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 118 STAT. 1234 PUBLIC LAW 108–324—OCT. 13, 2004 or payment under section 196 of the Federal Agricul tural Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) that the producer receives for losses to the same crop. (ii) The value of the crop that was not lost (if any), as estimated by the Secretary. (C) EFFECT OF FLORIDA DISASTER PROGRAMS.—Persons that received payments from section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 with respect to 2004 hurricane crop losses are not eligible for payments under this subsection. (b) LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— (1) EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make and administer payments for livestock losses to producers for 2003 or 2004 losses (as elected by a producer), but not both, in a county that has received an emergency designation by the President or the Secretary after January 1, 2003, of which an amount determined by the Secretary shall be made available for the American Indian livestock program under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administra tion, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–51). (2) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall make assistance available under this subsection in the same manner as provided under section 806 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–387; 114 Stat. 1549A–51). (3) MITIGATION.—In determining the eligibility for or amount of payments for which a producer is eligible under the livestock assistance program, the Secretary shall not penalize a producer that takes actions (recognizing disaster conditions) that reduce the average number of livestock the producer owned for grazing during the production year for which assistance is being provided. (c) TREE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— (1) EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall use such sums as are necessary of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under the tree assistance program established under sections 10201 through 10204 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8201 et seq.) to producers who suffered tree losses during the period beginning on December 1, 2003, and ending on December 31, 2004. (2) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE.—In addition to providing assistance to eligible orchardists under the tree assistance pro gram, the Secretary shall use an additional $15,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide reimbursement under sections 10203 and 10204 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8203, 8204) to eligible forest land owners who produce periodic crops of timber from trees for commercial purposes and who have suffered tree losses during the period specified in paragraph (1). (3) EFFECT OF FLORIDA DISASTER PROGRAMS.—Persons that received payments from section 32 of the Act of August 24,

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