<enum>I</enum><header>AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE</header> <section id="H5B108742AD35496094DE6C942D51D6F7"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Crop disaster assistance</header> <subsection id="H52897F7D81EF410089B5ED35FBE408A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance Available</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm that incurred qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop, or that part of the 2007 crop year before February 28, 2007, due to damaging weather or any related condition (including losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed planting), as determined by the Secretary. However, to be eligible for assistance, the crop subject to the loss must have been planted before February 28, 2007 or, in the case of prevented planting or other total loss, would have been planted before February 28, 2007 in the absence of the damaging weather or any related condition.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1AF8107AC3514C48BE7F24D041A2FF38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election of Crop Year</header><text>If a producer incurred qualifying crop losses in more than one of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 crop years, the producer shall elect to receive assistance under this section for losses incurred in only one of such crop years. The producer may not receive assistance under this section for more than one crop year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD36FAE23626B4C79A85C20CE18508C60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="H6E060FE8D2B64930ABCC15A9E1D5F59B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same loss thresholds for quantity and 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="HD392C9EB9E0D44B1AABD09979222CEBC"><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="H1D8F9F48F4014C6CAD6598340D9ADC7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quality Losses</header> <paragraph id="H6068681D957E474D865FC21868F6E030"><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="H675E92FC04CE458094912D8175208FA8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>65 percent of the payment quantity determined under paragraph (2); by</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD773C138E5A4BBEB046F7A45694532D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the payment rate determined under paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD479FF587ADF4FE98A9BC3C0CDD3DF37"><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 id="H686036035C054BECB54AC7F5ED175D49"><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 id="H052D811E78704A22962DDD35251F6837"><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 of Agriculture to determine quantity losses for the crop of the commodity under subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF357E787040495A8AE73190C1BC929B"><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="HEA1659EB4AA64A11AD4888E2AF7D3C18"><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="HF30267339E29431E95933206C417EEA6"><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="H197EFF436D634FC8AB41A0EABB13CBE8"><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="HECCEF1C01B5147A3AA20EDECEA7071DA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marketing contracts</header><text>In the case of any production of a commodity that is sold pursuant to one 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 one or more prices specified in the contracts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H14FA4630AC93474989193A41F321F9E6"><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="H8F632F67F4C94402AA5D7E44CE626BBC"><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="HD54E243907DF4CF2A4C001C2FF8A1757"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average local discounts actually applied to a crop; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4891A2FFDFB94BEAB3D1566B0352C6CF"><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 id="HE7F56A94BA31401BB1B722AAF25AE9A1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Eligible production</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture 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="HC67AE2BAA5F0468CA96800E0E760C686"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment Limitations</header> <paragraph id="HE206A71AD46B485997BF8D2E5E5B5A30"><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 of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72D2B7EC56C44516AD208764F7EA9AFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other payments</header><text>In applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE0EC51E4809C465891A529A657102CC6"><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="H7E6B210C115842E6BD8EEFC1A4ED7438"><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="H926A15970C35439C996DCA029280CEB1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility Requirements and Limitations</header><text>The producers on a farm shall not be eligible for assistance under this section with respect to losses to an insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity if the producers on the farm—</text> <paragraph id="HF53070D0FC9F4CCAA47B967F124674D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D5B44A836714D4C801773130F15AAD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable commodity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) for the crop incurring the losses; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H457434A600A1400592DCB67F0F58DADC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>were not in compliance with highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation provisions.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A6684385E304155B021F7E39519EF79"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Timing</header> <paragraph id="H79E8292844B041BC82F0EBD4802D6625"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture 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 id="H4317BB06C5324C69A0DC8532A5957AAD"><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><subsection id="H4E885CD1049244C89B05DAB59282D69B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H29507375942043EB8AF9890B0F288808"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Insurable commodity</header><text>The term <term>insurable commodity</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6A4BFD72B584128AB34C71840CACB96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noninsurable commodity</header><text>The term <term>noninsurable commodity</term> 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).