1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the Emergency Agricultural Disaster
Assistance Act of 2005
.
(b)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 program.
Sec. 103. Conservation programs.
Sec. 104. Disaster relief for small business concerns damaged
by drought.
Sec. 105. Assistance to fisheries for red tide outbreak in New
England.
Sec. 106. Flooded crop and grazing land.
Sec. 107. Regulations.
TITLE II—Nutritional supplemental assistance and agricultural
economic stimulus
Sec. 201. Replenishment of Section 32.
Sec. 202. Extension of marketing loans.
Sec. 203. Supplemental economic loss payments.
TITLE III—Emergency Designation
Sec. 301. Emergency designation.
2.In this Act:
(1)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)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.).
(3)The term livestock
includes—
(A)cattle;
(B)bison;
(C)sheep;
(D)swine; and
(E)other livestock, as determined by the
Secretary.
(4)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).
(5)The term Secretary means the
Secretary of Agriculture.
<enum>I</enum><header>Agricultural production losses</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id93069F04115E42A0A86A240F0A0C7B0A" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.<?LEXA-Enum 101.?></enum><header>Crop disaster assistance</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC2197578FD524F7CA8AABC1E3C97454A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</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 authorized under this section
available to
producers on a farm that have incurred qualifying losses described in
subsection (c).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD173B62C9036417192AA40EC62D422A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9159C2458A2546019F7179B7D540D3EC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 loss threshold shall be 25 percent instead
of 35
percent and the payment rate shall be 50 percent of the established price,
instead of 65 percent.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17630CD3EECF4FA9AAD785AC6D9A16F9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Loss thresholds
for quality losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the
case of a payment for quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2), the
loss
thresholds for quality loss for the crop shall be determined under
subsection
(d).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDADDFB8A4AE874F18A10EF9E36255146E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualifying
losses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance under this
section may be made available for losses due to damaging weather or any
related
condition (including losses due to crop diseases and insects and delayed
harvest) associated with crops that are (as determined by the Secretary)
any
combination of (as determined by the producers on a farm)—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDCFAEC4980A214BF2B0AEC94D913D4226"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quantity losses for the 2005 crop;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF39BA0FD100241F2A962DA28DF044F1D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">quality losses for the 2005 crop; or</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5F1A10C430E0486FB36D8D690D162BDA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">severe economic losses for the 2005
crop.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE6BFE1F368084C4B9245764193A5C723"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quality
losses</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDEFC50A4DE9C64FCE8495016FB0F00B9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraph
(3), the amount of a payment made to producers on a farm for a quality
loss for
a crop under subsection (c)(2) shall be equal to the amount obtained by
multiplying—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF464C8A590004DB194591C2C0AB7F11E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">75 percent of the payment quantity
determined under paragraph (2); by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3FDBBDB6D0EF4BC3AD8342F8C965276B"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">50 percent of the payment rate determined
under paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5166AAB2DDCB438094B8667D5991B84E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment
quantity</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="idD58C159A781E4A71AF735DFC370F6607"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the actual production of the crop of the
commodity on the farm; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3CE2E2A074EE46459B8ABC63FED068D5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the quantity of expected production of the
crop 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
(c)(1).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID150CCFFF364F44A68907573809423B4B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Payment
rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB6F0A3A7AC4E4CBE933973125A1794DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6699A5E929BC4C79B2294D6A4D3BF56D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the per unit market value of the units of
the crop affected by the quality loss.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4A7DAE9B2D8B4EEA843F6E23213BA644"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Eligibility</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For producers on a farm to be eligible to
obtain a payment for a quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2),
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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDddd8a14d052447148ec3dd949c46d5a5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marketing
contracts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeb863adf6b1c4298ab6b2271667a2b5b"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Other
production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For any additional
production of a commodity for which a marketing contract does not exist or
for
which production continues to be owned and produced by the producers on a
farm,
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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe20b69baf8264c4abf7c8b259ce9f659"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Quality
adjustments and discounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 the average local discount or
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</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1f9f0764b0d14cad9b2700af2d5da7d1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Eligible
production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA12081DC70F94C0F8D78C96008DF0C7F"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligibility for
assistance</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA081378AD9D54C94B34756BD61ECC050"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0B64133C25474A009736390549FD9EC1"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0272E65D25324A178B85628E1F38532A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (7
U.S.C.
