3.0.0 4031 2023-01-13T04:49:55Z 2023-01-13T04:49:55Z House H HR 2005-10-07 109 hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture Referred to 2005-10-17T18:40:49Z Referred to 2005-10-07T13:05:20Z hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-10-07T13:05:25Z 2005-10-17 hsag03 Nutrition, Foreign Agriculture, and Horticulture 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture. Committee 2005-10-07 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsbu00 Budget Committee 2005-10-07 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-07 Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsag00 Agriculture Committee 2005-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-07 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress D000600 Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25] Mario Diaz-Balart R FL 25 N P000586 Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12] ADAM PUTNAM R FL H. 12 2005-10-07 True H001035 Rep. Harris, Katherine [R-FL-13] Katherine Harris R FL 13 2005-10-07 True F000238 Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] MARK FOLEY R FL 16 2005-10-07 True W000797 Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-20] Debbie Wasserman Schultz D FL 20 2005-10-07 True D000299 Rep. Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [R-FL-21] LINCOLN DIAZ-BALART R FL 21 2005-10-07 True M001144 Rep. Miller, Jeff [R-FL-1] Jeff Miller R FL 1 2005-10-07 True M001148 Rep. Meek, Kendrick B. [D-FL-17] Kendrick Meek D FL B. 17 2005-10-07 True R000435 Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN R FL 18 2005-10-07 True Agriculture and Food Administrative fees Administrative procedure Agricultural conservation Agricultural subsidies Alabama Crop insurance Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Federal budgets Finance and Financial Sector Floods Florida Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Horticulture Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Law Louisiana Mississippi Nuts Off-budget expenditures Public Lands and Natural Resources Refuse and refuse disposal Texas Trees Tropical agriculture Water Resources Development Agriculture and Food 00 2005-10-07 Introduced in House 2005-11-10T19:10:10Z Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use necessary Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to make emergency financial assistance available to: (1) commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county for eligible inventory losses due to Hurricane Dennis, Katrina, or Rita; and (2) tropical fruit producers in a disaster county who have suffered a loss of 35 percent or more relative to expected production, due to any of those hurricanes. Provides for the calculation of losses and payments.

Directs the Secretary to use necessary CCC funds to make emergency financial assistance to commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county to help cover debris removal and associated costs due to any of those hurricanes.

Amends the: (1) Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to include a producer of nursery or fernery crops within the term "agricultural producer" for purposes of its emergency conservation program; and (2) Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include nursery growers that produce field- or container-grown trees within the term "eligible orchardist" for purposes of its tree assistance program.

Designates amounts provided under this Act as an emergency requirement under the FY2006 Concurrent Budget Resolution.

]]> Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act Display Title Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act Official Title as Introduced To provide assistance to nursery crop and tropical fruit producers whose agricultural operations were severely damaged by Hurricane Dennis, Hurricane Katrina, or Hurricane Rita in 2005. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act Introduced in House 2005-10-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4031ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4031ih.xml 2005-10-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture. 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.