1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Livestock Disaster Relief Act”.
Livestock Disaster Relief Act
A BILL
To amend the Agricultural Act of 2014 to improve a program that provides livestock disaster assistance, and for other purposes
2. Supplemental agricultural disaster assistance
Definitions— Section 1501(a)(4)(A) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(a)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting “and unweaned cattle” after “dairy cattle”.
Livestock forage disaster program— Section 1501(c)(3) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(c)(3)) is amended—
in subparagraph (C)(iii)(I)—
in item (aa), by striking “or” at the end;
in item (bb), by striking “by” at the end and inserting “or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(cc) the national average corn price per bushel for the 3-month period immediately preceding that March 1; by”
in subparagraph (D)(ii)(II)—
in item (aa), by striking “3” and inserting “4”;
in item (bb), by striking “4 monthly” and inserting “6 monthly”; and
in item (cc), by striking “an amount equal to” and all that follows through the period at the end and inserting the following: “an amount equal to—
“(AA) in the case of a county with a normal grazing period of not less than 8 months, 8 monthly payments using the monthly payment rate determined under subparagraph (B); or
“(BB) in the case of a county with a normal grazing period of less than 8 months, 1 monthly payment for each month of the normal grazing period for that county, using the monthly payment rate determined under that subparagraph.”
Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-Raised Fish— Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9081(d)) is amended—
in paragraph (1)—
by inserting “(including drought)” after “adverse weather”; and
by striking “, that are not covered under subsection (b) or (c)”; and
in paragraph (2), by inserting “(including transportation costs)” after “shortages”.