I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 185 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide compensation for certain 
livestock losses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 4, 2007 
Mrs. MUSGRAVE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
compensation for certain livestock losses. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Livestock Assistance 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) DISASTER COUNTY.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘disaster 
county’’ means a county included in the geo-
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graphic area covered by a qualifying natural 
disaster declaration for calendar year 2006 or 
2007, or both, for which the request for the 
declaration was submitted during the period be-
ginning on January 1, 2006, and ending on the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
(B) 
INCLUSION.—The 
term 
‘‘disaster 
county’’ includes a county contiguous to a coun-
ty described in subparagraph (A). 
(2) QUALIFYING NATURAL DISASTER DECLARA-
TION.—The term ‘‘qualifying natural disaster dec-
laration’’ means— 
(A) a natural disaster declared by the Sec-
retary under section 321(a) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1961(a)); or 
(B) a major disaster or emergency des-
ignated by the President under the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. 
(a) LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 
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(1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FUNDS.—Effective beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary shall use funds of 
the Commodity 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 
due to blizzard and drought in the States of Colo-
rado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Okla-
homa. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS.—In carrying out 
the program described in paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall provide assistance to any applicant 
that— 
(A)(i) conducts a livestock operation that 
is located in a disaster county, including any 
applicant conducting a livestock operation in-
volving eligible livestock (within the meaning of 
the livestock assistance program under section 
101(b) of division B of Public Law 108–324 
(118 Stat. 1234)); or 
(ii) produces an animal described in sec-
tion 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 
321d(a)(1)); and 
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(B) meets all other eligibility requirements 
established by the Secretary for the program. 
(3) MITIGATION.—In determining the eligibility 
for or amount of payments for which a producer is 
eligible under the livestock compensation program, 
the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that 
takes actions (recognizing disaster conditions) that 
reduce the average number of livestock the producer 
owned for grazing during the production year for 
which assistance is being provided. 
(b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such 
sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to make livestock indemnity pay-
ments to producers on farms that have incurred live-
stock losses during calendar year 2006 or 2007, or 
both, due to a disaster, as determined by the Sec-
retary, including losses due to blizzard and drought. 
(2) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to 
a producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be 
made at a rate of not less than 30 percent of the 
market value of the applicable livestock on the day 
before the date of death of the livestock, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
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