7333) for the crop incurring the losses;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDBCB0526A552743B8ABAB94D438A38F03"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB31DDFABED0547B387E13071F1D43517"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">were not in compliance with highly erodible
land conservation and wetland conservation provisions.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF6BB029CED9141668CC5985A98F61D3B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contract
waiver</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5B31BFA1ADBA4A71B32D7E11B34A02A5"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of an insurable commodity, to
obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act
(7
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) providing additional coverage for the insurable
commodity
for each of the next 2 crops, at a coverage level this provides—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDBE459ACFF32466195F8A3DB744F55B9"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than 65 percent of the actual
production history for the crop produced on the farm; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id354EB2D56FAD4DE7AA139607566ACA14"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">100 percent of the expected market price or
a comparable coverage (as determined by the Federal Crop Insurance
Corporation); and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID88649A48832C44DA9D6C3D01F0CEFADD"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 (7 U.S.C. 7333).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1E572976F6D046EA919324D9B14A698A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effect of
violation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="id99E3804A24B04CA7BE0A187D34E18A4D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Timing</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B19DBC5CEE14DDDA7409C76A21DE46B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="id4EFAC348085B4FE3BA9CD65EE5D9CD34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Interest</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID617422C1AB8E4EDAA87CFCD2152A8CE6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header>Livestock assistance
program</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0AD9613A4CBA47D7B8B2FFF74B830A06"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency
financial assistance</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 and administer payments for livestock losses to
producers
for 2005 losses in a county that has received an emergency designation by
the
President or the Secretary during calendar year 2005, of which an amount
determined by the Secretary shall be made available for the American
Indian
livestock program under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development,
Food
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001
(Public
Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–51).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE7AF3EED71604E5FB3AB552F65FA5D4A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall make assistance
available under this section in the same manner as provided under section
806
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat.
1549A–51).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7BA7D68B5738423193173E5C2EC751D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Mitigation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In determining the eligibility for or
amount of payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock
assistance 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>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc28a4aee686e47acac97f00ca059ba35"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Interest on
prior payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id375DBEF3A22D43DFB4796D551E7961F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Payments that were
due to a producer under section 101(b) of the Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 (Public Law
108–324; 118 Stat. 1234) but not paid by the Secretary as of August 28,
2005,
shall earn interest at a rate equal to the current (as of August 28, 2005)
market yield on outstanding, marketable obligations of the United States
with
maturities of 30 years.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id55E73FB492F2409B89B07405387E4620"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Interest payable under paragraph (1) shall
be carried out using only funds made available for travel expenses, or
salaries
and expenses of Presidential appointees, of the Department of
Agriculture.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED4F59B37B9549FCBDA9981F5C073735"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Livestock
indemnity payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBB33D54C8D5043C2B0D7B7156D164574"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</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 livestock indemnity payments to producers on farms that have incurred
livestock losses during calendar year 2005 due to a disaster, as
determined by
the Secretary, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB1177EAF999A48FBAAE8B47E4EF8DF34"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Payment
rates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The payment rate for
indemnity payments made to producers on a farm under paragraph (1) shall
be
equal to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2BB1333DA4746498E7127D95033AD73"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id5D4BFAC7146F4EDEB87987218CB82891"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a cow, steer, or bull that
weighs 500 pounds or more on the date of death of the cow, steer, or bull,
$400
per head; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id62742A1F303345B1BC7E1FD828052A50" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of a cow, steer, or bull that
weighs less than 500 pounds on the date of death of the cow, steer, or
bull,
$250 per head; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idADA33440CB484E54ADD5BFDE1CC00B70"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the case of other types of livestock, a
rate determined by the Secretary based on documentation provided by the
producers on a farm, including a death certificate or other certification
provided by a licensed veterinarian.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDacf6db34b2c3490da2af03e0e658fe27" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>103.</enum><header>Conservation
programs</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9D6A3EDA3A4C4925AEEC021445C61289"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Emergency
conservation program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall use an additional $100,000,000 of the funds of the
Commodity
Credit Corporation to provide assistance under 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</external-xref> et seq.).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id86434F8D8A994738AAEB721010EA6A14"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Emergency
watershed protection program</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall use an additional
$250,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide
assistance under 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>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBF040D588DF7453382DC54523FFAF5EB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>104.</enum><header>Disaster relief for
small business concerns damaged by drought</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID893ED63251104D5792656C16EE676B22"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Drought
disaster authority</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID673DAAE5056D4043A7850AF501E570E3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition of
disaster</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(k) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 632(k))
is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3ADB99F739CC47FC8478E6B453A5D194"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> before
<quote>For the purposes</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2D6346533AB44A018F5B4FCA7551E9FE"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA4EF34BBFE044ABB8E108BE58F5AE40B" style="OLC">
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID62E693AAC423490BB606BC7BF92F4C5F" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section 7(b)(2), the term
<term>disaster</term> includes—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDF5011283AE74654A0AC973243192242"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">drought; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6AEA3CBE2E484389ADC9CC792429E0C8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">below average water levels in the Great
Lakes, or on any body of water in the United States that supports
commerce by
small business
concerns.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF205B391C8C348FD8BE222171301089C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Drought
disaster relief authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(b)(2) of the
<act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C.
