<enum>I</enum><header>Agricultural Production Losses</header> <section id="H973C0C42C6594D369FDFFB28002733DD"><enum>101.</enum><header>Crop disaster assistance</header> <subsection id="H4615365AE1D847AD85DB5312A17CD3D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance available</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm, other than producers of sugar cane or sugar beets, that incurred qualifying quantity or quality losses for—</text> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49F336B330224B809B825DB2C315BA18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the 2005 crop due to damaging weather or any related condition (including losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed harvest), as determined by the Secretary; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H40D55420BDA4470F9D2714C768F28E21"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 2006 crop due to damaging weather or any related condition (including losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed harvest), as determined by the Secretary, with respect to which a natural disaster declaration is made.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85C0B760007446CCA91CCD29A8020459"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election of crop year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer incurred qualifying crop losses in both the 2005 and 2006 crop years, the producer shall elect to receive assistance under this section for losses incurred in either the 2005 crop year or the 2006 crop year, but not both crop years.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBED27497BD4C42C6B5003FD24F003BBC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="H5412C790C87140DDAFF2D4086A77F74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make assistance available under this section in the same manner as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same loss thresholds for quantity and economic losses as were used in administering that section, except that the payment rate shall be 50 percent of the established price, instead of 65 percent.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB2EEFFBCAEC43DC83DFBBC8DF8ADF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loss thresholds for quality losses</header><text>In the case of a payment for quality loss for a crop under subsection (a), the loss thresholds for quality loss for the crop shall be determined under subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H447F37D335DB4169AEBFF44F966D2C1D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quality losses</header> <paragraph id="HA400322F997542BB9EF7BDD98144ACF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of a payment made to producers on a farm for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (a) shall be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="HD3BC4AB29F2B4D2AB21C47EE6EA2EF24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>65 percent of the payment quantity determined under paragraph (2); by</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA6B1C15F3DA45E2B47CE485910610F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the payment rate determined under paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6AEE86AD4F94BD8BBCF8EE4D3E43DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment quantity</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (1)(A), the payment quantity for quality losses for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall equal the lesser of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D0DE4843C2148DE9805445B1DF584F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the actual production of the crop affected by a quality loss of the commodity on the farm; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B0C21DD1A994593A4891F6B8C70EB38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of expected production of the crop affected by a quality loss of the commodity on the farm, using the formula used by the Secretary to determine quantity losses for the crop of the commodity under subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1078300A482A425DBDE0FEDCB96AE9B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment rate</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (1)(B) and in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6), the payment rate for quality losses for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall be equal to the difference between—</text> <subparagraph id="H61BC3737DEB14140A0A93EFA4466A0B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the per unit market value that the units of the crop affected by the quality loss would have had if the crop had not suffered a quality loss; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E3E4B8777A74F698000001400389FD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the per unit market value of the units of the crop affected by the quality loss.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H90E13D1930BA424983A81DA72EF67BA8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For producers on a farm to be eligible to obtain a payment for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (a), the amount obtained by multiplying the per unit loss determined under paragraph (1) by the number of units affected by the quality loss shall be at least 25 percent of the value that all affected production of the crop would have had if the crop had not suffered a quality loss.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H04AC63164C7D476A852309DAD236FB1F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marketing contracts</header><text>In the case of any production of a commodity that is sold pursuant to 1 or more marketing contracts (regardless of whether the contract is entered into by the producers on the farm before or after harvest) and for which appropriate documentation exists, the quantity designated in the contracts shall be eligible for quality loss assistance based on the 1 or more prices specified in the contracts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB69E66C7C8424471BA72C04802E9E6C2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Other production</header><text>For any additional production of a commodity for which a marketing contract does not exist or for which production continues to be owned by the producer, quality losses shall be based on the average local market discounts for reduced quality, as determined by the appropriate State committee of the Farm Service Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H70AD5091662949F58130527F00186C1D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Quality adjustments and discounts</header><text>The appropriate State committee of the Farm Service Agency shall identify the appropriate quality adjustment and discount factors to be considered in carrying out this subsection, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7BDD04FE4EE4D07A711518FFAE86316"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average local discounts actually applied to a crop; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AE2EE9DD85D4DA78C729E6438DD56AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the discount schedules applied to loans made by the Farm Service Agency or crop insurance coverage 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>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BB7C96A8737483DA91DB8AA590046E2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Eligible production</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection in a fair and equitable manner for all eligible production, including the production of fruits and vegetables, other specialty crops, and field crops.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H112F659284EF4CEFA21800969F09EE9D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header> <paragraph id="H4059CC56B26540C299AE68F119EAFC6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>Assistance provided under this section to a producer 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="H3C9741471F1F4FCC98F5D3CA7FB49152"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other payments</header><text>In applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HF8E5798EEC0845A589F2B72E0975D0F5"><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="HD79383F907AB4A36A989BA437108151D"><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 id="H6343F79E7198428EB52EA8426D4EE505"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility for assistance</header> <paragraph id="H73DEF80CCF704566AA45435CC208E987"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), 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> <subparagraph id="H9B9D3F58802641F1BAE00600FC7FEDCF"><enum>(A)</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 (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56770395AE49457A963F7DAABB5DED76"><enum>(B)</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> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0542BA406BE84007864F007CAA56F1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>had average adjusted gross income (as defined by section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a)), of