3.0.0 524 2023-01-11T19:58:41Z 2023-01-11T19:58:41Z Senate S S 2007-02-07 110 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-07T23:19:30Z Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007 110 925 HR 2007-03-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. Related bill CRS Text similarities House 2007-02-07 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2007-02-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N Agriculture and Food Administrative procedure Agricultural labor Agricultural subsidies Animals California Citrus fruits Commerce Crop insurance Dairy industry Department of Agriculture Disaster relief Economics and Public Finance Emergency Management Emergency housing Federal budgets Finance and Financial Sector Floods Food relief Forestry Fruit Government Operations and Politics Grants-in-aid Horticulture Housing and Community Development Housing subsidies Labor and Employment Law Livestock Losses Migrant labor Mortgages Nuts Off-budget expenditures Public Lands and Natural Resources Rental housing Seasonal labor Small business Trees Unemployment Unemployment insurance Vegetables Weather Agriculture and Food 00 2007-02-07 Introduced in Senate 2007-03-06T19:59:16Z Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture (Secretary) to provide assistance: (1) to producers of specialty crops in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2005 or 2006; (2) to citrus producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2007; (3) to producers of other specialty crops in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2007; (4) to dairy producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2006; and (5) for livestock indemnity payments to producers in disaster counties that incurred losses in 2006 or 2007, or both.

Directs the Secretary to make grants to California for an expedited disaster assistance program to qualified small businesses that suffered losses during the 2005, 2006, or 2007 crop year as a result of weather-related agricultural losses to the California specialty crop or livestock production sectors.

Directs the Secretary to provide assistance to tree or fruit and tree nut producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 2005, 2006, or 2007, or any combination of such years. Defines "tree" to include: (1) a tree (including a Christmas tree, ornamental tree, nursery tree, and potted tree); (2) a bush (including a shrub, nursery shrub, nursery bush, ornamental bush, ornamental shrub, potted bush, and potted shrub); and (3) a vine (including a nursery vine and ornamental vine).

Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide unemployment assistance and temporary mortgage rental assistance to California agricultural workers (including low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers) who are unemployed due to disasters in 2007.

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) food coupons and surplus commodities to such workers; and (2) emergency grants for California low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers who are unemployed due to disasters in 2007.

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