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Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Regulatory Transparency, Patient 
Access, and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014''.

SEC. 2. SCHEDULING OF SUBSTANCES INCLUDED IN NEW FDA-APPROVED DRUGS.

    Section 201 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 811) is 
amended by inserting after subsection (h) the following:
    ``(i) Within 45 days of receiving a recommendation from the 
Secretary to add a drug or substance that has never been marketed in 
the United States to a schedule under this title, the Attorney General 
shall, without regard to the findings required by subsection (a) of 
this section or section 202(b), issue an interim final rule, under the 
exception for good cause described in subparagraph (B) of section 
553(b) of title 5, United States Code, placing the drug or substance 
into the schedule recommended by the Secretary. The interim final rule 
shall be made immediately effective under section 553(d)(3) of title 5, 
United States Code.''.

SEC. 3. ENHANCING NEW DRUG DEVELOPMENT.

    Section 302 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 822) is 
amended by inserting after subsection (g) the following:
    ``(h)(1) A person who submits an application for registration to 
manufacture or distribute a controlled substance in accordance with 
this section may indicate on the registration application that the 
substance will be used only in connection with clinical trials of a 
drug in accordance with section 505(i) of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act.
    ``(2) When an application for registration to manufacture or 
distribute a controlled substance includes an indication that the 
controlled substance will be used only in connection with clinical 
trials of a drug in accordance with section 505(i) of the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Attorney General shall--
            ``(A) make a final decision on the application for 
        registration within 180 days; or
            ``(B) provide notice to the applicant in writing of--
                    ``(i) the outstanding issues that must be resolved 
                in order to reach a final decision on the application; 
                and
                    ``(ii) the estimated date on which a final decision 
                on the application will be made.''.

SEC. 4. REGISTRATION PROCESS UNDER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the 
        public health and safety.--Section 303 of the Controlled 
        Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 823) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following:
    ``(i) In this section, the phrase `factors as may be relevant to 
and consistent with the public health and safety' means factors that 
are relevant to and consistent with the findings contained in section 
101.''.
            (2) Imminent danger to the public health or safety.--
        Section 304(d) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
        824(d)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(d) The Attorney General'' and 
                inserting ``(d)(1) The Attorney General''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) In this subsection, the phrase `imminent danger to the public 
health or safety' means that, in the absence of an immediate suspension 
order, controlled substances will continue to be distributed or 
dispensed by a registrant who knows or should know through fulfilling 
the obligations of the registrant under this Act, or has reason to 
believe that--
            ``(A) the dispensing is outside the usual course of 
        professional practice;
            ``(B) the distribution or dispensing poses a present or 
        foreseeable risk of adverse health consequences or death due to 
        the abuse or misuse of the controlled substances; or
            ``(C) the controlled substances will continue to be 
        diverted outside of legitimate distribution channels.''.
    (b) Opportunity To Submit Corrective Action Plan Prior to 
Revocation or Suspension.--Subsection (c) of section 304 of the 
Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 824) is amended--
            (1) by striking the last two sentences;
            (2) by striking ``(c) Before'' and inserting ``(c)(1) 
        Before''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) An order to show cause under paragraph (1) shall--
            ``(A) contain a statement of the basis for the denial, 
        revocation, or suspension, including specific citations to any 
        laws or regulations alleged to be violated by the applicant or 
        registrant;
            ``(B) direct the applicant or registrant to appear before 
        the Attorney General at a time and place stated in the order, 
        but not less than 30 days after the date of receipt of the 
        order; and
            ``(C) notify the applicant or registrant of the opportunity 
        to submit a corrective action plan on or before the date of 
        appearance.
    ``(3) Upon review of any corrective action plan submitted by an 
applicant or registrant pursuant to paragraph (2), the Attorney General 
shall determine whether denial, revocation or suspension proceedings 
should be discontinued, or deferred for the purposes of modification, 
amendment, or clarification to such plan.
    ``(4) Proceedings to deny, revoke, or suspend shall be conducted 
pursuant to this section in accordance with subchapter II of chapter 5 
of title 5, United States Code. Such proceedings shall be independent 
of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or other proceedings 
under this title or any other law of the United States.
    ``(5) The requirements of this subsection shall not apply to the 
issuance of an immediate suspension order under subsection (d).''.

