[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2579 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2579

    To extend to 1993 and subsequent crops the disaster assistance 
  provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
                                 1990.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 1, 1993

 Mr. de la Garza (for himself, Mr. English of Oklahoma, Mr. Glickman, 
Mr. Volkmer, Mr. Penny, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Sarpalius, Ms. 
Long, Mr. Peterson of Minnesota, Mrs. Clayton, Mr. Minge, Mr. Hilliard, 
  Mr. Inslee, Mr. Barlow, Mr. Holden, Ms. McKinney, Mrs. Thurman, Mr. 
   Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Bishop, Mr. Farr of California, Mr. 
   Williams, Ms. Lambert, Mr. Condit, Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Emerson, Mr. 
  Gunderson, and Mr. Nussle) introduced the following bill; which was 
                referred to the Committee on Agriculture

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
    To extend to 1993 and subsequent crops the disaster assistance 
  provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
                                 1990.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Extension of Assistance.--Chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 
1421 note; 104 Stat. 3962) is amended to read as follows:

              ``CHAPTER 3--EMERGENCY CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE

``SEC. 2240. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This chapter may be cited as the `Agricultural Disaster 
Assistance Act'.

                      ``Subchapter A--Annual Crops

``SEC. 2241. PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR TARGET PRICE 
              COMMODITIES.

    ``(a) Disaster Payments.--
            ``(1) Payment acres.--Effective only for a crop year for 
        which the producers on a farm elect to participate in the 
        production adjustment program established under the 
        Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) for the crop 
        of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, 
        or rice for such crop year, except as otherwise provided in 
        this subsection, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
        that, because of damaging weather or related condition, the 
        total quantity of such crop of the commodity that such 
        producers are able to harvest on the farm is less than the 
        result of multiplying 60 percent (or, in the case of producers 
        who obtained crop insurance for such crop of the commodity 
        under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 
        65 percent) of the farm program payment yield established by 
        the Secretary for such crop by the sum of the acreage planted 
        for harvest and the acreage prevented from being planted 
        (because of a natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary) 
        within the payment acres for such crop, the Secretary shall 
        make a disaster payment available to such producers at a rate 
        equal to 65 percent of the established price for the crop for 
        any deficiency in production greater than 40 percent (or, in 
        the case of producers who obtained crop insurance for such crop 
        of the commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 35 
        percent) for such crop.
            ``(2) Flexible acres.--Payments shall be made available for 
        a crop of a commodity planted for harvest in accordance with 
        section 504 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1464), 
        and for which prevented planting credit was provided for such 
        crop, on the same terms and conditions as provided for such 
        commodity under section 2242, 2243, or 2244, as applicable. 
        Such payments shall be based on the reduction in the quantity 
        of the crop of the commodity that producers are able to harvest 
        on such acres.
            ``(3) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Acreage in excess of payment acreage.--
                Payments provided under paragraph (1) for a crop of a 
                commodity may not be made available to producers on a 
                farm with respect to any acreage in excess of the 
                payment acreage for the farm for the commodity.
                    ``(B) Crop insurance.--Payments provided under 
                paragraph (1) for a crop of a commodity may not be made 
                available to producers on a farm unless such producers 
                enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil crop 
                insurance, to the extent required under section 2247.
            ``(4) Reduction in deficiency payments.--The total quantity 
        of a crop of a commodity on which deficiency payments otherwise 
        would be payable to producers on a farm under the Agricultural 
        Act of 1949 shall be reduced by the quantity on which a payment 
        is made to the producers for the crop under paragraph (1).
            ``(5) Election of payments.--
                    ``(A) Application of paragraph.--This paragraph 
                shall apply for a crop year, effective only for the 
                crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long 
                staple cotton, and rice, to producers on a farm who--
                            ``(i) had failed wheat, feed grain, upland 
                        cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice 
                        acreage during such crop year; or
                            ``(ii) were prevented from planting acreage 
                        to such commodity because of damaging weather 
                        or related condition.
                    ``(B) Election.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
                (within 30 days after the date on which assistance is 
                made available under this subchapter for a crop year) 
                permit producers referred to in subparagraph (A) to 
                elect whether to receive disaster payments for such 
                crop for such crop year in accordance with this section 
                in lieu of payments received for such crop under 
                section 101B(c)(1)(D), 103B(c)(1)(D), 105B(c)(1)(E), or 
                107B(c)(1)(E) of the Agricultural Act of 1949.
            ``(6) Spring wheat as replacement crop for winter wheat.--
        In providing assistance under this section or section 2242 for 
        a crop of winter wheat, the Secretary shall disregard spring 
        wheat that is planted as a replacement crop for such winter 
        wheat.
    ``(b) Advance Deficiency Payments.--
            ``(1) Application of subsection.--This subsection shall 
        apply only for a crop year for which the producers on a farm 
        elect to participate in the production adjustment program 
        established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 for the crop of 
        wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or 
        rice for such crop year.
            ``(2) Forgiveness of refund requirement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), if 
                because of damaging weather or related condition the 
                total quantity of such crop of the commodity that the 
                producers are able to harvest on the farm is less than 
                the result of multiplying the farm program payment 
                yield established by the Secretary for such crop by the 
                sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the acreage 
                prevented from being planted (because of a natural 
                disaster, as determined by the Secretary) for such crop 
                (hereinafter in this section referred to as the 
                `qualifying amount'), the producers shall not be 
                required to refund any advance deficiency payment made 
                to the producers for such crop under section 114 of the 
                Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) with respect 
                to that portion of the deficiency in production that 
                does not exceed--
                            ``(i) in the case of producers who obtained 
                        crop insurance for such crop of the commodity 
                        under the Federal Crop Insurance Act, 35 
                        percent of the qualifying amount; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of other producers, 40 
                        percent of the qualifying amount.
                    ``(B) Crop insurance.--Producers on a farm shall 
                not be eligible for the forgiveness provided for under 
                subparagraph (A), unless such producers enter into an 
                agreement to obtain multiperil crop insurance to the 
                extent required under section 2247.
            ``(3) Election for Nonrecipients.--The Secretary shall 
        allow producers on a farm who, before the date on which 
        assistance is made available under this subchapter for a crop 
        year, elect not to receive advance deficiency payments made 
        available for the crop for such crop year under section 114 of 
        the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) to elect (within 
        30 days after such date) whether to receive such advance 
        deficiency payments.
            ``(4) Date of refund for payments.--If the Secretary 
        determines that any portion of the advance deficiency payment 
        made to producers for a crop of wheat, feed grains, upland 
        cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice under section 114 of 
        the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) must be refunded, 
        such refund shall not be required prior to July 31 of the year 
        following such determination for that portion of the crop for 
        which a disaster payment is made under subsection (a).

