SEC. 206. HURRICANE RELIEF GRANTS FOR CERTAIN 
STATES. 
(a) GRANTS REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Agri-
culture shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation to make a grant, in 
such amount as the Secretary determines to be appro-
priate, to— 
(1) the States of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, 
Mississippi, and Tennessee; and 
(2) other States that are is housing evacuees or 
suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a re-
lated condition. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—A State may use funds from 
a grant awarded under this section— 
(1) to supplement State food bank programs or 
other nutrition assistance programs; 
(2) to promote the purchase, sale, or consump-
tion of agricultural products; 
(3) to provide economic assistance to agricul-
tural producers, giving a priority to the support of 
specialty crops; or 
(4) for such other purposes as the Secretary of 
Agriculture may authorize. 
SEC. 207. EXTENSION OF MARKETING LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 1203(b) 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
(7 U.S.C. 7933(b)), the Secretary of Agriculture shall ex-
tend the date of settlement of any marketing assistance 
loan made available under subtitle B of that Act (7 U.S.C. 
7931 et seq.) for a period of not less than 90 days after 
the date on which the loan reaches maturity. 
(b) STORAGE PAYMENTS.—During the period of an 
extension under subsection (a), the Secretary of Agri-
culture shall make storage payments for any commodity 
affected by the marketing assistance loan for which the 
extension was granted. 
SEC. 208. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF ACCRUAL OF IN-
TEREST ON FARM LOAN FOR BORROWER IN 
COUNTY FOR WHICH A DISASTER DECLARA-
TION IS IN EFFECT AS A RESULT OF A HURRI-
CANE IN 2005. 
During the period that begins on the date of the en-
actment of this Act and ends with January 1, 2007, inter-
est shall not accrue on any loan made under subtitle A 
or B of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act with respect to a farm or ranch located in a county 
or parish that is in an area for which a major disaster 
has been declared under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Releief and Emergency Assistance Act as a result of a 
hurricane that occurs in calendar year 2005.
SEC. 209. EXTENSION OF APPLICATION PERIOD FOR EMER-
GENCY LOANS IN COUNTIES FOR WHICH A 
DISASTER DECLARATION IS IN EFFECT AS A 
RESULT OF A HURRICANE IN 2005. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall accept applications 
for assistance under subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act from persons with farming, 
ranching, or aquaculture operation affected by a major 
disaster or emergency designated by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Releief and Emergency 
Assistance Act as a result of a hurricane that occurs in 
calendar year 2005, at any time during the 12-month pe-
riod beginning on the date the President makes the major 
disaster or emergency designation with respect to the nat-
ural disaster for the county in which the operation is lo-
cated. 
SEC. 210. ADDITIONAL DEBT FORGIVENESS ALLOWED AS A 
RESULT OF LOSSES SUSTAINED AS A RESULT 
OF A HURRICANE IN 2005 IN A COUNTY FOR 
WHICH A DISASTER DECLARATION IS IN EF-
FECT AS A RESULT OF A SUCH A HURRICANE. 
Section 343(a)(12)(B) of the Consolidated Farm and 
Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(12)(B)) is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause (i);
(2) by striking the period at the end of clause 
(ii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) any write-down provided to a 
borrower whose losses are the result of the 
effects of a hurricane and whose operation 
was located in a county or parish for which 
there was in effect a presidential disaster 
declaration in 2004 or any subsequent cal-
endar year.’’. 
SEC. 211. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF ADMINISTRATIVE 
PROHIBITION ON USING ADMINISTRATIVE 
OFFSET IN CERTAIN CASES. 
The Secretary of Agriculture shall suspend until Jan-
uary 1, 2007, any activity under the Debt Collection Im-
provement Act of 1996 or any amendment made by such 
Act in regard to payments made to any producer by the 
Farm Service Agency if the producer or an operation of 
the producer is located in a county or parish that is in 
an area for which a major disaster has been declared 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act as a result of a hurricane occurring 
in calendar year 2005.