3.0.0 5363 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z 2023-01-13T04:48:29Z House H HR 2006-05-11 109 hsbu00 Budget Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-11T14:04:25Z hsag00 Agriculture Committee House Standing Referred to 2006-05-11T14:04:20Z Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 109 5099 HR 2006-05-02 Executive Comment Requested from USDA. Related bill CRS Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 109 2438 S 2006-03-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. Related bill CRS 2006-05-11 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 2006-05-11 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 2006-05-11 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 2006-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2006-05-11 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000491 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3] FRANK LUCAS R OK D. 3 N C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2006-05-19 False C001055 Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-2] Ed Case D HI 2 2006-05-25 False F000238 Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] MARK FOLEY R FL 16 2006-05-25 False A000014 Rep. Abercrombie, Neil [D-HI-1] NEIL ABERCROMBIE D HI 1 2006-06-07 False G000552 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1] Louie Gohmert R TX 1 2006-06-07 False M000934 Rep. Moran, Jerry [R-KS-1] Jerry Moran R KS 1 2006-06-19 False O000165 Rep. Osborne, Tom [R-NE-3] TOM OSBORNE R NE 3 2006-06-22 False W000437 Rep. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS-1] Roger Wicker R MS F. 1 2006-09-14 False H000067 Rep. Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] RALPH HALL R TX M. 4 2006-09-27 False P000258 Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] COLLIN PETERSON D MN C. 7 2006-09-27 False C000962 Rep. Cubin, Barbara [R-WY-At Large] BARBARA CUBIN R WY 0 2006-09-27 False T000238 Rep. Thornberry, Mac [R-TX-13] WILLIAM THORNBERRY R TX M. 13 2006-09-27 False P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND 0 2006-09-27 False B000652 Rep. Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] LEONARD BOSWELL D IA L. 3 2006-09-28 False B000420 Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] MARION BERRY D AR 1 2006-09-28 False U000039 Rep. Udall, Tom [D-NM-3] TOM UDALL D NM 3 2006-09-28 False M000485 Rep. McIntyre, Mike [D-NC-7] MIKE MCINTYRE D NC 7 2006-09-28 False E000226 Rep. Etheridge, Bob [D-NC-2] BOB ETHERIDGE D NC 2 2006-09-28 False C001050 Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] Dennis Cardoza D CA A. 18 2006-09-28 False M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2006-09-28 False B001254 Rep. Boren, Dan [D-OK-2] Dan Boren D OK 2 2006-09-28 False D000599 Rep. Davis, Lincoln [D-TN-4] Lincoln Davis D TN 4 2006-09-28 False C001059 Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] Jim Costa D CA 20 2006-09-28 False U000038 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO-2] MARK UDALL D CO 2 2006-09-28 False H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2006-09-28 False C001058 Rep. Chandler, Ben [D-KY-6] Ben Chandler D KY 6 2006-09-28 False C001063 Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] Henry Cuellar D TX 28 2006-09-28 False T000193 Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] BENNIE THOMPSON D MS 2 2006-09-28 False S001157 Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13] David Scott D GA 13 2006-09-28 False F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2006-09-28 False R000573 Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] MIKE ROSS D AR 4 2006-09-28 False H000636 Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] RUBEN HINOJOSA D TX 15 2006-11-15 False K000078 Rep. Kelly, Sue W. [R-NY-19] SUE KELLY R NY W. 19 2006-11-15 False E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 2006-11-15 False Agriculture and Food Administrative fees Administrative remedies Agricultural conservation Alabama Animals Anthrax Checks Commerce Crop insurance Dairy industry Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Disasters Economics and Public Finance Electronic funds transfers Emergency Management Environmental Protection Federal budgets Federal employees Finance and Financial Sector Fires Floods Florida Fruit Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Hawaii Horticulture Hurricane aftermath legislation Hurricanes Law Livestock Losses Louisiana Mississippi Nuts Off-budget expenditures Oilseeds Poultry Public Lands and Natural Resources Recruiting of employees Refuse and refuse disposal Saline waters Science, Technology, Communications Soil conservation Soil erosion Storms Sugar Texas Trees Water Resources Development Watersheds Wetlands Agriculture and Food 00 2006-05-11 Introduced in House 2006-07-06T16:18:43Z Natural Disaster Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers (other than sugar cane and sugar beet producers) who have incurred qualifying: (1) 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest); and (2) 2006 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest) with respect to which a natural disaster declaration has been made. Requires a producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for one but not both years.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program for livestock disaster losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states); (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 and 2006 livestock disaster losses prior to enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states), including losses due to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and anthrax. Requires a livestock producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for one but not both years.

Directs the Secretary to provide indemnity payments to poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance for qualifying producers and first processors in Louisiana counties designated as disaster areas due to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, or related conditions, or to qualifying producers and first processors in Florida for 2005 losses due to hurricanes, floods, rain, or storms; (2) assistance to sugarcane growers in Texas (for additional Baton Rouge demurrage costs and raw sugar transportation and storage costs) and Hawaii (for an agricultural transportation cooperative); (3) assistance to specialty and nursery crop producers in hurricane-affected counties; (4) assistance to tree producers (including Christmas, potted, ornamental, and nursery trees, shrubs, and vines), and fruit and nut tree producers in hurricane-affected counties; (5) assistance to dairy producers for production and spoilage losses in hurricane-affected counties; (6) assistance to producers and first handlers of cottonseed; (7) emergency watershed protection and emergency conservation program activities; and (8) assistance for additional conservation-related technical assistance in each state that has a disaster or hurricane-affected county.

Authorizes the Secretary to provide financial and technical assistance to remove debris and animal carcasses that could adversely affect health and safety on non-federal land in hurricane-affected counties.

Directs the Secretary to hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to assist in agricultural disaster and economic assistance programs.

Defines "hurricane-affected county" as: (1) a county covered by a natural disaster designation related to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, or related condition; and (2) a contiguous county.]]> Natural Disaster Relief Act Display Title Natural Disaster Relief Act Official Title as Introduced To provide assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses resulting from recent, catastrophic natural disasters, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Natural Disaster Relief Act Introduced in House 2006-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr5363ih/xml/BILLS-109hr5363ih.xml 2006-05-11 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. 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.