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289, as amended by Public Law 110–5) is amended by add-
ing after the second proviso: ‘‘: Provided further, That para-
graph (2) under such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 
Stat. 2441) shall be funded at $149,300,000, but additional 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance costs may be 
funded in 2007 by using unobligated balances, notwith-
standing the purposes for which such amounts were appro-
priated, including recaptures and carryover, remaining 
from funds appropriated to the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development under this heading, the heading ‘‘An-
nual Contributions for Assisted Housing’’, the heading 
‘‘Housing Certificate Fund’’, and the heading ‘‘Project- 
Based Rental Assistance’’ for fiscal year 2006 and prior 
fiscal years: Provided further, That paragraph (3) under 
such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 Stat. 2441) shall 
be funded at $47,500,000: Provided further, That para-
graph (4) under such heading in Public Law 109–115 (119 
Stat. 2441) shall be funded at $5,900,000: Provided further, 
That paragraph (5) under such heading in Public Law 
109–115 
(119 
Stat. 
2441) 
shall 
be 
funded 
at 
$1,281,100,000, of which $1,251,100,000 shall be allocated 
for the calendar year 2007 funding cycle on a pro rata basis 
to public housing agencies based on the amount public hous-
ing agencies were eligible to receive in calendar year 2006, 
and of which up to $30,000,000 shall be available to the 
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Secretary to allocate to public housing agencies that need 
additional funds to administer their section 8 programs, 
with up to $20,000,000 to be for fees associated with section 
8 tenant protection rental assistance’’. 
SEC. 4003. The dates for subsidy reductions and dem-
onstrations for discontinuance of reductions in operating 
subsidy under the new operating fund formula, pursuant 
to HUD regulations at 24 CFR 990.230, shall be moved 
forward so that the first demonstration date for asset man-
agement compliance shall be September 1, 2007, and reduc-
tions in subsidy for calendar year 2007 shall be limited 
to the 5 percent amount referred to in such regulations. Any 
public housing agency that has filed information to dem-
onstrate compliance on or prior to April 15, 2007 shall be 
permitted to re-file the same or different information to 
demonstrate such compliance on or before September 1, 
2007. 
CHAPTER 11 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 
SEC. 4101. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR TITLE I 
SEC. 4102. Amounts provided in title I of this Act are 
designated as emergency requirements pursuant to section 
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402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION FOR TITLE II 
SEC. 4103. Amounts provided in title II of this Act 
are designated as emergency requirements pursuant to sec-
tion 402 of H. Con. Res. 95 (109th Congress), the concur-
rent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006. 
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY FARM 
RELIEF 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Farm Relief 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 402. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) ADDITIONAL
COVERAGE.—The term ‘‘addi-
tional coverage’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 502(b)(1) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1502(b)(1)). 
(2) APPLICABLE
CROP.—The term ‘‘applicable 
crop’’ means 1 or more crops planted, or prevented 
from being planted, during, as elected by the pro-
ducers on a farm, 1 of— 
(A) the 2005 crop year; 
(B) the 2006 crop year; or 
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(C) that part of the 2007 crop year that 
takes place before the end of the applicable pe-
riod. 
(3) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applicable 
period’’ means the period beginning on January 1, 
2005 and ending on February 28, 2007. 
(4) DISASTER
COUNTY.—The term ‘‘disaster 
county’’ means— 
(A) a county included in the geographic 
area covered by a natural disaster declaration; 
and 
(B) each county contiguous to a county de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(5) HURRICANE-AFFECTED COUNTY.—The term 
‘‘hurricane-affected county’’ means— 
(A) a county included in the geographic 
area covered by a natural disaster declaration 
related to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, 
Hurricane Wilma, or a related condition; and 
(B) each county contiguous to a county de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(6) INSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘‘insur-
able commodity’’ means an agricultural commodity 
(excluding livestock) for which the producers on a 
farm are eligible to obtain a policy or plan of insur-
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ance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.). 