greater than $2,500,000 in 2004; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1817189B774C4AAAB600ABDE42F181CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>were not in compliance with highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation provisions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7FAFFD7F6534329AED600A4CFAD0023"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter into a contract with the Secretary under which the producers agree—</text> <subparagraph id="H1E390FFE46194E70A7BACCB9819DD5B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of an insurable commodity, to obtain a policy or plan of 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>) providing additional coverage for the insurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops, at a coverage level that provides—</text> <clause id="H7C65C911CD5843A48C53EAC79E37E101"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 65 percent of the actual production history for the crop produced on the farm; and</text> </clause><clause id="H1459D16E12894B0DAFEAE0CF61D06746"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>100 percent of the expected market price or a comparable coverage (as determined by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE67B19C8E4C94CE994F02B40003F2EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to file the required paperwork and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops 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>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCA05081253649CAA177923C1C09B144"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of violation</header><text>In the event of the violation of a contract under paragraph (2) by a producer, the producer shall reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the assistance provided to the producer under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2261D9094F5F4CA99FD8DB0081540967"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Timing</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFB1AA1E11984C33B513B588F8AE93F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make payments to producers on a farm for a crop under this section not later than 60 days after the date the producers on the farm submit to the Secretary a completed application for the payments.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32A6323992B24A2C886F860222B7DD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>If the Secretary does not make payments to the producers on a farm by the date described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay to the producers on a farm interest on the payments at a rate equal to the current (as of the sign-up deadline established by the Secretary) market yield on outstanding, marketable obligations of the United States with maturities of 30 years.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA35B6BEB316945F3A7DA2EA82B40953E"><enum>102.</enum><header>Livestock assistance</header> <subsection id="HF748E90979ED4EA3BA47C00723F1CC01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Livestock Compensation Program</header> <paragraph id="HD5D60887A4144A9EAF3B97B6105059C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of commodity credit corporation funds</header><text>Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program announced by the Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), to provide compensation for livestock losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in the State of Texas and other States) due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary, except that the payment rate shall be 75 percent of the payment rate established for the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4DB71CF9A56F4BF681FB79AEADF8C369"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible applicants</header><text>In carrying out the program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide assistance to any applicant that—</text> <subparagraph id="H601FE58D538E4A2981E85F9DF31F9F05"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFFB03DAB7714459280D69B370076FA92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducts a livestock operation that is located in a disaster county, including any applicant conducting a livestock operation with eligible livestock (within the meaning of the livestock assistance program under section 101(b) of division B of Public Law 108–324 (118 Stat. 1234)); or</text> </clause><clause id="H01888D1CE8A348D2A2DDACDFB462BE91" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>produces an animal described in section 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAAE495536BD24AA98E3EB01C3F2586D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC881CE669A9042628670FFC7CC633F3B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer incurred livestock losses in both calendar years 2005 and 2006, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in either calendar year 2005 or calendar year 2006, but not both calendar years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DFA0DB60D934CFB989931F3EF8CEEA4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mitigation</header><text>In determining the eligibility for or amount of payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock compensation program, the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that takes actions (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> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8227DE2FA5D442639BF16D8C7F069CAB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this subsection and another Federal program with respect to any loss.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EA83093111B4EF88400FC52F86B45E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock indemnity payments</header> <paragraph id="H70DB0603D6AA4EB98BB6B35D2B39D648"><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 livestock indemnity payments to producers on farms that have incurred livestock losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in the State of Texas and other States) due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, anthrax, and wildfires.</text> </paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92E1E816E56C45F5A7F0A860887FF681"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer incurred livestock losses in both calendar years 2005 and 2006, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in either calendar year 2005 or calendar year 2006, but not both calendar years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95DA9C9E783C41DAAAD9AF26A46DD619"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment rates</header><text>Indemnity payments to a producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate of not less than 30 percent of the market value of the applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BDBD78E8E9C4A9AB4973B74D4B21400"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Livestock indemnity program for contract growers</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EBF2CF6E6F64279967FC3408FBEFB7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to establish a program to assist poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties that suffered income losses.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB69CE83B9764E18970395AD13CBA153"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The program established under paragraph (1) shall contain similar terms and conditions as the terms and conditions used for the livestock indemnity program for contract growers described in subpart E of chapter XIV of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2002).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6BBDB325E46E4BDB995400B9CA00FADE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HA407BAE3EF5B4018A8F199419C829861"><enum>103.