[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6192 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6192

To extend certain of the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance 
    programs through fiscal year 2012 and to continue to fund such 
    assistance through the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 25, 2012

 Mrs. Emerson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend certain of the supplemental agricultural disaster assistance 
    programs through fiscal year 2012 and to continue to fund such 
    assistance through the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Supplemental Agricultural Disaster 
Assistance Act of 2012''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Federal Crop Insurance Act.--
            (1) Livestock indemnity payments.--Section 531(c)(1) of the 
        Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(c)(1)) is amended by 
        striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 
        2012, the Secretary''.
            (2) Livestock forage disaster program.--Section 531(d)(2) 
        of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(d)(2)) is 
        amended by striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``For 
        fiscal year 2012, the Secretary''.
            (3) Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and 
        farm-raised fish.--Section 531(e)(1) of the Federal Crop 
        Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(e)(1)) is amended by striking 
        ``The Secretary shall use up to $50,000,000 per year from the 
        Trust Fund'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2012, the 
        Secretary shall use up to $50,000,000 from the Trust Fund''.
            (4) Period of effectiveness.--Section 531(i) of the Federal 
        Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(i)) is amended by striking 
        ``2011,'' and inserting ``2011 (and September 30, 2012, in the 
        case of losses covered by subsections (c), (d), and (e)),''.
    (b) Trade Act of 1974.--
            (1) Livestock indemnity payments.--Section 901(c)(1) of the 
        Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(c)(1)) is amended by striking 
        ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 2012, the 
        Secretary''.
            (2) Livestock forage disaster program.--Section 901(d)(2) 
        of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(d)(2)) is amended by 
        striking ``The Secretary'' and inserting ``For fiscal year 
        2012, the Secretary''.
            (3) Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and 
        farm-raised fish.--Section 901(e)(1) of the Trade Act of 1974 
        (19 U.S.C. 2497(e)(1)) is amended by striking ``The Secretary 
        shall use up to $50,000,000 per year from the Trust Fund'' and 
        inserting ``For fiscal year 2012, the Secretary shall use up to 
        $50,000,000 from the Trust Fund''.
            (4) Period of effectiveness.--Section 901(i) of the Trade 
        Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497(i)) is amended by striking 
        ``2011,'' and inserting ``2011 (and September 30, 2012, in the 
        case of losses covered by subsections (c), (d), and (e)),''.
    (c) Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund.--Section 902 of the 
Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ``2011'' and 
        inserting ``2012''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``(as such sections are 
        in effect on the date of the enactment of the Food, 
        Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008)''.
    (d) Waiver of Risk Management Purchase Requirement.--Subsection (g) 
of section 531 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531) and 
subsection (g) of section 901 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2497) 
shall not apply in determining the eligibility of producers for 
assistance under subsections (c), (d), and (e) of such sections for 
losses covered by such subsections during fiscal year 2012.
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