Sec. 5. Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish
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Section 1501(d) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 ( 7 U.S.C. 9081(d) ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by inserting drought, after adverse weather, ; in paragraph (2), by inserting adverse weather or drought (such as added transportation costs, feed costs, and reduced honey crops for eligible producers of honey bees), after disease, ; in paragraph (4)— by striking In the case and inserting the following: In the case ; and by adding at the end the following: The payment rate under subparagraph
(A)shall— in the case of eligible producers of honey bees, incorporate per-hive and per-colony rates of loss; and incorporate a standardized expected mortality rate of 15 percent. ; and by adding at the end the following: Any requirements for the submission of documentation by an eligible producer to receive a payment under this subsection shall be consistent nationwide. The Secretary, in consultation with eligible producers of honey bees, shall establish a standard, for purposes of this subsection, for— collecting data; and setting an annual rate for replacing colonies and hives of honey bees. . The Secretary of Agriculture shall apply the amendments made by subsection
(a)to producers of honey bees such that there is no limit on the size of a beekeeping operation with respect to those amendments.
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Emergency assistance for livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish
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