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H21BB332CE6AA4E0C98838A54DE710735"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Livestock assistance</header> <subsection id="H3216DEE13C9849DE806C6248CF2C459B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Livestock Compensation Program</header> <paragraph id="HAE39D260BC464AA3941D33AA1874D780"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, to carry out the livestock compensation program established under subpart B of part 1416 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as announced by the Secretary on February 12, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 6443), to provide compensation for livestock losses between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary (including losses due to blizzards that started in 2006 and continued into January 2007). However, the payment rate for compensation under this subsection shall be 70 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under such program. In addition, section 1416.102(b)(2)(ii) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6444) shall not apply.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAAFCA3C53B424C5E9230F83382F02EEE"><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="HEE2AB85125D54AECB94010EC1B9229B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducts a livestock operation that is located in a disaster county with eligible livestock specified in paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1416">section 1416.102(a)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6444), 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)), or other animals designated by the Secretary as livestock for purposes of this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2ACECC06B054F24BEEBD37AB3064D15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1416">section 1416.102(a)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8491AB911ED483CAB659E3C3DCA598D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election of losses</header> <subparagraph id="H32BAE412AAE644F18ED68955522946BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If a producer incurred eligible livestock losses in more than one of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 calendar years, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in only one of such calendar years, and such losses must have been incurred in a county declared or designated as a disaster county in that same calendar year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8E035FB69844936A88ACAD2C4D7F056"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Producers may elect to receive compensation for losses in the calendar year 2007 grazing season that are attributable to wildfires occurring during the applicable period, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H050E019D35C3454B990B0134EAD588FE"><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 id="HDD01E1A871CF488495CFACA41AECFED8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H2FA836148DB849B7BFF6F655B9273192"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Disaster county</header><text>The term <term>disaster county</term> means—</text> <clause id="HD4F7EB766A9747A0BD657DA7FD791B01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration; and</text> </clause><clause id="H78B3CE3AA77444FC9960FA93E9D7483E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each county contiguous to a county described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63F1D4516F094330B881437E9AE4848D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Natural disaster declaration</header><text>The term <term>natural disaster declaration</term> means—</text> <clause id="H4FF737054A7E4C70B4A962CA65D091BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural disaster declared by the Secretary between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, under section 321(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961(a));</text> </clause><clause id="H9DECACE24BF64795A309D8652B05E1F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a major disaster or emergency designated by the President between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </clause><clause id="H55BD75218D0940CFADC28A440D88B506"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a determination of a Farm Service Agency Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice if such notice applies to a county included under (ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6473DC7B7274089B9D8D0ACF8201BBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock Indemnity Payments</header> <paragraph id="H36D7532825774DAA9ED748805084817D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, to make livestock indemnity payments to producers on farms that have incurred livestock losses between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary (including losses due to blizzards that started in 2006 and continued into January 2007) in a disaster county. To be eligible for assistance, applicants must meet all eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD1C65EEF036C4CB8B3FAF0058D78DC07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text>If a producer incurred eligible livestock losses in more than one of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 calendar years, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in only one of such calendar years. The producer may not receive payments under this subsection for more than one calendar year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF430879179AF4A149FD8F11B5AA765B0"><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><paragraph id="HA0F262E3A8A94FB781864497ABE1D371"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Livestock defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>livestock</term> means an animal that—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C712DBA1D3C4AF2B16C078B769FD6B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is specified in clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/7/1416.203">section 1416.203(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6445), or is designated by the Secretary as livestock for purposes of this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1B1543A1DAD48CEA4F7F786C5E2B3BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of such section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE24A56EF45D84C82A6EB59EFA1B80E8A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H526145D090DA4A319ECC74A2970360BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Disaster county</header><text>The term <term>disaster county</term> means—</text> <clause id="HDB7E343ECD0944D69EC7E355CAE78952"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF3E405E1768F4DF9BA35BCAACDA54222"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each county contiguous to a county described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15294C0CE8E34C688299C651DA3409DA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Natural disaster declaration</header><text>The term <term>natural disaster declaration</term> means—</text> <clause id="HB383D4E673A642D39FB41813B241ACCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural disaster declared by the Secretary between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007 under section 321(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961(a));</text> </clause><clause id="H7BF5A09464A74F569438AEDEC156A3ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a major disaster or emergency designated by the President between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </clause><clause id="H87ABF68C673C403B98514A3372AFC6FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a determination of a Farm Service Agency Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice if such notice applies to a county included under (ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF9BA0C3847B94A958F6F383B6E87A0B5"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Emergency Conservation Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program under title IV of the Agriculture Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) for the cleanup and restoration of farm and agricultural production lands.