</enum><header>Sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0E46E6E79E544C180463281585BE78"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Florida</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $120,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to processors in Florida 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 in hurricane-affected counties that are related to hurricanes, tropical storms, excessive rains, floods, and wind in Florida during calendar year 2005, by an agreement on the same terms and conditions, to the maximum extent practicable, as the payments made under section 102 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/324">Public Law 108–324</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 1235), including that the 2005 base production of each harvesting unit shall be determined using the same base year crop production history that was used pursuant to the agreement under that section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA153EF05C4B24A7B95DDCBF502AB17E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Louisiana</header> <paragraph id="H1B7EB87986BE45C989B64238FA696333"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation for losses</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make $120,000,000 in payments to first processors of sugarcane that operate in a disaster county in Louisiana, or obtain sugarcane from a disaster county in Louisiana, and 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 the producers and first processors for crop and other losses due to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, or related conditions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4484C629E70D4218BAA5CF2FCF3A230"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Assistance under this subsection shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C99452731A248C6BFF4F461D90101B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shared by an affected first processor with affected producers that provide commodities to the processor in a manner that reflects contracts entered into between the processor and the producers, except with respect to a portion of the amount of total assistance described under paragraph (1) necessary to compensate affected producers for individual losses experienced by the producers, including losses due to saltwater intrusion, flooding, wind damage, or increased planting, replanting, or harvesting costs, which shall be transferred by the first processor to the affected producers without regard to contractual share arrangements; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H777C109FF8C841F1B9D337C84B31B4C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made available under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EA93D4BE01541228037DEDA5526CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loss determination</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the same base year to determine crop loss that was elected by a producer to determine crop loss in carrying out the hurricane assistance program under section 207 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 543).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D6CFB7BDF114839A815BD2BE42DEE90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to sugar beet producers that suffered production losses (including quality losses) for the 2005 crop year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H34D8CD37508442C593B471B000A3E41C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments under subsection (c) in the same manner as payments were made under section 208 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/7">Public Law 108–7</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 544), including using the same indemnity benefits as were used in carrying out that section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1FCE859663A04C95A80100D3B025217C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Texas</header><text>The Secretary shall use $400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist sugarcane growers in Texas by making a payment in that amount to the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, a farmer-owned cooperative sugarcane processor in that State, for additional demurrage costs at the Port of Baton Rouge and additional storage and transportation costs of raw sugar resulting from hurricanes during calendar year 2005, excessive rains, floods, wind, and other related conditions.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF1D5BE0B22D84973BB8B15AA0009AC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Hawaii</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $6,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist sugarcane growers in Hawaii by making a payment in that amount to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the members of which are eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4447770359F34E7486B3AC22DA09A607"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H08D353AB105441B58026D3212D8212C6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Specialty crops and nursery crops</header> <subsection id="H83E626943C5642D1A17D6524C0008B8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers of specialty crops and nursery crops in hurricane-affected counties.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2FED41BAADDE4DD3BD4C0004AFB0B9FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="HC63F8FDE5F0042ADBD5C2DFECD852DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Assistance required by subsection (a) shall be carried out by the Secretary under the same terms and conditions as the special disaster relief programs carried out for producers that suffered from crop damage and tree losses, and carried out related cleanup, in certain areas of Florida due to Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne during August and September 2004, as described in the notice of program implementation relating to Florida citrus, fruit, vegetable, and nursery crop disaster programs (69 Fed. Reg. 63134 (October 29, 2004)).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3BBDFEC842AE43C29BF88C33DCD27625"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loss of records</header><text>Due to the complete destruction of the business records of many producers, the Secretary shall use the best available information in determining eligibility, determining losses, and calculating payment amounts under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA29F785F782419FA30079001D4DA1B2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HECF91DC9DB0745D18E15BC222478278C"><enum>105.</enum><header>Tree assistance program</header> <subsection id="HEB48FC2C073549FEA8509B005DDA4099"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of tree</header><text>In this section, the term <term>tree</term> includes a tree (including a Christmas tree, ornamental tree, nursery tree, and potted tree), bush (including a shrub), and vine.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF72E84C9E63E4F77A2FE483F006167BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under the tree assistance program established under sections 10201 through 10203 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.) to—</text> <paragraph id="H4270B3E0C5AF452993B14BD7B47F6125"><enum>(1)</enum><text>producers who suffered tree losses in hurricane-affected counties; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF7D4C9FEDF72484EA592449B38396439"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fruit and tree nut producers in hurricane-affected counties for site preparation, replacement, rehabilitation, and pruning.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4881C9735BC14707B86DC4E1FAA069E6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall also be made available to cover costs associated with tree pruning, tree rehabilitation, and other appropriate tree-related activities as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E5B00DCF5547D19E3D5900C74FDD5D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H7CB3D70D73614FDC96B28D9919B8C2D6"><enum>106.</enum><header>Dairy assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $25,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to dairy producers for dairy production losses and dairy spoilage losses in hurricane-affected counties.</text> </section><section id="HC621AD342CBA4542B2CC7852C5572330"><enum>107.</enum><header>Cottonseed</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7927EB2F05B46EBB3629900947CDE21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cottonseed assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $15,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers and first-handlers of the 2005 crop of cottonseed in hurricane-affected counties.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4EF39D4A594243968DFF2889F990A826"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance under subsection (a) shall be provided under the same terms and conditions as assistance provided under section 206 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/7">Public Law 108–7</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 543), except that assistance shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H7EC6D7F18F0840BC8C699CDF5CF63424"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distributed to producers and first handlers of cottonseed; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9D434BCD586C46A68841C984B9E1E800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on cottonseed production during the most recent year for which a disaster payment specifically for cottonseed was not authorized.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD0161EFB8ABE4251BE6000A49506E6D"><enum>108.</enum><header>Reduction in payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amount of any payment for which a producer is eligible under this title shall be reduced by any amount received by the producer for the same loss or any similar loss under—</text> <paragraph id="H4177AA2F94734F8E832EA4265CFFCC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/148">Public Law 109–148</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 2680); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5A0D3C79A097409BAEB042C9F31F537B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an agricultural disaster assistance provision contained in the announcement of the Secretary on January 26, 2006.</text> </paragraph></section>

