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to a refundable credit) made to any individual under this 
title shall not be taken into account as income, and shall 
not be taken into account as resources for a period of 12 
months from receipt, for purposes of determining the eligi-
bility of such individual (or any other individual) for bene-
fits or assistance (or the amount or extent of benefits or 
assistance) under any Federal program or under any State 
or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal 
funds. 
‘‘(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to 
any amount received after December 31, 2010.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
such subchapter is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘Sec. 6409. Refunds disregarded in the administration of Federal programs and 
federally assisted programs.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply to amounts received after December 31, 
2009. 
SEC. 243. STATE COURT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. 
Section 438 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
629h) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 
(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and in-
serting ‘‘2011’’.
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SEC. 244. EXTENSION OF NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE 
PROGRAM. 
Section 129 of the Continuing Appropriations Resolu-
tion, 2010 (Public Law 111–68), as amended by section 
1005 of Public Law 111–118, is further amended by strik-
ing ‘‘by substituting’’ and all that follows through the pe-
riod at the end, and inserting ‘‘by substituting December 
31, 2010, for the date specified in each such section.’’. The 
amendment made by this section shall be considered to have 
taken effect on February 28, 2010. 
SEC. 245. EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, in this section: 
(1) DISASTER COUNTY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘disaster coun-
ty’’ means a county included in the geographic 
area covered by a qualifying natural disaster 
declaration for the 2009 crop year. 
(B) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘disaster coun-
ty’’ does not include a contiguous county. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
AQUACULTURE
PRODUCER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible aquaculture producer’’ means an aqua-
culture producer that during the 2009 calendar year, 
as determined by the Secretary— 
(A) produced an aquaculture species for 
which feed costs represented a substantial per-
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centage of the input costs of the aquaculture op-
eration; and 
(B) experienced a substantial price increase 
of feed costs above the previous 5-year average. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘eligible 
producer’’ means an agricultural producer in a dis-
aster county. 
(4) ELIGIBLE SPECIALTY CROP PRODUCER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible specialty crop producer’’ means an ag-
ricultural producer that, for the 2009 crop year, as 
determined by the Secretary— 
(A) produced, or was prevented from plant-
ing, a specialty crop; and 
(B) experienced crop losses in a disaster 
county due to drought, excessive rainfall, or a re-
lated condition. 
(5) 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) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1961(a)). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture.
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(7) 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 fruits and vegetables or crops 
intended for grazing) suffer at least a 5-percent crop 
loss due to a natural disaster, including quality 
losses, as determined by the Secretary, in an amount 
equal to 90 percent of the direct payment the eligible 
producers received for the 2009 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. 
8715) for the 2009 crop year and that otherwise meet 
the requirements of paragraph (1) shall be eligible to 
receive supplemental payments under that paragraph 
in an amount equal to 112.5 percent of the reduced
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direct payment the eligible producers received for the 
2009 crop year under section 1103 or 1303 of the 
Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 8713, 8753). 
(3) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER LAW.—Assistance 
received under this subsection shall be included in the 
calculation of farm revenue for the 2009 crop year 
under section 531(b)(4)(A) of the Federal Crop Insur-
ance 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 
not more than $300,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2011, to carry out a program of 
grants to States to assist eligible specialty crop pro-
ducers for losses due to a natural disaster affecting 
the 2009 crops, of which not more than— 
(A) $150,000,000 shall be used to assist eli-
gible specialty crop producers in counties that 
have been declared a disaster as the result of 
drought; and 
(B) $150,000,000 shall be used to assist eli-
gible specialty crop producers in counties that
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have been declared a disaster as the result of ex-
cessive rainfall or a related condition. 
(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
notify the State department of agriculture (or similar 
entity) in each State of the availability of funds to 
assist eligible specialty crop producers, including such 
terms as are determined by the Secretary to be nec-
essary for the equitable treatment of eligible specialty 
crop producers. 
(3) PROVISION OF GRANTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make grants to States for disaster counties on a 
pro rata basis based on the value of specialty 
crop losses in those counties during the 2009 cal-
endar year, as determined by the Secretary. 
(B) TIMING.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall make grants to States to provide assistance 
under this subsection. 
(C) 
MAXIMUM
GRANT.—The 
maximum 
amount of a grant made to a State for counties 
described in paragraph (1)(B) may not exceed 
$40,000,000.