3.0.0 2190 2023-01-11T13:39:09Z 2023-01-11T13:39:09Z Senate S 2017-12-04 115 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-12-04T23:27:43Z 2017-12-04 ssaf00 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. IntroReferral 2017-12-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND N Agriculture and Food Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit Disaster relief and insurance Insects Livestock Agriculture and Food 00 2017-12-04 Introduced in Senate 2018-06-08T19:27:49Z Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017

This bill amends the Agricultural Act of 2014 to remove the $20 million annual limit on mandatory funding for emergency assistance under the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish Program (ELAP). The bill also removes a provision that permits funds provided under ELAP to remain available until expended.

(ELAP provides financial assistance to eligible producers of livestock, honeybees and farm-raised fish for losses due to disease, certain adverse weather events, or loss conditions, including blizzards and wildfires.)

The bill amends the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to specify that the maximum cost-share percentage permitted under the Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) is 90% for an area that has been identified by the U.S. Drought Monitor as experiencing extreme or exceptional drought.

(The ECP provides emergency funding and technical assistance to farmers and ranchers to rehabilitate farmland damaged by natural disasters and implement emergency conservation measures in periods of severe drought.)

]]> Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 Display Title Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Livestock and Honey Bee Disaster Assistance Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to remove a limitation on funding for emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s2190is/xml/BILLS-115s2190is.xml 2017-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. 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.