``SEC. 2242. PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM NONPARTICIPANTS FOR TARGET PRICE 
              COMMODITIES AND PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR 
              TARGET PRICE COMMODITIES ON FLEXIBLE ACRES.

    ``(a) Disaster Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Effective only for a crop year for which 
        the producers on a farm elect not to participate in the 
        production adjustment program established under the 
        Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) for the crop 
        of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, 
        or rice for such crop year (and for such crop on flexible acres 
        as provided under section 2241(a)(2)), if the Secretary of 
        Agriculture determines that, because of damaging weather or 
        related condition, the total quantity of such crop of the 
        commodity that such producers are able to harvest on the farm 
        is less than the result of multiplying 60 percent (or in the 
        case of producers who obtained crop insurance for such crop, 65 
        percent) of the county average yield established by the 
        Secretary for such crop by the sum of acreage planted for 
        harvest and the acreage for which prevented planted credit is 
        approved by the Secretary for such crop under subsection (b), 
        the Secretary shall make a disaster payment available to such 
        producers.
            ``(2) Payment rate.--The payment shall be made to the 
        producers at a rate equal to 65 percent of the basic county 
        loan rate (or a comparable price if there is no current basic 
        county loan rate) for the crop, as determined by the Secretary, 
        for any deficiency in production greater than 40 percent for 
        the crop (or in the case of producers who obtained crop 
        insurance, 35 percent).
    ``(b) Prevented Planting Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide prevented 
        planting credit under subsection (a) with respect to acreage 
        for a crop year that producers on a farm were prevented from 
        planting to such crop of the commodity for harvest because of 
        damaging weather or related condition, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(2) Maximum acreage.--Such acreage may not exceed the 
        greater of--
                    ``(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on the farm 
                planted (or prevented from being planted due to a 
                natural disaster or other condition beyond the control 
                of the producers) to the commodity for harvest in the 
                immediately preceding crop year minus acreage actually 
                planted to the commodity for harvest in the crop year 
                involved;
                    ``(B) a quantity equal to the average of the 
                acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from being 
                planted due to a natural disaster or other condition 
                beyond the control of the producers) to the commodity 
                for harvest in the three immediately preceding crop 
                years minus acreage actually planted to the commodity 
                for harvest in the crop year involved; or
                    ``(C) with respect to flexible acres as provided 
                under section 2241(a)(2) for which no such planting 
                history is established, a quantity of acreage 
                determined to be fair and reasonable by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Adjustments.--The Secretary shall make appropriate 
        adjustments in applying the limitations contained in paragraph 
        (2) to take into account crop rotation practices of the 
        producers.
    ``(c) Limitations.--
            ``(1) Acreage limitation program.--The amount of payments 
        made available to producers on a farm who elect not to 
        participate in the production adjustment program for a crop of 
        a commodity under subsection (a) shall be reduced by a factor 
        equivalent to the acreage limitation program percentage 
        established for such crop under the Agricultural Act of 1949.
            ``(2) Crop insurance.--Payments provided under subsection 
        (a) for a crop of a commodity may not be made available to the 
        producers on a farm unless such producers enter into an 
        agreement to obtain multiperil crop insurance to the extent 
        required under section 2247.

``SEC. 2243. PEANUTS, SUGAR, AND TOBACCO.

