I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2579
To extend to 1993 and subsequent crops the disaster assistance provisions
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 1, 1993
Mr. DE LA GARZA (for himself, Mr. ENGLISH of Oklahoma, Mr. GLICKMAN,
Mr. VOLKMER, Mr. PENNY, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mr.
SARPALIUS, Ms. LONG, Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mrs. CLAYTON, Mr.
MINGE, Mr. HILLIARD, Mr. INSLEE, Mr. BARLOW, Mr. HOLDEN, Ms.
MCKINNEY, Mrs. THURMAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. BISHOP,
Mr. FARR of California, Mr. WILLIAMS, Ms. LAMBERT, Mr. CONDIT, Mr.
POMEROY, Mr. EMERSON, Mr. GUNDERSON, and Mr. NUSSLE) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Agri-
culture
A BILL
To extend to 1993 and subsequent crops the disaster assist-
ance provisions of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY CROP LOSS AS-
SISTANCE.
(a) EXTENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—Chapter 3 of sub-
title B of title XXII of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
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tion and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note; 104
Stat. 3962) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘CHAPTER 3—EMERGENCY CROP LOSS
ASSISTANCE
‘‘SEC. 2240. SHORT TITLE.
‘‘This chapter may be cited as the ‘Agricultural Dis-
aster Assistance Act’.
‘‘Subchapter A—Annual Crops
‘‘SEC. 2241. PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR
TARGET PRICE COMMODITIES.
‘‘(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) PAYMENT
ACRES.—Effective only for a
crop year for which the producers on a farm elect
to participate in the production adjustment program
established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) for the crop of wheat, feed
grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or
rice for such crop year, except as otherwise provided
in this subsection, if the Secretary of Agriculture de-
termines that, because of damaging weather or relat-
ed condition, the total quantity of such crop of the
commodity that such producers are able to harvest
on the farm is less than the result of multiplying 60
percent (or, in the case of producers who obtained
crop insurance for such crop of the commodity under
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the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.), 65 percent) of the farm program payment
yield established by the Secretary for such crop by
the sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the
acreage prevented from being planted (because of a
natural disaster, as determined by the Secretary)
within the payment acres for such crop, the Sec-
retary shall make a disaster payment available to
such producers at a rate equal to 65 percent of the
established price for the crop for any deficiency in
production greater than 40 percent (or, in the case
of producers who obtained crop insurance for such
crop of the commodity under the Federal Crop In-
surance Act, 35 percent) for such crop.
‘‘(2) FLEXIBLE
ACRES.—Payments shall be
made available for a crop of a commodity planted
for harvest in accordance with section 504 of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1464), and for
which prevented planting credit was provided for
such crop, on the same terms and conditions as pro-
vided for such commodity under section 2242, 2243,
or 2244, as applicable. Such payments shall be
based on the reduction in the quantity of the crop
of the commodity that producers are able to harvest
on such acres.
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‘‘(3) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) ACREAGE
IN
EXCESS
OF
PAYMENT
ACREAGE.—Payments provided under para-
graph (1) for a crop of a commodity may not
be made available to producers on a farm with
respect to any acreage in excess of the payment
acreage for the farm for the commodity.
‘‘(B) CROP
INSURANCE.—Payments pro-
vided under paragraph (1) for a crop of a com-
modity may not be made available to producers
on a farm unless such producers enter into an
agreement to obtain multiperil crop insurance,
to the extent required under section 2247.
‘‘(4) REDUCTION IN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—
The total quantity of a crop of a commodity on
which deficiency payments otherwise would be pay-
able to producers on a farm under the Agricultural
Act of 1949 shall be reduced by the quantity on
which a payment is made to the producers for the
crop under paragraph (1).
‘‘(5) ELECTION OF PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(A) APPLICATION OF PARAGRAPH.—This
paragraph shall apply for a crop year, effective
only for the crops of wheat, feed grains, upland
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cotton, extra long staple cotton, and rice, to
producers on a farm who—
‘‘(i) had failed wheat, feed grain, up-
land cotton, extra long staple cotton, or
rice acreage during such crop year; or
‘‘(ii) were prevented from planting
acreage to such commodity because of
damaging weather or related condition.
‘‘(B) ELECTION.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall (within 30 days after the date on
which assistance is made available under this
subchapter for a crop year) permit producers
referred to in subparagraph (A) to elect wheth-
er to receive disaster payments for such crop
for such crop year in accordance with this sec-
tion in lieu of payments received for such crop
under section 101B(c)(1)(D), 103B(c)(1)(D),
105B(c)(1)(E), or 107B(c)(1)(E) of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949.
‘‘(6) SPRING WHEAT AS REPLACEMENT CROP
FOR WINTER WHEAT.—In providing assistance under
this section or section 2242 for a crop of winter
wheat, the Secretary shall disregard spring wheat
that is planted as a replacement crop for such win-
ter wheat.
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‘‘(b) ADVANCE DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATION OF SUBSECTION.—This sub-
section shall apply only for a crop year for which the
producers on a farm elect to participate in the pro-
duction adjustment program established under the
Agricultural Act of 1949 for the crop of wheat, feed
grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or
rice for such crop year.
