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counties that are intended to be harvested for 
a honey crop for sale by the eligible producer. 
(3) FARM-RAISED
FISH.—The term ‘‘farm- 
raised fish’’ means any aquatic species that is propa-
gated and reared in a controlled environment. 
(4) 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. 
(b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PAYMENTS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS.—For each of fiscal years 2012 
through 2018, the Secretary shall use such sums as 
are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation to make livestock indemnity payments 
to eligible producers on farms that have incurred 
livestock death losses in excess of the normal mor-
tality, as determined by the Secretary, due to— 
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(A) attacks by animals reintroduced into 
the wild by the Federal Government or pro-
tected by Federal law, including wolves; or 
(B) adverse weather, as determined by the 
Secretary, during the calendar year, including 
losses due to hurricanes, floods, blizzards, dis-
ease, wildfires, extreme heat, and extreme cold. 
(2) PAYMENT RATES.—Indemnity payments to 
an eligible producer on a farm under paragraph (1) 
shall be made at a rate of 65 percent of the market 
value of the applicable livestock on the day before 
the date of death of the livestock, as determined by 
the Secretary. 
(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENTS MADE DUE 
TO DISEASE.—The Secretary shall ensure that pay-
ments made to an eligible producer under paragraph 
(1) are not made for the same livestock losses for 
which compensation is provided pursuant to section 
10407(d) of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 
U.S.C. 8306(d)). 
(c) LIVESTOCK FORAGE DISASTER PROGRAM.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
livestock forage disaster program to provide 1 source 
for livestock forage disaster assistance for weather- 
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related forage losses, as determined by the Sec-
retary, by combining— 
(A) the livestock forage assistance func-
tions of— 
(i) the noninsured crop disaster assist-
ance program established by section 196 of 
the Federal Agriculture Improvement and 
Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333); and 
(ii) the emergency assistance for live-
stock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish 
program under section 531(e) of the Fed-
eral 
Crop 
Insurance 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
1531(e)) (as in existence on the day before 
the date of enactment of this Act); and 
(B) the livestock forage disaster program 
under section 531(d) of the Federal Crop In-
surance Act (7 U.S.C. 1531(d)) (as in existence 
on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act). 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
(A) COVERED LIVESTOCK.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 
in clause (ii), the term ‘‘covered livestock’’ 
means livestock of an eligible livestock pro-
ducer that, during the 60 days prior to the 
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beginning date of an eligible forage loss, as 
determined by the Secretary, the eligible 
livestock producer— 
(I) owned; 
(II) leased; 
(III) purchased; 
(IV) entered into a contract to 
purchase; 
(V) was a contract grower; or 
(VI) sold or otherwise disposed of 
due to an eligible forage loss during— 
(aa) the current production 
year; or 
(bb) subject to paragraph 
(4)(B)(ii), 1 or both of the 2 pro-
duction years immediately pre-
ceding the current production 
year. 
(ii) EXCLUSION.—The term ‘‘covered 
livestock’’ does not include livestock that 
were or would have been in a feedlot, on 
the beginning date of the eligible forage 
loss, as a part of the normal business oper-
ation of the eligible livestock producer, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
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(B) 
DROUGHT
MONITOR.—The 
term 
‘‘drought 
monitor’’ 
means 
a 
system 
for 
classifying drought severity according to a 
range of abnormally dry to exceptional drought, 
as defined by the Secretary. 
(C) ELIGIBLE
FORAGE
LOSS.—The term 
‘‘eligible forage loss’’ means 1 or more forage 
losses that occur due to weather-related condi-
tions, including drought, flood, blizzard, hail, 
excessive moisture, hurricane, and fire, occur-
ring during the normal grazing period, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, if the forage— 
(i) is grown on land that is native or 
improved pastureland with permanent veg-
etative cover; or 
(ii) is a crop planted specifically for 
the purpose of providing grazing for cov-
ered livestock of an eligible livestock pro-
ducer. 
(D) ELIGIBLE LIVESTOCK PRODUCER.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
livestock producer’’ means an eligible pro-
ducer on a farm that— 
(I) is an owner, cash or share 
lessee, or contract grower of covered 
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