2

Section 1242(e) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (16

3 U.S.C. 3842(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 5

‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE

6

‘‘(A) IN

GENERAL.—In

carrying out this

7

subsection, the Secretary shall approve any

8

qualified certification that the Secretary deter-

9

mines to meet or exceed to the national criteria

10

provided under paragraph (3)(B).

11

‘‘(B) QUALIFIED

CERTIFICATION.—In

this

12

paragraph, the term ‘qualified certification’

13

means a professional certification that is estab-

14

lished by the Secretary, an agriculture-related

15

retailer, a farmer cooperative, the American So-

16

ciety of Agronomy, or the National Alliance of

17

Independent Crop Consultants, including cer-

18

tification—

19

‘‘(i) as a Certified Crop Advisor by

20

the American Society for Agronomy;

21

‘‘(ii)

as

a

Certified

Professional

22

Agronomist by the American Society for

23

Agronomy; and

24

‘‘(iii) as a Comprehensive Nutrient

25

Management Plan Specialist by the Sec-

26

retary.’’.

g:\VHLC\021218\021218.068.xml February 12, 2018 (1:00 p.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002

CERTIFICATION.—

13:00 Feb 12, 2018

Jkt 000000

(680295|19) PO 00000

Frm 00002

Fmt 6652

Sfmt 6201

C:\USERS\ECBLOUNT\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\7.0\GEN\C\BOST_031.X