‘‘(2) FORGIVENESS
OF
REFUND
REQUIRE-
MENT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), if because of damaging weather or
related condition the total quantity of such crop
of the commodity that the producers are able to
harvest on the farm is less than the result of
multiplying the farm program payment yield es-
tablished by the Secretary for such crop by the
sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the
acreage prevented from being planted (because
of a natural disaster, as determined by the Sec-
retary) for such crop (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the ‘qualifying amount’), the pro-
ducers shall not be required to refund any ad-
vance deficiency payment made to the produc-
ers for such crop under section 114 of the Agri-
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cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) with re-
spect to that portion of the deficiency in pro-
duction that does not exceed—
‘‘(i) in the case of producers who ob-
tained crop insurance for such crop of the
commodity under the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act, 35 percent of the qualifying
amount; and
‘‘(ii) in the case of other producers,
40 percent of the qualifying amount.
‘‘(B) CROP INSURANCE.—Producers on a
farm shall not be eligible for the forgiveness
provided for under subparagraph (A), unless
such producers enter into an agreement to ob-
tain multiperil crop insurance to the extent re-
quired under section 2247.
‘‘(3) ELECTION
FOR
NONRECIPIENTS.—The
Secretary shall allow producers on a farm who, be-
fore the date on which assistance is made available
under this subchapter for a crop year, elect not to
receive advance deficiency payments made available
for the crop for such crop year under section 114 of
the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) to
elect (within 30 days after such date) whether to re-
ceive such advance deficiency payments.
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‘‘(4) DATE OF REFUND FOR PAYMENTS.—If the
Secretary determines that any portion of the ad-
vance deficiency payment made to producers for a
crop of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long
staple cotton, or rice under section 114 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445j) must be re-
funded, such refund shall not be required prior to
July 31 of the year following such determination for
that portion of the crop for which a disaster pay-
ment is made under subsection (a).
‘‘SEC. 2242. PAYMENTS TO PROGRAM NONPARTICIPANTS
FOR TARGET PRICE COMMODITIES AND PAY-
MENTS TO PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR
TARGET PRICE COMMODITIES ON FLEXIBLE
ACRES.
‘‘(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective only for a crop
year for which the producers on a farm elect not to
participate in the production adjustment program
established under the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1421 et seq.) for the crop of wheat, feed
grains, upland cotton, extra long staple cotton, or
rice for such crop year (and for such crop on flexible
acres as provided under section 2241(a)(2)), if the
Secretary of Agriculture determines that, because of
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damaging weather or related condition, the total
quantity of such crop of the commodity that such
producers are able to harvest on the farm is less
than the result of multiplying 60 percent (or in the
case of producers who obtained crop insurance for
such crop, 65 percent) of the county average yield
established by the Secretary for such crop by the
sum of acreage planted for harvest and the acreage
for which prevented planted credit is approved by
the Secretary for such crop under subsection (b), the
Secretary shall make a disaster payment available to
such producers.
‘‘(2) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment shall be
made to the producers at a rate equal to 65 percent
of the basic county loan rate (or a comparable price
if there is no current basic county loan rate) for the
crop, as determined by the Secretary, for any defi-
ciency in production greater than 40 percent for the
crop (or in the case of producers who obtained crop
insurance, 35 percent).
‘‘(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with
respect to acreage for a crop year that producers on
a farm were prevented from planting to such crop of
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the commodity for harvest because of damaging
weather or related condition, as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—Such acreage may
not exceed the greater of—
‘‘(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on
the farm planted (or prevented from being
planted due to a natural disaster or other con-
dition beyond the control of the producers) to
the commodity for harvest in the immediately
preceding crop year minus acreage actually
planted to the commodity for harvest in the
crop year involved;
‘‘(B) a quantity equal to the average of the
acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from
being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in the three im-
mediately preceding crop years minus acreage
actually planted to the commodity for harvest in
the crop year involved; or
‘‘(C) with respect to flexible acres as pro-
vided under section 2241(a)(2) for which no
such planting history is established, a quantity
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of acreage determined to be fair and reasonable
by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) 
ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall
make appropriate adjustments in applying the limi-
tations contained in paragraph (2) to take into ac-
count crop rotation practices of the producers.
‘‘(c) LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(1) ACREAGE
LIMITATION
PROGRAM.—The
amount of payments made available to producers on
a farm who elect not to participate in the production
adjustment program for a crop of a commodity
under subsection (a) shall be reduced by a factor
equivalent to the acreage limitation program per-
centage established for such crop under the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949.
‘‘(2) CROP
INSURANCE.—Payments provided
under subsection (a) for a crop of a commodity may
not be made available to the producers on a farm
unless such producers enter into an agreement to
obtain multiperil crop insurance to the extent re-
quired under section 2247.
‘‘SEC. 2243. PEANUTS, SUGAR, AND TOBACCO.
‘‘(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective for a crop year
only for crops of peanuts, sugar beets, sugarcane,
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and tobacco in such crop year, if the Secretary of
Agriculture determines that, because of damaging
weather or related condition, the total quantity of
such crop of the commodity that the producers on
a farm are able to harvest is less than the result of
multiplying 60 percent (or, in the case of producers
who obtained crop insurance for such crop of the
commodity under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of the county aver-
age yield (or program yield, in the case of peanuts)
established by the Secretary for such crop by the
sum of the acreage planted for harvest and the acre-
age for which prevented planted credit is approved
by the Secretary for such crop under subsection (b),
the Secretary shall make a disaster payment avail-
able to such producers.
