109 HR 4330 IH: Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005
U.S. House of Representatives
2005-11-15
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1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the Agriculture Hurricane Recovery Act of 2005
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(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—Crop Assistance
Sec. 101. Crop disaster assistance.
Sec. 102. Nursery crops and tropical fruit producers.
Sec. 103. Citrus and vegetable assistance.
Sec. 104. Sugar producers.
TITLE II—Livestock Assistance
Sec. 201. Livestock assistance program.
TITLE III—Forestry
Sec. 301. Tree assistance program.
TITLE IV—Conservation
Sec. 401. Emergency conservation program.
TITLE V—Low-Income Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers
Sec. 501. Emergency grants for low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
TITLE VI—Fisheries
Sec. 601. Fisheries assistance.
TITLE VII—Timber tax relief
Sec. 701. Timber tax relief for businesses affected by certain natural disasters.
TITLE VIII—Miscellaneous
Sec. 801. Infrastructure losses.
Sec. 802. Commodity Credit Corporation.
Sec. 803. Emergency designation.
Sec. 804. Regulations.
2.Except as otherwise provided in this Act, in this Act:
(1)The term additional coverage has the meaning given the term in section 502(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)).
(2)Catastrophic risk protectionThe term catastrophic risk protection means the level of insurance coverage provided under section 508(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508(b)).
(3)The term disaster county means a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration due to hurricanes in calendar year 2005—
(A)made by the Secretary under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) due to hurricanes in calendar year 2005; or
(B)made by the President under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
(4)The term insurable commodity means an agricultural commodity for which producers are eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(5)The term noninsurable commodity means an eligible crop for which producers are eligible to obtain assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).
(6)The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.
<enum>I</enum><header>Crop Assistance</header>
<section id="H72630E2634DD4967B2DE2DFE649BEC04"><enum>101.</enum><header>Crop disaster assistance</header>
<subsection id="H432E6FD1A1134ACF948CDEF0364447EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H071F0F72A64E414CB797D9243714BA5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency assistance under this section to producers on a farm or aquaculture operation (other than producers of sugarcane) that meet the eligibility criteria of paragraph (2) in the same manner as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same loss thresholds for quantity and quality losses as were used in administering that section.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H39AEDEFFA2FC4FB180FA39E4E8EF54BE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligibility criteria</header><text>For producers described in paragraph (1) to be eligible for emergency assistance under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BA4A0A679114905879EE69277F063F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the farm or aquaculture operation must be located in a disaster county; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB80689C24C4D403F82FDD40782BEA9BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the producers must have incurred qualifying crop or quality losses with respect to the 2004, 2005, or 2006 crop (as elected by a producer), but limited to only 1 such crop, due to damaging weather or related condition, as determined by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H087ED3003E5D492991CB35F973408589"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Qualifying crop losses for the 2006 crop are limited to only those losses caused by a hurricane or tropical storm occurring during the 2005 hurricane season in disaster counties.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF7276EBB02EB4407B3F50B21EC5D261"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ineligibility for assistance</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (c), the producers on a farm shall not be eligible for assistance under this section with respect to losses to an insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity if the producers on the farm—</text>
<paragraph id="HFD9D2DB5CA6346258000AB8F3B855253"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>) for the crop incurring the losses;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D4434850ED541408F6F03B0560CE42"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable commodity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) for the crop incurring the losses;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H616BA83866F14A7293D443FA2ED85D17"><enum>(3)</enum><text>had an average adjusted gross income (as defined in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308-3a)) of greater than $2,500,000; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FB61AF60F214831B7B5BBB328CDBE56"><enum>(4)</enum><text>were not in compliance with highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation provisions under subtitles B and C of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3811">16 U.S.C. 3811 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H47A33F03F1A4488FAEF20070C25EE93"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Contract waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive subsection (b) with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter into a contract with the Secretary under which the producers agree—</text>
<paragraph id="H26C8D14CB0B84F38AF51E0B0EFA8DCD3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of all insurable commodities produced on the farm for each of the next 2 crop years—</text>
