Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest).
Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2005 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program; (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 livestock disaster losses, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax; (3) additional assistance for the emergency conservation and the emergency watershed protection programs; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; and (5) supplemental loss payments under a specified rate to producers who received crop year 2005 commodity assistance.
Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) provide drought disaster relief authority for farm-related and non-farm-related small businesses; and (2) authorize FY2005-FY2008 drought disaster loans for non-farm-related small businesses.
Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for: (1) grants for agricultural promotion; (2) state-specified grants; and (3) additional grants for agricultural promotion, including food bank and nutrition program assistance, to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and any other state that is housing evacuees or suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition.
Directs the Secretary to extend the settlement date of certain marketing assistance loans.
Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the sign-up date and contract duration for national dairy market loss payments to September 30, 2006.
Transfers Treasury funds to the Secretary of Commerce for assistance to New England fisheries suffering from the red tide outbreak.
[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3754 Introduced in House (IH)]
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3754
To provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for 2005 crop
and livestock losses, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 13, 2005
Mr. Pomeroy introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on
Resources and Small Business, 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
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for 2005 crop
and livestock losses, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency
Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LOSSES
Sec. 101. Crop disaster assistance.
Sec. 102. Livestock assistance program.
Sec. 103. Conservation programs.
Sec. 104. Disaster relief for small business concerns damaged by
drought.
Sec. 105. Assistance to fisheries for red tide outbreak in New England.
Sec. 106. Flooded crop and grazing land.
Sec. 107. Regulations.
TITLE II--NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC
STIMULUS
Sec. 201. Replenishment of Section 32.
Sec. 202. Extension of marketing loans.
Sec. 203. Supplemental economic loss payments.
Sec. 204. National dairy market loss payments.
TITLE III--EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Sec. 301. Emergency designation.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Additional coverage.--The term ``additional coverage''
has the meaning given the term in section 502(b)(1) of the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)).
(2) Insurable commodity.--The term ``insurable commodity''
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 (7 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.).
(3) Livestock.--The term ``livestock'' includes--
(A) cattle;
(B) bison;
(C) sheep;
(D) swine; and
(E) other livestock, as determined by the
Secretary.
(4) Noninsurable commodity.--The term ``noninsurable
commodity'' 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).
(5) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Agriculture.
TITLE I--AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LOSSES
SEC. 101. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary
of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make emergency
financial assistance authorized under this section available to
producers on a farm that have incurred qualifying losses described in
subsection (c).
(b) Administration.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
Secretary 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 (Public Law 106-
387; 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 loss threshold
shall be 25 percent instead of 35 percent and the payment rate
shall be 50 percent of the established price, instead of 65
percent.
(2) Loss thresholds for quality losses.--In the case of a
payment for quality loss for a crop under subsection (c)(2),
the loss thresholds for quality loss for the crop shall be
determined under subsection (d).
(c) Qualifying Losses.--Assistance under this section may be made
available for losses due to damaging weather or any related condition
(including losses due to crop diseases and insects and delayed harvest)
associated with crops that are (as determined by the Secretary) any
combination of (as determined by the producers on a farm)--
(1) quantity losses for the 2005 crop;
(2) quality losses for the 2005 crop; or
(3) severe economic losses for the 2005 crop.
(d) Quality Losses.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), the amount of a
payment made to producers on a farm for a quality loss for a
crop under subsection (c)(2) shall be equal to the amount
obtained by multiplying--
(A) 75 percent of the payment quantity determined
under paragraph (2); by
(B) 50 percent of the payment rate determined under
paragraph (3).
(2) Payment quantity.--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--
(A) the actual production of the crop of the
commodity on the farm; or
(B) the quantity of expected production of the crop
of the commodity on the farm, using the formula used by
the Secretary to determine quantity losses for the crop
of the commodity under subsection (c)(1).
(3) Payment rate.--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--
(A) 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
(B) the per unit market value of the units of the
crop affected by the quality loss.
(4) Eligibility.--For producers on a farm to be eligible to
obtain a payment for a quality loss for a crop under subsection
(c)(2), 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.
(5) Marketing contracts.--In the case of any production of
a commodity that is sold pursuant to 1 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 1 or more prices specified in the contracts.
(6) Other production.--For any additional production of a
commodity for which a marketing contract does not exist or for
which production continues to be owned and produced by the
producers on a farm, 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.
(7) Quality adjustments and discounts.--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 the
average local discount or loans made by the Farm Service Agency
or crop insurance coverage under the Federal Crop Insurance Act
(7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.).
(8) Eligible production.--The Secretary 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.
(e) Eligibility for Assistance.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 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--
(A) 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;
(B) 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 (7 U.S.C. 7333) for the crop incurring the
losses;
(C) had average adjusted gross income (as defined
by section 1001D(a) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7
U.S.C. 1308-3a(a)), of greater than $2,500,000 in 2004;
or
(D) were not in compliance with highly erodible
land conservation and wetland conservation provisions.