‘‘(2) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment shall be
made to the producers at a rate equal to 65 percent
of the applicable payment level under paragraph (3),
as determined by the Secretary, for any deficiency in
production greater than—
‘‘(A) in the case of producers who obtained
crop insurance for the crop of the commodity
for such crop year under the Federal Crop In-
surance Act—
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‘‘(i) 35 percent for the crop; or
‘‘(ii) with respect to a crop of burley
tobacco or flue-cured tobacco, 35 percent
of the farm’s effective marketing quota for
such crop for such crop year; and
‘‘(B) in the case of producers who did not
obtain crop insurance for the crop of the com-
modity for such crop year under the Federal
Crop Insurance Act—
‘‘(i) 40 percent for the crop; or
‘‘(ii) with respect to a crop of burley
tobacco or flue-cured tobacco, 40 percent
of the farm’s effective marketing quota for
such crop for such crop year.
‘‘(3) PAYMENT LEVEL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the payment level for a commodity shall
be equal to—
‘‘(A) for peanuts, the price support level
for quota peanuts or the price support level for
additional peanuts, as applicable;
‘‘(B) for tobacco, the national average loan
rate for the type of tobacco involved, or (if
there is none) the market price, as determined
under section 2244(a)(2); and
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‘‘(C) for sugar beets and sugarcane, a level
determined by the Secretary to be fair and rea-
sonable in relation to the level of price support
established for crops of sugar beets and sugar-
cane for the crop year involved, and that, inso-
far as is practicable, shall reflect no less return
to the producer than under the price support
levels in effect for such crop year.
‘‘(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with
respect to acreage for a crop year that producers on
a farm were prevented from planting to such crop of
the commodity for harvest because of damaging
weather or related condition, as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—Such acreage may
not exceed the greater of—
‘‘(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on
the farm planted (or prevented from being
planted due to a natural disaster or other con-
dition beyond the control of the producers) to
the commodity for harvest in the immediately
preceding crop year minus acreage actually
planted for harvest in the crop year involved;
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‘‘(B) a quantity equal to the average of the
acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from
being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in the three im-
mediately preceding crop years minus acreage
actually planted to the commodity for harvest in
the crop year involved; or
‘‘(C) with respect to flexible acres as pro-
vided under section 2241(a)(2) for which no
such planting history is established, a quantity
of acreage determined to be fair and reasonable
by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) 
ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall
make appropriate adjustments in applying for a crop
year the limitations contained in paragraph (2) to
take into account crop rotation practices of the pro-
ducers and any change in quotas for crops of to-
bacco for such crop year.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Payments provided under sub-
section (a) for a crop of a commodity may not be made
available to the producers on a farm unless such producers
enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil crop insur-
ance to the extent required under section 2247.
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‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES FOR PEANUTS.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law—
‘‘(1) a deficiency in production of quota peanuts
from a farm, as otherwise determined under this
section, shall be reduced by the quantity of peanut
poundage quota that was the basis of such antici-
pated production that has been transferred from the
farm;
‘‘(2) payments made under this section shall be
made taking into account whether the deficiency for
which the deficiency in production is claimed was a
deficiency in production of quota or additional pea-
nuts and the payment rate shall be established ac-
cordingly; and
‘‘(3) the quantity of undermarketings of quota
peanuts from a farm for a crop that may otherwise
be claimed under section 358–1 of the Agricultural
Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1358–1) for pur-
poses of future quota increases shall be reduced by
the quantity of the deficiency of production of such
peanuts for which payment has been received under
this section.
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES FOR TOBACCO.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law—
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‘‘(1) the quantity of undermarketings of quota
tobacco from a farm for a crop that may otherwise
be claimed under section 317 or 319 of the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1314c or
1314e) for purposes of future quota increases shall
be reduced by the quantity of the deficiency of pro-
duction of such tobacco for which payment has been
received under this section; and
‘‘(2) disaster payments made to producers
under this section may not be considered by the Sec-
retary in determining the net losses of the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation under section 106A(d) of the
Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1445–1(d)).
‘‘(f) SPECIAL RULE FOR SUGARCANE.—For purposes
of determining the total quantity of a crop of sugarcane
that the producers on a farm are able to harvest, the Sec-
retary shall make the determination based on the quantity
of recoverable sugar.
‘‘SEC. 2244. OILSEEDS AND NONPROGRAM CROPS.
‘‘(a) DISASTER PAYMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) ELIGIBILITY.—Effective for a crop
year only for the crops of oilseeds (as defined
in section 205(a) of the Agricultural Act of
1949 (7 U.S.C. 1446f(a)) and nonprogram
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crops, the Secretary shall make a disaster pay-
ment under this section available to the produc-
ers on a farm if the Secretary of Agriculture
determines that, because of damaging weather
or related condition, the total quantity of such
crop of the commodity that the producers are
able to harvest is less than—
‘‘(i) with respect to oilseeds, the result
of multiplying 60 percent (or in the case of
producers who obtained crop insurance, if
available, for such crop year for the com-
modity under the Federal Crop Insurance
Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of
the State, area, or county yield, adjusted
for adverse weather conditions during the
three immediately preceding crop years, as
determined by the Secretary, for such crop
by the sum of the acreage planted for har-
vest and the acreage for which prevented
planting credit is approved by the Sec-
retary for such crop under subsection (b);
‘‘(ii) with respect to nonprogram
crops (other than as provided in clauses
(i), (iii), (iv)), the result of multiplying 60
percent (or in the case of producers who
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obtained crop insurance, if available, for
such crop year for the commodity under
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C.