</text> </section><section id="H106009B3976D4B26B5DB8A25B95E2338"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Payment limitations</header> <subsection id="H15718CD6F7894719997D242C5CBB5500"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reduction in Payments to Reflect Payments for Same or Similar Losses</header><text>The amount of any payment for which a producer is eligible under sections 5101 and 5102 shall be reduced by any amount received by the producer for the same loss or any similar loss under—</text> <paragraph id="H721DF715960A492B81B3C698DA98A149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6235FE633BAD41CA8D6A24E42E6B39E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an agricultural disaster assistance provision contained in the announcement of the Secretary on January 26, 2006, or August 29, 2006; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6958BBEC5C448FA885CC1454BB396E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/234">Public Law 109–234</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 418).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD3F28BC4332147E38494A0056DEB25E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjusted Gross Income Limitation</header><text>Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>) shall apply with respect to assistance provided under sections 5101, 5102, and 5103.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HD574A4EE81B74A36BA39A24751B9E614"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Administration</header> <subsection id="H42976B8358E54E249F4DFB15A45F7443"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement sections 5101 and 5102.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4823872989724B23BBC471DC5E15405F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The promulgation of the implementing regulations and the administration of sections 5101 and 5102 shall be made without regard to—</text> <paragraph id="H2752C94B28834580B543F72EA05ED23F"><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="H36863A07AC4A48A5BE0FDBD3E202129A"><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="HBBB70D4B48EA4C87A1C56E32A54E361D"><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 id="H0498BECE09034E3AB28D91C1AA0FC7DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8DB2C1B2F1414DBEAD36274D22B8DF91"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of Commodity Credit Corporation; Limitation</header><text>In implementing sections 5101 and 5102, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the facilities, services, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The Corporation shall not make any expenditures to carry out sections 5101 and 5102 unless funds have been specifically appropriated for such purpose.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H10343EC4E273498DACF5DFC65ACFB4E0"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Milk income loss contract program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1502(c)(3) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982(c)(3)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H875B9C058D8E4EBAAC979A8E9F96E857"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H513A36DC5F844D6AB99746AE61C0DC3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>August</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>September 30, 2007, 34 percent.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7EC286E4C31147148AF3BB96B58122DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H0B45E4C34349440A96B926AF0D67FBB2"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Dairy assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 to make payments to dairy producers for dairy production losses in disaster counties, as defined in section 1002 of this title, to remain available until expended.</text> </section><section id="H67971DBF811C47A59250C8C92B767343"><enum>1008.</enum><header>Noninsured crop assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For states in which there is a shortage of claims adjustors, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall permit the use of one claims adjustor certified by the Secretary in carrying out 7 CFR 1437.401.</text> </section><section id="H736FEA0D18CF4FD29C46A6B89DA25188"><enum>1009.</enum><header>Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $21,000,000 to carry out section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5177a">42 U.S.C. 5177a</external-xref>), to remain available until expended.</text> </section><section id="H5BD2C58B72F44D59B8340AC7AB0B2D82"><enum>1010.</enum><header>Conservation security program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20115 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/5">Public Law 110–5</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>section 726</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>section 726; section 741</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H12D8731FF9224EA39BDED06F35C9DEE3"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $30,000,000 for the <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, to remain available until September 30, 2008.</text> </section><section id="HFEF0146F51AE480797E923BA935A550E"><enum>1012.</enum><header>Contract waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out crop disaster and livestock assistance in this title, the Secretary shall require forage producers to have participated in a crop insurance pilot program or the Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program during the crop year for which compensation is received.</text> </section><section id="H73D0A51FA3A24CE6BD13BC4EB0968875"><enum>1013.</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Amounts in this title are designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), and pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) as made applicable to the House of Representatives by section 511(a)(4) of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress).</text> </section>

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007.