636(b)(2)) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID94737BA856A94F9290087BE6BC5EB87A"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting <quote>(including drought),
with respect to both farm-related and non-farm-related small business
concerns,</quote> before <quote>if the Administration</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID194179CBBF50461C939DF8B3E798373D"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>the
Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7 U.S.C. 1961)</quote>
and inserting the following: <quote>section 321 of the
<act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development
Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961), in which case, assistance under this paragraph
may be provided to farm-related and non-farm-related small business
concerns,
subject to the other applicable requirements of this paragraph</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4C73083BD90643AA9E2E9C37C4592013"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitation on
loans</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">From funds otherwise
appropriated for loans under section 7(b) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name> (15 U.S.C. 636(b)), not more
than $9,000,000 may be used during each of fiscal years 2005 through 2008,
to
provide drought disaster loans to non-farm-related small business concerns
in
accordance with this section and the amendments made by this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA7F2DAE1DDD5417FA11848F4B910E5B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Prompt response
to disaster requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
7(b)(2)(D) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SBA">Small Business Act</act-name>
(15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)(D)) is amended in the second sentence by striking
<quote>Upon receipt of such certification, the Administration may</quote> and
inserting <quote>Not later than 30 days after the date of receipt of such
certification by a Governor of a State, the Administration shall respond
in
writing to that Governor on its determination and the reasons therefore,
and
may</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD20886780F534F04A19174C2CC940C89"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 45 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business
Administration
shall promulgate final rules to carry out this section and the amendments
made
by this section.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id66B386F836A14F7A88C6E0451DE90C2D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>105.</enum><header>Assistance to
fisheries for red tide outbreak in New England</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14FC4088EF204763A1A059A862EF1DF4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Out of any funds in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall
transfer to the Secretary of Commerce to provide assistance to fisheries
suffering due to the red tide outbreak in New England—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1EC7809C49AB4FAFA36F0C6754C4CC32"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on October 1, 2005, $15,000,000; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3F420EC36552425ABC817A153A92B928"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">on October 1, 2006, $10,000,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD175969DD23E48919CAB125FC34908A3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Receipt and
acceptance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of
Commerce shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to
carry out
this section the funds transferred under subsection (a), without further
appropriation.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB2A4377E45354362AF22C8A0E1E532AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Funds transferred under
subsection (a) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID417F06AAF8974DDEA7B8D0C5AE46FE31" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>106.</enum><header>Flooded crop and
grazing land</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9682F666429249A3B940639AEA513911"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
compensate eligible owners of flooded crop and grazing land in—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID50A91544146E466FB276DF6BD62B77AC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Devils Lake basin; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD598FC172291422C849C2F0A2B532CED"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake
closed drainage areas of the State of North Dakota.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDBF7FB371BCA45399A2D4D2E77B70B85"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID38DF5D85CFEC464CA84CAE74A3098F9B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To be eligible to
receive compensation under this section, an owner shall own land described
in
subsection (a) that, during the 2 crop years preceding receipt of
compensation,
was rendered incapable of use for the production of an agricultural
commodity
or for grazing purposes (in a manner consistent with the historical use of
the
land) as the result of flooding, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID70B7255DACB94AC1A229B59DDAD0C63B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Land described in paragraph (1) shall
include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4556D36413144ED78DA921FE86FBA8CC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">land that has been flooded;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE3EDD182A29A4185955CCB0ED5B2580F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">land that has been rendered inaccessible
due to flooding; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9773DFD2AFBB4531925F58E7DE6BFE3D"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a reasonable buffer strip adjoining the
flooded land, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFF05282EC61E4F3E92812511ED6F58D5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Administration</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may establish—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1D5A6217886C43FD9F172C56937A75F9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">reasonable minimum acreage levels for
individual parcels of land for which owners may receive compensation under
this
section; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID875E5F4335E5434693FDCFB83863C47C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the location and area of adjoining flooded
land for which owners may receive compensation under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDFA4D5DE820DD427CB0DD201E74537EEF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sign-Up</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall establish a sign-up
program for eligible owners to apply for compensation from the Secretary
under
this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93FB61A8FCBB4B6E863FBBADAE5739DD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compensation
payments</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC5107F5699024CD5B3FF40DEE0D06511"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to paragraphs
(2) and (3), the rate of an annual compensation payment under this section