109 HR 5363 IH: Natural Disaster Relief U.S. House of Representatives 2006-05-11 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Natural Disaster Relief Act

. (b)

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Definitions.

Title I—Agricultural Production Losses

Sec. 101. Crop disaster assistance.

Sec. 102. Livestock assistance.

Sec. 103. Sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance.

Sec. 104. Specialty crops and nursery crops.

Sec. 105. Tree assistance program.

Sec. 106. Dairy assistance.

Sec. 107. Cottonseed.

Sec. 108. Reduction in payments.

Title II—Conservation

Sec. 201. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Sec. 202. Emergency watershed protection program.

Sec. 203. Emergency conservation program.

Sec. 204. Additional funds for delivery of conservation-related technical assistance.

Title III—Farm Service Agency

Sec. 301. Funding for additional personnel.

Title IV—Miscellaneous

Sec. 401. Regulations.

Sec. 402. Emergency designation.

Definitions

In this Act: (1)

Additional coverage

The term additional coverage has the meaning given the term in section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)). (2)

Disaster county

The term disaster county means— (A)a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration; and (B)each county contiguous to a county described in subparagraph (A). (3)

Hurricane-affected county

The term hurricane-affected county means— (A)a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration related to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, Hurricane Wilma, or a related condition; and (B)each county contiguous to a county described in subparagraph (A). (4)

Insurable commodity

The term insurable commodity means an agricultural commodity (excluding livestock) for which the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). (5)

Natural disaster declaration

The term natural disaster declaration means— (A)a natural disaster declared by the Secretary— (i)during calendar year 2005 under section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)); or (ii)during calendar year 2006 under that section, but only if the declaration was made before the date of the enactment of this Act or a request for such a declaration was pending as of that date and the declaration is subsequently made; or (B)a major disaster or emergency designated by the President— (i)during calendar year 2005 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); or (ii)during calendar year 2006 under that Act, but only if the designation was made before the date of the enactment of this Act or a request for such a designation was pending as of that date and the designation is subsequently made. (6)

Noninsurable commodity

The term noninsurable commodity means a crop for which the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain assistance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). (7)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.

