I 
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 Ap-
propriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster 
relief for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other pur-
poses, namely: 
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Sec-
retary’’, $14,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary expenses related to losses of rev-
enue, quality or production losses of crops (including milk, 
on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented from plant-
ing in 2023, and harvested adulterated wine grapes), 
trees, bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, 
wildfires, hurricanes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, tor-
nadoes, winter storms, freeze, including a polar vortex, 
smoke exposure, and excessive moisture occurring in cal-
endar year 2023 under such terms and conditions as de-
termined by the Secretary: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading in this Act, the Secretary 
shall use up to $1,500,000,000 to provide assistance to 
producers of livestock, as determined by the Secretary of 
Agriculture, for losses incurred (including with respect to 
livestock relocation, shelter-in-place, and feed crop losses) 
during calendar year 2023 due to hurricanes, drought, 
wildfires, floods, or other natural disasters: Provided fur-
ther, That, with respect to smoke tainted wine grapes, the 
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loss (including a quality loss) of such crop during the cov-
erage period due to wildfire, as determined by the Sec-
retary, is considered a qualified loss: Provided further, 
That losses due to drought shall only be eligible under this 
heading in this Act if any area within the county in which 
the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor 
as having a D2 (Severe Drought) for eight consecutive 
weeks or a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of 
drought intensity during the applicable calendar years: 
Provided further, That at the election of a processor eligi-
ble for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) 
or a cooperative processor of dairy, the Secretary shall 
make payments for losses in 2023 to such processors (to 
be paid to producer members, as determined by such proc-
essors) in lieu of payments to producers and under the 
same terms and conditions as payments made to proc-
essors pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental 
Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 
116–20) under the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture— 
Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Mar-
keting—Office of the Secretary’’, as last amended by sec-
tion 791(c) of title VII of division B of the Further Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided 
further, 
That 
notwithstanding 
section 
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760.1503(j) of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 
in the event that a processor described in the preceding 
proviso does not elect to receive payments under such 
clause, the Secretary shall make direct payments to pro-
ducers under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided under this heading in this 
Act, not more than one percent of the funds provided here-
in may be used for administrative costs, including for 
streamlining the application process and easing the bur-
den on county office employees, to carry out the matter 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That, ex-
cept as otherwise provided under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall impose payment limitations consistent 
with section 760.1507 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act): 
Provided further, That, in the case of specialty crops or 
high value crops, as determined by the Secretary, the Sec-
retary shall impose payment limitations consistent with 
section 760.1507(a)(2) of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on January 1, 2019): Provided further, 
That, with respect to the payment limitations described 
under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall apply 
separate payment limits for each of 2022 and 2023: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount of payments received 
under this heading in this Act and applicable policies of 
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crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop Disaster As-
sistance Program (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal 
Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 
U.S.C. 7333) (minus any premiums or fees paid for such 
coverages) shall not exceed 90 percent of the loss as deter-
mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the total 
amount of payments received under this heading in this 
Act for producers who did not obtain a policy or plan of 
insurance for an insurable commodity for the applicable 
crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses or did not 
file the required paperwork and pay the service fee by the 
applicable State filing deadline for a noninsurable com-
modity for the applicable crop year under NAP for the 
crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 percent of 
the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That producers receiving payments under this heading in 
this Act, as determined by the Secretary, shall be required 
to purchase crop insurance where crop insurance is avail-
able for the next two available crop years and producers 
receiving payments under this heading in this Act shall 
be required to purchase coverage under NAP where crop 
insurance is not available in the next two available crop 
years, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
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That the Secretary shall administer payments under this 
heading in this Act simultaneously for producers regard-
less of type of qualified loss. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 201. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
priated for the fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 202. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 203. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, 
the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-
priations accounts shall be available under the authorities 
and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts 
for fiscal year 2024. 
SEC. 204. Each amount provided by this Act is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) of S. Con. Res. 
14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for fiscal year 2024, and section 1(e) of H. Res. 
1151 (117th Congress), as engrossed in the House of Rep-
resentatives on June 8, 2022. 
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