    ``(a) Disaster Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Effective for a crop year only for crops 
        of peanuts, sugar beets, sugarcane, and tobacco in such crop 
        year, if the Secretary of Agriculture determines that, because 
        of damaging weather or related condition, the total quantity of 
        such crop of the commodity that the producers on a farm are 
        able to harvest is less than the result of multiplying 60 
        percent (or, in the case of producers who obtained crop 
        insurance for such crop of the commodity under the Federal Crop 
        Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of the 
        county average yield (or program yield, in the case of peanuts) 
        established by the Secretary for such crop by the sum of the 
        acreage planted for harvest and the acreage for which prevented 
        planted credit is approved by the Secretary for such crop under 
        subsection (b), the Secretary shall make a disaster payment 
        available to such producers.
            ``(2) Payment rate.--The payment shall be made to the 
        producers at a rate equal to 65 percent of the applicable 
        payment level under paragraph (3), as determined by the 
        Secretary, for any deficiency in production greater than--
                    ``(A) in the case of producers who obtained crop 
                insurance for the crop of the commodity for such crop 
                year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act--
                            ``(i) 35 percent for the crop; or
                            ``(ii) with respect to a crop of burley 
                        tobacco or flue-cured tobacco, 35 percent of 
                        the farm's effective marketing quota for such 
                        crop for such crop year; and
                    ``(B) in the case of producers who did not obtain 
                crop insurance for the crop of the commodity for such 
                crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act--
                            ``(i) 40 percent for the crop; or
                            ``(ii) with respect to a crop of burley 
                        tobacco or flue-cured tobacco, 40 percent of 
                        the farm's effective marketing quota for such 
                        crop for such crop year.
            ``(3) Payment level.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        payment level for a commodity shall be equal to--
                    ``(A) for peanuts, the price support level for 
                quota peanuts or the price support level for additional 
                peanuts, as applicable;
                    ``(B) for tobacco, the national average loan rate 
                for the type of tobacco involved, or (if there is none) 
                the market price, as determined under section 
                2244(a)(2); and
                    ``(C) for sugar beets and sugarcane, a level 
                determined by the Secretary to be fair and reasonable 
                in relation to the level of price support established 
                for crops of sugar beets and sugarcane for the crop 
                year involved, and that, insofar as is practicable, 
                shall reflect no less return to the producer than under 
                the price support levels in effect for such crop year.
    ``(b) Prevented Planting Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide prevented 
        planting credit under subsection (a) with respect to acreage 
        for a crop year that producers on a farm were prevented from 
        planting to such crop of the commodity for harvest because of 
        damaging weather or related condition, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(2) Maximum acreage.--Such acreage may not exceed the 
        greater of--
                    ``(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on the farm 
                planted (or prevented from being planted due to a 
                natural disaster or other condition beyond the control 
                of the producers) to the commodity for harvest in the 
                immediately preceding crop year minus acreage actually 
                planted for harvest in the crop year involved;
                    ``(B) a quantity equal to the average of the 
                acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from being 
                planted due to a natural disaster or other condition 
                beyond the control of the producers) to the commodity 
                for harvest in the three immediately preceding crop 
                years minus acreage actually planted to the commodity 
                for harvest in the crop year involved; or
                    ``(C) with respect to flexible acres as provided 
                under section 2241(a)(2) for which no such planting 
                history is established, a quantity of acreage 
                determined to be fair and reasonable by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Adjustments.--The Secretary shall make appropriate 
        adjustments in applying for a crop year the limitations 
        contained in paragraph (2) to take into account crop rotation 
        practices of the producers and any change in quotas for crops 
        of tobacco for such crop year.
    ``(c) Limitation.--Payments provided under subsection (a) for a 
crop of a commodity may not be made available to the producers on a 
farm unless such producers enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil 
crop insurance to the extent required under section 2247.
    ``(d) Special Rules for Peanuts.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--
            ``(1) a deficiency in production of quota peanuts from a 
        farm, as otherwise determined under this section, shall be 
        reduced by the quantity of peanut poundage quota that was the 
        basis of such anticipated production that has been transferred 
        from the farm;
            ``(2) payments made under this section shall be made taking 
        into account whether the deficiency for which the deficiency in 
        production is claimed was a deficiency in production of quota 
        or additional peanuts and the payment rate shall be established 
        accordingly; and
            ``(3) the quantity of undermarketings of quota peanuts from 
        a farm for a crop that may otherwise be claimed under section 
        358-1 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
        1358-1) for purposes of future quota increases shall be reduced 
        by the quantity of the deficiency of production of such peanuts 
        for which payment has been received under this section.
    ``(e) Special Rules for Tobacco.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law--
            ``(1) the quantity of undermarketings of quota tobacco from 
        a farm for a crop that may otherwise be claimed under section 
        317 or 319 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 
        1314c or 1314e) for purposes of future quota increases shall be 
        reduced by the quantity of the deficiency of production of such 
        tobacco for which payment has been received under this section; 
        and
            ``(2) disaster payments made to producers under this 
        section may not be considered by the Secretary in determining 
        the net losses of the Commodity Credit Corporation under 
        section 106A(d) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445-
        1(d)).
    ``(f) Special Rule for Sugarcane.--For purposes of determining the 
total quantity of a crop of sugarcane that the producers on a farm are 
able to harvest, the Secretary shall make the determination based on 
the quantity of recoverable sugar.

``SEC. 2244. OILSEEDS AND NONPROGRAM CROPS.