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE

TITLE II—EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR WESTERN STATES

Statement of appropriations

The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.

<enum>I</enum><header>AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE</header> <section id="H5B108742AD35496094DE6C942D51D6F7"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Crop disaster assistance</header> <subsection id="H52897F7D81EF410089B5ED35FBE408A1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Assistance Available</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, to make emergency financial assistance available to producers on a farm that incurred qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop, or that part of the 2007 crop year before February 28, 2007, due to damaging weather or any related condition (including losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed planting), as determined by the Secretary. However, to be eligible for assistance, the crop subject to the loss must have been planted before February 28, 2007 or, in the case of prevented planting or other total loss, would have been planted before February 28, 2007 in the absence of the damaging weather or any related condition.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1AF8107AC3514C48BE7F24D041A2FF38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Election of Crop Year</header><text>If a producer incurred qualifying crop losses in more than one of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 crop years, the producer shall elect to receive assistance under this section for losses incurred in only one of such crop years. The producer may not receive assistance under this section for more than one crop year.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD36FAE23626B4C79A85C20CE18508C60"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administration</header> <paragraph id="H6E060FE8D2B64930ABCC15A9E1D5F59B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/387">Public Law 106–387</external-xref>; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the same loss thresholds for quantity and 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="HD392C9EB9E0D44B1AABD09979222CEBC"><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="H1D8F9F48F4014C6CAD6598340D9ADC7E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Quality Losses</header> <paragraph id="H6068681D957E474D865FC21868F6E030"><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="H675E92FC04CE458094912D8175208FA8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>65 percent of the payment quantity determined under paragraph (2); by</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDD773C138E5A4BBEB046F7A45694532D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>50 percent of the payment rate determined under paragraph (3).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD479FF587ADF4FE98A9BC3C0CDD3DF37"><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 id="H686036035C054BECB54AC7F5ED175D49"><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 id="H052D811E78704A22962DDD35251F6837"><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 of Agriculture to determine quantity losses for the crop of the commodity under subsection (a).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEF357E787040495A8AE73190C1BC929B"><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="HEA1659EB4AA64A11AD4888E2AF7D3C18"><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="HF30267339E29431E95933206C417EEA6"><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="H197EFF436D634FC8AB41A0EABB13CBE8"><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="HECCEF1C01B5147A3AA20EDECEA7071DA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Marketing contracts</header><text>In the case of any production of a commodity that is sold pursuant to one 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 one or more prices specified in the contracts.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H14FA4630AC93474989193A41F321F9E6"><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="H8F632F67F4C94402AA5D7E44CE626BBC"><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="HD54E243907DF4CF2A4C001C2FF8A1757"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the average local discounts actually applied to a crop; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4891A2FFDFB94BEAB3D1566B0352C6CF"><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 id="HE7F56A94BA31401BB1B722AAF25AE9A1"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Eligible production</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture 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="HC67AE2BAA5F0468CA96800E0E760C686"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Payment Limitations</header> <paragraph id="HE206A71AD46B485997BF8D2E5E5B5A30"><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 of Agriculture.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H72D2B7EC56C44516AD208764F7EA9AFF"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Other payments</header><text>In applying the limitation in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the following:</text> <subparagraph id="HE0EC51E4809C465891A529A657102CC6"><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="H7E6B210C115842E6BD8EEFC1A4ED7438"><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="H926A15970C35439C996DCA029280CEB1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Eligibility Requirements and Limitations</header><text>The producers on a farm shall not be eligible for assistance under this section with respect to losses to an insurable commodity or noninsurable commodity if the producers on the farm—</text> <paragraph id="HF53070D0FC9F4CCAA47B967F124674D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the case of an insurable commodity, did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for the insurable commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D5B44A836714D4C801773130F15AAD1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case of a noninsurable commodity, did not file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the noninsurable commodity under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/7333">7 U.S.C. 7333</external-xref>) for the crop incurring the losses; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H457434A600A1400592DCB67F0F58DADC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>were not in compliance with highly erodible land conservation and wetland conservation provisions.