SEC. 5. REPORT TO CONGRESS ON EFFECTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES ON 
              PATIENT ACCESS TO MEDICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through 
the Commissioner of Food and Drugs and the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, and in consultation with the 
Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Director 
of National Drug Control Policy, shall submit a report to the 
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives, the 
Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate identifying--
            (1) obstacles to legitimate patient access to controlled 
        substances;
            (2) issues with diversion of controlled substances; and
            (3) how collaboration between Federal, State, local, and 
        tribal law enforcement agencies and the pharmaceutical industry 
        can benefit patients and prevent diversion and abuse of 
        controlled substances.
    (b) Consultation.--The report under subsection (a) shall 
incorporate feedback and recommendations from the following:
            (1) Patient groups.
            (2) Pharmacies.
            (3) Drug manufacturers.
            (4) Common or contract carriers and warehousemen.
            (5) Hospitals, physicians, and other health care providers.
            (6) State attorneys general.
            (7) Federal, State, local, and tribal law enforcement 
        agencies.
            (8) Health insurance providers and entities that provide 
        pharmacy benefit management services on behalf of a health 
        insurance provider.
            (9) Wholesale drug distributors.

Answer: Regulatory Transparency, Patient Access, and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2014 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act to direct the Attorney General, within 45 days of receiving a recommendation from the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to add a drug or substance that has never been marketed in the United States to a schedule of controlled substances, to issue an interim final rule under the exception for good cause, placing it into the schedule recommended, effective immediately. Allows a person who submits an application for registration to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance to indicate on the registration application that the substance will be used only in connection with clinical trials of a drug. Requires the Attorney General to: (1) make a final decision on such application within 180 days, or (2) provide written notice to the applicant of the outstanding issues that must be resolved to reach a final decision and the estimated date on which such decision will be made. Defines: (1) "factors as may be relevant to and consistent with the public health and safety," and (2) "imminent danger to the public health or safety." Requires an order to show cause as to why a registration should not be denied, revoked, or suspended to notify the registrant of the opportunity to submit a corrective action plan on or before the date of appearance before the Attorney General. Requires the Attorney General, upon review of any such plan, to determine whether denial, revocation, or suspension proceedings should be discontinued or deferred for purposes of modification or clarification of such plan. Makes these requirements inapplicable to the issuance of an immediate suspension order. Directs the Secretary, acting through the Commissioner of Food and Drugs (FDA) and the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to identify: (1) obstacles to legitimate patient access to controlled substances; (2) issues with diversion of controlled substances; and (3) how collaboration between federal, state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies and the pharmaceutical industry can benefit patients and prevent diversion and abuse of controlled substances.


