Sec. 60306. Direct payments to agricultural producers
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The Secretary shall make direct payments to producers of specialty crops, livestock, and other commodities, to cover losses in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. Payment under subsection (a), shall be calculated as follows: In the case of losses of specialty crops, livestock, and other commodities incurred during the first quarter of calendar year 2020 and eligible to receive direct payments under the Department of Agriculture’s final rule for the Coronavirus Food Assistance program of the Department of Agriculture, payments under subsection
(a)shall be made to producers to ensure that they are compensated for 85 percent of the second quarter actual losses estimated by the Secretary. In the case of losses of specialty crops, livestock, and other commodities for which a producer is ineligible to receive direct payments under the program referred to in paragraph (1), payments under subsection
(a)shall be equal to 85 percent of the actual losses estimated by the Secretary for the first and second quarters of calendar year 2020 for their commodity. In calculating the amount of a payment under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall account for price differentiation factors for a given commodity based on location, specialized varieties, and farming practices such as certified organic products, by using— differentiated prices, as determined by the Risk Management Agency for purposes of the Federal crop insurance program under the Federal Crop Insurance Act ( 7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), when available; and other data from the Department of Agriculture and colleges and universities, to determine estimated prices. A payment under this section shall be deemed to be a covered benefit under section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)), unless at least 75 percent of the adjusted gross income of the recipient of the payment is derived from farming, ranching, or forestry-related activities. The Secretary shall begin making payments under subsection
(a)not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this section. There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry out this section $16,500,000,000, to remain available until December 31, 2020. Any obligation or expenditure under this section shall be subject to the requirements described in section 20 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act, as added by section 60402. Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report specifying how price losses were calculated for each crop and crop differentiation factor, and evaluating the implementation, costs, and general effectiveness of this section and the Coronavirus Food Assistance program of the Department of Agriculture.
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- 7 USC 1308–3a(b)(2)
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