[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2856 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2856

To provide assistance for agricultural producers adversely affected by 
   damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 7, 2011

    Mr. Gibson (for himself, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Hinchey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                              Agriculture

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide assistance for agricultural producers adversely affected by 
   damaging weather and other conditions relating to Hurricane Irene.

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

SECTION 1. AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Disaster county.--The term ``disaster county'' means--
                    (A) a county included in the geographical area 
                covered by a qualifying natural disaster declaration; 
                and
                    (B) each county contiguous to a county described in 
                subparagraph (A).
            (2) Qualifying natural disaster declaration.--The term 
        ``qualifying natural disaster declaration'' means--
                    (A) a natural disaster declared by the Secretary in 
                2011 due to damaging weather and other conditions 
                relating to Hurricane Irene under section 321(a) of the 
                Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
                1961(a)); or
                    (B) a major disaster or emergency designated by the 
                President in 2011 due to damaging weather and other 
                conditions relating to Hurricane Irene under the Robert 
                T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
            (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Agriculture.
    (b) Assistance.--Of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
the Secretary shall use $10,000,000 to provide assistance to 
agricultural producers in disaster counties through--
            (1) the emergency conservation program established under 
        title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 
        et seq.); and
            (2) the emergency watershed protection program established 
        under section 403 of that Act (16 U.S.C. 2203).
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