<subparagraph id="H00E71F6089C54A9281EF9DEA643C4107"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to obtain additional coverage for those commodities under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B54F915210B4603A1E35EC4D0DB1CB3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the event of violation of the contract, to repay to the Secretary any payment received under this section; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H28E5185CC2B6410C83616E1F5BD49EBE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of all noninsurable commodities produced on the farm for each of the next 2 crop or calendar years, as applicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H57D2DF4926DF47838668235C1D390223"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for those commodities under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFCF989172DC24F5000F90000A5C5C148"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the event of violation of the contract, to repay to the Secretary any payment received under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD253041B4C5F495BBCE6C2784CDD926"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H5BC429C4E11848288B014783CFA80007"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>Assistance provided under this section to the producers on a farm for losses to a crop, together with the amounts specified in paragraph (2) applicable to the same crop, may not exceed 95 percent of what the value of the crop would have been in the absence of the losses, as estimated by the Secretary.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8C8F264680144EF6BCFF104340FBA25C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other payments</header><text>In applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H7EAC01C4F66D47FC9700DFDBB775BF23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any crop insurance payment made under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>) or payment under section 196 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) that the producers on the farm receive for losses to the same crop.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB5F430C0C7F34FFC94994800681CE886"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The value of the crop that was not lost (if any), as estimated by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEA49A047B80A491EA844501C2EE843B9"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Crop insurance deductibles</header><text>For the purpose of determining crop insurance payments under this section, the Secretary shall consider Hurricane Wilma as having occurred during the 2005 crop year.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HB13E45C6CCC04E1990AD2885899B5DE8"><enum>102.</enum><header>Nursery crops and tropical fruit producers</header>
<subsection id="HA13006FC1AF24013964EF966DE1094DA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency financial assistance</header><text>Notwithstanding section 508(b)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1508">7 U.S.C. 1508(b)(7)</external-xref>), the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available to—</text>
<paragraph id="H57A9AC940BF04AAFA12C378DF7D98700"><enum>(1)</enum><text>commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county for eligible inventory losses due to hurricanes in calendar year 2005; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA76D5E32E804519BFAA6567CBE4D43D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>tropical fruit producers in a disaster county who have suffered a loss of 35 percent or more relative to their expected production (as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/7/1480.3">section 1480.3</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation)) due to hurricanes in calendar year 2005.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H6CD2C2451F03445E825BC6AF43079EB4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="HD75731305867420FA01250A596729F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Determination of commercial operations</header><text>For a nursery or fernery producer to be considered a commercial operation for purposes of subsection (a)(1) or (d)(1), the producer must be registered as nursery or fernery producer in the State in which the producer conducts business.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H083257BCB601430793CB838B35587EDF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Determination of eligible inventory</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(1), eligible nursery and fernery inventory includes foliage, floriculture, and woody ornamental crops, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H388B6AF2A79E446B9823C89D1440D7AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>stock used for propagation; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD78BE838E01841BCA4714FDE79F8F48C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>fruit or nut seedlings grown for sale as seed stock for commercial orchard operations growing fruit or nuts.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA381A72B25C5405A9600D102EADF4BA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Calculation of losses and payments</header>
<paragraph id="H928389399BB848C78BAF4850C54EFAFC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Nursery and fernery producers</header>
<subparagraph id="H5BE2DFEC63384176A26D3200F7695901"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<clause id="HC031FC55AB3849CF8529EC327C25A93D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>inventory losses for a nursery or fernery producer shall be determined on an individual-nursery or -fernery basis; and</text></clause>
<clause id="HB7E1C458586545ACADEED904F4708933"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary shall not offset inventory losses at 1 nursery or fernery location by salvaged inventory at another nursery or fernery operated by the same producer.</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B0187F70F9D46B4A01344ABAC831B84"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The amount of payment to a nursery or fernery producer under subsection (a)(1) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (as determined by the Secretary)—</text>
<clause id="H4BF55BC9E2B243F2978800600960263D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the difference between the pre-disaster and post-disaster inventory value, as determined by the Secretary using the wholesale price list of the producer, less the maximum customer discount provided by the producer, and not to exceed the prices in the Department of Agriculture publication entitled <quote>Eligible Plant List and Price Schedule</quote>;</text></clause>