1501 et seq.), 65 percent) of the yield es-
tablished by the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration under subsection (d)(2) for such
crop by the sum of the acreage planted for
harvest and the acreage for which pre-
vented planting credit is approved by the
Secretary for such crop under subsection
(b);
‘‘(iii) with respect to crops covered in
section 207 of the Agricultural Act of 1949
(7 U.S.C. 1446h), 60 percent (or in the
case of producers who obtained crop insur-
ance, if available, for such crop year for
the commodity under the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), 65
percent) of the historical annual yield of
the producers for such crops, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; and
‘‘(iv) with respect to fish or seafood,
60 percent of the historical annual yield of
the producers of such crops, as determined
by the Secretary.
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‘‘(B) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment shall
be made to such producers at a rate equal to
65 percent of the applicable payment level
under paragraph (2), as determined by the Sec-
retary, for any deficiency in production greater
than 40 percent for oilseeds and other
nonprogram crops for the crop, except that in
the case of producers who obtained crop insur-
ance, if available, for such crop under the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et
seq.), 35 percent.
‘‘(C) LIMITATION
ON
ASSISTANCE
FOR
AQUACULTURE.—The total amount of payments
made available to all producers under subpara-
graph (A)(iv) shall not exceed $30,000,000 in
any year.
‘‘(2) PAYMENT LEVEL.—For purposes of para-
graph (1), the payment level for a commodity shall
equal the simple average price received by producers
of the commodity, as determined by the Secretary
subject to paragraph (3), during the marketing
years for the immediately preceding 5 crops of the
commodity, excluding the year in which the average
price was the highest and the year in which the av-
erage price was the lowest in such period.
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quality of the crop that the producers are
able to harvest.
‘‘(ii) 
APPLICATION
OF
SUBPARA-
GRAPH.—This 
subparagraph 
shall 
not
apply in the case of a replacement crop.
‘‘(D) NAVEL
AND
VALENCIA
ORANGES
TREATED AS SEPARATE CROPS.—For the pur-
pose of programs administered under this chap-
ter and the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1921 et seq.), navel
oranges and valencia oranges shall be consid-
ered separate crops.
‘‘(4) EXCLUSIONS
FROM
HARVESTED
QUAN-
TITIES.—For purposes of determining the total
quantity of a nonprogram crop of the commodity
that the producers on a farm are able to harvest
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall exclude—
‘‘(A) commodities that cannot be sold in
normal commercial channels of trade; and
‘‘(B) dockage, including husks and shells,
if such dockage is excluded in determining
yields under subsection (d)(2).
‘‘(b) PREVENTED PLANTING CREDIT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide
prevented planting credit under subsection (a) with
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respect to acreage for a crop year that producers on
a farm were prevented from planting to the crop of
the commodity for harvest because of damaging
weather or related condition, as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM ACREAGE.—Such acreage may
not exceed the greater of—
‘‘(A) a quantity equal to the acreage on
the farm planted (or prevented from being
planted due to a natural disaster or other con-
dition beyond the control of the producers) to
the commodity for harvest in the immediately
preceding crop year minus acreage actually
planted for harvest in the crop year involved;
‘‘(B) a quantity equal to the average of the
acreage on the farm planted (or prevented from
being planted due to a natural disaster or other
condition beyond the control of the producers)
to the commodity for harvest in the three im-
mediately preceding crop years minus acreage
actually planted to the commodity for harvest in
the crop year involved; or
‘‘(C) with respect to flexible acres as pro-
vided under section 2241(a)(2) for which no
such planting history is established, a quantity
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of acreage determined to be fair and reasonable
by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) 
ADJUSTMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall
make appropriate adjustments in applying the limi-
tations contained in paragraph (2) to take into ac-
count crop rotation practices of the producers.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Payments provided under sub-
section (a) for a crop of a commodity may not be made
available to the producers on a farm unless such producers
enter into an agreement to obtain multiperil crop insur-
ance to the extent required under section 2247.
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES FOR NONPROGRAM CROPS.—
‘‘(1) NONPROGRAM CROP DEFINED.—
‘‘(A) INCLUDED IN DEFINITION.—Except
as provided in subparagraph (B), for purposes
of this section, the term ‘nonprogram crop’
means—
‘‘(i) all crops for which crop insurance
through the Federal Crop Insurance Cor-
poration was available for a crop year; and
‘‘(ii) other commercial crops for which
such insurance was not available for such
crop year, including but not limited to—
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‘‘(I) ornamentals, such as flower-
ing shrubs, flowering trees, field or
container grown roses, or turf;
‘‘(II) sweet potatoes; and
‘‘(III) fish or seafood produced in
established 
freshwater 
commercial
aquaculture operations.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘nonprogram
crop’ in subparagraph (A) shall not include a
crop covered under section 2241, 2242, or
2243, or oilseeds.’’.
‘‘(2) FARM YIELDS.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Commodity
Credit Corporation shall establish disaster pro-
gram farm yields for nonprogram crops to carry
out this section.
‘‘(B) PROVEN YIELDS AVAILABLE.—If the
producers on a farm can provide satisfactory
evidence to the Commodity Credit Corporation
of actual crop yields on the farm for at least
one of the immediately preceding three crop
years, the yield for the farm shall be based on
such proven yield.