    ``(a) Disaster Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--
                    ``(A) Eligibility.--Effective for a crop year only 
                for the crops of oilseeds (as defined in section 205(a) 
                of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446f(a)) and 
                nonprogram crops, the Secretary shall make a disaster 
                payment under this section available to the producers 
                on a farm if the Secretary of Agriculture determines 
                that, because of damaging weather or related condition, 
                the total quantity of such crop of the commodity that 
                the producers are able to harvest is less than--
                            ``(i) with respect to oilseeds, the result 
                        of multiplying 60 percent (or in the case of 
                        producers who obtained crop insurance, if 
                        available, for such crop year for the commodity 
                        under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
                        1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of the State, area, 
                        or county yield, adjusted for adverse weather 
                        conditions during the three immediately 
                        preceding crop years, as determined by the 
                        Secretary, for such crop by the sum of the 
                        acreage planted for harvest and the acreage for 
                        which prevented planting credit is approved by 
                        the Secretary for such crop under subsection 
                        (b);
                            ``(ii) with respect to nonprogram crops 
                        (other than as provided in clauses (i), (iii), 
                        (iv)), the result of multiplying 60 percent (or 
                        in the case of producers who obtained crop 
                        insurance, if available, for such crop year for 
                        the commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance 
                        Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of the 
                        yield established by the Commodity Credit 
                        Corporation under subsection (d)(2) for such 
                        crop by the sum of the acreage planted for 
                        harvest and the acreage for which prevented 
                        planting credit is approved by the Secretary 
                        for such crop under subsection (b);
                            ``(iii) with respect to crops covered in 
                        section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 
                        U.S.C. 1446h), 60 percent (or in the case of 
                        producers who obtained crop insurance, if 
                        available, for such crop year for the commodity 
                        under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
                        1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of the historical 
                        annual yield of the producers for such crops, 
                        as determined by the Secretary; and
                            ``(iv) with respect to fish or seafood, 60 
                        percent of the historical annual yield of the 
                        producers of such crops, as determined by the 
                        Secretary.
                    ``(B) Payment rate.--The payment shall be made to 
                such producers at a rate equal to 65 percent of the 
                applicable payment level under paragraph (2), as 
                determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in 
                production greater than 40 percent for oilseeds and 
                other nonprogram crops for the crop, except that in the 
                case of producers who obtained crop insurance, if 
                available, for such crop under the Federal Crop 
                Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 35 percent.
                    ``(C) Limitation on assistance for aquaculture.--
                The total amount of payments made available to all 
                producers under subparagraph (A)(iv) shall not exceed 
                $30,000,000 in any year.
            ``(2) Payment level.--For purposes of paragraph (1), the 
        payment level for a commodity shall equal the simple average 
        price received by producers of the commodity, as determined by 
        the Secretary subject to paragraph (3), during the marketing 
        years for the immediately preceding 5 crops of the commodity, 
        excluding the year in which the average price was the highest 
        and the year in which the average price was the lowest in such 
        period.
            ``(3) Calculation of payments for different varieties.--
                    ``(A) Crop-by-crop basis.--The Secretary shall make 
                disaster payments under this subsection on a crop-by-
                crop basis, with consideration given to markets and 
                uses of the crops, under regulations issued by the 
                Secretary.
                    ``(B) Different varieties.--For purposes of 
                determining the payment levels on a crop-by-crop basis, 
                the Secretary shall consider as separate crops, and 
                develop separate payment levels insofar as is 
                practicable for, different varieties of the same 
                commodity, and commodities for which there is a 
                significant difference in the economic value in the 
                market.
                    ``(C) Double cropping.--
                            ``(i) Treated separately.--In the case of a 
                        crop that is historically double cropped 
                        (including two crops of the same commodity) by 
                        the producers on a farm, the Secretary shall 
                        treat each cropping separately for purposes of 
                        determining whether the crop was affected by 
                        damaging weather or related condition and the 
                        total quality of the crop that the producers 
                        are able to harvest.
                            ``(ii) Application of subparagraph.--This 
                        subparagraph shall not apply in the case of a 
                        replacement crop.
                    ``(D) Navel and valencia oranges treated as 
                separate crops.--For the purpose of programs 
                administered under this chapter and the Consolidated 
                Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), 
                navel oranges and valencia oranges shall be considered 
                separate crops.
            ``(4) Exclusions from harvested quantities.--For purposes 
        of determining the total quantity of a nonprogram crop of the 
        commodity that the producers on a farm are able to harvest 
        under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall exclude--
                    ``(A) commodities that cannot be sold in normal 
                commercial channels of trade; and
                    ``(B) dockage, including husks and shells, if such 
                dockage is excluded in determining yields under 
                subsection (d)(2).
    ``(b) Prevented Planting Credit.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall provide prevented 
        planting credit under subsection (a) with respect to acreage 
        for a crop year that producers on a farm were prevented from 
        planting to the crop of the commodity for harvest because of 
        damaging weather or related condition, as determined by the 
        Secretary.
            ``(2) Maximum acreage.--Such acreage may not exceed the 
        greater of--
                    ``(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on the farm 
                planted (or prevented from being planted due to a 
                natural disaster or other condition beyond the control 
                of the producers) to the commodity for harvest in the 
                immediately preceding crop year minus acreage actually 
                planted for harvest in the crop year involved;
                    ``(B) a quantity equal to the average of the 
                acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from being 
                planted due to a natural disaster or other condition 
                beyond the control of the producers) to the commodity 
                for harvest in the three immediately preceding crop 
                years minus acreage actually planted to the commodity 
                for harvest in the crop year involved; or
                    ``(C) with respect to flexible acres as provided 
                under section 2241(a)(2) for which no such planting 
                history is established, a quantity of acreage 
                determined to be fair and reasonable by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Adjustments.--The Secretary shall make appropriate 
        adjustments in applying the limitations contained in paragraph 
        (2) to take into account crop rotation practices of the 
        producers.
    ``(c) Limitation.--Payments provided under subsection (a) for a 
crop of a commodity may not be made available to the producers on a 
farm unless such producers enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil 
crop insurance to the extent required under section 2247.
    ``(d) Special Rules for Nonprogram Crops.--
            ``(1) Nonprogram crop defined.--
                    ``(A) Included in definition.--Except as provided 
                in subparagraph (B), for purposes of this section, the 
                term `nonprogram crop' means--
                            ``(i) all crops for which crop insurance 
                        through the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation 
                        was available for a crop year; and
                            ``(ii) other commercial crops for which 
                        such insurance was not available for such crop 
                        year, including but not limited to--
                                    ``(I) ornamentals, such as 
                                flowering shrubs, flowering trees, 
                                field or container grown roses, or 
                                turf;
                                    ``(II) sweet potatoes; and
                                    ``(III) fish or seafood produced in 
                                established freshwater commercial 
                                aquaculture operations.
                    ``(B) Exception.--The term `nonprogram crop' in 
                subparagraph (A) shall not include a crop covered under 
                section 2241, 2242, or 2243, or oilseeds.''.
            ``(2) Farm yields.--
                    ``(A) Establishment.--The Commodity Credit 
                Corporation shall establish disaster program farm 
                yields for nonprogram crops to carry out this section.
                    ``(B) Proven yields available.--If the producers on 
                a farm can provide satisfactory evidence to the 
                Commodity Credit Corporation of actual crop yields on 
                the farm for at least one of the immediately preceding 
                three crop years, the yield for the farm shall be based 
                on such proven yield.
                    ``(C) Proven yields not available.--If such data do 
                not exist for any of the three preceding crop years, 
                the Commodity Credit Corporation shall establish a 
                yield for the farm by using a county average yield for 
                the commodity, or by using other data available to it.
                    ``(D) County average yields.--In establishing 
                county average yields for nonprogram crops, the 
                Commodity Credit Corporation shall use the best 
                available information concerning yields. Such 
                information may include extension service records, 
                credible nongovernmental studies, and yields in similar 
                counties.
            ``(3) Responsibility of producers.--It shall be the 
        responsibility of the producers of nonprogram crops to provide 
        satisfactory evidence of crop losses for a crop year resulting 
        from damaging weather or related condition in order for such 
        producers to obtain disaster payments under this section.

