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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Emergency Agricultural Disaster Assistance Act of 2006 · Sec. 3011

Sec. 3011. SUGAR AND SUGARCANE DISASTER ASSISTANCE

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## SEC. 3011 SUGAR AND SUGARCANE DISASTER ASSISTANCE ###
(a)Florida The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $40,000,000 of funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make payments to processors in Florida that are eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)) to compensate first processors and producers for crop and other losses in hurricane-affected counties that are related to hurricanes, tropical storms, excessive rains, floods, and wind in Florida during calendar year 2005, by an agreement on the same terms and conditions, to the maximum extent practicable, as the payments made under section 102 of the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Hurricane Disasters Assistance Act of 2005 (Public Law 108–324; 118 Stat. 1235), including that the 2005 base production of each harvesting unit shall be determined using the same base year crop production history that was used pursuant to the agreement under that section. ###
(b)Louisiana ####
(1)Compensation for losses The Secretary shall use $40,000,000 of the funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation to make assistance available to first processors of sugarcane that operate in a hurricane-affected county, or obtain sugarcane from a hurricane-affected county, and that are eligible to obtain a loan under section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)), in the form of monetary payments or commodities in the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation derived from carrying out that section, to compensate producers and first processors for crop and other losses due to Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita, or related conditions. ####
(2)Administration Assistance under this subsection shall be— #####
(A)shared by an affected first processor with affected producers that provide commodities to the processor in a manner that reflects contracts entered into between the processor and the producers, except with respect to a portion of the amount of total assistance provided under paragraph
(1)necessary to compensate affected producers for individual losses experienced by the producers, including losses due to saltwater intrusion, flooding, wind damage, or increased planting, replanting, or harvesting costs, which shall be transferred by the first processor to the affected producers without regard to contractual share arrangements; and #####
(B)made available under such terms and conditions as the Secretary determines are necessary to carry out this subsection. ####
(3)Form of assistance In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall— #####
(A)convey to the first processor commodities in the inventory of the Commodity Credit Corporation derived from carrying out section 156(a) of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272(a)); #####
(B)make monetary payments to the first processor; or #####
(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.
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  • Pub. L. 108-324
  • 118 Stat. 1235
  • Pub. L. 108-7
  • 117 Stat. 543
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Sec. 3011
SUGAR AND SUGARCANE DISASTER ASSISTANCE
U.S.C.§ 7272
U.S.C.§ 1359ff
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108-324
Stat.118 Stat. 1235
Pub. L.Pub. L. 108-7
Stat.117 Stat. 543
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