‘‘(C) PROVEN YIELDS NOT AVAILABLE.—If
such data do not exist for any of the three pre-
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ceding crop years, the Commodity Credit Cor-
poration shall establish a yield for the farm by
using a county average yield for the commodity,
or by using other data available to it.
‘‘(D) COUNTY
AVERAGE
YIELDS.—In es-
tablishing county average yields for nonprogram
crops, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall
use the best available information concerning
yields. Such information may include extension
service records, credible nongovernmental stud-
ies, and yields in similar counties.
‘‘(3) RESPONSIBILITY OF PRODUCERS.—It shall
be the responsibility of the producers of nonprogram
crops to provide satisfactory evidence of crop losses
for a crop year resulting from damaging weather or
related condition in order for such producers to ob-
tain disaster payments under this section.
‘‘SEC. 2245. CROP QUALITY REDUCTION DISASTER PAY-
MENTS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—To ensure that all producers of
crops covered under sections 2241 through 2244 are treat-
ed equitably, the Secretary of Agriculture shall make addi-
tional disaster payments to producers of such crops for
a crop year who suffer losses resulting from the reduced
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quality of such crops caused by damaging weather or re-
lated condition, as determined by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE PRODUCERS.—If the Secretary deter-
mines to make crop quality disaster payments available
to producers under subsection (a), producers on a farm
of a crop described in subsection (a) shall be eligible to
receive reduced quality disaster payments only if such pro-
ducers incur a deficiency in production of not less than
35 percent and not more than 75 percent for such crop
(as determined under section 2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244,
as appropriate).
‘‘(c) MAXIMUM PAYMENT RATE.—The Secretary
shall establish the reduced quality disaster payment rate,
except that such rate shall not exceed 10 percent, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, of—
‘‘(1) the established price for the crop, for com-
modities covered under section 2241;
‘‘(2) the basic county loan rate for the crop (or
a comparable price if there is no current basic coun-
ty loan rate), for commodities covered under section
2242;
‘‘(3) 
the 
payment 
level 
under 
section
2243(a)(3), the commodities covered by section
2243; and
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‘‘(C) in the case of producers of sugar beets,
sugarcane, peanuts, or tobacco, the payment level
for 
the 
commodity 
established 
under 
section
2243(a)(3); and
‘‘(D) in the case of producers of oilseeds or a
nonprogram crop (as defined in section 2244(d)(1)),
the simple average price received by producers of the
commodity, as determined by the Secretary, during
the marketing years for the immediately preceding
five crops of the commodity, excluding the year in
which the average price was the highest and the year
in which the average price was the lowest in such pe-
riod.
‘‘SEC. 2247. CROP INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR NEXT CROP
YEAR.
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to receive for a
crop year a disaster payment under this subchapter, an
emergency loan under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961 et seq.) for
crop losses due to damaging weather or related condition,
or forgiveness of the repayment of advance deficiency pay-
ments under section 2241(b), the producers on a farm
shall agree to obtain multiperil crop insurance under the
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for
the first crop year that begins after the producer receives
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the payment, loan, or forgiveness for the crop of the com-
modity for which such payments, loans, or forgiveness are
sought.
‘‘(b) LIMITATIONS.—Notwithstanding subsection (a),
producers on a farm shall not be required to agree to ob-
tain crop insurance under subsection (a) for a commod-
ity—
‘‘(1) unless such producers’ deficiency in pro-
duction, with respect to the crop for which a disaster
payment under this chapter otherwise may be made,
exceeds 65 percent;
‘‘(2) where, or if, crop insurance coverage is not
available to the producers for the commodity for
which the payment, loan, or forgiveness is sought;
‘‘(3) if the producers’ annual premium rate for
such crop insurance is an amount greater than 125
percent of the average premium rate for insurance
on that commodity for the preceding crop year in
the county in which the producers are located;
‘‘(4) in any case in which the producers’ annual
premium for such crop insurance is an amount
greater than 25 percent of the amount of the pay-
ment, loan, or forgiveness received; or
‘‘(5) if the producers can establish by appeal to
the county committee established under section 8(b)
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of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment
Act (16 U.S.C. 590(b)), or to the county committee
established under section 332 of the Consolidated
Farm and Rural Development Act (17 U.S.C.
1982), as appropriate, that the purchase of crop in-
surance would impose an undue financial hardship
on such producers and that a waiver of the require-
ment to obtain crop insurance should, in the discre-
tion of the county committee, be granted.
‘‘(c) IMPLEMENTATION.—
‘‘(1) COUNTY COMMITTEES.—The Secretary of
Agriculture shall ensure (acting through the county
committees established under section 8(b) of the Soil
Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and lo-
cated in the counties in which the assistance pro-
grams provided for under sections 2241 through
2245 are implemented, and through the county com-
mittees established under section 332 of the Consoli-
dated Farm and Rural Development Act in counties
in which emergency loans, as described in subsection
(a), are made available) that producers who apply
for assistance, as described in subsection (a), obtain
multiperil crop insurance as required under this sec-
tion.
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‘‘(2) OTHER SOURCES.—Each producer who is
subject to the requirements of this section may com-
ply with such requirements by providing evidence of
multiperil crop insurance coverage from sources
other than through the county committee office, as
approved by the Secretary.
‘‘(3) COMMISSIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide by regulation for a reduction in the commis-
sions paid to private insurance agents, brokers, or
companies on crop insurance contracts entered into
under this section sufficient to reflect that such in-
surance contracts principally involve only a servicing
function to be performed by the agent, broker, or
company.
