Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006

Summary

Emergency Wildfire and Farm Relief Act of 2006 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to use specified additional funds for emergency measures under: (1) the emergency conservation program, with a set-aside for wildfire control in Montana; (2) the environmental quality incentives program, with a set-aside for wildfire control in Montana; and (3) the livestock assistance grant program, with eligibility for counties adversely impacted by wildfires. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) crop disaster assistance for qualifying quantity or quality losses for the 2005 or 2006 crop due to weather or related conditions (including disease, insects, and delayed harvest; (2) livestock assistance for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses; (3) livestock indemnity payments for 2005 and 2006 disaster-caused losses (including wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and anthrax); (4) ewe lamb replacement and retention; (5) sugar beet disaster assistance for crop year 2005; and (6) bovine tuberculosis indemnification. Directs the Secretary to provide financial assistance for: (1) state grants to promote agriculture; and (2) grants for value of production. Requires a recipient state to give priority for livestock and specialty crops. Directs the Secretary to make supplemental economic loss payments to: (1) producers on a farm who received a crop year 2005 direct payment; and (2) dairy producers eligible to receive a 2005 national dairy market loss payment. Directs the Secretary to use specified funds to: (1) carry out emergency measures under the emergency watershed protection program; and (2) hire additional state and county Farm Service Agency personnel to expedite the delivery of agricultural disaster and economic assistance.

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Timeline

1. 6 September 2006

   Introduced

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

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 6 September 2006

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 6 September 2006 · Download file

Documents

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Sponsors

• Sen. Burns, Conrad R. [R-MT] · R · Sponsor
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Related records

• related to → Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006
• related to → Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006
• related to ← Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006
• related to ← Emergency Farm Relief Act of 2006