``SEC. 2245. CROP QUALITY REDUCTION DISASTER PAYMENTS.

    ``(a) In General.--To ensure that all producers of crops covered 
under sections 2241 through 2244 are treated equitably, the Secretary 
of Agriculture shall make additional disaster payments to producers of 
such crops for a crop year who suffer losses resulting from the reduced 
quality of such crops caused by damaging weather or related condition, 
as determined by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Eligible Producers.--If the Secretary determines to make crop 
quality disaster payments available to producers under subsection (a), 
producers on a farm of a crop described in subsection (a) shall be 
eligible to receive reduced quality disaster payments only if such 
producers incur a deficiency in production of not less than 35 percent 
and not more than 75 percent for such crop (as determined under section 
2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244, as appropriate).
    ``(c) Maximum Payment Rate.--The Secretary shall establish the 
reduced quality disaster payment rate, except that such rate shall not 
exceed 10 percent, as determined by the Secretary, of--
            ``(1) the established price for the crop, for commodities 
        covered under section 2241;
            ``(2) the basic county loan rate for the crop (or a 
        comparable price if there is no current basic county loan 
        rate), for commodities covered under section 2242;
            ``(3) the payment level under section 2243(a)(3), the 
        commodities covered by section 2243; and
            ``(4) the payment level under section 2244(a)(2), for 
        commodities covered under section 2244.
    ``(d) Determination of Payment.--The amount of payment to a 
producer under this section shall be determined by multiplying the 
payment rate established under subsection (c) by the portion of the 
actual harvested crop on the producer's farm that is reduced in quality 
by such natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary.

``SEC. 2246. EFFECT OF FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE PAYMENTS.

    ``In the case of producers on a farm who obtained crop insurance 
for a crop of a commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 
amount of payments made available under this subchapter for such crop 
to the extent that the amount determined by adding the net amount of 
crop insurance indemnity payment (gross indemnity less premium paid) 
received by such producers for the deficiency in the production of the 
crop and the disaster payment determined in accordance with this 
chapter for such crop exceeds the amount determined by multiplying--
            ``(1) 100 percent of the yield used for the calculation of 
        disaster payments made under this chapter for such crop; by
            ``(2) the sum of the acreage of such crop planted to 
        harvest and the acreage for which prevented planting credit is 
        approved by the Secretary (or, in the case of disaster payments 
        under section 2241, the eligible acreage established under 
        paragraphs (1) and (3)(A) of section 2241(a)); by
            ``(3)(A) in the case of producers who participated in a 
        production adjustment program for the crop of wheat, feed 
        grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice for 
        such crop year, the established price for such crop of the 
        commodity;
            ``(B) in the case of producers who did not participate in a 
        production adjustment program for the crop of wheat, feed 
        grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or rice for 
        such crop year (and, with respect to flexible acres as provided 
        under section 2241(a)(2), in the case of those producers who 
        did participate in such program for such year), the basic 
        county loan rate (or a comparable price, as determined by the 
        Secretary, if there is no current basic county loan rate) for 
        such crop of the commodity;
            ``(C) in the case of producers of sugar beets, sugarcane, 
        peanuts, or tobacco, the payment level for the commodity 
        established under section 2243(a)(3); and
            ``(D) in the case of producers of oilseeds or a nonprogram 
        crop (as defined in section 2244(d)(1)), the simple average 
        price received by producers of the commodity, as determined by 
        the Secretary, during the marketing years for the immediately 
        preceding five crops of the commodity, excluding the year in 
        which the average price was the highest and the year in which 
        the average price was the lowest in such period.

``SEC. 2247. CROP INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEXT CROP YEAR.