<enum>I</enum><header>Agricultural Production Losses</header> <section id="H973C0C42C6594D369FDFFB28002733DD"><enum>101.</enum><header>Crop disaster assistance</header> <subsection id="H4615365AE1D847AD85DB5312A17CD3D7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance available</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm, other than producers of sugar cane or sugar beets, that incurred qualifying quantity or quality losses for—</text> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49F336B330224B809B825DB2C315BA18"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the 2005 crop due to damaging weather or any related condition (including losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed harvest), as determined by the Secretary; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H40D55420BDA4470F9D2714C768F28E21"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the 2006 crop due to damaging weather or any related condition (including losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed harvest), as determined by the Secretary, with respect to which a natural disaster declaration is made.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H85C0B760007446CCA91CCD29A8020459"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election of crop year</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer incurred qualifying crop losses in both the 2005 and 2006 crop years, the producer shall elect to receive assistance under this section for losses incurred in either the 2005 crop year or the 2006 crop year, but not both crop years.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HBED27497BD4C42C6B5003FD24F003BBC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="H5412C790C87140DDAFF2D4086A77F74"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make assistance available under this section in the same manner as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same loss thresholds for quantity and economic losses as were used in administering that section, except that the payment rate shall be 50 percent of the established price, instead of 65 percent.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCB2EEFFBCAEC43DC83DFBBC8DF8ADF9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loss thresholds for quality losses</header><text>In the case of a payment for quality loss for a crop under subsection (a), the loss thresholds for quality loss for the crop shall be determined under subsection (d).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H447F37D335DB4169AEBFF44F966D2C1D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quality losses</header> <paragraph id="HA400322F997542BB9EF7BDD98144ACF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of a payment made to producers on a farm for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (a) shall be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying—</text> <subparagraph id="HD3BC4AB29F2B4D2AB21C47EE6EA2EF24"><enum>(A)</enum><text>65 percent of the payment quantity determined under paragraph (2); by</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAA6B1C15F3DA45E2B47CE485910610F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the payment rate determined under paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6AEE86AD4F94BD8BBCF8EE4D3E43DC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment quantity</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (1)(A), the payment quantity for quality losses for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall equal the lesser of—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D0DE4843C2148DE9805445B1DF584F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the actual production of the crop affected by a quality loss of the commodity on the farm; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B0C21DD1A994593A4891F6B8C70EB38"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the quantity of expected production of the crop affected by a quality loss of the commodity on the farm, using the formula used by the Secretary to determine quantity losses for the crop of the commodity under subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1078300A482A425DBDE0FEDCB96AE9B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment rate</header><text>For the purpose of paragraph (1)(B) and in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6), the payment rate for quality losses for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall be equal to the difference between—</text> <subparagraph id="H61BC3737DEB14140A0A93EFA4466A0B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the per unit market value that the units of the crop affected by the quality loss would have had if the crop had not suffered a quality loss; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0E3E4B8777A74F698000001400389FD9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the per unit market value of the units of the crop affected by the quality loss.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H90E13D1930BA424983A81DA72EF67BA8"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text>For producers on a farm to be eligible to obtain a payment for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (a), the amount obtained by multiplying the per unit loss determined under paragraph (1) by the number of units affected by the quality loss shall be at least 25 percent of the value that all affected production of the crop would have had if the crop had not suffered a quality loss.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H04AC63164C7D476A852309DAD236FB1F"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marketing contracts</header><text>In the case of any production of a commodity that is sold pursuant to 1 or more marketing contracts (regardless of whether the contract is entered into by the producers on the farm before or after harvest) and for which appropriate documentation exists, the quantity designated in the contracts shall be eligible for quality loss assistance based on the 1 or more prices specified in the contracts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB69E66C7C8424471BA72C04802E9E6C2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Other production</header><text>For any additional production of a commodity for which a marketing contract does not exist or for which production continues to be owned by the producer, quality losses shall be based on the average local market discounts for reduced quality, as determined by the appropriate State committee of the Farm Service Agency.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H70AD5091662949F58130527F00186C1D"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Quality adjustments and discounts</header><text>The appropriate State committee of the Farm Service Agency shall identify the appropriate quality adjustment and discount factors to be considered in carrying out this subsection, including—</text> <subparagraph id="HC7BDD04FE4EE4D07A711518FFAE86316"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average local discounts actually applied to a crop; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4AE2EE9DD85D4DA78C729E6438DD56AF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the discount schedules applied to loans made by the Farm Service Agency or crop insurance coverage 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>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4BB7C96A8737483DA91DB8AA590046E2"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Eligible production</header><text>The Secretary shall carry out this subsection in a fair and equitable manner for all eligible production, including the production of fruits and vegetables, other specialty crops, and field crops.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H112F659284EF4CEFA21800969F09EE9D"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment limitations</header> <paragraph id="H4059CC56B26540C299AE68F119EAFC6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>Assistance provided under this section to a producer 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="H3C9741471F1F4FCC98F5D3CA7FB49152"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other payments</header><text>In applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HF8E5798EEC0845A589F2B72E0975D0F5"><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="HD79383F907AB4A36A989BA437108151D"><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 id="H6343F79E7198428EB52EA8426D4EE505"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility for assistance</header> <paragraph id="H73DEF80CCF704566AA45435CC208E987"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), 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> <subparagraph id="H9B9D3F58802641F1BAE00600FC7FEDCF"><enum>(A)</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 (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H56770395AE49457A963F7DAABB5DED76"><enum>(B)</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> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0542BA406BE84007864F007CAA56F1D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>had average adjusted gross income (as defined by section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(a)), of greater than $2,500,000 in 2004; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1817189B774C4AAAB600ABDE42F181CC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>were not in compliance with highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation provisions.