whether or not the trees produce an annual 
crop, intended for replanting after commercial 
sale; or 
‘‘(C) a forest landowner who produces peri-
odic crops of timber, Christmas trees, or pecan 
trees for commercial purposes.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The Secretary 
shall apply the amendment made by subsection (a) begin-
ning in disaster counties. 
(c) COST-SHARING WAIVERS.— 
(1) TREE
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM.—The cost- 
sharing requirements of section 10203(1) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8203(1)) shall not apply to the operation of 
the tree assistance program in disaster counties in 
response to the hurricanes of calendar year 2005. 
(2) 
COOPERATIVE
FORESTRY
ASSISTANCE 
ACT.—The cost-sharing requirements of the Cooper-
ative Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2101 et seq.) shall not apply in disaster counties 
during the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(3) REFORESTATION.—In carrying out the tree 
assistance program under subtitle C of title X of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7
U.S.C. 8201 et seq.), the Secretary shall provide 
such funds as are necessary to compensate forest 
owners that— 
(A) produce periodic crops of timber or 
Christmas trees for commercial purposes; and 
(B) have suffered tree losses in disaster 
counties. 
TITLE IV—CONSERVATION 
SEC. 401. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. 
(a) SPECIFIC INCLUSION OF NURSERY AND FERN-
ERY PRODUCERS AND INTERIOR FENCES.—Section 401 
of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201) 
is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 401. The Secretary’’ and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 401. PAYMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS FOR 
WIND EROSION CONTROL OR REHABILITA-
TION MEASURES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) INCLUSIONS.—In this title: 
‘‘(1) AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCER.—The term 
‘agricultural producer’ includes a producer of nurs-
ery or fernery crops.
‘‘(2) INTERIOR FENCES.—The term ‘fences’ in-
cludes both perimeter pasture and interior corral 
fences.’’. 
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The Secretary 
shall apply the amendment made by subsection (a)(2) be-
ginning in disaster counties. 
(c) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall use funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation to compensate pro-
ducers on a farm operating in a disaster county for costs 
associated with repairing structures, barns, storage facili-
ties, poultry houses, beehives, greenhouses, and shade 
houses due to hurricane damage in calendar year 2005. 
TITLE 
V—LOW-INCOME 
MI-
GRANT AND SEASONAL FARM-
WORKERS 
SEC. 501. EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME MIGRANT 
AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary 
shall 
use 
$40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion, to remain available until December 31, 2007, to pro-
vide emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and 
seasonal farmworkers under section 2281 of the Food, Ag-
riculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
5177a).
(b) USE OF GRANTS.—Grants provided under this 
section may be used to provide such emergency services 
as the Secretary determines to be necessary, including— 
(1) the repair of existing farmworker housing 
and construction of new farmworker housing units 
to replace housing damaged as a result of hurricanes 
during 2005; and 
(2) the reimbursement of public agencies and 
private organizations for emergency services pro-
vided to low-income migrant or seasonal farm-
workers after October 31, 2005. 
TITLE VI—FISHERIES 
SEC. 601. FISHERIES ASSISTANCE. 
(a) FUNDS FOR OYSTER RESTORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, out of any funds 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Sec-
retary of Commerce $10,000,000 to provide assist-
ance for reseeding, rehabilitation, and restoration of 
oyster reefs located in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, 
or Mississippi. 
(2) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—The funds 
transferred under paragraph (1) shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2007.
(3) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall be entitled to receive, shall 
accept, and shall use as described in this section the 
funds transferred under paragraph (1) without fur-
ther appropriation. 
(b) FUNDS
FOR
FISHERIES
DISASTER
ASSIST-
ANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts ap-
propriated or otherwise made available, not later 
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
transfer to the Secretary of Commerce $60,000,000 
to provide fisheries disaster assistance. 
(2) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the 
funds transferred under paragraph (1)— 
(A) not more than 5 percent of such funds 
may be used for administrative expenses; and 
(B) none of such funds may be used for 
lobbying activities or representational expenses. 
(3) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Commerce shall be entitled to receive, shall 
accept, and shall use as described in this section the 
funds transferred under paragraph (1) without fur-
ther appropriation.