    ``(a) Requirement.--To be eligible to receive for a crop year a 
disaster payment under this subchapter, an emergency loan under 
subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1961 et seq.) for crop losses due to damaging weather or related 
condition, or forgiveness of the repayment of advance deficiency 
payments under section 2241(b), the producers on a farm shall agree to 
obtain multiperil crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the first crop year that begins after the 
producer receives the payment, loan, or forgiveness for the crop of the 
commodity for which such payments, loans, or forgiveness are sought.
    ``(b) Limitations.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), producers on a 
farm shall not be required to agree to obtain crop insurance under 
subsection (a) for a commodity--
            ``(1) unless such producers' deficiency in production, with 
        respect to the crop for which a disaster payment under this 
        chapter otherwise may be made, exceeds 65 percent;
            ``(2) where, or if, crop insurance coverage is not 
        available to the producers for the commodity for which the 
        payment, loan, or forgiveness is sought;
            ``(3) if the producers' annual premium rate for such crop 
        insurance is an amount greater than 125 percent of the average 
        premium rate for insurance on that commodity for the preceding 
        crop year in the county in which the producers are located;
            ``(4) in any case in which the producers' annual premium 
        for such crop insurance is an amount greater than 25 percent of 
        the amount of the payment, loan, or forgiveness received; or
            ``(5) if the producers can establish by appeal to the 
        county committee established under section 8(b) of the Soil 
        Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (16 U.S.C. 590(b)), or 
        to the county committee established under section 332 of the 
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (17 U.S.C. 1982), 
        as appropriate, that the purchase of crop insurance would 
        impose an undue financial hardship on such producers and that a 
        waiver of the requirement to obtain crop insurance should, in 
        the discretion of the county committee, be granted.
    ``(c) Implementation.--
            ``(1) County committees.--The Secretary of Agriculture 
        shall ensure (acting through the county committees established 
        under section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic 
        Allotment Act and located in the counties in which the 
        assistance programs provided for under sections 2241 through 
        2245 are implemented, and through the county committees 
        established under section 332 of the Consolidated Farm and 
        Rural Development Act in counties in which emergency loans, as 
        described in subsection (a), are made available) that producers 
        who apply for assistance, as described in subsection (a), 
        obtain multiperil crop insurance as required under this 
        section.
            ``(2) Other sources.--Each producer who is subject to the 
        requirements of this section may comply with such requirements 
        by providing evidence of multiperil crop insurance coverage 
        from sources other than through the county committee office, as 
        approved by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Commissions.--The Secretary shall provide by 
        regulation for a reduction in the commissions paid to private 
        insurance agents, brokers, or companies on crop insurance 
        contracts entered into under this section sufficient to reflect 
        that such insurance contracts principally involve only a 
        servicing function to be performed by the agent, broker, or 
        company.
    ``(d) Repayment of Benefits.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, if (before the end of the crop year for which multiperil crop 
insurance is obtained pursuant to subsection (a)) such crop insurance 
coverage is canceled by the producer, the producer--
            ``(1) shall make immediate repayment to the Secretary of 
        any disaster payment or forgiven advance deficiency payment 
        that the producer otherwise is required to repay; and
            ``(2) shall become immediately liable for full repayment of 
        all principal and interest outstanding on any emergency loan 
        described in subsection (a) made subject to this section.

``SEC. 2248. CROPS HARVESTED FOR FORAGE USES.

    ``Not later than 45 days after funds are appropriated to carry out 
this subchapter for a crop year, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
announce the terms and conditions by which producers on a farm may 
establish a yield for that crop year with respect to crops that were, 
or will be, harvested during such crop year for silage and other forage 
uses.

``SEC. 2249. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.

    ``(a) Limitation.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the total 
amount of payments that a person shall be entitled to receive for a 
crop year under one or more of the programs established under this 
subchapter may not exceed $100,000.
    ``(b) No Double Benefits.--No person may receive disaster payments 
for a crop year under this subchapter to the extent that such person 
receives a livestock emergency benefit for lost feed production in that 
year under section 606 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 
1471d).
    ``(c) Combined Limitation.--
            ``(1) In general.--No person may receive any payment under 
        this subchapter or benefit under title VI of the Agricultural 
        Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) for livestock emergency 
        losses suffered in a crop year if such payment or benefit will 
        cause the combined total amount of such payments and benefits 
        received by such person in such year to exceed $100,000.
            ``(2) Election.--If a producer is subject to paragraph (1), 
        the person may elect (subject to the benefits limitations under 
        section 609 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471g) 
        whether or receive the $100,000 in such payments, or such 
        livestock emergency benefits (not to exceed $50,000), or a 
        combination of payments and benefits specified by the person.
    ``(d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue 
regulations prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines 
necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the 
limitations established under this section.

``SEC. 2250. SUBSTITUTION OF CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM YIELDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
chapter, the Secretary of Agriculture may permit each eligible producer 
of a crop of a commodity who has obtained multiperil crop insurance for 
such crop for a crop year or, as provided in subsection (c), the 
preceding crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.) to substitute, at the discretion of the producer, the crop 
insurance yield for such crop, as established under such Act, for the 
farm yield otherwise assigned to the producer under this subchapter, 
for the purposes of determining such producer's eligibility for a 
disaster payment on such crop under this subchapter for the crop year 
involved and the amount of such payment.
    ``(b) Adjustment of Advanced Deficiency Payments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this chapter, if an eligible producer of wheat, feed grains, 
        upland cotton, extra long staple cotton or rice for a crop year 
        elects to substitute yields for such producer's crop under 
        subsection (a), the producer's eligibility for a waiver of 
        repayment of an advance deficiency payment on such crop under 
        this chapter shall be adjusted as provided in paragraph (2).
            ``(2) Amount.--The amount of production of such crop on 
        which the producer otherwise would be eligible for waiver of 
        repayment of advance deficiency payments under this subchapter 
        shall be reduced by an amount of production equal to the 
        difference between--
                    ``(A) the amount of production eligible for 
                disaster payments under this subchapter using a 
                substituted yield under this section; and
                    ``(B) the amount of production that would have been 
                eligible for disaster payments using the farm program 
                payment yield otherwise assigned to the producer under 
                this chapter.
    ``(c) Multiperil Crop Insurance Not Available.--A producer may use 
the crop insurance yield for the producer's crop of a commodity for the 
preceding crop year for purposes of substituting yields under 
subsection (a) if the producer demonstrates to the Secretary that, 
through no fault of the producer, multiperil crop insurance under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act was not made available to the producer for 
the producer's crop of the commodity for the crop year involved.
    ``(d) Definition of Eligible Producer.--For purposes of this 
section, the term `eligible producer' means a producer of a crop of 
wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, rice, or 
oilseeds.

``SEC. 2251. DE MINIMIS YIELDS

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture may determine a de minimis yield for 
each crop eligible for reduced yield disaster payments under this 
subchapter. The de minimis yield shall be set at a level that will 
minimize any incentive (because of the prospect of disaster payments) 
for a producer to abandon crops that have a value that exceeds the cost 
of harvesting. In no case may the de minimis yield be less than the 
amount of production that, when valued at current market prices, equals 
the average cost of harvesting the crop, as determined by the 
Secretary. Any producer whose actual yield for a crop is equal to or 
less than the de minimis yield for such crop shall be considered as 
having an actual yield of zero for the purpose of calculating any 
reduced yield disaster payments for such crop under this subchapter.