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA7FAFFD7F6534329AED600A4CFAD0023"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract waiver</header><text>The Secretary may waive paragraph (1) with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter into a contract with the Secretary under which the producers agree—</text> <subparagraph id="H1E390FFE46194E70A7BACCB9819DD5B8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the case of an insurable commodity, to obtain a policy or plan of 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>) providing additional coverage for the insurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops, at a coverage level that provides—</text> <clause id="H7C65C911CD5843A48C53EAC79E37E101"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not less than 65 percent of the actual production history for the crop produced on the farm; and</text> </clause><clause id="H1459D16E12894B0DAFEAE0CF61D06746"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>100 percent of the expected market price or a comparable coverage (as determined by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE67B19C8E4C94CE994F02B40003F2EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to file the required paperwork and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops 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>).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCCA05081253649CAA177923C1C09B144"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of violation</header><text>In the event of the violation of a contract under paragraph (2) by a producer, the producer shall reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the assistance provided to the producer under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2261D9094F5F4CA99FD8DB0081540967"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Timing</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAFB1AA1E11984C33B513B588F8AE93F3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary shall make payments to producers on a farm for a crop under this section not later than 60 days after the date the producers on the farm submit to the Secretary a completed application for the payments.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H32A6323992B24A2C886F860222B7DD6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest</header><text>If the Secretary does not make payments to the producers on a farm by the date described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay to the producers on a farm interest on the payments at a rate equal to the current (as of the sign-up deadline established by the Secretary) market yield on outstanding, marketable obligations of the United States with maturities of 30 years.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA35B6BEB316945F3A7DA2EA82B40953E"><enum>102.</enum><header>Livestock assistance</header> <subsection id="HF748E90979ED4EA3BA47C00723F1CC01"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Livestock Compensation Program</header> <paragraph id="HD5D60887A4144A9EAF3B97B6105059C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Use of commodity credit corporation funds</header><text>Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program announced by the Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), to provide compensation for livestock losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in the State of Texas and other States) due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary, except that the payment rate shall be 75 percent of the payment rate established for the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4DB71CF9A56F4BF681FB79AEADF8C369"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Eligible applicants</header><text>In carrying out the program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide assistance to any applicant that—</text> <subparagraph id="H601FE58D538E4A2981E85F9DF31F9F05"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HFFB03DAB7714459280D69B370076FA92"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conducts a livestock operation that is located in a disaster county, including any applicant conducting a livestock operation with eligible livestock (within the meaning of the livestock assistance program under section 101(b) of division B of Public Law 108–324 (118 Stat. 1234)); or</text> </clause><clause id="H01888D1CE8A348D2A2DDACDFB462BE91" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>produces an animal described in section 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAAE495536BD24AA98E3EB01C3F2586D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC881CE669A9042628670FFC7CC633F3B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer incurred livestock losses in both calendar years 2005 and 2006, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in either calendar year 2005 or calendar year 2006, but not both calendar years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6DFA0DB60D934CFB989931F3EF8CEEA4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Mitigation</header><text>In determining the eligibility for or amount of payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock compensation program, the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that takes actions (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> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8227DE2FA5D442639BF16D8C7F069CAB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this subsection and another Federal program with respect to any loss.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0EA83093111B4EF88400FC52F86B45E8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock indemnity payments</header> <paragraph id="H70DB0603D6AA4EB98BB6B35D2B39D648"><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 livestock indemnity payments to producers on farms that have incurred livestock losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in the State of Texas and other States) due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, anthrax, and wildfires.</text> </paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H92E1E816E56C45F5A7F0A860887FF681"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a producer incurred livestock losses in both calendar years 2005 and 2006, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in either calendar year 2005 or calendar year 2006, but not both calendar years.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H95DA9C9E783C41DAAAD9AF26A46DD619"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment rates</header><text>Indemnity payments to a producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be made at a rate of not less than 30 percent of the market value of the applicable livestock on the day before the date of death of the livestock, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BDBD78E8E9C4A9AB4973B74D4B21400"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Livestock indemnity program for contract growers</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EBF2CF6E6F64279967FC3408FBEFB7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to establish a program to assist poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties that suffered income losses.</text> </paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFB69CE83B9764E18970395AD13CBA153"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text>The program established under paragraph (1) shall contain similar terms and conditions as the terms and conditions used for the livestock indemnity program for contract growers described in subpart E of chapter XIV of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2002).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6BBDB325E46E4BDB995400B9CA00FADE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HA407BAE3EF5B4018A8F199419C829861"><enum>103.