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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9889 

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 

Mr. VALADAO (for himself, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. DUARTE, Mr. COSTA, Mr. 

FONG, Mr. LATURNER, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. SOTO, Mr. 

LAMALFA, Mr. HARDER of California, and Mr. THOMPSON of California) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 

Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster 

relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

3 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 

4 PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING

5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec7 retary’’, $14,000,000,000, to remain available until ex8 pended, for necessary expenses related to losses of rev9 enue, quality or production losses of crops (including milk, 

10 on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented from plant11 ing in 2023, and harvested adulterated wine grapes), 

12 trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, 

13 wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tor14 nadoes, winter storms, freeze, including a polar vortex, 

15 smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in cal16 endar year 2023 under such terms and conditions as de17 termined by the Secretary: Provided, That of the amounts 

18 provided under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 

19 shall use up to $1,500,000,000 to provide assistance to 

20 producers of livestock, as determined by the Secretary of 

21 Agriculture, for losses incurred (including with respect to 

22 livestock relocation, shelter-in-place, and feed crop losses) 

23 during calendar year 2023 due to hurricanes, drought, 

24 wildfires, floods, or other natural disasters: Provided fur25 ther, That, with respect to smoke tainted wine grapes, the 


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1 loss (including a quality loss) of such crop during the cov2 erage period due to wildfire, as determined by the Sec3 retary, is considered a qualified loss: Provided further, 

4 That losses due to drought shall only be eligible under this 

5 heading in this Act if any area within the county in which 

6 the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor 

7 as having a D2 (Severe Drought) for eight consecutive 

8 weeks or a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of 

9 drought intensity during the applicable calendar years: 

10 Provided further, That at the election of a processor eligi11 ble for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture 

12 Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) 

13 or a cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall 

14 make payments for losses in 2023 to such processors (to 

15 be paid to producer members, as determined by such proc16 essors) in lieu of payments to producers and under the 

17 same terms and conditions as payments made to proc18 essors pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental 

19 Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 

20 116–20) under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 

21 Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Mar22 keting—Office of the Secretary’’, as last amended by sec23 tion 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further Con24 solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 

25 Provided further, That notwithstanding section 


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1 760.1503(j) of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

2 in the event that a processor described in the preceding 

3 proviso does not elect to receive payments under such 

4 clause, the Secretary shall make direct payments to pro5 ducers under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 

6 That of the amounts provided under this heading in this 

7 Act, not more than one percent of the funds provided here8 in may be used for administrative costs, including for 

9 streamlining the application process and easing the bur10 den on county office employees, to carry out the matter 

11 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That, ex12 cept as otherwise provided under this heading in this Act, 

13 the Secretary shall impose payment limitations consistent 

14 with section 760.1507 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula15 tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act): 

16 Provided further, That, in the case of specialty crops or 

17 high value crops, as determined by the Secretary, the Sec18 retary shall impose payment limitations consistent with 

19 section 760.1507(a)(2) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula20 tions (as in effect on January 1, 2019): Provided further, 

21 That, with respect to the payment limitations described 

22 under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall apply 

23 separate payment limits for each of 2022 and 2023: Pro24 vided further, That the total amount of payments received 

25 under this heading in this Act and applicable policies of 


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1 crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 

2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop Disaster As3 sistance Program (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal 

4 Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 

5 U.S.C. 7333) (minus any premiums or fees paid for such 

6 coverages) shall not exceed 90 percent of the loss as deter7 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the total 

8 amount of payments received under this heading in this 

9 Act for producers who did not obtain a policy or plan of 

10 insurance for an insurable commodity for the applicable 

11 crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 

12 1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses or did not 

13 file the required paperwork and pay the service fee by the 

14 applicable State filing deadline for a noninsurable com15 modity for the applicable crop year under NAP for the 

16 crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent of 

17 the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 

18 That producers receiving payments under this heading in 

19 this Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall be required 

20 to purchase crop insurance where crop insurance is avail21 able for the next two available crop years and producers 

22 receiving payments under this heading in this Act shall 

23 be required to purchase coverage under NAP where crop 

24 insurance is not available in the next two available crop 

25 years, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 


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1 That the Secretary shall administer payments under this 

2 heading in this Act simultaneously for producers regard3 less of type of qualified loss. 

4 TITLE II 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 

6 SEC. 201. Each amount appropriated or made avail7 able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro8 priated for the fiscal year involved. 

9 SEC. 202. No part of any appropriation contained in 

10 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

11 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

12 SEC. 203. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 

13 the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro14 priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 

15 and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 

16 for fiscal year 2024. 

17 SEC. 204. Each amount provided by this Act is des18 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re19 quirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 

20 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 

21 budget for fiscal year 2024, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 

22 1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep23 resentatives on June 8, 2022. 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agriculture Disaster 

2 Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024’’. 

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