retary of the Treasury shall transfer to the Inspector 
General 
of 
the 
Department 
of 
Agriculture 
$2,000,000 for fiscal year 2014, to remain available 
until expended, for oversight of activities carried out 
by the Department relating to drought. 
(2) RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of Agriculture shall be 
entitled to receive, shall accept, and shall use to 
carry out this subsection the funds transferred 
under paragraph (1), without further appropriation. 
(f) EMERGENCY GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME 
MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, as soon as practicable 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 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 to provide 
emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and 
seasonal farmworkers under section 2281 of the 
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 5177a) to address impacts of 
drought upon declaration of a natural disaster under 
section 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) or for the same 
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purposes in counties that are contiguous to a des-
ignated natural disaster area. 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 
shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
transferred under paragraph (1), without further ap-
propriation. 
(g) 
EMERGENCY
FOREST
RESTORATION
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, as soon as practicable 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 $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Emergency Forest Restoration Program under sec-
tion 407 of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 (16 
U.S.C. 2206) to address impacts of drought or wild-
fire upon declaration of a natural disaster under sec-
tion 321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural De-
velopment Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) or for the same 
purposes in counties that are contiguous to a des-
ignated natural disaster area. 
(2) RECEIPT
AND
ACCEPTANCE.—The Sec-
retary shall be entitled to receive, shall accept, and 
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shall use to carry out this subsection the funds 
transferred under paragraph (1), without further ap-
propriation. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL DISASTER 
ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 301. TREATMENT OF DROUGHT UNDER THE ROBERT 
T. STAFFORD DISASTER RELIEF AND EMER-
GENCY ASSISTANCE ACT. 
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds that— 
(1) the term ‘‘major disaster’’ (as defined in 
section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) 
includes drought, yet no drought in the 30 years 
preceding the date of enactment of this Act has been 
declared by the President to be a major disaster in 
any of the States in accordance with section 401 of 
that Act (42 U.S.C. 5170); 
(2) a major drought shall be eligible to be de-
clared a major disaster or state of emergency by the 
President on the request of the Governor of any 
State; 
(3) droughts are natural disasters that do 
occur, and while of a different type of impact, the 
scale of the impact of a major drought can be equiv-
alent to other disasters that have been declared by 
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the President to be a major disaster under the Rob-
ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.); and 
(4) droughts have wide-ranging and long-term 
impacts on ecosystem health, agriculture production, 
permanent crops, forests, waterways, air quality, 
public health, wildlife, employment, communities, 
State and national parks, and other natural re-
sources of a State and the people of that State that 
have significant value. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—Section 502(a) of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5192(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in paragraph (8), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(9) provide disaster unemployment assistance 
in accordance with section 410; 
‘‘(10) provide emergency nutrition assistance in 
accordance with section 412; and 
‘‘(11) provide crisis counseling assistance in ac-
cordance with section 416.’’. 
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TITLE IV—EMERGENCY 
DESIGNATIONS 
SEC. 401. EMERGENCY DESIGNATIONS. 
(a) This Act is designated as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As- 
You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–139; 2 U.S.C. 
933(g)). 
(b) In the Senate, this Act is designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 403(a) of S. Con. 
Res. 13 (111th Congress), the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2010. 
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