Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006

Summary

Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to provide emergency financial assistance to eligible agricultural producers (other than sugar cane and sugar beet producers) who have incurred qualifying: (1) 2005 crop losses due to weather or related conditions (including crop disease, insects, and delayed harvest); and (2) 2006 crop losses due to flooding in California and Hawaii that occurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act and for which a petition for a disaster designation has been filed with the Secretary. Directs the Secretary to provide: (1) payments through the 2002 livestock compensation program for livestock disaster losses during calendar years 2005 and 2006 for losses that occurred prior to of enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states); (2) livestock indemnity payments to producers who have incurred 2005 and 2006 livestock disaster losses prior to enactment of this Act (including wildfire disaster losses in Texas and other states), including losses due to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, and anthrax; (3) indemnity payments to poultry producers in hurricane-affected counties, and for 2006 ewe lamb replacement and retention; (4) compensation for certain owners of flooded crop and grazing land in North Dakota; (5) sugarcane and sugar beet disaster assistance for qualifying producers and first processors in Louisiana counties designated as disaster areas due to Hurricanes Katrina or Rita, or to qualifying producers and first processors in Florida for 2005 losses due to hurricanes, floods, rain, or storms; (6) assistance to sugarcane growers in Texas (for additional Baton Rouge demurrage costs and raw sugar transportation and storage costs) and Hawaii (for an agricultural transportation cooperative); (7) assistance to specialty and nursery crop producers in hurricane-affected counties; (8) assistance to dairy producers in hurricane-affected counties; (9) assistance to producers and first handlers of cottonseed; (10) grants for agricultural promotion; (11) supplemental economic loss payments under a specified rate to producers who received crop year 2005 commodity assistance; (12) assistance to tree producers (including Christmas, potted, ornamental, and nursery trees, shrubs, and vines) in hurricane-affected counties; and (13) emergency watershed protection and emergency conservation program activities. Authorizes the Secretary to provide: (1) financial and technical assistance to remove debris and animal carcasses that could adversely affect health and safety on non-federal land in hurricane-affected counties; and (2) immunizations to Department of Agriculture employees involved in direct recovery work in hurricane-affected counties. Directs the Secretary to hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to assist in agricultural disaster and economic assistance programs. Appropriates emergency drought assistance funds for: (1) the Army Corps of Engineers; and (2) the Bureau of Reclamation (Department of the Interior). Defines "hurricane-affected county" as a county, or contiguous county, covered by a natural disaster designation related to Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, or Wilma.

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Timeline

1. 5 April 2006

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, the Budget, and Resources, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 5 April 2006

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, Armed Services, the Budget, and Resources, 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.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 5 April 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 5 April 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

5. 6 April 2006

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

   Source: Committee

6. 19 April 2006

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from Interior, USDA.

   Source: Committee

7. 19 April 2006

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health.

   Source: Committee

8. 2 May 2006

   Committee

   Executive Comment Requested from USDA.

   Source: Committee

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Sponsors

• Rep. Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Bonner, Jo [R-AL-1] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Berry, Marion [D-AR-1] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Ross, Mike [D-AR-4] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Everett, Terry [R-AL-2] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Boyd, Allen [D-FL-2] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Kennedy, Mark R. [R-MN-6] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Emerson, Jo Ann [R-MO-8] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Hinojosa, Ruben [D-TX-15] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Pickering, Charles W. "Chip" [R-MS-3] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-3] · R · Sponsor
• David Scott · D · Sponsor
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• Rep. Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] · D · Sponsor
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• Rep. Ortiz, Solomon P. [D-TX-27] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Snyder, Vic [D-AR-2] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Salazar, John T. [D-CO-3] · D · Cosponsor
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• Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] · R · Cosponsor
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• Rep. Davis, Artur [D-AL-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Leach, James A. [R-IA-2] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Rehberg, Denny [R-MT-At Large] · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cardoza, Dennis A. [D-CA-18] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] · D · Cosponsor
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• Rep. Costello, Jerry F. [D-IL-12] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Cramer, Robert E. (Bud), Jr. [D-AL-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] · D · Cosponsor

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Related records

• related to → Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 5099) to provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers for crop and livestock losses, and for other purposes.
• related to ← Natural Disaster Relief Act
• related to ← Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006
• related to ← Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006
• related to ← Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006
• related to ← Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006