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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4203 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program to provide 

emergency relief to producers that experienced losses as a result of 

disasters occurring in 2023, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 30, 2024 

Mr. MARSHALL introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a program 

to provide emergency relief to producers that experienced 

losses as a result of disasters occurring in 2023, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Emer5 gency Relief Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture (re8 ferred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall carry 


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1 out a program under which the Secretary shall provide 

2 payments to producers that experienced losses of crops 

3 (including milk, on-farm stored commodities, crops pre4 vented from planting in 2023, and harvested adulterated 

5 wine grapes), trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence 

6 of droughts, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, exces7 sive heat, tornadoes, winter storms, freeze, including a 

8 polar vortex, smoke exposure, quality losses of crops, ex9 cessive moisture, and other similar causes of loss occurring 

10 in calendar year 2023. 

11 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Except as otherwise 

12 provided in this section, the Secretary shall carry out the 

13 program required under subsection (a) under the same 

14 terms and conditions provided under Phase 1 of the Emer15 gency Relief Program in effect for 2020 and 2021 and 

16 first announced in the notification of funding availability 

17 published by the Department of Agriculture entitled ‘‘No18 tice of Funds Availability; Emergency Relief Program 

19 (ERP)’’ (87 Fed. Reg. 30164 (May 18, 2022)). 

20 (c) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LOSSES.—The Sec21 retary shall provide payments to producers under the pro22 gram required under subsection (a) in a manner consistent 

23 with subsection (b) in the case of— 

24 (1) quality losses; 


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1 (2) losses for which a producer did not have 

2 coverage under— 

3 (A) a policy or plan of insurance under the 

4 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 

5 seq.); or 

6 (B) the noninsured crop disaster assistance 

7 program established under section 196 of the 

8 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

9 Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); 

10 (3) losses for which a producer did not receive 

11 an indemnity or payment under— 

12 (A) a policy or plan of insurance under the 

13 Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 

14 seq.); or 

15 (B) the noninsured crop disaster assistance 

16 program established under section 196 of the 

17 Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 

18 Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and 

19 (4) types of losses of crops covered under Phase 

20 2 of the Emergency Relief Program established 

21 under subpart S of part 760 of title 7, Code of Fed22 eral Regulations (as in effect on the date of enact23 ment of this Act). 

24 (d) ADDITIONAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The 

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1 section (a) in accordance with the first and third through 

2 twelfth provisos under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SEC3 RETARY’’ under the heading ‘‘PROCESSING, RESEARCH

4 AND MARKETING’’ under the heading ‘‘AGRICULTURAL 

5 PROGRAMS’’ in title I of the Disaster Relief Supple6 mental Appropriations Act, 2022 (division B of Public 

7 Law 117–43; 135 Stat. 356), as those provisos were im8 plemented for 2020 and 2021, except that— 

9 (1) the amount available under the third pro10 viso shall be determined pursuant to subsection (f); 

11 and 

12 (2) each reference to 2020 or 2021 in those 

13 provisos shall be deemed to be a reference to 2023. 

14 (e) OTHER REQUIREMENTS.— 

15 (1) PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY AND AMOUNT.—In 

16 determining eligibility for a payment under the pro17 gram required under subsection (a), including the 

18 amount of that payment, the Secretary shall only 

19 consider— 

20 (A) the losses described in subsection (a); 

21 (B) indemnities received and premiums 

22 paid under a policy or plan of insurance under 

23 the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 

24 et seq.); and 


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1 (C) financial assistance received and fees 

2 paid under the noninsured crop disaster assist3 ance program established under section 196 of 

4 the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Re5 form Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 

6 (2) PAYMENT LIMITATIONS OR REDUCTIONS.— 

7 The Secretary shall not impose any limitation on or 

8 reduction in payments to a producer that is not au9 thorized by this section. 

10 (f) FUNDING.—There are authorized to be appro11 priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this sec12 tion, to remain available until expended. 

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