3.0.0 284 2023-01-11T20:05:41Z 2023-01-11T20:05:41Z Senate S S 2007-01-12 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-12T18:32:52Z 2007-01-12 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-01-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-01-12 True S001163 Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO] Ken Salazar D CO 2007-01-12 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2007-01-12 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2007-01-12 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-01-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-01-12 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-01-12 True B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2007-01-12 True T000464 Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT] Jon Tester D MT 2007-01-12 True I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2007-01-12 True L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-01-12 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-01-12 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-01-18 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-01-18 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-02-15 False R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2007-03-20 False Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural conservation Agricultural cooperatives Agricultural credit Agricultural industries Agricultural subsidies Animal diseases Animals Anthrax Cattle Commerce Dairy industry Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Droughts Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Environmental Protection Farm lands Farm produce Finance and Financial Sector Floods Forest fires Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Grazing Habitat conservation Hawaii Health Hurricanes Indemnity Land use Law Livestock Montana Public Lands and Natural Resources Sheep Small business Soil conservation Soil erosion Sugar Texas Water Resources Development Watersheds Agriculture and Food 00 2007-01-12 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-09T20:33:15Z Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses (other than sugar beets) for the 2005 and/or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest); (2) dairy losses; (3) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses, including losses from blizzards that began in 2006 and continued into 2007; (4) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses, including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, extreme heat, anthrax, and blizzards that began in 2006 and continued into 2007; (5) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (6) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005 or 2006; (7) sugarcane growers in Hawaii through a payment to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii; and (8) flooded crop and grazing land in the Devils Lake basin, the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake closed drainage areas, North Dakota.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to state agriculture departments or comparable agencies in qualified states for direct economic loss payments to eligible small businesses that suffered weather-related agricultural losses in crop year 2005 or 2006.

Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to carry out emergency measures under: (1) the emergency watershed protection program, including specified projects in Hawaii; (2) the emergency conservation program, including wildfire recovery efforts in Montana and other states and specified projects in Hawaii; and (3) the environmental quality incentives program, including wildfire and blizzard recovery efforts in Montana and other states.

Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to hire additional county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.

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