``SEC. 2252. SEPARATE TREATMENT OF EACH PRODUCER ON A FARM.

    ``A producer on a farm who produces any crop of a commodity for 
which disaster payments are made available under this subchapter shall 
qualify for a disaster payment if the total quantity of the commodity 
that the producer is able to harvest on that farm is reduced as a 
result of damaging weather or related condition in an amount that meets 
the criteria of section 2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244, even though the 
producers on the farm, collectively, may not meet such criteria.

``SEC. 2253. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For purposes of this chapter:
            ``(1) Damaging weather.--The term `damaging weather' 
        includes but is not limited to drought, hail, excessive 
        moisture, freeze, tornado, hurricane, earthquake, or excessive 
        wind (or any combination thereof) that occurs during the 
        calendar year in which the crop involved is intended to be 
        harvested or the preceding calendar year.
            ``(2) Related condition.--The term `related condition' 
        includes but is not limited to insect infestations, plant 
        diseases, or other deterioration of a crop of a commodity, 
        including aflatoxin, that is accelerated or exacerbated 
        naturally as a result of damaging weather occurring prior to or 
        during harvest.
            ``(3) Person.--The term `person' shall have the meaning 
        given such term by the Secretary in regulations, which shall 
        conform, to the extent practicable, to the regulations defining 
        such term issued under section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 
        1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) and the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (7 
        U.S.C. 1421 note).

                        ``Subchapter B--Orchards

``SEC. 2255 ELIGIBILITY.

    ``(a) Loss.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide assistance 
under section 2256 to eligible orchardists that planted trees for 
commercial purposes but lost such trees as a result of damaging weather 
or related condition occurring in 1993 or a subsequent calendar year.
    ``(b) Limitation.--An eligible orchardist shall qualify for 
assistance under subsection (a) only if such orchardist's tree 
mortality, as a result of the damaging weather or related condition, 
exceeds 35 percent (adjusted for normal mortality).

``SEC. 2256. ASSISTANCE.

    ``The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
eligible orchardists for losses described in section 2255 shall consist 
of either--
            ``(1) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of replanting 
        trees lost and rehabilitating or restoring trees damaged as a 
        result of damaging weather or related condition in the calendar 
        year involved in excess of 35 percent mortality (adjusted for 
        normal mortality); or
            ``(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, sufficient 
        seedlings to reestablish the stand.

``SEC. 2257. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Limitation.--The total amount of payments that a person shall 
be entitled to receive under this subchapter for a calendar year may 
not exceed $25,000, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue 
regulations prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines 
necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitation 
established under this section.

``SEC. 2258. DEFINITION.

    ``For purposes of this subchapter, the term `eligible orchardist' 
means a person who produces annual crops from trees for commercial 
purposes and owns 500 acres or less of such trees.

``SEC. 2259. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guidelines to ensure 
that no person receives duplicative payments under this subchapter and 
the forestry incentives program, agricultural conservation program, or 
other Federal program.

                      ``Subchapter C--Forest Crops

``SEC. 2261. ELIGIBILITY.

    ``(a) Loss.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall provide assistance, 
as specified in section 2262, to eligible tree farmers that planted 
tree seedlings in a calendar year or the next calendar year for 
commercial purposes but lost such seedlings as a result of damaging 
weather or related condition occurring in such next calendar year, as 
determined by the Secretary.
    ``(b) Limitation.--An eligible tree farmer shall qualify for 
assistance under subsection (a) only if such tree farmer's tree 
seedling mortality, as a result of the damaging weather or related 
condition, exceeds 35 percent (adjusted for normal mortality).

``SEC. 2262. ASSISTANCE.

    ``The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
eligible tree farmers for losses described in section 2261 shall 
consist of either--
            ``(1) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of replanting 
        seedlings lost due to damaging weather or related conditions in 
        the calendar year involved in excess of 35 percent mortality 
        (adjusted for normal mortality); or
            ``(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, sufficient tree 
        seedlings to reestablish the stand.

``SEC. 2263. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Limitation.--The total amount of payments that a person shall 
be entitled to receive under this subchapter may not exceed $25,000 for 
a calendar year, or an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue 
regulations prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines 
necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the limitation 
established under this section.

``SEC. 2264. DEFINITION.

    ``For purposes of this subchapter, the term `eligible tree farmer' 
means a person who grows trees for harvest for commercial purposes and 
owns 1,000 acres or less of such trees.

``SEC. 2265. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guidelines to ensure 
that no person receives duplicative payments under this subchapter and 
the forestry incentives program, agricultural conservation program, or 
other Federal program.

               ``Subchapter D--Administrative Provisions

``SEC. 2266. INELIGIBILITY.

    ``(a) General Rule.--A person who has qualifying gross revenues in 
excess of $2,000,000 annually, as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, shall not be eligible to reeceive any disaster payment or 
other benefits under this chapter.
    ``(b) Qualifying Gross Revenues.--For purposes of this section, the 
term `qualifying gross revenues' means--
            ``(1) if a majority of the person's annual income is 
        received from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, the 
        gross revenue from the person's farming, ranching, and forestry 
        operations; and
            ``(2) if less than a majority of the person's annual income 
        is received from farming, ranching, and forestry operations, 
        the person's gross revenue from all sources.

``SEC. 2267. TIMING AND MANNER OF ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Timing of Assistance.--
            ``(1) Assistance made available as soon as practicable.--
        Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
        make disaster assistance available under this chapter for a 
        crop year or a calendar year, as applicable, as soon as 
        practicable after the date on which appropriations are made 
        available to carry out this chapter for such year.
            ``(2) Completed application.--No payment or benefit 
        provided under this chapter shall be payable or due until such 
        time as a completed application for such payment or benefit for 
        a crop of a commodity has been approved.
    ``(b) Manner.--The Secretary may make payments available under 
subchapter A in the form of cash, commodities, or commodity 
certificates, as determined by the Secretary.