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4A6684385E304155B021F7E39519EF79"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Timing</header> <paragraph id="H79E8292844B041BC82F0EBD4802D6625"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of Agriculture 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 id="H4317BB06C5324C69A0DC8532A5957AAD"><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><subsection id="H4E885CD1049244C89B05DAB59282D69B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H29507375942043EB8AF9890B0F288808"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Insurable commodity</header><text>The term <term>insurable commodity</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1501">7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.</external-xref>).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE6A4BFD72B584128AB34C71840CACB96"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Noninsurable commodity</header><text>The term <term>noninsurable commodity</term> 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).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H21BB332CE6AA4E0C98838A54DE710735"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Livestock assistance</header> <subsection id="H3216DEE13C9849DE806C6248CF2C459B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Livestock Compensation Program</header> <paragraph id="HAE39D260BC464AA3941D33AA1874D780"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, to carry out the livestock compensation program established under subpart B of part 1416 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, as announced by the Secretary on February 12, 2007 (72 Fed. Reg. 6443), to provide compensation for livestock losses between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary (including losses due to blizzards that started in 2006 and continued into January 2007). However, the payment rate for compensation under this subsection shall be 70 percent of the payment rate otherwise applicable under such program. In addition, section 1416.102(b)(2)(ii) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6444) shall not apply.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAAFCA3C53B424C5E9230F83382F02EEE"><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="HEE2AB85125D54AECB94010EC1B9229B7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>conducts a livestock operation that is located in a disaster county with eligible livestock specified in paragraph (1) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1416">section 1416.102(a)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6444), 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)), or other animals designated by the Secretary as livestock for purposes of this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD2ACECC06B054F24BEEBD37AB3064D15"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4) of <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1416">section 1416.102(a)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations, and all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the program.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE8491AB911ED483CAB659E3C3DCA598D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Election of losses</header> <subparagraph id="H32BAE412AAE644F18ED68955522946BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>If a producer incurred eligible livestock losses in more than one of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 calendar years, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in only one of such calendar years, and such losses must have been incurred in a county declared or designated as a disaster county in that same calendar year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC8E035FB69844936A88ACAD2C4D7F056"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Producers may elect to receive compensation for losses in the calendar year 2007 grazing season that are attributable to wildfires occurring during the applicable period, as determined by the Secretary.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H050E019D35C3454B990B0134EAD588FE"><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 id="HDD01E1A871CF488495CFACA41AECFED8"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H2FA836148DB849B7BFF6F655B9273192"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Disaster county</header><text>The term <term>disaster county</term> means—</text> <clause id="HD4F7EB766A9747A0BD657DA7FD791B01"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration; and</text> </clause><clause id="H78B3CE3AA77444FC9960FA93E9D7483E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each county contiguous to a county described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H63F1D4516F094330B881437E9AE4848D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Natural disaster declaration</header><text>The term <term>natural disaster declaration</term> means—</text> <clause id="H4FF737054A7E4C70B4A962CA65D091BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural disaster declared by the Secretary between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, under