and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 
Stat. 1549, 1549A–55). 
(b) AMOUNT.—The amount of the payment made to 
the producers on a farm under this section shall be equal 
to 50 percent of the amount of the direct payment the 
producers on the farm are eligible to receive for the 2005 
crop under sections 1103 of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7913). 
(c) CROP INSURANCE.—As a condition of the receipt 
of a payment under this section, the producers on the farm 
shall enter into a contract with the Secretary under which 
the producers on the farm agree— 
(1) in the case of the covered commodity and 
all other insurable commodities produced on the 
farm for each of the next two crop years— 
(A) to obtain at least catastrophic risk pro-
tection coverage for those commodities under 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.); and 
(B) in the event of violation of the con-
tract, to repay to the Secretary any payment re-
ceived under this section; and
(2) in the case of all eligible noninsurable com-
modities produced on the farm for each of the next 
two crop or calendar years, as applicable— 
(A) to file the required paperwork, and pay 
the administrative fee by the applicable State 
filing deadline, for those commodities under sec-
tion 196 of the Federal Agriculture Improve-
ment and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); 
and 
(B) in the event of violation of the con-
tract, to repay to the Secretary any payment re-
ceived under this section. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—The total amount of pay-
ments made to a person under this section for one or more 
covered commodities shall not exceed the dollar amounts 
that are specified in section 1001(b)(1) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308(b)(1)). 
(e) RELATION
TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Persons 
that elect to receive payments under this section for a cov-
ered commodity are not eligible for crop loss assistance 
under section 4 for the same commodity. 
(f) TIME FOR PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall make 
payments under this section as soon as practicable after 
the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 4. CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE. 
(a) ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE.—The Secretary shall 
use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to make emergency financial 
assistance available to producers on a farm that have in-
curred losses in a disaster county as a result of the dis-
aster for which the natural disaster declaration was made, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Subject to subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall make assistance available under this sec-
tion in the same manner as provided under section 1102 
of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
1999 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; Public Law 105–277), includ-
ing using the same loss thresholds as were used in admin-
istering that section. 
(c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec-
tion may be made for losses associated with crops that 
are, as determined by the Secretary— 
(1) quantity losses; 
(2) quality losses; or 
(3) severe economic losses due to damaging 
weather or related condition. 
(d) CROPS COVERED.—Assistance under this section 
shall be applicable to losses for all crops (including losses 
of trees from which a crop is harvested, livestock, and fish-
eries), as determined by the Secretary, due to the disaster 
for which the natural disaster declaration was made. 
(e) RELATION
TO OTHER ASSISTANCE.—Persons 
that elect to receive assistance under this section for a 
covered commodity are not eligible for supplemental direct 
payments for the same covered commodity under section 
3. 
(f) CROP INSURANCE.—In carrying out this section, 
the Secretary shall not discriminate against or penalize 
producers on a farm that have purchased crop insurance 
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 5. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CONTINUATION
OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
Subject to subsection (c), the Secretary shall continue to 
carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program an-
nounced by the Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. 
Reg. 63070), and under such Program, the Secretary shall 
provide assistance to any applicant that— 
(1) conducts a livestock operation that is phys-
ically located in a disaster county and meets all 
other eligibility requirements established by the Sec-
retary for the Program; or 
(2) produces an animal described in section 
10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-