``SEC. 2268. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.

    ``(a) Use.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall use the funds, 
facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation in 
carrying out this chapter.
    ``(b) Existing Authority.--The authority provided by this chapter 
shall be in addition to, and not in place of, any authority granted to 
the Secretary or the Commodity Credit Corporation under any other 
provision of law.

``SEC. 2269. EMERGENCY LOANS.

    ``Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) shall not apply for a calendar year to persons who 
otherwise would be eligible for an emergency loan under subtitle C of 
such Act, if such eligibility is the result of damage to an annual crop 
planted for harvest in such year.

``SEC. 2270. REGULATIONS.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture or the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
as appropriate, shall issue regulations to implement this chapter as 
soon as practicable after the date on which appropriations are made to 
carry out this chapter, without regard to the requirement for notice 
and public participation in rule making prescribed in section 553 of 
title 5, United States Code, or in any directive of the Secretary.

                     ``Subchapter E--Appropriations

``SEC. 2271. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``Any benefits or assistance (including the foregiveness of 
unearned advanced deficiency payments or any emergency loans) made 
available under this chapter shall be provided for a year only to the 
extent provided for in advance in appropriations Acts. To carry out 
this chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary. Sums appropriated under this section shall remain 
available until expended.

``SEC. 2272. PRORATION OF BENEFITS.

    ``Any funds made available for carrying out this chapter for a 
calendar year in appropriations Acts shall be prorated to all producers 
eligible for assistance under this chapter in such year.

                 ``Subchapter F--Application of Chapter

``SEC. 2273. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.

    ``(a) Annual Crops.--Subchapter A and section 2269 shall apply only 
with respect to the 1993 and subsequent crops.
    ``(b) Orchards and Forest Crops.--Subchapters B and C shall apply 
only with respect to the 1993 and subsequent calendar years.
    (b) Application for Assistance.--
            (1) Producers affected by amendments.--In the case of 
        agricultural producers of 1993 or subsequent crops who are 
        affected by the amendments made by this section, the Secretary 
        of Agriculture shall allow those producers to submit 
        applications for initial or additional assistance under chapter 
        3 of subtitle B of title XXII of the Food, Agriculture, 
        Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note) until 
        the later of--
                    (A) the date established by the Secretary under 
                section 2267(a) of such Act for final submission of 
                applications;
                    (B) the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
                date of the enactment of this Act; or
                    (C) the end of the 60-day period beginning on the 
                date on which funds are appropriated to provide 
                assistance for losses resulting from disasters as 
                provided under chapter 3 of subtitle B or subtitle C of 
                title XXII of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
                Trade Act of 1990, or under this Act.
            (2) Notice of determination.--Not later than 60 days after 
        the date on which the Secretary receives an application for 
        assistance under subsection (a), the Secretary shall inform the 
        producer submitting the application of the Secretary's 
        determination with regard to the application.
    (c) Clerical Amendments.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 
101-624; 104 Stat. 3359) is amended--
            (1) by inserting after the item relating to the chapter 
        heading of chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII of such Act 
        the following new item:

``Sec. 2240. Short title.'';
            (2) by striking the item relating to section 2242 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``Sec. 2242. Payments to program nonparticipants for target price 
                            commodities and payments to program 
                            participants for target price commodities 
                            on flexible acres.'';
            (3) by striking the item relating to section 2244 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``Sec. 2244. Oilseeds and nonprogram crops.'';
            (4) by striking the item relating to section 2247 and 
        inserting the following new item:

``Sec. 2247. Crop insurance coverage required for next crop year.'';
            (5) by striking the item relating to section 2251 and 
        inserting the following new items:

``Sec. 2251. De minimis yields.
``Sec. 2252. Separate treatment of each producer on a farm.
``Sec. 2253. Definitions.''; and
            (6) by inserting after the item relating to section 2272 
        the following new items:
                 ``subchapter f--application of chapter
``Sec. 2273. Application of chapter.''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MIGRANT AND SEASONAL 
              FARMWORKERS.

    (a) Inclusion of Permanent Farmworkers and Packinghouse Workers.--
Section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, permanent,'' after ``migrant'' each 
        place it appears; and
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(including a packinghouse 
                worker)'' after ``an individual''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or packinghouse work'' after 
                ``farm work'' both places it appears.
    (b) Clerical Amendments.--
            (1) Section heading.--The section heading of such section 
        is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 2281. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME FARMWORKERS AND 
              PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS''.

            (2) Table of contents.--The item relating to such section 
        in the table of contents in section 1(b) of the Food, 
        Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 
        101-624; 104 Stat. 3359) is amended to read as follows:

``Sec. 2281. Emergency grants to assist low-income farmworkers and 
                            packinghouse workers.''.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY FEED ASSISTANCE.

    Title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 602(1)(A)(i) by striking ``livestock or a 
        dairy producer'' and inserting ``livestock, a dairy producer, 
        or a beekeeper'';
            (2) in section 602(1)(A)(ii) by inserting after 
        ``husbandry,'' the term ``beekeeping,'';
            (3) in section 602(1)(B) by inserting after ``husbandry,'' 
        the term ``beekeeping,'';
            (4) in section 602(2) by inserting after ``production of 
        food,'' the term ``bees,''; and
            (5) in section 602(b)(1)(A) by inserting after 
        ``ranching,'' the term ``beekeeping,''.

                                 <all>

HR 2579 IH----2
HR 2579 IH----3
HR 2579 IH----4