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Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2002

Introduced: July 31, 2002 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Jul 31, 2002
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide: (1) emergency financial assistance to agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2001 or 2002 crop losses due to weather or related conditions; and (2) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2001 and 2002 losses in an emergency-designated county.

Permits producers with qualifying losses in both years to elect to receive payments in either, but not both, of such years.

Makes producers ineligible for crop disaster assistance if they did not: (1) get Federal crop insurance for insurable commodities; and (2) file required paperwork and pay related fees for noninsurable commodities. Sets forth waiver provisions.

What's happening now July 31, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.

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