shall be equal to 90 percent of the average annual per acre rental payment
rate
(at the time of entry into the contract) for comparable crop or grazing
land
that has not been flooded and remains in production in the county where
the
flooded land is located, as determined by the Secretary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID93ED3D9EEC184210B769E769AD2CF418"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An annual compensation payment under this
section shall be reduced by the amount of any conservation program rental
payments or Federal agricultural commodity program payments received by
the
owner for the land during any crop year for which compensation is received
under this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4657F72CC8ED461FB81FE6FB40EA785D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During any year in which an owner receives
compensation for flooded land under this section, the owner shall not be
eligible to participate in or receive benefits for the flooded land
under—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID13B137EDE92648D9898C10C9CDD1D6EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal crop insurance program
established under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID66226C0A8AA84059970C7C029F97D8A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the noninsured crop assistance program
established under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and
Reform
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A8C35E55AA94A548C362E993E5F7AD1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any Federal agricultural crop disaster
assistance program.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDB7B73E1A10264F7E843A919066D6F2DC"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Relationship to
agricultural commodity programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary, by regulation, shall provide
for the preservation of cropland base, allotment history, and payment
yields
applicable to land described in subsection (a) that was rendered incapable
of
use for the production of an agricultural commodity or for grazing
purposes as
the result of flooding.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID149F50C6282D4D9294BD154363B94D84"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Use of
land</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDA067B82EFD14D6298C88DB19C01DDF3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An owner that
receives compensation under this section for flooded land shall take such
actions as are necessary to not degrade any wildlife habitat on the land
that
has naturally developed as a result of the flooding.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5612B1D1B31E43E6B0DC027305A9C570"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Recreational
activities</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To encourage
owners that receive compensation for flooded land to allow public access
to and
use of the land for recreational activities, as determined by the
Secretary,
the Secretary may—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDA1FEAD7A3E41464DBD035AA16A51F27C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">offer an eligible owner additional
compensation; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE6E0DFB7899648F4817EE2A028FBF3B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide compensation for additional acreage
under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID550156F4253A4F0FBB80DF9270D8A087"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1536422ACD074A43AB0ED178778B8874"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
use $15,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out
this
section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID77D1AE8F230D467D9B312D6B884140FF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pro-rated
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In a case in which
the amount made available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year is
insufficient
to compensate all eligible owners under this section, the Secretary shall
pro-rate payments for that fiscal year on a per acre basis.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0A145A4D4B6D4F02BCFB9DDBCC10A249" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>107.</enum><header>Regulations</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDE43F0B2F943E475F91FF61082E8CA70A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act and the
amendments made by this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDC695C4B46B9A4B1996DE3D5E88497059"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7BC313864A4A432988B951E3CA3D19AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the notice and comment provisions of
section 553 of title 5, United States Code;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4184017F7EE54845A73DA81A23C0F04B"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAB5DEA6BF0264F59866B0776A5CA74C8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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="IDBE84D2FB930149AE8A669395AF5802CA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional
review of agency rulemaking</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In carrying out this section, the Secretary
shall use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United
States
Code.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Nutritional supplemental assistance and
agricultural economic stimulus</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe712cdbf3e954d7d9b772c007c635694" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.<?LEXA-Enum 201.?></enum><header>Replenishment of Section 32</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id852C18E5439E44478F5D5E56F21C1E68"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition of
specialty crop</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this
section:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id48EB9268D112449FAF8FB8B35A9DEDCD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>specialty crop</term> means any agricultural crop.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id06144029CC65465E990A2E036B64031E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>specialty crop</term> does
not include—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA318DAABD39442668CA3DC4443512DFF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">wheat;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5450D08ABAA43AB8D1EC3055474BA96"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">field grains;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFE87F1ABBD3D40C5875A3FDD8DBD3DDB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">oilseeds;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id533B7304FDC34DC2BDB2B004FE795C57"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">cotton;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5EFD21A02A0842A2BB73BF2E46A37C56"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">rice;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2CAA3D41483E4B27B989C1EEC5FB0C80"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">peanuts; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0DB870D7177041CBBC1371F5534A518D"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">tobacco.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idACCBE07B5CCC4884B259D1B5B1EE1673"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Base State
grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8080BD3AE7744969B32BCE13192641EE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
use $25,500,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make
grants to
the several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be used to
support
activities that promote agriculture.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id16A30FAD101440008B883B47CF0F536B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amount of the grants shall be—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4D08225B704B492F8BECEAE52891F932"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$500,000 to each of the several States;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8DD6E0F92C364432B1C2E1237BE1C505"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$250,000 to each of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id148D1F7D467D44A7953CEC1968DBB86A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants for
value of production</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Secretary shall use $66,700,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to
make a grant to each of the several States, as follows:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4DE8675BD3FF4B2098D35E8FA0B971F8"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">California, $31,660,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID24be101c50c7489d9c0507f01547f2ba"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Florida, $8,430,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6a9769874e8144d2af24bb2c55081b28"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Washington, $4,805,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5c203289b9784c978d44e2dd3a3ad696"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Idaho, $1,835,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd974c54fbf7e4617804b66d3200ca8d6"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arizona, $1,715,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID61566dc26f99469b8258fe8daf2832f8"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Michigan, $1,625,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3257bd45261d4b6ebf7413f8a73e1ae0"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oregon, $1,610,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7ed35a1f94974072b553425e089ff77a"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Georgia, $1,365,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8a9742b04543424192c65cee89d4fbd3"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Texas, $1,330,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd95f658f67bf4dfcb1940aa2cd0e7d0a"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New York, $1,330,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID500a9ea19ac74bdf85fcdd44e52e0c45"><enum>(11)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wisconsin, $1,285,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a20704724714be697c1d0bb801929a0"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">North Carolina, $770,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa9595da8b3154c77b9efdfce6e8a0394"><enum>(13)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Colorado, $755,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID493f1a2336d14dde850fc83134b2eac5"><enum>(14)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">North Dakota, $690,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID686972982d5b4223863388196eb5cc3d"><enum>(15)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Minnesota, $660,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7a61f70bed474b6199e6426d0026a2e5"><enum>(16)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Hawaii, $575,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc8e46d33cd324d2b8e2efe5fcf163fb5"><enum>(17)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Jersey, $550,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc7f3e19f200344aeaf0f632fd3d053d1"><enum>(18)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pennsylvania, $490,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf6f1d6b23895425c92bce15acc769437"><enum>(19)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Mexico, $450,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7e82bf8b7435431082e5bfc6cc6af961"><enum>(20)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maine, $440,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4103d6c4efd04738adb430276ba41b46"><enum>(21)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ohio, $400,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3e6aa4b1d76040fe89e6d729b2aad003"><enum>(22)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Indiana, $330,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4cc8cd0918a04371929060c9e043e78d"><enum>(23)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nebraska, $320,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5fd3e328b0c44c438d01298cf3c57ade"><enum>(24)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Massachusetts, $320,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa83966862e504745aab818400664931f"><enum>(25)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Virginia, $310,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6c59427123044b76b7a665f68c8dbfad"><enum>(26)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Maryland, $250,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5B18DBA1536944A1843621C851A2BE42"><enum>(27)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Louisiana, $230,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf9ea1d9e8a4e4272ad49d47f1b329cdf"><enum>(28)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">South Carolina, $220,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa166a83f29234e9c82345c188d1680d2"><enum>(29)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Tennessee, $200,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID669ab97b74f94d239aea754e8f51992a"><enum>(30)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Illinois, $200,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID955ac155cfca4dc98d88d05a06eb2530"><enum>(31)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Oklahoma, $195,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4AC556C5D14340C98C0D5AFB73651561"><enum>(32)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alabama, $150,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDce68e49ef0814084a50897fb6ec8f3d8"><enum>(33)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Delaware, $145,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id10906C5971AA46E999B4DCB33AEE074C"><enum>(34)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Mississippi, $125,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID060b2716dde145229ddced9e49ded938"><enum>(35)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Kansas, $105,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe2fba7099c24418997cbb0df333e7e65"><enum>(36)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Arkansas, $105,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa2513721c0fa466f81dc0a05e4baf7ba"><enum>(37)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Missouri, $105,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaaa8e2d4f57a422db88dc23ea3bb8c79"><enum>(38)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Connecticut, $90,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID65083ad7f35d4c50a8f152380db982b4"><enum>(39)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Utah, $70,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID755cbe1b81054dc6b23c7e8e4768f029"><enum>(40)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Montana, $70,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID682224eea5624574845acef3b6cf9a16"><enum>(41)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">New