Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005
Latest action · Sep 8, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 8, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to make payments to producers on a farm eligible for 2005 direct payments for a covered commodity if: (1) the farm is located in a disaster county; or (2) the producers on the farm have incurred qualifying 2005 crop losses due to damaging weather or related conditions.
Requires as a condition for such assistance that producers of: (1) a covered commodity and other insurable commodities for each of the next two crop years obtain at least federal crop catastrophic risk protection, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received; and (2) eligible noninsurable commodities for each of the next two crop or calendar years file the required paperwork, and pay the administrative fee by the state filing deadline, and in the event of contract violation repay any assistance received.
Directs the Secretary to: (1) make emergency financial assistance to producers (crop, timber, fisheries, and livestock producers) who have incurred losses in a disaster-designated county; (2) use Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) funds to carry out the 2002 Livestock Compensation Program for livestock producers in a disaster county, and for catfish producers; (3) transfer CCC funds for emergency surplus removal of agricultural commodities; (4) use CCC funds for assistance to fruit and vegetable producers, and for producers and first handlers of the 2005 cottonseed crop; and (5) make CCC commodity or payment assistance to certain loan-eligible first processors in a disaster-designated state to partially compensate producers and first processors for crop and other losses related to such natural disaster.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 20, 2005 to May 17, 2006.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Ike Skelton | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| R-MO | Jo Ann Emerson | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-IL | Lane Evans | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Mike Ross | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-AR | Vic Snyder | Sep 20, 2005 | |
| D-MN | Collin C. Peterson | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Oct 27, 2005 | |
| D-TX | Silvestre Reyes | May 17, 2006 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 8, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 8, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1804 | Agricultural Assistance Act of 2005 | Related bill | Sep 30, 2005 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Agriculture and Food.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Agricultural credit
- Agricultural subsidies
- Agricultural surpluses
- Agriculture and Food
- Animals
- Aquaculture
- Cotton
- Crop insurance
- Department of Agriculture
- Disaster relief
- Disasters
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Farm produce
- Farm production quotas
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Fisheries
- Fruit
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Grants-in-aid
- Hurricane aftermath legislation
- Law
- Livestock
- Losses
- Marketing of farm produce
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
- Seeds
- Sugar
- Trees
- Vegetables
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