3.0.0 3702 2023-01-13T04:50:15Z 2023-01-13T04:50:15Z House H HR 2005-09-08 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-09-08T14:01:05Z Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 109 1804 S 2005-09-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2005-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2005-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-09-08 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 N E000172 Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] JO EMERSON R MO ANN 8 2005-09-20 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2005-09-20 False S000672 Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] VICTOR SNYDER D AR F. 2 2005-09-20 False B001236 Rep. Boozman, John [R-AR-3] John Boozman R AR 3 2005-09-20 False E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 2005-09-20 False S000465 Rep. Skelton, Ike [D-MO-4] IKE SKELTON D MO 4 2005-09-20 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2005-09-20 False C001049 Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1] WM. CLAY D MO LACY 1 2005-10-27 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2005-10-27 False R000170 Rep. Reyes, Silvestre [D-TX-16] SILVESTRE REYES D TX 16 2006-05-17 False Agriculture and Food Administrative fees Administrative procedure Agricultural credit Agricultural subsidies Agricultural surpluses Animals Aquaculture Cotton Crop insurance Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Disasters Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Farm produce Farm production quotas Finance and Financial Sector Fisheries Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Grants-in-aid Hurricane aftermath legislation Law Livestock Losses Marketing of farm produce Public Lands and Natural Resources Seeds Sugar Trees Vegetables Agriculture and Food 00 2005-09-08 Introduced in House 2005-09-15T19:49:42Z Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers on a farm eligible for 2005 direct payments for a covered commodity if: (1) the farm is located in a disaster county; or (2) the producers on the farm have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to damaging weather or related conditions.

Requires as a condition for such assistance that producers of: (1) a covered commodity and other insurable commodities for each of the next two crop years obtain at least federal crop catastrophic risk protection, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received; and (2) eligible noninsurable commodities for each of the next two crop or calendar years file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the state filing deadline, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) make emergency financial assistance to producers (crop, timber, fisheries, and livestock producers) who have incurred losses in a disaster-designated county; (2) use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program for livestock producers in a disaster county, and for catfish producers; (3) transfer CCC funds for emergency surplus removal of agricultural commodities; (4) use CCC funds for assistance to fruit and vegetable producers, and for producers and first handlers of the 2005 cottonseed crop; and (5) make CCC commodity or payment assistance to certain loan-eligible first processors in a disaster-designated state to partially compensate producers and first processors for crop and other losses related to such natural disaster.

]]> Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 Display Title Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced To provide emergency assistance to agricultural producers who have suffered losses as a result of drought, Hurricane Katrina, and other natural disasters occurring during 2005, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 Introduced in House 2005-09-08T04:00:00Z 2005-09-08 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.