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H.R. 3754 109th Congress House

Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005

Official title: To provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for 2005 crop and livestock losses, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
Agriculture and Food Administrative feesAdministrative procedureAgricultural conservationAgricultural credit
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Agricultural subsidiesAlabamaAnimal diseasesAnimalsAnthraxCattleCommerceCompensation (Law)Crop insuranceDairy industryDepartment of AgricultureDisaster reliefDisplaced personsDroughtsEconomics and Public FinanceEmergency ManagementEnvironmental ProtectionFarm produceFederal budgetsFederal-state relationsFinance and Financial SectorFisheriesFloodsFloridaFood reliefFruitGovernment Operations and PoliticsGovernment lendingGovernment paperworkGrants-in-aidGrazingGreat LakesHabitat conservationHealthHurricane aftermath legislationHurricanesInland water transportationInterestLandownersLawLivestockLoansLossesLouisianaMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMarketing of farm produceMinoritiesMississippiNative AmericansNew EnglandNorth DakotaNutritionOff-budget expendituresOutdoor recreationPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesRed tideSheepSmall Business AdministrationSmall businessSoil conservationSoil erosionSports and RecreationStormsSwineTennesseeTransportation and Public WorksVegetablesWater Resources DevelopmentWatershedsWetlands
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It never became law before the 109th Congress (2005–2006) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Sep 21, 2005
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Sep 21, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans.
Sep 13, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Resources, and Small Business, 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.
Sep 13, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 21, 2005

Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers who have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest).

Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments to livestock producers who have incurred 2005 losses in an emergency-designated county, with set-asides for the American Indian livestock program; (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 livestock disaster losses, including losses due to hurricanes, floods, and anthrax; (3) additional assistance for the emergency conservation and the emergency watershed protection programs; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; and (5) supplemental loss payments under a specified rate to producers who received crop year 2005 commodity assistance.

Amends the Small Business Act to: (1) provide drought disaster relief authority for farm-related and non-farm-related small businesses; and (2) authorize FY2005-FY2008 drought disaster loans for non-farm-related small businesses.

Directs the Secretary to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds for: (1) grants for agricultural promotion; (2) state-specified grants; and (3) additional grants for agricultural promotion, including food bank and nutrition program assistance, to Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and any other state that is housing evacuees or suffering damage from Hurricane Katrina or a related condition.

Directs the Secretary to extend the settlement date of certain marketing assistance loans.

Amends the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to extend the sign-up date and contract duration for national dairy market loss payments to September 30, 2006.

Transfers Treasury funds to the Secretary of Commerce for assistance to New England fisheries suffering from the red tide outbreak.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1692 Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3754: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3754/
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"H.R. 3754: Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3754/.
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H.R. 3754, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-3754/.
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