<clause id="H8C3C66149EEB4253BDA1743E2B8FD43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>25 percent; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H4D6881F3BDC740B4ADE177BC61003150"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the producer's share of the loss.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H42F33165A2054786B278D2E5BE089C5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tropical fruit producers</header><text>The amount of a payment to a tropical fruit producer under subsection (a)(2) shall be equal to the product obtained by multiplying (as determined by the Secretary)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H214E81F1B61A4386B413980043ACE63E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of acres affected;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13EF4BC3EE734DD2931200BFFBDCE09"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the payment rate; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H22163482F31840F4BAAAAF419745E4E6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the producer's share of the crop.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7284628B2E043979076FA82B6493ED6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall not impose any payment limitation on an assistance payment made to a nursery, fernery, or tropical fruit producer under paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (a).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HDA64C7EB85A24C2D870716A4A44E9ED1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Debris-Removal assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H769E70B187F64334A3797DAA85D92F8D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available to commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county to help cover costs incurred for debris removal and associated cleanup due to hurricanes in calendar year 2005.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H75395154FBFE4A64B5E123D80472EAFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amount of assistance</header>
<subparagraph id="HE2424CF7A0E34F2381D45DF8B7B4D0B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Assistance under this subsection may not exceed the actual costs incurred by the producer for debris removal and cleanup or $250 per acre, whichever is less.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H229FBA553C7D47F5AAA6AFD5FA5CF0A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No additional payment limitations</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall not impose any limitation on the maximum amount of payments that a producer may receive under this subsection.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H0E7C1F9706BA47C79DEC0009DC66256B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Nondiscrimination</header>
<paragraph id="HC142B1AEDC99494C997B33D0D8FAAF4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), in carrying out this section, the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize producers that did not purchase crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>) with respect to an insurable commodity or did not file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) with respect to a noninsurable commodity.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDAFA82B19C844BB59EDD062D6442B262"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text>In the case of a producer described in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HEE05B1A8FB1D4204BA723F19AA361682"><enum>(A)</enum><text>payment rates under this section shall be reduced by 5 percent; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD2601ED5BB5E463DB908A754ABE6C1E3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the producer shall comply with subsection (f).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD20DDAC7C5194EA1B267FE7D13A1F096"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Contract to procure crop insurance or NAP</header><text>In the case of a producer described in subsection (e)(1) who receives any assistance under this section, the producer shall be required to enter into a contract with the Secretary under which the producer agrees—</text>
<paragraph id="HA2D71C44066646EDA721F852F3D3A9AA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of all insurable commodities grown by the producer during the next available coverage period—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC1BDDC740E374353A3669601928B7F94"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to obtain at least catastrophic risk protection for those commodities under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6B0B9B5253C34B71BAFA646549D04529"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the event of violation of the contract, to repay to the Secretary any payment received under this section; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC7B4CB3193B441F9434BA59F527C5F1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of all noninsurable commodities grown by the producer during the next available coverage period—</text>
<subparagraph id="H329E35A74F9F4BDDB5CDC8F644CD083C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for those commodities under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD31622DE90554F41AE078ECB6CFF5EC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the event of violation of the contract, to repay to the Secretary any payment received under this section.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H26BC5107982B4BDB9980EDF132BCCA39"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Relation to other assistance</header>