‘‘(d) REPAYMENT OF BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, if (before the end of the crop
year for which multiperil crop insurance is obtained pursu-
ant to subsection (a)) such crop insurance coverage is can-
celed by the producer, the producer—
‘‘(1) shall make immediate repayment to the
Secretary of any disaster payment or forgiven ad-
vance deficiency payment that the producer other-
wise is required to repay; and
‘‘(2) shall become immediately liable for full re-
payment of all principal and interest outstanding on
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any emergency loan described in subsection (a) made
subject to this section.
‘‘SEC. 2248. CROPS HARVESTED FOR FORAGE USES.
‘‘Not later than 45 days after funds are appropriated
to carry out this subchapter for a crop year, the Secretary
of Agriculture shall announce the terms and conditions by
which producers on a farm may establish a yield for that
crop year with respect to crops that were, or will be, har-
vested during such crop year for silage and other forage
uses.
‘‘SEC. 2249. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—Subject to subsections (b) and
(c), the total amount of payments that a person shall be
entitled to receive for a crop year under one or more of
the programs established under this subchapter may not
exceed $100,000.
‘‘(b) NO DOUBLE BENEFITS.—No person may re-
ceive disaster payments for a crop year under this sub-
chapter to the extent that such person receives a livestock
emergency benefit for lost feed production in that year
under section 606 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7
U.S.C. 1471d).
‘‘(c) COMBINED LIMITATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No person may receive any
payment under this subchapter or benefit under title
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VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471
et seq.) for livestock emergency losses suffered in a
crop year if such payment or benefit will cause the
combined total amount of such payments and bene-
fits received by such person in such year to exceed
$100,000.
‘‘(2) ELECTION.—If a producer is subject to
paragraph (1), the person may elect (subject to the
benefits limitations under section 609 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1471g) whether or re-
ceive the $100,000 in such payments, or such live-
stock emergency benefits (not to exceed $50,000), or
a combination of payments and benefits specified by
the person.
‘‘(d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall issue regulations prescribing such rules as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reason-
able application of the limitations established under this
section.
‘‘SEC. 2250. SUBSTITUTION OF CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM
YIELDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of this chapter, the Secretary of Agriculture may
permit each eligible producer of a crop of a commodity
who has obtained multiperil crop insurance for such crop
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for a crop year or, as provided in subsection (c), the pre-
ceding crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act
(7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) to substitute, at the discretion
of the producer, the crop insurance yield for such crop,
as established under such Act, for the farm yield otherwise
assigned to the producer under this subchapter, for the
purposes of determining such producer’s eligibility for a
disaster payment on such crop under this subchapter for
the crop year involved and the amount of such payment.
‘‘(b) ADJUSTMENT OF ADVANCED DEFICIENCY PAY-
MENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this chapter, if an eligible producer of
wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, extra long staple
cotton or rice for a crop year elects to substitute
yields for such producer’s crop under subsection (a),
the producer’s eligibility for a waiver of repayment
of an advance deficiency payment on such crop
under this chapter shall be adjusted as provided in
paragraph (2).
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.—The amount of production of
such crop on which the producer otherwise would be
eligible for waiver of repayment of advance defi-
ciency payments under this subchapter shall be re-
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duced by an amount of production equal to the dif-
ference between—
‘‘(A) the amount of production eligible for
disaster payments under this subchapter using
a substituted yield under this section; and
‘‘(B) the amount of production that would
have been eligible for disaster payments using
the farm program payment yield otherwise as-
signed to the producer under this chapter.
‘‘(c) MULTIPERIL CROP INSURANCE NOT AVAIL-
ABLE.—A producer may use the crop insurance yield for
the producer’s crop of a commodity for the preceding crop
year for purposes of substituting yields under subsection
(a) if the producer demonstrates to the Secretary that,
through no fault of the producer, multiperil crop insurance
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act was not made avail-
able to the producer for the producer’s crop of the com-
modity for the crop year involved.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION
OF ELIGIBLE PRODUCER.—For
purposes of this section, the term ‘eligible producer’ means
a producer of a crop of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton,
extra long staple cotton, rice, or oilseeds.
‘‘SEC. 2251. DE MINIMIS YIELDS
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture may determine a de
minimis yield for each crop eligible for reduced yield disas-
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ter payments under this subchapter. The de minimis yield
shall be set at a level that will minimize any incentive (be-
cause of the prospect of disaster payments) for a producer
to abandon crops that have a value that exceeds the cost
of harvesting. In no case may the de minimis yield be less
than the amount of production that, when valued at cur-
rent market prices, equals the average cost of harvesting
the crop, as determined by the Secretary. Any producer
whose actual yield for a crop is equal to or less than the
de minimis yield for such crop shall be considered as hav-
ing an actual yield of zero for the purpose of calculating
any reduced yield disaster payments for such crop under
this subchapter.
‘‘SEC. 2252. SEPARATE TREATMENT OF EACH PRODUCER
ON A FARM.
‘‘A producer on a farm who produces any crop of a
commodity for which disaster payments are made available
under this subchapter shall qualify for a disaster payment
if the total quantity of the commodity that the producer
is able to harvest on that farm is reduced as a result of
damaging weather or related condition in an amount that
meets the criteria of section 2241, 2242, 2243, or 2244,
even though the producers on the farm, collectively, may
not meet such criteria.
