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‘‘SEC. 2257. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The total amount of payments
that a person shall be entitled to receive under this sub-
chapter for a calendar year may not exceed $25,000, or
an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall issue regulations prescribing such rules as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reason-
able application of the limitation established under this
section.
‘‘SEC. 2258. DEFINITION.
‘‘For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘eligible
orchardist’ means a person who produces annual crops
from trees for commercial purposes and owns 500 acres
or less of such trees.
‘‘SEC. 2259. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guide-
lines to ensure that no person receives duplicative pay-
ments under this subchapter and the forestry incentives
program, agricultural conservation program, or other Fed-
eral program.
‘‘Subchapter C—Forest Crops
‘‘SEC. 2261. ELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) LOSS.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall pro-
vide assistance, as specified in section 2262, to eligible
tree farmers that planted tree seedlings in a calendar year
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or the next calendar year for commercial purposes but lost
such seedlings as a result of damaging weather or related
condition occurring in such next calendar year, as deter-
mined by the Secretary.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—An eligible tree farmer shall qual-
ify for assistance under subsection (a) only if such tree
farmer’s tree seedling mortality, as a result of the damag-
ing weather or related condition, exceeds 35 percent (ad-
justed for normal mortality).
‘‘SEC. 2262. ASSISTANCE.
‘‘The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agri-
culture to eligible tree farmers for losses described in sec-
tion 2261 shall consist of either—
‘‘(1) reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of
replanting seedlings lost due to damaging weather or
related conditions in the calendar year involved in
excess of 35 percent mortality (adjusted for normal
mortality); or
‘‘(2) at the discretion of the Secretary, suffi-
cient tree seedlings to reestablish the stand.
‘‘SEC. 2263. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION.—The total amount of payments
that a person shall be entitled to receive under this sub-
chapter may not exceed $25,000 for a calendar year, or
an equivalent value in tree seedlings.
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‘‘(b) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Agriculture
shall issue regulations prescribing such rules as the Sec-
retary determines necessary to ensure a fair and reason-
able application of the limitation established under this
section.
‘‘SEC. 2264. DEFINITION.
‘‘For purposes of this subchapter, the term ‘eligible
tree farmer’ means a person who grows trees for harvest
for commercial purposes and owns 1,000 acres or less of
such trees.
‘‘SEC. 2265. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guide-
lines to ensure that no person receives duplicative pay-
ments under this subchapter and the forestry incentives
program, agricultural conservation program, or other Fed-
eral program.
‘‘Subchapter D—Administrative Provisions
‘‘SEC. 2266. INELIGIBILITY.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—A person who has qualifying
gross revenues in excess of $2,000,000 annually, as deter-
mined by the Secretary of Agriculture, shall not be eligible
to receive any disaster payment or other benefits under
this chapter.
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‘‘(b) QUALIFYING GROSS REVENUES.—For purposes
of this section, the term ‘‘qualifying gross revenues’’
means—
‘‘(1) if a majority of the person’s annual income
is received from farming, ranching, and forestry op-
erations, the gross revenue from the person’s farm-
ing, ranching, and forestry operations; and
‘‘(2) if less than a majority of the person’s an-
nual income is received from farming, ranching, and
forestry operations, the person’s gross revenue from
all sources.
‘‘SEC. 2267. TIMING AND MANNER OF ASSISTANCE.
‘‘(a) TIMING OF ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE MADE AVAILABLE AS SOON AS
PRACTICABLE.—Subject to paragraph (2), the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall make disaster assistance
available under this chapter for a crop year or a cal-
endar year, as applicable, as soon as practicable
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
‘‘(2) COMPLETED APPLICATION.—No payment
or benefit provided under this chapter shall be pay-
able or due until such time as a completed applica-
tion for such payment or benefit for a crop of a com-
modity has been approved.
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‘‘(b) MANNER.—The Secretary may make payments
available under subchapter A in the form of cash, com-
modities, or commodity certificates, as determined by the
Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 2268. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION.
‘‘(a) USE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use
the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity
Credit Corporation in carrying out this chapter.
‘‘(b) EXISTING AUTHORITY.—The authority provided
by this chapter shall be in addition to, and not in place
of, any authority granted to the Secretary or the Commod-
ity Credit Corporation under any other provision of law.
‘‘SEC. 2269. EMERGENCY LOANS.
‘‘Section 321(b) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(b)) shall not apply for
a calendar year to persons who otherwise would be eligible
for an emergency loan under subtitle C of such Act, if
such eligibility is the result of damage to an annual crop
planted for harvest in such year.
‘‘SEC. 2270. REGULATIONS.
‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture or the Commodity
Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall issue regulations
to implement this chapter as soon as practicable, without
regard to the requirement for notice and public participa-