section 321(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961(a));</text> </clause><clause id="H9DECACE24BF64795A309D8652B05E1F8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a major disaster or emergency designated by the President between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </clause><clause id="H55BD75218D0940CFADC28A440D88B506"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a determination of a Farm Service Agency Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice if such notice applies to a county included under (ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD6473DC7B7274089B9D8D0ACF8201BBD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Livestock Indemnity Payments</header> <paragraph id="H36D7532825774DAA9ED748805084817D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Availability of assistance</header><text>There are hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary, to remain available until expended, to make livestock indemnity payments to producers on farms that have incurred livestock losses between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007, due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary (including losses due to blizzards that started in 2006 and continued into January 2007) in a disaster county. To be eligible for assistance, applicants must meet all eligibility requirements established by the Secretary for the program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD1C65EEF036C4CB8B3FAF0058D78DC07"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Election of losses</header><text>If a producer incurred eligible livestock losses in more than one of the 2005, 2006, or 2007 calendar years, the producer shall elect to receive payments under this subsection for losses incurred in only one of such calendar years. The producer may not receive payments under this subsection for more than one calendar year.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF430879179AF4A149FD8F11B5AA765B0"><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><paragraph id="HA0F262E3A8A94FB781864497ABE1D371"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Livestock defined</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>livestock</term> means an animal that—</text> <subparagraph id="H5C712DBA1D3C4AF2B16C078B769FD6B6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is specified in clause (i) of <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/7/1416.203">section 1416.203(a)(2)</external-xref> of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6445), or is designated by the Secretary as livestock for purposes of this subsection; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1B1543A1DAD48CEA4F7F786C5E2B3BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meets the requirements of clauses (iii) and (iv) of such section.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE24A56EF45D84C82A6EB59EFA1B80E8A"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph id="H526145D090DA4A319ECC74A2970360BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Disaster county</header><text>The term <term>disaster county</term> means—</text> <clause id="HDB7E343ECD0944D69EC7E355CAE78952"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a county included in the geographic area covered by a natural disaster declaration; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF3E405E1768F4DF9BA35BCAACDA54222"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each county contiguous to a county described in clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15294C0CE8E34C688299C651DA3409DA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Natural disaster declaration</header><text>The term <term>natural disaster declaration</term> means—</text> <clause id="HB383D4E673A642D39FB41813B241ACCC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a natural disaster declared by the Secretary between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007 under section 321(a) of the <act-name parsable-cite="CFRDA">Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act</act-name> (7 U.S.C. 1961(a));</text> </clause><clause id="H7BF5A09464A74F569438AEDEC156A3ED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a major disaster or emergency designated by the President between January 1, 2005 and February 28, 2007 under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5121">42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.</external-xref>); or</text> </clause><clause id="H87ABF68C673C403B98514A3372AFC6FE"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a determination of a Farm Service Agency Administrator’s Physical Loss Notice if such notice applies to a county included under (ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF9BA0C3847B94A958F6F383B6E87A0B5"><enum>1003.</enum><header>Emergency Conservation Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, to provide assistance under the Emergency Conservation Program under title IV of the Agriculture Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) for the cleanup and restoration of farm and agricultural production lands.</text> </section><section id="H106009B3976D4B26B5DB8A25B95E2338"><enum>1004.</enum><header>Payment limitations</header> <subsection id="H15718CD6F7894719997D242C5CBB5500"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reduction in Payments to Reflect Payments for Same or Similar Losses</header><text>The amount of any payment for which a producer is eligible under sections 5101 and 5102 shall be reduced by any amount received by the producer for the same loss or any similar loss under—</text> <paragraph id="H721DF715960A492B81B3C698DA98A149"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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);</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H6235FE633BAD41CA8D6A24E42E6B39E7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>an agricultural disaster assistance provision contained in the announcement of the Secretary on January 26, 2006, or August 29, 2006; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA6958BBEC5C448FA885CC1454BB396E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/234">Public Law 109–234</external-xref>; 120 Stat. 418).