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‘‘SEC. 2253. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘For purposes of this chapter:
‘‘(1) DAMAGING WEATHER.—The term ‘damag-
ing weather’ includes but is not limited to drought,
hail, excessive moisture, freeze, tornado, hurricane,
earthquake, or excessive wind (or any combination
thereof) that occurs during the calendar year in
which the crop involved is intended to be harvested
or the preceding calendar year.
‘‘(2) RELATED CONDITION.—The term ‘related
condition’ includes but is not limited to insect infes-
tations, plant diseases, or other deterioration of a
crop of a commodity, including aflatoxin, that is ac-
celerated or exacerbated naturally as a result of
damaging weather occurring prior to or during har-
vest.
‘‘(3) PERSON.—The term ‘person’ shall have
the meaning given such term by the Secretary in
regulations, which shall conform, to the extent prac-
ticable, to the regulations defining such term issued
under section 1001 of the Food Security Act of
1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) and the Disaster Assistance
Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1421 note).
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‘‘Subchapter B—Orchards
‘‘SEC. 2255 ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) LOSS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall pro-
vide assistance under section 2256 to eligible orchardists
that planted trees for commercial purposes but lost such
trees as a result of damaging weather or related condition
occurring in 1993 or a subsequent calendar year.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—An eligible orchardist shall qual-
ify for assistance under subsection (a) only if such or-
chardist’s tree mortality, as a result of the damaging
weather or related condition, exceeds 35 percent (adjusted
for normal mortality).
‘‘SEC. 2256. ASSISTANCE.
‘‘The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to eligible orchardists for losses described in sec-
tion 2255 shall consist of either—
‘‘(1) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of
replanting trees lost and rehabilitating or restoring
trees damaged as a result of damaging weather or
related condition in the calendar year involved in ex-
cess of 35 percent mortality (adjusted for normal
mortality); or
‘‘(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, suffi-
cient seedlings to reestablish the stand.
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‘‘SEC. 2257. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The total amount of payments
that a person shall be entitled to receive under this sub-
chapter for a calendar year may not exceed $25,000, or
an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall issue regulations prescribing such rules as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reason-
able application of the limitation established under this
section.
‘‘SEC. 2258. DEFINITION.
‘‘For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘eligible
orchardist’ means a person who produces annual crops
from trees for commercial purposes and owns 500 acres
or less of such trees.
‘‘SEC. 2259. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guide-
lines to ensure that no person receives duplicative pay-
ments under this subchapter and the forestry incentives
program, agricultural conservation program, or other Fed-
eral program.
‘‘Subchapter C—Forest Crops
‘‘SEC. 2261. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) LOSS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall pro-
vide assistance, as specified in section 2262, to eligible
tree farmers that planted tree seedlings in a calendar year
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or the next calendar year for commercial purposes but lost
such seedlings as a result of damaging weather or related
condition occurring in such next calendar year, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—An eligible tree farmer shall qual-
ify for assistance under subsection (a) only if such tree
farmer’s tree seedling mortality, as a result of the damag-
ing weather or related condition, exceeds 35 percent (ad-
justed for normal mortality).
‘‘SEC. 2262. ASSISTANCE.
‘‘The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to eligible tree farmers for losses described in sec-
tion 2261 shall consist of either—
‘‘(1) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of
replanting seedlings lost due to damaging weather or
related conditions in the calendar year involved in
excess of 35 percent mortality (adjusted for normal
mortality); or
‘‘(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, suffi-
cient tree seedlings to reestablish the stand.
‘‘SEC. 2263. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The total amount of payments
that a person shall be entitled to receive under this sub-
chapter may not exceed $25,000 for a calendar year, or
an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
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‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall issue regulations prescribing such rules as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reason-
able application of the limitation established under this
section.
‘‘SEC. 2264. DEFINITION.
‘‘For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘eligible
tree farmer’ means a person who grows trees for harvest
for commercial purposes and owns 1,000 acres or less of
such trees.
‘‘SEC. 2265. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guide-
lines to ensure that no person receives duplicative pay-
ments under this subchapter and the forestry incentives
program, agricultural conservation program, or other Fed-
eral program.
‘‘Subchapter D—Administrative Provisions
‘‘SEC. 2266. INELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—A person who has qualifying
gross revenues in excess of $2,000,000 annually, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture, shall not be eligible
to reeceive any disaster payment or other benefits under
this chapter.
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‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GROSS REVENUES.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘qualifying gross revenues’
means—
‘‘(1) if a majority of the person’s annual income
is received from farming, ranching, and forestry op-
erations, the gross revenue from the person’s farm-
ing, ranching, and forestry operations; and
‘‘(2) if less than a majority of the person’s an-
nual income is received from farming, ranching, and
forestry operations, the person’s gross revenue from
all sources.
‘‘SEC. 2267. TIMING AND MANNER OF ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) TIMING OF ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS
PRACTICABLE.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall make disaster assistance
available under this chapter for a crop year or a cal-
endar year, as applicable, as soon as practicable
after the date on which appropriations are made
available to carry out this chapter for such year.
‘‘(2) COMPLETED APPLICATION.—No payment
or benefit provided under this chapter shall be pay-
able or due until such time as a completed applica-
tion for such payment or benefit for a crop of a com-
modity has been approved.
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‘‘(b) MANNER.—The Secretary may make payments
available under subchapter A in the form of cash, com-
modities, or commodity certificates, as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 2268. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
‘‘(a) USE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation in carrying out this chapter.