Hampshire, $60,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8f84ed05cfd74375b5c76dfb6339175f"><enum>(42)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nevada, $60,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDee932d0606dd417d9f23b704f0904475"><enum>(43)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Vermont, $60,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf63d1321b6b4453596971be66f43fcde"><enum>(44)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Iowa, $50,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4887252b1af4401cad024b280fca3f1f"><enum>(45)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">West Virginia, $45,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDaf9d05231eef47628a4529f70e4f59dd"><enum>(46)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Wyoming, $35,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe4db6f6460544aaeb321f9b18113381a"><enum>(47)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Kentucky, $30,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2b0737fea05a4daf8dd5bd44f62cae94"><enum>(48)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">South Dakota, $20,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb00d00a194124a42b5e46030324fb4f4"><enum>(49)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rhode Island, $20,000.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf336ef6aeb1445e2aec7362b1e4b2a33"><enum>(50)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Alaska, $10,000.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE0E0EA6CE3094321B2F5AD45403F34FC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Special crop
priority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As a condition on
the receipt of a grant under this section, a State shall agree to give
priority
to the support of specialty crops in the use of the grant funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56437731E53D4827A6D9D9922333D72A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional
grants</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5D38CFAE30F54712B7915BFBEA9ABDCF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary shall
use $175,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make
additional grants in accordance with paragraph (2) to—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE26369F2D404360A5A948C7EE6021F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Tennessee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8eb8e711a2e145328b27f1c48f1db47c"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any other State that is housing evacuees or
suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E75496428C4417887D4EE8871D45275"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose of
grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A grant provided under
paragraph (1) shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id094A8EE4C4844B01A5D89177146199E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be in an amount determined by the
Secretary; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8D0ED09B7FE849A3B786C8F603B2192F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">be used in accordance with paragraph (3) to
support activities that promote agriculture.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFF2C8FCACE64F3A85840439490FB517"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State may use funds
from a grant awarded under this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB2DA2239E60440A7AF994AB806D95D4B"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to supplement State food bank programs or
other nutrition assistance programs;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id424A6F14ADE94602A1EE51520683AAF2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to promote the purchase, sale, or
consumption of agricultural products;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FA341D7815C422D97DC4FCB87BE4BFB"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to provide economic assistance to
agricultural producers, giving a priority to the support of specialty
crops;
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA223F3CE1FD4CF2B2EEBE8C7D236AEC"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for other purposes as determined by the
Secretary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2557223A22F048B4921C9BD1C1DB662C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Extension of
marketing loans</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBAD86153047448B284BE5C170261F9E3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding
section 1203(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C.
7933(b)), the Secretary shall extend the date of settlement of any
marketing
assistance loan made available under subtitle B of that Act (7 U.S.C. 7931
et
seq.) for a period of not less than 180 days after the date on which the
loan
reaches maturity.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id38FC3E6EACD946B38AF41106D62C214B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Storage
payments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">During the period of
an extension under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make storage
payments
for any commodity affected by the marketing assistance loan for which the
extension was granted.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDAD4FD9EAAF84E9A9A18134F6251DDFE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</enum><header>Supplemental
economic loss payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The
Secretary shall make a supplemental economic loss payment to any producer
on a
farm that received a payment or loan for crop year 2005 under title I of
the
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) at
a
rate equal to the product obtained by multiplying—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA7667F65BA1490A85392D2729CA447A"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">20 percent of the direct payment rate in
effect for the program crop of the farmer;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFA1B95C4562F444998219ABB72D3BABA"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program crop base of the farmer;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id87EEB7132F2C467FB2E300B70A1C6C59"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the program payment yield for each program
crop of the farmer.</text>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Emergency designation</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID092c60267d5342f092fcd9f883cbc322" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Emergency
designation</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf08140c2df5b4b2e8d4d9a10a6069c9f"><enum></enum><text display-inline="yes-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>
</subsection></section>