(4) $438,000,000 to provide assistance to pro-
ducers of other specialty crops in disaster counties 
that suffered losses in calendar year 2007. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—Except as provided in sub-
section (c), assistance required by subsection (a) shall be 
carried out by the Secretary in the State under the same 
terms and conditions as the special disaster relief pro-
grams carried out for producers that suffered from crop 
damage and tree losses, and carried out related cleanup, 
in certain areas of Florida due to Hurricanes Charley, 
Frances, and Jeanne during August and September 2004, 
as described in the notice of program implementation re-
lating to Florida citrus, fruit, vegetable, and nursery crop 
disaster programs (69 Fed. Reg. 63134 (October 29, 
2004)), with vegetable losses treated as citrus losses under 
this section for purposes of that program. 
(c) UNINSURED CITRUS GROWERS.— 
(1) LIMITED
ASSISTANCE.—Subject to para-
graph (2), citrus producers on a farm that did not 
obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) for 
the crop incurring the losses shall only be eligible for 
assistance under this section if the producers agree 
to obtain a policy or plan of insurance under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) 
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not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act providing additional coverage for the cit-
rus crop of the producers for each of the next 3 crop 
years. 
(2) 
AMOUNT
OF
ASSISTANCE.—Assistance 
under this section provided for citrus producers on 
a farm described in paragraph (1) shall not exceed 
35 percent of the total amount of the documented 
losses of the producers. 
(3) EFFECT OF VIOLATION.—In the event that 
citrus producers described in paragraph (1) fail to 
obtain a policy or plan of insurance in accordance 
with that paragraph, the producers shall reimburse 
the Secretary for the full amount of the assistance 
provided to the producers under this section. 
SEC. 102. DAIRY ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary shall use $230,000,000 of funds of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to dairy 
producers for dairy production losses during calendar year 
2006 in disaster counties. 
SEC. 103. LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
use 
$80,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion to make livestock indemnity payments to producers 
on farms located in disaster counties that have incurred 
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livestock losses during calendar year 2006 or 2007, or 
both, due to a disaster, as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to the 
producers on a farm under subsection (a) 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 determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 104. PAYMENT LIMITATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, assist-
ance provided under this section to the producers on a 
farm (as defined by the Secretary) may not exceed 
$125,000 for each farm, ranch, processing plant, or dairy 
operation of the producers. 
TITLE II—SMALL BUSINESS ECO-
NOMIC 
LOSS 
GRANT 
PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 201. SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC LOSS GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such 
funds as are necessary of funds of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation to make a grant to the State. 
(2) REQUIREMENT.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this subsection, the State shall agree to 
carry out an expedited disaster assistance program 
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to provide grants to qualified small businesses in ac-
cordance with subsection (b). 
(b) GRANTS TO QUALIFIED SMALL BUSINESSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out an expedited 
disaster assistance program described in subsection 
(a)(2), the State shall provide grants to eligible 
small businesses in the State that suffered material 
economic losses during the 2005, 2006, or 2007 
crop year as a direct result of weather-related agri-
cultural losses to the specialty crop or livestock pro-
duction sectors of the State, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive 
a grant under paragraph (1), a small business 
shall— 
(i) have less than $15,000,000 in av-
erage annual gross income from all busi-
ness activities, at least 75 percent of which 
shall be directly related to production agri-
culture or agriculture support industries, 
as determined by the Secretary; 
(ii) verify the amount of economic loss 
attributable to weather-related agricultural 
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losses using such documentation as the 
Secretary and the State may require; 
(iii) have suffered losses attributable 
to weather-related agricultural disasters 
that equal at least 15 percent of the total 
economic loss of the small business for 
each year a grant is requested; and 
(iv) demonstrate that the grant will 
materially improve the likelihood the busi-
ness will— 
(I) recover from the disaster; 
(II) continue to service and sup-
port production agriculture; and 
(III) replant agricultural produc-
tion fields and groves. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS.—A grant to a small busi-
ness under this subsection shall— 
(A) be limited to not more than 2 years of 
documented losses; 
(B) be in an amount of not more than 75 
percent of the documented average economic 
loss attributable to weather-related agriculture 
disasters for each eligible year in the State; and 
(C) not exceed a total amount of $250,000 
for each small business. 
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(4) INSUFFICIENT
FUNDING.—If the grant 
funds received by the State under subsection (a) are 
insufficient to fund the grants of the State under 
this subsection, the State may apply a proportional 
reduction to all of the grants. 
TITLE III—FORESTRY 
SEC. 301. TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION OF TREE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘tree’’ includes— 
(1) a tree (including a Christmas tree, orna-
mental tree, nursery tree, and potted tree); 
(2) a bush (including a shrub, nursery shrub, 
nursery bush, ornamental bush, ornamental shrub, 
potted bush, and potted shrub); and 
(3) a vine (including a nursery vine and orna-
mental vine). 
