Natural Disaster Relief Act

Bill: 110-hr-419
Sponsor: Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R-OK-3]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Administrative fees
Administrative procedure
Agricultural conservation
Agricultural subsidies
Alabama
Animals
Anthrax
Colorado
Crop insurance
Department of Agriculture
Disaster relief
Economics and Public Finance
Emergency Management
Federal employees
Finance and Financial Sector
Fires
Floods
Government Operations and Politics
Government paperwork
Hurricanes
Kansas
Law
Livestock
Losses
Louisiana
Mississippi
Nebraska
New Mexico
Off-budget expenditures
Oklahoma
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Recruiting of employees
Soil conservation
Storms
Texas
Wetlands

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 
Natural Disaster Relief Act - Defines &quot;hurricane-affected county&quot; as: (1) a county covered by a natural disaster declaration related to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma, or related condition; and (2) a contiguous county.
 
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers (other than sugar cane and sugar beet producers) who have incurred qualifying 2005-2007 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest) with respect to which a natural disaster declaration has been made. Requires a producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for only one of such years.
 
 Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program for livestock disaster losses during calendar years 2005-2007 for losses that occurred prior to of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states, and blizzard losses in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Oklahoma); and (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005-2007 livestock disaster losses prior to enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states, and blizzard losses in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Oklahoma), including losses due to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, blizzards, and anthrax. Requires a livestock producer who suffered qualifying losses to elect assistance for only one of such years.
 
Directs the Secretary to hire additional county Farm Service Agency personnel to assist in agricultural disaster and economic assistance programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture.
action_date: 2007-03-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management.
action_date: 2007-01-11
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: 2007-01-11
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: 2007-01-11
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: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in House