(2) Contract waiver.--The Secretary may waive paragraph (1)
with respect to the producers on a farm if the producers enter
into a contract with the Secretary under which the producers
agree--
(A) in the case of an insurable commodity, to
obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Federal
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) providing
additional coverage for the insurable commodity for
each of the next 2 crops, at a coverage level this
provides--
(i) not less than 65 percent of the actual
production history for the crop produced on the
farm; and
(ii) 100 percent of the expected market
price or a comparable coverage (as determined
by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation); and
(B) in the case of a noninsurable commodity, to
file the required paperwork and pay the administrative
fee by the applicable State filing deadline, for the
noninsurable commodity for each of the next 2 crops
under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333).
(3) Effect of violation.--In the event of the violation of
a contract under paragraph (2) by a producer, the producer
shall reimburse the Secretary for the full amount of the
assistance provided to the producer under this section.
(f) Timing.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary
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.
(2) Interest.--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.
SEC. 102. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
(a) Emergency Financial Assistance.--The Secretary shall use such
sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to
make and administer payments for livestock losses to producers for 2005
losses in a county that has received an emergency designation by the
President or the Secretary during calendar year 2005, of which an
amount determined by the Secretary shall be made available for the
American Indian livestock program under section 806 of the Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-51).
(b) Administration.--The Secretary shall make assistance available
under this section in the same manner as provided under section 806 of
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106-387; 114
Stat. 1549A-51).
(c) Mitigation.--In determining the eligibility for or amount of
payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock
assistance 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.
(d) Interest on Prior Payments.--
(1) In general.--Payments that were due to a producer under
section 101(b) of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for
Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 (Public Law 108-324;
118 Stat. 1234) but not paid by the Secretary as of August 28,
2005, shall earn interest at a rate equal to the current (as of
August 28, 2005) market yield on outstanding, marketable
obligations of the United States with maturities of 30 years.
(2) Funding.--Interest payable under paragraph (1) shall be
carried out using only funds made available for travel
expenses, or salaries and expenses of Presidential appointees,
of the Department of Agriculture.
(e) Livestock Indemnity Payments.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use such sums as are
necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make
livestock indemnity payments to producers on farms that have
incurred livestock losses during calendar year 2005 due to a
disaster, as determined by the Secretary, including losses due
to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax.
(2) Payment rates.--The payment rate for indemnity payments
made to producers on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be equal
to--
(A)(i) in the case of a cow, steer, or bull that
weighs 500 pounds or more on the date of death of the
cow, steer, or bull, $400 per head; and
(ii) in the case of a cow, steer, or bull that
weighs less than 500 pounds on the date of death of the
cow, steer, or bull, $250 per head; and
(B) in the case of other types of livestock, a rate
determined by the Secretary based on documentation
provided by the producers on a farm, including a death
certificate or other certification provided by a
licensed veterinarian.
SEC. 103. CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.
(a) Emergency Conservation Program.--The Secretary shall use an
additional $100,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to provide assistance under the emergency conservation
program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit Act of
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.).
(b) Emergency Watershed Protection Program.--The Secretary shall
use an additional $250,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation to provide assistance under the emergency watershed
protection program established under section 403 of the Agricultural
Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2203).
SEC. 104. DISASTER RELIEF FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS DAMAGED BY
DROUGHT.
(a) Drought Disaster Authority.--
(1) Definition of disaster.--Section 3(k) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(k)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``For the
purposes''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) For purposes of section 7(b)(2), the term `disaster'
includes--
``(i) drought; and
``(ii) below average water levels in the Great Lakes, or on
any body of water in the United States that supports commerce
by small business concerns.''.
(2) Drought disaster relief authority.--Section 7(b)(2) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``(including drought), with
respect to both farm-related and non-farm-related small
business concerns,'' before ``if the Administration'';
and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``the
Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961 (7
U.S.C. 1961)'' and inserting the following: ``section
321 of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act
(7 U.S.C. 1961), in which case, assistance under this
paragraph may be provided to farm-related and non-farm-
related small business concerns, subject to the other
applicable requirements of this paragraph''.
(b) Limitation on Loans.--From funds otherwise appropriated for
loans under section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)),
not more than $9,000,000 may be used during each of fiscal years 2005
through 2008, to provide drought disaster loans to non-farm-related
small business concerns in accordance with this section and the
amendments made by this section.
(c) Prompt Response to Disaster Requests.--Section 7(b)(2)(D) of
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)(D)) is amended in the
second sentence by striking ``Upon receipt of such certification, the
Administration may'' and inserting ``Not later than 30 days after the
date of receipt of such certification by a Governor of a State, the
Administration shall respond in writing to that Governor on its
determination and the reasons therefore, and may''.