(b) PROGRAM.—Except as otherwise provided in this 
section, the Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary 
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pro-
vide assistance under the tree assistance program estab-
lished under subtitle C of title X of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.) 
to— 
(1) producers who suffered tree losses in dis-
aster counties; and 
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(2) fruit and tree nut producers in disaster 
counties. 
(c) COSTS.—Funds made available under this section 
shall also be made available to cover costs associated with 
tree pruning, tree rehabilitation, and other appropriate 
tree-related activities as determined by the Secretary. 
(d) SCOPE OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under this 
section shall compensate for losses resulting from disas-
ters during calendar year 2005, 2006, or 2007, or any 
combination of those calendar years. 
TITLE IV—ASSISTANCE FOR UN-
EMPLOYED 
AGRICULTURAL 
WORKERS 
SEC. 401. UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall use such 
sums as are necessary to provide unemployment assistance 
in accordance with section 410 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5177) to agricultural workers in the State (including low- 
income migrant and seasonal farmworkers) who are unem-
ployed due to disasters occurring in calendar year 2007, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 402. FOOD COUPONS AND DISTRIBUTION. 
The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary 
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pro-
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vide food coupons and surplus commodities in accordance 
with section 412 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5179) to agri-
cultural workers in the State (including low-income mi-
grant and seasonal farmworkers) who are unemployed due 
to disasters occurring in calendar year 2007, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 403. EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME MI-
GRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS. 
The Secretary shall use such sums as are necessary 
of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to pro-
vide emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and 
seasonal farmworkers in the State who are unemployed 
due to disasters occurring in calendar year 2007, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, in accordance with section 2281 
of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a). 
SEC. 404. TEMPORARY MORTGAGE RENTAL ASSISTANCE. 
For the period beginning on the date of enactment 
of this Act and ending 180 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
use such sums as are necessary to provide temporary 
mortgage rental assistance to agricultural workers in the 
State (including low-income migrant and seasonal farm-
workers) who are unemployed due to disasters occurring 
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in calendar year 2007 under the same terms and condi-
tions as the temporary mortgage rental assistance pro-
gram under section 408(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5174(b)) (as in effect on the day before the effective date 
of the amendment made by section 206(a) of the Disaster 
Mitigation Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 5174 note; Public Law 
106–390)). 
TITLE 
V—PACIFIC 
SALMON 
EMERGENCY 
DISASTER 
AS-
SISTANCE 
SEC. 501. PACIFIC SALMON EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSIST-
ANCE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.—In addition to any 
other funds available for such purpose, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary of Commerce $60,400,000 to 
make a lump sum payment to the Pacific States Marine 
Fisheries Commission. The Commission shall distribute 
such amount among fishing communities, Indian tribes, 
small businesses, including fishermen, fish processors, and 
related businesses, individuals, and other entities for as-
sistance for the economic and social effects of the commer-
cial fishery failure designated under section 312(a) of the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment Act (16 U.S.C. 1861a(a)) to mitigate the economic 
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losses to such communities, tribes, businesses, individuals 
or other entities caused by closures or other restrictions 
on the harvesting of Klamath River Fall Chinook salmon. 
(b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
The Secretary of Commerce may not use more than 4 per-
cent of the amount appropriated under this section for ad-
ministrative expenses. 
(c) UNUSED FUNDS.—Any amount appropriated pur-
suant to this section that is not expended or otherwise ob-
ligated for the purpose described in subsection (a) shall 
be returned to the Treasury of the United States. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 601. LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE. 
The Secretary shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that no producers on a farm receive duplica-
tive payments under this Act and any other Federal pro-
gram for the same loss. 
SEC. 602. FUNDING. 
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out this Act (other than sections 401, 404, and 501). Such 
funds shall remain available until expended. 
SEC. 603. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act. 
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(b) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation of the regula-
tions and administration of this Act shall be made without 
regard to— 
(1) the notice and comment provisions of sec-
tion 553 of title 5, United States Code; 
(2) the Statement of Policy of the Secretary of 
Agriculture effective July 24, 1971 (36 Fed. Reg. 
13804), relating to notices of proposed rulemaking 
and public participation in rulemaking; and 
(3) chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction 
Act’’). 
(c) CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW
OF AGENCY RULE-
MAKING.—In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall 
use the authority provided under section 808 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
TITLE VII—EMERGENCY 
DESIGNATION 
SEC. 701. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 
The amounts provided under this Act are designated 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 501 of 
H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress), as made applicable 
to the House of Representatives by section 511(a)(4) of 
H. Res. 6 (110th Congress). 
Æ 
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