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and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1961(a)); or 
(ii) a major disaster or emergency 
designated by the President during cal-
endar year 2005 or 2006, or calendar year 
2007 before the date of the enactment of 
this Act, under the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
(b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.— 
(1) AVAILABILITY OF ASSISTANCE.—There are 
hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture 
such sums as are necessary, to remain available 
until expended, to make livestock indemnity pay-
ments to producers on farms that have incurred live-
stock losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006, 
and during calendar year 2007 before the date of 
the enactment of this Act, due to a disaster, as de-
termined by the Secretary, including hurricanes, 
floods, anthrax, wildfires in the State of Texas and 
other States, and blizzards in the States of Colo-
rado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Okla-
homa. 
(2) ELECTION OF LOSSES.—If a producer in-
curred eligible livestock losses in more than one of 
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the 2005, 2006, or 2007 calendar years, the pro-
ducer shall elect to receive payments under this sub-
section for losses incurred in only one of such cal-
endar years. The producer may not receive payments 
under this subsection for more than one calendar 
year. 
(3) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to 
a producer on a farm under paragraph (1) shall be 
made at a rate of not less than 30 percent of the 
market value of the applicable livestock on the day 
before the date of death of the livestock, as deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(4) LIVESTOCK DEFINED.—In this subsection, 
the term ‘‘livestock’’ means an animal that— 
(A) is specified in clause (i) of section 
1416.203(a)(2) of title 7, Code of Federal Reg-
ulations (72 Fed. Reg. 6445), or is designated 
by the Secretary as livestock for purposes of 
this subsection; and 
(B) meets the requirements of clauses (iii) 
and (iv) of such section. 
(c) LIMIT ON AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall ensure, to the maximum extent 
practicable, that no producer on a farm receives duplica-
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tive payments under this section and any other Federal 
program for the same loss. 
SEC. 3103. SPINACH. 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to make payments to growers and first handlers, as de-
fined by the Secretary, of fresh spinach that were unable 
to market spinach crops as a result of the Food and Drug 
Administration Public Health Advisory issued on Sep-
tember 14, 2006. The payment made to a grower or first 
handler under this section shall not exceed 75 percent of 
the value of the unmarketed spinach crops. 
SEC. 3104. EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM. 
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to provide assistance under the Emergency Conservation 
Program under title IV of the Agriculture Credit Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.) for the cleanup and restora-
tion of farmland damaged by freezing temperatures at any 
time during the period beginning on January 1, 2007, and 
ending on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 3105. PAYMENT LIMITATIONS. 
(a) REDUCTION IN PAYMENTS TO REFLECT PAY-
MENTS FOR SAME OR SIMILAR LOSSES.—The amount of 
any payment for which a producer is eligible under sec-
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