(d) Rulemaking.--Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration
shall promulgate final rules to carry out this section and the
amendments made by this section.
SEC. 105. ASSISTANCE TO FISHERIES FOR RED TIDE OUTBREAK IN NEW ENGLAND.
(a) In General.--Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the
Secretary of Commerce to provide assistance to fisheries suffering due
to the red tide outbreak in New England--
(1) on October 1, 2005, $15,000,000; and
(2) on October 1, 2006, $10,000,000.
(b) Receipt and Acceptance.--The Secretary of Commerce shall be
entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to carry out this
section the funds transferred under subsection (a), without further
appropriation.
(c) Availability of Funds.--Funds transferred under subsection (a)
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 106. FLOODED CROP AND GRAZING LAND.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall compensate eligible owners of
flooded crop and grazing land in--
(1) the Devils Lake basin; and
(2) the McHugh, Lake Laretta, and Rose Lake closed drainage
areas of the State of North Dakota.
(b) Eligibility.--
(1) In general.--To be eligible to receive compensation
under this section, an owner shall own land described in
subsection (a) that, during the 2 crop years preceding receipt
of compensation, was rendered incapable of use for the
production of an agricultural commodity or for grazing purposes
(in a manner consistent with the historical use of the land) as
the result of flooding, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) Inclusions.--Land described in paragraph (1) shall
include--
(A) land that has been flooded;
(B) land that has been rendered inaccessible due to
flooding; and
(C) a reasonable buffer strip adjoining the flooded
land, as determined by the Secretary.
(3) Administration.--The Secretary may establish--
(A) reasonable minimum acreage levels for
individual parcels of land for which owners may receive
compensation under this section; and
(B) the location and area of adjoining flooded land
for which owners may receive compensation under this
section.
(c) Sign-Up.--The Secretary shall establish a sign-up program for
eligible owners to apply for compensation from the Secretary under this
section.
(d) Compensation Payments.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the
rate of an annual compensation payment under this section shall
be equal to 90 percent of the average annual per acre rental
payment rate (at the time of entry into the contract) for
comparable crop or grazing land that has not been flooded and
remains in production in the county where the flooded land is
located, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) Reduction.--An annual compensation payment under this
section shall be reduced by the amount of any conservation
program rental payments or Federal agricultural commodity
program payments received by the owner for the land during any
crop year for which compensation is received under this
section.
(3) Exclusion.--During any year in which an owner receives
compensation for flooded land under this section, the owner
shall not be eligible to participate in or receive benefits for
the flooded land under--
(A) the Federal crop insurance program established
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.);
(B) the noninsured crop assistance program
established under section 196 of the Federal
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7
U.S.C. 7333); or
(C) any Federal agricultural crop disaster
assistance program.
(e) Relationship to Agricultural Commodity Programs.--The
Secretary, by regulation, shall provide for the preservation of
cropland base, allotment history, and payment yields applicable to land
described in subsection (a) that was rendered incapable of use for the
production of an agricultural commodity or for grazing purposes as the
result of flooding.
(f) Use of Land.--
(1) In general.--An owner that receives compensation under
this section for flooded land shall take such actions as are
necessary to not degrade any wildlife habitat on the land that
has naturally developed as a result of the flooding.
(2) Recreational activities.--To encourage owners that
receive compensation for flooded land to allow public access to
and use of the land for recreational activities, as determined
by the Secretary, the Secretary may--
(A) offer an eligible owner additional
compensation; and
(B) provide compensation for additional acreage
under this section.
(g) Funding.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $15,000,000 of
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this
section.
(2) Pro-rated payments.--In a case in which the amount made
available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year is insufficient
to compensate all eligible owners under this section, the
Secretary shall pro-rate payments for that fiscal year on a per
acre basis.
SEC. 107. REGULATIONS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary may promulgate such regulations as
are necessary to implement this Act and the amendments made by this
Act.
(b) Procedure.--The promulgation of the regulations and
administration of this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall be
made without regard to--
(1) the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of
title 5, United States Code;
(2) 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
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly
known as the ``Paperwork Reduction Act'').
(c) Congressional Review of Agency Rulemaking.--In carrying out
this section, the Secretary shall use the authority provided under
section 808 of title 5, United States Code.
TITLE II--NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL ASSISTANCE AND AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIC
STIMULUS
SEC. 201. REPLENISHMENT OF SECTION 32.
(a) Definition of Specialty Crop.--In this section:
(1) In general.--The term ``specialty crop'' means any
agricultural crop.
(2) Exception.--The term ``specialty crop'' does not
include--
(A) wheat;
(B) field grains;
(C) oilseeds;
(D) cotton;
(E) rice;
(F) peanuts; or
(G) tobacco.
