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counties that are intended to be harvested for 
a honey crop by the eligible producer. 
‘‘(8) FARM-RAISED
FISH.—The term ‘farm- 
raised fish’ means any aquatic species that is propa-
gated and reared in a controlled environment. 
‘‘(9) INSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term ‘in-
surable commodity’ means an agricultural com-
modity (excluding livestock) for which the producer 
on a farm is eligible to obtain a policy or plan of in-
surance under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1501 et seq.). 
‘‘(10) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘livestock’ in-
cludes— 
‘‘(A) cattle (including dairy cattle); 
‘‘(B) bison; 
‘‘(C) poultry; 
‘‘(D) sheep; 
‘‘(E) swine; 
‘‘(F) horses; and 
‘‘(G) other livestock, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(11) NONINSURABLE COMMODITY.—The term 
‘noninsurable commodity’ means a crop for which 
the eligible producers on a farm are eligible to ob-
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tain assistance under the noninsured crop assistance 
program. 
‘‘(12) NONINSURED
CROP
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘noninsured crop assistance pro-
gram’ means the program carried out under section 
196 of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333). 
‘‘(13) QUALIFYING
NATURAL
DISASTER
DEC-
LARATION.—The term ‘qualifying natural disaster 
declaration’ means a natural disaster declared by the 
Secretary for production losses under section 321(a) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)). 
‘‘(14) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘Secretary’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(15) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMER OR 
RANCHER.—The term ‘socially disadvantaged farmer 
or rancher’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 2501(e) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(e)). 
‘‘(16) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means— 
‘‘(A) a State; 
‘‘(B) the District of Columbia; 
‘‘(C) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; 
and 
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‘‘(D) any other territory or possession of 
the United States. 
‘‘(17) TRUST FUND.—The term ‘Trust Fund’ 
means the Agricultural Disaster Relief Trust Fund 
established under section 902. 
‘‘(18) UNITED
STATES.—The term ‘United 
States’ when used in a geographical sense, means all 
of the States. 
‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENTAL REVENUE ASSISTANCE PAY-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
such sums as are necessary from the Trust Fund to 
make crop disaster assistance payments to eligible 
producers on farms in disaster counties that have in-
curred crop production losses or crop quality losses, 
or both, during the crop year. 
‘‘(2) AMOUNT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall provide crop dis-
aster assistance payments under this section to 
an eligible producer on a farm in an amount 
equal to 60 percent of the difference between— 
‘‘(i) the disaster assistance program 
guarantee, as described in paragraph (3); 
and 
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‘‘(ii) the total farm revenue for a 
farm, as described in paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The disaster assist-
ance program guarantee for a crop used to cal-
culate the payments for a farm under subpara-
graph (A)(i) may not be greater than 90 per-
cent of the sum of the expected revenue, as de-
scribed in paragraph (5) for each of the crops 
on a farm, as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) SUPPLEMENTAL
REVENUE
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM GUARANTEE.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this paragraph, the supplemental 
assistance program guarantee shall be the sum 
obtained by adding— 
‘‘(i) for each insurable commodity on 
the farm, 115 percent of the product ob-
tained by multiplying— 
‘‘(I) a payment rate for the com-
modity that is equal to the price elec-
tion for the commodity elected by the 
eligible producer; 
‘‘(II) the payment acres for the 
commodity that is equal to the num-
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ber of acres planted, or prevented 
from being planted, to the commodity; 
‘‘(III) the payment yield for the 
commodity that is equal to the per-
centage of the crop insurance yield 
elected by the producer of the higher 
of— 
‘‘(aa) the adjusted actual 
production history yield; or 
‘‘(bb) 
the 
counter-cyclical 
program payment yield for each 
crop; and 
‘‘(ii) for each noninsurable commodity 
on a farm, 120 percent of the product ob-
tained by multiplying— 
‘‘(I) a payment rate for the com-
modity that is equal to 100 percent of 
the noninsured crop assistance pro-
gram established price for the com-
modity; 
‘‘(II) the payment acres for the 
commodity that is equal to the num-
ber of acres planted, or prevented 
from being planted, to the commodity; 
and 
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