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## SEC. 791 ###

(a)The remaining unobligated balances of funds made available under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123) are hereby rescinded: *Provided*, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to that section of that Act. ###

(b)In addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act for “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary”, there is appropriated for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until December 30, 2021, an amount equal to the unobligated balances rescinded pursuant to subsection (a), for the same purposes and under the same authorities and conditions as the funds made available under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-20), as amended by this section: *Provided*, That, in addition to the purposes specified in the matter preceding the first proviso under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-20), as amended by this section, such amounts shall also be available for quality losses of crops, drought, and excessive moisture: *Provided further*, That losses due to drought shall only be eligible under this subsection if any area within the county in which the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought Monitor as having a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of drought intensity during the applicable calendar years: *Provided further*, That the Secretary may use the amounts provided under this subsection, under the same authorities and conditions as the funds made available under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), to continue to pay for losses due to Tropical Storm Cindy, and peaches and blueberries due to freeze in 2017 and blueberry productivity losses in 2018: *Provided further*, That the Secretary shall use the amounts provided under this subsection, under the same authorities and conditions as the funds made available under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” in the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-123), to make payments for vine losses that were eligible for, but did not receive, payments under that heading in that Act: *Provided further*, That such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. ###

(c)Title I of the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116-20), as amended by section 116 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-59), is further amended in the first proviso under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” by striking “may provide” and inserting “, in addition to the amount announced on November 8, 2019, shall provide not less than $400,000,000 in” , and by adding the following before the final proviso under that heading: “133 Stat. 872.Provided further, That the Secretary shall pay all sugar beet losses in 2018 and 2019 through cooperative processors (to be paid to producer members as determined by such processors) using the additional coverage level described in section 508(e)(2)(E) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1938 (7 U.S.C. 1508(e)(2)(E)) for purposes of determining the Wildfire Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus factor (as defined in section 760.1502 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor regulations):”: *Provided*, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this subsection that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. ###

(d)No later than December 31, 2020, the remaining unobligated balances of funds made available under the heading “Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs—Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary” in the Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-20) are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, to remain available until December 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, for the same purposes and under the same authorities and conditions as the funds made available in subsection (b): *Provided*, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to that section of that Act: *Provided further*, That the amount of additional new budget authority made available pursuant to this subsection is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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