Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act

Bill: 109-hr-4031
Sponsor: Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-25]
Introduced: 2005-10-07 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Alabama
Crop insurance
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Environmental Protection
Federal budgets
Finance and Financial Sector
Floods
Florida
Fruit
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Horticulture
Hurricane aftermath legislation
Hurricanes
Law
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nuts
Off-budget expenditures
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Refuse and refuse disposal
Texas
Trees
Tropical agriculture
Water Resources Development

Summary:
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: 
Nursery and Tropical Fruit Producer Hurricane Relief Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use necessary Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to make emergency financial assistance available to: (1) commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county for eligible inventory losses due to Hurricane Dennis, Katrina, or Rita; and (2) tropical fruit producers in a disaster county who have suffered a loss of 35 percent or more relative to expected production, due to any of those hurricanes. Provides for the calculation of losses and payments.
 
Directs the Secretary to use necessary CCC funds to make emergency financial assistance to commercial ornamental nursery and fernery producers in a disaster county to help cover debris removal and associated costs due to any of those hurricanes.
 
Amends the: (1) Agricultural Credit Act of 1978 to include a producer of nursery or fernery crops within the term &quot;agricultural producer&quot; for purposes of its emergency conservation program; and (2) Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to include nursery growers that produce field- or container-grown trees within the term &quot;eligible orchardist&quot; for purposes of its tree assistance program.
 
Designates amounts provided under this Act as an emergency requirement under the FY2006 Concurrent Budget Resolution.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-10-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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 committee concerned.
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-10-07
text: Introduced in House