Question: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``China Human Rights Protection Act of 
2015''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Financial Services, the Committee on Foreign 
                Affairs, the Committee on Homeland Security, and the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
                Representatives; and
                    (B) the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee 
                on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Committee 
                on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Homeland 
                Security and Governmental Affairs, and the Committee on 
                the Judiciary of the Senate.
            (2) Gross violations of internationally recognized human 
        rights.--The term ``gross violations of internationally 
        recognized human rights'' includes--
                    (A) extrajudicial killings;
                    (B) torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading 
                treatment or punishment;
                    (C) prolonged arbitrary detention, causing the 
                disappearance of individuals by the abduction and 
                clandestine detention of those individuals;
                    (D) forced abortion or sterilization;
                    (E) psychiatric or medical experimentation or organ 
                harvesting of individuals without consent or obtained 
                in detention; and
                    (F) other flagrant denial of the right to life, 
                liberty, or the security of an individual.
            (3) United states person.--The term ``United States 
        person'' means--
                    (A) a United States citizen or an alien lawfully 
                admitted for permanent residence to the United States; 
                or
                    (B) an entity organized under the laws of the 
                United States or of any jurisdiction within the United 
                States, including a foreign branch of such an entity.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF SANCTIONS FOR GROSS VIOLATIONS OF 
              INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED HUMAN RIGHTS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall impose the sanctions described 
in subsection (b) with respect to an individual who is a national of 
the People's Republic of China the President determines, based on 
credible information--
            (1) is responsible for gross violations of internationally 
        recognized human rights committed against other individuals in 
        the People's Republic of China, particularly those individuals 
        who seek to obtain, exercise, defend, or promote 
        internationally recognized human rights and freedoms, such as 
        the freedoms of religion, expression, association, and 
        assembly, and the rights to a fair trial and democratic 
        elections;
            (2) acted as an agent of or on behalf of another individual 
        who is a national of the People's Republic of China in a matter 
        relating to an activity described in paragraph (1); or
            (3) has materially assisted, sponsored, or provided 
        financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or 
        services in support of, an activity described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Sanctions Described.--The sanctions described in this 
subsection are the following:
            (1) Inadmissibility to united states.--
                    (A) In general.--Ineligibility of the individual to 
                receive a visa to enter the United States or to be 
                admitted to the United States.
                    (B) Revocation.--If the individual has been issued 
                a visa or other documentation, revocation, in 
                accordance with section 221(i) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1201(i)), of the visa or 
                other documentation.
            (2) Blocking of property.--
                    (A) In general.--The blocking, in accordance with 
                the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 
                U.S.C. 1701 et seq.), of all transactions in all 
                property and interests in property of the individual if 
                such property and interests in property are in the 
                United States, come within the United States, or are or 
                come within the possession or control of a United 
                States person.
                    (B) Inapplicability of national emergency 
                requirement.--The requirements of section 202 of the 
                International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 
                1701) shall not apply for purposes of this section.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this 
section.

SEC. 4. WAIVER AUTHORITY AND EXCEPTION TO COMPLY WITH UNITED NATIONS 
              HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT.

    (a) Waiver Authority.--The President may waive the application of 
sanctions under section 3 with respect to an individual who is a 
national of the People's Republic of China if the President--
            (1) determines that such a waiver is in the national 
        security interests of the United States; and
            (2) not later than 30 days prior to granting such a waiver, 
        submits to the appropriate congressional committees notice of, 
        and a justification for, the waiver.
    (b) Exception To Comply With United Nations Headquarters 
Agreement.--Sanctions under sections 3(b)(1) shall not apply to an 
individual who is a national of the People's Republic of China if 
admitting the individual into the United States is necessary to permit 
the United States to comply with the Agreement regarding the 
Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 
1947, and entered into force November 21, 1947, between the United 
Nations and the United States, or other applicable international 
obligations of the United States.

SEC. 5. TERMINATION OF SANCTIONS.

    The President may terminate the application of sanctions under 
section 3 with respect to an individual who is a national of the 
People's Republic of China if the President determines and reports to 
the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before 
the termination of the sanctions that--
            (1) credible information exists that the individual did not 
        engage in the activity for which sanctions were imposed;
            (2) the individual has been prosecuted appropriately for 
        the activity for which sanctions were imposed; or
            (3) the individual has credibly demonstrated a significant 
        change in behavior, has paid an appropriate consequence for the 
        activity for which sanctions were imposed, and has credibly 
        committed to not engage in an activity described in section 3 
        in the future.

SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTATION CENTER.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of State shall seek to provide for 
the establishment of and provide funding for an independent, 
nongovernmental organization, to be referred to as the China Human 
Rights Documentation Center, to--
            (1) compile, publish, and archive credible evidence of 
        nationals of the People's Republic of China who commit gross 
        violations of internationally recognized human rights against 
        individuals in the People's Republic of China;
            (2) receive evidence of such violations from 
        nongovernmental organizations and governmental entities;
            (3) establish an online and searchable database, in English 
        and in Chinese, and establish other multi-media information 
        platforms, in English and in Chinese, of credible evidence of 
        such violations for research and educational purposes; and
            (4) compile, publish, and archive credible evidence of 
        individuals who are nationals of the People's Republic of China 
        who are engaged in--
                    (A) censorship of the Internet, restrictions on the 
                freedom of expression, the free flow of news and 
                information, and the silencing of peaceful dissent 
                against government policy or practice;
                    (B) threats, surveillance, censorship, detention, 
                beatings, or the denials or delays of visas of United 
                States or other foreign journalists working in China;
                    (C) threats, beatings, surveillance, detention, or 
                threats to the loss of jobs or professional status made 
                against--
                            (i) individuals who are human rights 
                        lawyers seeking to represent clients detained 
                        in extra-legal detention centers;
                            (ii) individuals considered by the United 
                        Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention to 
                        be detained arbitrarily in China, including 
                        Tibetans, Uyghurs, and individuals who are 
                        members of the Falun Gong;
                            (iii) individuals who are democracy, labor, 
                        environmental, or free speech advocates;
                            (iv) individuals who are petitioners or 
                        bloggers;
                            (v) individuals accused in governmental 
                        anti-corruption campaigns; and
                            (vi) individuals from religious communities 
                        that are independent of government-approved 
                        religious organizations;
                    (D) restrictions on the right to freedom of 
                religion and the ability to exercise peaceful religious 
                practice, in public and private, independent of 
                government restrictions or oversight of religious 
                teachings or choice of religious leaders, particularly 
                the arrest and detention of religious leaders, the 
                destruction of property or heavy fines, and the 
                ``patriotic education'' of religious leaders;
                    (E) implementing China's population control 
                policies, including through the coercive and persistent 
                monitoring of fertility, the issuing of heavy fines, 
                and threats made for the loss of employment or the 
                denial of residency and other government benefits to 
                children born beyond the government-prescribed limit;
                    (F) profiting from or overseeing slave labor, 
                particularly in detention facilities, or from sex or 
                bride trafficking or those engaged in beating, 
                threatening, or detaining individuals seeking to 
                disrupt trafficking in persons networks;
                    (G) profiting from the sale of organs harvested 
                from an individual without consent or while an 
                individual is in detention;
                    (H) disrupting or prohibiting, through violence, 
                intimidation, discrimination, or threats, attempts to 
                organize independent trade unions or to engage in 
                efforts of collective bargaining; or
                    (I) prosecuting, sentencing, or those involved in 
                the continued detention of individuals determined by 
                the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 
                to have been detained arbitrarily.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Of the funds authorized to be 
appropriated to the Department of State for each fiscal year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, such funds as may be 
necessary to carry out this section are authorized to be appropriated 
to carry out this section for such fiscal year.
    (c) Regulatory Authority.--The President shall issue such 
regulations, licenses, and orders as are necessary to carry out this 
section.

SEC. 7. USE OF CREDIBLE EVIDENCE FOR SANCTIONS DETERMINATIONS AND 
              REPORTS.

    In making determinations to impose sanctions under section 3 and 
for purposes of preparing and submitting reports to Congress under 
sections 8 and 9, the President should use any credible evidence--
            (1) compiled and published by the China Human Rights 
        Documentation Center established under section 6;
            (2) compiled and published by the Department of State and 
        other appropriate Federal departments and agencies; and
            (3) submitted to the President by the chairperson and 
        ranking member of appropriate congressional committees.

SEC. 8. REPORTS BY PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS.

