SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Farmers Disaster As-
sistance Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DISASTER
COUNTY.—The term ‘‘disaster 
county’’ means a county included in the geographic 
area covered by a qualifying natural disaster dec-
laration for the 2011 crop year. 
(2) ELIGIBLE PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘eligible 
producer’’ means an agricultural producer in a dis-
aster county. 
(3) ELIGIBLE SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCER.— 
The term ‘‘eligible specialty crop producer’’ means 
an agricultural producer that, for the 2011 crop 
year, as determined by the Secretary— 
(A) produced, or was prevented from 
planting, a specialty crop; and 
(B) experienced crop losses in a disaster 
county due to excessive rainfall or related condi-
tion. 
(4) QUALIFYING NATURAL DISASTER DECLARA-
TION.—The term ‘‘qualifying natural disaster dec-
laration’’ means a natural disaster declared by the 
Secretary for production losses under section 321(a) 
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of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(6) SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term ‘‘specialty 
crop’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 
of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 
(Public Law 108–465; 7 U.S.C. 1621 note). 
(b) SUPPLEMENTAL DIRECT PAYMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use 
such sums as are necessary to make supplemental 
payments under sections 1103 and 1303 of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 8713, 8753) to eligible producers on farms 
located in disaster counties that had at least 1 crop 
of economic significance (other than crops intended 
for grazing) suffer at least a 5-percent crop loss due 
to a natural disaster, including quality losses, as de-
termined by the Secretary, in an amount equal to 90 
percent of the direct payment the eligible producers 
received for the 2011 crop year on the farm. 
(2) ACRE
PROGRAM.—Eligible producers that 
received payments under section 1105 of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
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8715) for the 2011 crop year and that otherwise 
meet the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be eli-
gible to receive supplemental payments under that 
paragraph in an amount equal to 90 percent of the 
reduced direct payment the eligible producers re-
ceived for the 2011 crop year under section 1103 or 
1303 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 8713, 8753). 
(3) INSURANCE REQUIREMENT.—As a condition 
of receiving assistance under this subsection, eligible 
producers on a farm that— 
(A) in the case of an insurable commodity, 
did not obtain a policy or plan of insurance for 
the insurable commodity under the Federal 
Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 
(other than for a crop insurance pilot program 
under that Act) for each crop of economic sig-
nificance (other than crops intended for graz-
ing), shall obtain such a policy or plan for those 
crops for the next available crop year, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; or 
(B) in the case of a noninsurable com-
modity, did not file the required paperwork, and 
pay the administrative fee by the applicable 
State filing deadline, for the noninsurable com-
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modity under section 196 of the Federal Agri-
culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 
(7 U.S.C. 7333) for each crop of economic sig-
nificance (other than crops intended for graz-
ing), shall obtain such coverage for those crops 
for the next available crop year, as determined 
by the Secretary. 
(4) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Assistance 
received under this subsection shall be included in 
the calculation of farm revenue for the 2011 crop 
year under section 531(b)(4)(A) of the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(b)(4)(A)) and section 
901(b)(4)(A) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2497(b)(4)(A)). 
(c) SPECIALTY CROP ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation, the Secretary shall use 
such sums as necessary, which shall remain available 
until September 30, 2012, to carry out a program 
of grants to States to assist eligible specialty crop 
producers for losses due to excessive rainfall and re-
lated conditions affecting the 2011 crops. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall notify the State department of agri-
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culture (or similar entity) in each State of the avail-
ability of funds to assist eligible specialty crop pro-
ducers, including such terms as are determined by 
the Secretary to be necessary for the equitable treat-
ment of eligible specialty crop producers. 
(3) PROVISION OF GRANTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make grants to States for disaster counties with 
excessive rainfall and related conditions on a 
pro rata basis based on the value of specialty 
crop losses in those counties during the 2011 
calendar year, as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) TIMING.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall make grants to States to provide 
assistance under this subsection. 
(C) MAXIMUM
GRANT.—The maximum 
amount of a grant made to a State under this 
subsection may not exceed $40,000,000. 
(4) 
REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
make grants under this subsection only to States 
that demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Secretary 
that the State will— 
(A) use grant funds to assist eligible spe-
cialty crop producers; 
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SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF LIMITATIONS ON CERTAIN WAIV-
ERS FOR BORROWERS ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT 
FARM OPERATING LOANS FOR FARMING OR 
RANCHING OPERATIONS IN COUNTIES SUB-
JECT TO A DISASTER DECLARATION ISSUED 
IN 2011. 
The numerical and durational limitations on waivers 
which may be granted under section 311(c)(4)(B) of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act shall not 
apply with respect to an operating loan for a farming or 
ranching operation located in a county which is found by 
the Secretary of Agriculture to have been substantially af-
fected by a natural disaster in the United States or a 
major disaster or emergency designated by the President 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act, that occurred in calendar year 2011. 
SEC. 4. SUSPENSION OF LIMITATION ON PERIOD FOR 
WHICH 
BORROWERS 
ARE 
ELIGIBLE 
FOR 
GUARANTEED FARM OPERATING LOANS FOR 
FARMING OR RANCHING OPERATIONS IN 
COUNTIES SUBJECT TO A DISASTER DEC-
LARATION ISSUED IN 2011. 
Section 5102 of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 1949 note; Public Law 107– 
171) is amended— 
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(1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘FOR 
FARMING
OR
RANCHING
OPERATIONS
IN 
COUNTIES SUBJECT TO A DISASTER DECLARA-
TION ISSUED IN 2011’’ after ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2013’’; 
and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘in the case of a guaranteed 
operating loan for a farming or ranching operation 
located in a county which is found by the Secretary 
of Agriculture to have been substantially affected by 
a natural disaster in the United States or a major 
disaster or emergency designated by the President 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act, that occurred in calendar 
year 2011’’ before the period. 
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