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ceding March 1 of the year for 
which the disaster assistance is 
calculated; or 
(bb) the average national 
marketing year average corn 
price per bushel for the most re-
cent 5 crop years, excluding each 
of the crop years with the highest 
and lowest prices; by 
(II) 56. 
(D) 
NORMAL
GRAZING
PERIOD
AND 
DROUGHT MONITOR INTENSITY.— 
(i) FSA COUNTY COMMITTEE DETER-
MINATIONS.— 
(I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 
shall determine the normal carrying 
capacity and normal grazing period 
for each type of grazing land or 
pastureland in the county served by 
the applicable Farm Service Agency 
committee, except that the normal 
grazing period shall not exceed 240 
days. 
(II) CHANGES.—No change to 
the normal carrying capacity or nor-
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mal grazing period established for a 
county under subclause (I) shall be 
made unless the change is requested 
by the appropriate State and county 
Farm Service Agency committees. 
(ii) DROUGHT INTENSITY.— 
(I) D2.—An eligible livestock 
producer that owns or leases grazing 
land or pastureland that is physically 
located in a county that is rated by 
the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a 
D2 (severe drought) intensity in any 
area of the county for at least 8 con-
secutive weeks during the normal 
grazing period for the county, as de-
termined by the Secretary, shall be el-
igible to receive assistance under this 
paragraph in an amount equal to 1 
monthly payment using the monthly 
payment rate determined under sub-
paragraph (B). 
(II) D3.—An eligible livestock 
producer that owns or leases grazing 
land or pastureland that is physically 
located in a county that is rated by 
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the U.S. Drought Monitor as having 
at least a D3 (extreme drought) in-
tensity in any area of the county at 
any time during the normal grazing 
period for the county, as determined 
by the Secretary, shall be eligible to 
receive assistance under this para-
graph— 
(aa) in an amount equal to 
2 monthly payments using the 
monthly payment rate deter-
mined under subparagraph (B); 
or 
(bb) if the county is rated as 
having a D3 (extreme drought) 
intensity in any area of the coun-
ty for at least 4 weeks during the 
normal grazing period for the 
county, or is rated as having a 
D4 (exceptional drought) inten-
sity in any area of the county at 
any time during the normal graz-
ing period, in an amount equal to 
3 monthly payments using the 
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monthly payment rate deter-
mined under subparagraph (B). 
(iii) ANNUAL
PAYMENT
BASED
ON 
DROUGHT
CONDITIONS
DETERMINED
BY 
MEANS OTHER THAN THE U.S. DROUGHT 
MONITOR.— 
(I) IN
GENERAL.—An eligible 
livestock producer that owns grazing 
land or pastureland that is physically 
located in a county that has experi-
enced on average, over the preceding 
calendar year, precipitation levels that 
are 50 percent or more below normal 
levels, according to sufficient docu-
mentation as determined by the Sec-
retary, may be eligible, subject to a 
determination by the Secretary, to re-
ceive assistance under this paragraph 
in an amount equal to not more than 
1 monthly payment using the monthly 
payment rate under subparagraph 
(B). 
(II) NO DUPLICATE PAYMENT.— 
A producer may not receive a pay-
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