    (a) Report Required.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall submit to the 
        appropriate congressional committees on an annual basis a 
        report that includes--
                    (A) a list of individuals who are nationals of the 
                People's Republic of China with respect to which the 
                President imposed sanctions pursuant to section 3 
                during the calendar year preceding the submission of 
                the report;
                    (B) a description of the type of sanctions imposed 
                with respect to each individual;
                    (C) the number of individuals with respect to which 
                the President imposed sanctions under section 3(a) 
                during that year;
                    (D) the dates on which such sanctions were imposed 
                or terminated, as the case may be;
                    (E) the reasons for imposing or terminating such 
                sanctions; and
                    (F) a description of the efforts of the President 
                to encourage the governments of other countries to 
                impose sanctions that are similar to the sanctions 
                authorized by section 3.
            (2) Dates for submission.--
                    (A) Initial report.--The President shall submit the 
                initial report required by this subsection not later 
                than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.
                    (B) Subsequent reports.--
                            (i) In general.--The President shall submit 
                        each subsequent report required by this 
                        subsection on December 10, or the first day 
                        thereafter on which both Houses of Congress are 
                        in session, of--
                                    (I) the calendar year in which the 
                                initial report is submitted if the 
                                initial report is submitted before 
                                December 10 of such calendar year; and
                                    (II) each subsequent calendar year.
                            (ii) Congressional statement.--Congress 
                        notes that December 10 of each calendar year 
                        has been recognized in the United States and 
                        internationally since 1950 as ``Human Rights 
                        Day'' and thus the importance of December 10 of 
                        each calendar year as the date of submission of 
                        the subsequent reports required by this 
                        subsection.
    (b) Form of Report.--
            (1) In general.--The report required by subsection (a) 
        shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a 
        classified annex.
            (2) Exception.--The name of an individual who is a national 
        of the People's Republic of China to be included in the list 
        required by subsection (a)(1) by reason of the imposition of 
        sanctions pursuant to section 3 may be submitted in the 
        classified annex authorized by paragraph (1) only if the 
        President--
                    (A) determines that it is vital for the national 
                security interests of the United States to do so; and
                    (B) uses the annex in a manner consistent with 
                congressional intent and the purposes of this Act.
    (c) Public Availability.--
            (1) In general.--The unclassified portion of the report 
        required by subsection (a) shall be made available to the 
        public, including through publication in the Federal Register.
            (2) Nonapplicability of confidentiality requirement with 
        respect to visa records.--The President shall publish the list 
        required by subsection (a)(1) without regard to the 
        requirements of section 222(f) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)) with respect to 
        confidentiality of records pertaining to the issuance or 
        refusal of visas or permits to enter the United States.

SEC. 9. REPORT BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO CONGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF 
              THIS ACT.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the date of submission 
of the initial report to Congress under section 8, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the following:
            (1) A description and assessment of the process--
                    (A) to determine whether an individual who is a 
                national of the People's Republic of China has engaged 
                in an activity described in section 3 and whether 
                sanctions under section 3 should be imposed with 
                respect to the individual;
                    (B) to determine whether the identity of an 
                individual who is a national of the People's Republic 
                of China with respect to which the President has 
                imposed sanctions pursuant to section 3 should be 
                classified; and
                    (C) whether the inclusion of the identity of an 
                individual who is a national of the People's Republic 
                of China in the unclassified version of the report has 
                had any noticeable positive benefits in curtailing 
                gross violations of internationally recognized human 
                rights in the People's Republic of China.
            (2) An assessment of the implementation of this Act.
    (b) Consultation.--The Comptroller General shall consult with the 
appropriate congressional committees and nongovernmental organizations 
for purposes of preparing the report required by subsection (a).

Answer: China Human Rights Protection Act of 2015  Directs the President to impose U.S. entry and property sanctions against a national of China who:   is responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human rights committed against individuals in China, particularly those who seek to exercise, defend, or promote internationally recognized human rights and freedoms;  acted as an agent of or on behalf of a national of China in such activities; or  has materially assisted or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services in support of, such activities.  Authorizes the President, with regard to such sanctions, to:   waive their application, with prior congressional notification, if in U.S. national security interests; and  terminate them under specified conditions.   States that sanctions shall not apply if necessary to comply with the Agreement between the United Nations (U.N.) and the United States regarding the U.N. Headquarters, or other applicable international obligations of the United States.   Declares that the Secretary of State shall seek to provide for the establishment of, and provide funding for, a nongovernmental China Human Rights Documentation Center to:   compile, publish, and archive evidence of nationals of China who commit gross violations of internationally recognized human rights against individuals in China, and against others seeking to expand freedoms in China; and  establish an online and searchable database, in English and in Chinese of evidence of such violations for research and educational purposes.  Directs the President to report to Congress annually regarding each foreign person sanctioned, the type of sanctions imposed, and the reason for their imposition.  Directs the Government Accountability Office to assess for Congress:    the process to determine whether a foreign person has engaged in a sanctionable activity, whether sanctions should be imposed, and whether the identity of a sanctioned foreign person should be classified; and   implementation of this Act. 


