Livestock Disaster Relief Act

Bill: 118-s-2097
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND]
Introduced: 2023-06-21
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Latest action: action_date: 2023-06-21
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

Summaries:

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2097 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 21, 2023 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) Definition of livestock 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) Definition of eligible livestock producer Section 1501(c)(1)(C)(i)(I) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(c)(1)(C)(i)(I) ) is amended by inserting , including through a lease or rental agreement under which payment is based, in whole or in part, on the number of units of livestock per a specified period of time before the semicolon at the end. (c) 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. . (d) 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)— (A) by inserting (including transportation costs for feed, water, and livestock) after shortages ; (B) by inserting , at a minimum, before inspections ; (C) by striking reduce losses and inserting the following: “reduce— (A) losses ; and (D) in subparagraph (A) (as so designated), by striking fever. and inserting the following: “fever; and (B) winter stockpile grazing losses. .