To establish permanent authority for the Secretary of Agriculture to quickly assist agricultural producers who incur crop losses as a result of damaging weather or related condition in federally declared disaster areas, to provide emergency disaster assistance to agricultural producers for qualifying crop losses for the 2001, 2002, or 2003 crops, to continue the livestock assistance program, and for other purposes.
Permanent Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use Commodity Credit Corporation funds for emergency financial assistance to: (1) crop producers who have suffered qualifying weather-caused crop losses in 2001, 2002, or 2003; and (2) livestock producers for losses in 2001, 2002, or 2003, including livestock under the American Indian livestock program, in a disaster-designated county. Reduces (other than crop insurance) other agricultural assistance by amounts received under this Act.
Directs the Secretary to make emergency financial assistance available after 2003 to producers with specified crop insurance coverage who have suffered qualifying weather-caused crop damage in a disaster-designated area.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
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