Question: SECTION 1. EXPANSION OF TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    Subchapter C of chapter 3 of subtitle B of title XXII of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-624; 7 
U.S.C. 1421 note) is amended to read as follows:

           ``Subchapter C--Forest Crops and Perennial Plants

``SEC. 2261. ELIGIBILITY.

    ``(a) Loss.--Subject to the limitation in subsection (b), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall provide assistance under this subchapter 
to eligible agricultural producers who, as a result of damaging weather 
or related condition in a year, lose trees or seedlings, ornamental 
plants, or other perennial plants being grown by the producer for 
commercial purposes. In determining losses, the Secretary shall 
consider plants raised in containers or field production. The existence 
of damaging weather or related condition shall be determined by the 
Secretary.
    ``(b) Limitation.--An eligible agricultural producer shall qualify 
for assistance under subsection (a) only if the loss, as a result of 
the damaging weather or related condition, that is incurred by the 
producer to the trees, ornamental plants, or other perennial plants for 
which assistance is sought exceeds 35 percent (adjusted for normal 
mortality). Except in determining the level of normal mortality, the 
Secretary shall not consider the year in which the tree or plant was 
planted for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under 
this subchapter.

``SEC. 2262. ASSISTANCE.

    ``The assistance provided by the Secretary of Agriculture to 
eligible agricultural producers for losses described in section 2261 
shall consist of reimbursement of 65 percent of the cost of replanting 
trees, ornamental plants, or other perennial plants lost due to the 
damaging weather or related condition in a year in excess of 35 percent 
mortality (adjusted for normal mortality).

``SEC. 2263. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Limitation.--The total amount of payments that a person may 
receive under this subchapter for losses incurred in a particular year 
may not exceed $25,000, or an equivalent value in replacements.
    ``(b) Regulations.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall issue 
regulations--
            ``(1) defining the term `person' for the purposes of this 
        subchapter, which shall conform, to the extent practicable, to 
        the regulations defining the term ``person'' issued under 
        section 1001 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308) 
        and the Disaster Assistance Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-387; 7 
        U.S.C. 1421 note); and
            ``(2) prescribing such rules as the Secretary determines 
        necessary to ensure a fair and reasonable application of the 
        limitation established under subsection (a).

``SEC. 2264. DEFINITIONS.

    ``As used in this subchapter:
            ``(1) Eligible agricultural producer.--The term `eligible 
        agricultural producer' means a person who, on 1,000 acres or 
        less, grows trees or seedlings, ornamental plants, or other 
        perennial plants for commercial purposes either through sale of 
        the tree or plant itself or sale of a crop harvested from the 
        tree or plant. Such term shall include tree farmers and nursery 
        growers who meet the acreage limitation specified in this 
        paragraph.
            ``(2) Perennial plant.--The term `perennial plant' shall 
        include low growing perennial turfgrass sod, but shall not 
        include any perennial grass that is being grown for purposes 
        other than ornamental use.

``SEC. 2265. DUPLICATIVE PAYMENTS.

    ``The Secretary of Agriculture shall establish guidelines to ensure 
that no person receives duplicative payments under this subchapter and 
the forestry incentives program, agricultural conservation program, or 
other Federal crop loss assistance program.''.

SEC. 2. CROP YIELDS FOR EMERGENCY CROP LOSS ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN 
              NONPROGRAM CROPS.

    Section 2244(d)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-624; 7 U.S.C. 1421 note) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Special rules for certain nonprogram crops.--
                In the case of trees or seedlings, ornamental plants, 
                or other perennial plants included in the definition of 
                nonprogram crop, the Commodity Credit Corporation shall 
                adjust upward the historical yield determined under 
                subparagraph (B) or (C) for a producer to reflect any 
                increased production that was anticipated by the 
                producer in the crop year for which disaster payments 
                are sought under this section if the crops necessary to 
                achieve such increased production were actually being 
                grown at the time of the damaging weather or related 
                condition.''.

Answer:
Amends the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 to expand forest crop emergency disaster assistance to include commercially grown ornamental or other perennial plants.