<paragraph id="HCF4CC99C1261459B81E83F755F06BBAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Link to actual losses</header><text>Assistance provided under subsection (a) to a producer for losses to a crop, together with the amounts specified in paragraph (2) applicable to the same crop, may not exceed 100 percent of what the value of the crop would have been in the absence of the losses, as estimated by the Secretary.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBB9926AB04A943E1A8E90368F5CECC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other payments</header><text>In applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H32789F1CCC594224BDFA71F9ECAA3708"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Any crop insurance payment made under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>) or payment under section 196 of the Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) that the producer receives for losses to the same crop.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H13DA21BB1F794638A22B87E7A8D96862"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Assistance received under any other emergency crop loss authority.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H32F4C74EFFDB4766AD7D21028C015752"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The value of the crop that was not lost (if any), as estimated by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HC97C8B5363BE4459991B00E6694816C2"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Adjusted gross income limitation</header><text>The average adjusted gross income limitation specified in section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>), shall apply to assistance provided under this section.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HA17CA043542E4E959469A48D6698E9E6"><enum>103.</enum><header>Citrus and vegetable assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance authorized under this section available to both citrus and vegetable producers to carry out an assistance program similar to the program entitled the <quote>Florida Citrus Disaster Program</quote>, described at 69 Fed. Reg. 63134, October 29, 2004, Document No. 04-24290 (relating to Florida citrus, fruit, vegetable, and nursery crop disaster programs), except that qualifying crop losses shall be limited to those losses caused by a hurricane or tropical storm occurring during the 2005 hurricane season in a disaster county.</text></section>
<section id="H7BD54B3970D64D07B880CE469B1C4CEF"><enum>104.</enum><header>Sugar producers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $395,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to processors in Florida and Louisiana that are eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7272">7 U.S.C. 7272(a)</external-xref>) to compensate first processors and producers for crop and other losses that are related to hurricanes, tropical storms, excessive rains, and floods occurring during calendar year 2005, to be calculated and paid on the basis of losses on 40-acre harvesting units, in disaster counties, on the same terms and conditions, to the maximum extent practicable, as payments made under section 102 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/324">Public Law 108–324</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 1235).</text></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Livestock Assistance</header>
<section id="H6AED2DF66F1C4EA4BA119799EC9879A2"><enum>201.</enum><header>Livestock assistance program</header>
<subsection id="H3DA1F67D92DA42A6A9D6D105872E7625"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency financial assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H568D5999D965412F8E7648D3ABBBEBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments for livestock losses to producers for 2005 or 2006 losses (as elected by a producer), but not both, in a county that has received an emergency disaster designation by the President after January 1, 2004.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4EBE9F341AA47E7B932401C37FD9D15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Restriction</header><text>In determining eligibility for assistance under this section, the Secretary shall not use the end date of the normal grazing period to determine the threshold of a 90-day loss of carrying capacity.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H11B5F5BFAD354276B1EDEF498500AA1C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (a), the Secretary shall make assistance available under this subsection in the same manner as provided under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1549A–51).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H537375DB9CD64321B7FBEF1D91EF4B79"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mitigation</header><text>In determining the eligibility for or amount of payments for which a producer is eligible under this section, the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that takes actions (including recognizing disaster conditions) that reduce the average number of livestock the producer owned for grazing during the production year for which assistance is being provided.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H14878324EA8F44E5B27402EBBEDD5910"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Inclusion of poultry</header><text>In providing assistance under this section, the Secretary shall include poultry within the definition of <term>livestock</term>.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>III</enum><header>Forestry</header>
<section id="H5388F9A4649741079D80542FE9CD8E00"><enum>301.</enum><header>Tree assistance program</header>
<subsection id="H0E7B17B43EBF48ADB9CFCBE21604DA0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specific inclusion of nursery trees, Christmas trees, timber and forest products</header><text>Section 10201 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8201">7 U.S.C. 8201</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
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<paragraph id="HBC3B623A13B546CE8F82F0374200C8F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible orchardist</header><text>The term <term>eligible orchardist</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF7B1AAC8FE6542BE9DFF6CC7CA472477"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a person that produces annual crops from trees for commercial purposes;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1D8A70880B644156815359730041C600"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a nursery grower that produces field-grown trees, container-grown trees, or both, whether or not the trees produce an annual crop, intended for replanting after commercial sale; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71981C45CC98494493B97477029CE098"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a forest landowner who produces periodic crops of timber, Christmas trees, or pecan trees for commercial purposes.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H44D9A0D1C3964546B30087F019A84C44"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of amendment</header><text>The Secretary shall apply the amendment made by subsection (a) beginning in disaster counties.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HA148269EF0954812A56C9791961663BE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Cost-Sharing waivers</header>
