[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 3211 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3211

 To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, 
     and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to clarify 
             eligibility for livestock indemnity payments.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 26, 2008

   Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Tester, and Mr. Thune) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, 
     and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007, to clarify 
             eligibility for livestock indemnity payments.

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

SECTION 1. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.

    Section 9002 of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina 
Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 (Public Law 
110-28; 121 Stat. 214), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(5)(B)(iii), by striking ``if such 
        notice applies to a county included under (ii)''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) by striking ``There are hereby appropriated'' 
                and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--There are appropriated'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``due to a disaster, as determined by the 
                Secretary'' and inserting ``due to any natural 
                disaster'';
                    (C) by striking ``To be eligible'' and inserting 
                the following:
                    ``(B) Inclusion.--Eligible livestock losses under 
                this subsection shall include the death of livestock in 
                a disaster county due to a natural disaster, regardless 
                of whether the death is related to any natural disaster 
                that is the basis for a natural disaster declaration 
                for the disaster county.
                    ``(C) Eligibility requirements.--To be eligible''; 
                and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Deadline for applications.--To be eligible 
                for assistance under this subsection, producers on a 
                farm shall submit applications for assistance under 
                this subsection not later than 180 days after the date 
                of enactment of this subparagraph.''.
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