[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2097 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2097

    To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve a program that 
    provides livestock disaster assistance, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 21, 2023

Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Tester) 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 Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve a program that 
    provides livestock disaster assistance, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Livestock Disaster Relief Act''.

SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL AGRICULTURAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Definition of Livestock.--Section 1501(a)(4)(A) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(a)(4)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ``and unweaned cattle'' after ``dairy cattle''.
    (b) Definition of Eligible Livestock Producer.--Section 
1501(c)(1)(C)(i)(I) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9081(c)(1)(C)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting ``, including through a 
lease or rental agreement under which payment is based, in whole or in 
part, on the number of units of livestock per a specified period of 
time'' before the semicolon at the end.
    (c) Livestock Forage Disaster Program.--Section 1501(c)(3) of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C)(iii)(I)--
                    (A) in item (aa), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in item (bb), by striking ``by'' at the end and 
                inserting ``or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(cc) the national average 
                                        corn price per bushel for the 
                                        3-month period immediately 
                                        preceding that March 1; by''; 
                                        and
            (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)--
                    (A) in item (aa), by striking ``3'' and inserting 
                ``4'';
                    (B) in item (bb), by striking ``4 monthly'' and 
                inserting ``6 monthly''; and
                    (C) in item (cc), by striking ``an amount equal 
                to'' and all that follows through the period at the end 
                and inserting the following: ``an amount equal to--

                                                    ``(AA) in the case 
                                                of a county with a 
                                                normal grazing period 
                                                of not less than 8 
                                                months, 8 monthly 
                                                payments using the 
                                                monthly payment rate 
                                                determined under 
                                                subparagraph (B); or

                                                    ``(BB) in the case 
                                                of a county with a 
                                                normal grazing period 
                                                of less than 8 months, 
                                                1 monthly payment for 
                                                each month of the 
                                                normal grazing period 
                                                for that county, using 
                                                the monthly payment 
                                                rate determined under 
                                                that subparagraph.''.

    (d) Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised 
Fish.--Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9081(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(including drought)'' after 
                ``adverse weather''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, that are not covered under 
                subsection (b) or (c)''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(including transportation costs 
                for feed, water, and livestock)'' after ``shortages'';
                    (B) by inserting ``, at a minimum,'' before 
                ``inspections'';
                    (C) by striking ``reduce losses'' and inserting the 
                following: ``reduce--
                    ``(A) losses''; and
                    (D) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by 
                striking ``fever.'' and inserting the following: 
                ``fever; and
                    ``(B) winter stockpile grazing losses.''.
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