<paragraph id="H1AC2366FACD74DCAAE205024A7D3AE70"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Tree assistance program</header><text>The cost-sharing requirements of section 10203(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8203">7 U.S.C. 8203(1)</external-xref>) shall not apply to the operation of the tree assistance program in disaster counties in response to the hurricanes of calendar year 2005.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA481150C36E1451CAB476F136FE8BDF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperative forestry assistance act</header><text>The cost-sharing requirements of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2101">16 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.</external-xref>) shall not apply in disaster counties during the 2-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8B988DD1755F4B50AE55BD89A72FE81C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Reforestation</header><text>In carrying out the tree assistance program under subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/8201">7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.</external-xref>), the Secretary shall provide such funds as are necessary to compensate forest owners that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83DBB366A4654491952CCB55739B90B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>produce periodic crops of timber or Christmas trees for commercial purposes; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE94231AC05C84E77B41D95CD422ECB91"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have suffered tree losses in disaster counties.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>IV</enum><header>Conservation</header>
<section id="HCF652B40E0B142CFB0D673C2F8E830F"><enum>401.</enum><header>Emergency conservation program</header>
<subsection id="H982E24655E9E49D4826832DB21D5F947"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specific inclusion of nursery and fernery producers and interior fences</header><text>Section 401 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H1FD34DFB0ECE419F879853A37C4C11C9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">Sec.</header-in-text> 401. The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1AFBDEDC7B11491495E6BEE4FBB09837" style="OLC">
<section id="H754D28DB21DC452DA470518F2D3E0098"><enum>401.</enum><header>Payments to agricultural producers for wind erosion control or rehabilitation measures</header>
<subsection id="HB0DDD6868EC04569A6FB747B2DDF0348"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FB36D56BEE74DCE84824059A9DA272C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6822077AA0614179A94EBA6C911BAC1E" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF31CB850CEB44CF600A0D212E757A754"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text>In this title:</text>
<paragraph id="HDD4C64161EFC4CD58D72AA2924AAD5FC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agricultural producer</header><text>The term <term>agricultural producer</term> includes a producer of nursery or fernery crops.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4CE15E8517F242A3AF5FF8DA5E5572E1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interior fences</header><text>The term <term>fences</term> includes both perimeter pasture and interior corral fences.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H89280B61CA54472C83B79480B4EA137B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application of amendment</header><text>The Secretary shall apply the amendment made by subsection (a)(2) beginning in disaster counties.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5D82208B1E0E4D13BCD076A74DE6E3AD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to compensate producers on a farm operating in a disaster county for costs associated with repairing structures, barns, storage facilities, poultry houses, beehives, greenhouses, and shade houses due to hurricane damage in calendar year 2005.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>V</enum><header>Low-Income Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers</header>
<section id="HABA2701337D34E9EBCFD8DA96015F23F"><enum>501.</enum><header>Emergency grants for low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers</header>
<subsection id="HE32873A17EAF4EDA8FD646480000E5B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available until December 31, 2007, to provide emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers under section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5177a">42 U.S.C. 5177a</external-xref>).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4D69B05EBA1A4CBC945DC57FB67EAB07"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Use of grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants provided under this section may be used to provide such emergency services as the Secretary determines to be necessary, including—</text>
<paragraph id="H554E5132EE2E4BE59E6DE88807A66B8F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the repair of existing farmworker housing and construction of new farmworker housing units to replace housing damaged as a result of hurricanes during 2005; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H313F42C046684214AC2BCB782949E377"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the reimbursement of public agencies and private organizations for emergency services provided to low-income migrant or seasonal farmworkers after October 31, 2005.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Fisheries</header>
<section id="H100AF86024614C2CA404C2848D1BAC91"><enum>601.</enum><header>Fisheries assistance</header>
<subsection id="HC2A2AD56EC3D4DADACEC7CFEC61CC63D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Funds for oyster restoration</header>
