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<br />WHEREAS, Members of Congress ,subsequently tried to make disaster assistance money' <br />available by including an allocation in another bill, but unfortunately, this attempt failed as well; now, therefore, <br />Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the Sixty-third General Assembly of the State <br />of Colorado, the Senate concurring herein: <br />That we, the members of the General Assembly, strongly urge the United States Congress: <br />(I) To examine and adopt measures to allow producers of agricultural commodities to receive <br />short-term assistance in coping with and responding to the drought conditions, such as the following: <br />(a) Implementing tax code modifications that enable producers who are forced to sell livestock <br />during periods of drought to receive additional time to reinvest the sale proceeds before having to pay capital <br />gains tax on the earnings, thus allowing the producer to wait until the drought conditions have subsided before <br />reinvesting; <br />(b) Providing crop and livestock producers with direct emergency assistance to be delivered <br />through existing Farm Service Agency channels; <br />(2) To reexamine how drought relief assistance is provided and consider elevating the manner <br />in which it is provided to place drought assistance on the same level of assistance that is provided to other natural <br />disasters such as wildfires, hurricanes, and floods; and <br />_ (3) To examine the feasibility of prioritizing water allocations. <br />Be It Further Resolved, That copies of this Joint Resolution be sent to the President of the <br />United States, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, the Minority Leader of the United States Senate, <br />the Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives, the Minority Leader of the United States <br />House of Representatives, and to each member of the Colorado Congressional Delegation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />