Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/507

 120 STAT. 476

PUBLIC LAW 109–234—JUNE 15, 2006

(C) take any combination of actions described in paragraphs (1) and (2), using commodities or monetary payments. (4) LOSS DETERMINATION.—In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall use the same base year to determine crop loss that was elected by a producer to determine crop loss in carrying out the hurricane assistance program under section 207 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 543). (5) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall provide assistance under this subsection only in a State described in section 359f(c)(1)(A) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1359ff(c)(1)(A)). (c) TEXAS.—The Secretary shall use $400,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to assist sugarcane growers in Texas by making a payment in that amount to a farmer-owned cooperative sugarcane processor in that State, for costs of demurrage, storage, and transportation resulting from hurricanes, excessive rains, floods, wind, and other related conditions during calendar year 2005. SEC. 3012. LIVESTOCK ASSISTANCE. Effective date.

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(a) LIVESTOCK COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— (1) USE OF COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION FUNDS.—Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use $95,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to provide assistance under the same terms and conditions as assistance provided under section 203 of the Agricultural Assistance Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–7; 117 Stat. 539). (2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Subject to subsection (d), in providing assistance under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall provide assistance to any applicant that— (A) produces poultry, swine, sheep, beef, equine, buffalo, beefalo, dairy, goats, or an animal described in section 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); (B) conducts an agricultural operation that is physically located in a hurricane-affected county; and (C) meets all other eligibility requirements established by the Secretary. (b) LIVESTOCK INDEMNITY PROGRAM.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Effective beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall use $30,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out a program under the same terms and conditions as the Livestock Indemnity Program authorized under title III of Public Law 105– 18 (111 Stat. 170). (2) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Subject to subsection (d), in carrying out the Program, the Secretary shall provide assistance to any applicant that— (A) produces poultry, swine, sheep, eggs, beef, equine, buffalo, beefalo, dairy, goats, crawfish, or an animal described in section 10806(a)(1) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (21 U.S.C. 321d(a)(1)); (B) conducts an agricultural operation that is physically located in a hurricane-affected county; and

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