<paragraph id="H0707ACAA0C094E3F94A3E1066B41CC9E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Commerce $10,000,000 to provide assistance for reseeding, rehabilitation, and restoration of oyster reefs located in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, or Mississippi.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H67E234C998EE441884693F1E26524B7F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Availability of funds</header><text>The funds transferred under paragraph (1) shall remain available until September 30, 2007.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H76D33C14CBC94C1FAD1B28205E7DB626"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use as described in this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1) without further appropriation. <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD0C1A9455D3E494DA300325F64C880B0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Funds for fisheries disaster assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H0516BF4602C9425697F477A791182D39"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In addition to amounts appropriated or otherwise made available, not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Secretary of Commerce $60,000,000 to provide fisheries disaster assistance.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H926CF8D6746D48B28C00E0199D1661F6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on use of funds</header><text>Of the funds transferred under paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7CEDC480EA914F5700C8A4ECECEFE180"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not more than 5 percent of such funds may be used for administrative expenses; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB999874C99CD4AF1A733DAE8CA08305B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>none of such funds may be used for lobbying activities or representational expenses.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD11F0240EADF4416B4342DFECC73F6B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Receipt and acceptance</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use as described in this section the funds transferred under paragraph (1) without further appropriation. <added-phrase reported-display-style="italic"></added-phrase></text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1E297B69589A4B619C9D3F5B1D78C5F0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Provision of assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3E4ECA701A5432E8CCD90A45EF979E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Lump sum payments to States</header><text>The Secretary of Commerce shall use the funds transferred under this section to provide direct lump sum payments to the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida to provide assistance to persons located in a disaster county who have experienced significant economic hardship due to the loss of fisheries, oysters, lobsters, stone crabs, or clams, destroyed or damaged processing facilities, or closures due to red tide or other water quality issues.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3D378225337146FAB1FFDC7345AC11D6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Use of funds</header><text>Funds transferred to the Secretary of Commerce under this section shall be used to provide assistance—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC784105AA71481BB37DDCA7C5A086E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>to individuals, with priority given to food, energy needs, housing assistance, transportation fuel, and other urgent needs;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA40954F1028F4CC582C0000066A756BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>to small businesses, including fishermen, fish processors, and related businesses serving the fishing industry;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB4FC7C0BE2347E5AAAF88D353D5FF26"><enum>(C)</enum><text>to carry out activities related to domestic product marketing and seafood promotion; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7BCE175D85B24E2B94EF216843E8D61"><enum>(D)</enum><text>to carry out seafood testing programs operated by a State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Timber Tax Relief</header>
<section id="H77B761BAA3104A76830868757F1C9384"><enum>701.</enum><header>Timber tax relief for businesses affected by certain natural disasters</header>
<subsection id="H3537224BEF484571896F2D3BFAFE3485"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Casualty losses</header>
<paragraph id="HE2A1DC51192E4B03844FF942734F3E5F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/1211">Section 1211</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to limitation of capital losses) shall not apply to any qualified timber loss.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H90A695F2A4E84838AB157C6F15C30098"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Qualified timber loss</header><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>qualified timber loss</term> means a loss with respect to timber which is attributable to—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA96BC2999F0F4043B58C56DF3FEFD59"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Hurricane Dennis,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF4AF0A81EF364D469E9FDF41CDDDABC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Hurricane Katrina,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H29B81F17E53E413699026DA581265E4B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Hurricane Rita, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H70FA0526D74B4A15BB98D0E5B0276E96"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Hurricane Wilma.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HBA18298B26D7442A990998CABF00807E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Increased expenses for reforestation expenditures</header>
