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S 1636 109th Congress Senate Agriculture and Food Agricultural subsidies Animals Aquaculture Compensation (Law) Disaster relief Emergency Management Hurricane aftermath legislation Livestock Public Lands and Natural Resources Trees

A bill to provide agricultural disaster assistance to producers on a farm that incurred qualifying crop or quality losses for the 2005 crop due to damaging weather or related condition, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 8, 2005 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Sep 8, 2005
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act, 2005 to provide emergency crop disaster assistance to agricultural producers who incurred qualifying 2005 losses due to damaging weather or related conditions. (Eliminates the provision limiting 2005 crop assistance to only producers who suffered losses in 2004 from hurricanes or tropical storms in disaster-designated counties.)

Provides emergency tree assistance to commercial orchardists and timber producers who incurred qualifying natural disaster-caused losses in 2005.

Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 livestock compensation program for eligible: (1) livestock producers who are in a disaster county; and (2) catfish producers.

What's happening now September 8, 2005

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

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