(b) Base State Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $25,500,000 of
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make grants to the
several States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico to be used
to support activities that promote agriculture.
(2) Amounts.--The amount of the grants shall be--
(A) $500,000 to each of the several States; and
(B) $250,000 to each of the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico and the District of Columbia.
(c) Grants for Value of Production.--The Secretary shall use
$66,700,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a
grant to each of the several States, as follows:
(1) California, $31,660,000.
(2) Florida, $8,430,000.
(3) Washington, $4,805,000.
(4) Idaho, $1,835,000.
(5) Arizona, $1,715,000.
(6) Michigan, $1,625,000.
(7) Oregon, $1,610,000.
(8) Georgia, $1,365,000.
(9) Texas, $1,330,000.
(10) New York, $1,330,000.
(11) Wisconsin, $1,285,000.
(12) North Carolina, $770,000.
(13) Colorado, $755,000.
(14) North Dakota, $690,000.
(15) Minnesota, $660,000.
(16) Hawaii, $575,000.
(17) New Jersey, $550,000.
(18) Pennsylvania, $490,000.
(19) New Mexico, $450,000.
(20) Maine, $440,000.
(21) Ohio, $400,000.
(22) Indiana, $330,000.
(23) Nebraska, $320,000.
(24) Massachusetts, $320,000.
(25) Virginia, $310,000.
(26) Maryland, $250,000.
(27) Louisiana, $230,000.
(28) South Carolina, $220,000.
(29) Tennessee, $200,000.
(30) Illinois, $200,000.
(31) Oklahoma, $195,000.
(32) Alabama, $150,000.
(33) Delaware, $145,000.
(34) Mississippi, $125,000.
(35) Kansas, $105,000.
(36) Arkansas, $105,000.
(37) Missouri, $105,000.
(38) Connecticut, $90,000.
(39) Utah, $70,000.
(40) Montana, $70,000.
(41) New Hampshire, $60,000.
(42) Nevada, $60,000.
(43) Vermont, $60,000.
(44) Iowa, $50,000.
(45) West Virginia, $45,000.
(46) Wyoming, $35,000.
(47) Kentucky, $30,000.
(48) South Dakota, $20,000.
(49) Rhode Island, $20,000.
(50) Alaska, $10,000.
(d) Special Crop Priority.--As a condition on the receipt of a
grant under this section, a State shall agree to give priority to the
support of specialty crops in the use of the grant funds.
(e) Additional Grants.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall use $175,000,000 of
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make additional
grants in accordance with paragraph (2) to--
(A) the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,
Mississippi, and Tennessee; and
(B) any other State that is housing evacuees or
suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a related
condition.
(2) Purpose of grants.--A grant provided under paragraph
(1) shall--
(A) be in an amount determined by the Secretary;
and
(B) be used in accordance with paragraph (3) to
support activities that promote agriculture.
(3) Use of funds.--A State may use funds from a grant
awarded under this subsection--
(A) to supplement State food bank programs or other
nutrition assistance programs;
(B) to promote the purchase, sale, or consumption
of agricultural products;
(C) to provide economic assistance to agricultural
producers, giving a priority to the support of
specialty crops; or
(D) for other purposes as determined by the
Secretary.
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF MARKETING LOANS.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding section 1203(b) of the Farm
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7933(b)), the
Secretary shall extend the date of settlement of any marketing
assistance loan made available under subtitle B of that Act (7 U.S.C.
7931 et seq.) for a period of not less than 180 days after the date on
which the loan reaches maturity.
(b) Storage Payments.--During the period of an extension under
subsection (a), the Secretary shall make storage payments for any
commodity affected by the marketing assistance loan for which the
extension was granted.
SEC. 203. SUPPLEMENTAL ECONOMIC LOSS PAYMENTS.
The Secretary shall make a supplemental economic loss payment to
any producer on a farm that received a payment or loan for crop year
2005 under title I of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of
2002 (7 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) at a rate equal to the product obtained by
multiplying--
(1) 20 percent of the direct payment rate in effect for the
program crop of the farmer;
(2) the program crop base of the farmer; and
(3) the program payment yield for each program crop of the
farmer.
SEC. 204. NATIONAL DAIRY MARKET LOSS PAYMENTS.
(a) In General.--Section 1502 of the Farm Security and Rural
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982) is amended by striking ``2005''
each place it appears in subsections (f) and (g)(1) and inserting
``2006''.
(b) Period of Effectiveness.--Notwithstanding section 257 of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
907), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective only
during the period beginning on the first day of the first month
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act and ending September
30, 2006.
TITLE III--EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
SEC. 301. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.
The amounts provided under this Act are designated as an emergency
requirement pursuant to section 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th
Congress).
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Small Business, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Small Business, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Small Business, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Small Business, 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.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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