(7) 
LIVESTOCK.—The 
term 
‘‘livestock’’ 
in-
cludes— 
(A) cattle (including dairy cattle); 
(B) bison; 
(C) poultry; 
(D) sheep; 
(E) swine; and 
(F) other livestock, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(8) NATURAL
DISASTER
DECLARATION.—The 
term ‘‘natural disaster declaration’’ means a natural 
disaster declared by the Secretary during the applica-
ble period under section 321(a) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1961(a)). 
(9) 
NONINSURABLE
COMMODITY.—The 
term 
‘‘noninsurable commodity’’ means a crop for which 
the producers on a farm are eligible to obtain assist-
ance under section 196 of the Federal Agriculture Im-
provement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 
(10) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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Subtitle A—Agricultural 
Production Losses 
SEC. 411. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such sums 
as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to make emergency financial assistance authorized 
under this section available to producers on a farm that 
have incurred qualifying losses described in subsection (c). 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall make assistance avail-
able under this section in the same manner as pro-
vided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural De-
velopment, Food and Drug Administration and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 
106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), including using the 
same loss thresholds for quantity and economic losses 
as were used in administering that section, except 
that the payment rate shall be 55 percent of the estab-
lished price, instead of 65 percent. 
(2) NONINSURED
PRODUCERS.—For producers 
on a farm that were eligible to acquire crop insurance 
for the applicable production loss and failed to do so 
or failed to submit an application for the noninsured 
assistance program for the loss, the Secretary shall 
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make assistance in accordance with paragraph (1), 
except that the payment rate shall be 20 percent of the 
established price, instead of 50 percent. 
(c) QUALIFYING LOSSES.—Assistance under this sec-
tion shall be made available to producers on farms, other 
than producers of sugar beets, that incurred qualifying 
quantity or quality losses for the applicable crop due to 
damaging weather or any related condition (including 
losses due to crop diseases, insects, and delayed harvest), 
as determined by the Secretary. 
(d) QUALITY LOSSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any payment 
received under subsection (b), the Secretary shall use 
such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to make payments to producers on 
a farm described in subsection (a) that incurred a 
quality loss for the applicable crop of a commodity in 
an amount equal to the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(A) the payment quantity determined under 
paragraph (2); 
(B)(i) in the case of an insurable com-
modity, the coverage level elected by the insured 
under the policy or plan of insurance under the 
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Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.); or 
(ii) in the case of a noninsurable com-
modity, the applicable coverage level for the pay-
ment quantity determined under paragraph (2); 
by 
(C) 55 percent of the payment rate deter-
mined under paragraph (3). 
(2) PAYMENT
QUANTITY.—For the purpose of 
paragraph (1)(A), the payment quantity for quality 
losses for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall 
equal the lesser of— 
(A) the actual production of the crop af-
fected by a quality loss of the commodity on the 
farm; or 
(B)(i) in the case of an insurable com-
modity, the actual production history for the 
commodity by the producers on the farm under 
the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.); or 
(ii) in the case of a noninsurable com-
modity, the established yield for the crop for the 
producers on the farm under section 196 of the 
Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform 
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 
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(3) PAYMENT RATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of para-
graph (1)(B), the payment rate for quality losses 
for a crop of a commodity on a farm shall be 
equal to the difference between (as determined by 
the applicable State committee of the Farm Serv-
ice Agency)— 
(i) the per unit market value that the 
units of the crop affected by the quality loss 
would have had if the crop had not suffered 
a quality loss; and 
(ii) the per unit market value of the 
units of the crop affected by the quality loss. 
(B) FACTORS.—In determining the pay-
ment rate for quality losses for a crop of a com-
modity on a farm, the applicable State com-
mittee of the Farm Service Agency shall take 
into account— 
(i) the average local market quality 
discounts that purchasers applied to the 
commodity during the first 2 months fol-
lowing the normal harvest period for the 
commodity; 
(ii) the loan rate and repayment rate 
established for the commodity under the 
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marketing loan program established for the 
commodity under subtitle B of title I of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 7931 et seq.); 
(iii) the market value of the commodity 
if sold into a secondary market; and 
(iv) other factors determined appro-
priate by the committee. 