<paragraph id="H9384DAEB20AC415D9C012B05841200A1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In applying <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/194">section 194(b)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to any specified qualified timber property for the first taxable year beginning after the date of the enactment of this section, subparagraph (B) of section 194(b)(1) shall be applied—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FB57849A0B24AC59DEBB00300F05CC9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>$20,000</quote> for <quote>$10,000</quote>, and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8E07BFB36FB4664A2C1C259FD5199CF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by substituting <quote>$10,000</quote> for <quote>$5,000</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF05FFE32EC743258EEB252972B49B8D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specified qualified timber property</header><text>The term <term>specified qualified timber property</term> means qualified timber property (within the meaning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/194">section 194(c)(1)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) which is located in an area with respect to which a natural disaster has been declared by the President under section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7F72394F21E74CE296E809B8ECA9A6DF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Hurricane Dennis,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9259D3531E64CAB99B0EF08CF0075E4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Hurricane Katrina,</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8401C7EF9FF54BDA893D289C24DA3BDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Hurricane Rita, or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAD8A987D03D74BFFB56D597B3E30CF27"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Hurricane Wilma.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section>
<enum>VIII</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header>
<section id="H9FFC2EBC643A46719F89EC9D041F615E"><enum>801.</enum><header>Infrastructure losses</header>
<subsection id="H9FBACA15154643C2A95305B2A48232F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Infrastructure losses</header><text>The Secretary shall compensate producers on a farm in a disaster county for costs incurred to repair or replace barns, greenhouses, shade houses, poultry houses, beehives, and other structures, equipment, and fencing that—</text>
<paragraph id="HFE71F9A8605F49F3B8E488DCD7C2CF28"><enum>(1)</enum><text>was used to produce or store any agricultural commodity; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDEDABFF6D5C04D748E3CA95099F66F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>was damaged or destroyed by the hurricanes of calendar year 2005.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H4B85BBC669A14CF9BAE601381C6EE0EA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Timing of assistance</header><text>The Secretary may provide assistance authorized under this section in the form of—</text>
<paragraph id="H3B647989FDD0419A943598CDB570A44B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>reimbursement for eligible repair or replacement costs previously incurred by producers; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC897A2391DD84137925BF41FE3A06F83"><enum>(2)</enum><text>cash or in-kind assistance in advance of the producer undertaking the needed repair or replacement work.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HE0AA3966977B44D6B2089465E1B8285"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header><text>Assistance provided under this section to a producer for a repair or replacement project, together with amounts received for the same project from insurance proceeds or other sources, may not exceed 95 percent of the costs incurred to repair or replace the damaged or destroyed structures, equipment, or fencing, as estimated by the Secretary.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H1D71F3B52773482BBE3DBE39AE0A1B8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Loan eligibility</header><text>After approval of the county committee established under section 8 of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/590h">16 U.S.C. 590h</external-xref>) for the county or other area in which the farming operation is located, the producers on a farm in a disaster county shall be eligible to receive an emergency loan under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1961">7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.</external-xref>) regardless of whether the producers satisfy the requirements of the first proviso of section 321(a) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1961">7 U.S.C. 1961(a)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H69BD4FDEFA3148AD00E8BB99E196CA0"><enum>802.</enum><header>Commodity Credit Corporation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act—</text>
<paragraph id="H7645F0EA11A743B696FCBB3FB4B155B2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this Act; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA0205D810CE49CCA89717AB7C2035B4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">funds made available under this Act shall remain available until expended.</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H83DB5DBBD9BC4C94B491EB91AAA1C0E8"><enum>803.</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amounts provided under this Act or under amendments made by this Act to respond to the hurricanes of calendar year 2005 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).</text></section>
<section id="H9060B18E79AD4F59A171C1F0DE7183B"><enum>804.</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subsection id="H8AD17BBA721C466184306050EC2BCF00"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the amendments made by this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H876919252E68446BB6EC17CA6E3B2851"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall be made without regard to—</text>
<paragraph id="H37B38D9A184846BCA0862D764371FDFB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the notice and comment provisions of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/553">section 553</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE9E0D628FFDB4F55BBACABBD16978EB1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking and public participation in rulemaking; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0D3ADCE2D9A24544897269DD56BAA5E"><enum>(3)</enum><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/44/35">chapter 35</external-xref> of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H1BD4EDEE27134695A62B2DBB169BC754"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional review of agency rulemaking</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/808">section 808</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection></section>