Livestock Disaster Relief Act

Bill: 117-s-2707
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2021-08-10
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2021-08-10
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-08-10
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Livestock Disaster Relief Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP) and the Emergency Livestock Assistance Program (ELAP), with a particular focus on addressing the needs of agricultural producers during droughts. (The Department of Agriculture carries out these programs to assist agricultural producers affected by natural disasters.)</p> <p>The changes include increasing the number of months a producer may receive LFP assistance and allowing transportation costs for feed and water as covered losses under ELAP.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2707 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES August 10, 2021 Mr. Hoeven (for himself and Mr. Tester ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry A BILL To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve a program that provides livestock disaster assistance, and for other purposes

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Livestock Disaster Relief Act . 2. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance (a) Definitions Section 1501(a)(4)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(a)(4)(A) ) is amended by inserting and unweaned cattle after dairy cattle . (b) Livestock forage disaster program Section 1501(c)(3) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(c)(3) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C)(iii)(I)— (A) in item (aa), by striking or at the end; (B) in item (bb), by striking by at the end and inserting or ; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (cc) the national average corn price per bushel for the 3-month period immediately preceding that March 1; by ; and (2) in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)— (A) in item (aa), by striking 3 and inserting 4 ; (B) in item (bb), by striking 4 monthly and inserting 6 monthly ; and (C) in item (cc), by striking an amount equal to and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “an amount equal to— (AA) in the case of a county with a normal grazing period of not less than 8 months, 8 monthly payments using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B); or (BB) in the case of a county with a normal grazing period of less than 8 months, 1 monthly payment for each month of the normal grazing period for that county, using the monthly payment rate determined under that subparagraph. . (c) Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(d) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) by inserting (including drought) after adverse weather ; and (B) by striking , that are not covered under subsection (b) or (c) ; and (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting (including transportation costs) after shortages .