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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7051 
To provide Federal relief to hog producers, especially family farmers and 
independent producers, who have been forced to euthanize hogs due 
to the COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 28, 2020 
Mr. KING of Iowa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To provide Federal relief to hog producers, especially family 
farmers and independent producers, who have been 
forced to euthanize hogs due to the COVID–19 pan-
demic, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MARKET-READY 
HOG LOSSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use the funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide emer-
gency relief to covered producers to aid in the reduction 
of intentional depopulation losses of market-ready hogs 
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due to the closure or the reduction in processing capacity 
of a processing plant related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) PAYMENT RATE FOR COVERED PRODUCERS.—In 
the case of a closure or the reduction in processing capac-
ity of a processing plant related to the COVID–19 pan-
demic, with respect to the losses of market-ready hogs due 
to such closure or reduction incurred by a covered pro-
ducer, the Secretary shall reimburse— 
(1) for the first 50,000 hogs of such covered 
producer, 70 percent of the cost of such losses of 
such covered producer; 
(2) for up to 50,000 hogs in addition to para-
graph (1), 55 percent of the cost of such losses of 
such covered producer; 
(3) for up to 100,000 hogs in addition to para-
graphs (1) and (2), 45 percent of the cost of such 
losses of such covered producer; and 
(4) for any amount of hogs in addition to para-
graphs (1), (2), and (3), 35 percent of the cost of 
such losses of such covered producer. 
(c) VALUATION.—In determining the amount of 
losses for purposes of the payment rates under subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall use the average weekly price (as 
determined by the Secretary) for a market-ready hog, as 
determined by the Secretary. In no case shall the pay-
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ments made under subsection (b) with respect to the losses 
of a covered producer exceed the actual market value of 
market-ready hogs on the day on which the covered pro-
ducer began to suffer such losses. 
(d) VERIFICATION.—The Secretary may not make a 
payment for the losses of market-ready hogs of a covered 
producer under subsection (b) unless a veterinarian cer-
tifies— 
(1) that such hogs are market-ready hogs; and 
(2) the number of such hogs for which the cov-
ered producer claims a loss. 
(e) PACKER-OWNED
AND FOREIGN-OWNED HOGS 
EXCLUDED.—The Secretary may not make payments 
under subsection (b) for— 
(1) any hog losses for which the covered pro-
ducer does not provide sufficient documentation of 
ownership; 
(2) the losses of packer-owned hogs; or 
(3) the losses of hogs of a producer that is 
owned, in whole or in part, by any person who is not 
a United States citizen, lawful permanent resident, 
or entity. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply for the 
period beginning on April 1, 2020, and ending on the date 
that national processing capacity of hog processing plants 
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is equal to or greater than such capacity on February 1, 
2020, as determined by the Secretary. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘covered 
producer’’ means a person or legal entity that as-
sumes the production and market risks associated 
with the agricultural production of hogs (as such 
terms are defined in section 2(a) of the Packers and 
Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 183(a))). 
(2) 
MARKET-READY.—The 
term 
‘‘market- 
ready’’ means, with respect to a hog, a hog that is 
at least 300 pounds and ready for market, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(3) PACKER.—The term ‘‘packer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 201 of the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191) except 
such term does not include a packer with invested 
shares of less than or equal to 10 percent in a facil-
ity that slaughters less than or equal to 5 million 
hogs a year. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
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