</enum><header>Sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0E46E6E79E544C180463281585BE78"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Florida</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $120,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to processors in Florida 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 in hurricane-affected counties that are related to hurricanes, tropical storms, excessive rains, floods, and wind in Florida during calendar year 2005, by an agreement on the same terms and conditions, to the maximum extent practicable, as the payments made under section 102 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act of 2005 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/324">Public Law 108–324</external-xref>; 118 Stat. 1235), including that the 2005 base production of each harvesting unit shall be determined using the same base year crop production history that was used pursuant to the agreement under that section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HA153EF05C4B24A7B95DDCBF502AB17E4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Louisiana</header> <paragraph id="H1B7EB87986BE45C989B64238FA696333"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Compensation for losses</header><text>The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make $120,000,000 in payments to first processors of sugarcane that operate in a disaster county in Louisiana, or obtain sugarcane from a disaster county in Louisiana, and 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 the producers and first processors for crop and other losses due to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, or related conditions.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4484C629E70D4218BAA5CF2FCF3A230"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Administration</header><text>Assistance under this subsection shall be—</text> <subparagraph id="H4C99452731A248C6BFF4F461D90101B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shared by an affected first processor with affected producers that provide commodities to the processor in a manner that reflects contracts entered into between the processor and the producers, except with respect to a portion of the amount of total assistance described under paragraph (1) necessary to compensate affected producers for individual losses experienced by the producers, including losses due to saltwater intrusion, flooding, wind damage, or increased planting, replanting, or harvesting costs, which shall be transferred by the first processor to the affected producers without regard to contractual share arrangements; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H777C109FF8C841F1B9D337C84B31B4C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>made available under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out this subsection.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7EA93D4BE01541228037DEDA5526CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Loss determination</header><text>In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the same base year to determine crop loss that was elected by a producer to determine crop loss in carrying out the hurricane assistance program under section 207 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 543).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6D6CFB7BDF114839A815BD2BE42DEE90"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Funding</header><text>The Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to sugar beet producers that suffered production losses (including quality losses) for the 2005 crop year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H34D8CD37508442C593B471B000A3E41C"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Secretary shall make payments under subsection (c) in the same manner as payments were made under section 208 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/7">Public Law 108–7</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 544), including using the same indemnity benefits as were used in carrying out that section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1FCE859663A04C95A80100D3B025217C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Texas</header><text>The Secretary shall use $400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist sugarcane growers in Texas by making a payment in that amount to the Rio Grande Valley Sugar Growers, a farmer-owned cooperative sugarcane processor in that State, for additional demurrage costs at the Port of Baton Rouge and additional storage and transportation costs of raw sugar resulting from hurricanes during calendar year 2005, excessive rains, floods, wind, and other related conditions.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF1D5BE0B22D84973BB8B15AA0009AC"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Hawaii</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $6,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist sugarcane growers in Hawaii by making a payment in that amount to an agricultural transportation cooperative in Hawaii, the members of which are eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4447770359F34E7486B3AC22DA09A607"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H08D353AB105441B58026D3212D8212C6"><enum>104.</enum><header>Specialty crops and nursery crops</header> <subsection id="H83E626943C5642D1A17D6524C0008B8B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary shall use funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers of specialty crops and nursery crops in hurricane-affected counties.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H2FED41BAADDE4DD3BD4C0004AFB0B9FF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="HC63F8FDE5F0042ADBD5C2DFECD852DD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Assistance required by subsection (a) shall be carried out by the Secretary under the same terms and conditions as the special disaster relief programs carried out for producers that suffered from crop damage and tree losses, and carried out related cleanup, in certain areas of Florida due to Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne during August and September 2004, as described in the notice of program implementation relating to Florida citrus, fruit, vegetable, and nursery crop disaster programs (69 Fed. Reg. 63134 (October 29, 2004)).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3BBDFEC842AE43C29BF88C33DCD27625"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loss of records</header><text>Due to the complete destruction of the business records of many producers, the Secretary shall use the best available information in determining eligibility, determining losses, and calculating payment amounts under this section.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFA29F785F782419FA30079001D4DA1B2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HECF91DC9DB0745D18E15BC222478278C"><enum>105.</enum><header>Tree assistance program</header> <subsection id="HEB48FC2C073549FEA8509B005DDA4099"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of tree</header><text>In this section, the term <term>tree</term> includes a tree (including a Christmas tree, ornamental tree, nursery tree, and potted tree), bush (including a shrub), and vine.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF72E84C9E63E4F77A2FE483F006167BC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under the tree assistance program established under sections 10201 through 10203 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.) to—</text> <paragraph id="H4270B3E0C5AF452993B14BD7B47F6125"><enum>(1)</enum><text>producers who suffered tree losses in hurricane-affected counties; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF7D4C9FEDF72484EA592449B38396439"><enum>(2)</enum><text>fruit and tree nut producers in hurricane-affected counties for site preparation, replacement, rehabilitation, and pruning.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4881C9735BC14707B86DC4E1FAA069E6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Costs</header><text>Funds made available under this section shall also be made available to cover costs associated with tree pruning, tree rehabilitation, and other appropriate tree-related activities as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF0E5B00DCF5547D19E3D5900C74FDD5D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Limit on amount of assistance</header><text>The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplicative payments under this section and any other Federal program for the same loss.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H7CB3D70D73614FDC96B28D9919B8C2D6"><enum>106.</enum><header>Dairy assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $25,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to dairy producers for dairy production losses and dairy spoilage losses in hurricane-affected counties.</text> </section><section id="HC621AD342CBA4542B2CC7852C5572330"><enum>107.</enum><header>Cottonseed</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7927EB2F05B46EBB3629900947CDE21"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Cottonseed assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $15,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance to producers and first-handlers of the 2005 crop of cottonseed in hurricane-affected counties.