I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 925 
To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance for agricultural pro-
ducers, manufacturers, and workers in the State of California, to appro-
priate funds for Pacific salmon emergency disaster assistance, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 8, 2007 
Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. COSTA, Mr. CARDOZA, Mr. MCCARTHY of Cali-
fornia, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. FILNER, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN 
of California, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, Mr. 
THOMPSON of California, Mr. LANTOS, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. 
MCNERNEY, Ms. SOLIS, Ms. WATSON, Mrs. TAUSCHER, Ms. WOOLSEY, 
Mr. BACA, Mr. HONDA, Ms. LINDA T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Mr. 
GEORGE MILLER of California, Ms. HARMAN, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and 
Ms. MATSUI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on the 
Budget, Natural Resources, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for 
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide emergency agricultural disaster assistance for ag-
ricultural producers, manufacturers, and workers in the 
State of California, to appropriate funds for Pacific salm-
on emergency disaster assistance, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION LOSSES 
Sec. 101. Specialty crops. 
Sec. 102. Dairy assistance. 
Sec. 103. Livestock indemnity payments. 
Sec. 104. Payment limitation. 
TITLE II—SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMIC LOSS GRANT PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Small business economic loss grant program. 
TITLE III—FORESTRY 
Sec. 301. Tree assistance program. 
TITLE IV—ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYED AGRICULTURAL 
WORKERS 
Sec. 401. Unemployment assistance. 
Sec. 402. Food coupons and distribution. 
Sec. 403. Emergency grants to assist low-income migrant and seasonal farm-
workers. 
Sec. 404. Temporary mortgage rental assistance. 
TITLE V—PACIFIC SALMON EMERGENCY DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 501. Pacific salmon emergency disaster assistance. 
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 601. Limit on amount of assistance. 
Sec. 602. Funding. 
Sec. 603. Regulations. 
TITLE VII—EMERGENCY DESIGNATION 
Sec. 701. Emergency designation. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) DISASTER
COUNTY.—The term ‘‘disaster 
county’’ means— 
(A) a county included in the geographic 
area covered by a natural disaster declaration; 
and 
(B) each county contiguous to a county de-
scribed in subparagraph (A). 
(2) LIVESTOCK.—The term ‘‘livestock’’ in-
cludes— 
(A) cattle (including dairy cattle); 
(B) bison; 
(C) sheep; 
(D) swine; 
(E) poultry; and 
(F) other livestock, as determined by the 
Secretary. 
(3) NATURAL
DISASTER
DECLARATION.—The 
term ‘‘natural disaster declaration’’ means a natural 
disaster declared by the Secretary under section 
321(a) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1961(a)) during— 
(A) calendar year 2005 due to flooding in 
the State; 
(B) calendar year 2006 due to heat or 
flooding in the State; and 
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(C) calendar year 2007 due to freezing or 
extreme low temperatures in the State. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(5) SPECIALTY
CROP.—The term ‘‘specialty 
crop’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 
of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 
(7 U.S.C. 1621 note; Public Law 108–465). 
(6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State 
of California. 
TITLE I—AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTION LOSSES 
SEC. 101. SPECIALTY CROPS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use, of funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation— 
(1) $100,000,000 to provide assistance to pro-
ducers of specialty crops in disaster counties that 
suffered losses in calendar year 2005; 
(2) $400,000,000 to provide assistance to pro-
ducers of specialty crops in disaster counties that 
suffered losses in calendar year 2006; 
(3) $420,000,000 to provide assistance to citrus 
producers in disaster counties that suffered losses in 
calendar year 2007; and 
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