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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 160
To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2003
Mr. POMEROY (for himself, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. BOSWELL, and Mr. BALLANCE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ag-
riculture 
A BILL 
To provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural 
producers.
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 ‘‘Emergency Agricul-
tural Disaster Assistance Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. CROP DISASTER ASSISTANCE. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
section 
508(b)(7) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1508(b)(7)), the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in 
this Act as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use such sums as are
necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
to make emergency financial assistance authorized under 
this section available to producers on a farm that incurred 
qualifying crop losses for the 2001 or 2002 crop due to 
damaging weather or related condition, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make as-
sistance available under this section in the same manner 
as provided under section 815 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into 
law by Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–55), includ-
ing using the same loss thresholds for the quantity and 
quality losses as were used in administering that section. 
SEC. 3. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use such 
sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation as are necessary to make and administer pay-
ments for livestock losses to producers for 2001 and 2002 
losses in a county that has received an emergency designa-
tion by the President or the Secretary after January 1, 
2001, and January 1, 2002, respectively, of which an 
amount determined by the Secretary shall be made avail-
able for the American Indian livestock program under sec-
tion 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106–
387; 114 Stat. 1549A–51). 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make as-
sistance available under this section in the same manner 
as provided under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Re-
lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into 
law by Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–51). 
SEC. 4. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION. 
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry 
out this Act. 
SEC. 5. REGULATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may promulgate 
such regulations as are necessary to implement this Act. 
(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. 
SEC. 6. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The entire amount made available 
under this Act shall be available only to the extent that 
the President submits to Congress an official budget re-
quest for a specific dollar amount that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency 
requirement for the purposes of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et 
seq.). 
(b) DESIGNATION.—The entire amount made avail-
able under this section is designated by Congress as an 
emergency requirement under section 251(b)(2)(A) or 
252(e) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).
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