</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD3F28BC4332147E38494A0056DEB25E3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Adjusted Gross Income Limitation</header><text>Section 1001D of the Food Security Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/1308-3a">7 U.S.C. 1308–3a</external-xref>) shall apply with respect to assistance provided under sections 5101, 5102, and 5103.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HD574A4EE81B74A36BA39A24751B9E614"><enum>1005.</enum><header>Administration</header> <subsection id="H42976B8358E54E249F4DFB15A45F7443"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The Secretary of Agriculture may promulgate such regulations as are necessary to implement sections 5101 and 5102.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H4823872989724B23BBC471DC5E15405F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The promulgation of the implementing regulations and the administration of sections 5101 and 5102 shall be made without regard to—</text> <paragraph id="H2752C94B28834580B543F72EA05ED23F"><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="H36863A07AC4A48A5BE0FDBD3E202129A"><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="HBBB70D4B48EA4C87A1C56E32A54E361D"><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 id="H0498BECE09034E3AB28D91C1AA0FC7DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking</header><text>In carrying out this section, the Secretary of Agriculture shall use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, United States Code.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H8DB2C1B2F1414DBEAD36274D22B8DF91"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Use of Commodity Credit Corporation; Limitation</header><text>In implementing sections 5101 and 5102, the Secretary of Agriculture may use the facilities, services, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The Corporation shall not make any expenditures to carry out sections 5101 and 5102 unless funds have been specifically appropriated for such purpose.</text> </subsection></section><section id="H10343EC4E273498DACF5DFC65ACFB4E0"><enum>1006.</enum><header>Milk income loss contract program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1502(c)(3) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982(c)(3)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H875B9C058D8E4EBAAC979A8E9F96E857"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H513A36DC5F844D6AB99746AE61C0DC3C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>August</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>September 30, 2007, 34 percent.</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7EC286E4C31147148AF3BB96B58122DF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (C).</text> </paragraph></section><section id="H0B45E4C34349440A96B926AF0D67FBB2"><enum>1007.</enum><header>Dairy assistance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $20,000,000 to make payments to dairy producers for dairy production losses in disaster counties, as defined in section 1002 of this title, to remain available until expended.</text> </section><section id="H67971DBF811C47A59250C8C92B767343"><enum>1008.</enum><header>Noninsured crop assistance program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For states in which there is a shortage of claims adjustors, as determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall permit the use of one claims adjustor certified by the Secretary in carrying out 7 CFR 1437.401.</text> </section><section id="H736FEA0D18CF4FD29C46A6B89DA25188"><enum>1009.</enum><header>Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farmworkers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $21,000,000 to carry out section 2281 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation and Trade Act of 1990 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/5177a">42 U.S.C. 5177a</external-xref>), to remain available until expended.</text> </section><section id="H5BD2C58B72F44D59B8340AC7AB0B2D82"><enum>1010.</enum><header>Conservation security program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 20115 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/5">Public Law 110–5</external-xref> is amended by striking <quote>section 726</quote> and inserting in lieu thereof <quote>section 726; section 741</quote>.</text> </section><section id="H12D8731FF9224EA39BDED06F35C9DEE3"><enum>1011.</enum><header>Administrative expenses</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">There is hereby appropriated $30,000,000 for the <quote>Farm Service Agency, Salaries and Expenses</quote>, to remain available until September 30, 2008.</text> </section><section id="HFEF0146F51AE480797E923BA935A550E"><enum>1012.</enum><header>Contract waiver</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In carrying out crop disaster and livestock assistance in this title, the Secretary shall require forage producers to have participated in a crop insurance pilot program or the Non-Insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program during the crop year for which compensation is received.</text> </section><section id="H73D0A51FA3A24CE6BD13BC4EB0968875"><enum>1013.</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Amounts in this title are designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), and pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) as made applicable to the House of Representatives by section 511(a)(4) of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress).</text> </section><enum>II</enum><header>EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR WESTERN STATES</header> <chapter id="HE987C22BC0E946CB8E07CA61181C6849"><enum>1</enum><header>FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE</header> <appropriations-major id="H81782CA91FB74038A4F95843FC44E2D7"><header>Department of commerce</header> </appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H71B80DE94CD24A15A4113B14BE16D321"><header>National oceanic and atmospheric administration</header> </appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="HBDE2C5CFC5734477B46DFB732D412FC6"><header>Operations, research, and facilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>Operations, Research, and Facilities</quote>, $60,400,000, to remain available until September 30, 2008: <added-phrase><italic>Provided</italic>,</added-phrase> That the National Marine Fisheries Service shall cause such amounts to be distributed among eligible recipients of assistance for the commercial fishery failure designated under section 312(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/1861a">16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)</external-xref>) and declared by the Secretary of Commerce on August 10, 2006.</text> </appropriations-small></chapter><chapter id="HDD15B815B07A4BE48FE726F4CE38BDA3"><enum>2</enum><header>WILDLAND FIREFIGHTING AND RURAL SCHOOLS</header> <appropriations-major id="HE6B74F04645F46C382AEF043A6781E51"><header>Department of the interior</header> </appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="HE64A556BAB6642498F99004EC09E6B41"><header>Bureau of land management</header> </appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H8CD5718EE98C453F8C81809D575D8751"><header>Wildland fire management</header> <subheader>(Including transfer of funds)</subheader><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>Wildland Fire Management</quote>, $100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: <added-phrase><italic>Provided</italic>,</added-phrase> That such funds shall only become available if funds previously provided for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of the Interior notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing of the need for these additional funds: <added-phrase><italic>Provided further</italic>,</added-phrase> That such funds are also available for repayment to other appropriations accounts from which funds were transferred for wildfire suppression.</text> </appropriations-small><appropriations-major id="H24383C82F20F4C9C914C2300267DEA27"><header>Department of agriculture</header> </appropriations-major><appropriations-intermediate id="H29DC66D50EC34A2BA3AEAC2D27AFCE7B"><header>Forest service</header> </appropriations-intermediate><appropriations-small id="H2FB54A5814554CB5B0D2B647D1FAB942"><header>Wildland fire management</header> <subheader>(Including transfer of funds)</subheader><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For an additional amount for <quote>Wildland Fire Management</quote>, $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, for urgent wildland fire suppression activities: <added-phrase><italic>Provided</italic>,</added-phrase> That such funds shall only become available if funds provided previously for wildland fire suppression will be exhausted imminently and the Secretary of Agriculture notifies the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writing of the need for these additional funds: <added-phrase><italic>Provided further</italic>,</added-phrase> That such funds are also available for repayment to other appropriation accounts from which funds were transferred for wildfire suppression.</text> </appropriations-small><appropriations-major id="H081BF0F879DE42A990EB8FB80502FAB"><header>General provision, this chapter</header> <section id="HF5FA2B04ABA64B7EB2EE96882B5AD6FD"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Secure rural schools</header> <subsection id="H8245214553E74939916395ABAF9BE685"><enum>(a)</enum><text>For fiscal year 2007, payments shall be made from any revenues, fees, penalties, or miscellaneous receipts described in sections 102(b)(3) and 103(b)(2) of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/16/500">16 U.S.C. 500</external-xref> note), not to exceed $100,000,000, and the payments shall be made, to the maximum extent practicable, in the same amounts, for the same purposes, and in the same manner as were made to States and counties in 2006 under that Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HFF039773445A4B60B9CFC3B9A12249BB"><enum>(b)</enum><text>There is appropriated $425,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2007, to be used to cover any shortfall for payments made under this section from funds not otherwise appropriated.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H1223EC4CE62D4FC2AD120E08FA754589"><enum>(c)</enum><text>Titles II and III of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/106/393">Public Law 106–393</external-xref> are amended, effective September 30, 2006, by striking <quote>2006</quote> and <quote>2007</quote> each place they appear and inserting <quote>2007</quote> and <quote>2008</quote>, respectively.</text> </subsection></section></appropriations-major></chapter><chapter id="H5111FDEA0D554741AFEDEE4277A44DA9"><enum>3</enum><header>GENERAL PROVISION, THIS TITLE</header> <section id="HFDF8F2D9F692457284AB237EE18D0CBB"><enum>2301.</enum><header>Emergency designation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Amounts in this title are designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), and pursuant to section 501 of H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress) as made applicable to the House of Representatives by section 511(a)(4) of H. Res. 6 (110th Congress).</text> </section></chapter>