(4) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—For producers on a farm 
to be eligible to obtain a payment for a quality 
loss for a crop under this subsection— 
(i) the amount obtained by multi-
plying the per unit loss determined under 
paragraph (1) by the number of units af-
fected by the quality loss shall be reduced by 
the amount of any indemnification received 
by the producers on the farm for quality 
loss adjustment for the commodity under a 
policy or plan of insurance under the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et 
seq.); and 
(ii) the remainder shall be at least 25 
percent of the value that all affected produc-
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tion of the crop would have had if the crop 
had not suffered a quality loss. 
(B) INELIGIBILITY.—If the amount of a 
quality loss payment for a commodity for the 
producers on a farm determined under this 
paragraph is equal to or less than zero, the pro-
ducers on the farm shall be ineligible for assist-
ance for the commodity under this subsection. 
(5) ELIGIBLE PRODUCTION.—The Secretary shall 
carry out this subsection in a fair and equitable man-
ner for all eligible production, including the produc-
tion of fruits and vegetables, other specialty crops, 
and field crops. 
(e) ELECTION OF CROP YEAR.—If a producer incurred 
qualifying crop losses in more than 1 of the crop years dur-
ing the applicable period, the producers on a farm shall 
elect to receive assistance under this section for losses in-
curred in only 1 of the crop years. 
(f) PAYMENT LIMITATION.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Assistance provided under this 
section to the producers on a farm for losses to a crop, 
together with the amounts specified in paragraph (2) 
applicable to the same crop, may not exceed 95 per-
cent of what the value of the crop would have been in 
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the absence of the losses, as estimated by the Sec-
retary. 
(2) OTHER PAYMENTS.—In applying the limita-
tion in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall include the 
following: 
(A) Any crop insurance payment made 
under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.) or payment under section 196 of the 
Federal Agricultural Improvement and Reform 
Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that the producers 
on the farm receive for losses to the same crop. 
(B) The value of the crop that was not lost 
(if any), as estimated by the Secretary. 
(g) TIMING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 
Secretary shall make payments to producers on a 
farm for a crop under this section not later than 60 
days after the date the producers on the farm submit 
to the Secretary a completed application for the pay-
ments. 
(2) INTEREST.—If the Secretary does not make 
payments to the producers on a farm by the date de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall pay to 
the producers on a farm interest on the payments at 
a rate equal to the current (as of the sign-up deadline 
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established by the Secretary) market yield on out-
standing, marketable obligations of the United States 
with maturities of 30 years. 
SEC. 412. DAIRY ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary shall use $95,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to dairy 
producers for dairy production losses in disaster counties. 
SEC. 413. MILK INCOME LOSS CONTRACT PROGRAM. 
Section 1502(c)(3) of the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 7982(c)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘August’’ 
and all that follows through the end and inserting 
‘‘September 30, 2007, 34 percent.’’; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 414. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. 
(a) LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 
(1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FUNDS.—Effective beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall use funds of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to carry out the 2002 
Livestock Compensation Program announced by the 
Secretary on October 10, 2002 (67 Fed. Reg. 63070), 
to provide compensation for livestock losses during the 
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applicable period for losses (including losses due to 
blizzards that began in calendar year 2006 and con-
tinued in January 2007) due to a disaster, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, except that the payment rate 
shall be 80 percent of the payment rate established for 
the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program. 
(2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—In carrying out the 
program described in paragraph (1), the Secretary 
shall provide assistance to any applicant for livestock 
losses during the applicable period that— 
(A)(i) conducts a livestock operation that is 
located in a disaster county, including any ap-
plicant conducting a livestock operation with eli-
gible livestock (within the meaning of the live-
stock assistance program under section 101(b) of 
division B of Public Law 108–324 (118 Stat. 
1234)); or 
(ii) produces an animal described in section 
10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); 
(B) demonstrates to the Secretary that the 
applicant suffered a material loss of pasture or 
hay production, or experienced substantially in-
creased feed costs, due to damaging weather or a 
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