‘‘(b) EXISTING AUTHORITY.—The authority provided
by this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in place
of, any authority granted to the Secretary or the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation under any other provision of law.
‘‘SEC. 2269. EMERGENCY LOANS.
‘‘Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) shall not apply for
a calendar year to persons who otherwise would be eligible
for an emergency loan under subtitle C of such Act, if
such eligibility is the result of damage to an annual crop
planted for harvest in such year.
‘‘SEC. 2270. REGULATIONS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture or the Commodity
Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue regulations
to implement this chapter as soon as practicable after the
date on which appropriations are made to carry out this
chapter, without regard to the requirement for notice and
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public participation in rule making prescribed in section
553 of title 5, United States Code, or in any directive of
the Secretary.
‘‘Subchapter E—Appropriations
‘‘SEC. 2271. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘Any 
benefits 
or 
assistance 
(including 
the
foregiveness of unearned advanced deficiency payments or
any emergency loans) made available under this chapter
shall be provided for a year only to the extent provided
for in advance in appropriations Acts. To carry out this
chapter, there are authorized to be appropriated such
sums as may be necessary. Sums appropriated under this
section shall remain available until expended.
‘‘SEC. 2272. PRORATION OF BENEFITS.
‘‘Any funds made available for carrying out this chap-
ter for a calendar year in appropriations Acts shall be pro-
rated to all producers eligible for assistance under this
chapter in such year.
‘‘Subchapter F—Application of Chapter
‘‘SEC. 2273. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.
‘‘(a) ANNUAL CROPS.—Subchapter A and section
2269 shall apply only with respect to the 1993 and subse-
quent crops.
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‘‘(b) ORCHARDS AND FOREST CROPS.—Subchapters
B and C shall apply only with respect to the 1993 and
subsequent calendar years.
(b) APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—
(1) 
PRODUCERS
AFFECTED
BY
AMEND-
MENTS.—In the case of agricultural producers of
1993 or subsequent crops who are affected by the
amendments made by this section, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall allow those producers to submit ap-
plications for initial or additional assistance under
chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7
U.S.C. 1421 note) until the later of—
(A) the date established by the Secretary
under section 2267(a) of such Act for final sub-
mission of applications;
(B) the end of the 60-day period beginning
on the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(C) the end of the 60-day period beginning
on the date on which funds are appropriated to
provide assistance for losses resulting from dis-
asters as provided under chapter 3 of subtitle
B or subtitle C of title XXII of the Food, Agri-
culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990,
or under this Act.
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(2) NOTICE
OF
DETERMINATION.—Not later
than 60 days after the date on which the Secretary
receives an application for assistance under sub-
section (a), the Secretary shall inform the producer
submitting the application of the Secretary’s deter-
mination with regard to the application.
(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—The table of contents
in section 1(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 3359)
is amended—
(1) by inserting after the item relating to the
chapter heading of chapter 3 of subtitle B of title
XXII of such Act the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2240. Short title.’’;
(2) by striking the item relating to section 2242
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2242. Payments to program nonparticipants for target price commodities
and payments to program participants for target price com-
modities on flexible acres.’’;
(3) by striking the item relating to section 2244
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2244. Oilseeds and nonprogram crops.’’;
(4) by striking the item relating to section 2247
and inserting the following new item:
‘‘Sec. 2247. Crop insurance coverage required for next crop year.’’;
(5) by striking the item relating to section 2251
and inserting the following new items:
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‘‘Sec. 2251. De minimis yields.
‘‘Sec. 2252. Separate treatment of each producer on a farm.
‘‘Sec. 2253. Definitions.’’; and
(6) by inserting after the item relating to sec-
tion 2272 the following new items:
‘‘SUBCHAPTER F—APPLICATION OF CHAPTER
‘‘Sec. 2273. Application of chapter.’’.
SEC. 2. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MI-
GRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS.
(a) INCLUSION OF PERMANENT FARMWORKERS AND
PACKINGHOUSE WORKERS.—Section 2281 of the Food,
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 5177a) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘, permanent,’’ after ‘‘migrant’’
each place it appears; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(including a packing-
house worker)’’ after ‘‘an individual’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘or packinghouse work’’
after ‘‘farm work’’ both places it appears.
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) SECTION HEADING.—The section heading of
such section is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘SEC. 2281. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME
FARMWORKERS AND PACKINGHOUSE WORK-
ERS’’.
(2) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The item relating
to such section in the table of contents in section
1(b) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat.
3359) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Sec. 2281. Emergency grants to assist low-income farmworkers and packing-
house workers.’’.
SEC. 3. EMERGENCY FEED ASSISTANCE.
Title VI of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C.
1471 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 602(1)(A)(i) by striking ‘‘live-
stock or a dairy producer’’ and inserting ‘‘livestock,
a dairy producer, or a beekeeper’’;
(2) in section 602(1)(A)(ii) by inserting after
‘‘husbandry,’’ the term ‘‘beekeeping,’’;
(3) in section 602(1)(B) by inserting after
‘‘husbandry,’’ the term ‘‘beekeeping,’’;
(4) in section 602(2) by inserting after ‘‘pro-
duction of food,’’ the term ‘‘bees,’’; and
(5) in section 602(b)(1)(A) by inserting after
‘‘ranching,’’ the term ‘‘beekeeping,’’.
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