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4EF39D4A594243968DFF2889F990A826"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Terms and conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance under subsection (a) shall be provided under the same terms and conditions as assistance provided under section 206 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/108/7">Public Law 108–7</external-xref>; 117 Stat. 543), except that assistance shall be—</text> <paragraph id="H7EC6D7F18F0840BC8C699CDF5CF63424"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">distributed to producers and first handlers of cottonseed; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9D434BCD586C46A68841C984B9E1E800"><enum>(2)</enum><text>based on cottonseed production during the most recent year for which a disaster payment specifically for cottonseed was not authorized.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD0161EFB8ABE4251BE6000A49506E6D"><enum>108.</enum><header>Reduction in payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amount of any payment for which a producer is eligible under this title shall be reduced by any amount received by the producer for the same loss or any similar loss under—</text> <paragraph id="H4177AA2F94734F8E832EA4265CFFCC9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Department of Defense, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/148">Public Law 109–148</external-xref>; 119 Stat. 2680); or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5A0D3C79A097409BAEB042C9F31F537B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an agricultural disaster assistance provision contained in the announcement of the Secretary on January 26, 2006.</text> </paragraph></section><enum>II</enum><header>Conservation</header> <section id="HC5F8EB5473AC44959FF3E20028455B37"><enum>201.</enum><header>Natural Resources Conservation Service</header> <subsection id="HAB7AA45A4E104634AAD944CAD5337366"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance to clear debris and animal carcasses</header> <paragraph id="H75D8B29DEDD64082A9896ED2C895BC4B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to provide assistance</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may provide financial and technical assistance to remove and dispose of debris and livestock carcasses that could adversely affect health and safety on non-Federal land in a hurricane-affected county or a disaster county.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6CDD7D713C7F40D2804D3E7DF73F7840"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Provision of assistance; funding source</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall carry out this subsection acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service and using funds made available for the emergency watershed protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF49DACF7FD2B4ED48C4F015500D1EE52"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If an applicant for assistance under this subsection incurred debris and livestock damage in both calendar years 2005 and 2006, the applicant shall elect to receive assistance under this subsection for damages incurred in either calendar year 2005 or calendar year 2006, but not both calendar years.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4080DD04F81E4E0384094B8EE39CF97D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority to Mitigate Effects of Saltwater</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service and using funds made available for the emergency conservation program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.</external-xref>), may provide financial and technical assistance to mitigate the effects of saltwater intrusion.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD84132D6A7154604B5105116002549DD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authority to use certain practices</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary, acting through the Natural Resources Conservation Service, may use direct check-writing practices and electronic transfers to provide financial and technical assistance under the emergency watershed protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203) in a hurricane-affected county.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H65EF9470140740B2BF3B372D4B00DECF"><enum>202.</enum><header>Emergency watershed protection program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use an additional $108,500,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out emergency measures identified by the Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service as of the date of enactment of this Act through the emergency watershed protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2203">16 U.S.C. 2203</external-xref>).</text> </section><section id="HE82270CF9F0B4B15B7611B480033A37"><enum>203.</enum><header>Emergency conservation program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use an additional $17,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out emergency measures identified by the Administrator of the Farm Service Agency as of the date of enactment of this Act through the emergency conservation program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/2201">16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.</external-xref>). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may provide assistance in a hurricane-affected county under the emergency conservation program without regard to subtitle C of title XII of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3821">16 U.S.C. 3821 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </section><section id="HB609ACF9B59C46838BD197C1910041DB"><enum>204.</enum><header>Additional funds for delivery of conservation-related technical assistance</header> <subsection id="H12ACA6C835854D2A80AF8C01401C365D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide an additional $1,000,000 of technical assistance under section 1242 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/3842">16 U.S.C. 3842</external-xref>) in each State that has a disaster county or hurricane-affected county.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4DDD5F83E1D840BCA2723757DE03C3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Relationship to other law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The use of Commodity Credit Corporation funds under subsection (a) to provide technical assistance shall not be considered an allotment or fund transfer from the Commodity Credit Corporation for purposes of the limit on expenditures for technical assistance imposed by section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/714i">15 U.S.C. 714i</external-xref>).</text> </subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Farm Service Agency</header> <section id="HED71B6DA2E2A4B6BA5BD77F4297054F"><enum>301.</enum><header>Funding for additional personnel</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary shall use $23,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to hire additional County Farm Service Agency personnel—</text> <paragraph id="H15D88D031A0A4EADAD795320A570C620"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to expedite the implementation of, and delivery under, the agricultural disaster and economic assistance programs under this Act; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC1C15E057491469D869125EAC5B67E73"><enum>(2)</enum><text>as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out other agriculture and disaster assistance programs.</text> </paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="H95E75560BA1D418DA9C778077400BF06"><enum>401.</enum><header>Regulations</header> <subsection id="HAF56296BD40641CCA8F5B5B64C9C600"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEE58FC23E8C9424C9B004513FACBC451"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The promulgation of the regulations and administration of this Act shall be made without regard to—</text> <paragraph id="HCD73524A1DD946FC942BAC15D854FEB6"><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="HB0CCBE9AD1014748A1BFD865B2F17A6"><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="H48AEABD1A4E34E48009148AE87BDB9B6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the <quote>Paperwork Reduction Act</quote>).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2394A7A57E534A77914E9883076BD572"><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><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H637A80AB412C4D9200BD81CA62625F4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>402.</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amounts provided under this Act are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress).</text> </section>